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Medieval philosophy
Proofs and Models in Philosophical Logic
Greg Restall | University of St Andrews, Scotland This Element is an introduction to recent work proofs and models in philosophical logic, with a focus on the semantic paradoxes the sorites paradox. It introduces different proof systems and different kinds of models for a range of logics, as well as compares and contrasts the different approaches to substructural treatments of the paradox.
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Elements in Philosophy and Logic
75pp Apr. 2022 9781009045384 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781009040457
Set Theory
John P. Burgess | Princeton University, New Jersey This Element will offer a concise introduction to set theory, a branch of mathematics with a special subject matter, the infinite, but also a general framework for all modern mathematics, whose notions figure in every branch, pure and applied.
Elements in Philosophy and Logic
75pp Mar. 2022 9781108986915 Paperback GBP 15.00 / USD 20.00 eISBN 9781108981828
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The Dialogical Roots of Deduction
Historical, Cognitive, and Philosophical Perspectives on Reasoning Catarina Dutilh Novaes | Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam This is the first comprehensive account of the concept and practices of deduction that brings together perspectives from philosophy, history, psychology and cognitive science, and mathematics. It will be of interest to a range of readers, from advanced students to senior scholars, and from philosophers to mathematicians and cognitive scientists.
285pp Aug. 2022 9781108790925 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Dec. 2020 9781108479882 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108800792
Aquinas on Efficient Causation and Causal Powers
Gloria Frost | University of St Thomas, Minnesota Frost’s analysis of Aquinas’s theories of efficient causation and causal powers is a rich exploration of a central philosophical topic in medieval philosophy and beyond. It will be valuable especially for scholars and advanced students working on Aquinas and on medieval philosophy.
288pp Aug. 2022 9781009225427 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781009225403 NEW IN PAPERBACK
Commentary on Thomas Aquinas’s Treatise on Happiness and Ultimate Purpose
J. Budziszewski | University of Texas, Austin This interdisciplinary commentary makes Thomas Aquinas’s classical treatise on the meaning of life and the nature of human happiness luminously clear to scholars, students, and general readers. Budziszewski offers a line-by-line explanation of the text, complete with examples, applications to life, and ancillary discussions.
704pp 1 b/w illus. Jan. 2022 9781108745406 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 39.99 Jan. 2020 9781108477994 Hardback GBP 126.00 / USD 163.00 eISBN 9781108775526
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Free Will and the Rebel Angels in Medieval Philosophy
Tobias Hoffmann | The Catholic University of America, Washington DC This is the first book in English investigating the medieval debate about free will, one of the central themes in medieval philosophy. It sheds new light particularly on how medieval thinkers dealt with the most difficult test case for free will: the possibility of angels – i.e., ideal agents – choosing evil.
306pp Aug. 2022 9781316608838 Paperback GBP 24.99 / USD 32.99 Dec. 2020 9781107155381 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781316652886
Interpreting Duns Scotus
Critical Essays Giorgio Pini | Fordham University, New York This volume provides a reliable point of entrance to the thought of Duns Scotus while giving a snapshot of some of the best research that is now being done on this difficult but intellectually rewarding thinker.
290pp Jan. 2022 9781108420051 Hardback GBP 75.00 / USD 99.99 eISBN 9781108328975
The New Cambridge Companion to Aquinas
Eleonore Stump | Saint Louis University, Missouri A welcome resource for a new generation of readers studying Aquinas, this entirely new Companion explores his philosophical thought in relation to the worldview he inherited, developed, altered, and argued for. To contemporary philosophers, the book reveals the strong connections between Aquinas’s interests and views and their own.
Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
400pp Aug. 2022 9781316517222 Hardback GBP 74.99 / USD 99.99 Aug. 2022 9781009044332 Paperback GBP 26.99 / USD 34.99 eISBN 9781009043595
