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Thinking and BeingIrad Kimhi

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2018 2 tables 176 pp. $39.95 • £28.95 cloth 9780674967892

Thinking Off Your FeetHow Empirical Psychology Vindicates Armchair PhilosophyMichael Strevens

“An impressive defense of armchair philosophy, as it is by and large currently practiced, and…an important contribution to the cognitive science of concepts. Philosophers as well as psy-chologists will benefit tremendously from reading this book.”

—Edouard Machery, University of Pittsburgh

Belknap Press 2019 10 illus. 360 pp. $39.95 • £28.95 cloth 9780674986527

To Shape a New WorldEssays on the Political Philosophy of Martin Luther King, Jr.EditEd by Tommie Shelby • Brandon M. Terry

“Fascinating and instructive…Shelby and Terry may offer the best solution to the pain of thinking about King and our loss of him…King’s philosophy, speaking to us through the written word, may turn out to constitute his most enduring legacy.”

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“A compelling work of philosophy, all the more so because it treats King seriously without inoculating him from the kind of critique important to both his theory and practice.”

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An Inquiry into Modes of ExistenceAn Anthropology of the Moderns

Bruno LatourTranslated by Catherine Porter

“Magnificent…Latour’s main message—that rationality is ‘woven from more than one thread’—is intended not just for the

academic seminar, but for the public square—and the public square today is global as never before.”

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The Limits of BlameRethinking Punishment and ResponsibilityErin I. Kelly★ Honorable Mention, Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize

“This book has an elegant humanity that is missing in many discussions of punishment…The Limits of Blame is a model for philosophers who aim to engage with the criminal justice system.”

—Victor Tadros, University of Warwick

2018 1 photo 240 pp. $35.00 • £25.95 cloth 9780674980778

Critique of Forms of LifeRahel JaeggitranslatEd by Ciaran Cronin

“Jaeggi combines…phenomenological attention to lived experience and an eye for social detail…She binds that together with a shrewd grasp of critical theory and the philosophical landscape of the present. Her footnotes alone would make a good book.”

—Terry Pinkard, European Journal of Philosophy

Belknap Press 2018 1 table 416 pp. $45.00 • £35.95 cloth 9780674737754

Plato as Critical TheoristJonny Thakkar

“Jonny Thakkar follows in a tradition of political philosophers and theorists such as Charles Taylor, Michael Sandel, Michael Ignatieff, and Michael Walzer: theorists who work at the high-est levels of intellectual rigor, but who are committed to their theoretical work making a political difference…A Platonically inspired idealist defense of modern democratic liberalism.”

—Jonathan Lear, University of Chicago

2018 392 pp. $39.95 • £28.95 cloth 9780674971769

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As IfIdealization and Ideals

Kwame Anthony Appiah★ A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year

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A Spirit of TrustA Reading of Hegel’s PhenomenologyRobert B. Brandom

Forty years in the making, this long-awaited reinterpreta-tion of Hegel’s The Phenomenology of Spirit is a landmark contribution to phi-

losophy by one of the world’s best-known and most influential philosophers.

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Converts to the RealCatholicism and the Making of Continental PhilosophyEdward Baring

In the most wide-ranging history of phenomenology since Herbert

Spiegelberg’s The Phenomenological Move-ment over fifty years ago, Baring uncovers a new and unexpected force—Catholic intel-lectuals—behind the growth of phenomenology in the early twentieth century, and makes the case for the movement’s catalytic intellectual and social impact.

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Conscious ExperienceA Logical InquiryAnil Gupta

A distinguished philosopher offers a novel account of experience and reason, and develops our understanding of conscious experi-ence and its relation-

ship to thought: a new reformed empiricism.

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Why Free Will Is RealChristian List

A crystal-clear, scien-tifically rigorous argu-ment for the existence of free will, challeng-ing what many scien-tists and scientifically minded philosophers believe.

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—Alfred Mele, Florida State University

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Good EnoughDaniel S. Milo

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The Emotional MindStephen T. Asma • Rami Gabriel

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The Fall of LanguageAlexander Stern

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John RawlsAndrius Gališanka

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Notes Toward a Performative Theory of AssemblyJudith Butler★ A Times Higher Education Book of the Week

“Everything that a book about our planet in the 21st century should be…Butler demonstrates a clear engagement with an aspect of the world that is becoming in many political contexts almost illicit to discuss: the idea that capitalism, certainly in its neoliberal form, is failing to provide a liveable life for the majority of human beings.”

—Times Higher EducationMary Flexner Lectures of Bryn Mawr College 2018; 2015 256 pp. $15.95 • £11.95 paper 9780674983984

A Secular AgeCharles Taylor★ A New York Times Notable Book of the Year★ A Times Literary Supplement Book of the Year★ A Globe & Mail Best Book of the Year★ A Publishers Weekly Best Book of the Year★ A Tablet Best Book of the Year

“A work of stupendous breadth and erudition.”


“One finds big nuggets of insight, useful to almost anybody with an interest in the progress of human society.”

—The Economist

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The Ethics of AuthenticityCharles Taylor

“Charles Taylor is a philosopher of broad reach and many talents, but his most striking talent is a gift for interpreting different traditions, cultures and philosophies to one another…[This book is] full of good things.”

—Alan Ryan, New York Times Book Review

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DignityIts History and MeaningMichael Rosen

“Dignity deserves to be widely read…There can be no doubt [Rosen] has widened our horizons.”

—Simon Blackburn, Times Literary Supplement

“Penetrating and sprightly…Rosen rightly emphasizes the centrality of Catholicism in the modern history of human dignity…A wonderful guide to the recent German constitutional thinking about human dignity.”

—Samuel Moyn, The Nation

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The Enigma of ReasonHugo Mercier • Dan Sperber

“A comprehensive and well-motivated overview of the contemporary scientific and philosophical literature on reasoning.”

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“Brilliant…Turns reason’s weaknesses into strengths, arguing that its supposed flaws are actually design features that work remarkably well…Timely and necessary.”

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Self and SoulA Defense of IdealsMark Edmundson★ An Artery Best Book of the Year★ An Art of Manliness Best Book of the Year

“An impassioned critique of Western society, a relentless assault on contemporary complacency, shallowness, competitiveness, and self-regard…Edmundson writes with a Thoreau-like incisiveness and fervor…[A] powerful, heartfelt book.”

—Michael Dirda, Washington Post

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Adorno and ExistencePeter E. Gordon

“A perceptive philosophical inquiry.”

—Samuel Freeman, New York Review of Books

“Gordon, in a detailed, sensitive, fair-minded way, leads the reader through Adorno’s various, usually quite vigorous, rhetorically pointed attacks on both transcendental and existential phenom-enology from 1930 on…[A] singularly illuminating study.”

—Robert Pippin, Critical Inquiry

2018; 2016 272 pp. $19.95 • £15.95 paper 9780674986862

Collective Choice and Social WelfareAn Expanded EditionAmartya Sen

“Straddling economics, philosophy, and logic, Amartya Sen’s Collective Choice and Social Welfare is widely recognized as a transformative and seminal work that shaped modern welfare economics…The publication of this classic after so many years, in an enlarged edition, is an occasion for celebration.”

—Indian Express

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Dark GhettosInjustice, Dissent, and ReformTommie Shelby★ North American Society for Social Philosophy Book Award★ A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

“Provocative…[Shelby] challenge[s] the assumption, common to liberals and conservatives alike, that ghettos are ‘problems’ best addressed with narrowly targeted government programs or civic interventions.”



Butterfly PoliticsChanging the World for Women With a New PrefaceCatharine A. MacKinnon★ A Seminary Co-op Notable Book of the Year★ A Times Higher Education Book of the Week

“MacKinnon adapts a concept from chaos theory in which the tiny motion of a butterfly’s wings can trigger a tornado half a world away. Under the right conditions, she posits, small actions can produce major social transformations.”

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The Ordinary VirtuesMoral Order in a Divided WorldMichael Ignatieff★ Zócalo Book Prize, Zócalo Public Square★ A New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice

“Combines powerful moral arguments with superb storytelling.”

—New Statesman

“Engaging…The ordinary virtues are…a moral vernacular by which members of different ethnic and religious groups are able to live, if not together, then side by side.”

—Times Literary Supplement

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Origin of the German TrauerspielWalter BenjaminTranslated by Howard Eiland

Origin of the German Trauerspiel was Walter Benjamin’s first full, historically oriented analysis of modernity. Thoroughly annotated with a philological and historical introduction and other explanatory and supplementary material, this rigorous and elegant new translation brings fresh understanding to a cardinal work by one of the twentieth century’s greatest literary critics.2019 336 pp. $19.95 • £14.95 paper 9780674744240











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No Morality, No SelfAnscombe’s Radical SkepticismJames Doyle

“A major contribution to Anscombe studies.”

— Roger Teichmann, University of Oxford

“An absolutely remark-able achievement…

This book will bring Anscombe’s thought to the forefront of ethical theory.”

—Sergio Tenenbaum, University of Toronto

2018 $39.95 • £28.95 cloth 9780674976504

The Twenty-Five Years of PhilosophyA Systematic ReconstructionEckart FörsterTranslated by Brady Bowman

“[A] masterful book…Förster’s command of the historical sources

is most impressive. Moreover, this book is clearly written, and Bowman’s translation is commendable. Scholars and graduate students will welcome this masterpiece.”

—Choice

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Reading Wittgenstein with Anscombe, Going On to EthicsCora Diamond

“It is becoming increasingly evident to many that Elizabeth Anscombe’s writings on Witt-genstein are just as wonderful as the rest of

her work. This book shows what is less appreciated: that Cora Diamond is one of our finest readers of both Wittgenstein and Anscombe.”

— James Conant, University of Chicago

2019 $39.95 • £28.95 cloth 9780674051683

The Meaning of BeliefReligion from an Atheist’s Point of ViewTim Crane★ A New York Times

Book Review Editors’ Choice

★ A Publishers Weekly Best Religion Book of the Year

“[A] thoughtful book…In a spirit of reconcilia-tion, Crane proposes to paint a more accurate picture of religion for his fellow unbelievers.”


2017 $24.95 • £17.95 cloth 9780674088832

Changing the SubjectPhilosophy from Socrates to AdornoRaymond Geuss

“Combines polyglot philological rigor with supple intellectual sympathy, and it is all presented—as Geuss puts it— hilaritatis causa,

or in a spirit of fun…This bracing and approachable book [demonstrates] that there is life in philosophy yet.”

—Times Literary Supplement

2017 $29.95 • £21.95 cloth 9780674545724

The Art of BeingPoetics of the Novel and Existentialist PhilosophyYi-Ping Ong★ Honorable Mention,

Thomas J. Wilson Memorial Prize

“Brilliant…A beautifully conceived book that

brings existentialist philosophy into creative dialogue with literary texts. Full of original and compelling insights into the philosophical content of the novels examined, the intricate readings are absorbing and show how literature subtly reaches beyond itself into our lives.”

—Garry L. Hagberg, Bard College

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Guilty Aesthetic PleasuresTimothy Aubry2018 $35.00 • £25.95 cloth 9780674986466

Aquinas and the MarketMary L. Hirschfeld2018 $45.00 • £35.95 cloth 9780674986404

Third ThoughtsSteven WeinbergBelknap Press 2018 $25.95 • £20.00 cloth 9780674975323

Universe in CreationRoy R. Gould2018 $24.95 • £17.95 cloth 9780674976078

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A Natural History of Human MoralityMichael Tomasello★ A Choice

Outstanding Academic Title of the Year

“Tomasello…makes an endearing guide, appear-ing happily amazed that morality exists at all.”

—New Scientist

2018; 2016 $19.95 • £15.95 paper 9780674986824

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Strangers in Our MidstThe Political Philosophy of ImmigrationDavid Miller

“One of the strengths of his extremely lucid book is that it man-

ages to state a strong moral and philosophical case against maximal cosmopolitanism and open borders without using this as any kind of excuse to ignore humanitarian catastrophe.”

—Rowan Williams, New Statesman

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Politics against DominationIan Shapiro

“Shapiro’s insights are trenchant, especially with regards to the Citizens United deci-sion, and his counsel on how the ‘status-quo bias’ in national politi-

cal institutions favors the privileged.”

—Los Angeles Review of Books

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Prophecy without ContemptReligious Discourse in the Public SquareCathleen Kaveny

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book not only opens a ‘new front’ in these debates, but starts the conversation with a rich analysis of the history and function of prophetic discourse.”

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Our Aesthetic CategoriesSianne Ngai★ James Russell

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The Case against PerfectionMichael J. Sandel★ A New York Times

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How to Do Things with WordsJ. L. AustinThe William James Lectures $26.00 • £18.95 paper 9780674411524 Not for sale in UK & British Commonwealth (except Canada)

IntentionG. E. M. Anscombe$32.00 • £23.95 paper 9780674003996

The Engaged IntellectJohn McDowell$29.00 • £20.95 paper 9780674725799

Having the World in ViewJohn McDowell$28.00 • £20.95 paper 9780674725805

We Who Are DarkTommie Shelby★ A New York

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Political EmotionsMartha C. Nussbaum★ A Choice

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Creating CapabilitiesMartha C. NussbaumBelknap Press $17.50 • £12.95 paper 9780674072350

What We Owe to Each OtherT. M. Scanlon★ A New York Times

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Justice for HedgehogsRonald DworkinBelknap Press $24.00 • £17.95 paper 9780674072251

Religion without GodRonald Dworkin$17.95 • £12.95 cloth 9780674726826

The Last UtopiaSamuel Moyn★ A Choice



The Ecological ThoughtTimothy Morton$22.00 • £15.95 paper 9780674064225

A Theory of Justice: Original EditionJohn Rawls★ Order of the Coif

Book AwardBelknap Press $37.00 • £26.95 paper 9780674017726

Justice as FairnessJohn Rawls Edited by Erin I. KellyBelknap Press $33.00 • £23.95 paper 9780674005112

The Idea of JusticeAmartya Sen★ North American

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