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1. Consequentialism

   By Julia Driver

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Consequentialism is the view that the rightness or wrongness of actions depend solely on their consequences. It is one of the most influential, and controversial, of all ethical theories. In this book, Julia Driver introduces and critically assesses consequentialism in all its forms. After a brief...

   Published November 15th 2011 by Routledge
2. Semantic Externalism

   By Jesper Kallestrup

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Semantic externalism is the view that the meanings of referring terms, and the contents of beliefs that are expressed by those terms, are not fully determined by factors internal to the speaker but are instead bound up with the environment. The debate about semantic externalism is one of the most...

   Published September 1st 2011 by Routledge
3. Self-Knowledge

   By Brie Gertler

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   How do you know your own thoughts and feelings? Do we have ‘privileged access’ to our own minds? Does introspection provide a grasp of a thinking self or ‘I’? The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most fascinating in all of philosophy and has crucial significance for the philosophy of mind...

   Published November 23rd 2010 by Routledge
4. Embodied Cognition

   By Lawrence Shapiro

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Embodied cognition often challenges standard cognitive science. In this outstanding introduction, Lawrence Shapiro sets out the central themes and debates surrounding embodied cognition, explaining and assessing the work of many of the key figures in the field, including George Lakoff, Alva Noë,...

   Published August 8th 2010 by Routledge
5. Moral Epistemology

   By Aaron Zimmerman

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   How do we know right from wrong? Do we even have moral knowledge? Moral epistemology studies these and related questions about our understanding of virtue and vice. It is one of philosophy’s perennial problems, reaching back to Plato, Aristotle, Aquinas, Locke, Hume and Kant, and has recently been...

   Published May 18th 2010 by Routledge
6. Noncognitivism in Ethics

   By Mark Schroeder

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   According to noncognitivists, when we say that stealing is wrong, what we are doing is more like venting our feelings about stealing or encouraging one another not to steal, than like stating facts about morality. These ideas challenge the core not only of much thinking about morality and...

   Published March 8th 2010 by Routledge
7. Physicalism

   By Daniel Stoljar

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Physicalism, the thesis that everything is physical, is one of the most controversial problems in philosophy. Its adherents argue that there is no more important doctrine in philosophy, whilst its opponents claim that its role is greatly exaggerated. In this superb introduction to the problem...

   Published February 9th 2010 by Routledge
8. Fiction and Fictionalism

   By R. M. Sainsbury

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Are fictional characters such as Sherlock Holmes real? What can fiction tell us about the nature of truth and reality? In this excellent introduction to the problem of fictionalism R. M. Sainsbury covers the following key topics: what is fiction? realism about fictional objects, including the...

   Published August 12th 2009 by Routledge
9. Analyticity

   By Cory Juhl, Eric Loomis

   Series: New Problems of Philosophy

   Analyticity, or the 'analytic/synthetic' distinction is one of the most important and controversial problems in contemporary philosophy. It is also essential to understanding many developments in logic, philosophy of language, epistemology and metaphysics. In this outstanding introduction to...

   Published August 6th 2009 by Routledge