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"This collection is exciting in its breadth and gratifyingly insightful into some of the frequently overlooked ways humans aesthetically interact with the world." - Sheila Lintott, Bucknell University

"A field-defining work that will represent the gold standard in the new subdiscipline of environmental aesthetics for years to come." - J. Baird Callicott, University of North Texas

"This is an excellent edition for undergraduate and graduate courses, and will be a welcome new resource for scholars." – Jacqueline Taylor, University of San Francisco

The new edition of Introduction to Epistemology provides an accessible introduction to the major positions and figures in epistemology.

"Chris Daly's book on philosophical methodology would be hard to improve on as an advanced introduction to a wide range of topics." - Andre Gallois, Syracuse University

This unique anthology collects the key political writings of philosophers, dramatists, and other great thinkers of the ancient world.

The text's aim is to present fundamental philosophical issues in such a way as to create a common vocabulary for those from diverse backgrounds to communicate meaningfully about aesthetic issues.

The Atheist's Primer examines arguments for belief in God and finds them all untenable. Unlike some other recent books on this topic, this one has a clearly philosophical focus.

"Todd Dufresne's book sets a new standard for critical editions of Freud. ...The pleasures of the text are rich and complex; in it we see Freud, as Dufresne aptly notes, moving "beyond psychoanalysis, in philosophy" — a journey of joyful intellectual homecoming." - Mark Kingwell, University of ...

"A splendid book.... It is both a challenge and a good source of empirical evidence relevant to the philosophical debate." - Lawrence Weiskrantz, University of Oxford

"This is an admirable collection of primary readings, including sources not usually available in volumes of this kind. The introductory materials and annotations by the editors provide clear orientation on the primary texts. Highly recommended." - Douglas Moggach, University of Ottawa

"This is a wonderful collection, with great introductory essays: it is the ideal point of entry to social and political theory over the last century." - Kwame Anthony Appiah, Princeton University

"This anthology is the most comprehensive I have ever seen in my 30 plus years in the field." - Gregory A. Daneke, Chair in Business Ethics, University of Calgary, and Professor, Arizona State University

"Without exception the most important sourcebook available in English for anyone seeking an introduction to the legal principles on which Canadian political and legal culture are based." - P.S. Eardley, University of Guelph

One of the most important and popular novels of ideas ever written, Candide is accompanied in this edition by other writings by Voltaire.

"Sheridan provides a clear and intelligent appraisal of Cockburn as an independent thinker and not simply the unquestioning disciple of the male philosophers she defended." - Jacqueline Broad, Monash University, Australia

"Edward Larkin's new edition of Common Sense will be welcomed by readers. This should become the definitive new edition of Paine's classic tract." - Richard Boyd, University of Wisconsin-Madison

"There is no other edition at the moment that can match its quality in terms of translation, and its substance in terms of historical context." - Renate Holub, University of California, Berkeley

A cutting-edge introduction to contemporary feminist thought. Issues include sexual identity and politics; reproductive technology; economic inequality and the culture industry; religious fundamentalism; and the status of nonhuman others.

"This volume of well-crafted analytical essays on Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, Hume, and Kant is authored and edited by some of the best known historians of philosophy today. A fitting tribute to a notable scholar." - Catherine Wilson, CUNY Graduate Center 

"Dr. Schwartz's brilliantly written book is a must-have for anyone with an interest in corporate social responsibility." - Professor Adam Lindgreen, Cardiff Business School, UK

"Scholars and philosophers alike will welcome this carefully edited and well produced edition of a work that has for too long been neglected and unavailable." - Paul Russell, University of British Columbia

An updated version of William Hughes's now classic text with new material and examples geared toward including an American readership.

This text offers an innovative approach to the teaching of logic, which is rigorous but entirely non-symbolic.

"This is an excellent edition for students first encountering Leibniz's difficult philosophical system. ...And of especially great value is Loptson's excellent introduction—which can be read with profit by beginning students and Leibniz scholars alike." - Brandon C. Look, University of Kentu...

"Andrew Kernohan's Environmental Ethics: An Interactive Introduction is a fantastic text. ...Additionally, its online component is ample and well-constructed, and a terrific resource for instructors and students alike." - Craig Duncan, Ithaca College  

"This is an excellent introduction to natural deduction systems—clear and very readable. It introduces rules gently and in a way that students will appreciate. A very good text." - Ed Mares, Victoria University, New Zealand

The long-awaited new edition of Eldon Soifer's highly respected applied ethics anthology.

A collection of historical and contemporary readings in ethical theory and applied ethics. The main goal of the book is to help motivate the study of ethics by showing how ethical theory relates to, affects, and clarifies issues that concern students.

"The authors have done a terrific job of addressing the essential elements of engineering ethics. The organization and presentation is logical and reasonable, and this will appeal to engineering students as well as practicing engineers." - P. Aarne Vesilind, Emeritus Professor of Civil a...

"This engaging book is suitable for students, scholars, and anyone wishing to enrich their experience of everyday life." - Sherri Irvin, University of Oklahoma

This book points the way to resolving some of those tensions, and to fruitfully sustaining others.

"The main difference between other anthologies and First Philosophy is Bailey's supplementary material, which is excellent. The biographical materials are very interesting. ... The explicative material is likewise excellent: clear, highly relevant, useful, easily understood. ... The wo...

"This is an extremely well-done philosophy text. ... [It] should become a standard in introductory philosophy classes." - Patricia Blanchette, University of Notre Dame

"I would recommend First Philosophy to anyone teaching an introductory philosophy course." - Paul Churchland, University of California, San Diego

First Philosophy: Knowing & Being is an introductory reader in epistemology and metaphysics. It includes substantial introductions and notes to effectively situate its classic and contemporary readings.

"Dufresne brings a fresh and incisive understanding to a book that, despite well-justified skepticism about its scientific merits, remains a thought-provoking and quintessentially Freudian explication of religious belief." - Frank J. Sulloway, University of California, Berkeley

The ethical issues raised by Earth's escalating globalization are examined by philosophers, economists, and other social scientists in this new and unique anthology.

This text introduces university students to the philosophical ethos of critical thinking, as well as to the essential skills required to practice it.

"This unique book quite bowled me over, both intellectually and as a gorgeous literary feast." - Simon Blackburn, Cambridge University

"All in all, this volume is a brilliant introduction to one of the greatest works in the history of Western philosophy." - Paul Guyer, University of Pennsylvania

"This is a highly readable, issue-oriented guidebook to ten representative classics in Asian philosophy....It will inspire readers to pursue Asian philosophy in greater breadth and depth." - Bo Mou, San José State University

This book presents historical and contemporary readings, together with detailed commentary, to outline and explain the development of philosophical thinking about the mind.

Human concern over the urgency of current environmental issues increasingly entails wide-ranging discussions of how we may rethink the relationship between humans and the rest of the natural world.

This collection of essays addresses the questions of whether the principle of respect for state sovereignty should trump the principle of respect for human rights, and whether military humanitarian intervention is justifiable.

Hypocrisy: Ethical Investigations seeks to illuminate the concept of hypocrisy by exploring its multiple roles in our moral and political lives and struggles. 

"This book is a rigorous inquiry into the rationale for legal punishment. ... Its disturbing conclusions are an important challenge for the theory of punishment, and it will engage readers interested in moral responsibility as well as those concerned with the nature and justification o...

"By far the most comprehensive and accessible treatment of the thesis that determinism is incompatible with both free will and moral responsibility." - Michael McKenna, Florida State University

"The tidiest logic text on the market. Just what you need and no more, presented with a light and student-friendly touch." - Adam Morton, University of Alberta

This entertaining and informative introduction provides readers with the tools necessary to critically evaluate the statistical and scientific information that they encounter every day.

In a book that is a blend of text and readings, Martin P. Golding explores legal reasoning from a variety of angles-including that of judicial psychology.

In this volume contributors grapple with a specific case of respect for state sovereignty over the principle of respect for human rights: Was the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) intervention in Kosovo legally or morally acceptable?

"At turns outrageous, witty, and sentimental, Robinson is at the top of her powers here." - Mary Favret, Indiana University - Bloomington

"The definitive version of Leviathan for student use." - George Wright, University of Wisconsin

" The Libertarian Idea is the eminently readable book of a man who knows what liberty is, knows what it isn't, and cares deeply about the difference." - Reason

"An excellent and extremely valuable book that I believe is capable of revolutionizing scholarly interpretations of Hegel's philosophy." - John Russon, University of Guelph

"I love this book; I would have written it if I'd known how!" - Richard Jeffrey, Princeton University

"Everything one might want for a course on [Frege and Russell] is included, along with a seventy-five-page introduction that carefully lays out the contributions of each essay." - Bernard Linsky, University of Alberta

Making Up Your Mind provides an argument outline, which can be used to organize virtually any ethical argument.

"Broadview Press has produced an excellent translation of Descartes's famous Meditations on First Philosophy . It is accurate, philosophically sensitive, and it rivals any of the translations currently available." – Kurt Smith, Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania

"This is an immensely impressive and inspiring project." - Susan Dwyer, University of Maryland, Baltimore

" Moral Issues in Global Perspective transforms the landscape for the study of ethics." - Sally Scholz, Villanova University

Moral Matters is a concise and accessible look at such ethical issues as euthanasia, animal rights, abortion, and pornography.

"Brian Orend has written a wonderfully lucid and bravely innovative account of just war theory." - Michael Walzer, Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton

More Precisely is the first and only book to provide philosophers with the mathematical tools they need to engage with much of the technical literature in their discipline.

"This may be the most important book on beauty since Kant." - Dan Vaillancourt, Loyola University Chicago in The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism

"Weber has given us the best anthology of nineteenth-century science available." - Bernard Lightman, York University

Kit R. Christensen provides a philosophical approach to questions of violence and nonviolence, war and peace, and justice as well as injustice in human affairs.

"One can only hope that this edition becomes standard in colleges and universities." - Irving Louis Horowitz, Rutgers University

"Joseph Carroll makes the Darwinian revolution beautifully intelligible in this edition by providing both a fine introduction and an illuminating collection of historical materials." - Donald E. Brown, University of California, Santa Barbara  

This concise and affordable anthology is designed for use as a textbook in both undergraduate and graduate courses in philosophy of language.

"Martin presents philosophy in a witty, lively, and engaged manner; the reader gets the rewarding sensation of a discipline in motion, an ongoing conversation between past, present, and future." - Edrie Sobstyl, University of Texas at Dallas

Philosophical theorizing about language now involves an increasing emphasis on empirical work and a renewed convergence with philosophy of mind, formal semantics and logic.

Philosophy and Death is an intriguing anthology that includes key texts, both ancient and recent, on the philosophy of death.

Philosophy of Sport: Core Readings is a concise yet broad anthology addressing the conceptual and ethical questions surrounding sport.

Contemporary ethicists expound on the issue of euthanasia and assisted suicide and on one of the most compelling and widely used arguments against medically assisted death: the so-called "slippery slope" argument.

"An excellent choice for an introductory or middle-level logic student, Proof and Consequence is well (and often charmingly) written, and follows a well-laid path through the material." - Bryson Brown, University of Lethbridge

"Concerted efforts to 'direct the thought of the world' have become a dominant feature of modern life, notably in the more free societies, where direct coercion is less feasible. This study is a welcome contribution to increasing public awareness and understanding of these critical matters." - N...

"This updated text provides just the right balance of foundational readings in health care ethics and contemporary articles that address new problems in the field." - Jennifer Parks, Loyola University Chicago

"If I could be a student again, this is how I would want to learn political philosophy! As a teacher of political philosophy, I cannot now imagine using any other text than Professors Fumerton's and Jeske's Readings in Political Philosophy ." - Heidi M. Hurd, University of Illinois

"Kelly Clark's impressive anthology was surely one of the very best available; in its second edition it is even better. The anthology thoroughly covers the important topics and covers them in professionally fine style." - Alvin Plantinga, University of Notre Dame

This anthology brings together 45 selections by a wide range of philosophers and other thinkers, and provides a representative sampling of the approaches to the study of human nature that have been taken within the western tradition.

The essential readings in this anthology examine not only scientific practice, but also the relationship between science and our ethical and religious beliefs.

Martin's text is wide-ranging but it is also concise and extremely accessible.

"Hetherington's little book is an amazing combination of sophistication and innocence." - Adam Morton, Canada Research Chair in Epistemology and Decision Theory, University of Alberta

"...an ideal text for any course in philosophy, linguistics, or cognitive science that is aimed at introducing undergraduate or graduate students to the potential scope and limits of systematic semantic theorizing." – Susanna Siegel, Edgar Pierce Professor of Philosophy, Harvard University

"The best book currently available on the subject. Essential reading for anyone teaching or thinking about sexual harassment in the contemporary philosophical, legal, and business professions." - Martin Clancy, University of Missouri-Kansas City

With each philosopher and school of thought dealt with, Govier shows how ideas about thinking connect to the other elements of the particular philosophy.

Natural Deduction has an adjunct website containing additional solution sets for each chapter. The access code to this website is included with all new copies.

An affordable edition of Mill's classic text.

"Good philosophy isn't often as enjoyable to read as this is." - Terence Penelhum, University of Calgary

"In this delightful little book Bob Martin has made philosophy both exciting and fun. I've recommended earlier editions to all my first-year students, and I've gifted it to people aged 12 to 80. Everyone loves it." - Paul Viminitz, University of Lethbridge

This is the only student edition of these important works of 19th century religious philosophy.

Virginia Woolf's groundbreaking essay is now presented as it was first published, with original photographic illustrations.

"The historical richness of this edition of Utilitarianism would surely have pleased Mill, and will surely benefit today's readers." - Ben Eggleston, University of Kansas

"This new edition contextualizes these crucial works more fully than any other edition thus far." - Mitzi Myers, University of California, Los Angeles

"This is a wonderful selection of readings for a course in Critical Thinking, as well as wonderful reading for anyone who wonders what critical thinking about difficult and controversial topics consists in—a question that concerns all of us as citizens and as human beings." - Hilary Put...

An introduction to Wittgenstein's philosophy for senior undergraduates and graduate students. The pedagogical premise is that the best way to understand Wittgenstein's thought is to take seriously his methodological remarks.