Book Series in Philosophy

Philosophers in Focus

New & Published Titles:

Plato's Meno In Focus

Edited by Jane M. Day

In one volume, this book brings together a new English translation of Plato's Meno, a selection of illuminating articles on themes in the dialogue published...

ISBN: 978-0-415-00297-4 | Published December 16th 1993 by Routledge.

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George Berkeley Alciphron in Focus

Edited by David Berman

Alciphron, or the Minute Philosopher (1732) is Berkeley's main work of philosophical theology and a crucial source of his views on meaning and language. This...

ISBN: 978-0-415-06373-9 | Published March 25th 1993 by Routledge.

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William James Pragmatism in Focus

Edited by Doris Olin

William James was the central figure of the `historical' period of American philosophy - and Pragmatism was the most influential philosophical movement of the day....

ISBN: 978-0-415-04056-3 | Published July 30th 1992 by Routledge.

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John Locke's Letter on Toleration in Focus

Edited by John Horton, Susan Mendus

Though several editions of Locke's Letter of Toleration art available, the unique value of this volume lies in the fact that it conbines both the...

ISBN: 978-0-415-06082-0 | Published September 5th 1991 by Routledge.

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J.S. Mill's On Liberty in Focus

Edited by John Gray, G. W. Smith

This volume brings together J.S. Mills On Liberty and a selection of important essays by such eminent scholars as Isaiah Berlin, Alan Ryan, John Rees,...

ISBN: 978-0-415-01001-6 | Published July 11th 1991 by Routledge.

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Civil Disobedience in Focus

Edited by Hugo Adam Bedau

The issues surrounding civil disobedience have been discussed since at least 399 BC and, in the wake of such recent events as the protest at...

ISBN: 978-0-415-05055-5 | Published May 2nd 1991 by Routledge.

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Godel's Theorem in Focus

Edited by S.G. Shanker

ISBN: 978-0-415-04575-9 | Published November 26th 1987 by Routledge.

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Series Details:

Philosophers in Focus presents major short texts in philosophy accompanied by a selection of important articles that help the student understand the text in question. Texts have been selected for their centrality to curricula or to the thought of the philosopher in question. These volumes provide a complete study package of the works selected. They will be widely used as teaching materials wherever the thought of the major philosophers is studied.