Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology

Book Information Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology. Infinite Minds: A Philosophical Cosmology John Leslie Oxford Clarendon Press 2001 xii + 234 £25 By John Leslie. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. xii + 234. £25,     

Well-Being and Morality: Essays in Honour of James Griffin

Book Information Well-Being and Morality: Essays in Honour of James Griffin. Edited by Roger Crisp and Brad Hooker. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 2000. Pp. xii + 316. Hardback, £35.     

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Book Information Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content. Functions in Mind: A Theory of Intentional Content Carolyn Price Oxford Clarendon Press 2001 vi + 263 Hardback £35 By Carolyn Price. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. vi + 263. Hardback:£35,     

Book reviews

John Christian Laursen (ed.). Religious Toleration: ‘The Variety of Rites’ from Cyrus to Defoe. New York, St Martin's Press, 1999. xx + 252 pp. $45.00. ISBN 0–312–22233–5.

Daniel Garber. Descartes Embodied: Reading Cartesian Philosophy through Cartesian Science Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2001, £40.00 hb; £14.95 pb. xii + 337 pp. ISBN 0–521–00337–7 pb. 0–521–80279–2 hb.

Olli Koistinen and John Biro (eds). Spinoza: Metaphysical Themes, Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2002. x + 255 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0–19–512815‐X.

Paul Abela. Kant's Empirical Realism. Oxford and New York, Clarendon Press, 2002. vii + 303 pp. £40.00. ISBN 0–19–924274–7.

Bruce L. Kinzer. England's Disgrace? J. S. Mill and the Irish Question. Toronto, Buffalo, and London, University of Toronto Press, 2001. 292 pp. $60. ISBN 0–8020–4862–5.

Maria Dimova‐Cookson. T. H. Green's Moral and Political Philosophy: A Phenomenological Perspective. Basingstoke, Palgrave, 2001. £40.00. xiii + 175 pp. ISBN 0–333–9144–7.

Stephen Mulhall. Inheritance &; Originality. Wittgenstein, Heidegger, Kierkegaard. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 2001. £40.00. xii + 448 pp. ISBN 0–19–924390–5.

Paul Gorner. Twentieth‐Century German Philosophy. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2000. iii + 225 pp. £12.99. ISBN 0–19–289309–2.

Karen Green. Dummett: Philosophy of Language. Cambridge, Polity Press, 2001. xi + 236 pp. £55.00 (hb), £14.99 (pb). ISBN 0–7456–2294–1 (hb) 0–7456–2295‐X (pb).     

The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom

Book Information The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom. The Liberal Archipelago: A Theory of Diversity and Freedom Chandran Kukathas, Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2003, xii + 292, £25.00 (cloth), US $45.00 (cloth) By Chandran Kukathas. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Pp. xii + 292. £25.00 (cloth:), US $45.00 (cloth:),     

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John McManners, Death and the enlightenment. Changing attitudes to death among Christians and unbelievers in eighteenth-century France, Oxford University Press 1981, vii + 619 pp. £17.50

Richard Swinburne, Faith and reason, Oxford, The Clarendon Press 1981, 206 pp. £16.00

John Coulson, Religion and imagination, Oxford, The Clarendon Press 1981, 193 pp. £12.50

Irving Hexham, The irony of apartheid, the struggle for national independence of Afrikaner calvinism against British imperialism, New York, Edwin Mellen Press 1981, 239 pp

David Tracy, The analogical imagination, London, SCM Press 1981, xii + 467 pp. £12.50

K. D. Sethna Rutherford, The spirituality of the future, a search apropos of R. C. Zaehner's study in Sri Aurobindo and Teilhard de Chardin, Madison, Teaneck: Fairleigh Dickinson University Press; London and Toronto: Associated University Presses 1981. 314 pp. $28.50     

BOLZANO'S GESAMTAUSGABE

William Of Ockham Quodlibetal Questions Vols. 1 and 2 translated by Alfred J. Freddoso and Francis E. Kelley, Yale University Press 1991. ISBN 0–300–04832–7 (set)

The Philosophical Writings of Descartes Vol. III: The Correspondence trans. by J. Cottingham, R. Stoothoff, D. Murdoch and A. Kenny Cambridge University Press, 1991, xviii + 412 pp

Cartesian Method and the Problem of Reduction by Emily R. Grosholz, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1991. viii + 161 pp

Cartesian Logic: An Essay on Descartes's Conception of Inference by Stephen Gaukroger, Oxford, The Clarendon Press, 1989. viii + 145 pp

La philosophie d'Antoine Arnauld by A. R. Ndiaye, Paris: J. Vrin, 1991. 376 pp

Stuart Brown, ed. Nicolas Malebranche: His Philosophical Critics and Successors Assen: Van Gorcum, 1991, 173 pp

The Equality of the Sexes by François Poulain de la Barre, Classics of Philosophy and Science, translated with an introduction and notes by Desmond M. Clarke, Manchester University Press: Manchester and New York, 1990, pp. 149, £35.00

Expérience et Raison: les Fondements de la Morale selon Locke by J. M. Vienne, Paris, Vrin, 1991, 298 pp

Rezension der Schrift: ‘Britische Gassendi‐Rezeption am Beispiel John Lockes’ von Rolf W. Puster, (Quaestiones. Themen und Gestalten der Philosophie 3), Friedrich Frommann Verlag. Stuttgart‐Bad Cannstatt 1991 (168 Seiten)

The Light of the Soul Theories of Ideas in Leibniz, Malebranche and Descartes by Nicholas Jolley, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1990. pp. x + 209

The New Art of Autobiography: An Essay On the Life of Giambattista Vico Written by Himself by Donald Phillip Verene, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. pp. xi + 263. Price £30.00

The Metaphysics of Morals by Immanuel Kant, trans. Mary Gregor, Cambridge University Press, 1992, £30.00 h/b, £10.95 pb

Kant and his Influence ed. by G. MacDonald Ross and T. McWalter, Bristol: Thoemmes, 1990. pp. xv + 374. £40.00

Menachem Fisch William Whewell: Philosopher of Science Oxford: Clarendon Press (Oxford University Press), 1991. pp. xiv + 220. £30. ISBN 0 19 824240 9

Bradley: A Research Bibliography by Richard Ingardia. Bowling Green, Ohio: Philosophy Documentation Center, 1991. pp. 195. US$35. ISBN 0–912632–88–7

Russell's Idealist Apprenticeship by Nicholas Griffin, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1991. pp. xiv + 410. Price £45.00     

Kant and the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy

Book Information Kant and the Foundations of Analytic Philosophy. By Robert Hanna. Oxford University Press. Oxford. 2001. Pp. xv + 312. Hardback, £45.00.     

The Philosophy of John Stuart Mill

Sextus Empiricus: Outlines of Scepticism Translated by Julia Annas &; Jonathan Barnes Cambridge University Press 1994 ISBN‐0–521–30950–6 Hardback (£32.50) ISBN 0–521–31205‐X Paperback (£10.95)

Republicanism, Liberty and Commercial Society 1649–1776 David Wootton (ed) Stanford University Press, 1994 viii, 497 pp. £35 ISBN 0804723567

John Marshall: John Locke: Resistance, Religion and Responsibility Cambridge University Press, 1994 Pp. xxi + 485. ISBN 0–521–44380–6 (hardback) £55 0–521–44687–3 (paperback) £22.95

Ian Harris: The Mind of John Locke: A Study of Political Theory in its Intellectual Setting Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 Pp. xv + 429. ISBN 0–521–35603–2

Lawrence E. Klein: Shaftesbury and the Culture of Politeness Cambridge University Press, xii, 217 pp. £30

Cahiers Montesquieu: Lectures de Montesquieu, Actes du Colloque de Wolfenbuttel (26–28 Octobre 1989) réunis par Edgar Mass et Alberto Postigliola Liguori Editore, Napoli; Universitas, Paris; Voltaire Foundation, Oxford, 1993. ISBN 0–7294–0462–5. £18.00

George Armstrong Kelly: The Humane Comedy: Constant, Tocqueville, and French Liberalism with a foreword by Stephen R. Graubard, Cambridge University Press, 1992. ISBN 0–521–41227–7. £35.00

Christopher J. Berry: The Idea of Luxury. A Conceptual and Historical Investigation Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1994 xiv + 271 pp., 0–521–466911 pbk

Sarah Gibbons: Kant's Theory of Imagination. Bridging Gaps in Judgement and Experience Oxford Philosophical Monographs. Oxford: Clarendon Press. 1994 pp. 205 plus x. £27.50

Andrew Brook: Kant and the Mind Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. 1994. pp. 327 plus xii. £35.00

The Correspondence of John Stuart Mill and Auguste Comte trans. and ed. by Oscar A. Haac New Brunswick (USA) and London: Transaction Publishers, 1995 pp. xxvi + 403. £31.95 ISBN 1–56000–148–8

Alan P. F. Sell: Philosophical Idealism and Christian Belief University of Wales Press, 1995 ISBN 0–7083–1310–8. 338 pp. £35.00

Agnosticism: Contemporary Responses to Spencer and Huxley Ed. Andrew Pyle Thoemmes Press, Bristol, 1995 (Key Issues 4), pp. xxvi + 301 ISBN (paper) 1–85506–404–9 £14.95, (cloth) 1–85506–405–7 £45.00     

Logical Form and Language

Book Information Logical Form and Language. Edited by G. Preyer and G. Peter. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 2002. Pp. x + 512. Hardback, £55. Paperback, £19.99.     

The Concept of Responsibility: Introduction and Translation

Adrian Hastings, The Church in Africa 1450–1950. Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1994, xiv+706 pp., 8 maps, $ 45.00 (paperback) ISBN 0 19 826399 6.

Elizabeth Isichei, A History of Christianity in Africa. Grand Rapids, MI, Eerdmans, 1995, xi+420 pp., $ 24.00 ISBN 0 8028 08433.

Paul Giord (ed.), The Christian Churches and the Democratisation of Africa. Studies of Religion in Africa: Supplements to the Journal of Religion in Africa, No. 12. Leiden, Brill, 1995, xi+301 pp., $ 101.50 ISBN 9004103244.

Paul Giord, African Christianity: Its Public Role. Bloomington, Indiana University Press, 1998, viii+368 pp., $ 39.95 (hardback) ISBN 0 253 33417 9, $ 22.95 (paperback) ISBN 0 253 21204 9.

Kwame Bediako, Christianity in Africa: The Renewal of a Non-Western Religion. Edinburgh, Edinburgh University Press, 1995, xii+276 pp., £18.00 (paperback) ISBN 0 7486 0635 4; New York, Orbis Books, 1995, $ 25.00 (paperback) ISBN 1570750483.     

Nietzsche's Ethics and his War on 'Morality'

Book Information Nietzsche's Ethics and his War on 'Morality'. By May Simon. Clarendon Press. Oxford. 1999. Pp. xiv + 212. Hardback, £30.00.     

Members of staff of philosophy departments in Australasian Universities as at December 1970

Book Information A Philosophy of Mass Art. A Philosophy of Mass Art Noël Carroll Oxford Clarendon Press 1998 x + 425 Paperback Aus.$45.00 By Noël Carroll. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. x + 425. Paperback:Aus.$45.00,     

Space curvature and repeatable properties,almost no problems with a peaceful coexistence

Book Information On Virtue Ethics. On Virtue Ethics Rosalind Hursthouse Oxford Oxford University Press 1999 ix + 275 Hardback £25 By Rosalind Hursthouse. Oxford University Press. Oxford. Pp. ix + 275. Hardback:£25,     

Suffering and Moral Responsibility

Book Information Suffering and Moral Responsibility. Suffering and Moral Responsibility Meyerfeld Jamie New York Oxford University Press ix + 237 Hardback £35 By Meyerfeld Jamie. Oxford University Press. New York. Pp. ix + 237. Hardback:£35,     

Actuality and the a priori

Book Information Nietzsche's Middle Period. Nietzsche's Middle Period Ruth Abbey New York Oxford University Press 2000 xvii + 208 Hardback £33.50 By Ruth Abbey. Oxford University Press. New York. Pp. xvii + 208. Hardback:£33.50,     

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Pp.xvii, 209, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, £30. The Formation of a Persecuting Society: Power and Deviance in Western Europe, 950–1250. By R.I. Moore. Pp.viii, 168, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987, £19.50. Charity and Community in Medieval Cambridge (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Life and Thought 4). By Miri Rubin. Pp.xiv, 365, Cambridge University Press, 1987, £30. Representatives of the Lower Clergy in Parliament, 1295–1340 (Royal Historical Society. Studies in History 50). By Jeffrey H. Denton and John P. Dooley. Pp.142, Woodbridge, The Boydell Press, 1987, £25.00. From Ockham to Wyclif (Studies in Church History Subsidia 5). Edited by Anne Hudson and Michael Wilks. Pp.xv, 486, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987, £35.00 Literary and Educational Writings (Collected Works of Erasmus 27 and 28). Edited by A.H.T. Levi. Pp.xxx, 638, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1986, £65.00. Paraphrase on Mark (Collected Works of Erasmus 49). Edited by Erika Rummel. Pp.xiv, 235, Toronto, University of Toronto Press, 1988, £28.00 The Dawn of the Reformation. Essays in Late Medieval and Early Reformation Thought. By Heiko A. Oberman. Pp.x, 309, Edinburgh, T. & T. Clark, 1987. £14.95. The Intellectual Origins of the European Reformation. By Alister McGrath. Pp.viii.223, Oxford, Basil Blackwell, 1987, £25.00. The English Reformation Revised. Edited by Christopher Haigh. Pp.x, 229, Cambridge University Press, 1987, £8.95. Das Papstamt im Disput zwischen Lutheranern und Katholiken: Schwerpunkte von der Reformation bis zur Geganwart (Innsbrucker Theologische Studien 20). By Wolfgang Klausnitzer. Pp.586, Innsbruck, Tyrolia Verlag, 1987, DM 112. The Chronicle of the Hutterian Brethren. Volume I. Translated and edited by the Hutterian Brethren. Pp.ixxv, 887, Rifton (N.Y.), Plough Publishing House, 1987, no price given. Cardinal de La Rochefoucauld: Leadership and Reform in the French Church. By Joseph Bergin. 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Pp.x, 365, Oxford University Press, 1987, £35.00 Religion in England, 1688–1791 (Oxford History of the Christian Church). By Ernest Gordon Rupp. Pp.xiii, 584, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1986, £45.00. Liberal Anglican Politics: Whiggery, Religion and Reform, 1830–1841. By Richard Brent. Pp.xii, 340, Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1987, £32.50. The Victorian Christian Socialists. By Edward Norman, Pp.201, Cambridge University Press, 1987, £17.50 Tradition Renewed: The Oxford Movement Conference Papers. Edited by Geoffrey Rowell. Pp.xvi, 237. London, Darton, Longman and Todd, 1986, £12.95. A Circle of Friends: The Tennysons and the Lushingtons of Park House. By John O. Waller. Pp.xvi, 290, Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 1986, $29.50. Democracy and Religion: Gladstone and the Liberal Party, 1867–1875 (Cambridge Studies in the History and Theory of Politics). By J.P. Parry. Pp.xiii, 504, Cambridge University Press, 1986, £37.50. 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Nietzsche and the tradition 1

Nietzsche and Modern Times: A study of Bacon, Descartes and Nietzsche. Laurence Lampert. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1993. Pp. xii + 475. £35.00

Nietzsche and Metaphysics. Peter Poellner. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995. Pp. xi + 320.     

Moral Realism: A Defence

Book Information Moral Realism: A Defence. Moral Realism: A Defence Russ Shafer-Landau, Oxford : Clarendon Press, 2003, x + 322, £35 (cloth) By Russ Shafer-Landau. Clarendon Press. Oxford. Pp. x + 322. £35 (cloth:),     

The Limits of Abstraction

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