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Introduction to Classical Chinese Philosophy
An introduction to the philosophers of China's classical period, written for readers without background in Chinese. Van Norden sets the scene in the Zhou dynasty and the Warring…
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Thinking About Mathematics: The Philosophy of Mathematics
An introduction to the philosophy of mathematics organised partly historically and partly by position. Shapiro begins with the questions of what mathematical objects are and how we can…
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Practical Ethics
Singer applies a consistent utilitarian framework, based on the equal consideration of interests, to a series of contested practical questions. He begins with the nature of ethics and…
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Philosophy of Language
A concise and demanding survey of the philosophy of language in the analytic tradition, written for the Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy series. Soames traces how the study…
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Logic: A Very Short Introduction
Priest teaches logic through puzzles. Each short chapter opens with a question, such as whether nothing is something, whether the Greeks worshipped Zeus, or what a sentence that…
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The Conscious Mind: In Search of a Fundamental Theory
Chalmers distinguishes the 'easy problems' of explaining cognitive functions such as discrimination, attention and report from the 'hard problem' of explaining why any of this is accompanied by…
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forall x: An Introduction to Formal Logic
A free, openly licensed textbook for a first course in formal logic. It begins with the notions of argument and validity, then teaches sentential logic: symbolising English sentences,…
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Metaphysics: A Very Short Introduction
A compact introduction to metaphysics by a philosopher best known for his work on powers and causation. Mumford starts from an ordinary table and asks what it is:…
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Reasons and Persons
Parfit's first book is a long, closely argued work in four parts. Part One examines theories that turn out to be self-defeating, including the self-interest theory of rationality…
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Material Beings
Van Inwagen poses what he calls the Special Composition Question: when do several things together make up a further thing? He examines and rejects answers on which composition…
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