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Explores the philosophy of Nicolas Malebranche, the most important seventeenth century philosopher after Descartes and the influence of his philosophy in eighteenth century Britain.

This book states the opposing case in present controversies about the nature and existence of moral rights and the moral status of animals and it reaches conclusions which run strongly against...

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Shows that when Qyuine's criterion of ontological commitment is modified to allow for the legitimacy of substitutional quantification, two consequences follow: (i) fundamental questions of ontology...

This topically organized anthology-replete with problem cases, illuminating introductory essays, and end- of-chapter study questions--engages students in a variety of contemporary moral debates...

"Marcus Tullius Cicero (pron.: /ssro/; Classical Latin: [marks tul.ljs kkro?]; 3 January 106 BC? 7 December 43 BC; sometimes anglicized as Tully was a Roman philosopher, statesman, lawyer, orator,...

class race and labor in detroit

Richard Swinburne presents a new edition of the final volume of his acclaimed trilogy on philosophical theology. Faith and Reason is a self-standing examination of the implications for religious...

Including new material as well as previously published articles, John Rees here brings his abilities as both a historian of ideas and a political philosopher to bear in this combination of historical...

Rediscoveries is a collection of essays on 19th-century European political thinkers, whose ideas--despite their originality--are seldom remembered in the popular history of political thought. The...

First Edition. Hardcover. 576 pages. With plates. Annual Volume of Speeches read at the British Academy in 1978 on philosophy, literature, economics, history and literary history. Contents: - The...

Developing the concept of a moral code & defining "morally right" actions by rational persons, this book discusses important traditional philosophical inquiries about what's good & right thru...

In this book, Buckle provides a historical perspective on the political philosophies of Locke and Hume, arguing that there are continuities in the development of seventeenth and eighteenth-century...

Based on a study undertaken jointly by the Ministry of Planning of Saudi Arabia and the World Bank, this book attempts to explain the main variables and processes in the shifting conditions of the...

Book by Currie Robert

Attempts to show that the simplicity of a hypothesis can be measured by attending to how well it answers certain kinds of questions.

This is the ninth volume of the Correspondence produced in the new edition of The Collected Works of Jeremy Bentham. The letters--the vast majority of which have never before been published--date...