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This text brings together articles on the most discussed thinkers in the rationalist movement: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Malebranche. These articles address the topics in metaphysics and epistemology that figure most prominently in contemporary work on these philosophers.

This collection of articles by leading scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas on happiness, moral obligation, justice and rights.

The central project of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" was to answer two questions: what can we know and how can we know it? and what can't we know and why can't we know these things? These essays should help students read Kant's text with a greater understanding of its central themes.

Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals is one of the most important works in modern moral philosophy. This collection of essays, the first of its kind in nearly thirty years, introduces the reader to some of the most important studies of the book from the past two decades, arranged in the form of a collective commentary.

A volume of essays on Aristotelian ethics. Taken together, they provide an analysis of central arguments in Aristotle's "Nicomachean Ethics". Individually, they show the enduring interest of the questions that Aristotle himself raises, in the context of his own discussions.

Bringing together the most influential and accessible articles on Plato's "Republic", this collection elucidates this important work of Western philosophy for general readers, students and academics alike.

Identifying four themes in Wittgenstein's Investigations - reference and meaning, rules and their application, interiority of the mind and alleged uses of private languages, and necessity and grammar - this anthology features essays that explore these themes. It is intended for both the novice and experienced reader of Wittgenstein's classic work.

Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular issues in Heidegger's text, and the relation between Being and Time and Heidegger's later thought. All of the essays presented in this volume were never before available in an English-language anthology. Two of the essays have never before been published in any language (Dreyfus and Guignon); three of the essays have never been published in English before (Grondin, Kisiel, and Thom ), and two of the essays provide previews of works in progress by major scholars (Dreyfus and Kisiel).

Heidegger's Being and Time: Critical Essays provides a variety of recent studies of Heidegger's most important work. Twelve prominent scholars, representing diverse nationalities, generations, and interpretive approaches deal with general methodological and ontological questions, particular issues in Heidegger's text, and the relation between Being and Time and Heidegger's later thought. All of the essays presented in this volume were never before available in an English-language anthology. Two of the essays have never before been published in any language (Dreyfus and Guignon); three of the essays have never been published in English before (Grondin, Kisiel, and ThomS), and two of the essays provide previews of works in progress by major scholars (Dreyfus and Kisiel).

Including essays that were commissioned for the volume, this collection showcases definitive works that have shaped Nietzsche studies alongside new works of interest to students and experts alike. Suitable for the classroom and advanced research, it provides an introduction, annotated bibliography, and index.

John Stuart Mill's On Liberty (1860) continues to shape modern Western conceptions of individual freedom. In this volume, eight leading Mill scholars comment on this landmark work. Their essays, selected for their importance and accessibility, serve as an excellent introduction to this foundational text.

This collection of articles by leading scholars offers fresh interpretations of Mill's ideas on happiness, moral obligation, justice and rights.

An introduction to the critical literature on the classical and social political thinkers Thomas Hobbes, John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. Essays have been selected to guide students through the texts and to introduce them to scholarly controversies.

A collection of essays on the work of John Locke, George Berkeley and David Hume, designed to provide a deeper understanding of major issues raised in the empiricist tradition. It includes "The Rationalist Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibnitz", edited by Derk Pereboom.

The central project of Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" was to answer two questions: what can we know and how can we know it? and what can't we know and why can't we know these things? These essays should help students read Kant's text with a greater understanding of its central themes.