New Waves in Metaethics

New Waves in Metaethics

Author: Michael S. Brady

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-11-17

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 0230294898

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Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field.


New Waves in Metaethics

New Waves in Metaethics

Author: Michael S. Brady

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan

Published: 2010-11-23

Total Pages: 316

ISBN-13: 9780230251625

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Metaethics occupies a central place in analytical philosophy, and the last forty years has seen an upsurge of interest in questions about the nature and practice of morality. This collection presents original and ground-breaking research on metaethical issues from some of the very best of a new generation of philosophers working in this field.


New Waves in Metaphysics

New Waves in Metaphysics

Author: A. Hazlett

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2016-04-30

Total Pages: 291

ISBN-13: 0230297420

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A collection of new essays by young scholars on the cutting edge of this ancient philosophical area. Diverse topics, including ontology, free will, fundamental properties, and causation, the volume will appeal both to specialists and to anyone interested in the present and future state of metaphysics in the English-speaking world.


New Waves in Ethics

New Waves in Ethics

Author: T. Brooks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 511

ISBN-13: 0230305881

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Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.


New Waves in Ethics

New Waves in Ethics

Author: T. Brooks

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2011-04-28

Total Pages: 309

ISBN-13: 0230305881

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Bringing together the leading future figures in ethics broadly construed with essays ranging from metaethics and normative ethics to applied ethics and political philosophy, topics include new work on experimental philosophy, feminism, and global justice incorporating perspectives informed from historical and contemporary approaches alike.


New Waves in Philosophical Logic

New Waves in Philosophical Logic

Author: G. Restall

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2012-07-31

Total Pages: 254

ISBN-13: 1137003723

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Philosophical logic has been, and continues to be, a driving force behind much progress and development in philosophy more broadly. This collection by up-and-coming philosophical logicians deals with a broad range of topics, including, for example, proof-theory, probability, context-sensitivity, dialetheism and dynamic semantics.


New Waves in Philosophy of Action

New Waves in Philosophy of Action

Author: J. Aguilar

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-10-29

Total Pages: 282

ISBN-13: 0230304257

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A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.


Consequentialism

Consequentialism

Author: Christian Seidel

Publisher:

Published: 2019

Total Pages: 289

ISBN-13: 019027011X

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Consequentialism is a focal point of moral philosophy. Recently, new wave consequentialists have presented theories which proved extremely flexible and powerful in meeting influential objections. The volume explores new directions within this project, raises fundamental problems for it, and gives a balanced assessment of its scope in commonsense moral practice.


Moral Error Theory

Moral Error Theory

Author: Jonas Olson

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA

Published: 2014

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 0198701934

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Jonas Olson presents a critical survey of moral error theory, the view that there are no moral facts and so all moral claims are false. Part I explores the historical context of the debate; Part II assesses J. L. Mackie's famous arguments; Part III defends error theory against challenges and considers its implications for our moral thinking.


New Waves in Philosophy of Technology

New Waves in Philosophy of Technology

Author: Jan Kyrre Berg Olsen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-11-28

Total Pages: 335

ISBN-13: 0230227279

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The volume advances research in the philosophy of technology by introducing contributors who have an acute sense of how to get beyond or reframe the epistemic, ontological and normative limitations that currently limit the fields of philosophy of technology and science and technology studies.