Oxford University Press

Mark Schroeder explores the semantic commitments of metaethical expressivism, the heir to the noncognitivist theories of Ayer, Stevenson, and Hare. He shows how to solve many of the open problems facing expressivism, but this only highlights further and deeper problems for the view. Expressivism, he argues, is coherent and interesting, but false....

This introductory text explores the theory of social choice. This text is an important starting point for students grappling with the complexities of social choice theory. Rigorous yet accessible, with new chapter exercises, it avoids the use of technical language and provides an up-to-date discussion of this rapidly developing field....

In this highly acclaimed translation of Sophocles' Oedipus the King, Stephen Berg        (a distinguished poet) and Diskin Clay (an eminent classicist) combine their talents        to offer the contemporary reader a dazzling and original version of Sophocles'        timeless work. Emphasizing the intensity of the spoken language, they capture...

In an effort to transcend the ongoing debate between those who favour strong state regulation and those who call for deregulation, they argue that regulation does not have to proceed with an adversarial tone, nor does it have to be "e;soft"e; or "e;hard"e; to be effective....

Darwin's Camera tells the extraordinary story of how Charles Darwin produced one of the world's first photographically illustrated science books....

The life and work of Joseph RotblatJoseph Rotblat's life poses deep and important questions about conscience, science and society. This biography presents the full story, from his childhood lived out under anti-Semitism, family tragedy at the hands of the Nazis; work on Britain's nuclear programme; and his single-minded dedication to nuclear...