Philosophy

Creativity in Word Formation and Word Interpretation

Creative Potential and Creative Performance Lívia Körtvélyessy Pavol Štekauer Pavol Kačmár

The pioneering new study presents an interdisciplinary examination of how we use creativity to form and interpret new words.

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.250pp 978-1-316-51169-5 Hardback £85.00 / US$110.00 C

Kant’s Ethics

Kate A. Moran

The Element offers a clear overview of Immanuel Kant’s arguments for both the content of morality and its bindingness.

Elements in Ethics

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-71894-3 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P PHILOSOPHY

Ethical Realism

William J. FitzPatrick

Examines metaethical view known as ‘Ethical Realism’, positing objective ethical truth as part of reality, examining support and challenges.

Elements in Ethics

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-70641-4 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

A Philosopher Looks at Digital Communication

Onora O’Neill

Explores how digital technologies have raised new ethical issues for communication.

January 2022 198 x 129 mm c.150pp 978-1-108-98681-6 Paperback £9.99 / US$12.99 G

Hume on the Nature of Morality

Elizabeth S. Radcliffe

This Element answers critical questions about the sentimentalist moral theory of the major Enlightenment thinker, David Hume.

Elements in Ethics

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-70656-8 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Intention and Wrongdoing

In Defense of Double Effect Joshua Stuchlik

A comprehensive defense of the principle of double effect and the importance of intentions for normative ethics.

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.220pp 978-1-316-51652-2 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Ethical Constructivism

Carla Bagnoli

Discusses constructivist responses to fundamental issues such as why be moral, why be rational, and why be an agent.

Elements in Ethics

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-70660-5 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Bayesianism and Scientific Reasoning

Jonah N. Schupbach

This work presents probability theory as a logic of confidences, and it critically explores a Bayesian epistemology of scientific reasoning.

Elements in the Philosophy of Science

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-71401-3 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Fundamentality and Grounding

Kerry McKenzie

This Element shows how contemporary physics can enrich debates over the metaphysics of fundamentality.

Elements in the Philosophy of Science

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-71402-0 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Kuhn’s Intellectual Path

Charting The Structure of Scientific Revolutions K. Brad Wray

Examines the influences on and impact of Thomas Kuhn’s The Structure of Scientific Revolutions.

September 2021 229 x 152 mm c.256pp 978-1-316-51217-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Ontology and the Foundations of Mathematics

Talking Past Each Other Penelope Rush

The philosophical positions of realism and anti-realism are difficult to distinguish, nowhere more so than in the philosophy of mathematics.

Elements in the Philosophy of Mathematics

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-71693-2 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

English and Literacies

Learning how to make meaning in primary classrooms Robyn Ewing Siobhan O’Brien Kathy Rushton Lucy Stewart Rachel Burke Deb Brosseuk

English and Literacies introduces pre-service teachers to the many facets of literacies and English education for primary students.

May 2022 254 x 203 mm c.440pp 978-1-00-915403-1 Paperback c. £55.95 / c. US$64.95 X

Epistemology of Experimental Physics

Nora Mills Boyd

This Element introduces major issues in the epistemology of experimental physics through discussion of canonical physics experiments.

Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-79451-0 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Kant and the French Revolution

Reidar Maliks

Analyses Kant’s theory of popular sovereignty and revolution and his surprising views of reform and regicide in the French revolution.

Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-43873-5 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

A Logical Foundation for Potentialist Set Theory

Sharon Berry

A new approach to the standard axioms of set theory, relating the theory to the philosophy of science and metametaphysics.

March 2022 244 x 170 mm c.288pp 978-1-108-83431-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Rationalizing (Vernünfteln)

Martin Sticker

Evaluates to what extend rationalizing is rational and what the contribution of reason is to it. This reveals how persistent, deeply rooted and dangerous this phenomenon is.

Elements in the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-71442-6 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Set Theory

John P. Burgess

A concise tour from the subject’s ancient roots towards the highest infinities and their surprising implications for the finite.

Elements in Philosophy and Logic

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-98691-5 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Hans Kelsen’s Normativism

Carsten Heidemann

This Element discusses the coherence of Kelsen’s Pure Theory of Law and how it stands and falls with his adherence to normativistic (neo-)Kantian epistemology.

Elements in Philosophy of Law

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-99522-1 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Metaphysics of Mind

Janet Levin

There are good reasons to think that minds are part of nature. Why is this so hard to do?

Elements in Philosophy of Mind

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-92507-5 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Cavell’s Must We Mean What We Say? at 50

Greg Chase Juliet Floyd Sandra Laugier

An accessible investigation of the importance of Cavell’s most famous work for modern and contemporary philosophy and literature.

Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.262pp 978-1-316-51525-9 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 R

Material Objects

Thomas Sattig

This Element is a survey of the state of the art in the metaphysics of material objects.

Elements in Metaphysics

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-00-901146-4 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Mortal Objects

Identity and Persistence through Life and Death Steven Luper

Clarifies what persons, species, organisms, and material objects are, what it is to be alive, and the significance of extinction.

May 2022 229 x 152 mm c.230pp 978-1-108-83372-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Free Will

Derk Pereboom

Provides a thorough overview of the free will debate as it currently stands, setting out the main positions and objections.

Elements in Philosophy of Mind

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-98713-4 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Relations

John Heil

An accessible, historically sensitive, metaphysically engaged discussion of relations of use to specialists and non-specialists alike.

Elements in Metaphysics

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-94061-0 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

Time

Heather Dyke

Experience suggests time has an objective present moment, and is dynamic; science suggests otherwise. How should we resolve this tension?

Elements in Metaphysics

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-94072-6 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

An Introduction to the Philosophy of Spinoza

Henry E. Allison

Spinoza’s thought placed in its historical and philosophical context, ideal for students new to his work.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.310pp 978-1-00-909686-7 Paperback £18.99 / US$24.99 P

Kierkegaard on Self, Ethics, and Religion

Purity or Despair Roe Fremstedal

A new perspective on Kierkegaard and his importance for historical and contemporary debates on self, ethics and religion.

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.280pp 978-1-316-51376-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Nietzsche on Conflict, Struggle and War

James S. Pearson

Provides a clear analysis of Nietzsche’s controversial endorsement of conflict, struggle and war.

Modern European Philosophy

October 2021 229 x 152 mm c.290pp 978-1-316-51654-6 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Kant and the Claims of the Empirical World

A Transcendental Reading of the Critique of the Power of Judgment Ido Geiger

Presents the final instalment of Kant’s transcendental undertaking, tying together his elusive discussions of natural beauty and teleology.

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.282pp 978-1-108-83426-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Judgement and Sense in Modern French Philosophy

A New Reading of Six Thinkers Henry Somers-Hall

Develops new readings of key figures in the French tradition that together constitute a new reading of the tradition itself.

Modern European Philosophy

November 2021 229 x 152 mm c.270pp 978-1-316-51790-1 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Schopenhauer’s ‘The World as Will and Representation’

A Critical Guide Judith Norman Alistair Welchman

Presents a variety of scholarship on Schopenhauer’s monumental text, placing it among the canonical works of nineteenthcentury philosophy.

Cambridge Critical Guides

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.300pp 978-1-108-47754-3 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings

Volume 3: Christ: Through the Nestorian Controversy

Mark DelCogliano

Focuses on early Christian reflection on Christ as God incarnate from the first century to ca. 450 CE.

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings, 3

February 2022 228 x 152 mm 540pp 978-1-107-06213-9 Hardback £110.00 / US$150.00 R

Proclus: Commentary on Plato’s ‘Republic’

Volume 2

Edited and translated by Dirk Baltzly John F. Finamore Graeme Miles

The second volume of the first complete translation of Proclus’ commentary on Plato’s Republic.

Proclus: Commentary on Plato’s Republic

April 2022 229 x 152 mm 400pp 978-1-107-15471-1 Hardback £79.99 / US$105.00 R

Searching for the Divine in Plato and Aristotle

Philosophical Theoria and Traditional Practice Julie K. Ward

Ward investigates the conceptual connections between two meanings of theoria in ancient Greece: attendance at religious festivals and philosophical contemplation.

December 2021 229 x 152 mm c.230pp 978-1-316-51941-7 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Aristotle’s On the Soul

A Critical Guide Caleb Cohoe

Thirteen newly-commissioned essays that deepen our understanding of Aristotle’s key concepts, including living, form, reason, and capacity.

Cambridge Critical Guides

March 2022 229 x 152 mm c.288pp 978-1-108-48583-8 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 X

Structure and Equivalence

Neil Dewar

A study of the ways in which representations in physics can express the same content, despite apparent mathematical differences.

Elements in the Philosophy of Physics

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-82376-0 Paperback c. £15.00 / c. US$20.00 P

Mind and World in Aristotle’s De Anima

Sean Kelsey

This innovative new reading of Aristotle’s De Anima sheds new light on a most important and difficult ancient philosophical text.

December 2021 228 x 152 mm c.240pp 978-1-108-83291-5 Hardback £75.00 / US$99.99 C

Philosophy of Neuroscience

William Bechtel Linus Ta-Lun Huang

The Element explicates key philosophical concepts related to neuroscience and applies them to accessible examples of neuroscience findings.

Elements in Philosophy of Mind

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-93150-2 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings

Volume 4: Christ: Chalcedon and Beyond

Mark DelCogliano

Focuses on early Christian reflection on Christ as God incarnate from ca. 450 CE to the eighth century.

The Cambridge Edition of Early Christian Writings

February 2022 229 x 152 mm c.540pp 978-1-316-51114-5 Hardback £110.00 / US$140.00 R

Philosophy of Developmental Biology

Marcel Weber

This Element examines causality, mechanisms, explanations and discovery in classical experimental embryology as well as molecular developmental biology.

Elements in the Philosophy of Biology

January 2022 229 x 152 mm c.75pp 978-1-108-94935-4 Paperback £15.00 / US$20.00 P