On Wed, 2008-12-10 at 09:31 -0700, Douglas Barbour wrote:
> Whew, what books exactly, Christopher?
>
> I'd suspect only university libraries might hold such as these, alas...
True to the above. Regional libraries, here, as far as I know don't have
access to academic libraries and since I am not an academic it is a
breach of copyright law to let me have access to these books through an
academic library. Only academics and enrolled students are allowed
access to recent discussions in philosophy.
The story, I am told, is that publishers consider it worthwhile only
doing a limited run for academic libraries. Publishers not only get to
sell libraries very expensive books but also they collect a royalty when
the book is borrowed or a few pages are photocopied by students. So no
paperback edition.
Dominic's link is very much worth reading. (Nihil Unbound is beyond my
reach, unfortunately.)
tp://www.shaviro.com/Blog/?p=690
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