The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, Second Edition

Copyright © 2002 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

The Blackwell Companion to Philosophy, Second Edition

Editor(s): Nicholas Bunnin, E. P. Tsui-James

Published Online: 26 NOV 2007

Print ISBN: 9780631219071

Online ISBN: 9780470996362

DOI: 10.1002/9780470996362

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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.

Table of contents

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      Frontmatter (pages i–xviii)

    1. Contemporary Philosophy in the United States (pages 1–22)

      John R. Searle

    1. Contemporary Philosophy: A Second Look (pages 23–34)

      Bernard Williams

  4. Part I: Areas of Philosophy

    1. Chapter 1

      Epistemology (pages 35–60)

      A. C. Grayling

    2. Chapter 2

      Metaphysics (pages 61–89)

      Simon Blackburn

    3. Chapter 3

      Philosophy of Language (pages 90–146)

      Martin Davies

    4. Chapter 4

      Philosophy of Logic (pages 147–172)

      A. W. Moore

    5. Chapter 5

      Philosophy of Mind (pages 173–201)

      William G. Lycan

    6. Chapter 6

      Ethics (pages 202–230)

      John Skorupski

    7. Chapter 7

      Aesthetics (pages 231–256)

      Sebastian Gardner

    8. Chapter 8

      Political and Social Philosophy (pages 257–285)

      David Archard

    9. Chapter 9

      Philosophy of Science (pages 286–316)

      David Papineau

    10. Chapter 10

      Philosophy of Biology (pages 317–344)

      Elliott Sober

    11. Chapter 11

      Philosophy of Mathematics (pages 345–374)

      Mary Tiles

    12. Chapter 12

      Philosophy of Social Science (pages 375–402)

      Martin Hollis

    13. Chapter 13

      Philosophy of Law (pages 403–427)

      N. E. Simmonds

    14. Chapter 14

      Philosophy of History (pages 428–452)

      Leon Pompa

    15. Chapter 15

      Philosophy of Religion (pages 453–489)

      Charles Taliaferro

    16. Chapter 16

      Applied Ethics (pages 490–498)

      John Haldane

    17. Chapter 17

      Bioethics, Genethics and Medical Ethics (pages 499–516)

      Rebecca Bennett, Charles A. Erin, John Harris and Søren Holm

    18. Chapter 18

      Environmental Ethics (pages 517–530)

      Holmes Rolston

    19. Chapter 19

      Business Ethics (pages 531–551)

      Georges Enderle

    20. Chapter 20

      Philosophy and Feminism (pages 552–566)

      Jean Grimshaw and Miranda Fricker

    21. Chapter 21

      Ethnicity, Culture and Philosophy (pages 567–581)

      Robert Bernasconi

  5. Part II: History of Philosophy

    1. Chapter 22

      Ancient Greek Philosophy (pages 583–600)

      Robert Wardy

    2. Chapter 23

      Plato and Aristotle (pages 601–618)

      Lesley Brown

    3. Chapter 24

      Medieval Philosophy (pages 619–633)

      Jorge J. E. Gracia

    4. Chapter 25

      Bacon (pages 634–643)

      Stephen Gaukroger

    5. Chapter 26

      Descartes and Malebranche (pages 644–657)

      Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross

    6. Chapter 27

      Spinoza and Leibniz (pages 658–670)

      Richard Francks and George Macdonald Ross

    7. Chapter 28

      Hobbes (pages 671–681)

      Tom Sorell

    8. Chapter 29

      Locke (pages 682–693)

      R. S. Woolhouse

    9. Chapter 30

      Berkeley (pages 694–708)

      Howard Robinson

    10. Chapter 31

      Hume (pages 709–724)

      Peter Jones

    11. Chapter 32

      Kant (pages 725–740)

      David Bell

    12. Chapter 33

      Hegel (pages 741–749)

      Michael Inwood

    13. Chapter 34

      Marx (pages 750–758)

      Richard Norman

    14. Chapter 35

      Bentham, Mill and Sidgwick (pages 759–773)

      Ross Harrison

    15. Chapter 36

      Pragmatism (pages 774–789)

      Susan Haack

    16. Chapter 37

      Frege and Russell (pages 790–804)

      R. M. Sainsbury

    17. Chapter 38

      Moore (pages 805–810)

      Thomas Baldwin

    18. Chapter 39

      Wittgenstein (pages 811–826)

      David Pears

    19. Chapter 40

      Nietzsche (pages 827–841)

      David E. Cooper

    20. Chapter 41

      Husserl and Heidegger (pages 842–859)

      Taylor Carman

    21. Chapter 42

      Sartre, Foucault and Derrida (pages 860–874)

      Gary Gutting

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      Glossary (pages 875–892)

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      Appendix (pages 893–904)

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      Index (pages 905–951)

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