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Philosophy bites again / David Edmonds & Nigel Warburton.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Edmonds, David, author, interviewer.
- Warburton, Nigel, 1962- author, interviewer.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Philosophy, British--21st century.
- Philosophy, British.
- Philosophers--Great Britain--Interviews.
- Philosophers.
- Great Britain.
- Genre:
- Interviews.
- Physical Description:
- xxiii, 296 pages ; 21 cm
- Edition:
- First edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Oxford University Press, 2014.
- Summary:
- What does Daniel Dennett have to say about free will? What does Susan Wolf think about meaning in life? Alison Gopnik on imagination? Gaien Strawson about the sense of self? Noel Carroll on humour? Philosophy Bites Again is a brand new collection of interviews with some of the leading thinkers in philosophy today. Twenty-seven entertaining, personal, and illuminating conversations provide bite-sized introductions to major philosophical issues that affect our lives. Dip in, and sharpen your thinking on pleasure, torture, moral luck, exploitation, the afterlife, and much more. Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Joy and Pain 1
- 1 Thomas Hurka on Pleasure 1
- 2 Michael Tye on Pain 12
- 3 Noël Carroll on Humour 19
- Morality 27
- 4 Jeff McMahan on Moral Status 27
- 5 John Mikhail on Universal Moral Grammar 37
- 6 Raimond Gaita on Torture 50
- 7 Gary L. Francione on Animal Abolitionism 66
- Mind, Self, and Imagination 77
- 8 Ned Block on Consciousness 77
- 9 Patricia Churchland on Eliminative Materialism 85
- 10 Frank Jackson on What Mary Knew 95
- 11 Galen Strawson on the Sense of Self 105
- 12 Alison Gopnik on the Imagination 115
- Free Will, Responsibility, and Punishment 125
- 13 Daniel Dennett on Free Will Worth Wanting 125
- 14 Fiery Cushman on Moral Luck 134
- 15 Nicola Lacey on Criminal Responsibility 143
- 16 Victor Tadros on Punishment 152
- 17 Philip Pettit on Group Agency 164
- Politics 177
- 18 Susan Mendus on Toleration 177
- 19 Hillel Steiner on Exploitation 187
- 20 Rae Langton on Hate Speech 196
- 21 Nancy Fraser on Recognition 204
- 22 C. A. J. Coady on Dirty Hands in Politics 213
- Metaphysics, Meaning, and Reason 223
- 23 Kit Fine on What is Metaphysics? 223
- 24 Dan Sperber on the Enigma of Reason 233
- 25 Stephen Neale on Meaning and Interpretation 240
- 26 Susan Wolf on Meaning in Life 265
- 27 Samuel Schemer on the Afterlife 273.
- ISBN:
- 9780198702696 :
- 0198702698
- OCLC:
- 897206068
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