Robert Nozick's Anarchy, State and Utopia is one of the works which dominates contemporary debate in political philosophy. Drawing on traditional assumptions associated with individualism and libertarianism, Nozick mounts a powerful argument for a minimal nightwatchman' state an…
A study of Nozick's work and the debates to which it has given rise. It locates Nozick's work in the complex of current philosophical and political debates, and explores the influences on his work. It then goes on to a more detailed, and somewhat critical, analysis of "Anarchy, …
What is the proper relation between the scientific worldview and other aspects of human knowledge and experience? This volume presents case studies, looking at how this problem has been approached from the ancient world right up to the late 1990s.
What is the proper relation between the scientific world view and other aspects of human knowledge and experience? Nine case studies show how this question has been addressed throughout the ages.
How should we proceed with advanced research of humanities and social sciences in collaboration? What are the pressing issues of this new trend in a cataclysmic time for civilization? This book, originated with a Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) Topic-Setting Pr…
