Oxford University Press

Does logic help determine whether beliefs are rational? David Christensen argues that it does - but only once we understand beliefs as coming in degrees. Avoiding mathematical technicality, he explains why the degree-of-belief approach offers the key to understanding how logical arguments work. Philosophers working on formal epistemology and logic,...

Guided Self-Help Workbook A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach for bulimia nervosa and binge-eating disorderThis workbook outlines a Guided Self-Help (GSH) program based on the principles of CBT. Designed to be used in conjunction with formal therapy it enables patients to succesfully overcom their eating disorders....

China is fast becoming the next superpower - a rise that presents a challenge to the world economically, politically and culturally. Drawing on extensive new Chinese sources, Professor Callahan sheds fascinating light on how Chinese people understand their changing place, and what that might mean for the world....

Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are        familiar, as are the works, such as the Last Supper fresco, or the monumental marble        statue of David. But who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable        images, and how would their original beholders have viewed these objects? Was...

In recent years, parties and legislatures in more than 100 countries have adopted quotas for the selection of female candidates to political office. This book addresses quotas as a global phenomenon and develops a framework for explaining their adoption and mixed effects on the numbers of women elected....

Knowledge, Skepticism, and Context, Vol. 1Contextualism has been hotly debated in recent epistemology and philosophy of        language. The Case for Contextualism is a state-of-the-art exposition and defense of        the contextualist position, presenting and advancing the most powerful arguments in        favor of the view and responding to the...