This is the definitive guide to what's going on in philosophy. Distinguished scholars contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas: moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences. This is the definitive guide to what's going on in philosophy. Distinguished scholars contribute incisive and up-to-date critical surveys of the principal areas: moral philosophy, social and political philosophy, philosophy of mind and action, philosophy of language, metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of the sciences. Notes on the Contributors xi PART I MORAL PHILOSOPHY Meta-Ethics 3(28) Michael Smith Normative Ethics 31(32) Julia Driver Moral Epistemology 63(23) Karen Jones Moral Psychology 86(28) R. Jay Wallace As a Matter of Fact: Empirical Perspectives on Ethics 114(41) John M. Doris Stephen P. Stich PART II SOCIAL AND POLITICAL PHILOSOPHY Liberalism and Diversity 155(26) Linda Barclay Law 181(27) Jeremy Waldron Democratic Theory 208(23) David Estlund Feminism in Philosophy 231(27) Rae Langton The Feasibility Issue 258(25) Geoffrey Brennan Philip Pettit PART III PHILOSOPHY OF MIND AND ACTION Intentionality 283(27) Gabriel Segal Consciousness 310(24) Frank Jackson Action 334(24) Alfred R. Mele Cognitive Science 358(39) Martin Davies PART IV PHILOSOPHY OF LANGUAGE Reference and Description 397(30) Scott Soames Meaning and Understanding 427(27) Ian Rumfitt Truth 454(14) Paul Horwich Pragmatics 468(37) Dan Sperber Deirdre Wilson PART V METAPHYSICS Causation 505(29) Ned Hall Modality 534(81) Lloyd Humberstone Time 615(21) D. H. Mellor Constitution 636(45) Mark Johnston PART VI EPISTEMOLOGY Knowledge and Scepticism 681(20) Timothy Williamson Perception 701(38) M. G. F. Martin The A Priori 739(28) Christopher Peacocke PART VII PHILOSOPHY OF THE SCIENCES Scientific Realism 767(25) Michael Devitt Laws 792(27) Nancy Cartwright Anna Alexandrova Sophia Efstathiou Andrew Hamilton Ioan Muntean Philosophy of Biology 819(29) Philip Kitcher The Foundations of Physics 848(33) David Albert Index 881