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• Author(s): Lorenzo Chiesa • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: CriticismThe evolution of the concept of subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan.Countering the call by some "pro-Lacanians" for an end to the exegesis ...

• Author(s): Irving Singer | Alan Soble • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: CriticismThe author of the classic philosophical treatment of love reflects on the trajectory, over decades, of his thoughts on love and other ...

• Author(s): Kieran Setiya | Hille Paakkunainen • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Ethics & Moral PhilosophyA collection of the most important recent work on reasons for action and the question "why be moral?"Some ...

• Author(s): Eric Schwitzgebel • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Mind & BodyA collection of quirky, entertaining, and reader-friendly short pieces on philosophical topics that range from a theory of jerks to the e...

• Author(s): William G. Lycan • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernIn this book, William Lycan defends an original theory of mind that he calls "homuncular functionalism." What is consciousn...

• Author(s): Paul Horwich • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsTime is generally thought to be one of the more mysterious ingredients of the universe. In this intriguing book, Paul Horwich ...

• Author(s): Drew Khlentzos • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Movements - GeneralIn this important book, Drew Khlentzos explains the antirealist argument from a realist perspective. He defends naturalistic realism aga...

• Author(s): Nicholas Agar • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: EthicsA nuanced discussion of human enhancement that argues for enhancement that does not significantly exceed what is currently possible for human beings. ...

• Author(s): James Bohman • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: History & Theory - GeneralBohman develops a realistic model of deliberation by gradually introducing and analyzing the major tests facing deliberative de...

• Author(s): Russell Hurlburt • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • Subject: Education & Psychology • BISAC: PsychologyA psychologist and a philosopher with opposing viewpoints discuss the extent to which it is possible to r...

• Author(s): Briankle G. Chang | Garnet C. Butchart • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Communication StudiesClassical, modern, and contemporary philosophical writings that address the fundamental concepts of communicat...

• Author(s): Adam Frank • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Philosophy & Social AspectsA compelling argument for including the human perspective within science, and for how human experience makes science possible. "...

• Author(s): George Santayana | Kellie Dawson | David E. Spiech • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Individual PhilosophersSantayana's argument for the unity of philosophy and poetry. This concise and compelling volume-...

• Author(s): Robert N. Brandon | Richard Burian • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Life Sciences - Genetics & GenomicsThis anthology collects some of the most important papers on what is believed to be the major fo...

• Author(s): Jakob Hohwy • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: Cognitive Psychology & CognitionHow the concept of self-evidencing offers a philosophical principle for understanding mind and behavior, consciousness, va...

• Author(s): Gregory E. Kaebnick | Thomas H. Murray • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: EthicsA range of views on the morality of synthetic biology and its place in public policy and political discourse.Synthetic biolog...

• Author(s): Felipe De Brigard | Walter Sinnott-Armstrong • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: NeurosciencePhilosophers and neuroscientists address central issues in both fields, including morality, action, mental illnes...

• Author(s): Valtteri Arstila | Dan Lloyd • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: MetaphysicsInterdisciplinary perspectives on the feature of conscious life that scaffolds every act of cognition: subjective time. Our awaren...

• Author(s): Michael Marder • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: SocialA philosophical guide to passengerhood, with reflections on time, space, existence, boredom, our sense of self, and our sense of the senses. While th...

• Author(s): Greg Bird • Publisher: MIT Press • Publisher Imprint: MIT Press • BISAC: CriticismA ground-breaking anthology that places dispositifs ("apparatuses") at the center of contemporary thought. Dispositif is one of the most prevalent yet ...