Bücher der Reihe Arguing About Philosophy

This acclaimed anthology is ideal for newcomers to aesthetics or philosophy of art and includes new sections on pornography and erotica and societies without art , as well as new essays and revised introductions throughout.

Presents readings from various philosophers of religion, covering a range of issues. This book includes excerpts from works by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, in order to introduce the philosophical issues in a way that demonstrates their relevance to everyday life and sets them in the context of contemporary cultural discourse.

Presents readings from various philosophers of religion, covering a range of issues. This book includes excerpts from works by Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins, in order to introduce the philosophical issues in a way that demonstrates their relevance to everyday life and sets them in the context of contemporary cultural discourse.

An introduction to the core questions in the philosophy of mind. It offers a selection of articles that examine a broad range of issues from the mind and body relation to animal and artificial intelligence. It is suitable for students new to the philosophy of mind.

A contemporary collection of readings in metaethics. This work contains introductions from the editors that contextualise each section. It discusses key questions in metaethics like: do moral properties exist?; and how they fit into the world as science conceives it? It is useful for the study of metaethics at undergraduate and postgraduate level.

A reader for students new to philosophy of law, legal theory and jurisprudence. It covers a wide range of topics, helping the student get to grips with the classic and core arguments and the debates in philosophy of law.

Arguing About Bioethics is a highly accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in bioethics. This fresh, bold and exciting collection offers a selection of through provoking articles that examine a broad range of issues, from the definitions of life and death, to medical experimentation and research.

This second edition of Arguing About Political Philosophy is the most complete, up-to-date, and interdisciplinary anthology of its kind.

Arguing About Science is a highly accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in philosophy of science. This fresh, bold and exciting collection offers a selection of through provoking articles with contextual introductions by two leading academics in the field.

Arguing About Science is a highly accessible, engaging introduction to the core questions in philosophy of science. This fresh, bold and exciting collection offers a selection of through provoking articles with contextual introductions by two leading academics in the field.

A reader for students new to philosophy of law, legal theory and jurisprudence. It covers a wide range of topics, helping the student get to grips with the classic and core arguments and the debates in philosophy of law.

Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debates--arising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropology--that together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirty-five essays--several of them appearing here for the first time in print--were carefully selected to offer competing perspectives on 12 different topics related to human nature. Arguing About Human Nature is the first volume of its kind, designed to introduce to an interdisciplinary student audience some of the most important arguments on the subject generated by scientific research and philosophical reflection.

Arguing About Human Nature covers recent debatesarising from biology, philosophy, psychology, and physical anthropologythat together systematically examine what it means to be human. Thirtyfive essaysseveral of them appearing here for the first time in printwere carefully selected to offer competing perspectives on 12 different topics related to human nature. Arguing About Human Nature is the first volume of its kind, designed to introduce to an interdisciplinary student audience some of the most important arguments on the subject generated by scientific research and philosophical reflection.