Philosophy 2009 press.princeton.edu contents 2 • general interest 10 • princeton monographs in philosophy 12 • moral philosophy 15 • history of philosophy & ancient philosophy 18 • aesthetics 19 • political philosophy 26 • mind, language, science & logic 28 • søren kierkegaard 30 • isaiah berlin 31 • philosophy now 32 • of related interest 33 • index/order form Introducing a major new series Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy Scott Soames, series editor The state-of-the-art books in the series are written by leading experts in major areas of active research in contemporary philosophy—with each book serving as a high-level introduction to advanced think- ing in the area. Although major questions and approaches are covered, the books are neither neutral surveys of the literature, nor highly specialized contributions filling gaps in already well-known research programs. Instead, each presents the author’s own unifying vision of a field or topic as it exists today—its recent history and leading themes, its most exciting new develop- ments, and its most important unanswered questions. The premise of the series is that with so much specialized work being done on so many different topics, there is a need to articulate synoptic views of active areas of research, with an eye to developing com- mon understandings, and charting future progress. The books are designed to have wide appeal to advanced undergraduates and graduate students in philosophy, to provide specialists with the new ideas and unifying perspec- tives of leading experts in their own fields, and to offer compact and comprehensible explanations of neighboring fields to other working professionals. In addition to their use in organizing courses, and providing starting points for graduate seminars, the books are intended to stimulate discussion and debate among philosophers about the present direction, and future course, of their common enterprise. cover image: School of Philosophy, University of Southern California; Ryan Hay, photographer Forthcoming in the series for Fall 2009 Philosophical Logic John P. Burgess “In a word, this book is terrific. It covers the basics of philosophical logic in a lively, interesting, and informative way.” —Stewart Shapiro, editor of The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Mathematics and Logic Philosophical Logic is a clear and concise critical survey of nonclassical logics of philosophical interest written by one of the world’s leading authorities on the subject. After giving an overview of classical logic, John Burgess introduces five central branches of nonclassical logic (temporal, modal, condi- tional, relevantistic, and intuitionistic), focusing on the sometimes problematic relationship between formal apparatus and intuitive motivation. Requiring minimal background and arranged to make the more technical material optional, the book offers a choice between an overview and in-depth study, and it balances the philosophical and technical aspects of the subject. John P. Burgess is professor of philosophy at Princeton University. August 2009. 128 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-13789-6 $19.95 | £11.95 Forthcoming in the series Philosophy and Metaphysics The Philosophy Economics John Hawthorne of Language Geoffrey Brennan Scott Soames Modality Truth Ali Kazmi Epistemology John P. Burgess & Ernest Sosa Alexis Burgess Philosophy of Law Andrei Marmor Ethics Philosophy of Judith Jarvis Thomson Mind Philosophy of Alex Byrne Physics Aesthetics Tim Maudlin Kendall Walton Metaethics Jamie Dreier Political Philosophy of Philosophy Religion Vagueness Philip Pettit Dean W. Zimmerman Delia Graff Fara Books to be announced in Moral the future will cover moral Philosophy of Responsibility psychology and agency, Biology Gideon Rosen decision theory, and Peter Godfrey-Smith psychology and cognitive science. Princeton Foundations of Contemporary Philosophy • 1 Forthcoming Forthcoming Between Two Worlds Descartes’s Changing Mind A Reading of Descartes’s Meditations Peter Machamer & J. E. McGuire John Carriero “This is the first book to focus on Descartes’s “This is an original changing views, and it is welcome.” and powerful —Roger Ariew, University of South Florida reading of the Descartes’s works are often treated as a unified, Meditations and a unchanging whole. But in Descartes’s Changing worthy successor to Mind, Peter Machamer and J. E. McGuire argue Margaret Wilson’s that the philosopher’s views, particularly in natural classic Descartes.” philosophy, actually change radically between his —Lilli Alanen, early and later works—and that any interpretation author of Descartes’s of Descartes must take account of these changes. Concept of Mind The first comprehensive study of the most signifi- Between Two Worlds cant of these shifts, this book also provides a new is an authoritative picture of the development of Cartesian science, commentary on—and powerful reinterpretation epistemology, and metaphysics. of—the founding work of modern philosophy, Peter Machamer is professor of history and phi- Descartes’s Meditations. John Carriero provides a losophy of science and associate director of the sustained, systematic reading of the whole text, Center for Philosophy of Science at the University giving a detailed account of the positions against of Pittsburgh. J. E. McGuire is professor of history which Descartes was reacting, and revealing and philosophy of science at the University of anew the unity, meaning, and originality of the Pittsburgh, and a resident fellow of the Center for Meditations. Philosophy of Science. John Carriero is professor of philosophy at the August 2009. 288 pages. University of California, Los Angeles. Cl: 978-0-691-13889-3 $39.50 | £23.95 February 2009. 544 pages. 2 line illus. Pa: 978-0-691-13561-8 $26.95 | £15.95 Cl: 978-0-691-13560-1 $85.00 | £50.00 New Kant and the Early Moderns Edited by Daniel Garber & Béatrice Longuenesse “This book is a very important contribution to the study of the history of modern philosophy. In highlighting the importance of paying close atten- tion to Kant’s criticisms of his immediate predecessors, the contributors to Kant and the Early Moderns provide new perspectives on Kant, as well as Descartes, Locke, Leibniz, Berkeley, and Hume.” —Edwin McCann, University of Southern California The contributors, in addition to the editors, are Jean-Marie Beyssade, Lisa Downing, Dina Emundts, Don Garrett, Paul Guyer, Anja Jauernig, Wayne Waxman, and Kenneth P. Winkler. Daniel Garber is professor of philosophy at Princeton University. Béatrice Longuenesse is professor of philosophy at New York University. 2008. 280 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-13701-8 $29.95 | £17.95 Cl: 978-0-691-13700-1 $65.00 | £38.95 2 • General Interest Forthcoming New & Forthcoming Reason and Rationality Philosophical Essays Jon Elster Scott Soames Translated by Steven Rendall “Soames’s work is “Jon Elster’s Reason of an exceptionally and Rationality is high quality, the se- characteristically lections made here erudite, elegant, are truly excellent, and philosophically and the organization sophisticated.” is well thought out.” —Daniel Weinstock, —Stephen Neale, University of CUNY Graduate Montreal Center Drawing on classical The two volumes of moralists as well as Philosophical Essays modern scholarship, bring together the most important essays writ- and using a wealth of historical and contempo- ten by one of the world’s foremost philosophers rary illustrations, Reason and Rationality marks a of language. Scott Soames has selected thirty- new development in Jon Elster’s thinking while one essays spanning nearly three decades of at the same time providing a brief, elegant, and thinking about linguistic meaning and the philo- accessible introduction to his work. sophical significance of language. A judicious collection of old and new, these volumes include Jon Elster holds the Chaire de Rationalité et Sci- sixteen essays published in the 1980s and 1990s, ences Sociales at the Collège de France. nine published since 2000, and six new essays. February 2009. 96 pages. 3 line illus. Cl: 978-0-691-13900-5 $14.95 | £8.95 The two volumes of Philosophical Essays are essential for anyone working on the philosophy of language. Forthcoming Social Conventions Scott Soames is director of the School of Philoso- phy at the University of Southern California. From Language to Law Andrei Marmor New “This book will be of great philosophical interest, Volume 1 especially to social and legal philosophers. Mar- Natural Language: What It mor’s view is original. He writes with admirable clarity, directness, and simplicity.” Means and How We Use It —Gerald Postema, University of North Carolina, 2008. 440 pages. Pa: 978-0-691-13681-3 $39.50 | £23.95 Chapel Hill Cl: 978-0-691-13680-6 $90.00 | £53.00 Social Conventions is a much-needed reappraisal of the nature of the rules that regulate virtually Forthcoming every aspect of human conduct. Volume 2 Andrei Marmor is the Maurice Jones Jr. Professor The Philosophical of Law and a professor of philosophy at the Significance of Language University of Southern California. May 2009. 480 pages. Princeton Monographs in Philosophy Pa: 978-0-691-13683-7 $39.50 | £23.95 Cl: 978-0-691-13682-0 $90.00 | £53.00 August 2009. 224 pages. Cl: 978-0-691-14090-2 $39.50 | £23.95 press.princeton.edu General Interest • 3 Forthcoming Forthcoming Paperback The Other Within With a new introduction by the author The Marranos: Split Identity and The Therapy of Desire Emerging Modernity Theory and Practice in Hellenistic Yirmiyahu Yovel Ethics Martha C.