September 14, 2007

Charkhesh bookworm

در این نوبت توجه می دهم به دو کتاب تازه انتشار یافته. اولی کتابی است با عنوان Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind به ویراستاری Brian McLaughlin (Rutgers University) و Jonathan Cohen (University of California, San Diego). اینک معرفی کتاب

Contemporary Debates in Philosophy of Mind showcases the leading contributors to the field, debating the major questions in philosophy of mind today.

  • Comprises 20 newly commissioned essays on hotly debated issues in the philosophy of mind
  • Written by a cast of leading experts in their fields, essays take opposing views on 10 central contemporary debates
  • A thorough introduction provides a comprehensive background to the issues explored
  • Organised into three sections which explore the ontology of the mental, nature of the mental content, and the nature of consciousness

و برخی نظریات در مورد این کتاب

This book gives the reader a vivid sense of the philosophy of mind as a living activity. The chapters of this book provide an excellent introduction to ongoing debates about consciousness, intentionality, and physicalism. At the same time, many of the chapters make important contributions to the subject in their own right."
David Chalmers, Australian National University

دومی هم کتابی است به نام Companion to Early Modern Philosophy ویراسته

STEVEN NADLER (University of Wisconsin-Madison). در معرفی کتاب آمده

A Companion to Early Modern Philosophy is a comprehensive guide to the most significant philosophers and philosophical concepts of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe.

  • Provides a comprehensive guide to all the important modern philosophers and modern philosophical movements.
  • Spans a wide range of philosophical areas and problems, including metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of science, ethics, political philosophy and aesthetics.
  • Written by leading scholars in the field.
  • Represents the most up-to-date research in the history of early modern philosophy.
  • Serves as an excellent supplement to primary readings.

و نظریاتی در خصوص این کتاب

"Produced by a roster of highly qualified experts, this comprehensive account of the early modern period breaks new ground and covers old ground in a new and useful way. It should be consulted by almost anyone working in the field." Thomas M. Lennon, University of Western Ontario

"Early modern philosophy has become a rather complicated domain in recent years, as scholars have delved deeper into the period and unearthed more and more philosophers and texts. Steven Nadler's Companion is the perfect guide to this new world. Its forty chapters by a group of internationally distinguished authors give students and scholars a solid introduction to a wide variety of figures. It will help shape the way scholarship is done in the coming years." Daniel Garber, University of Chicago