Wiley: All New Philosophy Titles

Against Epistemology: A Metacritique

Theodor W. Adorno — Mon, 20 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This classic book by Theodor W. Adorno anticipates many of the themes that have since become common in contemporary philosophy: the critique of foundationalism, the illusions of idealism and the end of epistemology. It also foreshadows many of the key ideas that were developed by Adorno in his most important philosophical works, including Negative Dialectics.

Against Epistemology is based on a manuscript Adorno originally wrote in Oxford in 1934-37

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Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Happy-People-Pills for All explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.

Happy-People-Pills For All

Mark Walker — Mon, 13 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

The rapid pace of emerging technologies is playing an increasingly important role in overcoming fundamental human limitations. Featuring core writings by seminal thinkers in the speculative possibilities of the posthuman condition, essays address key philosophical arguments for and against human enhancement, explore the inevitability of life

The Transhumanist Reader: Classical and Contemporary Essays on the Science, Technology, and Philosophy of the Human Future

Max More (Editor), Natasha Vita-More (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The first authoritative and comprehensive survey of the origins and current state of transhumanist thinking

Classifying Reality

David S. Oderberg (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Distinguished metaphysicians examine issues central to the high-profile debate between philosophers over how to classify the natural world, and discuss issues in applied ontology such as the classification of diseases.

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology

Michael Hanby — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

No God, No Science: Theology, Cosmology, Biology presents a work of philosophical theology that retrieves the Christian doctrine of creation from the distortions imposed upon it by positivist science and the Darwinian tradition of evolutionary biology.

Wittgenstein and His Interpreters: Essays in Memory of Gordon Baker

Guy Kahane (Editor), Edward Kanterian (Editor), Oskari Kuusela (Editor) — Mon, 06 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Comprising specially commissioned essays from some of the most significant contributors to the field, this volume provides a uniquely authoritative and thorough survey of the main lines of Wittgenstein scholarship over the past 50 years, tracing the history and current trends as well as anticipating the future shape of work on Wittgenstein.

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Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

Alexander Miller — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This new edition of Alexander Miller’s highly readable introduction to contemporary metaethics provides a critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth- and twenty-first-century contemporary metaethics. Miller traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G. E. Moore up to the most recent arguments between naturalism and non-naturalism, cognitivism and non-cognitivism.

From Moore’s

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A Companion to Aristotle

Georgios Anagnostopoulos (Editor) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

The Blackwell Companion to Aristotle provides in-depth studies of the main themes of Aristotle's thought, from art to zoology.

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A Companion to Latin American Philosophy

Susana Nuccetelli (Editor), Ofelia Schutte (Editor), Otavio Bueno (Editor) — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This comprehensive collection of original essays written by an international group of scholars addresses the central themes in Latin American philosophy.

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A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries: Finding Wisdom in Children's Literature

Thomas E. Wartenberg — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Taking Picture Books Seriously: What can we learn about philosophy through children's books?

This warm and charming volume casts a spell on adult readers as it unveils the surprisingly profound philosophical wisdom contained in children's picture books, from Dr Seuss's Sneetches to William Steig's Shrek!. With a light touch and good humor, Wartenberg discusses the philosophical ideas in these classic stories, and provides parents with a practical starting

A Sneetch is a Sneetch and Other Philosophical Discoveries: Finding Wisdom in Children's Literature

Thomas E. Wartenberg — Mon, 29 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Taking Picture Books Seriously: What can we learn about philosophy through children's books?

The Mystery of Existence

John Leslie (Editor), Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Editor) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

This compelling study of the origins of all that exists, including explanations of the entire material world, traces the responses of philosophers and scientists to the most elemental and haunting question of all: why is anything here—or anything anywhere? Why is there something rather than nothing? Why not nothing? It includes the thoughts of dozens of luminaries from Plato and Aristotle to Aquinas and Leibniz to modern thinkers such as physicists

The Mystery of Existence

John Leslie (Editor), Robert Lawrence Kuhn (Editor) — Mon, 22 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition

Alexander Miller — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to the Philosophy of Time

Adrian Bardon (Editor), Heather Dyke (Editor) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to the Philosophy of Time presents the broadest treatment of this subject yet; 32 specially commissioned articles - written by an international line-up of experts – provide an unparalleled reference work for students and specialists alike in this exciting field.

Identity and Discrimination, Reissued and Updated Edition

Timothy Williamson — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Identity and Discrimination, originally published in 1990 and the first book by respected philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued and updated with the inclusion of significant new material. Williamson here proposes an original and rigorous theory linking identity, a relation central to metaphysics, and indiscriminability, a relation central to epistemology.

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy

Steven M. Emmanuel (Editor) — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

A Companion to Buddhist Philosophy is the most comprehensive single volume on the subject available; it offers the very latest scholarship to create a wide-ranging survey of the most important ideas, problems, and debates in the history of Buddhist philosophy.

Zizek Now: Current Perspectives in Zizek Studies

Jamil Khader, Molly Anne Rothenberg — Mon, 01 Apr 2013 04:00:00 GMT

Arguably the most prolific and most widely read philosopher of our time, Slavoj Zizek has made indelible interventions into many disciplines of the so-called human sciences that have transformed the terms of discussion in these fields. Although his work has been the subject of many volumes of searching criticism and commentary, there is no assessment to date of the value of his work for the development of these disciplines.

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