Philosophy 2022

Princeton Philosophy 2022

Prescient essays about the state of our politics from the philosopher who predicted that a populist demagogue would become president of the United States

What Can We Hope For? Richard Rorty, one of the most influential intellectuals of recent decades, is perhaps best known today as the philosopher who, almost two decades before the 2016 U.S. presidential election, warned of the rise of a Trumpian strongman in America. What Can We Hope For? gathers nineteen of Rorty’s essays on American and global politics, including four previously unpublished and many lesserknown and hard-to-find pieces.

“I have treasured Richard Rorty’s witty, urbane, and generous voice since first encountering his writings in the late 1980s. He was the first philosopher whose thinking really changed my mind, and it stayed changed. I missed his voice in the turbulent events of the past several years, but this inspiring collection of his political essays reminds us how prescient and humane Rorty’s thinking was, and how relevant it still is.”

—Brian Eno

In these provocative and compelling essays, Rorty confronts the critical challenges democracies face at home and abroad, including populism, growing economic inequality, and overpopulation and environmental devastation. In response, he offers optimistic and realistic ideas about how to address these crises. He outlines strategies for fostering social hope and building an inclusive global community of trust, and urges us to put our faith in trade unions, universities, bottom-up social campaigns, and bold political visions that thwart ideological pieties.

Driven by Rorty’s sense of emergency about our collective future, What Can We Hope For? is filled with striking diagnoses of today’s political crises and creative proposals for solving them.

Richard Rorty (1931–2007) was an eminent American pragmatist philosopher and public intellectual. Among his many books are Achieving Our Country, Philosophy and Social Hope, and Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature (Princeton). W. P. Małecki is associate professor of literary theory at the University of Wroclaw, Poland. His books include Human Minds and Animal Stories. Chris Voparil teaches philosophy and political theory on the Graduate Faculty of Union Institute & University in Cincinnati, Ohio. His most recent book is Reconstructing Pragmatism: Richard Rorty and the Classical Pragmatists.

May 2022. 248 pages.

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Why the tools of philosophy offer a powerful antidote to today’s epidemic of irrationality

When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People There is an epidemic of bad thinking in the world today.

An alarming number of people are embracing crazy, even dangerous ideas. Worse, bad thinking drives bad acting—it even inspired a mob to storm the U.S. Capitol. When Bad Thinking Happens to Good People provides an engaging tour through the basic principles of logic, argument, evidence, and probability that can make all of us more reasonable and responsible citizens.

Steven Nadler is the William H. Hay II Professor of Phi-

losophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, where he is the director of the Institute for Research in the Humanities. Lawrence Shapiro is the Berent Enç Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

2021. 240 pages. 1 b/w illus.

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An original deep history of the internet that tells the story of the centuries-old utopian dreams behind it—and explains why they have died today

The Internet Is Not What You Think It Is Justin Smith offers an original deep history of the internet, from the ancient to the modern world—uncovering its origins in nature and centuries-old dreams of radically improving human life by outsourcing thinking to machines and communicating across vast distances. Yet, despite the internet’s continuing potential, Smith argues, the utopian hopes behind it have finally died today. This book cuts through our daily digital lives to give a clear-sighted picture of what the internet is, where it came from, and where it might be taking us in the coming decades.

Justin E. H. Smith is professor of history and philosophy of science at the University of Paris.

March 2022. 216 pages. 6 b/w illus.

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A philosophical exploration of female submission, using insights from feminist thinkers to reveal the complexities of women’s reality and lived experience

We Are Not Born Submissive What role do women play in the perpetuation of patriarchy? On the one hand, popular media urges women to be independent, outspoken, and career-minded. Yet, this same media glorifies a specific, sometimes voluntary, female submissiveness as a source of satisfaction. In philosophy, even less has been said on why women submit to men and the discussion has been equally contradictory. Is there a way to explore female submission in all of its complexity?

Moving beyond the simplistic binary of natural destiny or moral vice, We Are Not Born Submissive takes a sophisticated look at how female submissiveness can be explained.

Manon Garcia is assistant professor of philosophy at Yale

University.

2021. 248 pages. 1 b/w illus.

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An expansive look at how culture shapes our emotions— and how we can benefit, as individuals and a society, from less anger and more shame

How to Do Things with Emotions Everywhere we look, we see values clashing and tempers rising, in ways that seem frenzied, aimless, and cruel. At the same time, we witness political leaders and others who lack any sense of shame, even as they display carelessness with the truth and the common good. In How to Do Things with Emotions, Owen Flanagan explains that emotions are things we do, and he reminds us that those like anger and shame involve cultural norms and scripts. How to Do Things with Emotions celebrates the plasticity of our emotional responses—and our freedom to recalibrate them in the pursuit of more fulfilling lives.

Owen Flanagan is the James B. Duke Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and professor of psychology and neuroscience at Duke University.

2021. 328 pages. 2 b/w illus.

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An engaging and illuminating exploration of grief—and why, despite its intense pain, it can also help us grow

Grief Experiencing grief at the death of a person we love or who matters to us—as universal as it is painful—is central to the human condition. Surprisingly, however, philosophers have rarely examined grief in any depth. In Grief, Michael Cholbi presents a groundbreaking philosophical exploration of this complex emotional event, offering new insights about what grief is, whom we grieve, and how grief can ultimately lead us to a richer self-understanding and a fuller realization of our humanity. An original account of how grieving works and why it is so important, Grief shows how the pain of this experience gives us a chance to deepen our relationships with others and ourselves.

Michael Cholbi is Chair in Philosophy at the University of

Edinburgh.

January 2022. 232 pages.

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Two simple yet tremendously powerful ideas that shaped virtually every aspect of civilization

The Two Greatest Ideas This book is a breathtaking examination of the two greatest ideas in human history. The first is the idea that the human mind can grasp the universe. The second is the idea that the human mind can grasp itself. This panoramic book reveals what is missing in our conception of ourselves and the world, and imagines a not-too-distant future when a third great idea, the idea that human minds can grasp each other, will help us gain an idea of the whole of reality.

Linda Trinkaus Zagzebski is George Lynn Cross Research Professor Emerita and the Kingfisher College Chair of the Philosophy of Religion and Ethics Emerita at the University of Oklahoma.

Soochow University Lectures in Philosophy 2021. 280 pages. 11 b/w illus.

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Why you don’t have a self—and why that’s a good thing

Losing Ourselves In Losing Ourselves, Jay Garfield, a leading expert on Buddhist philosophy, offers a brief and radically clear account of an idea that at first might seem frightening but that promises to liberate us and improve our lives, our relationships, and the world. Drawing on Indian and East Asian Buddhism, Daoism, Western philosophy, and cognitive neuroscience, Garfield shows why it is perfectly natural to think you have a self—and why it actually makes no sense at all and is even dangerous. The result is a transformative book about why we have nothing to lose—and everything to gain—by losing our selves.

Jay L. Garfield is the Doris Silbert Professor in the

Humanities and Professor of Philosophy, Logic, and Buddhist Studies at Smith College and a visiting professor of Buddhist philosophy at Harvard Divinity School.

May 2022. 224 pages.

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A spellbinding look at the philosophical and moral implications of animal dreaming

When Animals Dream Are humans the only dreamers on Earth? What goes on in the minds of animals when they sleep? When Animals Dream brings together behavioral and neuroscientific research on animal sleep with philosophical theories of dreaming. It shows that dreams provide an invaluable window into the cognitive and emotional lives of nonhuman animals, giving us access to a seemingly inaccessible realm of animal experience. A mesmerizing journey into the otherworldly domain of nonhuman consciousness, When Animals Dream carries profound implications for contemporary debates about animal cognition, animal ethics, and animal rights, challenging us to regard animals as beings who matter, and for whom things matter.

David M. Peña-Guzmán is associate professor of humanities and liberal studies at San Francisco State University.

May 2022. 280 pages. 13 b/w illus. 1 table.

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Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the Enlightenment’s greatest philosophers

The Great Guide David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom to offer. The Great Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how Hume’s thought should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life. The Great Guide includes 145 Humean maxims for living well, on topics ranging from the meaning of success and the value of travel to friendship, facing death, identity, and the importance of leisure. This book shows how life is far richer with Hume as your guide.

Julian Baggini is an independent scholar, philosopher, and

writer.

2021. 328 pages. 25 b/w illus.

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A bold reevaluation of Spinoza that reveals his powerful, inclusive vision of religion for the modern age

Spinoza’s Religion Spinoza is widely regarded as either a God-forsaking atheist or a God-intoxicated pantheist, but Clare Carlisle says that he was neither. In Spinoza’s Religion, she sets out a bold interpretation of Spinoza through a lucid new reading of his masterpiece, the Ethics. Putting the question of religion centre-stage but refusing to convert Spinozism to Christianity, Carlisle reveals that “being in God” unites Spinoza’s metaphysics and ethics. Spinoza’s Religion unfolds a powerful, inclusive philosophical vision for the modern age—one that is grounded in a profound questioning of how to live a joyful, fully human life. Seen through Carlisle’s eyes, the Ethics prompts us to rethink not only Spinoza but also religion itself.

Clare Carlisle is Professor of Philosophy at King’s College

London.

2021. 288 pages. 2 b/w illus.

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An eminent philosopher explains why we owe it to future generations to take immediate action on global warming

The Pivotal Generation Climate change is the supreme challenge of our time. Yet despite growing international recognition of the unfolding catastrophe, global carbon emissions continue to rise, hitting an all-time high in 2019. Henry Shue makes an impassioned case for taking immediate, radical action to combat global warming. Written in direct, accessible language, The Pivotal Generation approaches the latest scientific research with a singular moral clarity. It’s an urgently needed call to action for anyone concerned about the planet’s future.

Henry Shue is Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for International Studies at the University of Oxford, where he is also Senior Research Fellow Emeritus at Merton College.

January 2022. 208 pages.

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How the utopian tradition offers answers to today’s environmental crises

Utopianism for a Dying Planet In the face of Earth’s environmental breakdown, it is clear that technological innovation alone won’t save our planet. A more radical approach is required, one that involves profound changes in individual and collective behavior. Utopianism for a Dying Planet examines the ways the expansive history of utopian thought, from its origins in ancient Sparta and ideas of the Golden Age through to today’s thinkers, can offer moral and imaginative guidance in the face of catastrophe. An urgent and comprehensive search for antidotes to our planet’s destruction, Utopianism for a Dying Planet asks for a revival of utopian ideas, not as an escape from reality, but as a powerful means of changing it.

Gregory Claeys is professor emeritus of the history of political thought at the University of London.

July 2022. 520 pages.

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An intellectual history of the philosophers who grappled with the problem of evil, and the case for why pessimism still holds moral value for us today

Dark Matters In the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, philosophers engaged in heated debates on the question of how God could have allowed evil and suffering in a creation that is supposedly good. Dark Matters makes a compelling case for the rediscovery of pessimism as a source for compassion, consolation, and perhaps even hope. A breathtaking work of intellectual history by one of today’s leading scholars, Dark Matters reveals how the crucial moral aim of pessimism is to find a way of speaking about suffering that offers consolation and does justice to the fragility of life.

Mara van der Lugt is lecturer in philosophy at the Univer-

sity of St Andrews, where she specializes in early modern intellectual history and philosophy.

2021. 472 pages.

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How an acceptance of our limitations can lead to a more fulfilling life and a more harmonious society

The Good-Enough Life We live in a world oriented toward greatness, one in which we feel compelled to be among the wealthiest, most powerful, and most famous. This book explains why no one truly benefits from this competitive social order, and reveals how another way of life is possible—a good-enough life for all. Avram Alpert shows how our obsession with greatness results in stress and anxiety, damage to our relationships, widespread political and economic inequality, and destruction of the natural world. Visionary and provocative, The Good-Enough Life demonstrates how we can work together to cultivate a good-enough life for all instead of tearing ourselves apart in a race to the top of the social pyramid.

Avram Alpert is lecturer in the Writing Program at Prince-

ton University and coeditor of Shifter magazine.

April 2022. 336 pages.

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Why equality cannot be conditional on a shared human “nature” but has to be for all

Unconditional Equals In Unconditional Equals, political philosopher Anne Phillips challenges attempts to justify equality by reference to a shared human nature, arguing that justification turns into conditions and ends up as exclusion. Drawing on political, feminist, and postcolonial theory, Unconditional Equals argues that we should understand equality not as something grounded in shared characteristics but as something people enact when they refuse to be considered inferiors.

The book makes a powerful case for seeing equality as a commitment we make to ourselves and others, and a claim we make on others when they deny us our status as equals.

Anne Phillips is the Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science at the London School of Economics, where she previously directed the LSE Gender Institute.

2021. 160 pages.

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A compelling account of the threat immigration control poses to the citizens of free societies

Immigration and Freedom Immigration is often seen as a danger to western liberal democracies because it threatens to undermine their fundamental values, most notably freedom and national self-determination. In this book, however, Chandran Kukathas argues that the greater threat comes not from immigration but from immigration control. Kukathas shows that immigration control is not merely about preventing outsiders from moving across borders. It is about controlling what outsiders do once in a society. Immigration and Freedom presents a critique of immigration control as an institutional reality, as well as an account of what freedom means—and why it matters.

Chandran Kukathas is the Lee Kong Chian Professor

of Political Science and Dean of the School of Social Sciences at Singapore Management University.

2021. 384 pages. 5 tables; 1 b/w illus.

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A compelling exploration of how our pursuit of happiness makes us unhappy

Why We Are Restless We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet everywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of change—even if it means undermining the foundations of our common life. Benjamin and Jenna Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure ourselves.

Benjamin Storey is the Jane Gage Hipp Professor of

Politics and International Affairs and Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman University. Jenna Silber Storey is Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs and Executive Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman.

New Forum Books 2021. 264 pages.

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A timely defense of liberalism that draws vital lessons from its greatest midcentury proponents

Liberalism in Dark Times Today, liberalism faces threats from across the political spectrum. While right-wing populists and leftist purists righteously violate liberal norms, theorists of liberalism seem to have little to say. In Liberalism in Dark Times, Joshua Cherniss issues a rousing defense of the liberal tradition, drawing on a neglected strand of liberal thought.

Building on the work of these thinkers, Cherniss urges us to imagine liberalism not as a set of policies but as a temperament or disposition—one marked by openness to complexity, willingness to acknowledge uncertainty, tolerance for difference, and resistance to ruthlessness. In the face of rising political fanaticism, he persuasively argues for the continuing importance of this liberal ethos.

Joshua L. Cherniss is associate professor of government at Georgetown University.

2021. 328 pages.

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The full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century’s most important thinkers—and how their profound disagreements continue to offer important lessons for political theory and philosophy

Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin Two of the most iconic thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) and Isaiah Berlin (1909–1997) fundamentally disagreed on central issues in politics, history and philosophy. Written in a lively style, and filled with drama, tragedy and passion, Hannah Arendt and Isaiah Berlin tells, for the first time, the full story of the fraught relationship between these towering figures, and shows how their profoundly different views continue to offer important lessons for political thought today.

Kei Hiruta is Assistant Professor and AIAS-COFUND Fellow at the Aarhus Institute of Advanced Studies at Aarhus University in Denmark.

2021. 288 pages.

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An original, unified reconstruction of Mill’s moral and political philosophy—one that finally reveals its consistency and full power

Completely Free Few thinkers have been as influential as John Stuart Mill, whose philosophy has arguably defined Utilitarian ethics and modern liberalism. But fewer still have been subject to as much criticism for perceived ambiguities and inconsistencies. In Completely Free, John Peter DiIulio offers an ambitious and comprehensive new reading that explains how Mill’s ethical, moral, and political ideas are all part of a unified, coherent, and powerful philosophy. Completely Free provides an unmatched account of the unity and power of Mill’s enduring moral and political thought.

John Peter DiIulio is the James N. Perry Scholar of Phi-

losophy, Politics, and Society in the Program for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society at the University of Pennsylvania.

May 2022. 328 pages.

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An argument for why Plato’s Laws can be considered his most important political dialogue

Beyond the Republic In Beyond the Republic, André Laks argues that the Laws, Plato’s last and longest dialogue, is also his most important political work, surpassing the Republic in historical relevance. Laks offers a thorough reappraisal of this less renowned text, and examines how it provides a critical foundation for the principles of lawmaking. In doing so, he makes clear the tremendous impact the Laws had not only on political philosophy, but also on modern political history. Beyond the Republic presents a sophisticated reevaluation of a philosophical work that has exerted an enormous if often hidden influence even into the present day.

André Laks is professor emeritus of ancient philosophy at the Paris-Sorbonne University and teachesat the Panamerican University in Mexico City.

June 2022. 248 pages. 3 tables.

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A comprehensive intellectual biography of the Enlightenment philosopher

George Berkeley In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a comprehensive account of the life and work of the preeminent Irish philosopher of the Enlightenment. From his early brilliance as a student and fellow at Trinity College Dublin to his later years as Bishop of Cloyne, Berkeley brought his searching and powerful intellect to bear on the full range of eighteenth-century thought and experience.

Jones brings vividly to life the complexities and contradictions of Berkeley’s life and ideas. The result is a richly detailed and rounded portrait of a major Enlightenment thinker and the world in which he lived.

Tom Jones is Reader in the School of English at the

University of St Andrews.

2021. 648 pages. 20 b/w illus.

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A bold new interpretation of Augustine’s virtue of hope and its place in political life

A Commonwealth of Hope When it comes to politics, Augustine of Hippo is renowned as one of history’s great pessimists, with his sights set firmly on the heavenly city rather than the public square. Many have enlisted him to chasten political hopes, highlighting the realities of evil and encouraging citizens instead to cast their hopes on heaven. A Commonwealth of Hope challenges prevailing interpretations of Augustinian pessimism, offering a new vision of his political thought that can also help today’s citizens sustain hope in the face of despair.

Michael Lamb is assistant professor of politics, ethics, and

interdisciplinary humanities and executive director of the Program for Leadership and Character at Wake Forest University.

August 2022. 384 pages.

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A radical reinterpretation of Adam Smith that challenges economists, moral philosophers, political theorists, and intellectual historians to rethink him— and why he matters

Adam Smith Reconsidered Adam Smith has long been recognized as the father of modern economics. More recently, scholars have emphasized his standing as a moral philosopher—one who was prepared to critique markets as well as to praise them. But Smith’s contributions to political theory are still underappreciated and relatively neglected. In this bold, revisionary book, Paul Sagar argues that not only have the fundamentals of Smith’s political thought been widely misunderstood, but that once we understand them correctly, our estimations of Smith as economist and as moral philosopher must radically change.

Paul Sagar is senior lecturer in political theory at King’s College London.

March 2022. 240 pages.

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ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN READERS

How to Be a Farmer Selected, translated, and introduced by M. D. Usher Cloth 9780691211749 $16.95 | £12.99 ebook 9780691224732

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How to Tell a Story Aristotle Translated and introduced

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How to Give Seneca Selected, translated, and introduced by James S. Romm

How to Keep an Open Mind Sextus Empiricus Selected, translated, and introduced by Richard Bett

How to Tell a Joke Marcus Tullius Cicero Selected, translated, and introduced by Michael Fontaine

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PRINCETON FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy of mathematics from one of its leading thinkers

Philosophy of Mathematics Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity, but it appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions. How can these two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This concise book provides a systematic, accessible introduction to the field that is trying to answer that question: the philosophy of mathematics. Øystein Linnebo, one of the world’s leading scholars on the subject, introduces all of the classical approaches to the field as well as more specialized issues, including mathematical intuition, potential infinity, and the search for new mathematical axioms. Sophisticated but clear and approachable, this is an essential book for all students and teachers of philosophy and of mathematics. Øystein Linnebo is professor of philosophy at the Univer-

sity of Oslo.

2020. 216 pages.

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Philosophy of Physics: Quantum Theory Tim Maudlin

Philosophy of Physics: Space and Time Tim Maudlin

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TEXTBOOKS

An updated and expanded edition of the classic introduction to PPE—philosophy, politics, and economics—coauthored by one of the field’s pioneers

Philosophy, Politics, and Economics Philosophy, Politics, and Economics offers a complete introduction to tools and concepts of analysis that PPE students need. This updated and expanded edition examines the core methodologies of rational choice, strategic analysis, norms, and collective choice that serve as the bedrocks of political philosophy and the social sciences.

Gerald Gaus (1952–2020) was the James E. Rogers

Professor of Philosophy at the University of Arizona.

John Thrasher is an associate professor in the Department

of Philosophy and the Smith Institute for Political Economy and Philosophy at Chapman University.

2021. 338 pages. 30 b/w illus. 86 tables.

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A concise introduction to logic that teaches you not only how reasoning works, but why it works

How Logic Works How Logic Works is an introductory logic textbook that is different by design. Rather than teaching elementary symbolic logic as an abstract or rote mathematical exercise divorced from ordinary thinking, Hans Halvorson presents it as the skill of clear and rigorous reasoning, which is essential in all fields and walks of life, from the sciences to the humanities—anywhere that making good arguments, and spotting bad ones, is critical to success. By teaching logic in a way that makes students aware of how they already use it, the book will help them to become even better thinkers.

Hans Halvorson is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Princeton University. His previous books include The Logic in Philosophy of Science.

2020. 256 pages. 18 b/w illus.

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THE ILLUSTRATED LIBRARY OF CHINESE CLASSICS

From bestselling cartoonist C. C. Tsai, a delightfully illustrated collection of classic Zen Buddhist stories that enlighten as they entertain

The Ways of Zen C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists, and his editions of the Chinese classics have sold more than 40 million copies in over twenty languages. In The Ways of Zen, he has created an entertaining and enlightening masterpiece from the rich collections of the Zen Buddhist tradition, bringing classic stories to life in delightful language and vividly detailed comic illustrations. Combining all the stories previously published in Tsai’s Wisdom of the Zen Masters and Zen Speaks, this is the artist’s largest collection of selections from the most important and famous Zen texts. Filled with memorable anecdotes and disarming wisdom, The Ways of Zen is a perfect introduction to Zen Buddhism and an essential addition to any Zen collection.

C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most beloved illustrators.

Brian Bruya is professor of philosophy at Eastern Michigan University. Martine Batchelor teaches meditation

retreats worldwide.

2021. 288 pages. 245 b/w illus.

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Dao De Jing Laozi Illustrated by C. C. Tsai

The Way of Nature Zhuangzi Illustrated by C. C. Tsai

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A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of our lives, from the personal to the political

Just Hierarchy All complex and large-scale societies are organized along certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends that this stigma is a mistake. Bell and Wang ask which forms of hierarchy are justified and how these can serve morally desirable goals. A vigorous, systematic defense of hierarchy in the modern world, Just Hierarchy examines how hierarchical social relations can have a useful purpose, not only in personal domains but also in larger political realms.

Daniel A. Bell is dean of the School of Political Science and Public Administration at Shandong University in Qingdao. Wang Pei is assistant professor at the China Institute at Fudan University in Shanghai.

May 2022. 296 pages. 2 b/w illus.

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How a form of governance inspired by Confucianism might solve today’s political problems

Against Political Equality What might a viable political alternative to liberal democracy look like? Against Political Equality offers a possibility inspired by Confucian ideas. Tongdong Bai argues that domestic governance influenced by Confucianism can embrace the liberal aspects of democracy along with the democratic ideas of equal opportunities and governmental accountability to the people. Exploring the deficiencies posed by many liberal democracies, Against Political Equality presents a novel Confucian-engendered alternative for solving today’s political problems.

Tongdong Bai is the Dongfang Professor of Philosophy at Fudan University in Shanghai and a Global Professor of Law at New York University School of Law. 2021. 344 pages.

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“[A] vibrant study.”—New Yorker

Think Least of Death Baruch Spinoza became notorious across Europe for his views on God, the Bible, and miracles, as well as for his uncompromising defense of free thought. Yet the radicalism of Spinoza’s views has long obscured that his primary reason for turning to philosophy was to answer one of humanity’s most urgent questions: How can we lead a good life and enjoy happiness in a world without a providential God? In Think Least of Death, Pulitzer Prize–finalist Steven Nadler connects Spinoza’s ideas with his life and times to offer a compelling account of how the philosopher can provide a guide to living one’s best life.

Steven Nadler is Vilas Research Professor and the William

H. Hay II Professor of Philosophy at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

April 2022. 248 pages. 1 b/w illus.

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How philosophy transformed human knowledge and our world

The World Philosophy Made Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new concepts, reinterpreting old truths, and reconceptualizing fundamental questions, philosophy has driven human progress for over two millennia. In this history, Scott Soames demonstrates not only philosophy’s profound impact on our religion, our morality, and our understanding of ourselves, but also its world-shaping contributions to modern science, technology, and politics.

The World Philosophy Made explains and illuminates as never before the inexhaustible richness of philosophy and its influence on our individual and collective lives.

Scott Soames is Distinguished Professor of Philosophy

at the University of Southern California and a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

2021. 464 pages. 13 b/w illus. 1 table.

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Sick Souls, Healthy Minds In 1895, William James delivered a lecture entitled “Is Life Worth Living?” Indeed, as John Kaag writes, “James’s entire philosophy, from beginning to end, was geared to save a life, his life”—and that’s why it just might be able to save yours, too. This book is an absorbing introduction to James’s life and thought that shows why the founder of pragmatism and empirical psychology can still speak to anyone struggling to make a life worth living.

John Kaag is professor of philosophy at the University of Massachusetts, Lowell.

2021. 224 pages.

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The Murder of Professor Schlick On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when a deranged former student of Schlick’s shot him dead on the university steps.

Weaving a narrative set against the backdrop of rising extremism in Hitler’s Europe, this book traces the rise and fall of the Vienna Circle and of a philosophical movement that sought to do away with metaphysics and pseudoscience in a city darkened by unreason.

David Edmonds is a distinguished research fellow at the Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.

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Lost in Thought In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness, where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contemplation, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so fulfilling as the inner life. Lost in Thought is a moving account of why renewing our inner lives is fundamental to preserving our humanity.

Zena Hitz is a Tutor in the great books program at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.

2021. 240 pages.

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Justice and the Politics of Difference Justice and the Politics of Difference challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice, critically analyzing basic concepts underlying most theories of justice such as impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. Iris Marion Young argues for a principle of group representation in democratic publics and for group-differentiated policies.

Iris Marion Young (1949–2006) was professor of political science at the University of Chicago. Danielle Allen is the James Bryant Conant University Professor at Harvard University.

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Open Democracy Diagnosing what is wrong with representative government and aiming to recover some of the openness of ancient democracies, Open Democracy presents a new paradigm of democracy. Hélène Landemore demonstrates that placing ordinary citizens, rather than elites, at the heart of democratic power is not only the true meaning of a government of, by, and for the people, but also feasible and, more than ever, urgently needed.

Hélène Landemore is associate professor of political science at Yale

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March 2022. 272 pages. 1 b/w illus. 1 table.

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On Mercy Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. Yet by the end of the eighteenth century, mercy had been exiled from political life.

In this book, Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlightenment’s rejection of mercy. An important contribution to political philosophy from an inventive thinker, On Mercy makes a persuasive case for returning this neglected virtue to the heart of political thought.

Malcolm Bull is Professor of Art and the History of Ideas at the University of Oxford and a Senior Associate Research Fellow of Christ Church, Oxford.

2021. 208 pages.

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The Privatized State Many governmental functions today—from the management of prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation—are outsourced to private entities. Can a privatized government rule legitimately? The Privatized State argues that it cannot. This book shows how privatization undermines the very reason political institutions exist in the first place, and advocates for a new way of administering public affairs that is more democratic and just.

Chiara Cordelli is associate professor of political science at the

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May 2022. 352 pages. 3 b/w illus.

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Our Great Purpose Adam Smith is best known today as the founder of modern economics, but he was also a brilliant philosopher who was interested in the perennial question of how to live a good life. Full of invaluable insights on topics ranging from happiness and moderation to love and friendship, Our Great Purpose enables modern readers to see Smith in an entirely new light—and along the way, learn what it truly means to possess an excellent character and lead a worthy life.

Ryan Patrick Hanley is professor of political science at Boston

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2021. 176 pages.

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Systemic Corruption This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient philosophers. Systemic Corruption proposes to reverse the decay of democracy with the establishment of anti-oligarchic institutions through which common people can collectively resist the domination of the few.

Camila Vergara is a postdoctoral research scholar and lecturer at the Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia Law School.

June 2022. 312 pages. 21 b/w illus.

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Dreamworlds of Race Between the late nineteenth century and the First World War an ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the unification of Britain and the United States. Tracing how intellectual elites promoted an ambitious project of political and racial unification, Dreamworlds of Race analyzes ideas of empire and world order that reverberate to this day.

Duncan Bell is Professor of Political Thought and International Relations at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ’s College.

June 2022. 488 pages.

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Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics of Morals P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper “Freedom and Resentment” is one of the most influential in modern moral philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines. This book sheds new light on Strawson’s thinking and has profound implications for future work on free will, moral responsibility, and metaethics.

Pamela Hieronymi is professor of philosophy at the University of California, Los Angeles.

May 2022. 168 pages.

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In Search of the Soul The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. In Search of the Soul takes readers on a journey into the origins of the soul in Western philosophy and culture, and examines how the idea has developed throughout history to the present. A better understanding of the soul might help all of us better understand what it is to be human.

John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the University of Reading, Professor of Philosophy of Religion at Roehampton University, and an Honorary Fellow of St. John’s College, Oxford.

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Two Buddhas Seated Side by Side Composed in India some two millennia ago, the Lotus Sūtra asserts the potential for all beings to attain supreme enlightenment. This book unlocks the teachings of the Lotus for modern readers while providing insights into the importance of commentary as the vehicle by which ancient writings are given contemporary meaning.

Donald S. Lopez Jr. is the Arthur E. Link Distinguished University

Professor of Buddhist and Tibetan Studies at the University of Michigan. Jacqueline I. Stone is professor of religion at Princeton University.

January 2022. 312 pages. 1 b/w illus.

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Calling Philosophers Names This book provides an account of the origins of the term philosophos or “philosopher” in ancient Greece. Christopher Moore shows how it first referred to advice-givers, then to conversationalists about virtue, and finally to investigators who focused on the conditions of those conversations. Calling Philosophers Names seeks to understand who were called philosophoi, and how the use of and reflections on the word contributed to the rise of a discipline.

Christopher Moore is associate professor of philosophy and clas-

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2021. 440 pages. 1 map.

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Not Born Yesterday Not Born Yesterday explains how we decide who we can trust and what we should believe—and argues that we’re pretty good at making these decisions. Drawing on recent findings from political science and other fields ranging from history to anthropology, Mercier shows that the narrative of widespread gullibility is simply wrong. Not Born Yesterday shows how we filter the flow of information that surrounds us, argues that we do it well, and explains how we can do it better still.

Hugo Mercier is a cognitive scientist at the Jean Nicod Institute

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March 2022. 384 pages. 4 b/w illus.

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Why Trust Science?

This book offers a compelling defense of science, revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it. This timely and provocative book features a new preface by Oreskes and critical responses, as well as a foreword by political theorist Stephen Macedo.

Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the History

of Science and affiliated professor of Earth and planetary sciences at Harvard University.

The University Center for Human Values Series 2021. 392 pages. 2 b/w illus. 1 table.

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On the Future Humanity has reached a critical moment. Our world is unsettled and rapidly changing, and we face existential risks over the next century. Martin Rees argues that humanity’s prospects depend on our taking a very different approach to planning for tomorrow. This book will captivate anyone who wants to understand the critical issues that will define the future of humanity on Earth and beyond.

Martin Rees is Astronomer Royal, and has been Master of Trinity College and Director of the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge University.

2021. 280 pages.

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Artificial You We are at a monumental turning point in human history. AI research is going inside the human brain itself, attempting to augment human minds. It may even create greater-than-human-level intelligence, leading to a new generation of artificial minds—Minds 2.0. Examining the philosophical questions lying beneath the algorithms, Schneider takes on AI’s thorniest implications.

Susan Schneider is the NASA/Baruch Blumberg Chair of Astrobi-

ology and Technological Innovation at the Library of Congress and NASA, and the Dietrich Distinguished Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Florida Atlantic University.

2021. 192 pages. 9 b/w illus.

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