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13Wittgenstein and Natural ReligionOxford University Press. 2014.Gordon Graham presents a bold new account of Wittgenstein's philosophy, which argues for its relevance to the study of religion and aims to revitalize the philosophy of 'true religion'. He uses Wittgenstein's conception of philosophy to argue in favour of the idea that 'true religion' is to be understood as human participation in divine life.
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12Ethics and International RelationsWiley-Blackwell. 2008.Ethics and International Relations, Second Edition, offers a comprehensive introduction to the philosophical issues raised by international politics. Presupposing no prior philosophical knowledge and deliberately avoiding the use of technical language, it is ideally suited for political philosophy, applied ethics and international relations courses. Revised and updated, new material includes coverage of the war on terror, the impact of globalization, and ideas of cosmopolitan governance. Clearly…Read more
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12Human Beings Edited by David Cockburn Cambridge University Press. 1991, vi + 227 pp., £14.95 (review)Philosophy 67 (262): 569-. 1992.
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12Hamilton, Scottish Common Sense and the Philosophy of the ConditionedIn W. J. Mander (ed.), British Philosophy i the Nineteenth Century, Oxford University Press. pp. 135-153. 2014.Sir William Hamilton was revered in his lifetime by his philosophical contemporaries. The publication of Mill’s Examination of his work in 1865 speedily brought about a very negative assessment, from which Hamilton’s reputation has never recovered. This chapter sets out Hamilton’s philosophical contentions in relation to Reid and Kant, examines Mill’s criticisms and Mansel’s reply to them with a view to establishing a more judicious assessment, somewhere between the extremes of veneration and co…Read more
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12Universities: The Recovery of an IdeaImprint Academic. 2002.This text sets the questions facing British universities today in their historical and educational context.
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12Pluralism: Self-image or social reality?Bijdragen 64 (3): 299-310. 2003.This essay is a critical exploration of certain key elements in modernity's self-understanding – pluralism, secularism, the morally neutral state, and the the harm conditoin as a principle of law. Careful examination of all these elements reveals deep confusion about how they are to be understood. The picture that emerges is one in which modern society's self-image diverges dramatically from the reality, and critque of this self-image uncovers a pressing need for a reappraiasal of the values tha…Read more
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11ProgressPhilosophy 61 (237). 1986.For a long time theories of history of the speculative sort have been out of favour. Accounts of the whole sweep of human history, like Hegel's, or even of more limited historical cycles, like Spengler's or Toynbee's, have been found much too grand for the workaday historian and have smacked too much of apriorism for post-positivist philosophy. Consequently, few take them seriously or treat them as more than fanciful aberrations which may serve as useful examples of how not to proceed in history…Read more
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11The Internet: A Philosophical InquiryPsychology Press. 1999.The Internet: A Philosophical Inquiry offers the first concise and accessible exploration of the issues which arise as we enter further into the world of Cyberspace.
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11The shape of the pastOxford University Press. 1997.Can human history as a whole be interpreted in any meaningful way? Has there been real progress between stone age and space age? Does history repeat itself? Is there evidence of divine providence? Questions such as these have fascinated thinkers, and some of the greatest philosophers, notably Kant and Hegel, have turned their minds to philosophical history. As a branch of philosophy, however, it has received little attention in the analytical tradition. This pioneering work aims to bring the met…Read more
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11Maclntyre on History and PhilosophyIn Mark C. Murphy (ed.), Alasdair Macintyre, Cambridge University Press. pp. 10. 2003.
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10Scottish Philosophy in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (edited book)Oxford University Press. 2015.This volume in the new history of Scottish philosophy covers the Scottish philosophical tradition as it developed over the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Leading experts explore major figures from Thomas Brown to George Davie, while others address key developments in the period, including the spread of Scottish philosophy across the world.
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10Book Review of the Selling Rights - A publisher's guide to success by Lynette Owen (review)Logos 3 (1): 44. 1992.
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10Philosophy, History and Politics: Studies in Contemporary English Philosophy of HistoryPhilosophical Quarterly 28 (111): 178-179. 1978.
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9Knowledge and Explanation in History. An Introduction to the Philosophy of HistoryPhilosophical Quarterly 31 (122): 88-89. 1981.
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9Religion, Evolution and Scottish PhilosophyJournal of Scottish Philosophy 19 (1): 75-89. 2020.This paper explores developments in the defence of theism within Scottish philosophy following Hume's Dialogues and the advent of Darwinian evolutionary biology. By examining the writings of two nineteenth-century Scottish philosophers, it aims to show that far from Darwinian biology completing Hume's destruction of natural theology, it prompted a new direction for the defence of philosophical theism. Henry Calderwood and Andrew Seth Pringle-Pattison occupied, respectively, the Chairs of Moral P…Read more
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9Liberalism: Metaphysical, political, historicalPhilosophical Papers 22 (2): 97-122. 1993.No abstract