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Third International Philosophy Symposium Plato's and Aristotle's Conception of Justice in Relation to Modern and Contemporary Theories of Justice The Symposium is organised by the Greek Philosophical Society in collaboration with an International Committee, under the auspices of the Greek Ministry of Culture and Science, with international participation of classical scholars and philosophers. It will take place in Athens, Greece, on 22-30 May, 1987. For further information please contact: Greek Philosophical Society 57 Solonos Street 10679 Athens, Greece i Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 17:30:31, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. CAMBRIDGE Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy With selections from the Objections and Replies Edited by JOHN COTTINGHAM With an introduction by BERNARD WILLIAMS This textbook brings together the new translation of the Meditations and extracts from the Objections and Replies, and focuses on some of the principal philosophical difficulties raised by the works with the aim of assisting the student to come to terms with the subtle reasoning of the Meditations. 144 pp. 0 521 32966 3 Hard covers £15.00 net 0 521 33857 3 Paperback£4.95 net Hard Choices Decision Making Under Unresolved Conflict ISAAC LEVI In this book Isaac Levi denies the prevailing accounts of rational decision making, arguing against the assumption that when faced with competing values the decision maker will reach a single ranking of his values, resolving the conflict between them. 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The book examines a number of issues related to the search for a 'naturalistic' or scientific account of experience and behaviour. 188 pp. 0 521 33828 X Paperback £8.95 net Cambridge University Press The Edinburgh Building, Shaftesbury Road, Cambridge CB2 2RU, England Downloaded from https://www.cambridge.org/core. 27 Sep 2021 at 17:30:31, subject to the Cambridge Core terms of use. CAMBRIDGE The Fragility of Goodness Luck and Ethics in Greek Tragedy and Philosophy MARTHA C. NUSSBAUM A study of ancient Greek views about "moral luck'. In a close analysis of three tragedies, and works by Plato and Aristotle, the author examines the interrelation of philosophical and literary texts. In this way, the book recovers a central dimension of Greek thought and addresses major issues in contemporary ethical theory. 576pp. 0 521 25768 9 Hard covers &35.0O net 0 521 27702 7 Paperback£12.95net Australian Realism The Systematic Philosophy of John Anderson A. J. BAKER This book outlines the realist and pluralist philosophy of Australia's most original thinker. Exhibiting the range of John Anderson's thought from logic, epistemology and theory of mind to language and social theory, this volume sketches realism as a systematic philosophical position, while showing something of the history of ideas in Australia.