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The Norton Introduction to Philosophy

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Philosophy made accessible for introductory students.

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The Second Edition of this path-breaking collection gives students all the tools they need to understand and engage with major philosophical issues. Students are presented with clear yet thorough topic introductions, historical context, reading guides for challenging selections, and exclusive commissioned essays written by leading contemporary philosophers specifically for undergraduates.

The Second Edition features a new co-author, a new focus on diversity within the field, and new readings and topics relevant to students' lives.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780393624427

Publisher: WW Norton & Co

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 11 June 2018

Country: United States

Imprint: WW Norton & Co

Edition: Second Edition

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 33.0mm

Width: 152.0mm

Height: 234.0mm

Weight: 1073g

Pages: 1312

About the Author

Gideon Rosen is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. He is the author (with John P. Burgess) of A Subject With No Object (1997) and numerous essays in metaphysics, moral philosophy, and the philosophy of mathematics. Alex Byrne is Professor of Philosophy at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is co-editor, with David R. Hilbert, of Readings on Color, vols. 1 and 2 (1997) and, with Heather Logue, Disjunctivism (2008). He is currently completing a book on self-knowledge. Joshua Cohen is a faculty member at Apple University, and has taught at MIT (1977-2006) and Stanford (2006-2014). He is the author, co-author, or editor of more than 25 books. His most recent books are Philosophy, Politics, Democracy (2009); The Arc of the Moral Universe (2011); and Rousseau: A Free Community of Equals (2012). Since 1991, Cohen has been editor of Boston Review. Elizabeth Harman is Laurance S. Rockefeller Professor of Philosophy and Human Values at Princeton University. She is the author of โ€œMorally Permissible Moral Mistakesโ€ (Ethics), โ€œThe Irrelevance of Moral Uncertainty" (Oxford Studies in Metaethics), โ€œCreation Ethics: The Moral Status of Early Fetuses and the Ethics of Abortionโ€ (Philosophy and Public Affairs), and other essays in moral philosophy. Seana Valentine Shiffrin is Professor of Philosophy and Pete Kameron Professor of Law and Social Justice at UCLA. She is the author of Speech Matters: On Lying, Morality, and the Law (2014), an associate editor of Philosophy and Public Affairs, and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

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