Some New Books

A Companion to Metaphysics, 2nd Edition

Jaegwon Kim (Editor), Ernest Sosa (Editor), Gary S. Rosenkrantz (Editor)

Fully extended and revised, A Companion to Metaphysics 2nd Edition includes a section of detailed review essays from renowned metaphysicians, and the addition of more than 30 new encyclopedic entries, taking the number of entries to over 300.

Includes revisions to existing encyclopedic entries
Features more than 30 all-new "A to Z" entries
Offers a section of in-depth, essays from renowned metaphysicians
Provides the most complete and up-to-date reference guide for students and professionals alike

Worlds of Truth: A Philosophy of Knowledge

Israel Scheffler

Worlds of Truth: A Philosophy of Knowledge explicates and builds upon a half century of philosophical work by the noted philosopher Israel Scheffler.

Propounds a new doctrine of plurealism which maintains the existence of multiple real worlds
Offers a defense of absolute truth, which denies certainty and eschews absolutism, and defends systematic relativity, objectivity, and fallibilism
Emphasizes a wide range of pragmatic interests: epistemology and scientific development, cognition and emotion, science and ethics, ritual and culture, and art and science

Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization

Barry B. Powell

Writing: Theory and History of the Technology of Civilization traces the origins of writing tied to speech from ancient Sumer through the Greek alphabet and beyond.

Examines the earliest evidence for writing in Mesopotamia in the fourth millennium BC, the origins of purely phonographic systems, and the mystery of alphabetic writing
Includes discussions of Ancient Egyptian,Chinese, and Mayan writing
Shows how the structures of writing served and do serve social needs and in turn create patterns of social behavior
Clarifies the argument with many illustrations

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Some New Books

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