New Waves in Applied Ethics

New Waves in Applied Ethics PDF

Author: Jesper Ryberg

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Published: 2007-11-13

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains work by the very best young scholars working in Applied Ethics, gathering a range of new perspectives and thoughts on highly relevant topics, such as the environment, animals, computers, freedom of speech, human enhancement, war and poverty. For researchers and students working in or around this fascinating area of the discipline, the volume will provide a unique snapshot of where the cutting-edge work in the field is currently engaged and where it's headed.

New Waves in Ethics

New Waves in Ethics PDF

Author: T. Brooks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0230305881

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Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.

New Waves in Philosophy of Technology

New Waves in Philosophy of Technology PDF

Author: Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-11-28

Total Pages: 322

ISBN-13: 0230227279

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The volume advances research in the philosophy of technology by introducing contributors who have an acute sense of how to get beyond or reframe the epistemic, ontological and normative limitations that currently limit the fields of philosophy of technology and science and technology studies.

New Waves in Philosophy of Language

New Waves in Philosophy of Language PDF

Author: S. Sawyer

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-11-26

Total Pages: 298

ISBN-13: 0230248586

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Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic understanding, semantics of proper names and expressive terms, a contemporary construal of analytic truth

New Waves in Philosophy of Mathematics

New Waves in Philosophy of Mathematics PDF

Author: O. Bueno

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-09-29

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 0230245196

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Thirteen promising young researchers write on what they take to be the right philosophical account of mathematics and discuss where the philosophy of mathematics ought to be going. New trends are revealed, such as an increasing attention to mathematical practice, a reassessment of the canon, and inspiration from philosophical logic.

New Waves in Philosophy of Mind

New Waves in Philosophy of Mind PDF

Author: M. Sprevak

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2014-03-23

Total Pages: 327

ISBN-13: 1137286733

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Philosophy of mind is one of the core disciplines in philosophy. The questions that it deals with are profound, vexed and intriguing. This volume of 15 new cutting-edge essays gives young researchers a chance to stir up new ideas. The topics covered include the nature of consciousness, cognition, and action.

New Waves in Philosophy of Law

New Waves in Philosophy of Law PDF

Author: Maksymilian Del Mar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-08-15

Total Pages: 285

ISBN-13: 0230316646

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A collection of 11 cutting-edge essays by leading young scholars, challenging long-held assumptions and offering new research paradigms in Philosophy of Law - in five parts 1) methodology/metatheory; 2) reasoning/evaluating; 3) values/the moral life; 4) institutions/the social life; and 5) the global/international dimension.

New Waves In Political Philosophy

New Waves In Political Philosophy PDF

Author: Boudewijn de Bruin

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-12-19

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0230234992

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Comprising essays by eleven up-and-coming scholars from across the globe, this collection of essays provides an unparalleled snapshot of new work in political philosophy using such diverse methodologies as critical theory and social choice theory, historical analysis and conceptual analysis.

New Waves in Philosophy of Action

New Waves in Philosophy of Action PDF

Author: J. Aguilar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-29

Total Pages: 276

ISBN-13: 0230304257

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A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.