Series: Metaphilosophy

In the ancient world, philosophy was understood to be a practical guide for living, or even itself a way of life. This volume of essays brings historical views about philosophy as a way of life, coupled with their modern equivalents, more prevalently into the domain of the contemporary scholarly world. Philosophy as a Way of Life illustrates how the articulation...

Through a series of essays contributed by clinicians, medical historians, and prominent moral philosophers, Cognitive Disability and Its Challenge to Moral Philosophy addresses the ethical, bio-ethical, epistemological, historical, and meta-philosophical questions raised by cognitive disability. Features essays by prominent clinicians and medical historians of cognitive disability, and renowned contemporary philosophers such as Ian Hacking, Martha Nussbaum, and Peter Singer. Represents...