Michael Cronin 
Expanding World [EPUB ebook] 
Towards a Politics of Microspection

We ordinarily take it as obvious that we acquire knowledge of our world on the basis of sensory perception, and that such knowledge plays a central cognitive and practical role in our lives. Upon ref …

Bodies for Sale: Ethics and Exploitation in the Human Body Trade explores the philosophical and practical issues raised by activities such as surrogacy and organ trafficking. Stephen Wilkinson asks w …

Logic: The Basics is an accessible introduction to several core areas of logic. The first part of the book features a self-contained introduction to the standard topics in classical logic, such as: · …

First published in 2000. This is Volume II of eight in the Philosophy of Logic and Mathematics series and focuses on controversy and the principles of dynamic logic and modern reasoning. …

Addressing Merleau-Ponty”s work Phenomenology of Perception, in dialogue with The Visible and the Invisible, his lectures at the Collège de France, and his reading of Proust, this book argues that a …

Evolution and Conversion explores the main tenets of René Girard”s thought in a series of dialogues. Here, Girard reflects on the evolution of his thought and offers striking new insights on topics …

As this latest volume in the Peace & Policy series shows, sports can be an effective mechanism for peacebuilding, especially when incorporated into conflict-resolution programs. Such programs have be …

To a historian the most interesting thing about decisions is the fact that everyone talks about them. No one interested in social ideas can fail to notice how large a part the word ‘decision’ has com …

This volume collects many of the key essays exploring the possible relationships between the concepts of law and morality, a central concern of contemporary philosophizing about law. It is organized …

When people of good faith and sound mind disagree deeply about moral, religious, and other philosophical matters, how can we justify political institutions to all of them? The idea of public reason—o …