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A concise introduction to logic that teaches you not only
how reasoning works, but why it works

How Logic Works
How Logic Works is an introductory logic textbook that is dif-
ferent by design. Rather than teaching elementary symbolic
logic as an abstract or rote mathematical exercise divorced
from ordinary thinking, Hans Halvorson presents it as the
skill of clear and rigorous reasoning, which is essential in all
fields and walks of life, from the sciences to the humanities—
anywhere that making good arguments, and spotting bad
ones, is critical to success.

Instead of teaching how to apply algorithms using “truth
trees,” as in the vast majority of logic textbooks, How Logic
Works builds on and reinforces the innate human skills of
making and evaluating arguments. It does this by introducing
the methods of natural deduction, an approach that teaches
students not only how to carry out a proof and solve a prob-
lem but also what the principles of valid reasoning are and
how they can be applied to any subject. The book also allows
students to transition smoothly to more advanced topics in
logic by teaching them general techniques that apply to more
complicated scenarios, such as how to formulate theories
about specific subject matter.

How Logic Works shows that formal logic—far from being
only for mathematicians or a diversion from the really deep
questions of philosophy and human life—is the best account
we have of what it means to be rational. By teaching logic in
a way that makes students aware of how they already use it,
the book will help them to become even better thinkers.

• Offers a concise, readable, and user-friendly introduction
   to elementary symbolic logic that primarily uses natural
   deduction rather than algorithmic “truth trees”
• Draws on more than two decades’ experience teaching
   introductory logic to undergraduates
• Provides a stepping stone to more advanced topics

Hans Halvorson is Stuart Professor of Philosophy at
Princeton University. His previous books include The Logic
in Philosophy of Science.
2020. 256 pages. 18 b/w illus.
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From Pulitzer Prize-finalist Steven Nadler, an engaging
guide to what Spinoza can teach us about life’s big
questions

Think Least of Death
In 1656, after being excommunicated from Amsterdam’s
Portuguese-Jewish community for “abominable heresies” and
“monstrous deeds,” the young Baruch Spinoza abandoned
his family’s import business to dedicate his life to philosophy.
He quickly became notorious across Europe for his views on
God, the Bible, and miracles, as well as for his uncompromis-
ing defense of free thought. Yet the radicalism of Spinoza’s
views has long obscured that his primary reason for turning
to philosophy was to answer one of humanity’s most urgent
questions: How can we lead a good life and enjoy happiness
in a world without a providential God? In Think Least
of Death, Pulitzer Prize–finalist Steven Nadler connects
Spinoza’s ideas with his life and times to offer a compelling
account of how the philosopher can provide a guide to living
one’s best life.

In the Ethics, Spinoza presents his vision of the ideal human
being, the “free person” who, motivated by reason, lives a life
of joy devoted to what is most important—improving oneself
and others. Untroubled by passions such as hate, greed, and
envy, free people treat others with benevolence, justice, and
charity. Focusing on the rewards of goodness, they enjoy the
pleasures of this world, but in moderation. “The free person
thinks least of all of death,” Spinoza writes, “and his wisdom
is a meditation not on death but on life.”

An unmatched introduction to Spinoza’s moral philosophy,
Think Least of Death shows how his ideas still provide valu-
able insights about how to live today.

Steven Nadler is the author of many books, including
Rembrandt’s Jews, which was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize,
Spinoza: A Life, which won the Koret Jewish Book Award,
and A Book Forged in Hell: Spinoza’s Scandalous Treatise and
the Birth of the Secular Age (Princeton). He is the William H.
Hay II Professor of Philosophy and Evjue-Bascom Professor
in the Humanities at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.
2020. 248 pages. 1 b/w illus.
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From the celebrated author of American Philosophy and
    Hiking with Nietzsche, a compelling introduction to the
    life-affirming philosophy of William James

    Sick Souls, Healthy Minds
    In 1895, William James, the father of American philosophy,
    delivered a lecture entitled “Is Life Worth Living?” It was
    no theoretical question for James, who had contemplated
    suicide during an existential crisis as a young man a quarter
    century earlier. Indeed, as John Kaag writes, “James's entire
    philosophy, from beginning to end, was geared to save a life,
    his life”—and that's why it just might be able to save yours,
    too. Sick Souls, Healthy Minds is a compelling introduction
    to James's life and thought that shows why the founder of
    pragmatism and empirical psychology—and an inspiration
    for Alcoholics Anonymous—can still speak so directly and
    profoundly to anyone struggling to make a life worth living.

    John Kaag is professor of philosophy at the University of
    Massachusetts, Lowell.
    March 2021. 224 pages.
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    An invitation to readers from every walk of life to redis-
    cover the impractical splendors of a life of learning

    Lost in Thought
    In an overloaded, superficial, technological world, in which
    almost everything and everybody is judged by its usefulness,
    where can we turn for escape, lasting pleasure, contempla-
    tion, or connection to others? While many forms of leisure
    meet these needs, Zena Hitz writes, few experiences are so
    fulfilling as the inner life. Drawing on inspiring examples,
    from Socrates and Augustine to Malcolm X and Elena
    Ferrante, and from films to Hitz's own experiences as some-
    one who walked away from elite university life in search of
    greater fulfillment, Lost in Thought is a passionate and timely
    reminder that a rich life is a life rich in thought.

    Zena Hitz is a Tutor in the great books program at St. John's
    College in Annapolis, Maryland.
    2020. 240 pages.
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From the author of Wittgenstein’s Poker and Would You
Kill the Fat Man?, the story of an extraordinary group of
philosophers during a dark chapter in Europe’s history

The Murder of Professor Schlick
On June 22, 1936, the philosopher Moritz Schlick was on
his way to deliver a lecture at the University of Vienna when
Johann Nelböck, a deranged former student of Schlick's, shot
him dead on the university steps. Some Austrian newspapers
defended the madman, while Nelböck himself argued in
court that his onetime teacher had promoted a treacherous
Jewish philosophy. David Edmonds traces the rise and fall of
the Vienna Circle—an influential group of brilliant thinkers
led by Schlick—and of a philosophical movement that sought
to do away with metaphysics and pseudoscience in a city
darkened by fascism, anti-Semitism, and unreason.

David Edmonds is a distinguished research fellow at the
Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics.
2020. 336 pages. 23 b/w illus.
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Invaluable wisdom on living a good life from one of the
Enlightenment’s greatest philosophers

The Great Guide
David Hume (1711–1776) is perhaps best known for his
ideas about cause and effect and his criticisms of religion, but
he is rarely thought of as a philosopher with practical wisdom
to offer. Hume's philosophy is grounded in an honest
assessment of nature—human nature in particular. The Great
Guide is an engaging and eye-opening account of how it
should serve as the basis for a complete approach to life.

Julian Baggini is an independent scholar, philosopher,
and writer. He was the founding editor of The Philosophers'
Magazine and is the author of many books, including How
the World Thinks: A Global History of Philosophy and The Edge
of Reason: A Rational Skeptic in an Irrational World.
May 2021. 304 pages. 25 b/w illus.
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A moral philosopher’s meditations on some of life’s most
    important questions

    On Being Me
    We’ve all had to puzzle over such profound matters as birth,
    death, regret, free will, agency, and love. How might philoso-
    phy help us think through these vital concerns? In On Being
    Me, renowned moral philosopher J. David Velleman presents
    a concise, accessible, and intimate exploration into subjects
    that we care deeply about, offering compelling insights into
    what it means to be human.

    Beautifully illustrated by New Yorker contributing artist
    Emily Bernstein, On Being Me invites us to approach life
    philosophically.

    J. David Velleman is professor of philosophy and bioethics
    at New York University and the Miller Research Professor of
    Philosophy at Johns Hopkins University. Emily C. Bernstein
    is a visual artist and animator.
    2020. 112 pages. 15 b/w illus.
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    How our beliefs about the soul have developed through
    the ages, and why an understanding of it matters today

    In Search of the Soul
    From Socrates and Augustine to Darwin and Freud, In
    Search of the Soul takes readers on a concise, accessible jour-
    ney into the origins of the soul in Western philosophy and
    culture, and examines how the idea has developed through-
    out history to the present. Touching on literature, music,
    art, and theology, John Cottingham illustrates how, far from
    being redundant in contemporary times, the soul attunes us
    to the importance of meaning and value, and experience and
    growth. A better understanding of the soul might help all of
    us better understand what it is to be human.

    John Cottingham is Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at the
    University of Reading, Professor of Philosophy of Religion
    at Roehampton University, and an Honorary Fellow of St.
    John’s College, Oxford.
    2020. 192 pages. 1 b/w illus.
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An innovative reassessment of philosopher P. F. Strawson’s
influential “Freedom and Resentment”

Freedom, Resentment,
and the Metaphysics of Morals
P. F. Strawson was one of the most important philosophers
of the twentieth century, and his 1962 paper “Freedom and
Resentment” is one of the most influential in modern moral
philosophy, prompting responses across multiple disciplines,
from psychology to sociology. In Freedom, Resentment, and the
Metaphysics of Morals, Pamela Hieronymi closely reexamines
Strawson's paper and concludes that his argument has been
underestimated and misunderstood. Hieronymi sheds new
light on Strawson's thinking and has profound implications
for future work on free will, moral responsibility, and meta-
ethics.

Pamela Hieronymi is professor of philosophy at the Univer-
sity of California, Los Angeles.
2020. 168 pages.
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A novel approach to the crucial role emotion plays in
virtuous action

Emotion and Virtue
What must a person be like to possess a virtue in full mea-
sure? What sort of psychological constitution does one need
to be an exemplar of compassion, say, or of courage? Focus-
ing on these two examples, Emotion and Virtue ingeniously
argues that certain emotion traits play an indispensable role
in virtue. With exemplars of compassion, for instance, this
role is played by a modified sympathy trait, which is central
to enabling these exemplars to be reliably correct judges of
the compassionate thing to do in various practical situations.
Indeed, according to Gopal Sreenivasan, the virtue of
compassion is, in a sense, a modified sympathy trait, just as
courage is a modified fear trait. Emotion and Virtue makes
significant contributions to moral psychology and the theory
of virtue alike.

Gopal Sreenivasan is the Lester Crown University Distin-
guished Professor of Ethics at Duke University.
2020. 416 pages. 8 b/w illus. 3 tables.
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“Open Democracy envisions what true government by
     mass leadership could look like.”
     —Nathan Heller, New Yorker

    Open Democracy
    To the ancient Greeks, democracy meant gathering in public
    and debating laws set by a randomly selected assembly of
    several hundred citizens. To the Icelandic Vikings, democracy
    meant meeting every summer in a field to discuss issues until
    consensus was reached. Modern parliaments are gated and
    guarded, and it seems as if only certain people—with the right
    suit, accent, wealth, and connections—are welcome. Diagnos-
    ing what is wrong with representative government and aiming
    to recover some of the lost openness of ancient democracies,
    Open Democracy presents a new paradigm of democracy in
    which power is genuinely accessible to ordinary citizens.

    Hélène Landemore is associate professor of political science
    at Yale University.
    2020. 272 pages. 1 b/w illus. 1 table.
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    “Larmore’s picture of our discipline is original and com-
     pelling, and the contrast with both moralism and
     realism is illuminating.”
     —Jonathan Quong, University of Southern California

    “Larmore is one of our finest political philosophers and
     this book displays his insight, sweep, and rigor.”
     —Leif Wenar, King’s College London

    What Is Political Philosophy?
    Forceful and thorough yet concise, What Is Political Philos-
    ophy? proposes a new definition of political philosophy and
    demonstrates the profound implications of that definition.
    The result is a compelling and distinctive intervention from a
    major political philosopher.

    Charles Larmore is professor of philosophy and the W.
    Duncan MacMillan Family Professor in the Humanities at
    Brown University.
    2020. 200 pages.
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An original and provocative exploration of our capacity
to ignore what is inconvenient or traumatic

A Passion for Ignorance
Ignorance, whether passive or active, conscious or uncon-
scious, has always been a part of the human condition,
Renata Salecl argues. What has changed in our post-truth,
postindustrial world is that we often feel overwhelmed by the
constant flood of information and misinformation and, as a
result, there has been a backlash against the idea of expertise,
and a rise in the number of people actively choosing not to
know. Salecl challenges our assumptions, arguing that there
may also be a positive side to ignorance, and that by address-
ing the role of ignorance in society, we may also be able to
reclaim the role of knowledge.

Renata Salecl is professor at the School of Law at Birkbeck
College, University of London and senior researcher at the Insti-
tute of Criminology at the Faculty of Law in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
2020. 208 pages.
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A philosophical exploration of female submission,
using insights from feminist thinkers—especially
Simone de Beauvoir—to reveal the complexities of
women’s reality and lived experience

We Are Not Born Submissive
We Are Not Born Submissive offers the first in-depth
philosophical exploration of female submission, focusing
on the thinking of Simone de Beauvoir, and more recent
work in feminist philosophy, epistemology, and political
theory. Manon Garcia argues that to comprehend female
submission, we must invert how we examine power, taking a
bottom-up approach and seeing it from the woman’s point
of view. Ultimately, she asserts that women do not actively
choose submission. Rather, they consent to—and sometimes
take pleasure in—what is prescribed to them through social
norms within a patriarchy.

Manon Garcia is a junior fellow in the Society of Fellows at
Harvard University, and in July 2021 will become assistant
professor of philosophy at Yale University.
March 2021. 256 pages. 1 b/w illus.
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Immigration and Freedom
    Immigration is often seen as a danger to western liberal democracies
    because it threatens to undermine their fundamental values, most no-
    tably freedom and national self-determination. In this book, however,
    Chandran Kukathas argues that the greater threat comes not from
    immigration but from immigration control.

    Chandran Kukathas is the Lee Kong Chian Professor of Political
    Science, and Dean in the School of Social Sciences, at Singapore
    Management University.
    March 2021. 384 pages. 5 tables. 1 b/w illus.
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    Systemic Corruption
    This provocative book reveals how the majority of modern liberal
    democracies have become increasingly oligarchic, suffering from
    a form of structural political decay first conceptualized by ancient
    philosophers. Systemic Corruption argues that the problem cannot be
    blamed on the actions of corrupt politicians but is built into the very
    fabric of our representative systems.

    Camila Vergara is a postdoctoral research scholar and lecturer at the
    Eric H. Holder Jr. Initiative for Civil and Political Rights at Columbia
    Law School.
    2020. 312 pages. 21 b/w illus.
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    The Privatized State
    Many governmental functions today—from the management of
    prisons and welfare offices to warfare and financial regulation—are
    outsourced to private entities. Education and health care are funded
    in part through private philanthropy rather than taxation. Can a
    privatized government rule legitimately? The Privatized State argues
    that it cannot.

    Chiara Cordelli is associate professor of political science at the
    University of Chicago.
    2020. 352 pages. 3 b/w illus.
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Dreamworlds of Race
Between the late nineteenth century and the First World War an
ocean-spanning network of prominent individuals advocated the
unification of Britain and the United States. They dreamt of the final
consolidation of the Angloworld. Scholars, journalists, politicians,
businessmen, and science fiction writers invested the “Anglo-Saxons”
with extraordinary power. Dreamworlds of Race explores this remark-
able moment in the intellectual history of racial domination, political
utopianism, and world order.

Duncan Bell is Professor of Political Thought and International Rela-
tions at the University of Cambridge, and a Fellow of Christ’s College.
2020. 488 pages.
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Leviathan on a Leash
States are commonly blamed for wars, called on to apologize, held liable
for debts and reparations, bound by treaties, and punished with sanc-
tions. But what does it mean to hold a state responsible as opposed to a
government, a nation, or an individual leader? Under what circumstances
should we assign responsibility to states rather than individuals? Levia-
than on a Leash demystifies the phenomenon of state responsibility and
explains why it is a challenging yet indispensable part of modern politics.

Sean Fleming is a junior research fellow at Christ's College and in the
Department of Politics and International Studies at the University of
Cambridge.
2020. 224 pages. 3 b/w illus. 3 tables.
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The Philosophical Stage
The Philosophical Stage offers an innovative approach to ancient Greek
literature and thought that places drama at the heart of intellectual his-
tory. Drawing on evidence from tragedy and comedy, Joshua Billings
shines new light on the development of early Greek philosophy, ar-
guing that drama is our best source for understanding the intellectual
culture of classical Athens.

Joshua Billings is professor of classics at Princeton University. He
is the author of Genealogy of the Tragic: Greek Tragedy and German
Philosophy (Princeton).
June 2021. 256 pages.
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A beautifully written exploration of how the way we
     pursue happiness makes us unhappy

     Why We Are Restless
     We live in an age of unprecedented prosperity, yet ev-
     erywhere we see signs that our pursuit of happiness has
     proven fruitless. Dissatisfied, we seek change for the sake of
     change—even if it means undermining the foundations of
     our common life. In Why We Are Restless, Benjamin and Jenna
     Storey offer a profound and beautiful reflection on the roots
     of this malaise and examine how we might begin to cure
     ourselves.

     Benjamin Storey is the Jane Gage Hipp Professor of Politics
     and International Affairs and Director of the Tocqueville
     Program at Furman University. Jenna Silber Storey is
     Assistant Professor of Politics and International Affairs and
     Executive Director of the Tocqueville Program at Furman.
     New Forum Books
     April 2021. 256 pages.
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     A trenchant defense of hierarchy in different spheres of
     our lives, from the personal to the political

     Just Hierarchy
     All complex and large-scale societies are organized along
     certain hierarchies, but the concept of hierarchy has become
     almost taboo in the modern world. Just Hierarchy contends
     that this stigma is a mistake. In fact, as Daniel Bell and Wang
     Pei show, it is neither possible nor advisable to do away with
     social hierarchies. Drawing their arguments from Chinese
     thought and culture as well as other philosophies and
     traditions, Bell and Wang ask which forms of hierarchy are
     justified and how these can serve morally desirable goals.

     Daniel A. Bell is dean of the School of Political Science and
     Public Administration at Shandong University in Qingdao
     and professor at Tsinghua University in Beijing. Wang Pei is
     assistant professor at the China Institute at Fudan University
     in Shanghai.
     2020. 288 pages. 2 b/w illus.
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The Art of Chinese Philosophy
This book provides an unmatched introduction to eight of the most
important works of classical Chinese philosophy—the Analects of
Confucius, Mozi, Mencius, Laozi, Zhuangzi, Sunzi, Xunzi, and Han
Feizi. Combining accessibility with the latest scholarship, Paul Goldin,
one of the world's leading authorities on the history of Chinese philos-
ophy, places these works in rich context as he explains the origin and
meaning of their compelling ideas.

Paul R. Goldin is professor of East Asian languages and civilizations
at the University of Pennsylvania and the author of many books.
2020. 328 pages.
Paperback 9780691200798           $24.95 | £22.00
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The Ways of Zen
C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most popular cartoonists. In The Ways of
Zen, he has created an entertaining and enlightening masterpiece
from the rich collections of the Zen Buddhist tradition, bringing
classic stories to life in delightful language and vividly detailed comic
illustrations.

C. C. Tsai is one of Asia’s most beloved illustrators. Brian Bruya is
professor of philosophy at Eastern Michigan University. Martine
Batchelor teaches meditation retreats worldwide.
The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics
July 2021. 264 pages. 245 b/w illus.
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Dao De Jing
Here, C. C. Tsai works his magic again with a delightful graphic
adaptation of the complete text of Laozi's Dao De Jing, the beloved
source of Daoist philosophy. Masterfully transforming Laozi's chal-
lenging work into entertaining and enlightening episodes, Tsai offers
a uniquely fresh, relevant, and accessible version of one of the world's
most influential books.

C. C. Tsai is one of Asia's most beloved illustrators. Pico Iyer is the
author of fifteen books. Brian Bruya is professor of philosophy at
Eastern Michigan University
The Illustrated Library of Chinese Classics
2020. 184 pages. 176 b/w illus.
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Frederick the Great’s
     Philosophical Writings
     Frederick II of Prussia (1712–1786), best known as Frederick the
     Great, was a prolific writer of philosophical discourses, poems, epics,
     satires, and more, while maintaining extensive correspondence with
     prominent intellectuals, Voltaire among them. This edition of selected
     writings moves beyond traditional attempts to see his work only in
     light of his political aims. In these pages, we can finally appreciate
     Frederick’s influential contributions to the European Enlightenment.

     Avi Lifschitz is associate professor of European history at the Univer-
     sity of Oxford, where he is fellow of Magdalen College.
     2020. 304 pages.
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     Against the Death Penalty
     In 1764, Cesare Beccaria created a sensation when he published On
     Crimes and Punishments. At its centre is a rejection of the death pen-
     alty as excessive, unnecessary, and pointless. Beccaria is deservedly
     regarded as the founding father of modern criminal-law reform, yet he
     was not the first to argue for the abolition of the death penalty. Against
     the Death Penalty presents the Florentine aristocrat Giuseppe Pelli’s
     critique of capital punishment, written three years before Beccaria’s
     treatise, but lost for more than two centuries.

     Peter Garnsey is emeritus professor of the history of classical antiquity
     at the University of Cambridge and emeritus fellow of Jesus College.
     2020. 226 pages.
     Hardback 9780691209883           $35.00 | £30.00     ebook 9780691211374

     George Berkeley
     In George Berkeley: A Philosophical Life, Tom Jones provides a compre-
     hensive account of the life and work of the pre-eminent Irish philoso-
     pher of the Enlightenment. From his early brilliance as a student and
     fellow at Trinity College Dublin to his later years as Bishop of Cloyne,
     Berkeley brought his searching and powerful intellect to bear on the
     full range of eighteenth-century thought and experience. Jones draws
     on the full range of Berkeley’s writings, from philosophical treatises to
     personal letters and journals, to probe the deep connections between
     his life and work.

     Tom Jones is Reader in the School of English at the University of
     St Andrews.
     April 2021. 616 pages. 20 b/w illus.
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The first book to address the historical failures of
philosophy—and what we can learn from them

The Failures of Philosophy
The Failures of Philosophy presents a historical investigation
of philosophy in the West, from the perspective of its most
significant failures: attempts to provide an account of the
good life, to establish philosophy as a discipline that can
stand in judgment over other forms of thought, to set up
philosophy as a theory of everything, and to construe it as a
discipline that rationalizes the empirical and mathematical
sciences. Stephen Gaukroger argues that these failures illus-
trate how and why philosophical inquiry has been conceived
and reconceived, why philosophy has been thought to bring
distinctive skills to certain questions, and much more.

Stephen Gaukroger is emeritus professor of history of phi-
losophy and history of science at the University of Sydney.
2020. 316 pages.
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An authoritative edition of George Eliot’s elegant
translation of Spinoza’s greatest philosophical work

Spinoza’s Ethics
In 1856, Marian Evans completed her translation of Benedict
de Spinoza's Ethics while living in Berlin with the philosopher
and critic George Henry Lewes. This would have become
the first edition of Spinoza's controversial masterpiece in
English, but the translation remained unpublished because of
a disagreement between Lewes and the publisher. Later that
year, Evans turned to fiction writing, and by 1859 she had
published her first novel under the pseudonym George Eliot.
This edition makes Eliot's translation of the Ethics available
to today's readers while also tracing Eliot's deep engagement
with Spinoza both before and after she wrote the novels that
established her as one of English literature's greatest writers.

Clare Carlisle is Reader in Philosophy and Theology at
King's College London and a regular contributor to the
Times Literary Supplement.
January 2020. 384 pages. 13 b/w illus. 2 tables.
Paperback 9780691193243           $26.95 | £22.00
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PRINCETON FOUNDATIONS OF CONTEMPORARY PHILOSOPHY

                                                    A sophisticated, original introduction to the philosophy
                                                    of mathematics from one of its leading thinkers

                                                    Philosophy of Mathematics
                                                    Mathematics is a model of precision and objectivity, but it
                                                    appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems
                                                    to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality
                                                    of numbers, sets, and functions. How can these two aspects
                                                    of mathematics be reconciled? This concise book provides a
                                                    systematic, accessible introduction to the field that is trying to
                                                    answer that question: the philosophy of mathematics. Øystein
                                                    Linnebo, one of the world's leading scholars on the subject,
                                                    introduces all of the classical approaches to the field as well
                                                    as more specialized issues, including mathematical intuition,
                                                    potential infinity, and the search for new mathematical
                                                    axioms. Sophisticated but clear and approachable, this is an
                                                    essential book for all students and teachers of philosophy and
                                                    of mathematics.

                                                    Øystein Linnebo is professor of philosophy at the University
                                                    of Oslo. He is the author of Thin Objects: An Abstractionist
                                                    Account and the coauthor (with Salvatore Florio) of The
                                                    Many and the One: A Philosophical Study.
                                                    2020. 216 pages.
                                                    Paperback 9780691202297      $21.95 | £18.99    ebook 9781400885244

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KIERKEGAARD’S JOURNALS AND NOTEBOOKS

                               Kierkegaard’s Journals
                               and Notebooks, Volume 11,
                               Parts 1 and 2
                               For over a century, the Danish thinker Søren Kierkegaard
                               (1813–55) has been at the center of a number of important
                               discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology
                               but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychol-
                               ogy, and contemporary aesthetics, especially literary theory.

                               Despite his relatively short life, Kierkegaard was an ex-
                               traordinarily prolific writer, as attested to by the 26-volume
                               Princeton University Press edition of all of his published
                               writings. But Kierkegaard left behind nearly as much un-
                               published writing, most of which consists of what are called
                               his “journals and notebooks.” Studying his journals and
                               notebooks takes us into his workshop, where we can see his
                               entire universe of thought.

                               Volume 11, Part 1, and Volume 11, Part 2, present an
                               exciting, enlightening, and enormously varied treasure trove
                               of papers that were found, carefully sorted and stored by
                               Kierkegaard himself, in his apartment after his death. These
                               papers—many of which have never before been published in
                               English—provide a window into many different aspects of
                               Kierkegaard’s life and creativity. Volume 11, Part 1, includes
                               items from his earliest, formative years, through his extensive
                               studies at the university, and up to the publication of Either/
                               Or. Volume 11, Part 2, includes writings from the period
                               between 1843, the year in which he published Either/Or, and
                               late September 1855, a few weeks before his death, when he
                               recorded his final reflections on “Christendom.”

                               Bruce H. Kirmmse of Connecticut College (emeritus)
                               and the University of Copenhagen is the General Editor
                               of Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, heading up a
                               distinguished Editorial Board that includes Niels Jørgen
                               Cappelørn, Director Emeritus of the Søren Kierkegaard
                               Research Centre; Alastair Hannay of the University of Oslo
                               (emeritus); David D. Possen of the University of Copen-
                               hagen; Joel D. S. Rasmussen of Oxford University; and
                               Vanessa Rumble of Boston College.
                               Journals and Notebooks, Volume 11, Part 1
                               2019. 712 pages.
                               Hardback 9780691188799          $150.00 | £125.00   ebook 9780691201115

                               Journals and Notebooks, Volume 11, Part 2
                               2020. 784 pages.
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ANCIENT WISDOM FOR MODERN READERS

                                    How ancient skepticism can help you attain tranquility
                                    by learning to suspend judgment

                                    How to Keep an Open Mind
                                    Along with Stoicism and Epicureanism, Skepticism is one
                                    of the three major schools of ancient Greek philosophy that
                                    claim to offer a way of living as well as thinking. How to
                                    Keep an Open Mind provides an unmatched introduction to
                                    skepticism by presenting a fresh, modern translation of key
                                    passages from the writings of Sextus Empiricus, the only
                                    Greek skeptic whose works have survived.

                                    Complete with the original Greek on facing pages, How
                                    to Keep an Open Mind offers a compelling antidote to the
                                    closed-minded dogmatism of today’s polarized world.

                                    Richard Bett is professor of philosophy and classics at Johns
                                    Hopkins University. He edited The Cambridge Companion to
                                    Ancient Scepticism and has published widely on the subject.
                                    March 2021. 288 pages.
                                    Hardback 9780691206042    $16.95 | £13.99   ebook 9780691215365

                                    Timeless advice about how to use humor to win over
                                    any audience

                                    How to Tell a Joke
                                    Can jokes win a hostile room, a hopeless argument, or even
                                    an election? You bet they can, according to Cicero, and he
                                    knew what he was talking about. One of Rome’s greatest
                                    politicians, speakers, and lawyers, Cicero was also reputedly
                                    one of antiquity’s funniest people. After he was elected
                                    commander-in-chief and head of state, his enemies even
                                    started calling him “the stand-up Consul.” How to Tell a Joke
                                    provides a lively new translation of Cicero’s essential writing
                                    on humor alongside that of the later Roman orator and
                                    educator Quintilian. The result is a timeless practical guide to
                                    how a well-timed joke can win over any audience.

                                    Michael Fontaine is professor of classics at Cornell Uni-
                                    versity. His books include How to Drink: A Classical Guide to
                                    the Art of Imbibing (Princeton) and The Oxford Handbook of
                                    Greek and Roman Comedy.
                                    March 2021. 328 pages.
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                               Timeless wisdom on generosity and gratitude from the
                               great Stoic philosopher Seneca

                               How to Give
                               To give and receive well may be the most human thing you
                               can do—but it is also the closest you can come to divinity. So
                               argues the great Roman Stoic thinker Seneca (c. 4 bce–65 ce)
                               in his longest and most searching moral treatise, “On Benefits”
                               (De Beneficiis). James Romm’s splendid new translation of
                               essential selections from this work conveys the heart of Sen-
                               eca’s argument that generosity and gratitude are among the
                               most important of all virtues.

                               James Romm is the editor and translator of Seneca’s How
                               to Keep Your Cool and How to Die (both Princeton) and the
                               author of Dying Every Day: Seneca at the Court of Nero. He
                               has written for the Wall Street Journal, the New York Review
                               of Books, and the London Review of Books. He is the James H.
                               Ottaway Jr. Professor of Classics at Bard College.
                               2020. 288 pages.
                               Hardback 9780691192093          $16.95 | £13.99   ebook 9780691211367

                               What the Roman poet Horace can teach us about how to
                               live a life of contentment

                               How to Be Content
                               What are the secrets to a contented life? One of Rome’s
                               greatest and most influential poets, Horace (65–8 bce) has
                               been cherished by readers for more than two thousand years
                               not only for his wit, style, and reflections on Roman society,
                               but also for his wisdom about how to live a good life—above
                               all else, a life of contentment in a world of materialistic
                               excess and personal pressures. In How to Be Content, Stephen
                               Harrison, a leading authority on the poet, provides fresh,
                               contemporary translations of poems from across Horace’s
                               works that continue to offer important lessons about the
                               good life, friendship, love, and death.

                               Stephen Harrison is Professor of Latin Literature at the
                               University of Oxford, where he is also a fellow of Corpus
                               Christi College. His books include The Cambridge Companion
                               to Horace.
                               2020. 256 pages. 2 b/w illus.
                               Hardback 9780691182520          $16.95 | £13.99   ebook 9780691208497

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                        “A compelling argument in favour of experts.”
                         —Hettie O’Brien, New Statesman

                        Why Trust Science?
                        Are doctors right when they tell us vaccines are safe? Should
                        we take climate experts at their word when they warn us
                        about the perils of global warming? Why should we trust
                        science when so many of our political leaders don't? Naomi
                        Oreskes offers a bold and compelling defense of science,
                        revealing why the social character of scientific knowledge is
                        its greatest strength—and the greatest reason we can trust it.

                        Naomi Oreskes is the Henry Charles Lea Professor of the
                        History of Science and affiliated professor of Earth and
                        planetary sciences at Harvard University.
                        April 2021. 384 pages. 2 b/w illus. 1 table.
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                        Audiobook 9780691199139

                        A guide to AI’s thorniest implications that asks:
                        How shall we navigate our brave new world?

                        Artificial You
                        We are at a monumental turning point in human history. AI
                        is taking intelligence in new directions. The world Go, chess,
                        and Jeopardy! champions are all AIs, and AI is getting more
                        sophisticated by the day. Further, AI research is going inside
                        the human brain itself, attempting to augment human minds.
                        It may even create greater-than-human-level intelligence,
                        leading to a new generation of artificial minds—Minds 2.0.
                        Susan Schneider, a philosopher, argues that these undertak-
                        ings must not be attempted without a richer understanding
                        of the nature of the mind.

                        Susan Schneider is the NASA/Baruch Blumberg Chair of
                        Astrobiology and Technological Innovation at the Library
                        of Congress and NASA, and the Dietrich Distinguished
                        Professor of Philosophy and Neuroscience at Florida Atlantic
                        University.
                        April 2021. 192 pages. 9 b/w illus.
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                   Irrationality
                   In this sweeping account of irrationality from antiquity to the rise of
                   Twitter mobs and the election of Donald Trump, Justin Smith argues
                   that irrationality makes up the greater part of human life and history.
                   Ranging across philosophy, politics, and current events, he shows
                   that, throughout history, every triumph of reason has been temporary
                   and reversible, and that rational schemes often result in their polar
                   opposite. Irrationality is timely, provocative, and fascinating.

                   Justin E. H. Smith is professor of the history and philosophy of
                   science at the University of Paris 7–Denis Diderot.
                   2020. 344 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691210513           $19.95 | £16.99   ebook 9780691210827

                   Why Nationalism
                   Populist politicians exploit nationalism for authoritarian, chauvinistic,
                   racist, and xenophobic purposes, reinforcing the view that it is funda-
                   mentally reactionary and antidemocratic. But Yael (Yuli) Tamir makes
                   a passionate argument for a very different kind of nationalism—one
                   that revives its participatory, creative, and egalitarian virtues, answers
                   many of the problems caused by neoliberalism and hyperglobalism,
                   and is essential to democracy at its best.

                   Yael (Yuli) Tamir is president of Shenkar College of Engineering and
                   Design and adjunct professor at the Blavatnik School of Government
                   at the University of Oxford.
                   2020. 224 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691210780           $17.95 | £14.99   ebook 9780691212050

                   Philosophies of India
                   “[A] major contribution to our understanding of Asia. It is both the
                    most complete and most intelligent account of this extraordinarily
                    rich and complex philosophical tradition yet written.”
                    —Alan Watts, New York Times

                   Since its first publication, Philosophies of India has been considered a
                   monumental exploration of the foundations of Indian philosophy.

                   Heinrich Zimmer (1890–1943) was an Indologist, linguist, and
                   historian of South Asian art. Joseph Campbell (1904–1987) was the
                   author of many books on comparative mythology.
                    Princeton Classics
                    2020. 720 pages. 12 b/w illus.
                    Paperback 9780691202792          $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9780691202808

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                        Just Giving
                        Though we may laud wealthy individuals who give away their money
                        for society’s benefit, Just Giving shows how such generosity not only
                        isn’t the unassailable good we think it to be but might also undermine
                        democratic values. Big philanthropy is often an exercise of power,
                        the conversion of private assets into public influence. And it is a form
                        of power that is largely unaccountable and lavishly tax-advantaged.
                        Philanthropy currently fails democracy, but Rob Reich argues that it
                        can be redeemed.

                        Rob Reich is professor of political science and codirector of the Stan-
                        ford Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society at Stanford University.
                        2020. 256 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691202273   $17.95 | £14.99   ebook 9780691184395

                        A Lot of People Are Saying
                        Conspiracy theories are as old as politics. But conspiracists today have
                        introduced something new—conspiracy without theory. And the new
                        conspiracism has moved from the fringes to the heart of government.
                        In A Lot of People Are Saying, Russell Muirhead and Nancy Rosenblum
                        show how the new conspiracism differs from classic conspiracy theory,
                        how it undermines democracy, and what needs to be done to resist it.

                        Russell Muirhead is the Robert Clements Professor of Democracy
                        and Politics at Dartmouth College. Nancy L. Rosenblum is the
                        Senator Joseph Clark Research Professor of Ethics in Politics and
                        Government at Harvard University.
                        2020. 232 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691202259   $14.95 | £12.99   ebook 9780691204758

                        Hegel’s Social Ethics
                        Hegel’s Social Ethics offers a fresh and accessible interpretation of
                        G. W. F. Hegel’s most famous book, the Phenomenology of Spirit.
                        Drawing on important recent work on the social dimensions of
                        Hegel’s theory of knowledge, Molly Farneth shows how his account
                        of how we know rests on his account of how we ought to live.

                        Molly Farneth is assistant professor of religion at Haverford College.
                        2020. 184 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691203119   $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9781400887996

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                   On Mercy
                   Since antiquity, mercy has been regarded as a virtue. Yet by the end of
                   the eighteenth century, mercy had been exiled from political life. In
                   this book, Malcolm Bull analyses and challenges the Enlightenment’s
                   rejection of mercy. An important contribution to political philosophy
                   from an inventive thinker, On Mercy makes a persuasive case for
                   returning this neglected virtue to the heart of political thought.

                   Malcolm Bull is Professor of Art and the History of Ideas at the Uni-
                   versity of Oxford and a Senior Associate Research Fellow of Christ
                   Church, Oxford.
                   April 2021. 208 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691217451    $17.95 | £14.99   ebook 9780691185736

                   When All Else Fails
                   For centuries, almost everyone has believed that we must allow the
                   government and its representatives to act without interference, no
                   matter how they behave. We may complain, protest, sue, or vote
                   officials out, but we can’t fight back. But in When All Else Fails, Jason
                   Brennan argues that we have every right to react with acts of “uncivil
                   disobedience” when governments violate our rights.

                   Jason Brennan is the Robert J. and Elizabeth Flanagan Family Pro-
                   fessor of Strategy, Economics, Ethics, and Public Policy at George-
                   town University’s McDonough School of Business.
                   2020. 288 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691211503    $18.95 | £15.99   ebook 9780691183886

                   Walter Kaufmann
                   Walter Kaufmann (1921–1980) was a charismatic philosopher, critic,
                   translator, and poet who fled Nazi Germany at the age of eighteen,
                   emigrating alone to the United States. He single-handedly rehabili-
                   tated Nietzsche's reputation after World War II and was enormously
                   influential in introducing postwar American readers to existentialism.
                   Stanley Corngold introduces Kaufmann to a new generation of
                   readers, vividly portraying the intellectual life of one of the twentieth
                   century's most engaging and neglected thinkers.

                   Stanley Corngold is professor emeritus of German and comparative
                   literature at Princeton University.
                   2020. 760 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691211534    $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9780691184067

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                        A Theory of the Aphorism
                        Aphorisms—or short philosophical sayings—appear everywhere,
                        from Confucius to Twitter, the Buddha to the Bible, Heraclitus to
                        Nietzsche. Yet despite this ubiquity, the aphorism is the least studied
                        literary form. Encompassing literature, philology, and philosophy, A
                        Theory of the Aphorism invites us to reflect anew on the meaning of this
                        pithiest of literary forms.

                        Andrew Hui is associate professor of humanities at Yale-NUS College,
                        Singapore. He is the author of The Poetics of Ruins in Renaissance
                        Literature.
                        2020. 272 pages. 15 b/w illus.
                        Paperback 9780691210759          $19.95 | £16.99   ebook 9780691190556

                        The Open Society and Its Enemies
                        One of the most important books of the twentieth century, The Open
                        Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal
                        democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of total-
                        itarianism. An immediate sensation when it was first published, Karl
                        Popper’s monumental achievement has attained legendary status on
                        both the Left and Right. In a new foreword, George Soros describes
                        the “revelation” of first reading the book.

                        Karl Popper (1902–1994) was one of the most influential philoso-
                        phers of the twentieth century.
                        Princeton Classics
                        2020. 808 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691210841          $29.95 | £25.00   ebook 9780691212067

                        Reading Machiavelli
                        John McCormick challenges the misguided understandings of
                        Machiavelli set forth by prominent thinkers, including Jean-Jacques
                        Rousseau and representatives of the Straussian and Cambridge
                        schools, and he emphasizes the fundamental, often unacknowledged
                        elements of a vibrant Machiavellian politics. Advancing fresh readings
                        of Machiavelli’s work, this book presents a new outlook on how poli-
                        tics should be conceptualized and practiced.

                        John P. McCormick is professor of political science at the University
                        of Chicago.
                        2020. 288 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691211541          $21.95 | £18.99   ebook 9780691187914

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                   Kant’s Philosophical Revolution
                   Perhaps the most influential work of modern philosophy, Immanuel
                   Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is also one of the hardest to read,
                   since it brims with complex arguments, difficult ideas, and tortuous
                   sentences. In this short, accessible book, eminent philosopher and
                   Kant expert Yirmiyahu Yovel helps readers find their way through the
                   maze of Kant's classic by providing a clear and authoritative summary
                   of the entire work. The result is an invaluable guide for philosophers
                   and students.

                   Yirmiyahu Yovel (1935–2018) was professor emeritus of philosophy
                   at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
                   2020. 128 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691204574   $18.95 | £15.99   ebook 9781400890286

                   The Beginnings of Philosophy in Greece
                   In this acclaimed book, Maria Michela Sassi reconstructs the intel-
                   lectual world of the early Greek “Presocratics” to provide a richer
                   understanding of the roots of what used to be called “the Greek mira-
                   cle.” This unique study explores the full range of early Greek thinkers
                   in the context of their worlds—from the Milesian natural thinkers,
                   the rhapsode Xenophanes, and the mathematician and “shaman”
                   Pythagoras, to the inspired Parmenides, the oracular Heraclitus, and
                   the naturalist and seer Empedocles.

                   Maria Michela Sassi teaches the history of ancient philosophy at the
                   University of Pisa.
                   2020. 232 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691204567   $19.95 | £16.99   ebook 9781400889761

                   Idleness
                   For millennia, idleness and laziness have been seen as vices. We're all
                   expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to
                   anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a
                   moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern
                   philosophers have entrenched it, viewing idleness as an obstacle
                   to the ethical need people have to be autonomous, to be useful, to
                   contribute to the social good, or simply to avoid boredom. In Idleness
                   Brian O'Connor argues that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the
                   highest form of freedom.

                   Brian O’Connor is professor of philosophy at University College
                   Dublin and the author of Adorno and Adorno's Negative Dialectic.
                   2020. 216 pages.
                   Paperback 9780691204505   $17.95 | £14.99   ebook 9781400889617

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                        After Utopia
                        After Utopia was Judith Shklar’s first book, a harbinger of her renowned
                        career in political philosophy. Throughout the many changes in
                        political thought during the last half century, this important work has
                        withstood the test of time. With a foreword by Samuel Moyn, examin-
                        ing After Utopia’s continued relevance, this current edition introduces a
                        remarkable synthesis of ideas to a new generation of readers.

                        Judith N. Shklar (1928–1992) was the John Cowles Professor of
                        Government at Harvard University. Samuel Moyn is the Henry R.
                        Luce Professor of Jurisprudence at Yale Law School and professor of
                        history at Yale University.
                        2020. 330 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691200859    $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9780691200866

                        Basic Rights
                        Since its original publication, Basic Rights has proven increasingly
                        influential to those working in political philosophy, human rights,
                        global justice, and the ethics of international relations and foreign pol-
                        icy, particularly in debates regarding foreign policy’s role in alleviating
                        global poverty. This classic work, now available in a thoroughly updat-
                        ed fortieth-anniversary edition, includes a substantial new chapter by
                        the author examining how climate change threatens basic rights.

                        Henry Shue is professor emeritus of politics and international rela-
                        tions at Merton College, University of Oxford.
                        2020. 256 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691202280    $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9780691200835

                        Perfect Me
                        The demand to be beautiful is increasingly important in today's visual
                        and virtual culture. Rightly or wrongly, being perfect has become an
                        ethical ideal to live by, and according to which we judge ourselves a
                        success or failure. Perfect Me explores the changing nature of the beau-
                        ty ideal, showing how it is more dominant, demanding, and global
                        than ever before. Arguing that our perception of the self is changing,
                        Heather Widdows shows that more and more, we locate the self in the
                        body. To understand these rising demands, we need to recognize their
                        ethical aspect and seek out new communal responses.

                        Heather Widdows is the John Ferguson Professor of Global Ethics in
                        the Department of Philosophy at the University of Birmingham.
                        2020. 368 pages.
                        Paperback 9780691197142    $24.95 | £22.00   ebook 9781400889624

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                      Bedeviled
                      Science may be known for banishing the demons of superstition from
                      the modern world. Yet just as the demon-haunted world was being
                      exorcized by the enlightening power of reason, a new kind of demon
                      mischievously materialized in the scientific imagination itself. Sci-
                      entists began to employ hypothetical beings to perform certain roles
                      in thought experiments and these impish assistants helped scientists
                      achieve major breakthroughs that pushed forward the frontiers of
                      science and technology.

                      Jimena Canales is a writer and faculty member of the Graduate
                      College at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign.
                      2020. 416 pages. 16 b/w illus.
                      Hardback 9780691175324               $29.95 | £25.00   ebook 9780691186078

                      Bizarre-Privileged Items in the Universe
                      Centuries of thought have fixated on the concept of difference. This
                      book offers a theory that begins from likeness, where, at any instant, a
                      vast array of series proliferates and remote regions come into contact.
                      Bizarre-Privileged Items in the Universe follows likenesses as they
                      traverse physics and the physical universe; evolution and evolutionary
                      theory; psychology and the psyche; sociality, language, and art.
                      Divergent sources from an eccentric history help give shape to a new
                      trans-science, “homeotics.”

                      Paul North is Professor of German at Yale University.
                      February 2021. 336 pages. 4 color + 5 b/w illus.
                      Hardback 9781942130468            $33.00 | £28.00      ebook 9781942130499

                      The Book Proposal Book
                      Whether you’re hoping to publish your first book or you’re a seasoned
                      author with an unfinished proposal languishing on your hard drive,
                      The Book Proposal Book provides honest, empathetic, and invaluable
                      advice on how to overcome common sticking points and get your
                      book published. It also shows why, far from being merely a hurdle to
                      clear, a well-conceived proposal can help lead to an outstanding book.

                      Laura Portwood-Stacer, PhD, is a developmental editor and founder
                      of Manuscript Works.
                      Skills for Scholars
                      July 2021. 184 pages. 1 b/w illus.
                      Paperback 9780691209678              $19.95 | £16.99
                      Hardback 9780691215723               $75.00 | £62.00   ebook 9780691216621

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The Great Guide (Baggini)                   Freedom, Resentment, and the Metaphysics
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Dreamworlds of Race (Bell)
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Just Hierarchy (Bell & Pei)
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                                            Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
In Search of the Soul (Cottingham)
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial     Frederick the Great’s Philosophical Writings
                                            (Lifschitz)
How to Keep an Open Mind (Empiricus)        Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
                                            Philosophy of Mathematics (Linnebo)
Hegel’s Social Ethics (Farneth)             Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
                                            Reading Machiavelli (McCormick)
Leviathan on a Leash (Fleming)              Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
                                            Think Least of Death (Nadler)
We Are Not Born Submissive (Garcia)         Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Serial
                                            Idleness (O’Connor)
The Failures of Philosophy (Gaukroger)      Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
                                            Why Trust Science? (Oreskes)
The Art of Chinese Philosophy (Goldin)      Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
                                            Against the Death Penalty (Pelli)
How Logic Works (Halvorson)                 Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial
Translation, Audio, Film/TV, and Serial

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