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Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility (2024)
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Baron, T., & Cowley, C. (2024). Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility. Bloomsbury Publishing

Almost everyone grows up in a family, and family ties play an important role in daily life. But what exactly is a 'family'? What is a 'family tie'? We use the general concept of 'family' in many contexts – in fiction, in talk shows, in law, in politi... Read More about Philosophy of the Family: Ethics, Identity and Responsibility.

Abolishing The Police (2021)
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DUFF, K., ROSSDALE, C., SHAHVISI, A., KEMP, T., AMIS, P., WOODMAN, C., …THOMPSON, V. E. (2021). K. DUFF (Ed.). Abolishing The Police. Dog Section Press

“This is the first time we are seeing… a conversation about defunding, and some people having a conversation about abolishing the police and prison state. This must be what it felt like when people were talking about abolishing slavery.” – Patrisse C... Read More about Abolishing The Police.

Relative Change (2020)
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Duncombe, M. (2020). Relative Change. Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108581660

A relative change occurs when some item changes a relation. This Element examines how Plato, Aristotle, Stoics and Sextus Empiricus approached relative change. Relative change is puzzling because the following three propositions each seem true but ca... Read More about Relative Change.

Economic Theology: Credit and Faith II (2020)
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Goodchild, P. (2020). Economic Theology: Credit and Faith II. London: Rowman & Littlefield

A theological account of the dynamics of contemporary finance-based capitalism.

Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics (2020)
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Predelli, S. (2020). Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198854128.001.0001

This book defends a Radical Fictionalist Semantics for fictional discourse. Focusing on proper names as prototypical devices of reference, it argues that fictional names are only fictionally proper names, and that, as a result, fictional sentences do... Read More about Fictional Discourse: A Radical Fictionalist Semantics.

Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics (2020)
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Duncombe, M. (2020). Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198846185.001.0001

In Ancient Relativity Matthew Duncombe explores how ancient philosophers, particularly Plato, Aristotle, the Stoics, and Sextus Empiricus, understood the phenomenon and how their theories of relativity affected, and were affected by, their broader ph... Read More about Ancient Relativity: Plato, Aristotle, Stoics, and Sceptics.

Credit and Faith (2019)
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Goodchild, P. (2019). Credit and Faith. London: Rowman & Littlefield

In line with the development of political theology and economic theology in contemporary European thought, Credit and Faith offers a critical account of the faith structures within economic life and institutions. Goodchild’s ground-breaking work prov... Read More about Credit and Faith.

Beyond Punishment? A Normative Account of the Collateral Legal Consequences of Conviction (2019)
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Hoskins, Z. (2019). Beyond Punishment? A Normative Account of the Collateral Legal Consequences of Conviction. Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199389230.001.0001

People convicted of crimes are subject to a criminal sentence, but they also face a host of other restrictive legal measures: Some are denied access to jobs, housing, welfare, the vote, or other goods. Some may be deported, may be subjected to contin... Read More about Beyond Punishment? A Normative Account of the Collateral Legal Consequences of Conviction.

What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology (2019)
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Hannon, M. (2019). What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology. Oxford: Oxford University Press (OUP). https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190914721.001.0001

This book is about knowledge and its value. At its heart is a straightforward idea: we can answer many interesting and difficult questions in epistemology by reflecting on the role of epistemic evaluation in human life. Michael Hannon calls this appr... Read More about What's the point of knowledge?: a function-first epistemology.

Personal Identity (2019)
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Noonan, H. (2019). Personal Identity. (3rd). New York: Taylor & Francis (Routledge). https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315107240

Who am I? What is a person? What does it take for a person to persist from one time to another? What is the relation between the mind and the body? These are just some of the questions that constitute the problem of personal identity, one of the olde... Read More about Personal Identity.