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Oxford University PressPhilosophy Newsletter
July, 2006

Dear Readers!

It's summer, and there's no better time to grab a good book to enjoy at the beach, by the pool, or in the comfort of your own home! Beat the heat with one of the new Oxford University Press books in Philosophy -- all at 20% off! To order any of the books featured here at the discounted price, simply click on the links below. Enjoy!

Best,

Kim Rimmer
Marketing Manager
Oxford University Press

New and Forthcoming

Dark Feelings, Grim Thoughts:
Experience and Reflection in
Camus and Sartre
Robert C. Solomon

Dark Feelings, Grim Thoughts is about the early work of Camus and Sartre, including Camus's The Stranger, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Plague, and Sartre's Nausea, No Exit, and the concepts of Bad Faith and "Being-for-Others."

Simulating Minds:
The Philosophy, Psychology, and Neuroscience of Mindreading
Alvin I. Goldman

People are minded creatures; we have thoughts, feelings and emotions. More intriguingly, we grasp our own mental states, and conduct the business of ascribing them to ourselves and others without instruction in formal psychology. How do we do this? And what are the dimensions of our grasp of the mental realm? In this book, Alvin I. Goldman explores these questions with the tools of philosophy, developmental psychology, social psychology and cognitive neuroscience.

Empiricism and Experience
Anil Gupta

Anil Gupta asks one of the key questions in philosophy: what is the contribution of experience to knowledge?

Philosophy of Law:
A Very Short Introduction
Raymond Wacks

This lively and accessible introduction to the social, moral, and cultural foundations of law takes a broad scope-- spanning philosophy, law, politics, and economics, and discussing a range of topics including women's rights, racism, the environment, and recent international issues such as the war in Iraq and the treatment of terror suspects.

On Rhetoric:
A Theory of Civic Discourse,
Second Edition

Aristotle,
Translated by George A. Kennedy

This new edition of George Kennedy's highly acclaimed translation and commentary offers the most faithful English version ever published of On Rhetoric.

Also of Interest

Creativity for Critical Thinkers
Anthony Weston

This unique introduction to creativity offers provocative and effective methods for constructive and expansive kinds of thinking.
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Creative Problem-Solving in Ethics
Anthony Weston

Offers a uniquely constructive set of tools for engaging complex and controversial ethical problems.
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A Discourse on the Method
Rene Descartes and Ian Maclean

This new translation is an ideal introduction to Descartes for the general reader. It is accompanied by a substantial introductory essay from Renaissance scholar Ian Maclean that is designed to provide in-depth historical and philosophical context.
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First Democracy:
The Challenge of an
Ancient Idea
Paul Woodruff


Drawing on classical literature, philosophy, and history--with many intriguing passages from Sophocles, Aesop, and Plato, among others -- Woodruff immerses us in the world of ancient Athens to uncover how the democratic impulse first came to life.
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