New Waves in Applied Ethics
New Waves in Applied Ethics

Author: Jesper Ryberg

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Published: 2007-11-13

Total Pages: 304

ISBN-13:

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This volume contains work by the very best young scholars working in Applied Ethics, gathering a range of new perspectives and thoughts on highly relevant topics, such as the environment, animals, computers, freedom of speech, human enhancement, war and poverty. For researchers and students working in or around this fascinating area of the discipline, the volume will provide a unique snapshot of where the cutting-edge work in the field is currently engaged and where it's headed.

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 Aesthetics
New Waves in Aesthetics

Author: K. Stock

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2008-08-01

Total Pages: 290

ISBN-13: 0230227457

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Leading young scholars present a collection of wide-ranging essays covering central problems in meta-aesthetics and aesthetic issues in the philosophy of mind, as well as offering analyses of key aesthetic concepts, new perspectives on the history of aesthetics, and specialized treatment of individual art forms.

New Waves in Truth
New Waves in Truth

Author: C. Wright

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2010-07-16

Total Pages: 367

ISBN-13: 0230296998

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What is truth? Philosophers are interested in a range of issues involving the concept of truth beginning with what sorts of things can be true. This is a collection of eighteen new and original research papers on truth and other alethic phenomena by twenty of the most promising young scholars working on truth today.

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 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 Philosophy of Religion
New Waves in Philosophy of Religion

Author: Yujin Nagasawa

Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 236

ISBN-13:

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New Waves in Philosophy of Religion presents cutting-edge research by some of the best philosophers of religion of the new generation.

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.