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Selected Philosophical Essays
Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997) was one of the preeminent figures in the philosophical movement of logical empiricism. He was a member of both the...
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Selected Philosophical Essays
Carl Gustav Hempel (1905–1997) was one of the preeminent figures in the philosophical movement of logical empiricism. He was a member of both the...
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The Philosophy of Physics y
A magisterial study of the philosophy of physics that both introduces the subject to the non-specialist and contains many original and important...
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The Philosophy of Physics
A magisterial study of the philosophy of physics that both introduces the subject to the non-specialist and contains many original and important...
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Biology and Epistemology
This set of original essays by some of the best names in philosophy of science explores a range of diverse issues in the intersection of biology and...
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From Physics to Philosophy
This collection of essays by leading philosophers of physics offers philosophical perspectives on two of the central elements of modern physics,...
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The Republic
This new translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for...
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The Republic
This new translation of one of the great works of Western political thought is based on the assumption that when Plato chose the dialogue form for...
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Political Writings
Pierre Bayle was one of the most important sceptical thinkers of the seventeenth century. His work was a major influence on the development of the...
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Biology and the Foundations of Ethics
There has been much attention devoted in recent years to the question of whether our moral principles can be related to our biological nature. This...
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The Shaping of Deduction in Greek Mathematics
The aim of this book is to explain the shape of Greek mathematical thinking. It can be read on three levels: as a description of the practices of...
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Reflections on Violence
Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could...
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Reflections on Violence
Georges Sorel’s Reflections on Violence is one of the most controversial books of the twentieth century: J. B. Priestley argued that if one could...
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Political Writings
This major addition to the series of Cambridge Texts in the History of Political Thought seeks to give students with no specialist knowledge access...
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Politics Drawn from the Very Words of Holy Scripture
This is the first ever English rendition of the classic statement of divine right absolutism, published in 1707. Jacques-Benigne Bossuet argues in...
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The Korean Language
This book provides a detailed survey of the Korean language, covering its speakers, genetic affiliation, historical development, dialects, lexicon,...
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Personal Styles in Greek Sculpture
The aim of this book is to identify and evaluate the distinctive styles of five important ancient Greek sculptors whose work is discussed by ancient...
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The Amazonian Languages
The Amazon Basin is arguably both one of the least-known and the most complex linguistic regions in the world. It is the home of some 300 languages...
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The Cambridge History of the English Language
This volume deals with the history of the English language from 1776 to 1997. An extensive introduction details the changing socio-historical setting...
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Epistolary Fiction in Europe, 1500–1850
Thomas O. Beebee examines epistolary fiction as a major phenomenon in Europe from the Renaissance to the mid-nineteenth century. His study is the...
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The Gender of Death
Why is it that in some cultures and times, literature, folklore, and art commonly represent death as a man, in others as a woman? Karl S. Guthke...
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The Cambridge History of Medieval English Literature
This is the first full-scale history of medieval English literature for nearly a century. Thirty-three distinguished contributors offer a...
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Moral Combat
This book explores the thesis that legal roles force people to engage in moral combat, an idea which is implicit in the assumption that citizens may...
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Legal Positivism in American Jurisprudence
This book represents a serious and philosophically sophisticated guide to modern American legal theory, demonstrating that legal positivism has been...
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