Betrothal in Medieval Canon Law from Decretum to Liber Sextus
by Oksana Bandrovska
Die Widerlegung der Definition Wahrnehmung ist Wissen in Platons Theaitetos
by Chung Guk Bai
Seneca: A Philosopher in Politics (Clarendon Paperbacks)
by Miriam T. Griffin
For this Clarendon Paperback, Dr Griffin has written a new Postscript to bring the original book fully up to date. She discusses further important and controversial questions of fact or interpretation in the light of the scholarship of the intervening years and provides additional argument where necessary. The connection between Seneca's prose works and his career as a first-century Roman statesman is problematic. Although he writes in the first person, he tells us little of his external life...
John Rawls' Theory of Justice and Its Critics (Key Contemporary Thinkers)
by Chandran Kukathas, Philip Pettit, and Chandran Kuathas
John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" has been influential in philosophy, political theory, welfare economics and jurisprudence. This book is thought to be the first full-length study of Rawls' work. It provides a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates, and submits them to critical scrutiny. Kukathas and Petit discuss, among other things, the utilitarian orthodoxy and its problems; the emergence of majoritarian and other social choice alternatives; the con...
History of English Thought in the Eighteenth Century 2 Volume Set (Cambridge Library Collection - Philosophy)
by Leslie Stephen
Leslie Stephen (1832-1904) was a writer, philosopher and literary critic whose work was published widely in the nineteenth century. As a young man Stephen was ordained deacon, but he later became agnostic and much of his work reflects his interest in challenging popular religion. This two-volume work, first published in 1876, is no exception: it focuses on the eighteenth-century deist controversy and its effects, as well as the reactions to what Stephen saw as a revolution in thought. Comprehens...
The Oxford Handbook of the History of Phenomenology (Oxford Handbooks)
This Oxford Handbook offers a broad critical survey of the development of phenomenology, one of the main streams of philosophy since the nineteenth century. It comprises thirty-seven specially written chapters by leading figures in the field, which highlight historical influences, connections and developments, and offer a better comprehension and assessment of the continuity as well as diversity of the phenomenological tradition. The handbook is divided into three distinct parts. The firs...
