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The state-of-the-art guide to today's most exciting research in academic philosophy A stellar team of contributors from the UK, Europe, North America, and Australasia Each essay is substantial and challenging but fully accessible Oxford Handbooks offer authoritative and up-to-date surveys of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the discipline give critical examinations of the progress and direction of debates. Oxford Handbooks provide scholars and graduate students with compelling new perspectives upon a wide range of subjects in the humanities and social sciences. The Oxford Handbook of Contemporary Philosophy is the definitive guide to what's going on in this lively and fascinating subject. Jackson and Smith, themselves two of the world's most eminent philosophers, have assembled more than thirty distinguished scholars to contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas of research. The coverage is broad, with sections devoted to moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences. This Handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of philosophy today. Readership: Scholars and students in all fields of contemporary philosophy, and those in other disciplines wanting to know what's going on in the discipline.Contents Introduction Frank Jackson & Michael Smith I. Moral Philosophy Chapter 1. Meta-Ethics , Michael Smith Chapter 2. Normative Ethics , Julia Driver Chapter 3. Moral Epistemology , Karen Jones Chapter 4. Moral Psychology , Jay Wallace Chapter 5. Empirical Perspectives on Ethics , Stephen Stich & John Doris II. Social and Political Philosophy Chapter 6. Liberalism and Diversity , Linda Barclay Chapter 7. Law , Jeremy Waldron Chapter 8. Democracy , David Estlund Chapter 9. Feminism in Philosophy , Rae Langton Chapter 10. Rational Actor Perspectives , Geoffrey Brennan & Philip Pettit III. Philosophy of Mind and Action Chapter 11. Intentionality , Gabriel Segal Chapter 12. Consciousness , Frank Jackson Chapter 13. Action , Alfred Mele Chapter 14. Cognitive Science , Martin Davies IV. Philosophy of Language Chapter 15. Reference and Description , Scott Soames Chapter 16. Meaning and Understanding , Ian Rumfitt Chapter 17. Truth , Paul Horwich Chapter 18. Pragmatics , Deirdre Wilson and Dan Sperber V. Metaphysics Chapter 19. Causation , Ned Hall Chapter 20. Modality , Lloyd Humberstone Chapter 21. Time , D H Mellor Chapter 22. Constitution and Identity , Mark Johnston VI. Epistemology Chapter 23. Knowledge and Skepticism , Timothy Williamson Chapter 24. Perception , Michael Martin Chapter 25. The A Priori , Christopher Peacocke VII. Philosophy of the Sciences Chapter 26. Scientific Realism , Michael Devitt Chapter 27. Laws , Nancy Cartwright and Anna Alexandrova Chapter 28. Philosophy of Biology , Philip Kitcher Chapter 29. The Foundations of Physics , David Albert