Books by Philosophy Faculty
Dennis DesChene
Life's Form: Late Aristotelian Conceptions of the Soul
Cornell University Press
Dennis Des Chene explores how Western philosophers understood life and the soul in the early modern period-before Descartes radically changed how the universe was conceived. Life's Form is... more
Spirits and Clocks: Machine and Organism in Descartes
Cornell University Press
Although the basis of modern biology is Cartesian, Descartes's theories of biology have been more often ridiculed than studied. Yet, Dennis Des Chene demonstrates, the themes, arguments,... more
John Doris
"Talking to Our Selves: Reflection, Ignorance, and Agency"
Oxford University Press
The unconscious, according to contemporary psychology, determines much of our lives: very often, we don't know why we do what we do, or even exactly what we are doing. This realization... more
"Lack of Character: Personality & Moral Behavior"
Cambridge University Press
This book is a provocative contribution to contemporary ethics and moral psychology, challenging fundamental assumptions about character dating to Aristotle. John Doris draws on an array of... more
Julia Driver
Ethics: the Fundamentals
Wiley-Blackwell
Ethics: The Fundamentals explores core ideas and arguments in moral theory by introducing students to different philosophical approaches to ethics, including virtue ethics, Kantian... more
Uneasy Virtue
Cambridge University Press
Driver challenges Aristotle's classical theory of virtue, arguing that it fails to take into account virtues that do seem to involve ignorance or epistemic defect. Modesty, for example, is... more