Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Companions to Philosophy

These fourteen essays by leading historians and philosophers of science introduce the reader to the work of Albert Einstein. Following an introduction that places Einstein's work in the context of his life and times, the essays explain his main contributions to physics in terms that are accessible to a general audience.

This volume shows the Meditations as both philosophy and pedagogy. It explores the connections between Descartes' views on philosophical method, knowledge, skepticism, God, the nature of mind, free will, and the differences between reflective and embodied life. For those studying Descartes and early modern philosophy more generally.

This volume discusses the philosophical issues connected with the nature and significance of life and death, and the ethics of killing. It will be of interest to all those taking courses on the philosophy of life and death, applied ethics covering abortion, euthanasia, and suicide, and ethics and metaphysics.

This volume discusses the philosophical issues connected with the nature and significance of life and death, and the ethics of killing. It will be of interest to all those taking courses on the philosophy of life and death, applied ethics covering abortion, euthanasia, and suicide, and ethics and metaphysics.

This volume shows the Meditations as both philosophy and pedagogy. It explores the connections between Descartes' views on philosophical method, knowledge, skepticism, God, the nature of mind, free will, and the differences between reflective and embodied life. For those studying Descartes and early modern philosophy more generally.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of one of the most important and frequently discussed accounts of morality. It will be an important resource for all those studying moral philosophy, political philosophy, political theory and history of ideas.

This book offers a comprehensive overview of one of the most important and frequently discussed accounts of morality. It will be an important resource for all those studying moral philosophy, political philosophy, political theory and history of ideas.

This Companion addresses themes in the Politics such as ethics, household relations, private property, slavery, the common good, justice, democratic deliberation, war and education. The volume will be of interest to graduate students and scholars in ancient philosophy, classics and the history of political thought.

This Companion addresses themes in the Politics such as ethics, household relations, private property, slavery, the common good, justice, democratic deliberation, war and education. The volume will be of interest to graduate students and scholars in ancient philosophy, classics and the history of political thought.

Martin Heidegger's Being and Time is one of the most influential and revolutionary books in the history of philosophy. This Companion will help beginners grasp what Being and Time achieves and will illustrate what is at stake in Heidegger's existential and phenomenological take on the central issues in the Western tradition of philosophy.

Martin Heidegger's Being and Time is one of the most influential and revolutionary books in the history of philosophy. This Companion will help beginners grasp what Being and Time achieves and will illustrate what is at stake in Heidegger's existential and phenomenological take on the central issues in the Western tradition of philosophy.

Covers all the important aspects of Boethius, a late ancient Latin philosopher, who was very widely studied in the Middle Ages. The subjects discussed include logic, theology, metaphysics, philosophy of language and also questions of literary form and Boethius's influence on poets as well as philosophers and theologians.

The Cambridge Companion to Philo presents an accessible account of Philo of Alexandria and his works, which constitute an essential source for the study of the Judaism of the turn of the eras, the rise of Christianity, and the history of Greek philosophy. The volume surveys key areas of Philonic studies and gives readers a sense of the state of scholarship.

In this 2007 volume, eighteen of the world's leading scholars present original essays on various aspects of atheism: its history, defense and implications. These essays give a broad understanding of atheism and a lucid introduction to this controversial topic.

This book provides an extensive, lucid survey of, and new research on, the philosophy of Deleuze. Includes detailed studies of Deleuze's engagements with phenomenology, post-Kantianism and the sciences. Of interest to scholars and students of the history of twentieth-century philosophy, Deleuze studies and cultural and literary theory.

This book introduces some of the most innovative philosophical thinking of recent times. Covers key figures such as Peirce, James, Dewey, Quine, Rorty and Putnam, as well as the main themes they have opened up and explored. Of interest to students and scholars of pragmatism, American philosophy and political theory.

This book introduces some of the most innovative philosophical thinking of recent times. Covers key figures such as Peirce, James, Dewey, Quine, Rorty and Putnam, as well as the main themes they have opened up and explored. Of interest to students and scholars of pragmatism, American philosophy and political theory.

This volume presents the main aspects of Oakeshott's philosophy in an accessible way and is rich with new scholarly material. Of interest to graduate students and academic researchers of philosophy; political theory; philosophy of history, science and education; and aesthetics.

This volume presents the main aspects of Oakeshott's philosophy in an accessible way and is rich with new scholarly material. Of interest to graduate students and academic researchers of philosophy; political theory; philosophy of history, science and education; and aesthetics.

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of virtue ethics, the implications for specific practical issues and where we can expect virtue ethics to go in the future. Useful for students of virtue ethics and the history of ethics, to understand the changing face of contemporary moral philosophy.

This volume offers a comprehensive overview of virtue ethics, the implications for specific practical issues and where we can expect virtue ethics to go in the future. Useful for students of virtue ethics and the history of ethics, to understand the changing face of contemporary moral philosophy.

This book provides an extensive, lucid survey of, and new research on, the philosophy of Deleuze. Includes detailed studies of Deleuze's engagements with phenomenology, post-Kantianism and the sciences. Of interest to scholars and students of the history of twentieth-century philosophy, Deleuze studies and cultural and literary theory.

Jean Piaget's (1896-1980) work has had a tremendous influence on a range of disciplines from philosophy to education, and notably in developmental psychology. The Cambridge Companion to Piaget provides a comprehensive introduction to different aspects of Piaget's work. The book will be of interest to students, academic psychologists, educational psychologists, and philosophers.

This Companion is the first collective commentary on this work in English. The seventeen chapters have been written by an international team of scholars, including some of the best-known figures in the field as well as emerging younger talents.

The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy.

This book presents a collection of interpretive essays on the major aspects of Benjamin Constant's life and work, offering a necessary overview for anyone who wants to understand this founding father of modern liberalism. It is a convenient and accessible guide to Constant and the most up-to-date scholarship on him.

Since its publication in 1677, Spinoza's Ethics has fascinated philosophers, novelists, and scientists alike and is undoubtedly one of the most exciting and contested works of Western philosophy. This detailed and accessible volume is the first anthology to treat the whole of the Ethics.

Friedrich Nietzsche was quite simply one of the most influential of modern thinkers. New readers and non-specialists will find this the most convenient, accessible guide to Nietzsche currently available. Advanced students will find a conspectus of recent developments in the interpretation of Nietzsche. This book was first published in 1996.

This is the first volume of original essays to be devoted exclusively to existentialism in over forty years. It includes in-depth accounts of Kierkegaard, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Sartre Merleau-Ponty and Beauvoir and chapters on the influence of existentialism in literature, religion, politics and psychiatry.

Emmanuel Levinas is now widely recognised alongside Heidegger, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre as one of the most important Continental philosophers of the twentieth century. His abiding concern was the primacy of the ethical relation to the other person and his central thesis was that ethics is first philosophy.