The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy
Edited by Frank Jackson, Michael Smith
Abstract
The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy is the definitive guide to what is happening in the lively and fascinating subject of contemporary philosophy. More than thirty distinguished scholars contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas of research into this subject. The coverage is broad, with sections devoted to moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences.
Keywords:
moral philosophy,
social and political philosophy,
philosophy of mind and action,
philosophy of language,
metaphysics,
epistemology,
philosophy of the sciences
Bibliographic Information
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- Print Publication Date:
- Nov 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199234769
- Published to Oxford Handbooks Online:
- Sep 2009
- DOI:
- 10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199234769.001.0001
Editors
Frank Jackson,
editor
Frank Jackson teaches at Princeton University each autumn and is at La Trobe University or the Australian National University the rest of the year. His publications include ‘Mental Causation: the State of the Art’ in Mind 105 (1996); ‘Causation in the Philosophy of Mind’ (with Philip Pettit) in Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 50 Supplementary (1990); and The Philosophy of Mind and Cognition ( with David Braddon‐Mitchell) (Basil Blackwell, 2nd edn., 2007).
Michael Smith,
editor
Michael Smith is Professor of Philosophy at the Research School of Social Sciences, Australian National University. His main research interests lie in the intersection of moral philosophy and philosophical psychology.
