Do moral facts exist? What would they be like if they did? What does it mean to say that a moral claim is true? What is the link between moral judgement and motivation? Can we know whether something is right and wrong? Is morality a fiction? " Metaethics: An Introduction" presents a very clear and engaging survey of the key concepts and positions in what has become one of the m...(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)

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)

Metaethics: A Contemporary Introduction provides a solid foundation in metaethics for advanced undergraduates by introducing a series of puzzles that most metaethical theories address. These puzzles involve moral disagreement, reference, moral epistemology, metaphysics, and moral psychology. From there, author Mark van Roojen discusses the many positions in metaethics that peop...(展开全部)

Metaphysics: An Introduction, Second Edition combines comprehensive coverage of the core elements of metaphysics with contemporary and lively debates within the subject. It provides a rigorous and yet accessible overview of a rich array of topics, connecting the abstract nature of metaphysics with the real world. Topics covered include: basic logic for metaphysics an introducti...(展开全部)

"Over the last several decades, metaphysics has been a particularly active and productive area of philosophy. Alyssa Ney's Metaphysics: An Introduction offers a superb introduction to this exciting field, covering the issues, claims, and arguments on fundamental topics, such as existence and persistence, material object, causation, modality, and the nature of metaphysics. While...(展开全部)

阿莉莎·奈伊（Alyssa Ney），加州大学戴维斯分校（UC Davis）哲学系前教授，现为德国慕尼黑大学（LMU Munich）哲学、科学哲学和宗教研究系教授，研究方向为形而上学、心灵哲学 和物理学哲学 ，著有《形而上学导论》（Metaphysics: An Introduction ，2014，2023）和《波函数里的世 界》（The World in the Wave Function: A Metaphysics for Quantum Physics，2021）等书。 译者简介： 谢沛宏，维也纳大学（University of Vienna）哲学博士在读，研究领域为形而上学、元哲学和科学哲学，另有译作《威廉斯论评集：1959-2002》（合译）。

Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself an illusion? Am I conscious now? Now considered the 'last great mystery of science', consciousness was once viewed with extreme scepticism and rejected by mainstream scientists. It is now a significant area of research, albeit a contentious one, as well as a rapidly expanding area of study ...(展开全部)