While well-known for his book-length work, philosopher Peter
Unger's articles have been less widely accessible. These two
volumes of Unger's Philosophical Papers include articles spanning
more than 35 years of Unger's long and fruitful career. Dividing
the articles thematically, this first volume collects work in
epistemology and ethics, among other topics, while the second
volume focuses on metaphysics.
Unger's work has advanced the full spectrum of topics at the heart
of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of
language and philosophy of mind, and ethics. Unger advances radical
positions, going against the so-called "commonsense philosophy"
that has dominated the analytic tradition since its beginnings
early in the twentieth century. In epistemology, his articles
advance the view that nobody ever knows anything and, beyond that,
argue that nobody has any reason to believe anything--and even
beyond that, they argue that nobody has any reason to do anything,
or even want anything. In metaphysics, his work argues that people
do not really exist--and neither do puddles, plants, poodles, and
planets. But, as Unger has often changed his favored positions,
from one decade to the next, his work also advances the opposite,
"commonsense" positions: that there are in fact plenty of people,
puddles, plants and planets and, quite beyond that, we know it all
to be true. On most major philosophical questions, both of these
sides of Unger's significant work are well represented in this
major two volume collection.
Unger's vivid writing style, intellectual vitality, and
fearlessness in the face of our largest philosophical questions,
make these volumes of great interestnot only to the philosophical
community but to others who might otherwise find contemporary
philosophy dry and technical.
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