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  • Experimental Philosophy for Beginners

    A Gentle Introduction to Methods and Tools

    by Stephan Kornmesser, Alexander Max Bauer, Mark Alfano, Aurélien Allard, Lucien Baumgartner, Florian Cova, Paul Engelhardt, Eugen Fischer, Henrike Meyer, Kevin Reuter, Justin Sytsma, Kyle Thompson, Marc Wyszynski ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This graduate textbook provides a basic introduction to experimental philosophy (x-phi). In nine chapters, different methods and tools used in X-Phi are explained, spanning quantitative vignette studies, interactive experiments, corpus analysis, psycholinguistic experiments as well as qualitative interview studies. Each chapter introduces a specific experimental method by means of a case study in ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Nietzsche on Virtue

    by Mark Alfano ...
    Series series Elements in the Philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche
    This Element argues for an interpretation of Nietzsche on virtue according to which he believes that because different people have different constellations of instincts and other drives, and because instincts and drives can only be shaped and redirected within boundaries, he recommends different virtues as fitting and conducive to flourishing for different types of people. In his own way, these ... Read more

    $20.49 USD

  • Epistemic Situationism

    Edited by Abrol Fairweather, Mark Alfano ...
    This volume is the first sustained examination of epistemic situationism: the clash between virtue epistemology and the situationist hypothesis inspired by research in empirical psychology. Situationism began as a challenge to the psychology of character traits, targeting ethical theories that presuppose a trait psychology. Psychological research suggests that (often trivial) environmental ... Read more

    $74.69 USD

  • Perspectives on Trust in the History of Philosophy

    by Wania Ahmad, Christel Fricke, Polycarp Ikuenobe, Antoine Panaïoti, Winnie Sung, Erfan Xia, Esther Oluffa Pedersen, Corinne Gartner, Silvia Caprioglio Panizza, Patrick Stokes ...
    What is the importance of trust for human social life? What role does trust play in morality, in political arrangements, and in our attempts to gain knowledge and understand the world? When should we trust others, and when is withholding trust or mistrusting others warranted? While philosophers have recently turned their attention to such questions, they have generally overlooked what important ... Read more

    $89.99 USD

  • Moral Psychology

    An Introduction

    by Mark Alfano ...
    Moral psychology is the systematic inquiry into how morality works, when it does work, and breaks down when it doesn't work.In this comprehensive new textbook, Mark Alfano outlines the five central concepts in the study of moral psychology: agency, patiency, sociality, temporality, and reflexivity. Subsequent chapters each assess a key area of research, which Alfano relates both to the five ... Read more

    $20.00 USD

  • Character as Moral Fiction

    by Mark Alfano ...
    Everyone wants to be virtuous, but recent psychological investigations suggest that this may not be possible. Mark Alfano challenges this theory and asks, not whether character is empirically adequate, but what characters human beings could have and develop. Although psychology suggests that most people do not have robust character traits such as courage, honesty and open-mindedness, Alfano argues ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • The Moral Psychology of Trust

    by Marc A. Cohen, Hugh Desmond, Trystan S. Goetze, Edward Hinchman, J. Keeping, Andrew Kirton, Miriam Schleifer McCormick, Carolyn McLeod, Charles Stanish, Natalie Stoljar, Em Walsh, Andrea Westlund, Tiger Ziyu Zheng, Hale Demir-Doguoglu, Michal Klincewicz, Nenad Mišcevic, Brian L. Keeley, Dr Natasha McKeever ...
    Series series Moral Psychology of the Emotions
    Is it good to be trusting, or should we be wary of trusting others? Trust seems to be the basis of large-scale social cooperation and even of democracy itself, but in recent years many commentators and researchers have lamented the dawn of a post-trust era. Edited by David Collins, Iris Vidmar Jovanovic, and Mark Alfano, The Moral Psychology of Trust examines trust from a variety of perspectives ... Read more

    $105.99 USD

  • Social Virtue Epistemology

    Edited by Mark Alfano, Colin Klein, Jeroen de Ridder ...
    This collection of 19 chapters, all appearing in print here for the first time and written by an international team of established and emerging scholars, explores the place of intellectual virtues and vices in a social world. Relevant virtues include open-mindedness, curiosity, intellectual courage, diligence in inquiry, and the like. Relevant vices include dogmatism, need for immediate certainty, ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Humility

    Edited by Mark Alfano, Michael P. Lynch, Alessandra Tanesini ...
    Series series Routledge Handbooks in Philosophy
    Humility is a vital aspect of political discussion, social media and self-help, whilst recent empirical research has linked humility to improved well-being, open-mindedness and increased accuracy in assessing persuasive messages. It is also a topic central to research and discussion in philosophy, applied ethics and religious studies.The Routledge Handbook of Philosophy of Humility is the first ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Masculinity and Violent Extremism

    by Joshua M. Roose, Michael Flood, Alan Greig, Mark Alfano, Simon Copland ...
    Series series Social Sciences (R0)
    This book explores men's attraction to violent extremist movements and terrorism.Drawing on multi-method, interdisciplinary research, this book explores the centrality of masculinity to violent extremist recruitment narratives across the religious and political spectrum. Chapters examine the intersection of masculinity and violent extremism across a spectrum of movements including: the far right, ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Current Controversies in Virtue Theory

    Edited by Mark Alfano ...
    Series series Current Controversies in Philosophy
    Virtue is among the most venerable concepts in philosophy, and has recently seen a major revival. However, new challenges to conceptions of virtue have also arisen. In Current Controversies in Virtue Theory, five pairs of cutting-edge philosophers square off over central topics in virtue theory: the nature of virtue, the connection between virtue and flourishing, the connection between moral and ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Nietzsche's Moral Psychology

    by Mark Alfano ...
    Nietzsche, a trained philologist, frequently urges his readers to interpret him carefully. In this book, Mark Alfano combines detailed close reading with digital methods (corpus analysis and semantic network visualization) to reframe our understanding of this major figure. He argues that virtue is a neglected concept in Nietzsche's writings, and sets out a fresh interpretation of Nietzschean ... Read more

    $38.59 USD