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Contemporary Metaethics: An Introduction 2nd Edition
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From Moore’s attack on ethical naturalism, A. J. Ayer’s emotivism and Simon Blackburn’s quasi-realism to anti-realist and best opinion accounts of moral truth and the non-reductionist naturalism of the ‘Cornell realists’, this book addresses all the key theories and ideas in this field. As well as revisiting the whole terrain with revised and updated guides to further reading, Miller also introduces major new sections on the revolutionary fictionalism of Richard Joyce and the hermeneutic fictionalism of Mark Kalderon.
The new edition will continue to be essential reading for students, teachers and professional philosophers with an interest in contemporary metaethics.
- ISBN-100745646581
- ISBN-13978-0745646589
- Edition2nd
- PublisherPolity
- Publication dateApril 15, 2013
- LanguageEnglish
- Dimensions6.13 x 1.02 x 9.16 inches
- Print length320 pages
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Morning Star
"This remains the indispensable guide to the subject for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and philosophers wanting to get 'up to speed' on the issues."
Brian Leiter, University of Chicago
"For many years, the first edition of Alex Miller’s An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics has been the primary text for my course on metaethics. No text that I know of introduces students so thoroughly to the central theories, distinctions and arguments. The second edition fills in the additional background now needed. In particular, the expansion of the chapter on error theories is particularly welcome."
Nadeem Hussain, Stanford University
"Given its breadth, thoroughness, and originality, Miller's An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics is compulsory reading for everyone interested in metaethics. The updated material of this second edition guarantees that there will soon exist a second generation of metaethicists for whom reading this book is a formative experience."
Jussi Suikkanen, University of Birmingham
Acclaim for the first edition:
"An Introduction to Contemporary Metaethics provides for the first time a critical survey of famous figures in 20th Century metaethics together with in-depth discussions of contemporary philosophers and will be an invaluable resource for students, teachers and professional philosophers with interests in contemporary metaethics."
Philosophical Inquiry
"His discussion is always succinct, rigorous and lucid. The book will be very useful to upper-division undergraduates."
Choice Magazine
"A precise and accessible reading of a rather complicated subject."
Syzetesis
"In this book Alexander Miller, an established expert in moral philosophy, provides a concise, clear and insightful account of the central issues of metaethics. He manages to make these difficult issues accessible to those who are new to this area of philosophy, while offering original contributions to the debates that will be of interest to experts in the field. This is an engaging and accomplished introductory work."
Philip Stratton-Lake, University of Reading
"Miller’s book is ambitious, lucid, and comprehensive – an extremely useful and detailed study of the field. I wish it had been available when I taught my graduate seminar in moral realism, for it would have made an excellent reference work throughout the course – both for its clear exposition and its rigorous critical perspectives. I recommend it to all serious students of metaethics."
John Corvino, Wayne State University
About the Author
Alexander Miller is Professor of Philosophy at the University of Otago.
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- Publisher : Polity; 2nd edition (April 15, 2013)
- Language : English
- Hardcover : 320 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0745646581
- ISBN-13 : 978-0745646589
- Item Weight : 1.31 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.13 x 1.02 x 9.16 inches
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Studies, experiences, failures and successes. Countless attempts that Alexander Miller has made to create various businesses. From tourism to catering to end up dealing with digital marketing in the last years. Participate as a founding partner in various businesses, he is a continuous innovator who loves to experiment in order to find the right formula in everything he does.
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It will definitely provide a useful historical index for the future, like an almanac, but I don't know if there is any point to this book otherwise in the end. At least I didn't get anywheres. But then I am not employed in ivy covered sandstone universities, and I feel like I am looking at a yearbook or class photo from a school my sort are not encouraged to attend for the age-cohort networking opportunities they provide. Like the recent King's school rugby team's tackling of sheep in Australia recently. [...]
The book is also tedious, frequently going off on detailed tangents apparently interesting to the author, but uninteresting and unnecessary to someone interested in an introduction to meta-ethics.
I highly recommend researching meta-ethics and the theories listed in the table of contents on the Internet Encyclopedia of Philosophy or the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy. You’ll save the price of the book and get a clearer and far more objective understanding of meta-ethics without having to wade or skim through tedious tangents and the author’s often weak arguments.
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However it took over a week to arrive and I had expected it sooner.
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