Table Of ContentJOHN COTTINGHAM
WESTERN
PH LOSOPHY
I
AN ANTHOLOGY
M Blackwell
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WesternPhilosophy
BLACKWELLPHILOSOPHYANTHOLOGIES
Eachvolumeinthisoutstandingseriesprovidesanauthoritativeandcomprehensivecollectionof
theessentialprimaryreadingsfromphilosophy’smainfieldsofstudy.Designedtocomplementthe
BlackwellCompanionstoPhilosophyseries,eachvolumerepresentsanunparalleledresourceinits
ownright,andwillprovidetheidealplatformforcourseuse.
1 Cottingham:WesternPhilosophy:AnAnthology(secondedition)
2 Cahoone:FromModernismtoPostmodernism:AnAnthology(expandedsecondedition)
3 LaFollette:EthicsinPractice:AnAnthology(thirdedition)
4 GoodinandPettit:ContemporaryPoliticalPhilosophy:AnAnthology(secondedition)
5 Eze:AfricanPhilosophy:AnAnthology
6 McNeillandFeldman:ContinentalPhilosophy:AnAnthology
7 KimandSosa:Metaphysics:AnAnthology
8 LycanandPrinz:MindandCognition:AnAnthology(thirdedition)
9 KuhseandSinger:Bioethics:AnAnthology(secondedition)
10 CumminsandCummins:Minds,Brains,andComputers-TheFoundationsofCognitiveScience:
AnAnthology
11 Sosa,Kim,Fantl,andMcGrath:Epistemology:AnAnthology(secondedition)
12 KearneyandRasmussen:ContinentalAesthetics-RomanticismtoPostmodernism:AnAnthology
13 MartinichandSosa:AnalyticPhilosophy:AnAnthology
14 facquette:PhilosophyofLogic:AnAnthology
15 Jacquette:PhilosophyofMathematics:AnAnthology
16 Harris,Pratt,andWaters:AmericanPhilosophies:AnAnthology
17 EmmanuelandGoold:ModernPhilosophy-FromDescartestoNietzsche:AnAnthology
18 ScharffandDusek:PhilosophyofTechnology-TheTechnologicalCondition:AnAnthology
19 LightandRolston:EnvironmentalEthics:AnAnthology
20 TaliaferroandGriffiths:PhilosophyofReligion:AnAnthology
21 LamarqueandOlsen:AestheticsandthePhilosophyofArt-TheAnalyticTradition:AnAnthology
22 JohnandLopes:PhilosophyofLiterature-ContemporaryandClassicReadings:AnAnthology
23 CuddandAndreasen:FeministTheory:APhilosophicalAnthology
24 CarrollandChoi:PhilosophyofFilmandMotionPictures:AnAnthology
25 Lange:PhilosophyofScience:AnAnthology
26 Shafer-LandauandCuneo:FoundationsofEthics:AnAnthology
27 Curren:PhilosophyofEducation:AnAnthology
28 Shafer-Landau:EthicalTheory:AnAnthology
29 CahnandMeskin:Aesthetics:AComprehensiveAnthology
Western Philosophy
An Anthology
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JohnCottingham’s
WesternPhilosophy:AnAnthology
Praiseforthefirstedition
‘Itisdifficulttoimaginehowthisvolumecouldbeimproveduponastheverybesthistoricallybased
anthologyoftheessentialphilosophicalwritings.Cottingham’scommentaryandintroductionsare
extremelyclearandhelpful.Itwillprovideanidealtextforanexcellentintroductorycoursein
philosophy’.ChristopherHookway,UniversityofSheffield
‘Thisvolumeisasuperbresourceforbeginningstudentsandtheirteachers.Notonlyisitan
excellentanthology-acomprehensive,well-chosen,well-editedcollectionofclassictexts,from
PlatotoSartre,AristotletoRawls-itisalsoaperspicuoussystematicpresentationofthesubject,
owingtotheeditor’sskilfulprovisionofintroductorymaterialandnotes.Judiciouslyannotatedlists
ofsupplementaryreadingsfurtherenhancethevalueofthisoutstandingvolume.’VereChappell,
UniversityofMassachusetts
‘InthisanthologythehighlyrespectedphilosopherJohnCottinghamhasassembled100classic
selectionsfromPlatotoParfit.Donewithcareandconsiderableexpertisetheresultisarguablythe
bestsingle-volumeintroductiontothewritingsofWesternphilosophy.’JohnHaldane,University
ofStAndrews
‘Atrulyoutstandingcollection.Anexcellentcoursebookwhichdoublesasasolidreferencevolume.
Theclarityofthecommentarymakestheseclassicreadingsvividandaccessibletostudents.’
GeorgeGraham,UniversityofAlabama
‘Byprovidingthemeanstoappreciatephilosophyasthegreathistoricalodysseyofthehuman
intellect,thisambitiousanthologymakesphilosophycomealiveforstudentsandgeneralreaders
alike.’DavidCooper,UniversityofDurham
ForJCCandfamily,
andInMemoriamVXG
