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22Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives (edited book)Routledge. 1998._Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychol…Read more
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8The Place of Contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean EthicsIn Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 377-394. 1980.
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7Akrasia and Pleasure: Nicomachean Ethics Book 7In Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 267-284. 1980.
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387Perspectives on Self-DeceptionUniversity of California Press. 1988.Students of philosophy, psychology, sociology, and literature will welcome this collection of original essays on self-deception and related phenomena such as wishful thinking, bad faith, and false consciousness. The book has six sections, each exploring self-deception and related phenomena from a different perspective.
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55Essays on Aristotle’s Ethics (edited book)University of California Press. 1980.Aristotle's _Nicomachean Ethics_ deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuos commentary on the _Ethics_. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them.
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Spinoza on the Pathos of Idolatrous Love and the Hilarity of True LoveIn Genevieve Lloyd (ed.), Feminism and history of philosophy, Oxford University Press. 2002.
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160'Pride produces the idea of self': Hume on moral agencyAustralasian Journal of Philosophy 68 (3). 1990.This Article does not have an abstract
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9ContributorsIn Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 535-536. 1986.
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10Eight. The Goodness of Searching: Good as What? Good for What? Good for Whom?In Ruth W. Grant (ed.), In Search of Goodness, University of Chicago Press. pp. 156-172. 2019.
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8The Historicity of Psychological Attitudes: Love Is Not Love Which Alters Not When It Alteration FindsIn Neera Kapur Badhwar (ed.), Friendship: A Philosophical Reader, Cornell University Press. pp. 73-88. 1993.
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4Philosophers on Education: New Historical Perspectives (edited book)Routledge. 2005._Philosophers on Education_ offers us the most comprehensive available history of philosopher's views and impacts on the directions of education. As Amelie Rorty explains, in describing a history of education, we are essentially describing and gaining the clearest understanding of the issues that presently concern and divide us. The essays in this stellar collection are written by some of the finest comtemporary philosophers. Those interested in history of philosophy, epistemology, moral psychol…Read more
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26Essays on Aristotle's De AnimaClarendon Press. 1995.De Anima is one of the most influential and widely-studied of Aristotle's works; this volume offers stimulating discussions of all aspects of this work by leading philosophers, including, in this paperback edition, a new essay by Myles Burnyeat. Covering topics such as the relation between soul and body, sense-perception, imagination, memory, desire, and thought, the essays present the philosophical substance of Aristotle's views to the modern reader.
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93Kant's Idea for a universal history with a cosmopolitan aim: a critical guide (edited book)Cambridge University Press. 2009.Lively current debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalisation have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universal History with a Cosmopolitan Aim. The essays in this volume, written by distinguished contributors, discuss the questions that are at the core of Kant's investigations. Does the study of history convey any philosophical insight? Can it provide political guidance? How are we to understand the …Read more
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21IntroductionIn Brian P. McLaughlin & Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (eds.), Perspectives on Self-Deception, University of California Press. pp. 1-8. 1988.
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53A Literary Postscript: Characters, Persons, Selves, IndividualsIn Identities of Persons, University of California Press. pp. 301-324. 1976.
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113Identities of PersonsUniversity of California Press. 1976.In this volume, thirteen philosophers contribute new essays analyzing the criteria for personal identity and their import on ethics and the theory of action: it presents contemporary treatments of the issues discussed in Personal Identity, edited by John Perry (University of California Press, 1975).
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485Essays on Aristotle's Ethics (edited book)University of California Press. 1981.Aristotle's _Nicomachean Ethics_ deals with character and its proper development in the acquisition of thoughtful habits directed toward appropriate ends. The articles in this unique collection, many new or not readily available, form a continuos commentary on the _Ethics_. Philosophers and classicists alike will welcome them.
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3020. The Place of Contemplation in Aristotle's Nicomachean EthicsIn Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Aristotle's Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 377-394. 1981.
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4015. Akrasia and Pleasure: Nicomachean Ethics Book 7In Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Aristotle's Ethics, University of California Press. pp. 267-284. 1981.
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3522. Cartesian Passions and the Union of Mind and BodyIn Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 513-534. 1986.
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321. The Structure of Descartes’ MeditationsIn Amélie Oksenberg Rorty (ed.), Essays on Descartes’ Meditations, University of California Press. pp. 1-20. 1986.
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| Philosophy of Action |
| Philosophy of Mind |
| Applied Ethics |
| Normative Ethics |
| Ancient Greek and Roman Philosophy |
| 17th/18th Century Philosophy |