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Philosophy 2022
Philosophy 2022
Philosophy 2022
Philosophy
2022
Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the
philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue
would become president of the United States
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A philosophical exploration of female submission, using
insights from feminist thinkers to reveal the complexities
of women’s reality and lived experience
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An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief—and
why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow
Grief
Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who
matters to us—as universal as it is painful—is central to
the human condition. Surprisingly, however, philosophers
have rarely examined grief in any depth. In Grief, Michael
Cholbi presents a groundbreaking philosophical explora-
tion of this complex emotional event, offering new insights
about what grief is, whom we grieve, and how grief can
ultimately lead us to a richer self-understanding and a
fuller realization of our humanity. An original account
of how grieving works and why it is so important, Grief
shows how the pain of this experience gives us a chance to
deepen our relationships with others and ourselves.
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Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thing
Losing Ourselves
In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Bud-
dhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account
of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that
promises to liberate us and improve our lives, our relation-
ships, and the world. Drawing on Indian and East Asian
Buddhism, Daoism, Western philosophy, and cognitive
neuroscience, Garfield shows why it is perfectly natural to
think you have a self—and why it actually makes no sense
at all and is even dangerous. The result is a transformative
book about why we have nothing to lose—and everything
to gain—by losing our selves.
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Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the
Enlightenment’s greatest philosophers
Spinoza’s Religion
Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking
atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle
says that he was neither. In Spinoza’s Religion, she sets
out a bold interpretation of Spinoza through a lucid
new reading of his masterpiece, the Ethics. Putting the
question of religion centre-stage but refusing to convert
Spinozism to Christianity, Carlisle reveals that “being in
God” unites Spinoza’s metaphysics and ethics. Spinoza’s
Religion unfolds a powerful, inclusive philosophical vision
for the modern age—one that is grounded in a profound
questioning of how to live a joyful, fully human life. Seen
through Carlisle’s eyes, the Ethics prompts us to rethink
not only Spinoza but also religion itself.
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An eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future
generations to take immediate action on global warming
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An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled
with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism
still holds moral value for us today
Dark Matters
In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers
engaged in heated debates on the question of how God
could have allowed evil and suffering in a creation that is
supposedly good. Dark Matters makes a compelling case
for the rediscovery of pessimism as a source for compas-
sion, consolation, and perhaps even hope. A breathtaking
work of intellectual history by one of today’s leading schol-
ars, Dark Matters reveals how the crucial moral aim of
pessimism is to find a way of speaking about suffering that
offers consolation and does justice to the fragility of life.
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Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human
“nature” but has to be for all
Unconditional Equals
In Unconditional Equals, political philosopher Anne Phillips
challenges attempts to justify equality by reference to a
shared human nature, arguing that justification turns into
conditions and ends up as exclusion. Drawing on political,
feminist, and postcolonial theory, Unconditional Equals
argues that we should understand equality not as some-
thing grounded in shared characteristics but as something
people enact when they refuse to be considered inferiors.
The book makes a powerful case for seeing equality as a
commitment we make to ourselves and others, and a claim
we make on others when they deny us our status as equals.
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A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of
happiness makes us unhappy
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The full story of the conflict between two of the
twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and
how their profound disagreements continue to offer
important lessons for political theory and philosophy
Completely Free
Few thinkers have been as influential as John Stuart Mill,
whose philosophy has arguably defined Utilitarian ethics
and modern liberalism. But fewer still have been subject
to as much criticism for perceived ambiguities and incon-
sistencies. In Completely Free, John Peter DiIulio offers an
ambitious and comprehensive new reading that explains
how Mill’s ethical, moral, and political ideas are all part of
a unified, coherent, and powerful philosophy. Completely
Free provides an unmatched account of the unity and
power of Mill’s enduring moral and political thought.
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An argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his
most important political dialogue
George Berkeley
In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides
a comprehensive account of the life and work of the pre-
eminent Irish philosopher of the Enlightenment. From his
early brilliance as a student and fellow at Trinity College
Dublin to his later years as Bishop of Cloyne, Berkeley
brought his searching and powerful intellect to bear on the
full range of eighteenth-century thought and experience.
Jones brings vividly to life the complexities and contra-
dictions of Berkeley’s life and ideas. The result is a richly
detailed and rounded portrait of a major Enlightenment
thinker and the world in which he lived.
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A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope
and its place in political life
A Commonwealth of Hope
When it comes to politics, Augustine of Hippo is
renowned as one of history’s great pessimists, with his
sights set firmly on the heavenly city rather than the public
square. Many have enlisted him to chasten political hopes,
highlighting the realities of evil and encouraging citizens
instead to cast their hopes on heaven. A Commonwealth of
Hope challenges prevailing interpretations of Augustinian
pessimism, offering a new vision of his political thought
that can also help today’s citizens sustain hope in the face
of despair.
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ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN READERS
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PRINCETON FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY
Philosophy of Mathematics
Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity, but
it appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it
seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphys-
ical reality of numbers, sets, and functions. How can these
two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This concise
book provides a systematic, accessible introduction to the
field that is trying to answer that question: the philosophy
of mathematics. Øystein Linnebo, one of the world’s lead-
ing scholars on the subject, introduces all of the classical
approaches to the field as well as more specialized issues,
including mathematical intuition, potential infinity, and
the search for new mathematical axioms. Sophisticated
but clear and approachable, this is an essential book for all
students and teachers of philosophy and of mathematics.
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Philosophy, Politics,
and Economics
Philosophy, Politics, and Economics offers a complete
introduction to tools and concepts of analysis that PPE
students need. This updated and expanded edition exam-
ines the core methodologies of rational choice, strategic
analysis, norms, and collective choice that serve as the
bedrocks of political philosophy and the social sciences.
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Just Hierarchy
All complex and large-scale societies are organized along
certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has
become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy
contends that this stigma is a mistake. Bell and Wang
ask which forms of hierarchy are justified and how these
can serve morally desirable goals. A vigorous, systematic
defense of hierarchy in the modern world, Just Hierarchy
examines how hierarchical social relations can have a
useful purpose, not only in personal domains but also in
larger political realms.
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Lost in Thought
In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost
everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can
we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection
to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena
Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life. Lost
in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is
fundamental to preserving our humanity.
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Open Democracy
Diagnosing what is wrong with representative government and aim-
ing to recover some of the openness of ancient democracies, Open
Democracy presents a new paradigm of democracy. Hélène Lande-
more demonstrates that placing ordinary citizens, rather than elites,
at the heart of democratic power is not only the true meaning of a
government of, by, and for the people, but also feasible and, more
than ever, urgently needed.
On Mercy
Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. Yet by the end
of the eighteenth century, mercy had been exiled from political life.
In this book, Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlighten-
ment’s rejection of mercy. An important contribution to political
philosophy from an inventive thinker, On Mercy makes a persuasive
case for returning this neglected virtue to the heart of political
thought.
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Systemic Corruption
This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal
democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from
a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient
philosophers. Systemic Corruption proposes to reverse the decay of
democracy with the establishment of anti-oligarchic institutions
through which common people can collectively resist the domina-
tion of the few.
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Dreamworlds of Race
Between the late nineteenth century and the First World War an
ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the
unification of Britain and the United States. Tracing how intellec-
tual elites promoted an ambitious project of political and racial
unification, Dreamworlds of Race analyzes ideas of empire and world
order that reverberate to this day.
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On the Future
Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled
and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next
century. Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on
our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow. This
book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical
issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.
Artificial You
We are at a monumental turning point in human history. AI
research is going inside the human brain itself, attempting to aug-
ment human minds. It may even create greater-than-human-level
intelligence, leading to a new generation of artificial minds—Minds
2.0. Examining the philosophical questions lying beneath the algo-
rithms, Schneider takes on AI’s thorniest implications.
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