CLASSICS · This essential volume presents Aristotle's complete political writings ‐including his...

Martha C NussbaumPbk | 584pp | 9780691141312 | 1/07/2009A$89 | NZ$104 | Princeton University Press

The Epicureans, Skeptics, and Stoics practiced philosophy not as a detached intellectual discipline, but as a worldly art of grappling with issues of daily and urgent human significance: the fear of death, love and sexuality, anger and aggression. Like medicine, philosophy to them was a rigorous science aimed both at understanding and at producing the flourishing of human life. In this engaging book, Martha Nussbaum examines texts of philosophers committed to a therapeutic paradigm ‐ including Epicurus, Lucretius, Sextus Empiricus, Chrysippus, and Seneca ‐ and recovers a valuable source for our moral and political thought

CLASSICS

The Therapy of Desire: Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Ethics

Scott SoamesPbk | 432pp | 9780691122441 | 10/01/2005A$84 | NZ$99 | Princeton University Press

This is a major, wide‐ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid‐century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic

Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1

AristotlePbk | 368pp | 9780691173450 | 14/10/2016A$49.99 | NZ$58.99 | Princeton University Press

Aristotle was the first philosopher in the Western tradition to address politics systematically and empirically, and he remains a central figure in political theory. This essential volume presents Aristotle's complete political writings ‐ including his Politics, Economics, and Constitution of Athens ‐ in their most authoritative translations, taken from the complete works that is universally recognised as the standard English edition.

Aristotle's Politics: Writings from the Complete Works

Jonathan Barnes and Anthony KennyPbk | 528pp | 9780691158464 | 21/08/2014A$52.99 | NZ$63 | Princeton University Press

Aristotle's moral philosophy is a pillar of Western ethical thought. It bequeathed to the world an emphasis on virtues and vices, happiness as well‐being or a life well lived, and rationally motivated action as a mean between extremes. Its influence was felt well beyond antiquity into the Middle Ages, particularly through the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. In the past century, with the rise of virtue theory in moral philosophy, Aristotle's ethics has been revived as a source of insight and interest. While most attention has traditionally focused on Aristotle's famous Nicomachean Ethics, there are several other works written by or attributed to Aristotle

Aristotle's Ethics: Writings from the Complete Works

PlatoPbk | 112pp | 9781554812585 | 1/05/2016A$17.99 | NZ$19.99 | Broadview Press

Socrates, the first of the great ancient Greek philosophers, left no written works. What survives of his philosophical thought are second‐hand descriptions of his teachings and conversations—including, most famously, the accounts of his trial and execution composed by his friend, student, and philosophical successor, Plato. These dialogues, though fallible as historical record, contain some of the most fascinating and well‐known arguments in Western philosophy, and offer a dramatic picture of Socrates as uncompromising in the face of death. In Euthyphro, Socrates examines the concept of piety, and displays his propensity for

The Apology and Related Dialogues

Peter Godfrey-SmithPbk | 288pp | 9780226300634 | 1/07/2003A$49.99 | NZ$58.99 | University of Chicago Press

How does science work? Does it tell us what the world is ''really'' like? What makes it different from other ways of understanding the universe? In Theory and Reality, Peter Godfrey‐Smith addresses these questions by taking the reader on a grand tour of one hundred years of debate about science. The result is a completely accessible introduction to the main themes of the philosophy of science. Intended for undergraduates and general readers with no prior background in philosophy, Theory and Reality covers logical positivism; the problems of induction and confirmation; Karl Popper's theory of science; Thomas Kuhn and ''scientific

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EPISTOMOLOGY

Theory and Reality: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Science

Jack CrumleyPbk | 432pp | 9781554811298 | 15/08/2016A$55.99 | NZ$67 | Broadview Press

Metaphysics and the theory of knowledge lie at the heart of the Western philosophical tradition, and yet they are notoriously tricky subjects to engage. In this book, Jack Crumley makes those difficult topics intelligible, not only introducing the central issues and arguments but also explaining their broader significance, thereby connecting abstract themes to more familiar concerns. Though topically organized, the book integrates positions and examples from the history of philosophy. Plato, Descartes, and Leibniz are discussed alongside Quine, Kripke, and other 20th‐ and 21st‐century figures.

Introducing Philosophy: Knowledge and Reality

Ernest SosaHbk | 256pp | 9780691137490 | 1/02/2017A$54.99 | NZ$64 | Princeton University Press

In this concise book, one of the world's leading epistemologists provides a sophisticated, revisionist introduction to the problem of knowledge in Western philosophy. Modern and contemporary accounts of epistemology tend to focus on limited questions of knowledge and skepticism, such as how we can know the external world, other minds, the past through memory, the future through induction, or the world's depth and structure through inference. This book steps back for a better view of the more general issues posed by the ancient Greek Pyrrhonists. Returning to and illuminating this older, broader epistemological

Epistemology

René DescartesPbk | 100pp | 9781554813179 | 1/08/2017A$17.99 | NZ$19.99 | Broadview Press

Fully named Discourse on the Method for Reasoning Well and for Seeking Truth in the Sciences, this work offers the most complete presentation and defense of René Descartes’ method of intellectual inquiry ‐ a method that greatly influenced both philosophical and scientific reasoning in the early modern world. This new translation is modern, clear, and thoroughly annotated. An approachable introduction engages both the historical and the philosophical aspects of the text, enabling the reader to interpret this easily misunderstood work within Descartes’ larger project.

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Discourse on Method

John Stuart MillPbk | 112pp | 9781554813155 | 1/08/2016A$16.99 | NZ$19.99 | Broadview Press

Utilitarianism is a classic work of ethical theory, arguably the most persuasive and comprehensible presentation of this widely influential position. Mill argues that it is pleasure and pain that ought to guide our decision‐making ‐ and not the pleasure and pain of any one person or group, but the summative experience of all who are affected by our actions. While he didn’t invent utilitarianism, Mill offered its clearest expression and strongest defense, and expanded the theory to account for the variety in quality that we find among specific pleasures and pains. Today, Mill’s version of the “Greatest Happiness Principle” is a standard premise in

ETHICS

Utilitarianism

J M CoetzeePbk | 144pp | 9780691173900 | 1/09/2016A$29.99 | NZ$35.99 | Princeton University Press

The idea of human cruelty to animals so consumes novelist Elizabeth Costello in her later years that she can no longer look another person in the eye: humans, especially meat‐eating ones, seem to her to be conspirators in a crime of stupefying magnitude taking place on farms and in slaughterhouses, factories, and laboratories across the world.

Costello's son, a physics professor, admires her literary achievements, but dreads his mother's lecturing on animal rights at the college where he teaches. His colleagues resist her argument that human reason is

The Lives of Animals

Kwame Anthony AppiahPbk | 384pp | 9780691130286 | 1/01/2007A$69 | NZ$83 | Princeton University Press

Gender, race, ethnicity, religion, nationality: all the elements of our social identities play a central role in the choices by which we make our lives. Ethics of Identity explores the ethical significance of identity for our obligations to others and ourselves. The arguments in the book respond both to Mill’s ideal of individuality and to the age old notion that to ask who we are is also to ask what we are.

The Ethics of Identity

Martha C NussbaumPbk | 256pp | 9780674072350 | 13/05/2013A$34.99 | NZ$39.99 | Harvard University Press

If a countryas Gross Domestic Product increases each year, but so does the percentage of its people deprived of basic education, health care, and other opportunities, is that country really making progress? If we rely on conventional economic indicators, can we ever grasp how the worldas billions of individuals are really managing? In this powerful critique, Martha Nussbaum argues that our dominant theories of development have given us policies that ignore our most basic human needs for dignity and self‐respect. For the past twenty‐five years, Nussbaum has been working on an alternate model to assess human development: the Capabilities

Creating Capabilities: The Human Development Approach

Tom ForesterPbk | 360pp | 9780262560733 | 1/10/1993A$67 | NZ$79 | MIT Press

Many hundreds sold ‐ by a deceased, well known Australian author. He was interviewed by Robin Williams on the ABC TV Science Show & was computer correspondent & book reviewer for the 'Australian' newspaper. Allen & Unwin had rights to the first edition. 'Forester and Morrison have raised social concerns that students of computer science cannot ignore.' ‐‐Marc Rotenberg , Director, Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility 'Forester and Morrison's new edition of ‐Computer Ethics ‐ is, like the first edition, a rich and important resource for teaching about the ethical issues surrounding computers. In recounting incident after

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Computer Ethics: Cautionary Tales and Ethical Dilemmas 2ed

Shari Collins, Bertha Alvarez Manninen, JaPbk | 680pp | 9781554812981 | 1/02/2017A$98 | NZ$116 | Broadview Press

This new anthology takes a broad approach to ethics, incorporating traditional topics and texts while bringing in voices and themes that are too often excluded. A substantial section on ethical theory is provided, as are readings on topics such as: oppression, sex, identity, the environment, life and death, war and terror, and caring for others. Accessible introductions and discussion questions are included throughout to contextualize material for the student reader without playing favorites among the positions at issue.

Being Ethical: Classic and New Voices on Contemporary Issues

Soren KierkegaardPbk | 464pp | 9780691020266 | 1/06/1983A$63 | NZ$74 | Princeton University Press

Presented here in a new translation, with a historical introduction by the translators, Fear and Trembling and Repetition are the most poetic and personal of SA¸ren Kierkegaard's pseudonymous writings. Published in 1843 and written under the names Johannes de Silentio and Constantine Constantius, respectively, the books demonstrate Kierkegaard's transmutation of the personal into the lyrically religious. Each work uses as a point of departure Kierkegaard's breaking of his engagement to Regine Olsen.

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Kierkegaard's Writings, VI: Fear and Trembling/Repetition

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Michel FoucaultPbk | 160pp | 9781584350545 | 31/08/2008A$28.99 | NZ$32.99 | MIT Press

This introduction and commentary to Kant’s least discussed work, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, is the dissertation that Michel Foucault presented in 1961 as his doctoral thesis. It has remained unpublished, in any language, until now. In his exegesis and critical interpretation of Kant’s Anthropology, Foucault raises the question of the relation between psychology and anthropology, and how they are affected by time. Through a Kantian “critique of the anthropological slumber,” Foucault warns against the dangers of treating psychology as a new metaphysics, explores the possibilities of studying man empirically,

Introduction to Kant's Anthropology

Ernest Nagel and James R NewmanPbk | 160pp | 9780814758373 | 1/10/2008A$23.99 | NZ$28.99 | New York University Press

In 1931 Kurt Gödel published his fundamental paper, On Formally Undecidable Propositions of Principia Mathematica and Related Systems. This revolutionary paper challenged certain basic assumptions underlying much research in mathematics and logic. Gödel received public recognition of his work in 1951 when he was awarded the first Albert Einstein Award for achievement in the natural sciences—perhaps the highest award of its kind in the United States. The award committee described his work in mathematical logic as one of the greatest contributions to the sciences in recent times. However, few mathematicians of the time were

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Godel's Proof

Andrew Bailey, Samantha Brennan, Will KymlPbk | 590pp | 9781551118994 | 12/09/2008A$69 | NZ$79 | Broadview Press

This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides, Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle; Al‐Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan....

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Volume 2


This comprehensive volume contains much of the important work in political and social philosophy from ancient times until the end of the nineteenth century. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought. Thucydides, Seneca, and Cicero are included along with Plato and Aristotle; Al‐Farabi, Marsilius of Padua, and de Pizan ....

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Volume 1


This volume features a careful selection of major works in political and social philosophy from ancient times through to the present. Every reading has been painstakingly annotated, and each figure is given a substantial introduction highlighting his or her major contribution to the tradition. The anthology offers both depth and breadth in its selection of material by central figures, while also representing other currents of political thought.

The Broadview Anthology of Social and Political Thought: Essential Readings

Alex LingPbk | 160pp | 9781780762609 | 1/01/2017A$29.99 | NZ$34.99 | IB Tauris & Co Ltd

He has been regarded with suspicion by some, as an anti‐postmodernist who dared to write about unfashionable concepts such as truth and meaning. But in recent years, the philosopher Alain Badiou has risen in prominence, pioneering new ways to produce, conceptualise and discover art. Badiou Reframed is an original book about an original thinker which applies ‐for the first time ‐ Badiou's philosophy to the visual arts. The three central concepts of this philosophy ‐ 'being and appearing', 'event and subject' and 'truth and ethics' ‐ are elucidated through detailed analysis of a range of visual artworks, including the films of Jean‐Luc

Badiou Reframed: Interpreting Key Thinkers for the Arts

AristotlePbk | 304pp | 9780226921846 | 15/02/2013A$26.99 | NZ$32.99 | University of Chicago Press

This new edition of Aristotle`s `Politics retains and adds to Lord’s already extensive notes, clarifying the flow of Aristotle’s argument and identifying literary and historical references. Lord has made revisions to problematic passages throughout the translation in order to enhance both its accuracy and its readability. He has also substantially revised his introduction for the new edition, presenting an account of Aristotle’s life in relation to political events of his time; the character and history of his writings and of the Politics in particular; his overall conception of political science; and his impact on subsequent political thought from antiquity to the

Aristotle`s `Politics` 2ed

Nicholas J J SmithHbk | 544pp | 9780691151632 | 12/03/2012A$69 | NZ$84 | Princeton University Press

Logic is essential to correct reasoning and also has important theoretical applications in philosophy, computer science, linguistics, and mathematics. This book provides an exceptionally clear introduction to classical logic, with a unique approach that emphasizes both the hows and whys of logic. Here Nicholas Smith thoroughly covers the formal tools and techniques of logic while also imparting a deeper understanding of their underlying rationales and broader philosophical significance. In addition, this is the only introduction to logic available today that presents all the major forms of proof‐‐trees, natural deduction in all its major variants,

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LOGIC

Logic: The Laws of Truth (ISE)

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Richard ArthurPbk | 456pp | 9781554813322 | 1/01/2017A$79 | NZ$93 | Broadview Press

Richard Arthur’s Natural Deduction provides a wide‐ranging introduction to logic. In lively and readable prose, Arthur presents a new approach to the study of logic, one that seeks to integrate methods of argument analysis developed in modern “informal logic” with natural deduction techniques. The dry bones of logic are given flesh by unusual attention to the history of the subject, from Pythagoras, the Stoics, and Indian Buddhist logic, through Lewis Carroll, Venn, and Boole, to Russell, Frege, and Monty Python. In this new edition, more exercises have been added and others have been updated and replaced. Also included are some

An Introduction to Logic 2ed

Peter-Paul VerbeekPbk | 264pp | 9780271025407 | 1/09/2005A$59.99 | NZ$69 | Penn State University Press

Our modern society is flooded with all sorts of devices: TV sets, automobiles, microwaves, mobile phones. How are all these things affecting us? How can their role in our lives be understood? What Things Do answers these questions by focusing on how technologies mediate our actions and our perceptions of the world.

Peter‐Paul Verbeek develops this innovative approach by first distinguishing it from the classical philosophy of technology formulated by Jaspers and Heidegger, who were concerned that technology would alienate us from ourselves and the world around us. Against this gloomy

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What Things Do: Philosophical Reflections

Justin Sytsma and Jonathan LivengoodPbk | 376pp | 9781554810086 | 1/12/2015A$54.99 | NZ$65 | Broadview Press

In recent years, developments in experimental philosophy have led many thinkers to reconsider their central assumptions and methods. It is not enough to speculate and introspect from the armchair–philosophers must subject their claims to scientific scrutiny, looking at evidence and in some cases conducting new empirical research. The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy is an introduction and guide to the systematic collection and analysis of empirical data in academic philosophy. This book serves two purposes: first, it examines the theory behind “x‐phi,” including its underlying motivations and the

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The Theory and Practice of Experimental Philosophy

David RabeyHbk | 280pp | 9781783207213 | 15/10/2016A$168 | NZ$194 | University of Chicago Press

Theatre, Time and Temporality is the first book‐length exploration of the subject of temporality within theater and performance. David Ian Rabey brings in sources ranging from medieval and Renaissance theater to contemporary performances—in addition to recent writings from physics, philosophy, and psychology—to analyze ways that time can be presented, communicated, and transformed in the theater.

How do we experience time in theater, and how can that experience be altered or manipulated? Rabey's analysis and exploration will spark discussion among

Theatre, Time and Temporality

Kim Sterelny and Paul E. GriffithsPbk | 456pp | 9780226773049 | 1/01/1999A$59.99 | NZ$69 | University of Chicago Press

Is the history of life a series of accidents or a drama scripted by selfish genes? Is there an ''essential'' human nature, determined at birth or in a distant evolutionary past? What should we conserve‐‐species, ecosystems, or something else? Informed answers to questions like these, critical to our understanding of ourselves and the world around us, require both a knowledge of biology and a philosophical framework within which to make sense of its findings. In this accessible introduction to philosophy of biology, Kim Sterelny and Paul E. Griffiths present both the science and the philosophical context necessary for a critical understanding of the most

Sex and Death: An Introduction to Philosophy of Biology

Dominic MurphyPbk | 422pp | 9780262517447 | 1/02/2012A$59.99 | NZ$69 | MIT Press

In Psychiatry in the Scientific Image, Dominic Murphy looks at psychiatry from the viewpoint of analytic philosophy of science, considering three issues ‐ how we should conceive of, classify, and explain mental illness. If someone is said to have a mental illness, what about it is mental? What makes it an illness? How might we explain and classify it? A system of psychiatric classification settles these questions by distinguishing the mental illnesses and showing how they stand in relation to one another.

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Psychiatry in the Scientific Image

Peter Godfrey-SmithPbk | 200pp | 9780691174679 | 1/09/2016A$37.99 | NZ$43.99 | Princeton University Press

This is a concise, comprehensive, and accessible introduction to the philosophy of biology written by a leading authority on the subject. Geared to philosophers, biologists, and students of both, the book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey‐Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation, and idealized models in

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Philosophy of Biology

Raymond GeussHbk | 128pp | 9780691137889 | 28/07/2008A$49.99 | NZ$57.99 | Princeton University Press

Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a

Philosophy and Real Politics


Peter AlwardPbk | 270pp | 9781554812851 | 15/08/2017A$44.99 | NZ$51.99 | Broadview Press

Peter Alward’s rigorous introductory text functions as a roadmap for students, laying out the key issues, positions, and arguments of academic philosophy. The book covers central topics in metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and political philosophy. An introductory chapter presents the foundations of philosophical discourse and offers a primer on the basics of logic. Those argumentative tools are then employed to address classic philosophical issues such as the relationship between body and mind, skepticism, the possibility of free will, and the existence of God. Later chapters engage issues of morality, justice, and liberty, as well as

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Philosophical Problems

John BellPbk | 216pp | 9781554813025 | 1/05/2016A$45.99 | NZ$53.99 | Broadview Press

Since antiquity, opposed concepts such as the One and the Many, the Finite and the Infinite, and the Absolute and the Relative, have been a driving force in philosophical, scientific, and mathematical thought. Yet they have also given rise to perplexing problems and conceptual paradoxes which continue to haunt scientists and philosophers. In Oppositions and Paradoxes, John L. Bell explains and investigates the paradoxes and puzzles that arise out of conceptual oppositions in physics and mathematics. In the process, Bell not only motivates abstract conceptual thinking about the paradoxes at issue, he also offers a compelling introduction to central

Oppositions and Paradoxes: Philosophical Perplexities

Immanuel KantPbk | 136pp | 9781554811939 | 30/10/2015A$22.99 | NZ$26.99 | Broadview Press

Kant’s landmark essay, “On Perpetual Peace” is as timely, relevant, and inspiring today as when it was first written over 200 years ago. In it, we find a forward‐looking vision of a world respectful of human rights, dominated by liberal democracies, and united in a cosmopolitan federation of diverse peoples. This book features a fresh and vigorous translation of Kant’s essay by Ian Johnston. And it includes an extended introduction by philosopher Brian Orend, author of The Morality of War.

On Perpetual Peace

Judith ButlerHbk | 256pp | 9780674967755 | 17/10/2015A$53.99 | NZ$63 | Harvard University Press

Judith Butler elucidates the dynamics of public assembly under prevailing economic and political conditions, analysing what they signify and how. Understanding assemblies as plural forms of performative action, Butler extends her theory of performativity to argue that precarity ‐ the destruction of the conditions of livability ‐has been a galvanizing force and theme in today’s highly visible protests. Butler broadens the theory of performativity beyond speech acts to include the concerted actions of the body.

Notes Toward a Performative Theory of Assembly

Eric SteinhartPbk | 248pp | 9781554813452 | 30/10/2017A$39.99 | NZ$46.99 | Broadview Press

More Precisely is a rigorous and engaging introduction to the mathematics necessary to do philosophy. It is impossible to fully understand much of the most important work in contemporary philosophy without a basic grasp of set theory, functions, probability, decision theory, and modality. More Precisely is written for people who wish to engage with contemporary philosophical writing but first need to fill gaps in their technical knowledge. Eric Steinhart provides lucid explanations of many basic mathematical concepts and sets out most commonly used notational conventions. He also demonstrates how mathematics applies to

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More Precisely: The Math You Need to Do Philosophy - 2ed

Paul RicoeurPbk | 624pp | 9780226713427 | 1/09/2006A$69 | NZ$82 | University of Chicago Press

Why do major historical events such as the Holocaust occupy the forefront of the collective consciousness, while profound moments such as the Armenian genocide, the McCarthy era, and France's role in North Africa stand distantly behind? Is it possible that history ''overly remembers'' some events at the expense of others? A landmark work in philosophy, Paul Ricoeur's Memory, History, Forgetting examines this reciprocal relationship between remembering and forgetting, showing how it affects both the perception of historical experience and the production of historical narrative. Memory, History, Forgetting, like its title, is divided into

Memory, History, Forgetting

Brian D HaigHbk | 224pp | 9780262027366 | 4/04/2014A$64 | NZ$75 | MIT Press

Drawing on behavioural science methodology, the philosophy of science, and statistical theory, this text constructs a broad theory of scientific method that has particular relevance for the behavioural sciences. Haig draws on the new experimentalism in the philosophy of science to reconstruct the process of phenomena detection as it applies to psychology; he considers the logic and purpose of exploratory factor analysis; he discusses analogical modelling as a means of theory development; and he recommends the use of inference to the best explanation for evaluating theories in psychology.

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Investigating the Psychological World

Hannah ArendtPbk | 370pp | 9780226025988 | 1/01/1998A$33.99 | NZ$39.99 | University of Chicago Press

In this text, Hannah Arendt considers humankind from the perspective of the actions of which it is capable. The problems are identified as diminishing human agency and political freedom ‐ the paradox that as human powers increase through technological and humanistic inquiry, we are less equipped to control the consequences of our actions. This edition contains an expanded index and an introduction that analyses the text's argument and its present relevance.

Human Condition 2ed

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Robert MartinPbk | 160pp | 9781554813377 | 1/01/2017A$26.99 | NZ$29.99 | Broadview Press

Academic philosophy can be puzzling to newcomers. The conventions, terms, and expectations entrenched among philosophers aren’t always clear from the outside. Why are philosophers so preoccupied with finding “the truth”—doesn’t everyone have their own philosophy? Is philosophy so deep and difficult that its literature has to be incomprehensible? What kinds of arguments can there be for a philosophical position? Where does the evidence come from? Why is there so much jargon—wouldn’t it be better to do away with it altogether? What exactly is a “thought experiment,” and how should one be conducted? Best‐selling author and

For the Sake of Argument: How to Do Philosophy

Richard JoycePbk | 288pp | 9780262600729 | 30/09/2007A$47.99 | NZ$55.99 | MIT Press

Moral thinking pervades our practical lives, but where did this way of thinking come from, and what purpose does it serve? Is it to be explained by environmental pressures on our ancestors a million years ago, or is it a cultural invention of more recent origin? In The Evolution of Morality, Richard Joyce takes up these controversial questions, finding that the evidence supports an innate basis to human morality. As a moral philosopher, Joyce is interested in whether any implications follow from this hypothesis. Might the fact that the human brain has been biologically prepared by natural selection to engage in moral judgment serve in

The Evolution of Morality

William Hughes and Jonathan LaveryPbk | 296pp | 9781554812677 | 30/10/2015A$59.99 | NZ$69 | Broadview Press

Hughes and Lavery’s Critical Thinking is a hugely successful, comprehensive introduction to the essential skills of good reasoning, refined through seven editions published over more than two decades. Now, for the first time, the book is available in a shortened format, offering a succinct presentation of the essential elements of reasoning that doesn’t sacrifice any of the rigor or sophistication found in the standard edition. The authors provide a thorough treatment of such central topics as deductive and inductive reasoning, logical fallacies, how to recognize and avoid ambiguity, and how to distinguish what is relevant from what is

Ancillary Materials

Critical Thinking - Concise Edition

Richard H PopkinPbk | 864pp | 9780231101295 | 23/12/2005A$79 | NZ$96 | Columbia University Press

Richard Popkin has assembled 63 leading scholars to forge a highly approachable chronological account of the development of Western philosophical traditions. From Plato to Wittgenstein and from Aquinas to Heidegger, this volume provides lively, in‐depth, and up‐to‐date historical analysis of all the key figures, schools, and movements of Western philosophy. The Columbia History significantly broadens the scope of Western philosophy to reveal the influence of Middle Eastern and Asian thought, the vital contributions of Jewish and Islamic philosophers, and the role of women within the tradition. Along with a wealth of new scholarship,

Columbia History of Western Philosophy

Tim WoodsPbk | 352pp | 9780719079962 | 1/02/2010A$36.99 | NZ$43.99 | Manchester University Press

Post modernism' became the buzzword of contemporary society in the 1990s. Yet, even now, it still remains confusing and baffling in its variety of definitions, contexts and associations. This second edition of has been updated, amended and enlarged, offering clear, accessible and step‐by‐step introductions to post modernism across a wide range of subjects. It encourages readers to explore how the debates about post modernism have emerged from basic philosophical and cultural ideas, and to develop comparative connections and ideas from one area to another. CONTENTS: 1. Introduction / 2. Postmodernism:

Beginning Postmodernism 2ed

Keith Culver and Michael GiudicePbk | 525pp | 9781554812523 | 15/10/2016A$115 | NZ$135 | Broadview Press

Readings in the Philosophy of Law brings together central texts on such topics as legal reasoning, the limits of individual liberty, responsibility and punishment, and international law. The included selections provide superb coverage of both classic and contemporary views, and are edited only lightly to allow readers to grapple with arguments in their original form. Culver and Giudice’s clear, accessible introductions discuss key terms, claims, issues, and points of connection and disagreement. Readings are placed within their historical and social contexts, with analogies and examples emphasizing the continuing relevance of the

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Readings in the Philosophy of Law 3ed

Patricia S ChurchlandPbk | 288pp | 9780691156347 | 21/08/2012A$39.99 | NZ$46.99 | Princeton University Press

What is morality? Where does it come from? And why do most of us heed its call most of the time? In Braintrust, neurophilosophy pioneer Patricia Churchland argues that morality originates in the biology of the brain. She describes the ''neurobiological platform of bonding'' that, modified by evolutionary pressures and cultural values, has led to human styles of moral behavior. The result is a provocative genealogy of morals that asks us to reevaluate the priority given to religion, absolute rules, and pure reason in accounting for the basis of morality. Moral values, Churchland argues, are rooted in a behavior common to all

POPULAR SCIENCE

Braintrust: What Neuroscience Tells Us about Morality

Jacques DerridaPbk | 560pp | 9781421419954 | 1/02/2016A$74 | NZ$88 | Johns Hopkins University Press

Forty years after Of Grammatology first appeared in English, Derrida still ignites controversy, thanks in part to Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak’s careful translation, which attempted to capture the richness and complexity of the original. This fortieth anniversary edition, where a mature Spivak retranslates with greater awareness of Derrida’s legacy, also includes a new afterword by her which supplements her influential original preface.

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