In this important and original book, Johann Michel paves the way for a greater understanding of Paul Ricoeur's philosophy by exploring it in relation to some major figures of contemporary French thought--Bourdieu, Derrida, Foucault, and Castoriadis. Although the fertile dialogue…
The Fable of the bees and the Treatise of human nature were written to define and dissect the essential components of a 'civil society.' How have early readings of the Fable skewed our understanding of the work and its author? To what extent did Mandeville's celebrated work infl…
Philosophy of Behavioral Biology
This volume gives a broad overview of issues in the philosophy of behavioral science, at present one of the fastest growing fields in philosophy of science/biology.
This volume provides a broad overview of issues in the philosophy of behavioral biology, covering four main themes: genetic, developmental, evolutionary, and neurobiological explanations of behavior. It is both interdisciplinary and empirically informed in its approach, addressi…
This volume provides a broad overview of issues in the philosophy of behavioral biology, covering four main themes: genetic, developmental, evolutionary, and neurobiological explanations of behavior. It is both interdisciplinary and empirically informed in its approach, addressi…
"The Things We Do and Why We Do Them argues against the common assumption that there is a kind of thing called "action" which all reason-giving explanation of action are geared towards. Sandis explains why all theories concerned with the form which any such explanation must take…