Reading Parfit

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ISBN 10: 0631197265 ISBN 13: 9780631197263

Casa editrice: Blackwell Pub, 1997

Reading Parfit brings together some of the most distinguished scholars in the field to discuss and critique Derek Parfit's outstanding work, Reasons and Persons.

Recensione:

"An impressive collection of twelve essays which reflect Parfit′s own knack of getting to the heart of the most fundamental problems in ethics and personal identity. With contributors of the calibre of Sydney Shoemaker, Simon Blackburn, Judith Jarvis Thomson, John McDowell and Frank Jackson you would have every right to expect some first–rate writing, and you won′t be disappointed ... This is a volume for the reader who has been fascinated by the richness and complexity of Parfit and is looking for insightful, well–considered responses to it." The Philosophers′ Magazine

L'autore:

Jonathan Dancy is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Reading. He has published widely in the areas of ethics and epistemology, including (co-editor with Ernest Sosa) A Companion to Epistemology (Blackwell Publishers, 1992) and Moral Reasons (Blackwell Publishers, 1992).