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- ISBN 9781041245049
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 14 Aug 2026
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Philosophical Perspectives: Essays on Reality, Knowledge, and Morality is a collection of previously published essays by a professional philosopher whose research spans a rich array of foundational questions that shape our lives as rational creatures and moral agents. Promising a fresh alternative to the academic specialization and consequent fragmentation dominating current scholarship, the curated selection of essays in this collection offers philosophical breadth without sacrificing analytical depth. The result is a scholarly initiative demonstrating the richness of philosophy with the clarity of an analyst, the depth of a specialist, and the range of a generalist.
The purpose of the collection is threefold: first, to carve out a flexible yet structured pathway through interconnected domains of philosophical exploration, thereby providing a valuable resource for researchers, instructors, and students; second, to expose the intellectual coherence of a philosophical trajectory spanning years of inquiry, with each essay contributing enduring insights of its own while isolating a defining moment in the author’s evolving thought; third, to consolidate a body of work that has until now been scattered across specialized journals and edited volumes, thus making them accessible even beyond well-resourced academic institutions.
This book will appeal to scholars and students alike interested in philosophy and the history of philosophy.
Necip Fikri Alican is a philosopher working in metaphysics and value theory. He holds a BBA (1985) and BA (1986) from Millsaps College with a triple major in business administration, economics, and philosophy; an MBA (1988) from Vanderbilt University with a concentration in finance; and an MA (1990) and PhD (1994) in philosophy from Washington University in St. Louis with a specialization in ethics. He is the author of Rethinking Plato: A Cartesian Quest for the Real Plato (2012), One over Many: The Unitary Pluralism of Plato’s World (2021), Quine on Ethics: The Gavagai of Moral Discourse (2021), Mill’s Principle of Utility: Origins, Proof, and Implications (2022), and The Devil’s Advocate versus God’s Honest Truth: A Dialectical Inquiry into the Rationality of Religion (2025).
