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F. Allhoff, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, MI, USA (Ed.)

Physicians at War

The Dual-Loyalties Challenge

In recent years, there has been a tremendous inter-est in the ethical issues that confront physicians intimes of war, as well as the sometimes instrumen-tal use made of physician during wars. This bookpresents a theoretical apparatus which undergirdsthose debates, namely by casting physicians as beingconfronted with dual-loyalties during times of war.While this theoretical apparatus has already been de-veloped in other contexts, it has not been specifical-ly brought to bear on the ethical conflicts that attainin wars. Arguably, wars do cast physicians into ethi-cal conflicts insofar as these wars create a tension be-tween a physician’s obligation to heal and an obliga-tion to serve some other good (e.g., national security,the general public, the greater good, etc.). Whetherthis dual-loyalty framework is appropriate is debat-able. Certainly some people think that it is, but oth-ers have argued that it is not. For example, MichaelWalzer holds that non-medical duties cannot attachto physicians (due [..]

Features

1. Looking at a topic that has thus far not been treat-ed at book length and nowhere nearly as comprehen-sively, it is extremely timely and highly current. 2.The book offers a unique and broad basis for dealingwith issues that not only impact on medical ethics,but cut across various spheres of justice in a settingdefined by the multiple perspectives of medical, mili-tary and legal practice. 2. This volume is [..]

Contents

1. Matthew Wynia, Preface 2. Fritz Allhoff, "Physi-cians at War: The Dual-Loyalties Challenge" I.The Dual-Loyalties Challenge 3. Len Rubenstein,"The Dual-Loyalties Challenge" 4. Michael Walz-er, "Spheres of Justice" (reprint) 5. Fritz Allhoff,"Are They Physicians?" II. The Torture Debate 6.Steve Milles, "Abu Ghraib: Its Legacy for MilitaryMedicine" (reprint) 7. Jonathan Marks and GreggBloche, TBD (trying to get new contribution!) 8.Richard Matthews, "Indecent Medicine: In Defenseof the Absolute Prohibition against Physician Partici-pation in Torture" (reprint) 9. John Lunstroth, [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Philosophy

Target groups

Philosophers, (military) ethicists, (military) physi-cians, (military) lawyers, human rightslawyers, medical practitioners, political scientists.

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due March 2008

2008. Approx. 225 p. (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the

New Medicine, Vol. 41) Hardcover

104,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6911-6

F. Allhoff, Western Michigan University; P. Lin, Western Michigan

University (Eds.)

Nanotechnology and Society

Current and Emerging Ethical Issues

Nanotechnology and Society is a collection oftwelve essays regarding the ethical implications ofemerging nanotechnologies. The book is divided in-to four unites, which capture the four "hottest" topicsin nanoethics: envisioning the future; nonomedicine;human enhancement; and privacy. The design of thisbook is to engender debates on these topics ratherthan merely to present unrelated articles. On each ofthese topics, there will be three papers. In most cas-es, there is one paper that "sets the stage" for the de-bate by talking about the status of the sciences andthe effects that those sciences will have on society,and then this paper is followed by two articles whichtake contrary positions on the moral significance ofthose developments.

Features

All authors are among the leaders in the fields, andare all highly-regarded academics who play signifi-cant roles in the developments of these debates.

Contents

Foreword;Introduction; 1. Foundational Issues; 2.Risk & Regulation; 3. Industry & Policy; 4.The Human Condition; 5. Global Issues.

Fields of interest

Philosophy

Target groups

Researchers in nanoethics, libraries, course adop-tions

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due June 2008

2008. Approx. 210 p. Hardcover

84,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6208-7

P.S. Anderson, Oxford University, UK (Ed.)

New Topics in Feminist Philosophy

of Religion: Resistance and Spiritual

Practices

Having enjoyed about a decade of lively critique andcreativity, feminist philosophy of religion still needsto be kept alive as a vital field of inquiry with new in-put and new voices from women and men informedby, but also critically engaged with, the rich tradi-tions of philosophy of religion. This twenty-first century volume on feminist topics in philoso-phy of religion seeks to maintain such vitality. Thebasic premise is that old models of God, of rela-tions between human and divine, and between gen-dered subjects, will no longer ‘simply do’ for femi-nist philosophers. The volume will sketch possibili-ties for feminist philosophy of religion in relation tothe creation of sacred space, including the divine ineveryday life and the sacred as vocation.Contributorsto this volume critically engage with a range of west-ern philosophers including Immanuel Kant, SørenKierkegaard, Karl Marx, Hannah Arendt, Iris Mur-doch, Martin Heidegger, Simone Weil, Simone deBeauvoir, Emmanuel Levinas, Luce [..]

Features

Reflects the vital field of feminist philosophy of reli-gion with new input and new voices from scholarscritically engaged with the rich traditions of the fieldAddresses the feminist struggle with and beyond op-pressive aspects of God, especially gender specificconceptions of the divine Goes into the question ofhow ethnic, racial, sexual, social and material differ-ences can lead to more just configurations [..]

Contents

Introduction; Pamela Sue Anderson.- Section I– Transcendence Incarnate.- 1. WidowedWomen in Jewish Stories; Alicia Suskin Ostrik-er.- 2. Widowed Women in Hindu Sto-ries; Parita Mukta.- 3. Transcendence andDynamic Stasis in Emmanuel Levinas; Kathryn Be-vis.- 4. The Le Doeuffian Model of Rad-ical Friendship: Against Subjection and the Aban-doned Fiancee; Daniel Whistler.- 5. IsLiterature Any Help in Dealing with Eve and Mary?;Dorota Filipczak.- 6. Feminist Imagin-ings and the Body in Pain: Revisiting the Philosophi-cal Imaginary; Marije [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Religion; Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2009


139,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6832-4

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M. Barbieri, University of Ferrara, Italy (Ed.)

The Codes of Life

The Rules of Macroevolution

Building on a range of disciplines – from biology andanthropology to philosophy and linguistics – thisbook draws on the expertise of leading names in thestudy of organic, mental and cultural codes broughttogether by the emerging discipline of biosemiotics.The book’s 18 chapters present a range of experi-mental evidence which suggests that the genetic codewas only the first in a long series of organic codes,and that it has been the appearance of new codes –organic, mental and cultural – that paved the way forthe major transitions in the history of life. While theexistence of many organic codes has been proposedsince the 1980s, this volume represents the first mul-ti-authored attempt to deal with the range of codesrelevant to life, and to reveal the ubiquitous role ofcoding mechanisms in both organic and mental evo-lution. This creates the conditions for a synthesis ofbiology and linguistics that finally overcomes the olddivide between nature and culture. The book will ap-peal to all [..]

Features

First multi-authored book on organic codes Geneticcode was only first of a long series of organic codesFinally the rules of macroevolution looked for bygenerations of biologists Organic codes are the keyto understanding the major transitions of life histo-ry Evolution took place by natural selection, conven-tions Mental, cultural codes came after a three-bil-lion-year history of organic codes

Contents

Editorial.- 1. Codes of biosequences.- 2. The mecha-nisms of evolution.- 3. Catalytic propensity of aminoacids and the origins of the genetic code and pro-teins.- 4. Why the genetic code originated.- 5. Self-referential formation of the genetic system.- 6. Themathematical structure of the genetic code.- 7. Thearithmetical origin of the genetic code.- 8. Proteinlinguistics and the modular code of the cytoskele-ton.- 9. A lipid-based code in nuclear signalling.- 10.Biological information transfer beyond the genet-ic code: the sugar code.- 11. The immune self code:from correspondence to [..]

Fields of interest

Evolutionary Biology; Philosophy of Biology; Codingand Information Theory; Interdisciplinary Studies;Semantics

Target groups

Biologists of all fields, ecologists, anthropologists,psychologists, philosophers, linguists, researchers inthe history of science, in the origin of life, in artificiallife and artificial intelligence, students of informationtheory and communication technology

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2008. Approx. XX, 438 p. 8 color illus. (Biosemiotics, Vol. 1) Hard-

cover

139,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6339-8

D. Birnbacher, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf, Germany;

E. Dahl, University of Giessen, Germany (Eds.)

Giving Death a Helping Hand

Physician-assisted suicide and public policy. An international

perspective.

From the perspective of patients, physician-assist-ed suicide is a more unambiguous expression of thepatient's autonomous will. From the legislator's per-spective it seems less liable to misuse and abuse. Andoften the availability of assisted suicide, instead ofshortening the life of a patient, has proved to pro-long it. Public policy has begun to respond to thisprospect. Notably in Switzerland and Germany, theattitudes of public bodies towards physician-assistedsuicide are in a process of change, partly motivatedby the wish to take the edge off the pressure for legal-isation of active euthanasia. The present volume fo-cuses on public policy issues related to physician-as-sisted suicide. It offers a detailed analysis of the cur-rent legal standing and practice of physician-assistedsuicide in various countries and discusses the ethicalprinciples underlying its legal and professional regu-lation. In addition, it contains a number of personalnarratives by professionals who have for many yearsbeen [..]

Features

Up-to-date overview of legislation on physician-as-sisted suicide all over the world Critical appraisals ofthe views taken by professional codes toward physi-cian-assisted suicide Practice reports of some of theleading figures in the practice of physician-assistedsuicide in Switzerland and in the Netherlands

Contents

Preface; I. Physician-Assisted Suicide andPublic Policy;II. Physician-Assisted Suicide – An In-ternational Perspective ;III. Physician-AssistedSuicide – Narratives from Professional and PersonalExperience

Fields of interest

Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Ethics

Target groups

Medical ethicists, medical sociologists, medicallawyers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due June 2008



94,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6495-1

Th. Bonk, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Underdetermination.

An essay on evidence and the limits of knowledge

Underdetermination. An Essay on Evidence and theLimits of Knowledge is a wide-ranging study of thethesis that scientific theories are systematically "un-derdetermined" by the data they account for. Thismuch-debated thesis is a thorn in the side of scien-tific realists and methodologists of science alike andof late has been vigorously attacked. After analyzingthe epistemological and ontological ascpects of thecontroversy in detail, and reviewing pertinent logicalfacts and selected scientific cases, Bonk carefully ex-amines the merits of arguments for and against thethesis. Along the way, he investigates methodolog-ical proposals and recent theories of confirmation,which promise to discriminate among observational-ly equivalent theories on evidential grounds. He ex-plores sympathetically but critically W.V.Quine andH.Putnam’s arguments for the thesis, the relation-ship between indeterminacy and underdetermina-tion, and possibilities for a conventionalist solution.This book is of interest to anyone [..]

Features

READABLE INTRODUCTION TO THE CONTRO-VERSY BALANCED ANALYSIS IMPORTANTTOPIC IN PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE UP-TO –DATE, TIMELY

Contents

1 A Humean Predica-ment?1.1. Aspects ofUnderdetermination 1.2. Significanceof the Thesis 1.3. Quine, Realism, andUnderdetermination 1.4. No quicksolutions 1.5. Three responses andstrategies 2 Underdetermination Is-sues in the Exact Sciences2.1. Logical Equivalence,Interdefinability, and Isomorphism 2.2. Theo-rems of Ramsey and Craig 2.3. From Denota-tional Vagueness to Ontological Relativity 2.4.Semantic Arguments 2.5. PhysicalEquivalence 2.6. Underdetermination of [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science

Target groups

PHILOSOPHERS OF SCIENCE WITH AN IN-TEREST IN METHODOLOGY, CONFIRMATIONTHEORY, AND REALISM; ANYONE INTEREST-ED IN QUINE’S PHILOSOPHY

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2008

2008. Approx. 300 p. (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Sci-

ence, Vol. 261) Hardcover

120,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6898-0


S.-V. Brakman, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA; D. Fozard

Weaver, Villanova University, Villanova, PA, USA (Eds.)

The Ethics of Embryo Adoption and

the Catholic Tradition

The book’s strength is its careful consideration, froma variety of perspectives within the Catholic tra-dition, of the practice of embryo adoption. It ap-proaches the question in an open and reasonable wayby allowing proponents of diverse positions withinthe tradition. This method both sheds a great deal oflight on the particular question and at the same timeintroduces the reader to the relevant general princi-ples that guide Catholic moral thought.

Features

One of the first two collections on the Catholic Tra-dition and Embryo Adoption The first Interdisci-plinary contribution to Catholic scholarship on Em-bryo Adoption, with contributions from a medicalpractitioner and a couple who have embryo adopted,in addition to those from philosophers and theolo-gians Argues for new approaches to moral analysis ofembryo adoption, while working within the Catholic[..]

Contents

From the contents Part One: The Morality of Em-bryo Adoption. Arguments against. Arguments for.-Part Two: The Debate Engaged.- Part Three: Morali-ty in the Practice. Notes on Contributors. Index.

Fields of interest

Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; ReproductiveMedicine; Philosophy of Religion; Religion; Philoso-phy of Medicine

Target groups

Scholars and graduate students in the fields of phi-losophy, theology, bioethics, women’s studies,Catholic studies, law/political science, sociology;professionals who work on issues of sex, marriage,and family; clinicians, practitioners of traditionalforms of adoption

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due April 2008

2007. Approx. 318 p. (Catholic Studies in Bioethics, Vol. 95) Hard-

cover

124,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6210-0

W. Carnielli, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil; M.

Coniglio, University of Campinas (UNICAMP), Brazil; D.M. Gabbay,

King's College, London, United Kingdom; P. Gouveia, Instituto

Superior Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal; C. Sernadas, Instituto Superi-

or Tecnico, Lisbon, Portugal

Analysis and Synthesis of Logics

How to Cut and Paste Reasoning Systems

Starting with simple examples showing the relevanceof cutting and pasting logics, the monograph devel-ops a mathematical theory of combining and decom-posing logics, ranging from propositional and first-order based logics to higher-order based logics aswell as to non-truth functional logics. The theorycovers mechanisms for combining semantic struc-tures and deductive systems either of the same or dif-ferent nature (for instance, two Hilbert calculi or aHilbert calculus and a tableau calculus). The impor-tant issue of preservation of properties is extensive-ly addressed. For instance, sufficient conditions areprovided for a combined logic to be sound and com-plete when the original component logics are knownto be sound and complete. The book brings the read-er to the front line of current research in the field byshowing both recent achievements and directions offuture investigations (in particular, multiple openproblems). It also provides examples of potential ap-plications in emergent fields like [..]

Features

First book addressing both composition and decom-position of logics Tool box for combining and de-composing logics in different guises Mathematicalapproach Several examples in diverse areas such assoftware specification, knowledge representation,argumentation theory, networks, security protocolsand quantum computing Written by internationallyleading researchers in the field of pure and appliedlogic and philosophy

Contents

Preface.- 1. Introductory Overview.- 2. Splicing Log-ics: Syntactic Fibring.- 3. Splicing Logics: SemanticFibring.- 4. Heterogenous Fibring.- 5. Fibring Non-Truth Functional Logics.- 6. Fibring First-OrderLogics.- 7. Fibring Higher-Order Logics.- 8. Modu-lated Fibring.- 9. Splitting Logics.- 10. New Trends:Network Fibring.- 11. Summing-up and Outlook.-Bibliography.- Subject Index.- Table of Symbols.-List of Figures.

Fields of interest

Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Logic; Mathe-matical Logic and Formal Languages

Target groups

Logicians, philosophers, computer scientists.

Type of publication

Monograph

Due January 2008

2008. Approx. 620 p. (Applied Logic Series, Vol. 35) Hardcover

234,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6781-5

D.K. Chan, University of Wisconsin, Stevens Point, WI, USA. (Ed.)

Moral Psychology Today: Essays on

Values, Rational Choice, and the

Will

This volume is an edited collection of original paperson the theme of "Values, Rational Choice, and theWill". The editor is a Stanford-trained moral philoso-pher, and the organizer of a conference held on April1-3, 2004. The conference succeeded in bring-ing together a wide range of essays that dealt withmost of the central questions of moral philosophy to-day, in both normative ethics and meta-ethics, the-oretical and applied ethics, and especially in moralpsychology, a broad area at the intersection of moralphilosophy and philosophy of mind and action.

Features

This book provides the most current and extensiveupdate on research in moral psychology In contrastwith most recent books in moral psychology, theoriginal papers in this volume explore a wide rangeof topics in moral psychology, and is not just nar-rowly focused on a single issue This collection bringstogether the work of established philosophers andup-and-coming philosophers, writing from several[..]

Contents

Acknowledgements.- Contributors.- Introduction;David K. Chan.- Part I: Meta-ethics of Values.- 1.Moral Realism, Meta-Ethical Pyrrhonism and Nat-uralism; Drew Khlentzos.- 2. Buck-Passing Per-sonal Values; Toni Rønnow-Rasmussen.- Part II:Reason and Choice.- 3. Volitions, ComparativeValue Judgments, and Choice; Joseph Boyle.- 4.The Insignificance of Choice; Joseph S. Biehl.- PartIII: Desire and Intention.- 5. The Indetermi-nacy of Desire and Practical Reason; Patrick Flem-ing.- 6. The Myth of Objectively Alien Desires; JamesStacey Taylor.- 7. On the Intelligibility of Bad Acts;[..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Philosophy of Mind; Psychology, general;Philosophy

Target groups

This book is designed with both professionalphilosophers and graduate students in mind as po-tential readers. It can be used as a text in graduatecourses in moral philosophy or philosophy of ac-tion, as a research tool by academics and graduatestudents, and as a significant contribution in ethicsand moral psychology that sets the stage for futuredebates.

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due February 2008

2008. Approx. 250 p. (Philosophical Studies Series, Vol. 110)

Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6871-3


R.T. Cook, Villanova University, PA, USA (Ed.)

The Arché Papers on the

Mathematics of Abstraction

This volume collects together a number of impor-tant papers concerning both the method of abstrac-tion generally and the use of particular abstractionprinciples to reconstruct central areas of mathemat-ics along logicist lines. Gottlob Frege's original logi-cist project was, in effect, refuted by Russell's para-dox. Crispin Wright has recently revived Frege’s en-terprise, however, providing a philosophical andtechnical framework within which a reconstructionof arithmetic is possible. While the Neo-Fregeanproject has received extensive attention and discus-sion, the present volume is unique in presenting athoroughgoing examination of the mathematical as-pects of the neo-logicist project (and the particularphilosophical issues arising from these technical con-cerns). Attention is focused on extending the Neo-Fregean treatment to all of mathematics, with thereconstruction of real analysis from various cut- orcauchy-sequence-related abstraction principles andthe reconstruction of set theory from [..]

Features

Comprises a survey of the philosophical and tech-nical work being done at Arché: The AHRB Centrefor the Philosophy of Logic, Language, Mathematics,and Mind at the University of St Andrews Providesan overview of the Neo-Fregean position in philos-ophy of mathematics Collects together hard to findmaterial on Neo-Fregean set theory and real analy-sis Contains papers by distinguished philosophers ofmathematics, [..]

Contents

Preface: by Crispin Wright Introduction: by Roy T.Cook Part I: The Philosophy and Mathematics ofHume's Principle Part II: The Logic of AbstractionPart III: Abstraction and the Continuum Part IV: Ba-sic Law V and Set Theory

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; Logic; Mathematical Logicand Foundations

Target groups

Philosophers of language, logic, and mathematics,especially those interested in the formal foundationsof mathematics and those interested in Fregean phi-losophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due November 2007

2007. xxxvii,454p. (The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of

Science, Vol. 71) Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-4264-5

C. Dilworth, University of Uppsala, Sweden

The Metaphysics of Science

An Account of Modern Science in terms of Principles, Laws

and Theories

The Metaphysics of Science provides a clear, well-founded conception of modern science, accordingto which its core consists of particular metaphysicalprinciples. On this view, both the empirical and thetheoretical aspects of science are the result of the at-tempt to apply these metaphysical principles to reali-ty. There is a flexibility in the application of the prin-ciples, however, so that, in their scientific guise, theymay come to be reformed over time through scien-tific revolutions. This approach to modern scienceprovides a unified conception of the enterprise, ex-plaining such of its various aspects as the principleof induction, the nature of scientific knowledge andscientific reduction, the fundamental difference be-tween the natural and social sciences, and the role ofessentialism with respect to natural kinds. Further-more, it provides a resolution of the long-standingdebate between empiricism and realism. In this re-gard, and in others, the view of science advanced inthis work is not [..]

Features

Takes a Metaphysical approach to the subject Coher-ent view of science that trnascents the boundries ofprofessional philosophy of science Provides a real-istic conception of the enterprise than can be foundthere

Contents

Preface.- Introduction.- 1. Empiricism vs. realism -the perennial debate in the philosophy of science.-2. Fundamental and refined principles: the core ofmodern science.- 3. Empirical laws: the superventionof experience.- 4. Scientific theories: closing the cir-cle.- 5. The principle-theory-law model of scientificexplanation.- 6. The social sciences: a considerationof economics.- 7. Natural kinds.- 8. Probability andconfirmation.- 9. Empiricism vs. realism revisited.-10. Modern science and the future.- References.- In-dex.

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; Philosophy of the Social Sci-ences; Philosophy of Biology; Metaphysics; Episte-mology

Target groups

Philosophers of science, graduate students in thephilosophy of science, scientists interested in the na-ture of science

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2007. XVI, 336 p. (Boston Studies in the Philosophy of Science,

Vol. 173) Softcover

39,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6327-5

G. Dueck, IBM Deutschland GmbH, Mannheim, Germany

Lean Brain Management

More Success and Efficiency by Saving Intelligence

Since many years, all the managers are franticallycost cutting to save their souls. What can be savedadditionally? This book provides a new gold mine:Save intelligence! Don’t pay high salaries to whitecollar academics anymore. Start to organize all yourenterprise work flow in the manner of no-brainers.If all the work is utmost stupidified and simplified,the modern enterprise can even try to educate itscustomers to do all the necessary work themselves– for the honor of a platinum status, say. The leanbrain enterprise delivers lean brain quality withoutany compromise. Today’s work is very complicat-ed – most people waste their time fixing work flowproblems which have been originated by superflu-ous intelligence. Lean Brain Management avoids in-telligence in all facets of our life. This book advis-es to transform the society. Minimal intelligence inpolitics, universities, schools, economics, and every-where! It is completely sufficient that any human cantalk about any topic in the world – [..]

Features

This satirical book advises to transform society tominimal intelligence everywhere After 30 minutesgoogling any human can talk about any topic in theworld!

Fields of interest

Management; Philosophy; Procurement

Target groups

Managers, developers, computer scientists, mathe-maticians, psychologists, users

Type of publication

Professional book

Due October 2007


22,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-71837-6


M. Düwell, Universiteit Utrecht, The Netherlands; C. Rehmann-

Sutter, Universität Basel, Switzerland; D. Mieth, Universität

Tübingen, Germany (Eds.)

The Contingent Nature of Life

Bioethics and Limits of Human Existence

This volume explores the different dimensions ofhow the contingency of life, and especially humanlife, is relevant for ethical discussions and the nor-mative frameworks in bioethics. It explores the rel-evance of the notion contingency, needs and de-sires for moral argumentation and bioethics. Thevolume discusses those notions in a philo-sophical perspective, but pays special attention to theimpact of life sciences for people with disabilities andintercultural perspectives on the bioethical debates.Additionally, the volume is a contribution to a deep-er reflection on basic philosophical assumptions ofbioethics.

Features

Examines the basic ethical notions such as desire,needs and rights in a substantial philosophical man-ner and elaborates the relevance of these notions torecent bioethical discussions Studies the relation-ships between the ‘contingency’ of life and the cur-rent developments in the life sciences Discusses theimpact of the life sciences on disabilities in a broaderphilosophical perspective Studies the [..]

Contents

Introduction; Contingency of Life and the Eth-ical. Ethical Theories and the Limits ofLife Sciences. Cases of Limits. .Abilitiesand Disabilities. Others’ Views: InterculturalPerspectives.

Fields of interest

Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Philosophy ofMedicine; Regional and Cultural Studies; MedicalLaw

Target groups

Teachers and students in philosophy, theology,bioethics, teachers in medical ethics, law

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due August 2008

2008. (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New

Medicine, Vol. 39) Hardcover

159,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6762-4

M. Ferrari, University of Toronto, ON, Canada; G. Potworowski,

University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA (Eds.)

Teaching for Wisdom

Cross-cultural perspectives on Fostering Wisdom

Wisdom is valued as an ideal aim of personal devel-opment around the world. But we rarely see howwisdom is understood in different religious andphilosophical traditions and different scientific disci-plines, and more particularly how wisdom is taught.The emphasis of the book is on whether wisdom canbe taught, not on what wisdom is, making it bothmore practical and more personally engaging. Morespecifically, it considers how people at differenttimes and places have engaged the age-old questionof how (or whether) we can learn to live a good life,and what that life is like. The chapters in this bookarea welcome introduction to this vast field from avariety of different perspectives. Chapters considerGreek and Confucian philosophy, Christian, Islam-ic and Buddhist religion, African tradition, as well ascontemporary scientific approaches to the study ofwisdom. Authors of each chapter are leading scholarsin their respective fields, and representing a range ofdisciplines including philosophy, [..]

Features

Emphasis of the book is on whether wisdom can betaught, not on what wisdom is Practical and person-ally engaging look at how people at different timesand places have engaged the question of how we canlearn to live a good life Gathers together a range ofperspectives never before assembled within a singlevolume Includes scientific, philosophical, and reli-gious perspectives on wisdom usually considered [..]

Fields of interest

Education & Society; Philosophy of Education; Com-parative Education; Pedagogic Psychology; Philoso-phy of Mind; Philosophy of Religion

Target groups

Graduate students and scholars in: philosophy, cul-tural psychology, anthropology, religious studies

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due December 2007

2008. Approx 310 p. Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6531-6

M. Foreman, State University of California; A. Kanamori, Boston

University (Eds.)

Handbook of Set Theory

This handbook is the definitive compendium of themethods, results, and current initiatives in modernset theory in all its research directions. Set theory hasentered its prime as an advanced and autonomousfield of mathematics with foundational significance,and the expanse and variety of this handbook atteststo the richness and sophistication of the subject. Thechapters are written by acknowledged experts, majorresearch figures in their areas, and they each bringto bear their experience and insights in carefullywrought, self-contained expositions. There is histor-ical depth, elegant development, probing to the fron-tiers, and prospects for the future. This handbook isessential reading for the aspiring researcher, a pivotalfocus for the veteran set theorist, and a massive ref-erence for all those who want to gain a larger senseof the tremendous advances that have been made inthe subject, one which first appeared as a foundationof mathematics but in the last several decades has ex-panded [..]

Features

Definitive compendium of all of modern set theory.Chapters written by the leading experts in their ar-eas. Carefully crafted, self-contained expositions forall the subfields of set theory. No other up-to-datesingle source available for all the subfields of set the-ory.

Fields of interest

Mathematical Logic and Foundations; Logic; Philos-ophy of Science

Target groups

Graduate students, researchers, and all mathemati-cians interested in set theory.

Type of publication

Handbook

Due October 2007

2008. Approx. 2150 p. (4-volume-set) Hardcover

500,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-4843-2


B. Gordijn, Catholic University of Nijmegen, The Netherlands;

A.M. Cutter, University of Central Lancashire, Preston, UK (Eds.)

In Pursuit of Nanoethics

Transatlantic Reflections on Nanotechnology

Features

Global governance focus (including authors froma number of global organisations) Exploration ofthe nanotechnology-biotechnology convergenceTransatlantic perspective (deliberate inclusion ofglobal perspectives from US, Europe and developingworld). Interdisciplinary approach to issues drawingon authors from across the natural sciences and so-cial sciences Balanced framing of nanoethics as an[..]

Contents

Introduction: Conceptions of Nanoethics; Part I:Nanotechnology, Innovation and Industry. 1: Intel-lectual Property Issues in Nanotechnology; 2: Com-mercialisation and global access to nanotechnol-ogy; 3: Nanotechnology and the Biotech Market;Part II: Nanotechnology and Society. 4: Risk percep-tions in NanoTechnology; 5: Communicating Nan-otechnology; 6: Nanotechnology as the new GMO?;Part III: Nanotechnology and Health. 7: The case forNanoMedicine ; 8: The perils of NanoMedicine; 9:Nanotechnology & Genomics; Part IV: Nan-otechnology and the Environment. 10: The [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Law, general; Nanotechnology; Social Sci-ences; R & D/Technology Policy

Target groups

Academics: Those involved in the academic devel-opment or assessment of nanotechnology within thenatural or social sciencies. Industry: Those involvedin the commercial development of nanotechnologyprojects Policy Makers: Those involved in develop-ing nanotechnology policy (at the national, regionalor global level)

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2008

2008. Approx. 200 p. (The International Library of Ethics, Law and

Technology , Vol. 2) Hardcover

93,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6816-4

H. Grasswick, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT, U.S.A. (Ed.)

Feminist Epistemology and

Philosophy of Science: Power in

Knowledge

Having enjoyed more than twenty years of develop-ment, feminist epistemology and philosophy of sci-ence are now thriving fields of inquiry, offering cur-rent scholars a rich tradition from which to draw.In addition to a recognition of the power of knowl-edge itself and its effects on women’s lives, a cen-tral feature of feminist epistemology and philoso-phy of science has been the attention they draw tothe role of power dynamics within knowledge-seek-ing practices and the implications of these dynam-ics for our understandings of knowledge, science,and epistemology.Feminist Epistemology and Philos-ophy of Science: Power in Knowledge collects newworks that address today’s key challenges for a pow-er-sensitive feminist approach to questions of knowl-edge and scientific practice. The essays build uponestablished work in feminist epistemology and phi-losophy of science, offering new developments in thefields, and representing the broad array of the fem-inist work now being done and the many ways inwhich [..]

Features

Third generation feminist work on today's key chal-lenges for a power-sensitive feminist approach toquestions of knowledge and scientific practice Ad-dressing the many ways in which feminists incorpo-rate power dynamics into their analyses Goes beyondthe classic divisions of feminist empiricism, feministstandpoint theory, and feminist postmodernism, of-fering new interpretations and new applications ofthese [..]

Contents

Introduction; Heidi E. Grasswick I Intersections:Feminism, Epistemology, and Science Studies Epis-temology in the Twenty-First Century: Why Femi-nist Epistemology Can Claim a Central Place; Phyl-lis Rooney Contextualism in Feminist Epistemolo-gy and Philosophy of Science; Kristina Rolin Post-colonial Philosophies of Science: Gender Issues; San-dra Harding Up to two of the following five essays:Third Wave Materialism: Feminist Epistemology Af-ter Feminist Postmodernism; Iris van der Tuin Infor-mation, Interference, and Interdisciplinarity in Fem-inist Technoscience; Ellen Moll A [..]

Fields of interest

Epistemology; Philosophy of Science; Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2009


119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6834-8

J. Hansel, Th Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel (Ed.)

Levinas in Jerusalem:

Phenomenology, Ethics, Politics,

Aesthetics

A disciple of Husserl and Heidegger, a contempo-rary of Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, Levinas entirelyrenewed the way of thinking ethics in our times. Incontrast to the whole tradition of Western philoso-phy, he considered ethics neither as an aspiration toindividual perfection, nor as the highest branch inthe Cartesian tree of knowledge, but as “first philos-ophy”. By putting into question the priority of Be-ing, by seeing responsibility for the other person asthe very structure of subjectivity, Levinas initiateda new understanding of time, freedom or language.This book is a collection of papers given at the Inter-national Conference “Levinas in Jerusalem” held atthe Hebrew University in May 2002. 2006 marks theCentennial of Levinas’s birth. At this occasion, thisbook gives an overview of the most fecund areas ofresearch in Levinas scholarship. By bringing togetherhistorians of philosophy, phenomenologists, special-ists in Jewish thought and Talmud, as well as in poli-tics and aesthetics, it [..]

Features

In contrast with other studies which separateLevinas’s philosophical writings from his Jewishones, the book focuses on their many interactionsNumerous studies focus on the relationship betweenLevinas’ ethics and his politics, a field that evokes agrowing interest in academic circles as well as in thelarger audience Presents papers writen by worldwiderenowned Levinas scholars as well as by young [..]

Contents

Part One: Phenomenology. Leaving the Climate ofHeidegger’s Thinking. The Presence of Being andTime in Totality and Infinity.-The Theoretical to theRescue of Levinas.- Part Two: Ethics, Politics andJustice. Judaism, the Jewish People and the State. AReading of Emmanuel Levinas’s Talmudic Commen-tary "Judaism and Revolution". Necessity and Legiti-macy of the State. Political Reason and Prophetism:How is the Other Ordered to Me? Levinas and Berg-son on Justice and Infinity. In Defense of Violence:Levinas and the Problem of Justice.- Part Three: Erosand the Feminine. The Language of [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy

Target groups

Academics in phenomenology and history of philos-ophy; readers with an interest in ethics and politics,religion and Judaism

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2007. Approx. 350 p. (Amsterdam Studies in Jewish Thought, Vol.

14) Hardcover

139,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6247-6


M.G. Hansson, Uppsala University, Sweden

The Private Sphere

Emotional Territory and Its Agent

The non-interference perspective is common whentheorizing about the protection of the private lifeof individuals and their families. However, this ac-cepted way of looking at things, leads our thoughtsastray. It fails to do justice to the interests both inbeing left in peace but at the same time participat-ing in a community together with other people. Newmethods of communications interception, videoand even satellite surveillance allow insight and anentry into personal matters, but they can also beused to satisfy people's need for protection, safetyand security in public places. A theory about the re-spect for the individual's right to a private sphereand its protection ought therefore to incorporateboth these interests. In The Private Sphere it is sug-gested that an emotional territory, which forms theindividual's own sphere of action and experience, hasdeveloped in the course of evolution in pace with theindividual's conditions of life, brought about by chal-lenges in the natural and [..]

Features

an explanation of a concept often used but seldomunderstood in political discussions an integrated ap-proach from evolutionary biology, psychology andphilosophy to show how humans and social animalsnavigate between the private and the social a well re-searched and clear account about the meaning andimportance of enjoying a private sphere

Contents

Foreword.Introduction.1.The private sphere froma historical and cultural perspective.2. Integrity asan emotional territory – a psychological and evolu-tionary perspective3. Integrity as something whichis morally worth protecting.4. Respect for the indi-vidual as a person with moral and political authori-ty- integrity from a philosophical perspective.5. Bal-ancing seclusion and participation-integrity from theperspective of moral philosophy.6. Legal protection– privacy and integrity from the perspective of ju-risprudence and the law.7. Integrity as a quality wor-thy of esteem and [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Philosophy of Law; Philosophy of Biology

Target groups

Philosophers, lawyers, social scientists, policy makers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2008

2008. Approx. 220 p. (Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Cul-

ture, Vol. 15) Hardcover

94,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6651-1

J. Hoffmeyer, Department of Molecular Biology, University of

Copenhagen, Denmark (Ed.)

A Legacy for Living Systems

Gregory Bateson as Precursor to Biosemiotics

Gregory Bateson’s contribution to 20th centurythinking has appealed to scholars from a wide rangeof fields dealing in one way or another with aspectsof communication and epistemology. A number ofhis insights were taken up and developed further inanthropology, psychology, evolutionary biology andcommunication theory. But the large, trans-disci-plinary synthesis that, in his own mind, was his ma-jor contribution to science received little attentionfrom the mainstream scientific communities. Thisbook represents a major attempt to revise this defi-ciency. Scholars from ecology, biochemistry, evolu-tionary biology, cognitive science, anthropology andphilosophy discuss how Bateson's thinking mightlead to a fruitful reframing of central problems inmodern science. Most important perhaps, Bateson'sbioanthropology is shown to play a key role in de-veloping the set of ideas explored in the new field ofbiosemiotics. The idea that organismic life is indeedbasically semiotic or communicative lies at [..]

Features

No competing titles Long overdue Reframing of cen-tral problems in modern science

Contents

1. Angels fear revisited. Gregory Bateson's cyber-netic theory of mind applied to religion-science de-bates; M.C. Bateson.- 2. From thing to relation. OnBateson's bioanthropology; J. Hoffmeyer.- 3. Whatconnects the map to the territory?; T. Cashman.- 4.The pattern which connects pleroma to creatura; T.Deacon, J. Sherman.- 5. Bateson’s method: doubledescription; J. Hui et al.- 6. Gregory Bateson'srelevance to current molecular biology; L. Bruni.-7. Process ecology: creatura at large in an open uni-verse; R.E. Ulanowicz.- 8. Connections in action –bridging implicit and explicit [..]

Fields of interest

Evolutionary Biology; Philosophy of Biology; Be-havioural Sciences; Artificial Intelligence (incl.Robotics); Social Sciences

Target groups

Individuals (researchers) and libraries including an-thropologists, psychologists, cyberneticians, and the-oretical biologists, communication scientists, bio-chemists, those interested in bioinformatics andethologists, particularly in Europe but also in Amer-ica (theoretical biology has always been stronger inEurope thus the dominance of the Danes here as youcan see).

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due February 2008

2008. Approx. XIV, 464 p. (Biosemiotics, Vol. 2) Hardcover

130,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6705-1

E. Husserl

Introduction to Logic and Theory of

Knowledge. Lectures 1906/07

Features

* Husserl is one of the most seminal thinkers of the20th century and his full contribution to philosophy,in this case philosophy of logic and mathematics, hasyet to be realized * His ideas are presented here in anincomparably clearer, livelier, more easily readableand assimilable manner than in other works translat-ed into English. * Can serve as an introduction to histhought and to his phenomenology in [..]

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Logic

Target groups

Teachers, scholars, students of German or Continen-tal philosophy; twentieth century philosophy; thehistory and philosophy of logic; phenomenology;theory of knowledge.

Type of publication

Collected works

Due November 2007

2008. Approx. 550 p. (Husserliana: Edmund Husserl – Collected

Works , Vol. 13) Softcover

25,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6726-6


E. Husserl

Introduction to Logic and Theory of

Knowledge. Lectures 1906/07

This course on logic and theory of knowledge fell ex-actly midway between the publication of the LogicalInvestigations in 1900-01 and Ideas I in 1913. It con-stitutes a summation and consolidation of Husserl’slogico-scientific, epistemological, and epistemo-phe-nomenological investigations of the preceding yearsand an important step in the journey from descrip-tivo-psychological elucidation of pure logic in theLogical Investigations to the transcendental phe-nomenology of the absolute consciousness of the ob-jective correlates constituting themselves in its actsin Ideas I. In it Husserl began developing his tran-scendental phenomenology as the genuine realiza-tion of what had only been realized in fragmentaryform in the Logical Investigations. Husserl consid-ered that in the courses that he gave at the Universityof Göttingen he had progressed well beyond the in-sights of the Logical Investigations. Once he exposedthe objective theoretical scaffolding needed to keepphilosophers from falling into the [..]

Features

Husserl is one of the most seminal thinkers of the20th century and his full contribution to philosophy,in this case philosophy of logic and mathematics, hasyet to be realized His ideas are presented here in anincomparably clearer, livelier, more easily readableand assimilable manner than in other works translat-ed into English Can serve as an introduction to histhought and to his phenomenology in [..]

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Logic

Target groups

Teachers, scholars, students of German or Continen-tal philosophy; twentieth century philosophy; thehistory and philosophy of logic; phenomenology;theory of knowledge

Type of publication

Collected works

Due December 2007

2008. Approx. 550 p. (Husserliana: Edmund Husserl – Collected

Works , Vol. 13) Hardcover

199,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6725-9

S. Hutton, University of Wales, Aberystwyth, UK; D. Hedley, Uni-

versity of Cambridge, UK (Eds.)

Platonism at the Origins of

Modernity

Studies on Platonism and Early Modern Philosophy

This collection of essays offers an overview of therange and breadth of Platonic philosophy in theearly modern period, examining both the philoso-phers of Platonic tradition (e.g. Cusanus, Ficino,and Cudworth), and the impact of Platonism on ma-jor philosophers of the period (especially Descartes,Leibniz, Locke, Shaftesbury and Berkeley). Bydemonstrating the vitality of the Platonic traditionin the period this collection challenges the receivedview that Platonism made little or no contribution inthe emergence of modern philosophy.

Features

The first wide-ranging exporation of Platonism andearly modern philosophy Challenges the receivedpicture of modern philosophy as a rejection of themedieval Platonic-Aristotelian synthesis Proficesa nuanced re-reading of the sources of modernthought

Contents

Introduction, S. Hutton; Nicholas of Cusa (1401-64):Platonism at the Dawn of Modernity, D. Moran;At Variance: Marsilio Ficino Platonism AndHeresy, M.J.B. Allen; Going Naked into theShrine:Herbert, Plotinus and the ConsructiveMetaphor, S.R.L.Clark; Commenius, LightMetaphysics and Educational Reform, J. Rohls(Translated by A. Wörn and D. Leech); RobertFludd’s Kabbalistic Cosmos, W. Schmidt-Biggeman; Reconciling Theory and Fact:TheProblem of ‘Other Faiths’ in Lord Herbert and theCambridge Platonists, D. Pailin; Trinity, Com-munity and Love: Cudworth’s Platonism [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy

Target groups

Academics, postgraduates, historians of philosophy,ideas, and religious thought

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2007. Approx. 330 p. (International Archives of the History of

Ideas / Archives internationales d'histoire des idées, Vol. 196)

Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6406-7

P.M. Jenlink, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches,

TX, USA; B.H. Banathy, Late of Saybrook Graduate School, San

Francisco, CA, USA (Eds.)

Dialogue as a Collective Means of

Design Conversation

Volume II

Dialogue as a Collective Means of Design Conversa-tion is the second volume edited by Patrick M. Jen-link and Bela H. Banathy to offer a cross-disciplinaryapproach to examining dialogue as a communica-tive medium. In this Compendium, the contributingauthors set forth their ideas, experiences, and per-spectives as the path of a learning journey—a jour-ney of new meaning, of new understanding, and ofbecoming self-aware of design conversation as futurecreating and consciousness evolving. In particular,this volume comes at a time when we as a global so-ciety are faced with the question of how we shape ouractions and in turn shape our future, through con-versation that is focused on resolving global conflictand fostering world peace. The volume evokes in thereader a realization that our greatest potential rests,in no small measure, with our collective capacity forcultural creativity and in our capacity to achieve newlevels of consciousness through dialogue and designconversation.

Features

Focuses on and explores different modes of conver-sation and the application of design conversationwithin and across various types of design settingsand human experiences Examines design conversa-tion from philosophical, cultural, spiritual, and his-torical perspectives, exploring the philosophical andtheoretical perspectives as well as methodologicalideas related to conversation Outlines the next stepsin [..]

Contents

Introduction.- Design Conversation: Future Build-ing and Consciousness Evolving.- The Conversa-tion Movement.- Design Communication: Systems,Service, Conspiracy, and Leadership.- The Power ofDialogue In Social Systems Design.- Searching To-gether: Approaches, Methods, and Tools.- Conver-sation: Creating A Living Metaphor.- AppreciativeInquiry as Conversation.- Rights and Responsibili-ties in Conversation Practice.- Transcultural Com-munications: Theory and Practice.- The Critical Roleof Dialogue in Emancipatory Systems Design.- Di-alogue and Designing our Future: Conversation asCulture [..]

Fields of interest

Sociology; Philosophy of the Social Sciences; Qual-ity of Life Research; Philosophy of Technology;Business/Management Science, general; Organiza-tion/Planning

Target groups

Academic researchers and graduate students

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due December 2007


99,35 €

ISBN 978-0-387-75842-8


S. Knuuttila, University of Helsinki, Finland; P. Kärkkäinen, Univer-

sity of Helsinki, Finland (Eds.)

Theories of Perception in Medieval

and Early Modern Philosophy

Features

is the first extensive account of philosophical psy-chology of perception from ancient to early mod-ern times includes contributions from several lead-ing scholars in the field of history of philosophy issuitable as a textbook on the history of philosophicalpsychology

Contents

Preface.- Aristotle’s Theory of Perceptionand Medieval Aristotelianism; Simo Knuutti-la.- Plotinus on Sense Perception; Eyjólfur K.Emilsson.- The Stoics on Sense Perception;Håvard Løkke.- Degrees of Abstraction in Avi-cenna. How to Combine Aristotle’s De Anima andthe Enneads; Cristina d’Ancona.- The Onto-logical Entailments of Averroes’ Understanding ofPerception; Alfred Ivry.- Robert Kilwardby onSense Perception; José Filipe Silva.- PerceivingOne’s Own Body; Mikko Yrjönsuuri.- Pietrod’Abano and the Anatomy of Perception; Henrik [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Mind; History of Philosophy; Me-dieval Philosophy; Classical Philosophy; History ofPsychology

Target groups

Advanced students and scholars of the history of phi-losophy and philosophical psychology

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due February 2008

2008. Approx. 250 p. (Studies in the History of Philosophy of

Mind, Vol. 6) Hardcover

94,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6124-0

M. La Torre, "Magna Graecia" University of Catanzaro, Italy; Uni-

versity of Hull, Law School, Hull, United Kingdom

Law as Institution

Normative Language between Power and Values

Features

it is a general account of the concept of law from ananalytically and sociologically oriented philosophicalperspective a fresh and comprehensive restatementof an institutional theory of law an attempt of recon-necting political theory, legal theory, and moral phi-losophy within the framework of a general theory ofmeaning a reconstruction of the concepts of politicalpower by the use of post-positivist [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Law; Political Philosophy

Target groups

Scholars of philosophy and sociology of law , stu-dents of law, philosophy, and political science,lawyers, and legal practitioners in general

Type of publication

Monograph

Due November 2007

2007. Approx. 275 p. (Law and Philosophy Library, Vol. 84) Hard-

cover

89,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6606-1

W.R. Laird, Carleton University, Ottawa, ON, Canada; S. Roux, Uni-

versité Grenoble II, Grenoble, France (Eds.)

Mechanics and Natural Philosophy

before the Scientific Revolution

Modern mechanics was forged in the seventeenthcentury from materials inherited from Antiquityand transformed in the period from the Middle Agesthrough to the sixteenth century. These materialswere transmitted through a number of textual tra-ditions and within several disciplines and practices,including ancient and medieval natural philosophy,statics, the theory and design of machines, and math-ematics. This volume deals with a variety of mo-ments in the history of mechanics when conflictsarose within one textual tradition, between differ-ent traditions, or between textual traditions and thewider world of practice. Its purpose is to show howthe accommodations sometimes made in the courseof these conflicts ultimately contributed to the emer-gence of modern mechanics. The first part of the vol-ume is concerned with ancient mechanics and itstransformations in the Middle Ages; the second partwith the reappropriation of ancient mechanics andespecially with the reception of the [..]

Features

The emergence of the modern science of mechanicsin the Renaissance The conflicts between Aristoteliannatural philosophy and mechanics Science before theScientific Revolution The appropriation and trans-formation of ancient learning in the Renaissance

Contents

From the contents Roy Laird and Sophie Roux: In-troduction.- 1. Ancient and Medieval Mechanics.- 2.The Reappropriation and Transformation of AncientMechanics.- 3. Mechanics in New Contexts.

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; History of Physics; History ofMathematics; Medieval Philosophy; Classical Philos-ophy

Target groups

Historians of science working on Ancient, Medieval,Renaissance and Early Modern Science; a wider au-dience concerned with the medieval heritage and thereappropriation of Ancient sources in the Renais-sance

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007



99,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5966-7


V. Launis, Turku, Finland; J. Räikkä, Turku, Finland (Eds.)

Genetic Democracy

Philosophical Perspectives

GENETIC DEMOCRACY involves an in-depth anal-ysis of the ethical, social and philosophical issues re-lated to modern genetic research and gene technol-ogy. The aim of the book is to introduce systemat-ic research on the social and ethical impacts of theuse and development of genetically modified organ-isms (GMOs) as well as the acquisition, use and stor-age of human genetic information (HGI). The bookcontributes into enhancing public discussion andreaching fair and democratic decision-making prac-tices in GMO and HGI use and development bothon local and global level. There are currently few Eu-ropean texts which address the issues involved ina theoretical and systematical manner. GENETICDEMOCRACY have been written from the view-point of social and political philosophy rather thanthat of traditional bioethics. There is a clear need fora throughout and authoritative philosophical andethical analysis of the issues involved in genetic re-search and gene technology. The book will appeal tophilosophers, [..]

Features

Social philosophy approach to gene-ethics. Intro-duces systematic research on the social and ethicalimpacts of the use and development of geneticallymodified organisms (GMOs) as well as the acquisi-tion, use and storage of human genetic information(HGI).

Contents

Notes on Contributors.Foreword.Juha Räikkäand Veikko Launis.Introduction: The Scopeand Importance of Genetic Democracy.VeikkoLaunis (Finland)1. Prerequisities of GeneticDemocracy.Helena Siipi (Finland)2. On Democracy,Expertise and Publicity.Eerik Lagerspetz (Finland).3.Towards Global Bioethics:The New UNESCODeclaration.Henk ten Have (The Netherlands)4.Autonomy and Genetic Privacy Juha Räikkä(Finland)5. Values, Rights, and GMO– againstRadicalism.Niklas Juth (Sweden)6. The Precaution-ary Principle and the Risks of Modern Agri-Biotechnology Marko Ahteensuu [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Political Philosophy; Philosophy of Technolo-gy; Philosophy; Biotechnology

Target groups

Students Ethical Experts Policy Makers Researchers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007



96,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6205-6

Th.M. Lennon, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Cana-

da; R.J. Stainton, University of Western Ontario, London, ON,

Canada (Eds.)

The Achilles of Rationalist

Psychology

In his Second Paralogism of the Critique of PureReason, Kant described what he called the "Achillesof all dialectical inferences in the pure doctrine of thesoul." This argument, which he took to be powerfulyet fatally flawed, purports to establish the simplicityof the human mind, or soul, on the basis of the uni-ty of consciousness. In Kant’s illustration, the unityhad by our perception of a verse cannot be account-ed for if the words of the verse are distributed amongparts thought to compose the mind. The argument,or at least the unity of consciousness that underpinsit, has a history extending from Plato to the present.Moreover, many philosophers have extended the ar-gument, some of them using to argue such views asimmortality.It is the aim of this volume to treat themajor figures who have advanced the argument, orwho have held views importantly bearing on it. Orig-inal essays by scholars with expertise on the relevantauthors treat Plato, Aristotle, the Neoplatonists, themedievals, [..]

Features

Presents the only in-depth analysis of theargument as found throughout history Coversthe main line in the history of the Achilles argu-ment in the Western philosophical traditionDi-cusses variations on the Achilles argument and itscriticism in ancient, medieval and early modernphilosophyMakes a valuable and original con-tribution to the history of philosophy of mind Is rela-tively non-technical and [..]

Contents

Introduction; Thomas M. Lennon and RobertJ. Stainton.- 1. Did Plato Articulate the Achilles Ar-gument?; Karen Margrethe Nielsen.- 2. Aristotleand the Achilles Argument; John Thorp.- 3. TheAchilles Argument in Neoplatonism; Devin Henry.-4. The Unity of the Soul and Contrary Appetites inMedieval Philosophy; Henrik Lagerlund.- 5. Hume,Spinoza and the Achilles Inference; Shannon Dea.-6. Locke and the Achilles Argument; Jean-PierreSchachter.- 7. A Brief Note on the Reverse Achillesin Locke; Benjamin Hill.- 8. Cudworth andBayle: An Odd Couple?; Thomas M. Lennon.- 9. The[..]

Fields of interest

History of Philosophy; Philosophy; Philosophy ofMind; History of Science; Science, general; Psycholo-gy, general

Target groups

Historians of philosophy, philosophical psycholo-gists

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due February 2008

2008. Approx. 300 p. 1 illus. (Studies in the History of Philosophy

of Mind, Vol. 7) Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6892-8

D. Lohmar

Phänomenologie der schwachen

Phantasie

Untersuchungen der Psychologie, Cognitive Science, Neurolo-

gie und Phänomenologie zur Funktion der Phantasie in der

Wahrnehmung

This book is an effort to bring genetic-phenomeno-logical analyses in contact with empirical psychology,neurology, cognitive science and research in primatecognition. The first part adresses the role of weak butnot arbitrary phantasy in perception, and argues thatit has a transcendental function with several differentaspects. Weak phantasma can be found in all fields ofsensibility and at all levels of constitution. Relevantaspects of Charles-Bonnet Syndrome are analyzed inaddition to the contributions of empirical psycholo-gy to our understanding of hallucinations in normalsubjects. The second part is dedicated to the processof self-organization in human and animal perceptionfrom the point of view of genetic phenomenology,concentrating on the formation, change and use ofthe so-called "types" (Typus). The third part investi-gates whether cognition, thinking and other higherorder performances of the mind - both human andanimal - can be understood by taking into accountthe contributions [..]

Features

Introspective phenomenological analyses arebrought into discussion with cognitive science, neu-roscience and animal cognition research. The bookprovides a consistent argumentation for the centraltranscendental function of weak phantasma in per-ception, cognition and thinking. Central argumentsfor the possibility and factual functioning of non-language cognition and thinking in humans and pri-mates are provided.

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Philosophy of Nature; Philosophyof Mind

Target groups

Phenomenologists, Philosophers, Cognitive Scien-tists, primate cognition researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due January 2008

2008. Approx. 280 p. (Phaenomenologica, Vol. 185) Hardcover

108,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6830-0


B.A. Lustig, Davidson College; G.P. McKenny, University of Notre

Dame; B.A. Brody, Baylor College of Medicine (Eds.)

Altering Nature

Volume I: Concepts of ‘Nature’ and ‘The Natural’ in Biotechnol-

ogy Debates

This volume analyzes concepts of nature and ‘thenatural’ in discussions of biotechnology with fourbroad concerns in mind. First, it surveys the recenthistory of biotechnology debates and identifies char-acteristic reactions and approaches to new biotech-nological developments that invoke appeals to na-ture. Second, it analyzes concepts of nature and ‘thenatural’ as they are invoked and interpreted in fivecharacteristic modes of discourse; viz., spiritualityand religion, philosophy, science and medicine, lawand economics, and aesthetics. Third, it identifies acore cluster of ontological, epistemological, moral,and aesthetic questions that arise in conversationsabout nature as normative. Fourth, it highlights thefindings of each of the five chapters, identifies areasof contrast and commonality, and identifies areas forfurther research.

Features

A rich interdisciplinary exploration of the mean-ings of ‘nature’ and ‘the natural’ as religious, philo-sophical and moral norms. An extensive critical re-view of recent ethical discussions of developments inbiotechnology. An analysis of the implications of dif-ferent interpretations of nature as a norm for policydiscussions on specific topics in biotechnology.

Contents

Introduction . ‘Altering Nature: Concepts of"Nature" and "The Natural" in Biotechnology De-bates, by B. Andrew Lustig and Baruch Brody;1."Spiritual and religious concepts of nature," by AaronMackler, Ebrahim Moosa, Allen Verhey, Anne Klein,and Kurt Peters;2. "Philosophical Approaches to Na-ture", by John H. Zammito, Philip J. Ivanhoe, HelenLongino, Phillip R. Sloan;3. "Scientific and MedicalConcepts of Nature in the Modern Period in Europeand North America, by Laurence B. McCullough,John Caskey, Thomas R. Cole, and Andrew Wear;4."Ethical Challenges of Patenting "Nature": [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Nature; Philosophy of Man; Philoso-phy of Biology; Philosophy of Medicine; Philosophyof Science

Target groups

Scholars and graduate students in: Religious StudiesLaw and Economics Bioethics Philosophy Biotech-nology Studies Policy makers in the fields of biotech-nology and medicine.

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2008

2008. Approx. 315 p. 17 illus. in color. (Philosophy and Medicine,

Vol. 97) Hardcover

130,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6920-8

S. Maasen, University of Basel, Switzerland; P. Weingart, Universi-

ty of Bielefeld, Germany (Eds.)

Democratization of Expertise?

Exploring Novel Forms of Scientific Advice in Political Deci-

sion-Making

‘Scientific advice to politics’, the ‘nature of expertise’,and the ‘relation between experts, policy makers, andthe public’ are variations of a topic that currently at-tracts the attention of social scientists, philosophersof science as well as practitioners in the public sphereand the media. This renewed interest in a persistenttheme is initiated by the call for a democratizationof expertise that has become the order of the day inthe legitimation of research funding. The new sig-nificance of ‘participation’ and ‘accountability’ hasmotivated scholars to take a new look at the science– politics interface and to probe questions such as"What is new in the arrangement of scientific exper-tise and political decision-making?", "How can reli-able knowledge be made useful for politics and soci-ety at large, and how can epistemically and ethical-ly sound decisions be achieved without losing demo-cratic legitimacy?", "How can the objective of democ-ratization of expertise be achieved without compro-mising [..]

Features

Research at the frontier at the science/politics inter-face Combination of conceptual and empirical stud-ies Includes major scholars in the field Textbookquality

Contents

What’s New in Scientific Advice to Politics? Intro-ductory Essay 1.- Bioethical Controversies and PolicyAdvice: The Production of Ethical Expertise and itsRole in the Substantiation of Political Decision-Mak-ing, Alexander Bogner and Wolfgang Menz.- Advi-sory Systems in Pluralistic Knowledge Societies: ACriteria-Based Typology to Assess and Optimize En-vironmental Policy Advice.- Institutional Design forSocially Robust Knowledge: The National Toxicolo-gy Program’s Report on Carcinogens.- Representa-tion, Expertise, and the German Parliament: A Com-parison of Three Advisory Institutions.- [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy; Philosophy of Science; Political Philoso-phy; Political Science; Sociology

Target groups

Scientists, philosophers, and practitioners in tech-nology studies, political sciences and policy research;policy makers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2007. VII, 236 p. (Sociology of the Sciences Yearbook, Vol. 24)

Softcover

35,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-4698-8

J. Malpas, University of Tasmania, Australia; N. Lickiss, University

of Tasmania, Australia (Eds.)

The Idea of Human Dignity

A Conversation

The idea of human dignity is central to any reflectionon the nature of human worth, and has become a keyconcept in international and national law, in medicalethics, and in much philosophical and political theo-ry. However, the idea is a complex one that also takeson many different forms. This collection exploresthe idea of human dignity as it arises within thesemany different domains, opening up the possibilityof a multidisciplinary conversation that illuminatesthe concept itself, as well as the idea of the human towhich it stands in an essential relation. The book isnot only an intriguing and stimulating exploration ofhuman dignity from a range of perspectives, but alsoprovides an important resource for those who wishto take the exploration further.

Features

Only volume that takes up the breadth of issues con-cerning the idea of human dignity Offers a multi-dis-ciplinary approach encompassing law, philosophy,history, medicine and the arts Includes essays byleading Australian and international figures from arange of fields Offers a range of viewpoints, is writ-ten in a way that will be accessible to a wide reader-ship, and provides an important resource for think-ing [..]

Contents

Foreword – The Honourable William Cox ACRFD ED, Governor of Tasmania.Introduction to aConversation. I. The Concept of Hu-man Dignity. II. Human Dignity in Context.Bibliography.Index.

Fields of interest

Ethics; Philosophy of Man; Humanities, general; LawTheory/Law Philosophy; Medicine, general

Target groups

General audience as well as specialist and profes-sional audiences, including both researchers and stu-dents, in: health and medicine (esp. end of life care),philosophy (esp moral philosophy), humanitarianlaw, and those interested in issues concerning the na-ture and significance of the human

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due February 2008


79,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6280-3


J.A. Marcum, Baylor University, TX, USA

Humanizing Modern Medicine

An Introductory Philosophy of Medicine

In this book the author explores the shifting philo-sophical boundaries of modern medical knowledgeand practice occasioned by the crisis of quality-of-care, especially in terms of the various humanisticadjustments to the biomedical model. To that endhe examines the metaphysical, epistemological, andethical boundaries of these medical models. He be-gins with their metaphysics, analyzing the metaphys-ical positions and presuppositions and ontologicalcommitments upon which medical knowledge andpractice is founded. Next, he considers the epistemo-logical issues that face these medical models, particu-larly those driven by methodological procedures un-dertaken by epistemic agents to constitute medicalknowledge and practice. Finally, he examines the ax-iological boundaries and the ethical implications ofeach model, especially in terms of the physician-pa-tient relationship. In a concluding Epilogue, he dis-cusses how the philosophical analysis of the human-ization of modern medicine helps to address the [..]

Features

A comprehensive coverage of the various top-ics in the philosophy of medicine that have emergedover the past several decades. A philosophicalcontext for embedding bioethical discussions. Aunique analysis of the quality-of-care crisis in mod-ern medicine and the efforts to resolve it. A philo-sophical proposal for resolving the crisis-of-care.

Contents

Acknowledgments Preface Introduction: A philos-ophy of medicine? Part I. Metaphysics Chapter 1.Medical worldviews Chapter 2. Medical causationand realism Chapter 3. Patient as body or personChapter 4. Disease or illness and health or wellbeingChapter 5. Diagnosis and therapeutics Part II. Episte-mology Chapter 6. Medical thinking Chapter 7. Clin-ical judging and decision making Chapter 8. Medi-cal explanations Chapter 9. Diagnostic knowledgeChapter 10. Therapeutic knowledge Part III. EthicsChapter 11. Medical axiology and values Chapter 12.Origins of bioethics and normative [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Medicine; Biomedicine general; Epis-temology; Ethics; Metaphysics

Target groups

Undergraduate and graduate students Healthcareprofessionals Professional philosophers Medical hu-manists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due June 2008

2008. Approx. 330 p. (Philosophy and Medicine, Vol. 95) Hard-

cover

116,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6796-9

B. Maxwell, Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster, Germany

Professional Ethics Education

Studies in Compassionate Empathy

Why is some practical ethics training a now require-ment of nearly all professional training programmes?The short answer is that it is thought to be conduciveto ethical decision-making and ethical behaviour.In recent years, the received idea that competencyin moral reasoning implies moral responsibility hasbeen the subject of much critical attention. Today,researchers in moral education widely regard moralreasoning as but one among at least 4 dimensionsof moral development alongside moral motivation,moral character and moral sensitivity. Reflectingthese developments, educationalists in the diversefields of medicine, education, business, philosophyand nursing now openly question how to take pro-fessional ethics education beyond the developmentof skills in moral reasoning. Frequently topping thelist of suggested improvements is to provide supportfor empathic capacities of response. This work givesthis proposal the sustained attention that it deservesbut which it has until now lacked.

Features

Provides sustained, critical and multi-disciplinarytreatment of the important and much-discussedquestion of addressing emotional aspects of moralfunctioning in professional ethics education De-signed to be accessible and engaging to instructors ofprofessional and practical ethics in a wide variety offields Offers practical evidence-based suggestions forhow to incorporate the promotion of empathic [..]

Contents

1: Introduction,- 2: The Disambiguation of "Em-pathy": Affective and Cognitive Conceptions,- 3: AConceptual and Empirical Sketch of Compassion-ate Empathy,- 4: The Paradox of CompassionateEmpathy’s Moral Worth,- 5: Compassionate Empa-thy, Moral Perception and Moral Conscience,- 6: In-termezzo on Moral Emotion Education: Imagina-tion, Imitation and Re-appraisal,- 7: CompassionateEmpathy in Professional and Practical Ethics Educa-tion,- List of references.

Fields of interest

Educational Philosophy; Philosophy of Education;Ethics; Higher Education

Target groups

Professional educators in practical ethics, scholars inmedicine, business,teaching nursing and philosophy,philosophers of education, psychologists in moraleducation

Type of publication

Monograph

Due February 2008


79,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6888-1

D. McIver Lopes, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Cana-

da; M. Kieran, University of Leeds, UK (Eds.)

Knowing Art

Essays in Aesthetics and Epistemology

Artworks potentially convey two kinds of knowledge.They obviously afford knowledge of art itself, andthey also afford general empirical knowledge, espe-cially knowledge of human psychology and value.“Knowing Art” collects ten original essays written byleading philosophers who distill and build upon re-cent work at the intersection of aesthetics and epis-temology. Specific topics addressed include the ob-jectivity of critical knowledge, the quality of criticaltestimony, the roles of principles and perception incritical reasoning, phenomenal knowledge of whata work of art is like, the acquisition of factual infor-mation and psychological understanding from fic-tions, and the limits of images as sources of historicalevidence. In addressing these topics, the volume al-so explores the challenges that art poses for theoriesof knowledge as well as the challenges that artisticknowledge poses to traditional views about art.

Features

The first volume dedicated to topics in aesthetics andepistemology Original contributions by well-knownphilosophers of art and epistemologists Written injargon-free prose, accessible to non-specialists

Contents

Editors’ Acknowledgments. Notes on Contributors.-Introduction; M. Kieran and D. McIver Lopes.- PartI Knowing Through Art. 1 Knowing Content in theVisual Arts; K. Lehrer. 2 Pictures, Knowledge, andPower: The Case of T.J. Clark; D. Matravers. 3 Nar-rating the Truth (More or Less); S. Friend. 4 Fictionand Psychological Insight; K. Stock. 5 Art and ModalKnowledge; D. Stokes. 6 Charley’s World: Narrativesof Aesthetic Experience; P. Goldie.- Part II Knowingabout Art. 7 Really Bad Taste; J. Prinz. 8 Solving thePuzzle of Aesthetic Testimony; A. Meskin. 9 CriticalCompatibilism; J. [..]

Fields of interest

Aesthetics; Epistemology; Ethics; ARTS

Target groups

Researchers in philosophy, especially the philosophyof art and epistemology, graduate students; scholarsof the arts, especially in literary studies, film studies,and art history

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2008. XXIV, 162 p. (Philosophical Studies Series, Vol. 107) Soft-

cover

24,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6785-3


L.R. Musgrave, Rollins College, Winter Park, FL, USA (Ed.)

Feminist Aesthetics and Philosophy

of Art: The Power of Critical Visions

and Creative Engagement

While much feminist philosophy is enjoying third-and fourth-wave developments and can build on itsscholarly roots forged in the 1960’s and 1970’s, fem-inist contributions have taken what seems an excep-tionally long time to break into the stubborn areasof aesthetics and philosophy of art. Some feministscholars might reasonably consider aesthetics to be aback-burner issue: if we take feminism mainly to be amovement seeking equality and strategies to addresssocial, economic, and political inequities, views onart practices or values have tended to seem less im-portant than work in the sister area of feminist socialand political theory. The truth is, however, that ar-eas of aesthetic value, political value, ethical value—even scientific value and religious value—intersect inmeaningful and complex ways, both in practices ofoppression and liberatory strategies. The authors inthis volume explore the connections between thesevalue spheres that are too often separated. FeministAesthetics and [..]

Features

Gives insight in how gender matters to creative mak-ing and appreciation practices Addresses the ques-tion whether there is such a thing as feminist art Avolume on third generation feminist aesthetics gath-ering work from scholars who have been able to bothbuild on previous groundwork Includes both West-ern non-Western feminist aesthetics and philosophyof art

Contents

Tentative:Introduction; L. Ryan Musgrave SectionI Turning this Century: Frameworks in FeministAesthetics Today The End of Feminist Aesthetics?;Joanne Waugh and Jennifer Ingle What Is/Isn’t Fem-inist Art?; Sheila Lintott The Feminist Art Project:its Significance for Feminist Aesthetics; Peg BrandRestyling the Museum in Feminist Theory; HildeHein Section II: Feminist Aesthetics and Epistemol-ogy: Judgments, Interests, Knowledge and Know-ers Who’s Afraid of Aesthetic Universalism?; A.W.Eaton A Feminist Critique of Disinterestedness; KatyDeepwell The Aesthetics of Ignorance: [..]

Fields of interest

Aesthetics; Philosophy; ARTS

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2009

2009. Approx. 290 p. 20 illus. Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6836-2

E. O'Neill, University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, U.S.A.; M.P.

Lascano, California State University, Long Beach, CA, U.S.A. (Eds.)

Feminist History of Philosophy:

The Recovery and Evaluation of

Women's Philosophical Thought

Over the course of the past twenty-five years, femi-nist theory has had a forceful impact upon the histo-ry of Western philosophy. The present collection ofessays has as its primary aim to evaluatepast women’s published philosophical work, andto introduce readers to newly recovered fe-male figures; the collection will also make contri-butions to the history of the philosophy of gen-der, and to the history of feminist social and polit-ical philosophy, insofar as the collection will dis-cuss women’s views on these issues.The volumecontains contributions by an internationalgroup of leading historians of philosophy and polit-ical thought, whose scholarship represents some ofthe very best work being done in North and CentralAmerica, Canada, Europe and Australia.

Features

Makes a significant contribution to the creation of acritical history of the philosophy of gender Gives anaccount the recovery and re-evaluation of women'sphilosophical writing since Christine de Pizan Intro-duces newly recovered female figures in history ofphilosophy of gender, and history of feminist socialand political philosophy Brings together the work ofan international group of leading historians [..]

Contents

About the Contributors.- Introduction; EileenO'Neill.- I. The History of Metaphysics, Epistemolo-gy and Natural Philosophy.- 1. The MethodologicalPrinciples Behind Anne Conway's Principles; Chris-tia Mercer.- 2. Sensible and rational knowledge in theepistemological thought of Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz;Laura Benítez Grobet.- 3. Emilie du Châtelet onthe Use of Hypothesis and Metaphysics in Science;Karen Detlefsen.- 4. Lady Mary Shepherd on Causal-ity and Causal Reasoning; Martha Brandt Bolton.-II. The History of Moral Philosophy and Moral Psy-chology, and Philosophy of Mind.- 5. [..]

Fields of interest

History of Philosophy; Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2009


139,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6838-6

S.P. Odintsov, Sobolev Institute of Mathematics, Novosibirsk,

Russia

Constructive Negations and

Paraconsistency

Features

Is the first book in the field of paraconsistent logicdevoted to the study of lattices of logics. Studyingnot particlar systems but classes of logics is one ofthe most important features of modern non-classi-cal logic Studies two main concepts of constructivenegation in the setting of paraconsistent logic Is thefirst book containing systematic and transparent pre-sentation of algebraic semantics for logics [..]

Contents

1. Introduction.- Part I. Reductio ad Absur-dum.- 2. Minimal Logic. Preliminary Re-marks.- 3. Logic of Classical Refutabili-ty.- 4. The Class of Extensions of MinimalLogic.- 5. Adequate Algebraic Semantics forExtensions of Minimal Logic.- 6. NegativelyEquivalent Logics.- 7. Absurdity as Unary Op-erator.- Part II. Strong Negation.- 8. Semanti-cal Study of Paraconsistent Nelson's Logic.- 9.N4-Lattices.- 10. The Class of N4-Extensions.-References.- Subject Index.

Fields of interest

Logic; Mathematical Logic and Foundations

Target groups

Researchers

Type of publication

Monograph

Due March 2008

2008. Approx. 240 p. (Trends in Logic, Vol. 26) Hardcover

114,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6866-9


V. Petkov, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada (Ed.)

Relativity and the Dimensionality of

the World

All physicists would agree that one of the most fun-damental problems of the 21st century physics is thedimensionality of the world. In the four-dimensionalworld of Minkowski (or Minkowski spacetime) themost challenging problem is the nature of the tem-poral dimension. In Minkowski spacetime it is mere-ly one of the four dimensions, which means that it isentirely given like the other three spacial dimensions.If the temporal dimension were not given in its en-tirety and only one constantly changing moment ofit existed, Minkowski spacetime would be reducedto the ordinary three-dimensional space.But if thephysical world, represented by Minkowski space-time, is indeed four-dimensional with time being thefourth dimension, then such a world is drasticallydifferent from its image based on our perceptions.Minkowski four-dimensional world is a block Uni-verse, a frozen world in which nothing happens sinceall moments of time are given ‘at once', which meansthat physical bodies are four-dimensional [..]

Features

A physical approach to understanding the dimen-sionality of the world and the nature of spacetime

Fields of interest

History of Physics; Philosophy of Science; Relativityand Cosmology

Target groups

Physicists and philosophers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2008. XVI, 276 p. (Fundamental Theories of Physics, Vol. 153)

Hardcover

119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6317-6

G. Primiero, Ghent University, Belgium

Information and Knowledge

A Constructive Type-theoretical Approach

This book develops a philosophical and logical in-terpretation of the concept of information withinthe formal structure of Constructive Type Theory(CTT), in a manner concurrent with a diverse rangeof contemporary perspectives on the philosophy ofinformation. On the basis of this conceptual frame-work, the problem of analyticity for logical deriva-tions is faced and a solution is proposed. The text be-gins with a presentation of the formal structure ofCTT, paying particular attention to some topics thathave been neglected by current researchers in TypeTheory. The treatment is especially formulated forlogicians with a philosophical background, but with-out neglecting a complete formulation of all the tech-nicalities and formal properties. The problem of ana-lyticity is then introduced via an historically and the-oretically oriented formulation, beginning with Kantand Bolzano and following its development up to theintroduction of the notion of information, extendingsome lines of research introduced [..]

Features

Contains a complete (and updated) logical andphilosophical introduction to Constructive TypeTheory Presents a newly formulated and conceptual-ly developed presentation of the Problem of Analyt-icity Introduces a complete epistemic constructiveinterpretation for the notion of Information Providesa framework which extends the constructive episte-mology Represents the basis for developing a type-theoretical Dynamics

Contents

From the contents Introduction.- 1. ConstructiveType Theory: Foundation and Formalization.- 2. An-alyticity and Information.- 3. Formal Representationof the Notion of Information.- 4. Constructive Phi-losophy of Information.- Bibliography.- Index.

Fields of interest

Logic; Philosophy; Epistemology; Mathematical Log-ic and Formal Languages; Mathematical Logic andFoundations

Target groups

Philosophers of Logic, Logicians, Historians of Logic,Constructivists

Type of publication

Monograph

Due October 2007

2007. Approx. 260 p. (Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Sci-


134,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6169-1

A. Rasche, Helmut-Schmidt-University Hamburg, Germany

The Paradoxical Foundation of

Strategic Management

This book offers a systematic critique of the scien-tific discourse of strategic management. It uncoversscholars' unquestioned assumptions and shows thatby upholding these assumptions reseachers obscurethe paradoxical nature of strategic reasoning. To un-cover the paradoxes of strategic management theauthor refers to the philosophy of Jacques Derrida.He exposes the paradoxes that inevitably oc-cur when theorizing about corporate strategy alongthe dimensions strategy context, process, and con-tent and shows how these paradoxes can enrich fu-ture thinking about strategic problems. The analy-sis is completed by a discussion of theoretical andpractical implications which highlight the need toresearch strategy not as something an organizationhas, but as something an organization does. Such a'practice perspective' gives reference to the paradox-ical ground that strategic management rests on andenriches scholars' ability to reflect on practitioners'tasks while 'doing' strategy in organizations.

Contents

Introduction to the Study.- Strategic Managementas a Field of Study.- The Dominant Logics of Strat-egy Research.- Derrida, Deconstruction, and the'(N)either/(N)or'.- Creating Strategic Realities - TheRole of Paradox.- The Deconstruction of StrategicRealities.- 'After Derrida' - Strategy-as-Practice.- Fi-nal Reflections - Retrospect and Prospect.

Fields of interest

Business/Management Science, general; Philosophyof the Social Sciences; Management

Target groups

Researcher and scholars in all fields of management,strategy, and business administration

Type of publication

Monograph

Due October 2007

2008. XIV, 345 p. 36 illus. (Contributions to Management Science)

Hardcover

99,95 €

ISBN 978-3-7908-1975-5


D.A. Reidy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA; W.J. Riker,

Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA (Eds.)

Coercion and the State

A signal feature of legal and political institutions isthat they exercise coercive power. The essays in thisvolume examine institutional coercion with the aimof trying to understand its nature, justification andlimits. Included are essays that take a fresh look atperennial questions – what, if anything, can legiti-mate state exercises of coercive force? What is co-ercion in politics and law? – and essays that take afirst or nearly first look at newer questions – may thestate coercively hold certain terrorists indefinitely?Does the state coerce those seeking to join in same-sex marriage when it refuses to extend legal recogni-tion to same-sex marriage? Can there be a just inter-national order without some agency possessed of thefinal and rightful authority to coerce states? Leadingscholars from philosophy, political science and lawexamine these and related questions shedding newlight on an apparently inescapable feature of politicaland legal life: Coercion.

Contents

From the contents I. What is Coercion? II. Coercionand the Liberal Democratic State. III. Coercion andSecondary or Power-Conferring Laws. IV. Coercionand National Security. V. Coercion and the Interna-tional Order.

Fields of interest

Political Philosophy; Law Theory/Law Philosophy;Ethics; Political Science; Philosophy of Law

Target groups

Advanced students and faculty from philosophy, po-litical theory, political science, international rela-tions, and law; policy-makers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due December 2007

2008. Approx. 245 p. (AMINTAPHIL: The Philosophical Founda-

tions of Law and Justice, Vol. 2) Hardcover

59,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6878-2

M.A. Roberts, College of New Jersey, USA; D.T. Wasserman, Uni-

versity of Maryland, USA (Eds.)

Harming Future Persons

Ethics, Genetics and the Non-identity Problem

Features

Examines what we owe future persons from bothmoral and legal perspectives Deeply probes partic-ular concerns in areas ranging from the new repro-ductive technologies to the structure of moralityRanges from the practical (is it wrong to bringan impaired child into existence?) to the theoretical(can "bad" acts be "bad for" no one?) Is written by themost noted scholars and theorists amongst those [..]

Contents

Not available yet

Fields of interest

Ethics; Human Genetics; Constitutional Law; Medi-cal Law; Law Theory/Law Philosophy

Target groups

Philosophers who teach and do research in ap-plied or theoretical (normative) ethics (includingpopulation policy, choice theory, and correctivejustice); Public health specialists concerned withthe consequences of reproductive practices anddecisions; Physicians, other health care profes-sionals, and biomedical researchers who teach anddo research in bioethics; Physicians and other healthcare professionals who teach and do research in ge-netics, infertility, obstetrics and [..]

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due April 2008

2008. (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New


105,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5696-3

M. Schemmel, Max Planck Institute for the History of Science

The English Galileo

Thomas Harriot's Work on Motion as an Example of Preclassi-

cal Mechanics

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; History of Science

Type of publication

Monograph

Due December 2007



150,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5498-3


G. Schiemann, Universität Wuppertal, Germany

The Loss of Certainty

Herman von Helmholtz's Mechanism at the Dawn of Moderni-

ty. A Study on the Transition from Classical to Modern Philoso-

phy of Nature

Two seemingly contradictory tendencies have ac-companied the development of the natural sciencesin the past 150 years. On the one hand, the naturalsciences have been instrumental in effecting a thor-oughgoing transformation of social structures andhave made a permanent impact on the conceptualworld of human beings. This historical period has,on the other hand, also brought to light the merelyhypothetical validity of scientific knowledge. As lateas the middle of the 19th century the truth-pathosin the natural sciences was still unbroken. Yet inthe succeeding years these claims to certain knowl-edge underwent a fundamental crisis. For scientiststoday, of course, the fact that their knowledge canpossess only relative validity is a matter of self-ev-idence. The present analysis investigates the earlyphase of this fundamental change in the concept ofscience through an examination of Hermann vonHelmholtz's conception of science and his mechanis-tic interpretation of nature. Helmholtz [..]

Features

first English comprehensive contribution to one ofthe leading German physicist in the 19th century aninformative account of a highly important part of thehistory of science and a reconstruction of a concep-tion of science that is greatly widespread to this dayprofound analysis of the interaction between classicalphysics and philosophy of nature new insights intothe impact of Immanuel Kant’s [..]

Contents

Introduction I. The Concept of Mech-anism ; II. Mechanism as a Classical Philosophyof Nature; III. The Three Lines of Traditions ofMechanism ;IV. Contours of a Modern Philoso-phy of Nature ;I. Helmholtz as Educator, NaturalScientist, and Research Strategist ; II. Helmholtz'sClassical Mechanism ;III. The Hypothesization ofHelmholtz's Mechanism ;IV. Conditions and Causesof the Change in Helmholtz's Conception of Natureand Science ;Bibliography ;Index

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Nature; History of Science; Philosophyof Science; History of Physics

Target groups

Scholars and students of History, History ofScience, History of Physics, History of Philosophy,History of the Philosophy of Science. Philosophers ofScience and Technology

Type of publication

Monograph

Due December 2007

2007. Approx. 300 p. (Archimedes, Vol. 17) Hardcover

99,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5629-1

L. Soler, Archives Henri Poincaré, IUFM de Lorraine, Nancy,

France; H. Sankey, University of Melbourne, Australia; P. Hoynin-

gen-Huene, University of Hannover, Germany (Eds.)

Rethinking Scientific Change and

Theory Comparison:

Stabilities, Ruptures, Incommensurabilities?

The volume is a collection of essays devoted to theanalysis of scientific change and stability. It exploresthe balance and tension that exist between commen-surability and continuity on the one hand, and in-commensurability and discontinuity on the other.Moreover, it discusses some central epistemologi-cal consequences regarding the nature of scientificprogress, rationality and realism. In relation to thesetopics, it investigates a number of new avenues, andrevisits some familiar issues, with a focus on the his-tory and philosophy of physics, and an emphasison developments in cognitive sciences as well as onthe claims of “new experimentalists”. The book con-stitutes fully revised versions of papers which wereoriginally presented at the international colloqui-um held at the University of Nancy, France, in June2004. Each paper is followed by a critical commen-tary. The conference was a striking example of thesort of genuine dialogue that can take place betweenphilosophers of science, historians [..]

Features

Represents the most recent thinking on the topic ofincommensurability and scientific theory changeEach individual chapter appears with a critical com-mentary that typically represents an opposing view-point Reflects and promotes interaction betweenFrench philosophy of science and philosophers ofscience from English-language philosophy of science

Contents

1. Incommensurability, as Differences in Quasi-In-tuitive Cognitive Capacities: a task for psychology?2. Incommensurability in a Wittgensteinian Perspec-tive: How to Make Sense of Nonsense? 3. Intra-The-oretical Change, as a Subjective Creative Elucidationof an Objective Formerly Present Content. 4. Inves-tigating the Continuities of Scientific Theorizing: ATask for the Bayesian? 5. From the Cumulativity ofPhysical Predictions to the Cumulativity of Physics.6. From Denotational continuity to Entity Realism.7. Is a Realist Interpretation of Quantum PhysicsPossible? 8. Ontological [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; Epistemology

Target groups

Philosophers of science, sociologists of science, prac-titioners of science studies, historians of science and‘open-minded’ scientists; all cultivated people withan interest in science

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due November 2007

2007. Approx. 445 p. 10 illus. (Boston Studies in the Philosophy

of Science, Vol. 255) Hardcover

129,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6274-2

W. Spohn, Universität Konstanz, Germany

Causation, Coherence and Concepts

A Collection of Essays

Wolfgang Spohn, born 1950, is one of the most dis-tinguished analytic philosophers and philosophers ofscience of Germany, editor-in-chief of Erkenntnis formore than 13 years, author of two books and morethan 60 papers covering a wide range: epistemolo-gy, metaphysics, and philosophy of science, philo-sophical logic, philosophy of language and mind,and the theory of practical rationality. This collectionpresents 15 of his most important essays on theoret-ical philosophy. The centre piece is his uniquely suc-cessful theory of the dynamics of belief, tantamountto an account of induction and nowadays widely ac-knowledged as ‘ranking theory’. Like any accountof induction, this theory has deep implications inge-niously elaborated in the papers included. They cov-er an account of deterministic and also probabilisticcausation, initially subjectively relativized, but thenobjectivized in a projectivistic sense, and an accountof explanation and of strict, of ceteris paribus, and ofchance laws. They advance [..]

Features

Gives an excellent overview over the thoughts ofa distinguished analytic philosopher Unfolds thephilosophical significance of ranking theory whichequals that of probability theory Offers valuable in-sights on the nature of causation, laws, coherence,and concepts

Contents

Preface. Introduction.- Belief: 1: Ordinal Condi-tional Functions. A Dynamic Theory of EpistemicStates.- Causation: 2: Direct and Indirect Causes. 3:Bayesian Nets Are All There Is To Causal Depen-dence. 4: Causation: An Alternative. 5: Causal Lawsare Objectifications of Inductive Schemes.- Laws: 6:Laws, Ceteris Paribus Conditions, and the Dynam-ics of Belief. 7: Enumerative Induction and Lawlike-ness. 8: Chance and Necessity: From Humean Super-venience to Humean Projection.- Coherence: 9: AReason for Explanation: Explanations Provide StableReasons.10: Two Coherence Principles. 11: How [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; Epistemology; Philosophy ofLanguage; Philosophy of Mind; Metaphysics

Target groups

All academic philosophers from the graduate studentlevel upwards, in particular epistemologists, philoso-phers of science, and philosophers of mind and lan-guage, possibly also theoretical linguists, cognitivescientists, statisticians, and AI researchers insofarthey are interested in foundational issues.

Type of publication

Monograph

Due October 2007


120,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5473-0


J.J. Stachel, Boston University, Center for Einstein Studies and

Dept. of Physics, MA, USA

Going Critical

Volume One: The Challenge of Practice

Rather than defining himself by an occupation, JohnStachel follows the Emersonsonian tradition and de-fines himself as "a man doing political organizing,union organizing, theoretical physics, history of sci-ence, philosophy of science, and Einstein editing", toname some of the things he has done in the courseof his life. Academically, his goal has been to takea problem that puzzles him and follow this prob-lem wherever it leads him, regardless of disciplinaryboundaries. This two-volume collection of publishedand unpublished papers span an academic career ofover forty years. An introductory essay explains hiscredo and in particular the unity behind the apparentdiversity of his interests. The first volume includesdiscussions of topics in: the methodology of science,such as the role of scientific practice, the nature ofcreativity, and scientific theories as historical arti-facts; quantum mechanics, such as the significance ofquantum logic and the role of Feynman's approach;Marxism, such [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Science; Quantum Physics; History;Political Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due December 2007



ISBN 978-1-4020-1308-9

J. Tao Po-wah Lai, City University of Hong Kong, China (Ed.)

China: Bioethics, Trust, and the

Challenge of the Market

This volume provides a unique perspective on themarket reforms currently taking place in Chinesehealth care. The authors come to grips with thechanges taking place in Chinese health care and itseffect on the traditional doctor-patient relationship,but also its positive effects on the availability andquality of health care particularly in urban areas.In doing so the various authors wrestle with moral,political and social issues deeply ingrained in Chi-nese culture as well as the perceived practical andmoral difficulties associated with the change to amarket oriented economy especially in area of healthcare. This volume should be of particular interestto bioethicists, those interested in contemporaryChinese philosophy, and of course those workingin health care policy, Chinese policy, comparativehealth care policy, or any combination thereof.

Features

1. Volume provides a unique set of perspectives onhealth care reform in China. 2. Volume providescontemporary Confucian, other Chinese, and West-ern perspectives on the perceived difficulties of mar-ket reforms in health care. 3. Volume provides animportant overview of the health care system in Chi-na prior to the market reforms of the 1980s and 90sfrom Chinese scholars who are familiar with the fullrange of [..]

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Medicine; Medicine, general; PoliticalPhilosophy; Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due March 2008

2008. Approx. 190 p. (Asian Studies in Bioethics and the Philoso-

phy of Medicine, Vol. 96) Hardcover

86,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6756-3

L. Tessman, Binghamton University, Binghamton, NY, U.S.A. (Ed.)

Feminist Ethics and Social and

Political Philosophy: Theorizing the

Non-Ideal

Feminist Ethics and Social and Political Philosophy:Theorizing the Non-Ideal will collect feminist es-says that self-consciously develop non-idealizing ap-proaches to either ethics or social and political phi-losophy (or both). Characterizing feminist ethicsand social and political philosophy as marked by atendency to be non-idealizing serves to thematizethe volume while still allowing the essays to be di-verse enough to adequately constitute a representa-tion of current work in the fields of feminist ethicsand social and political philosophy. Each of the es-says collected in this volume will do at least one oftwo things, namely either a) serve as an instance ofwork that is rooted in actual, non-ideal conditions,and that, as such, is able to consider any of the manyquestions relevant to subordinated people; or b) re-flect theoretically on the significance of non-idealiz-ing as an approach to feminist ethics or social andpolitical philosophy.

Features

An up to date account of current work in the fieldsof feminist ethics and social and political philoso-phy Reflects on the significance of non-idealizing asan approach to feminist ethics or social and politi-cal philosophy Challenges traditional ethical frame-works by positing a moral subject who is affected bysystems of oppression Addresses feminist issues incurrent global justice theories

Contents

Introduction; Lisa Tessman Section I: TheoreticalReflections on the Production of Non-IdealizedMoral Knowledge and the Use of Feminist EthicalFrameworks Ethics for Politics; Bat Ami Bar OnHaving and Knowing Our Obligations of Justice: AWittgensteinian Approach; Peg O’Connor FeministEudaimonism: Eudaimonism as Non-Ideal Theory;Lisa Tessman No more than one of the following twopossible chapters: How Do We Get Moral Knowl-edge That Matters?; Theresa Weynand Tobin Fem-inist Social Philosophy and Ethics in the Real-Not-Ideal: An Enslaved Woman’s Identity Constructionand [..]

Fields of interest

Ethics; Political Philosophy; Philosophy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due May 2009


119,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6840-9


J. Thompson, University of Melbourne, VIC, Australia

The Transgenerational Policy

Fields of interest

Philosophy; Ontology; Philosophy of Law; PoliticalPhilosophy

Type of publication

Monograph

Due September 2008

2007. (Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture, Vol. 14)

Hardcover

89,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5211-8

C. Tollefsen, University of South Carolina, Columbia, SC, USA (Ed.)

Artificial Nutrition and Hydration

The New Catholic Debate

Pope John Paul II surprised much of the medicalworld in 2004 with his strongly worded statementinsisting that patients in a persistent vegetative stateshould be provided with nutrition and hydration.While many Catholic bioethicists defended thePope’s claim that the life of all human beings, eventhose in a persistent vegetative state or a coma, wasworth protecting, others argued that the Pope’s po-sition marked a shift from the traditional Catholicteaching on the withdrawal of medical treatment atthe end of life. The debate among Catholic bioethi-cists over the Pope’s statement only grew more in-tense during the controversy surrounding TerrySchiavo’s death in 2005, as bioethicists on both sidesof the debate argued about the legitimacy of remov-ing her feeding tubes. This collection of essays bysome of the most prominent Catholic bioethicistsaddresses the Pope’s statements, the moral issuessurrounding artificial feeding and hydration, the re-fusal of treatment, and the ethics of care for [..]

Features

Includes voices from all sides of the Catholic discus-sion in dialogue with one another; Includes many ofthe top Catholic bioethicists in the English speakingworld; Situates the debate in the larger perspective ofthe Catholic tradition of end of life care and the dig-nity of human life; Situates the debate in the largerperspective of the social/communal norms governingthe care of the dependent, and [..]

Contents

Preface: Christopher Tollefsen;Part One: The Issue.Part Two: Philosophers Address the Issue.Part Three:Symposium on the Views of Fr. Kevin O’Rourke,O.P.Part Four: Concluding Reflections.

Fields of interest

Ethics; Theory of Medicine/Bioethics; Philosophy ofReligion; Religion; Philosophy of Medicine

Target groups

Professional bioethicists, especially, but not only,Catholic bioethicists Moral philosophers and theolo-gians Healthcare professionals The Catholic laity andclergy

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2008. Approx. 180 p. (Catholic Studies in Bioethics, Vol. 93) Hard-

cover

103,00 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6206-3

A.-T. Tymieniecka, The World Institute for Advanced Phemo-

menological Research and Learning, Hanover, NH, USA (Ed.)

Virtues and Passions in Literature

Excellence, Courage, Engagements, Wisdom, Fulfilment

Features

This book explains how the emergence of HumanCondition lifts natural endowment of the individualto the level of excellence This book explains how nat-ural forces and promptings of life transmute throughcreative Human Condition subliminal passions ofthe soul into innumerable streaks of spiritual sig-nificance This book explains how virtues streamingfrom individual forces maintain bedrocks of the soci-etal links

Contents

From the contents Thematic Study: Literature AndThe Passion Of Virtue. Part I. Historical And Con-temporary Virtues As Reflected In Chinese Litera-ture. Part II. Virtues Of The Heart: Feodor Dosto-evsky And The Ethic Of Love. Part III. Inherent AndIntentional Inquiries On Virtues. Part IV. Enlight-enment, Humanization And Beauty In The Light OfSchiller’s “Letters On The Aesthetic Education OfMan”. Part V. Art And Awareness.

Fields of interest

Metaphysics; Ethics; Phenomenology; History ofPhilosophy

Target groups

Educators, social scientists, anthropological re-searchers

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due November 2007

2008. Approx. 380 p. (Analecta Husserliana, Vol. 96) Hardcover

139,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6421-0




Beauty's Appeal

Measure and Excess

Beauty fulfils human existence. As it registers in ouraesthetic experience, beauty enhances nature’s en-chantment around us and our inward experience lift-ing our soul toward moral elevation. Carried by cre-ative imagination (Imaginatio Creatrix), beauty par-ticipates in the moulding of the forms of the intellec-tive constitution of the mind in tandem with praxisand seeks deeper enigmas of the real in the labyrinthof the cosmos. Yet with the evolution of human de-velopment and in technological inventions, beauty,while suffusing all modalities of experience, seems toundergo transformations and expansion. Are thereperduring norms and modalities of beauty or arewe carried along blindly by human development? Isthere a measure intrinsic to our human ontopoieticunfolding and the growth of human life that we mayfollow instead of the whim of fancy and excess? Thepresent collection of art-explorations seeks the ele-mental ties of Human Condition. Together, the au-thors aim to answer the questions posed above.

Features

Explains the relation of beauty and human existenceExplores the various aspects of beauty:Beauty as ful-filment of humanness Beauty uplifting the experi-ence of life Beauty as the existential force of humancondition

Contents

From the contents Acknowledgements. ThematicStudy. Beauty, Truth, Alterity: Beyond Cause AndEffect. Part I. Eros / Kalon / Agathos: Love, TheBeautiful And The Good. Part II. The Aesthetics OfPossibility. Part III. Measure Or Excess: The Uni-ty Of The Aesthetic, The Ethical, And The PoliticalIn Dante, Marlowe, And Molière. Part IV. The The-ater Absurd And Reality. Part V. The Re-EmergenceOf Beauty In Contemporary Technology. Index ofNames.

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Metaphysics; Ethics; Philosophy ofMan; Aesthetics

Target groups

Fine arts appreciation, history of art,phenomenology’s investigations, the creative mind,aesthetics and nature, etc.

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due November 2007

2008. Approx. 300 p. (Analecta Husserliana, Vol. 97) Hardcover

134,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6520-0



Education in Human Creative

Existential Planning

Features

* Brings to the fore the specific ability of the humanachievement to be constantly prepared and adjust-ed through education. * The dynamically interac-tive human platform of exsistence calls for direction,proportion and balance from education. * The na-ture-transcending élan of the human person promptsthe cultivation of spiritual aspirations (moral, aeshet-ic, intellective). * Striving to orchestrate the [..]

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Philosophy of Man; Philosophy ofthe Social Sciences; Educational Philosophy; Educa-tion & Society

Type of publication

Collected works

Due October 2007

2007. Approx. 380 p. (Analecta Husserliana, Vol. 95) Dustjacket

114,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6301-5

A.-T. Tymieniecka, World Institute for Advanced Phenomenologi-

cal Research and Learning, Hanover, NH, USA (Ed.)

Timing and Temporality in Islamic

Philosophy and Phenomenology of

Life

From time immemorial, concern with timing of lifehas been crucial for the regulation of human praxisas well as for the philosophical quest to understandexistence by seeking its meaning. The two used toinform each other, until modernity, when they part-ed. In spite of the extensive progress in manipulatingchange and motion, and of the abundance of meta-physical attempts to enlighten human beings abouttheir fate, the puzzling nature of temporality andtiming of reality remains controversial. The presentcollection of studies seeks a new answer by initiat-ing a novel investigation informed by the ancientwisdom of the Greaco-Arabic-Islamic sources andinheritance, on the one side, and the contemporarydiscernment of Occidental phenomenology of life,on the other, in a common dialogical effort to un-ravel this great enigma of existence. Papers by: An-na-Teresa Tymieniecka, William C. Chittick, RezaAkbarian, Daniela Verducci, Michael F. Andrews,Seyyed Mohammed Khamenei, Nader El-Bizri, Meh-di [..]

Features

Bringing out the phenomenon of change in our ex-perience of the temporal unfolding of reality bringsa challenge to the ancient classic and contemporaryconception of temporality of life tied to some meta-physical conceptions of time and being. Consequent-ly, the temporality of the real calls for an essential re-vision The classic conception of temporality refer-ring to an absolute primacy of time in reality [..]

Contents

From the contents Acknowledgements. Preface.-Section I. The View from Nowhere.- Section II. Ed-mund Husserl on Time and Temporality.- SectionIII. Mir Damad on Time and Temporality.- Sec-tion IV. Time and the Formation of the Human Per-son.- Section V. The Phenomenology of Wujud inthe Thought of Ibn Al-Arabi.- Index of Names; Ap-pendix: Program of the Symposium.

Fields of interest

Phenomenology; Non-Western Philosophy; Me-dieval Philosophy; Metaphysics; History of Philoso-phy

Target groups

Philosophers, historians interested in phenomenolo-gy and Islamic metaphysics

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2008. XII, 348 p. (Islamic Philosophy and Occidental Phe-

nomenology in Dialogue, Vol. 3) Hardcover

159,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6159-2


P.E. Vermaas, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Nether-

lands; P. Kroes, Delft University of Technology, Delft, the Nether-

lands; A. Light, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA; S.A.

Moore, The University of Texas at Austin, TX, USA (Eds.)

Philosophy and Design

From Engineering to Architecture

This volume provides the reader with an integratedoverview of state-of-the-art research in philosophyand ethics of design in engineering and architecture.It contains twenty-five essays that focus on engineer-ing designing in its traditional sense, on designingin novel engineering domains, including ICT, genet-ics, and nanotechnology, designing of socio-techni-cal systems, and on architectural and environmen-tal designing. These essays are preceded by an intro-ductory text structuring the field of philosophy andethics of design in engineering and architecture asone in which a series of similar philosophical, soci-etal and ethical questions are asked. This volume en-ables the reader to overcome the traditional separa-tion between engineering designing and architecturaldesigning. The emerging discipline of designing so-cio-technical systems is shown to form an intermedi-ate between engineering and architecture to whichthe philosophical and ethical analyses of both do-mains apply. This volume thus [..]

Features

Provides an overview of state of the art research onphilosophy and ethics of designing in both engineer-ing and architecture Provides an integrated accountof designing in engineering and architecture Presentsa cross-fertilization between philosophical, ethicaland societal analyses of engineering and architecturein novel engineering domains, including ICT, genet-ics, and nanotechnology, designing of [..]

Contents

From the contents Introduction. Part I: EngineeringDesign. Part II: Emerging Engineering Design. PartIII: Architectural Design. Index.

Fields of interest

Philosophy of Technology; Architecture, general; En-gineering Design; Ethics

Target groups

Faculty, PhD and Master’s students in philosophyand ethics of technology, philosophy and ethics ofarchitecture, management of technology, manage-ment of architecture

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007


99,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6590-3

D.N. Weisstub, Université de Montréal, QC, Canada; G. Diaz Pin-

tos, Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha, Ciudad Real, Spain (Eds.)

Autonomy and Human Rights in

Health Care

An International Perspective

Autonomy and Human Rights in Healthcare: An In-ternational Perspective is a group of essays publishedin memory of David Thomasma, one of the leadinghumanists in the field of bioethics during the twen-tieth century. A pioneer in the field of multidisci-plinary research, having integrated major theologicaland philosophical traditions in the west with modernscience, Thomasma was a role model to the authorswho have devoted essays to his major avenues of in-quiry. The authors represent many different coun-tries and disciplines throughout the globe. The vol-ume deals with the pressing issue of how to grounda universal bioethics in the context of the conflictedworld of combative cultures and perspectives.

Features

Adresses the challenge of creating universal bioethicsin the faces of valued conflicts and the concentrationof world views Looks at the main topics in currentBioethics that have a serious human rights compo-nent Explores the human right to health and the var-ious sub rights that are part of ongoing crises relatingto claims made in the health system

Contents

From the contents Contributors. Acknowledge-ments. Preface: E. Pellegrino. Contributors. Intro-duction.- Part I: Health Care, Human Rights, AndSocial Policy.- Part II: The Centrality And Limits OfAutonomy.- Part III: Pluralism, Race And Health.-Part IV: Future Legal Ordering And Social Plan-ning.- Part V: Individual Integrity, Research EthicsAnd Human Rights.- Index.

Fields of interest

Ethics; Philosophy of Medicine; Medical Law

Target groups

Physicians, philosophers, theologists, lawyers, hu-man rights workers, health professionals, lay people

Type of publication

Contributed volume

Due October 2007

2007. VI, 414 p. (International Library of Ethics, Law, and the New


134,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-5840-0

M. Zamboni, Stockholm University, Sweden

Law and Politics

A Dilemma for Contemporary Legal Theory

Politics and the political discourse occupy a centralposition in the modern legal theoretical discussion.The goal of this book is to reconstruct and to classify,according to ideal-typical models, the different posi-tions taken by the major contemporary legal theoriesas to whether and how law relates to politics. In par-ticular, attention is focused on Kelsen, Hart, Finnis,Critical Legal Studies, Law and Economics and le-gal realisms. Though reaching different conclusions,these major legal theories have some common pointsof departure as to the "law and politics" issue: lawand politics tend to keep the features of being twodifferent phenomena as well as of presenting regionsof interaction, although with differences as to extentand intensity. Finally, a possible explanation is pre-sented as to why such different legal theories, thoughoften reaching diametric results, somehow must stillbegin from these common basic points. The explana-tion for this is found in the specific character of lawin [..]

Features

Clear picture of how contemporary legal theory havedescribed the relations between law and politics theirdifferences and similarities and a possible explana-tion

Contents

Introduction.- A Methodology of Analysis and Cer-tain Key-concepts.- The Autonomous Model.- TheEmbedded Model.- The Intersecting Model.- Con-temporary Legal Theory and the Dilemma of Law.-Bibliography.

Fields of interest

Law Theory/Law Philosophy; Philosophy of Law; Po-litical Science

Target groups

Lawyers, social and political scientists, libraries

Type of publication

Monograph

Due October 2007

2008. VIII, 166 p. Hardcover

79,95 €

ISBN 978-3-540-73925-8


H. Zwart, Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Understanding Nature

Case Studies in Comparative Epistemology

This book starts from the conviction that there areother ways of knowing about nature besides science.Notably, literary documents (novels, plays, poems)on nature and the natural entities (landscapes, ani-mals, plant forms) may be based on careful observa-tions, quite elaborate and true to life. Comparativeepistemology is the discipline that tries to assess, ina critical manner, the relative validity and value ofvarious knowledge forms. This volume presents a se-ries of case studies in comparative epistemology, crit-ically comparing the works of prominent representa-tives of the life sciences (such as Aristotle, Darwin,Mendel and many others) with the writings of theirliterary counterparts (Andersen, Melville, Verne, Ib-sen, and many others). It constitutes a major contri-bution to the expanding field of Science and Liter-ature Studies, allowing basic insights from the sci-ences and the humanities to mutually challenge andenlighten one another.

Features

Highly original contribution to science and literaturestudies and philosophy of science Broad scope andvision Bringing together fields of inquiry that tend tobe seen as completely separate from one another

Contents

Part I: Introduction. 1: Comparative epistemology.2: Antecedents – comparative epistemology as anoutcome.- Part II: Animal epistemology. 3: What isan animal? A comparative epistemology of animals.4: What is a whale? Moby Dick, marine science andthe sublime. 5: Animal experiments and the novel.6: The birth of a research animal. Ibsen’s Wild Duckand the origin of a new animal science.- Part III.Plants, landscapes & environments. 7: Aqua-phobia, tulipmania, biophilia. 8: Environmental Pol-lution and professional responsibility: Ibsen’s A pub-lic enemy as a seminar on science [..]

Fields of interest

Epistemology; Philosophy of Biology; History of Sci-ence; Phenomenology; Science, general

Target groups

Scholars in life sciences; philosophy; cultural studies;history; science and literature studies, students

Type of publication

Monograph

Due December 2007

2008. Approx. 295 p. (The International Library of Environmental,

Agricultural and Food Ethics, Vol. 13) Hardcover

129,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6491-3

H. van Ditmarsch, University of Otago, New Zealand; W. van der

Hoek, University of Liverpool, UK; B. Kooi, University of Gronin-

gen, The Netherlands

Dynamic Epistemic Logic

Dynamic Epistemic Logic is the logic of knowledgechange. This is not about one logical system, butabout a whole family of logics that allows us to spec-ify static and dynamic aspects of multi-agent sys-tems. This book provides various logics to supportsuch formal specifications, including proof systems.Concrete examples and epistemic puzzles enliventhe exposition. The book also contains exercises in-cluding answers and is eminently suitable for grad-uate courses in logic. A sweeping chapter-wise out-line of the content of this book is the following. Thechapter 'Introduction' informs the reader about thehistory of the subject, and its relation to other dis-ciplines. 'Epistemic Logic' is an overview of mul-ti-agent epistemic logic - the logic of knowledge -including modal operators for groups, such as gen-eral and common knowledge. 'Belief Revision' is anoverview on how to model belief revision, both in the'traditional' way and in a dynamic epistemic setting.'Public Announcements' is a detailed [..]

Features

The first accessible reference to public announce-ment logic Eminently suitable textbook for a grad-uate audience Companion webpage with slides forlecturers, exams for further practice, etc. Everythingyou always wanted to know about the muddy chil-dren problem Many examples, exercises, and thor-ough completeness proofs and expressivity results

Contents

Preface.- 1. Introduction.- 2. Epistemic Logic.- 3. Be-lief Revision.- 4. Public Announcements.- 5. Epis-temic Actions.- 6. Action Models.- 7. Completeness.-8. Expressivity.- A. Selected Answers to Exercises.-References.- Index.

Fields of interest

Logic; Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Episte-mology; Mathematical Logic and Formal Languages

Target groups

Lecturers, researchers and graduate students in com-puter science, philosophy, logic, information science,artificial intelligence and cognitive science

Type of publication

Monograph

Due November 2007

2007. XI, 296 p. (Synthese Library, Vol. 337) Softcover

29,95 €

ISBN 978-1-4020-6908-6

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