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History of philosophy
The Problem of Blame
Making Sense of Moral Anger Kelly McCormick | Texas Christian University McCormick explores and analyses the nature of blame itself, what basic desert of blame amounts to, and how this affects our most important and widely accepted philosophical accounts of moral responsibility.
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256pp May. 2022 9781108842259 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108907071
The Trolley Problem
Hallvard Lillehammer | Birkbeck, University of London This volume is a comprehensive and accessible guide to the Trolley Problem, one of the most intensively discussed and controversial puzzles in contemporary moral philosophy. It will be valuable for students and scholars working on any aspect of the Problem and its intellectual significance.
Classic Philosophical Arguments
290pp Dec. 2022 9781009255622 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Dec. 2022 9781009255592 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009255615
Early Christian Women
Dawn LaValle Norman | Australian Catholic University, Melbourne In this Element the author argues that genre deeply affects how early Christian female philosophers are characterized across different works. The included case studies are three women who feature in both narrative and dialogic texts: Thecla, Macrina the Younger and Monica.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Aug. 2022 9781009045889 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009047067
Frances Power Cobbe
Alison Stone | Lancaster University This Element introduces the philosophy of Frances Power Cobbe (1822-1904), a very well-known moral theorist, advocate of animal welfare and women’s rights, and critic of Darwinism and atheism in the Victorian era.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Jul. 2022 9781009160971 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009160964
Im Yunjidang
Sungmoon Kim | City University of Hong Kong This Element aims to critically examine the philosophical thought of Im Yunjidang 任允摯 堂 (1721-93), a female Korean Neo–Confucian philosopher from the Chosŏn 朝鮮 dynasty (1392–1910), and to present her as a feminist thinker.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Aug. 2022 9781009010665 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009024068
Mary Shepherd
Antonia LoLordo | University of Virginia This Element provides an overview of Shepherd’s system, including her views on the following wide range of topics: causation, induction, knowledge of the external world, matter, life, animal cognition, the relationship between mind and body, the immortality of the soul, the existence of God, miracles, and the nature of divine creation.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Sep. 2022 9781009010542 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009023740
Mary Wollstonecraft
Martina Reuter | University of Jyväskylä, Finland Mary Wollstonecraft is recognized as an important early feminist. This Element argues that she is also an ingenious moral philosopher, who showed that true virtue and the liberty of women are necessarily interdependent.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Oct. 2022 9781009010610 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009023924
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Nietzsche as German Philosopher
Otfried Höffe This collection of the finest post-war Germanlanguage scholarship on Nietzsche’s philosophy ranges over his concept of irony, his thoughts on music, his concept of truth, and numerous other topics. Many of the essays appear in English here for the first time, and all are newly translated for the volume.
The German Philosophical Tradition
347pp Nov. 2022 9781108719087 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 Feb. 2021 9781107001381 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781139026116
Olympe de Gouges
Sandrine Bergès | Bilkent University, Ankara Olympe de Gouges, though a well-known historical figure, has not been investigated as a philosopher until quite recently. Yet, many of her writings have philosophical import, whether they are written in the genre of the philosophical treatise, drama or political pamphlets.
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Jul. 2022 9781009010528 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009023702
Pythagorean Women
Caterina Pellò The Pythagorean women are a group of female philosophers who were followers of Pythagoras and are credited with authoring a series of letters and treatises. The purpose of this Element is to answer the question: what kind of philosopher is the Pythagorean woman?
Elements on Women in the History of Philosophy
75pp Jul. 2022 9781009011815 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009026864
