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Logic for Philosophy is an introduction to logic for students of contemporary philosophy. It is suitable both for advanced undergraduates and for beginning graduate students in philosophy. it is very user-friendly for students without much background in mathematics. It gives you the logic you need to do philosophy.

Roy Sorensen presents a lively original treatment of the ancient problem of vagueness. There may seem to be vagueness in the way the world is divided up, but Sorensen argues that the divisions are in fact sharp - it's just that we often don't know where they are, and so find this hard to believe.

Herdegen's Principles of International Economic Law has established itself as a leading textbook in the field. This fully updated third edition covers areas of growing relevance in international economic law, including corporate social responsibility, challenges for WTO law, the impact of human rights and environmental law, and cryptocurrencies.

Over the last fifty years Asia has transformed beyond recognition. Resurgent Asia provides an analytical narrative of Asia's incredible development situated in the wider context of historical, political, and social factors.

This book examines Immanuel Kant's impact on moral philosophy from his time to our own. Kant's moral philosophy can seem complicated, but at the most basic level it is driven by the simple idea that the greatest possible freedom for each combined with an equal degree of freedom for all is the fundamental principle of philosophy.

Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field.

Chiara Graf examines the role of emotion in the scientific, philosophical, and literary works of Seneca the Younger, reading several of the Roman philosopher's key texts in dialogue with modern studies in affect theory.

J. M. F. Heath reads Clement of Alexandria's Paedagogus alongside modern approaches to the judgement of taste and aesthetics to show how Clement's forming of the tastes and habits of his audience was vital to early Christian beliefs and practices. In turn, the book also develops a theological response to Pierre Bourdieu's theory of taste.

This book offers the first historical-critical study of women, households and patronage in the Qur'an, and thus of the way that Qur'anic law and theology refashioned existing late antique social structures.

This edited collection brings together the leading thinkers in the fields of animal ethics, politics, social philosophy, world religions, and the law to explore this lacuna and thus provide the first book length treatment of solidarity between the species.

Blackstone's Handbook for Policing Students 2024 offers comprehensive coverage of the skills and knowledge required of future police officers, from pre-join degree courses and degree apprenticeships to progression from serving as a Special or working as a PCSO.

Microeconomics in Words demystifies microeconomic analyses by showing how they depend on simplifying assumptions and ethical judgments that could be made differently.

Romantic Poets and the Laughter of Feeling embraces the sublime and the ridiculous to offer a compelling new reading of British Romanticism. Matthew Ward reveals the decisive role laughter and the laughable play in Romantic aesthetics, emotions, and ethics.

This book explores and presents findings on the impact of the COVID crisis on informal workers in Asia, Africa, and North and Latin America.

This study examines the political, social, economic, and demographic dimensions of the plague pandemic which affected Colonial India in the late-nineteenth century. Natasha Sarkar details the progress of the disease within a complex colonial environment, exploring the attitudes and responses of indigenous communities and key colonial actors.

Vice and Psychiatric Diagnosis outlines the implications of vice concepts being incorporated into psychiatric diagnosis and clinical practice, leading to some of the vexing problems in mental health and social care.

The challenge this book grapples with is how biodiversity might be conserved without producing global injustice.

Focusing on the striking contradiction between destruction and care, violent repression, and the simultaneous development of the welfare state, Nations Apart brings a new revisionist interpretation of an occupied society.

The Oxford Handbook of Queer and Trans Music Therapy (QTMT) is a celebration of queer, trans, bisexual and gender nonconforming identities and the spontaneous creativity that is at the heart of queer music-making.

Epistemic Blame is the first book-length philosophical examination of our practice of criticizing one another for epistemic failings. Cameron Boult argues that members of epistemic communities stand in epistemic relationships, and epistemic blame is a distinctive way of modifying these relationships.

This leading text provides everything you need for bringing, defending, and appealing employment cases in one volume, Blackstone's Employment Law Practice 2023 provides an unbeatable combination of clear, comprehensive commentary and key legislation.

Rise of the International brings together scholars of International Relations and History to capture the emergence and development of the thought, the relations, and the systems that have come to be called international in western discourse.

With unrivalled coverage of IR theories from leading experts, from liberalism to postcolonialism. Reorganised to reflect the importance of global IR and newly authored chapters on classical realism, liberalism, Marxism, and critical theories. Case studies show readers how theory can be applied to address concrete political problems.

Personalism and Personalist Regimes offers a systematic examination of the logic of personalism, or personalist rule, tackling comprehensively the study of personalist leaders and personalist regimes.

Little Intisar has a BIG job at her Auntie Mahira's wedding: she's going to dance in the group performance! But as Intisar struggles with getting the routine right, her family of movers and groovers come to the rescue to show her being herself is far more fun than being perfect.

When Mirabelle plays too many pranks and isn't allowed at her parents' picnic party, she has a brilliant idea: she'll take a shrinking potion, so she'll be too tiny for anyone to see! But Mirabelle discovers that the garden is a little more dangerous when you're no taller than a blade of grass. Has the mischief gone too far this time . . . ?

On Jack's tenth birthday he discovers that he's a fairy. A real one, With magical powers. Now he must save humanity from a terrible threat - the unicorns have stopped farting, which means human happiness has dropped to dangerous levels.

Buffalo Lil and Buffalo Jill looked just the same, but they were as different as apple-pie and cacti. When there's a big HOO-HA at the Wild West competition, they learn that there's more than one way to be a cowgirl.

When a boy stumbles into a blank book, he thinks it looks empty . . . until he meets a paintbrush. Although the boy is certain that he can't draw or paint, the brush encourages him to try-and it soon becomes clear that anything can be turned into something. With a bit of imagination, the possibilities are endless-you can paint the world!

A series designed to get little ones moving and playing! In this story, readers are encouraged to copy Pony as he gallops, whinnies, and trots around the farm. Featuring a cut-out mask, song, and animation, this series is truly interactive and a lot of fun!