Bøger i Philosophers in Focus serien

This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on Mill's seminal work.

The original 1907 text is accompanied with a series of critical essays from scholars including Moore and Russell. In the introduction Olin evaluates the strength of the criticisms made against James.

The text of the Letter on Toleration is included with interpretative and critical essays which consists of the most important critiques of the Letter.

Includes the translation by Haldane and Ross of Descartes' "Meditations on First Philosophy", an introduction by Tweyman and six articles indicating the diversity of scholarly opinion on the topic of method in Descartes' philosophy.

This book contains the four most important dialogues of Berkeley's Alciphron, as well as essays and commentaries by, for example, Hutcheson, Mill, and Anthony Flew.

This collection of essays on the Prolegomena starts with the Carus translation of Kant's work. This edition offers a substantive new introduction, six papers never before published together and a comprehensive bibliography.

This book brings together a new English translation of Plato's "Meno", a selection of illuminating articles on themes in the dialogue published between 1965 and 1985. It offers an introduction which sets the "Meno" in historical context and opens up key issues.

A layman's guide to the mechanics of Godel's proof together with a lucid discussion of the issues which it raises. Includes an essay discussing the significance of Godel's work in the light of Wittgenstein's criticisms.

An assessment of both classical and current philosophical thought concerning the issue of civil disobedience. Drawing upon the essays of such contemporary thinkers as Rawls, Raz and Singer, this text aims to provide the basic material required for debate on the nature of civil disorder.

This book gathers together for the first time J.S. Mill's On Liberty and a selection of important essays by the eminent scholars Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees C.L. Ten and Richard Wollheim on Mill's seminal work.

The text of the Letter on Toleration is included with interpretative and critical essays which consists of the most important critiques of the Letter.

An assessment of the philosophical arguments on the issues surrounding civil disobedience. The contributions include classic essays from Rawls, Raz and Singer.

This book presents William James's Pragmatism together with critical commentary and focuses on the theories of meaning and truth central to Pragmatism. It includes several articles three of which were roughly contemporaneous with the publication of Pragmatism.