Abstract: I will ask the conditional question: if folk attributions of “know” are not sensitive to the stakes and/or the salience of error, does this cast doubt on contextualism or…
Becoming Divine: Towards a Feminist Philosophy of Religion
Publisher’s note: “The book’s contribution to feminist philosophy of religion is substantial and original…. It brings the continental and Anglo-American traditions into substantive and productive conversation with each other.” Ellen…
The Philosophy of Religion: A Buddhist Perspective
Publisher’s note: This important work does much to extend and redefine the ground of the philosophy of religion, which has been conducted in a purely Western context. The discussion, whether…
Myth, Memory and Misrecognition in Sellars’ ‘Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind’
Introduction: In increasing numbers, philosophers are coming to read Sellars’ “Empiricism and the Philosophy of Mind” (1997, hereafter EPM) as having dealt the definitive death blow to the idea that…
African Philosophy, and Non-human Animals [Interview]
University of Nairobi’s Reginald M. J. Oduor talks to Anteneh Roba and Rainer Ebert.
Hegel’s Philosophy of Art
…hybrid assessment is apparent first in Hegel’s account of art’s development, which shows art culminating in classical sculpture’s perfect unity, but then, unable to depict Christianity’s interiority, evolving into religion,…
22 Atmospherics: Abortion Law and Philosophy
Abstract: In 1934, Karl N. Llewellyn published a lively essay trumpeting the dawn of legal realism, “On Philosophy in American Law.” The charm of his defective little piece is its…
Princess Elizabeth and Descartes: The union of soul and body and the practice of philosophy
…and body given his substance dualism to her later (less known) objections to Descartes’ neo-Stoic advice to her about regulating her passions. According to Shapiro, Elizabeth defends a unique philosophical…
Tainted: How Philosophy of Science can expose bad science
Abstract: Lawyers often work pro bono to liberate death-row inmates from flawed legal verdicts that otherwise would kill them. This is the first book on practical philosophy of science, how…
Philosophy of Logics
Publisher’s Note: The first systematic exposition of all the central topics in the philosophy of logic, Susan Haack’s book has established an international reputation (translated into five languages) for its…