Books written by Christopher Shields

  • Classical Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction
    Classical Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

    It is large in comparison with a normal suburban bungalow, but rather small in comparison with Mount Everest. In its turn, Mount Everest is large in comparison with the statue of the Admiral Nelson in Trafalgar Square, but positively ...

  • Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction
    Ancient Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

    It is large in comparison with a normal suburban bungalow, but rather small in comparison with Mount Everest. In its turn, Mount Everest is large in comparison with the statue of the Admiral Nelson in Trafalgar Square, but positively ...

  • Aristotle
    Aristotle

    In this case, if Dr MacPherson has three cats, then p is true, but otherwise p is false. There is no case in which p is neither true nor false. The same holds for each of the following: England won the World Cup in 2006; ...

  • Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle
    Order in Multiplicity: Homonymy in the Philosophy of Aristotle

    'The First Functionalist', in J.-C. Smith, ed., Essays on the Historical Foundations of Cognitive Science (Dordrecht), 19–33. —— (1995). ... 'Varieties of Causation', in E. Sosa and M. Tooley, eds., Causation (Oxford), 234–42.

  • Classical Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction
    Classical Philosophy: A Contemporary Introduction

    75 Irwin, T. and Fine, G., Aristotle: Selections, trans. with introduction, notes, and glossary (Cambridge, MA: Hackett, 1995). The glossary of Aristotelian vocabulary in [75] is excellent: well informed, usefully precise, ...

  • The Poetry in Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Christos C. Evangeliou
    The Poetry in Philosophy: Essays in Honor of Christos C. Evangeliou

    In this wide-ranging volume, seventeen distinguished scholars come together to honor the life and scholarship of Christos C. Evangeliou.

  • Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge: Themes from the Work of Gail Fine and Terence Irwin
    Virtue, Happiness, Knowledge: Themes from the Work of Gail Fine and Terence Irwin

    Fifteen leading philosophers explore a set of themes from the pioneering work of Gail Fine and Terence Irwin, in ancient philosophy but also in later periods and in systematic philosophy.

  • Aristotle: De Anima
    Aristotle: De Anima

    This volume includes the crucial first book, which the original translation in the Clarendon Aristotle Series omitted.

  • Aristotle
    Aristotle

    This second edition includes an expanded discussion of Aristotle's method, and new sections on key issues in perception, thought, akrasia, and mimesis.

  • The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle
    The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle

    This book reflects the lively international character of Aristotelian studies, drawing contributors from Europe, North America, and Asia.

  • The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy
    The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy

    The Blackwell Guide to Ancient Philosophy provides a comprehensive treatment of the principal figures and movements of philosophy from its origins before Socrates, through the towering achievements of Plato and Aristotle, and into its final ...

  • The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle
    The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle

    Reprinted in A. Gotthelf (2012a) Teleology, First Principles, and Scientific Method in Aristotle's Biology, Chapter 14 (Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press). ———(1997) 'Understanding Aristotle's Teleology,' in R.F. Hassing, ed., Final Causality ...

  • The Philosophy of Aquinas
    The Philosophy of Aquinas

    Since God's creative power is the power to create being, not to create nonbeing (whatever that would mean!), ... It is easy enough to reconcile these limitations on God's power with the claim that God can do anything that does not ...

  • The History of the Philosophy of Mind
    The History of the Philosophy of Mind

    Including a general introduction by Rebecca Copenhaver and Christopher Shields, and fully cross-referenced within and across the six volumes, The History of the Philosophy of Mind is an essential resource for students and researchers in ...

  • The Philosophy of Aquinas
    The Philosophy of Aquinas

    The authors have updated the second edition in light of recent scholarship on Aquinas, while streamlining and refining their presentation of the key elements of Aquinas' philosophy.