This introduction provides a highly readable critical overview of the main arguments and themes in twentieth--century and contemporary metaethics. It traces the development of contemporary debates in metaethics from their beginnings in the work of G. E. Moore up to the most recent arguments between naturalism and non--naturalism, cognitivism and non--cognitivism. * A highly rea...(展开全部)

An Introduction to Book History provides a comprehensive critical introduction to the development of the book and print culture. David Finkelstein and Alistair McCleery chart the move from spoken word to written texts, the coming of print, the book as commodity, the power and profile of readers, and the future of the book in the electronic age. Each section begins with a...(展开全部)

"Contemporary Linguistics" is one of the most comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of linguistics, balancing engaging aspects of language study with solid coverage of the basics. Up-to-date scholarship, a direct approach, and a lucid writing style makes it appealing to instructors and beginning students alike and a resource that many students continue to use beyond th...(展开全部)

亚历山大·米勒（Alexander Miller），现为新西兰奥塔哥大学哲学教授，曾先后任教于诺丁汉大学、卡迪夫大学、麦格理大学和伯明翰大学。主要研究领域为语言哲学、心灵哲学、元伦理学和形而上学。著有《语言哲学》（Philosophy of Language, 3rd Edition, Routledge 2018）、《当代元伦理学导论》（Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition, Polity Press 2013），与鲍勃·希尔（Bob Hale）、克里斯平·莱特（Crispin Wright）合编《语言哲学指南》（A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell 2017），与克里斯平·...(展开全部)

亚历山大·米勒（Alexander Miller），现为新西兰奥塔哥大学哲学教授，曾先后任教于诺丁汉大学、卡迪夫大学、麦格理大学和伯明翰大学。主要研究领域为语言哲学、心灵哲学、元伦理学和形而上学。著有《语言哲学》（Philosophy of Language, 3rd Edition, Routledge 2018）、《当代元伦理学导论》（Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction, 2nd Edition, Polity Press 2013），与鲍勃·希尔（Bob Hale）、克里斯平·莱特（Crispin Wright）合编《语言哲学指南》（A Companion to the Philosophy of Language, 2nd Edition, Wiley-Blackwell 2017），与克里斯平·...(展开全部)

"Contemporary Linguistics" is one of the most comprehensive introduction to the fundamentals of linguistics, balancing engaging aspects of language study with solid coverage of the basics. Up-to-date scholarship, a direct approach, and a lucid writing style makes it appealing to instructors and beginning students alike and a resource that many students continue to use beyond th...(展开全部)

The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldn (d. 1406), this monumental work laid down the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics. The first complete Eng...(展开全部)

The Muqaddimah, often translated as "Introduction" or "Prolegomenon," is the most important Islamic history of the premodern world. Written by the great fourteenth-century Arab scholar Ibn Khaldûn (d. 1406), this monumental work established the foundations of several fields of knowledge, including the philosophy of history, sociology, ethnography, and economics. The first compl...(展开全部)