In this controversial new book O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behavior in terms of evolution. He contends that while the theory of evolution is successful in explaining the development of the natural world in general, it is of limited value when applied to the human world. Because of our reflectiveness and our rationality we take on goals and ideals which cannot be justified in terms of survival-promotion or reproductive advantage. O'Hear examines the nature of human self-consciousness, and argues that evolutionary theory cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as the quest for knowledge, moral sense, and the appreciation of beauty; in these we transcend our biological origins. It is our rationality that allows each of us to go beyond not only our biological but also our cultural inheritance: as the author says in the Preface, "we are prisoners neither of our genes nor of the ideas we encounter as we each make our personal and individual way through life."

First published in 1988, the aim of this book can be stated in Nietzsche's words: 'To look at science from the perspective of the artist, but at art from that of life'. The title contests the notions that science alone can provide us with the most objective truth about the world, and that artistic endeavour can produce nothing more valuable than entertainment. O'Hear argues that art and the study of art are not indispensable aspects of human life, and that this is equally as important as the investigation of the natural world.

First published in 1988, the aim of this book can be stated in Nietzsche's words: 'To look at science from the perspective of the artist, but at art from that of life'. The title contests the notions that science alone can provide us with the most objective truth about the world, and that artistic endeavour can produce nothing more valuable than entertainment. O'Hear argues that art and the study of art are not indispensable aspects of human life, and that this is equally as important as the investigation of the natural world.

Intended primarily for education students this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at the same time relates them to the mainstream of philosophical analysis. Among the educational topics the book discusses are the aims of education, the two cultures debate, moral education, equality as an ideal and academic elitism. It examines the limitations of a purely technological education, and suggests the shape of a balanced curriculum. It critically analyses important educational theses in the work of Rousseau, Dewey, R S Peters, P H Hirst, F R Leavis, Ronald Dworkin and G H Bantock, among many others, and considers the philosophical copics of relativism, the nature of knowledge, the basis of moral choice, the value of democracy and the status of religious claims.

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection.

Grief is a universal human response to death and loss. Mourning is an equally universally observable practice that enables the bereaved to express their grief and come to terms with the reality of loss. Yet, despite their prevalence, there is no unified understanding of the nature and meaning of grief and mourning. The Meaning of Mourning: Perspectives on Death, Loss, and Grief brings together fifteen essays from diverse disciplines addressing the topics of death, grief, and mourning. The collection moves from general questions concerning the putative badness of death and the meaning of loss through the phenomenology and psychology of grief, to personal and cultural aspects of mourning. Contributors examine topics such as theodicy and grief, reproductive loss, mourning as a form of recognition of value, the roots of grief in early childhood, grief in COVID-times, hope, phenomenology of loss, public commemoration and mourning rituals, mourning for a devastated culture, the Necropolis of Glasgow, and the "art of outliving." Edited by Mikolaj Slawkowski-Rode, the volume provides a survey of the rich topography of methodologies, problems, approaches, and disciplines that are involved in the study of issues surrounding loss and our responses to it and guides the reader through a spectrum of perspectives, highlighting the connections and discontinuities between them.

The book of Revelation has been a source of continual fascination for nearly two thousand years. Concepts such as the Lamb of God, the Four Horsemen, the Seventh Seal, the Beasts and Antichrist, the Whore of Babylon, Armageddon, the Millennium, the Last Judgement, the New Jerusalem, and the ubiquitous angels of the Apocalypse have captured the popular imagination. One can hardly open a newspaper or click on a news site without reading about impending financial or climate-change Armageddon, while the concept of the Four Horsemen pervades popular music, gaming, and satire. Yet few people know much about either the basic meaning or original context of these concepts or the multiplicity of different ways in which they have been interpreted by visual artists in particular. The visual history of this most widely illustrated of all the biblical books deserves greater attention. This book fills these gaps in a striking and original way by means of ten concise thematic chapters which explain the origins of these concepts from the book of Revelation in an accessible way. These explanations are augmented and developed via a carefully selected sample of the ways in which the concepts have been treated by artists through the centuries. The 120 visual examples are drawn from a wide range of time periods and media including the ninth-century Trier Apocalypse, thirteenth-century Anglo-Norman Apocalypse Manuscripts such as the Lambeth and Trinity Apocalypses, the fourteenth-century Angers Apocalypse Tapestry, fifteenth-century Apocalypse altarpieces by Van Eyck and Memling, Durer and Cranach's sixteenth-century Apocalypse woodcuts, and more recently a range of works by William Blake, J.M.W. Turner, Max Beckmann, as well as film posters and film stills, cartoons, and children's book illustrations. The final chapter demonstrates the continuing resonance of all the themes in contemporary religious, political, and popular thinking, while throughout the book a contrast will be drawn between those readers of Revelation who have seen it in terms of earthly revolutions in the here and now, and those who have adopted a more spiritual, other-worldly approach.

This book expounds and analyses notions of transcendence, creation and incarnation reflectively and personally, combining both philosophical and religious insights. Preferring tender-minded approaches to reductively materialistic ones, it shows some ways in which reductive approaches to human affairs can distort the appreication of our lives and activities. In the book's first half it examines a number of aspects of human life and experience in the thought of Darwin, Ruskin, and Scruton with a view to exploring the extent to which there could be intimations of transcendence. The second half is then devoted to outlining an account of divine creation and incarnation, deriving initially, though not uncritically, from the thought of Simone Weil. The text concludes by examining the extent to which grace is needed to engage in religious practice and belief. Taking in art, literature, music and classical Greek writings, this is a multifaceted thesis on transcendence. It will, therefore, will be of keen interest to any scholar of Philosophy of Religion, Theology, Aesthetics and Metaphysics.

This volume brings together leading thinkers who offer reflections on the place of Western civilization in the academy, at a time when there is indifference or even antipathy toward the study of the West at most institutions of higher learning. Alternative narratives-including multiculturalism, diversity, and sustainability-have come to the fore in the stead of Western civilization. The present volume is designed to explore the roots, extent, and long-term consequences of this educational climate: How and why did undergraduate education turn its back on what was once an important component of its mission? To what extent has such change affected the experience of undergraduates and the ability of colleges to educate citizens of a constitutional republic? What are the likely individual and social outcomes of such a shift in educational priorities? The volume's theme is, and will continue to be, the subject of national scholarly and media attention.

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human knowledge - the cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments, process thought, and the problem that evil presents for religion. The final chapter returns to the inherently dogmatic nature of religious faith and concludes that rational people should look beyond religion for the fulfilment of their spiritual needs.

In this book Anthony O'Hear examines the reasons that are given for religious faith. His approach is firmly within the classical tradition of natural theology, but an underlying theme is the differences between the personal Creator of the Bible or the Koran and a God conceived of as the indeterminate ground of everything determinate. Drawing on several religious traditions and on the resources of contemporary philosophy, specific chapters analyse the nature of religious faith and of religious experience. They examine connections between religion and morality, and religion and human knowledge - the cosmological, teleological and ontological arguments, process thought, and the problem that evil presents for religion. The final chapter returns to the inherently dogmatic nature of religious faith and concludes that rational people should look beyond religion for the fulfilment of their spiritual needs.

This book expounds and analyses notions of transcendence, creation and incarnation reflectively and personally, combining both philosophical and religious insights. Preferring tender-minded approaches to reductively materialistic ones, it shows some ways in which reductive approaches to human affairs can distort the appreication of our lives and activities. In the book's first half it examines a number of aspects of human life and experience in the thought of Darwin, Ruskin, and Scruton with a view to exploring the extent to which there could be intimations of transcendence. The second half is then devoted to outlining an account of divine creation and incarnation, deriving initially, though not uncritically, from the thought of Simone Weil. The text concludes by examining the extent to which grace is needed to engage in religious practice and belief. Taking in art, literature, music and classical Greek writings, this is a multifaceted thesis on transcendence. It will, therefore, will be of keen interest to any scholar of Philosophy of Religion, Theology, Aesthetics and Metaphysics.

In this powerful re-examination of the purpose and direction of philosophy for the new century O'Hear engages with our most pressing questions. Is there knowledge outside of science? Does religion still have meaning and coherence today? What is beauty and why do so few contemporary artists believe in it? In making a strong case for the relevance of philosophy O'Hear presents a coherent and compelling vision for recovering wisdom in our time.

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Sir Karl Popper was a major thinker of the twentieth century, one who – as Anthony O'Hear writes in his new Foreword – 'has had a beneficent influence on those who have come under the spell of his thought and of the inimitable prose in which he articulates it'. It is now twenty-five years since Popper died, and thus seems – after a quarter of a century – an apposite moment to revaluate his impact, significance, and influence. The several chapters in this classic volume focus on many key elements of Popper's thought and philosophy. They are by no means uncritical, but afford Popper the respect due to a philosopher who wrote always with a degree of clarity, precision, and directness rare in the academic world of his time, and – as O'Hear puts it – 'even rarer subsequently'. This important book constitutes an essential introduction to some of the most esteemed philosophical writing of our times.

Intended primarily for education students this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of education that tackles educational problems and at the same time relates them to the mainstream of philosophical analysis. Among the educational topics the book discusses are the aims of education, the two cultures debate, moral education, equality as an ideal and academic elitism. It examines the limitations of a purely technological education, and suggests the shape of a balanced curriculum. It critically analyses important educational theses in the work of Rousseau, Dewey, R S Peters, P H Hirst, F R Leavis, Ronald Dworkin and G H Bantock, among many others, and considers the philosophical copics of relativism, the nature of knowledge, the basis of moral choice, the value of democracy and the status of religious claims.

Contents:
Volume I: Biography, Background and Early Reactions to Popper's Work

Part 1: Biography and Background.
1. David Miller, 'Karl Popper: A Scientific Memoir', Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society of London., 43, 1997, pp 369-409.
2. John Watkins, 'Karl Popper. A Memoir.', The American Scholar, 66, 2, 1997, pp 205-219.
3. Malachi Haim Hacohen, 'Red Vienna, the "Jewish Question" and Emigration', in Karl Popper, The Formative Years 1902-45, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2000), pp 290-335.
4. Roger Sandall, 'Karl Popper', Salisbury Review, 15, 1, Autumn 1996, pp 12-17.
5. Joseph Agassi, 'Sir Karl Popper in Retrospect' in The Gentle Art of Philosophical Polemics, (La Salle, Ill, Open Court, 1988), pp 479-501.
Part 2: Early Reactions to Logik der Forschung.
6. Viktor Kraft, 'Popper and the Vienna Circle' in P. A. Schilpp (ed), The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill, Open Court, 1974), pp 185-204.
7. Hans Reichenbach, 'Induction and Probability: Remarks on Karl Popper's The Logic of Scientific Discovery', translated by Elizabeth Hughes Schneewind, in Maria Reichenbach and Robert S. Cohen, eds., Hans Reichenbach's Selected Writings, 1909-1953, Vol 2, (Dordrecht: Reidel, 1978), pp 372-387. (Originally published as 'Uber Induktion und Warscheinlichkeit: Bemerkungen zu Karl Poppers Logik der Forschung', Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 267-284).
8. Rudolf Carnap, 'Review of The Logic of Scientific Discovery. On the Epistemology of Modern Science. (Writings on the Scientific Conception of the World, vol. 9)', translated for this volume by Roger Hausheer. (Originally published in Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 290-294).
9. Otto Neurath, 'Pseudorationalism of Falsification', in Robert S. Cohen and Marie Neurath, eds. and trans., with the editorial assistance of Carolyn R. Fawcett, Otto Neurath: Philosophical Papers 1913 - 1946, (Boston: Reidel, 1983), pp 121-131. (Originally published as 'Pseudorationalismus der Falsifikation', Erkenntnis, 5, 1935, pp 353-365).
10. Max Black, Review of Logik der Forschung, Mind, 45, 1936, pp 104-106.
11. Kurt Grelling, 'Review of Logik der Forschung', translated for this volume by Roger Hausheer. (Originally published in Theoria, 1, 1937, pp 134-143).
12. Haskell Fain, Review of The Logic of Scientific Discovery, Philosophy of Science, 28, 3, July 1961, pp 319-324.
Part 3: Early reactions to the Social and Political Philosophy
13. C.G.F. Simkin, Social Engineering and Economic Collectivism; lecture given in Christchurch, New Zealand, 22nd July 1945, (Christchurch, NZ: Caxton Press, 1945).
14. H.R. Trevor-Roper, 'The Open Society: Review', Polemic, 3, May 1946, pp 59-65.
15. Gilbert Ryle, Review of The Open Society and Its Enemies, Mind, New Series, 56, 222, April 1947, pp 167-172.
16. Robert Strausz-Hupe, Review of The Open Society and Its Enemies, Philosophy of Science, 15, 3, July 1948, pp 269-271.
17. Leon J. Goldstein, Review of The Poverty of Historicism, Ethics, 68, 4, July 1958, pp 296-297.
18. Charles Taylor, 'The Poverty of The Poverty of Historicism', Universities and New Left Review, 4, Summer 1958, pp 77-78.
19. Maurice Cornforth, 'The Open Society and its Enemies', in The Open Philosophy and the Open Society, Part 3, Chapter 6, (London: Lawrence and Wishart, 1968), pp 373-389.

Volume II: Philosophy of Science 1 (Induction, The Empirical Basis and Demarcation)

Part 1: Induction
20. Wesley Salmon, 'Rational Prediction', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 32, 2, June 1981, pp 115-125.
21. David Miller, 'Induction: A Problem Solved', in J.M. Bohm, H. Holweg and C. Hoock, eds., Karl Poppers Kritische Rationalismus Heute, (Tubingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2002), pp 81-106. Updated for this volume.
22. David Stove, 'Cole Porter and Karl Popper: the Jazz Age in the Philosophy of Science', in The Plato Cult and Other Philosophical Follies, (Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1991), pp 1-26.
23. Hilary Putnam, 'The "Corroboration" of Theories', in P.A. Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1974), pp 221-240.
24. Zuzana Parusnikova, 'Two Cheers for Karl Popper', manuscript, 19 pages.
25. Andrew J. Swann, 'Popper on Induction', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 39, 3, September 1988, pp 367-373.
26. Colin Howson, 'Must the Logical Probability of Laws be Zero?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 24, 2, June 1973, pp 153-163.
27. Colin Howson, 'Popper, Prior Probabilities and Inductive Inference', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38, 2, June 1987, pp 207-224.
28. Alan Musgrave, 'How Popper (Might Have) Solved the Problem of Induction', Invited Address at the Karl Popper 2002 Centenary Conference, Vienna, 3-7 July 2002 (forthcoming in Philosophy).
Part 2: The Empirical Basis
29. John Watkins, 'The Empirical Basis', in Science and Scepticism, (London, Hutchinson, 1984), pp 247-278.
30. E. G. Zahar, 'The Problem of the Empirical Basis' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 45-74.
31. A. O'Hear, 'Observation and Theory', in Karl Popper, (London, Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1980), pp 68-89.
Part 3: Demarcation
32. Thomas Kuhn, 'Logic of Discovery or Psychology of Research?', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 1-23.
33. Paul Feyerabend, 'Consolations for the Specialist', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 197-230.
34. Imre Lakatos, 'Falsification and the Methodology of Scientific Research Programmes', in I. Lakatos and A. Musgrave, eds., Criticism and the Growth of Knowledge, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1970), pp 91-195.
35. Adolf Grünbaum, 'The Degeneration of Popper's Theory of Demarcation', Epistemologia, 12, 1989, pp 235-260.
36. Elie Zahar, 'The Popper-Lakatos Controversy in the Light of 'Die beiden Grundprobleme der Erkenntnistheorie' ', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 34, 2, June 1983, pp 149-171.
37. William Kneale, 'Scientific Revolution for Ever?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 19, 1, May 1968, pp 27-42.
38. Herbert A. Simon, 'Does Scientific Discovery Have a Logic?' Philosophy of Science, 40, 4, December 1973, pp 471-480.
39. Nicholas Maxwell, 'A Critique of Popper's Views on Scientific Method', Philosophy of Science, 39, 2, June 1972, pp 131-152.
40. John Worrall, '"Revolution in Permanence": Popper on Theory-Change in Science', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 75-102.

Volume III: Philosophy of Science 2 (Verisimilitude; Propensities and Quantum Theory; Science, Rationality and Metaphysics; Biology, Evolution and World 3)

Part 4: Verisimilitude
41. Pavel Tichy, 'On Popper's Definitions of Verisimilitude', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 25, 2, June 1974, pp 155-160.
42. David Miller, 'Popper's Qualitative Theory of Verisimilitude', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 25, 2, June 1974, pp 166-177.
43. Graham Oddie, 'The Poverty of the Popperian Programme for Truthlikeness', Philosophy of Science, 53, 2, June 1986, pp 163-178.
44. D. Goldstick and B. O'Neill, 'Truer', Philosophy of Science, 55, 4, Dec 1988, pp 583-597.
45. Adolf Grünbaum, 'Can a Theory Answer more Questions than one of its Rivals?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 27, 1, March 1976, pp 1-23.
Part 5: Propensities and Quantum Theory
46. Paul K. Feyerabend, 'On a Recent Critique of Complementarity', Part One, Philosophy of Science, 35, 4, December 1968, pp 309-331; and Part Two, Philosophy of Science, 36, 1, March 1969, pp 82-105.
47. Michael Redhead, 'Popper and the Quantum Theory' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 163-176.
48. Henry Krips, 'Popper, Propensities and Quantum Theory', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 35, 3, September 1984, pp 253-274.
49. David Miller, 'Propensities and Indeterminism', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 121-147.
50. Donald Gillies, 'Varieties of Propensity', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 51, 2000, pp 807-835.
Part 6: Science, Rationality and Metaphysics
51. G.E.R.Lloyd, 'Popper versus Kirk: A Controversy in the Interpretation of Greek Science', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 18, 1, May 1966, pp 21-38.
52. Peter Urbach, 'Francis Bacon as a Precursor to Popper', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 33, 2, June 1982, pp 113-132.
53. Joseph Agassi, 'The Nature of Scientific Problems and Their Roots in Metaphysics', in Mario Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago, Free Press, 1964), pp 189-211.
54. Michael Mulkay and G. Nigel Gilbert, 'Putting Philosophy to Work: Karl Popper's Influence on Scientific Practice', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 11, 1981, pp 389-407.
55. William W. Bartley III, 'Rationality versus the Theory of Rationality', in Mario Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago: Free Press, 1964), pp 3-31.
56. Noretta Koertge, 'The Methodolgical Status of Popper's Rationality Principle', Theory and Decision, 10, 1979, pp 83-95.
57. John F. Post, 'Paradox in Critical Rationalism and Related Theories', Philosophical Forum, 3, 1, 1971, pp 27-61.
58. W.W. Bartley, 'Theories of Rationality' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 205-214.
59. John Watkins, 'Comprehensively Critical Rationalism: A Retrospect' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 269-277.
Part 7: Biology, Evolution and World 3.
60. W.W. Bartley III, 'Philosophy of Biology Versus Philosophy of Physics' in G. Radnitzky and W.W. Bartley, eds., Evolutionary Epistemology, Rationality and the Sociology of Knowledge, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1987), pp 7-45.
61. Michael Ruse, 'Karl Popper's Philosophy of Biology', Philosophy of Science, 44, 4, December 1977, pp 638-61.
62. Jeroen van Rooijen, 'Interactionism and Evolution: A Critique of Popper', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 38, 1, March 1988, pp 87-92.
63. Günter Wächtershäuser, 'The Uses of Karl Popper', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 177-189.
64. Gregory Currie, 'Popper's Evolutionary Epistemology: a Critique', Synthese, 37, 1978, pp 413-431.
65. Paul Feyerabend, Review of Popper's Objective Knowledge, Inquiry, 17, 1974, pp 475-507.

Volume IV: Politics and Social Science.

66. Peter Winch, 'Popper and Scientific Method in the Social Sciences', in P.A. Schilpp, ed., The Philosophy of Karl Popper, (La Salle, Ill: Open Court, 1974), pp 889-904.
67. Kenneth Minogue, 'Does Popper Explain Historical Explanation?' in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 225-240.
68. Graham Macdonald, 'The Grounds for Anti-Historicism', in A. O'Hear, ed., Karl Popper: Philosophy and Problems, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1995), pp 241-257.
69. Peter Urbach, 'The Scientific Standing of Evolutionary Theories of Society', LSE Quarterly, 1, 1, March 1987, pp 23-42.
70. I. C. Jarvie, 'Popper on the Difference between the Natural and the Social Sciences', in P. Levinson, ed., In Pursuit of Truth, (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1982), pp 83-107.
71. G.C. Archibald, 'Refutation or Comparison?', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 17, 4 February 1967, pp 279-296.
72. W.B. Gallie, 'Popper and the Critical Philosophy of History', in M. Bunge, ed., The Critical Approach to Science and Philosophy, (Chicago, Free Press, 1964), pp 410-422.
73. Geoff Stokes, 'Politics, Epistemology and Method: Karl Popper's Conception of Human Nature', Political Studies, 1995, 43, pp 105-123.
74. Neil De Marchi, 'Popper and the LSE Economists', in Neil De Marchi, ed., The Popperian Legacy in Economics, (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988), pp 139-166.
75. Robert Nadeau, 'Confuting Popper on the Rationality Principle', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 23, 4, December 1993, pp 446-467.
76. Gürol Irzik, 'Popper's Piecemeal Engineering: What Is Good for Science is not always Good for Society', British Journal for the Philosophy of Science, 36, 1, March 1985, pp 1-10.
77. Charles Pigden, 'Popper Revisited, or What is Wrong with Conspiracy Theories', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 25, 1, March 1995, pp 3-34.
78. George Klosko, 'Popper's Plato, An Assessment', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 26, 4, December 1996, pp 507-527.
79. David Frisby, 'The Popper-Adorno Controversy: the Methodolgical Dispute in German Sociology', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 2, 1972, pp 105-119.
80. Peter Munz, 'The Quixotic Element in The Open Society', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 27, 1, March 1997, pp 39-55.
81. Fred Eidlin, 'Blindspot of a Liberal Popper and the Problem of Community', Philosophy of the Social Sciences, 27, 1, March 1997, pp 5-23.
82. Jeremy Shearmur, 'The Contemporary Relevance of Popper's Work' in The Political Thought of Karl Popper, (London: Routledge, 1996), pp 159-178 206-208. Updated for this collection.
83. Struan Jacobs, 'Popper, Weber and the Rationalist Approach to Social Explanation', The British Journal of Sociology, 41, 4, December 1990, pp 559-570.
Conclusion
84. John C. Eccles, 'My Living Dialogue with Popper', in P. Levinson, ed., In Pursuit of Truth, (Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey: Humanities Press, 1982), pp 221-236.

Based on the London Lecture Series of the Royal Institute of Philosophy for 2006 7, this collection brings together essays from leading figures in a rapidly developing field of philosophy. Contributors include: Alvin Goldman, Timothy Williamson, Duncan Pritchard, Miranda Fricker, Scott Sturgeon, Jose Zalabardo, and Quassin Casay.

What is moral philosophy? That is the question with which this important volume grapples. Its starting point is the famous critique made in 1958 by Elizabeth Anscombe, who argued that moral philosophy begins from a mistake: that it is fundamentally wrong about the sort of concept that the word 'moral' represents. Anscombe rejected moral philosophy as it was then (and mostly now still is) practised. She offered instead a blueprint for the task moral philosophers must embrace if they are to speak intelligibly to society about good and bad, right and wrong, duty and obligation. The chapters in this book are inspired by Anscombe's classic text. One of the most powerful voices here, among many authoritative voices, is that of Philippa Foot - Anscombe's lifelong friend - who asserts that 'any account of practical reason evacuated of an understanding of what human beings need to flourish is inadequate and must be rejected.'

This 1997 collection of essays addresses topics that are of crucial importance to the lives of us all. Is there a mode of thinking peculiar to human life and its concerns, which is different from and irreducible to scientific rationality? Is historical understanding different from scientific understanding? Do psychology, religion and aesthetics have their own forms of rationality? Can you be rational about human life without being scientific? The contributors address these and related questions, some focusing on the history of the development of the notion of Verstehen, others examining particular areas of discourse and practice.

A deep concern with consciousness and intentionality is one of the several things that has lately moved into the centre of the philosophy of mind. The issue of consciousness is often treated as something distinct from intentionality, but - as Tim Crane notes in his incisive new Foreword - there is now something of a sea-change. This classic volume may be at least partly responsible for the shift in how philosophy of mind is starting to be understood. Before its first appearance, discussions of consciousness and intentionality in the context of perception were in their infancy. The book was a departure from the way this part of philosophy was conceived. It pointed to new ways to look at the discipline, addressing both the epistemology of mind, and intentionality and consciousness, especially in connection with perception. Showcasing many leading figures in the field, it offers a splendid overview of the issues at stake.

Christianity depends on the belief that the Jesus of history is identical with the Christ of faith, and that God in the person of Jesus intervened finally and decisively in human history. But is the historical Jesus the same as the Christian Saviour? And how did an obscure provincial religion based on the paradox of a crucified saviour conquer the Roman Empire and outlive it? INTRODUCING JESUS - A GRAPHIC GUIDE confronts the enigmas. It sets Jesus in the perspective of his time - within Judaism and its expectations of a Messiah, in the atmosphere of Greek philosophy and the Roman deification of emperors. It traces the development of Christianity from St. Paul and the Romanization of the Church, to modern liberation theology. This book is a lucid and exciting investigation that will appeal to all readers, whether Christian or not.

This volume celebrates the centenary of the birth of Elizabeth Anscombe, Philippa Foot, Mary Midgley and Iris Murdoch. These four remarkable women were philosophical colleagues in Oxford in the 1940s, and their careers intertwined and overlapped henceforth. The papers in this book are all by prominent philosophers who spoke at the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series from 2018-9. Together they cover the philosophical careers of Anscombe, Foot, Midgley and Murdoch, focusing on their thinking on morality, human nature and action and the place of humanity in the animal and natural world, all areas to which they made notable and distinctive contributions. Connexions are drawn to the thought of Wittgenstein, Aquinas and Aristotle. This book demonstrates the way these four philosophers individually and collectively changed the direction of philosophy in the English speaking world in the mid-twentieth-century and how they continue to influence it one hundred years after their birth.

Philosophy of Action is based on the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual London lecture series 2015-16. This volume brings together an internationally distinguished team of lecturers. As befits the theme itself, a wide range of topics relating to action are covered. These include the nature of action itself and its relation to knowledge-how. There are a number of papers on issues relating to freedom and responsibility, and also to the relation between action and causation. Other papers consider the notion of planning in relation to agency, and the connection between agency and practical abilities. And there are also considerations of virtue and ethical concepts as applied to the notion of action. The papers collected here will testify to the liveliness of discussions of action in contemporary philosophy, and will also demonstrate the way many ancient conceptions of action are being developed in contemporary philosophical thought.

Philosophy and Sport brings together the lectures given in the Royal Institute of Philosophy's annual lecture series for 2012 13. In the Olympic year, it seemed fitting to consider some of the many philosophical and ethical questions raised by sport, and to bring together contributors from both philosophical and sporting worlds. This ground-breaking volume considers many different areas connected to sports and its practice. These include the watching of sport, drugs in sport, the Olympic spirit, sport and risk, sport as a moral practice, rivalry and glory in sport and the importance of sport in human life more generally."