Oxford University Press

This collection brings together the best contemporary philosophical work in the        area of intersection between philosophy of language and the law....

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This is the first text in nanoscience that integrates the physics, chemistry and        biology of this new discipline. Each topic is treated assuming no background, but a        conceptual emphasis and numerous examples and problems lead the reader to make        contact with current research literature....

Graham Priest presents a ground-breaking account of the semantics of intentional language - verbs such as 'believes', 'fears', 'seeks', or 'imagines'.     Towards Non-Being proceeds in terms of objects that may be either existent or non-existent, at worlds that may be either possible or impossible. The book will be of central interest to anyone who...

Two sharply contrasting views of China exist today; one of a rising superpower, and the other of an anachronistic, authoritarian regime. So which is the real China? Randall Peerenboom offers a controversial, first-hand account of modern China focusing on its economic, political and legal attributes within the context of the developing world....

The popular stereotype of the scientist as mad boffin or weedy nerd has been peddled widely in film and fiction, with the implication that the world of science is far removed from the intellectual and emotional messiness of other human activities. In Passionate Minds, distinguished scientist Lewis Wolpert investigates the style and motivation of...