{"product_id":"the-blackwell-companion-to-philosophy-isbn-9780631219088","title":"The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy","description":"This fully revised and updated edition of Nicholas Bunnin and E.P. Tsui-James’ popular introductory philosophy textbook brings together specially-commissioned chapters from a prestigious team of scholars writing on each of the key areas, figures and movements in philosophy. \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes on Contributors xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy in the United States \u003ci\u003eJohn R. Searle \u003c\/i\u003e1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eContemporary Philosophy: A Second Look – \u003ci\u003eBernard Williams \u003c\/i\u003e23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Areas of Philosophy 35\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Epistemology – \u003ci\u003eA. \u003c\/i\u003eC. \u003ci\u003eGrayling \u003c\/i\u003e37\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Metaphysics – \u003ci\u003eSimon Blackburn, with a section on Time by Robin Le Poidevin \u003c\/i\u003e61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 Philosophy of Language – \u003ci\u003eMartin Davies \u003c\/i\u003e90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 Philosophy of Logic – \u003ci\u003eA. 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John Harris and Søren Holm \u003c\/i\u003e499\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Environmental Ethics – \u003ci\u003eHolmes Rolston, III \u003c\/i\u003e517\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Business Ethics – \u003ci\u003eGeorges Enderle \u003c\/i\u003e531\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Philosophy and Feminism – \u003ci\u003eJean Grimshaw and Miranda Fricker \u003c\/i\u003e552\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Ethnicity, Culture, and Philosophy – \u003ci\u003eRobert Bernasconi \u003c\/i\u003e567\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II History of Philosophy 583\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Ancient Greek Philosophy \u003ci\u003eRobert Wardy \u003c\/i\u003e585\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Plato and Aristotle – \u003ci\u003eLesley Brown \u003c\/i\u003e601\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Medieval Philosophy – \u003ci\u003eJorge J. E. Gracia \u003c\/i\u003e619\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 Bacon – \u003ci\u003eStephen Gaukroger \u003c\/i\u003e634\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Descartes and Malebranche – \u003ci\u003eRichard Francks and George Macdonald Ross \u003c\/i\u003e644\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Spinoza and Leibniz – \u003ci\u003eRichard Francks and George Macdonald Ross \u003c\/i\u003e658\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Hobbes \u003ci\u003eTom Sorell \u003c\/i\u003e671\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Locke – \u003ci\u003eR. S. Woolhouse \u003c\/i\u003e682\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Berkeley – \u003ci\u003eHoward Robinson \u003c\/i\u003e694\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 Hume··\u003ci\u003ePeter Jones \u003c\/i\u003e709\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Kant – \u003ci\u003eDavid Bell \u003c\/i\u003e725\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Hegel – \u003ci\u003eMichael Inwood \u003c\/i\u003e741\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Marx – \u003ci\u003eRichard Norman \u003c\/i\u003e750\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick – \u003ci\u003eRoss Harrison \u003c\/i\u003e759\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 Pragmatism··\u003ci\u003eSusan Haack \u003c\/i\u003e774\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 Prege and Russell – \u003ci\u003eR. \u003c\/i\u003eM. \u003ci\u003eSainsbury \u003c\/i\u003e790\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Moore \u003ci\u003eThomas Baldwin \u003c\/i\u003e805\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 Wittgenstein - \u003ci\u003eDavid Pears \u003c\/i\u003e811\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Nietzsche – \u003ci\u003eDavid E. Cooper \u003c\/i\u003e827\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Husserl and Heidegger – \u003ci\u003eTaylor Carman \u003c\/i\u003e842\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 Sartre. Foucault and Derrida·\u003ci\u003eGary Gutting \u003c\/i\u003e860\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 875\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix 893\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 905\u003c\/p\u003e  \"The impressive scope and sophistication of this volume makes it an essential work of reference for every student of philosophy. Yet its engaging and accessible style also makes the \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e an outstanding choice for introductory courses in philosophy.\" \u003ci\u003eHugh LaFollette, East Tennessee State University\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c!--end--\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"An excellent series.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eNicholas Bunnin\u003c\/b\u003e studied at Harvard University and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. 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