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Christopher Janaway : Willing and Unwilling

International Studies in Philosophy 24 (1):151-152. 1992 (direct link)

Ken Gemes & Christopher Janaway : Review: Naturalism and Value in Nietzsche

Philosophy and Phenomenological Research 71 (3):729 - 740. 2005 (direct link)

Christopher Janaway : The Subject and the Objective Order

Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society 84:147 - 165. 1983 (direct link)

Christopher Janaway & Peter Alexander : History of Philosophy: The Analytical Ideal

Aristotelian Society Supplementary Volume 62:169 - 208. 1988 (direct link)

Christopher Janaway : Beyond Selflessness in Ethics and Inquiry

Journal of Nietzsche Studies . forthcoming (direct link)

Christopher Janaway : The Cambridge Companion to Schopenhauer

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) is something of a maverick figure in the history of philosophy. He produced a unique theory of the world and human existence based upon his notion of will. This collection analyses the related but distinct components of will from the point of view of epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, ethics, and the philosophy of psychoanalysis. This volume explores Schopenhauer's philosophy of death, his relationship to the philosophy of Kant, his use of ideas drawn from both Buddhism and Hinduism, and the important influence he exerted on Nietzsche, Freud, and Wittgenstein.

Christopher Janaway : Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction

Schopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will--a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature. Seeing human behavior as that of a natural organism govern...

Christopher Janaway : Images of Excellence: Plato's Critique of the Arts

This original new book argues for a reassessment of Plato's challenge to the arts. Plato was the first great figure in Western philosophy to assess the value of the arts; he argued in the Republic that traditionally accepted forms of poetry, drama, and music are unsound. While this view has been widely rejected, Janaway argues that Plato's hostile case is a more coherent and profound challenge to the arts than has sometimes been supposed. Denying that Plato advocates "good art" in any modern ...

Alex Neill & Christopher Janaway : Better Consciousness: Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value

Better Consciousness: Schopenhauer's Philosophy of Value reassesses Schopenhauer's aesthetics and ethics and their contemporary relevance. Features a collection of new essays from leading Schopenhauer scholars Explores a relatively neglected area of Schopenhauer's philosophy Offers a new perspective on a great thinker who crystallized the pessimism of the nineteenth century and has many points of contact with twenty-first century thought.

Christopher Janaway : Book reviews

British Journal of Aesthetics 39 (2). 1999 (direct link)