From owner-cse575-fa07-list@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Thu Nov 29 21:13:53 2007 Received: from ares.cse.buffalo.edu (ares.cse.buffalo.edu [128.205.32.79]) by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU (8.13.6/8.12.10) with ESMTP id lAU2Dqdq024256 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:13:52 -0500 (EST) Received: from front2.acsu.buffalo.edu (upfront.acsu.buffalo.edu [128.205.4.140]) by ares.cse.buffalo.edu (8.13.8/8.13.6) with SMTP id lAU2DlpL014759 for ; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:13:47 -0500 (EST) Received: (qmail 25438 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2007 02:13:42 -0000 Received: from deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.57) by front2.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 30 Nov 2007 02:13:42 -0000 Received: (qmail 27606 invoked from network); 30 Nov 2007 02:13:05 -0000 Received: from listserv.buffalo.edu (128.205.7.35) by deliverance.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 30 Nov 2007 02:13:05 -0000 Received: by LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU (LISTSERV-TCP/IP release 14.5) with spool id 5768582 for CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU; Thu, 29 Nov 2007 21:13:05 -0500 Delivered-To: cse575-fa07-list@listserv.buffalo.edu Received: (qmail 18824 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 02:07:41 -0000 Received: from mailscan4.acsu.buffalo.edu (128.205.6.136) by listserv.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 02:07:41 -0000 Received: (qmail 16936 invoked from network); 29 Nov 2007 01:23:25 -0000 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com (64.233.182.184) by smtp6.acsu.buffalo.edu with SMTP; 29 Nov 2007 01:23:25 -0000 Received: by nf-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id d21so1419976nfb for ; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:23:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.173.20 with SMTP id v20mr751206hue.1196299402408; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:23:22 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.78.187.16 with HTTP; Wed, 28 Nov 2007 17:23:22 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Disposition: inline X-Google-Sender-Auth: dc89a94b93b0963a X-UB-Relay: (nf-out-0910.google.com) X-PM-Spam-Prob: : 7% Message-ID: <83da9da50711281723j614c14beld3a14f72e7f63036@mail.gmail.com> Date: Wed, 28 Nov 2007 20:23:22 -0500 Reply-To: William Rapaport Sender: Introduction to Cognitive Science From: William Rapaport Subject: Fwd: New and recent titles in philosophy from MIT Press To: CSE575-FA07-LIST@LISTSERV.BUFFALO.EDU Precedence: list List-Help: , List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Owner: List-Archive: X-DCC-Buffalo.EDU-Metrics: castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU 1029; Body=0 Fuz1=0 Fuz2=0 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.3 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00, MIME_BASE64_NO_NAME autolearn=ham version=3.1.8 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.8 (2007-02-13) on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV 0.91.2/4917/Mon Nov 26 03:10:23 2007 on ares.cse.buffalo.edu X-Virus-Status: Clean Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-MIME-Autoconverted: from base64 to 8bit by castor.cse.Buffalo.EDU id lAU2Dqdq024256 Status: R Content-Length: 15379 I thought some of you might be interested in this ad from MIT Press. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The MIT Press Date: Nov 28, 2007 5:30 PM Subject: New and recent titles in philosophy +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | The MIT Press | Philosophy +------------------------------------------------------------------------ | 11/28/2007 +------------------------------------------------------------------------ SAVE 20% ON THESE NEW AND RECENT TITLES IN PHILOSOPHY THROUGH DECEMBER 31, 2007. 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In this message: - Autonomia - Causation and Explanation (paper) - Causation and Explanation (cloth) - The Chomsky Effect - Describing Inner Experience? - The Evolution of Morality - Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology - Folk Psychological Narratives - Gödel, Putnam, and Functionalism - Good Sex Illustrated - In Praise of Blandness - Moral Psychology, Volume 1 (paper) - Moral Psychology, Volume 1 (cloth) - Moral Psychology, Volume 2 (paper) - Moral Psychology, Volume 2 (cloth) - Moral Psychology, Volume 3 (paper) - Moral Psychology, Volume 3 (cloth) - The Musical Representation - Objectivity - Profanations - The Really Hard Problem - Subjectivity and Otherness - Things and Places - Time and Realism (paper) - Time and Realism (cloth) - Two Regimes of Madness, Revised Edition - Vital Nourishment Autonomia Post-Political Politics Edited by Sylvère Lotringer and Christian Marazzi The only first-hand document and contemporaneous analysis of the most innovative post-'68 radical movement in the West, Italy's creative, futuristic, neo-anarchistic, postideological Autonomia. November 2007 ISBN 978-1-58435-053-8 $24.95/£16.95 (CLOTH) http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11312&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Causation and Explanation Edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke and Harry S. Silverstein Leading scholars discuss the development and application of theories of causation and explanation, offering a state-of-the-art view of current work on these two topics. July 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-53290-7 $36.00/£23.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11175&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Causation and Explanation Edited by Joseph Keim Campbell, Michael O'Rourke and Harry S. Silverstein Leading scholars discuss the development and application of theories of causation and explanation, offering a state-of-the-art view of current work on these two topics. July 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-03363-3 $85.00/£54.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11176&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Chomsky Effect A Radical Works Beyond the Ivory Tower By Robert F. Barsky Noam Chomsky as political gadfly, groundbreaking scholar, and intellectual guru: key issues in Chomsky's career and the sometimes contentious reception to his ideas. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-02624-6 $29.95/£19.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11294&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Describing Inner Experience? Proponent Meets Skeptic By Russell T. Hurlburt and Eric Schwitzgebel A psychologist and a philosopher with opposing viewpoints discuss the extent to which it is possible to report accurately on our own conscious experience, considering both the reliability of introspection in general and the particular self-reported inner experiences of "Melanie," a subject interviewed using the Descriptive Experience Sampling method. November 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-08366-9 $34.00/£21.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11340&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Evolution of Morality By Richard Joyce A consideration of whether the human capacity to make moral judgments is innate and, if so, what implications follow; combines philosophical discussion with the latest findings from the empirical sciences. September 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-60072-9 $18.00/£11.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11283&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Evolutionary Psychology as Maladapted Psychology By Robert C. Richardson A philosopher subjects the claims of evolutionary psychology to the evidential and methodological requirements of evolutionary biology, concluding that evolutionary psychology's explanations amount to speculation disguised as results. November 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-18260-7 $30.00/£19.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11255&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Folk Psychological Narratives The Sociocultural Basis of Understanding Reasons By Daniel D. Hutto An argument that challenges the dominant "theory theory" and simulation theory approaches to folk psychology by claiming that our everyday understanding of intentional actions done for reasons is acquired by exposure to and engaging in specific kinds of narratives. January 2008 ISBN 978-0-262-08367-6 $38.00/£24.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11345&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gödel, Putnam, and Functionalism A New Reading of Representation and Reality By Jeff Buechner The first systematic examination of Hilary Putnam's arguments against computational functionalism challenges each of Putnam's main arguments. November 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-02623-9 $38.00/£24.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11347&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Good Sex Illustrated By Tony Duvert; Translated by Bruce Benderson A scathing view of sex manuals for children and society's hypocrisy of over sex that argues for the rights of children to their own bodies and their own sexuality. November 2007 ISBN 978-1-58435-043-9 $14.95/£9.95 (PAPER) http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11136&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - In Praise of Blandness Proceeding from Chinese Thought and Aesthetics By François Jullien; Translated by Paula M. Varsano A consideration of blandness not as the absence of defining qualities but as the harmonious union of all potential values -- an infinite opening into human experience. September 2007 ISBN 978-1-890951-42-9 $18.95/£12.95 (PAPER) http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11318&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 1 The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-69354-7 $30.00/£19.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11349&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 1 The Evolution of Morality: Adaptations and Innateness Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-19561-4 $60.00/£38.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11348&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 2 The Cognitive Science of Morality: Intuition and Diversity Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. January 2008 ISBN 978-0-262-69357-8 $30.00/£19.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11353&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 2 The Cognitive Science of Morality: Intuition and Diversity Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. January 2008 ISBN 978-0-262-19569-0 $60.00/£38.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11352&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 3 The Neuroscience of Morality: Emotion, Brain Disorders, and Development Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. January 2008 ISBN 978-0-262-69355-4 $30.00/£19.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11351&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Moral Psychology, Volume 3 The Neuroscience of Morality: Emotion, Brain Disorders, and Development Edited by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong Philosophers and psychologists discuss new collaborative work in moral philosophy that draws on evolutionary psychology, cognitive science, and neuroscience. January 2008 ISBN 978-0-262-19564-5 $60.00/£38.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11350&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Musical Representation Meaning, Ontology, and Emotion By Charles O. Nussbaum A naturalistic philosophical theory of musical representation that argues that important varieties of experience afforded by Western tonal art music since 1650 arise through the feeling of tone, the sense of movement in musical space, cognition, emotional arousal, and the engagement, by way of specific emotional responses, of deeply rooted human ideals. December 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-14096-6 $38.00/£24.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11339&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Objectivity By Lorraine Daston and Peter Galison The emergence of objectivity in the mid-nineteenth-century sciences, as revealed through images in scientific atlases--a story of how lofty epistemic ideals fuse with workaday practices. October 2007 ISBN 978-1-890951-78-8 $38.95/£25.95 (CLOTH) Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11277&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Profanations By Giorgio Agamben; Translated by Jeff Fort A meditation on memory and oblivion, on what is lost and what remains, Profanations proves yet again that Agamben is one of the most provocative writers of our time. November 2007 ISBN 978-1-890951-82-5 $25.95/£16.95 (CLOTH) Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11316&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - The Really Hard Problem Meaning in a Material World By Owen J. Flanagan A noted philosopher proposes a naturalistic (rather than supernaturalistic) way to solve the "really hard problem": how to live a life that really matters--even as a finite material being living in a material world. November 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-06264-0 $27.95/£18.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11293&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Subjectivity and Otherness A Philosophical Reading of Lacan By Lorenzo Chiesa The evolution of the concept of subjectivity in the works of Jacques Lacan. September 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-53294-5 $19.95/£12.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapter/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11252&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Things and Places How the Mind Connects with the World By Zenon W. Pylyshyn Problems in linking representation and perceived things in the world are discussed in light of the role played by a preconceptual indexing mechanism that functions to identify, reidentify, and track objects. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-16245-6 $34.00/£21.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11346&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Time and Realism Metaphysical and Antimetaphysical Perspectives By Yuval Dolev A new view of the metaphysics of time, arguing that the traditional tensed-tenseless debate within analytic philosophy should be seen as the first stage in a philosophical investigation of time, and that the next stage belongs to phenomenology. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-54194-7 $30.00/£19.95 (PAPER) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11356&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Time and Realism Metaphysical and Antimetaphysical Perspectives By Yuval Dolev A new view of the metaphysics of time, arguing that the traditional tensed-tenseless debate within analytic philosophy should be seen as the first stage in a philosophical investigation of time, and that the next stage belongs to phenomenology. October 2007 ISBN 978-0-262-04243-7 $75.00/£48.95 (CLOTH) Sample Chapters/Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11355&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Two Regimes of Madness, Revised Edition Texts and Interviews 1975-1995 By Gilles Deleuze; Translated by Ames Hodges and Mike Taormina Texts and interviews from the period that saw the publication of Deleuze's major works. October 2007 ISBN 978-1-58435-062-0 $19.95/£12.95 (PAPER) Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=10796&mlid=651 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Vital Nourishment Departing from Happiness By François Jullien; Translated by Arthur Goldhammer A philosophical inquiry into how to "feed life," or nourish it, draws from early Chinese thinker Zhuanghi to explore notions of breath, energy, and immanence. November 2007 ISBN 978-1-890951-80-1 $25.95/£16.95 (CLOTH) Table of Contents Available: http://mitpress.mit.edu/item.asp?ttype=2&tid=11317&mlid=651