A"It is recommended not only to readers not yet familiar with philosophical discourse and concerns, but also to 'insiders' who wish to get a clearer view of the various debates and discussions that are taking place in philosophy today.A" (Metapsychology, August 2009)

Christopher Belshaw is a Senior Lecturer in Philosophy and Staff Tutor with the Open University. He works mainly at the theoretical end of applied ethics. He is the author of Ideas (Open University 1998), Environmental Philosophy (Acumen, 2001) and 10 Good Questions About Life and Death (Blackwell, 2005). Another book, Annihilation: The Sense and Significance of Death, is forthcoming. Gary Kemp is Senior Lecturer in the Philosophy Department at the University of Glasgow. He works in the philosophy of logic and language, on Frege, Russell, Quine and Davidson, and on aesthetics and philosophical themes in literature. He is the author of Quine: A Guide for the Perplexed (2005) and, with Tracy Bowell, of Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide (2002, 2005, 2009).

Acknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. Introduction (Christopher Belshaw, Open University and Gary Kemp, University of Glasgow). 1. Quine (A. W. Moore, University of Oxford). 2. Rawls (Thomas Baldwin, University of York). 3. Davidson (Ernie Lepore, Rutgers University and Kirk Ludwig, University of Florida). 4. Williams (Catherine Wilson, City University of New York). 5. Rorty (Alan Malachowski, University of East Anglia). 6. Fodor (Jose Luis Bermudez, Washington University, St Louis). 7. Nagel (Sonia Sedivy, University of Toronto). 8. Kripke (Alexander Bird, University of Bristol). 9. Nozick (A. R. Lacey). 10. Parfit (Jacob Ross, University of Southern California). 11. McDowell (Marie McGinn, University of York). 12. Singer (Lori Gruen, Wesleyan University). Index.