Philosophy for the 21st Century: A Comprehensive Reader
by Steven M. Cahn
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Philosophy for the 21st Century, an introductory anthology, is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary readings. It covers all major fields, including not only metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion, but also philosophy of science,philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, political philosophy, and philosophy of art. This volume is unique in drawing on the judgments of a new generation of scholars, each of whom has chosen the show more articles and provided the introduction for one section of the book. These associate editors--DeliaGraff, Robin Jeshion, L. A. Paul, Jesse J. Prinz, Stuart Rachels, Gabriela Sakamoto, David Sosa, and Cynthia A. Stark--are at the forefront of 21st-century philosophy. Their selections include the work of such leading contemporary thinkers as Nancy Cartwright, Saul A. Kripke, David Lewis, ThomasNagel, Robert Nozick, Derek Parfit, and Sydney Shoemaker, along with classic works from 2500 years of philosophy. The book has been structured to maximize continuity, and an introductory essay by Simon Blackburn explains the tools of symbolic logic. This groundbreaking volume sets a new standard forintroducing students to the importance and fascination of philosophical inquiry. show lessTags
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Steven M. Cahn is Professor of Philosophy at the City University of New York Graduate Center. He is the author or editor of seventy books, most recently having edited Political Philosophy, Fourth Edition (OUP, 2022); Exploring Philosophy, Seventh Edition (OUP, 2020); with Peter Markie, Ethics: History, Theory, and Contemporary Issues, Seventh show more Edition (OUP, 2019), and with Andrew T. Forcehimes, Exploring Moral Problems (OUP, 2018), Principles of Moral Philosophy (OUP, 2017), and Foundations of Moral Philosophy (OUP, 2017). show less
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