Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Companions to Philosophy

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.

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.

The French philosopher and theologian Nicolas Malebranche was one of the most important thinkers of the early modern period. He tried to synthesize the new philosophy of Descartes with religious Platonism. This is the first collection of essays to address Malebranche's thought comprehensively and systematically.

Frege is generally seen (along with Russell and Wittgenstein) as one of the fathers of the analytic method, which dominated philosophy in English-speaking countries for most of the twentieth century. This volume offers a comprehensive and accessible exploration of the scope and importance of his work.

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 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 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 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 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

A valuable resource for students of Hume, British empiricism and modern philosophy, this Companion examines the arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and considers their historical context. Hume's distinctive views on causation, motivation, free will, moral evaluation and the origins of justice continue to influence present-day philosophical debate.

A valuable resource for students of Hume, British empiricism and modern philosophy, this Companion examines the arguments in A Treatise of Human Nature and considers their historical context. Hume's distinctive views on causation, motivation, free will, moral evaluation and the origins of justice continue to influence present-day philosophical debate.

Liberalism emerged as a tradition of political thought in Europe during the Enlightenment and extended throughout the continent and to America into the twentieth century. This volume provides an expert survey of liberal approaches and responses to a range of important topics including freedom, equality, toleration, religion, and nationalism.