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Kieran Allen is Senior Lecturer in the School of Sociology in University College Dublin. He has lectured extensively on Weber and has written Max Weber: A Critical Introduction (London: Pluto Press, 2004). His latest book was on Ireland's Economic Crash (Dublin: Liffey Press, 2009). Maria Alvarez is Lecturer in Philosophy at the University of Southampton, UK. She has published widely on actions, reasons, and their relation. Her book, Kinds of Reasons: An Essay in the Philosophy of Action , will be published by Oxford University Press in 2010. Kent Bach , Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at San Francisco State University, was educated at Harvard College and University of California, Berkeley. He has written extensively in philosophy of language, theory of knowledge, and philosophy of mind. His books include Thought and Reference (Oxford University Press, 1987; expanded edition 1994) and, with Robert M. Harnish, Linguistic Communication and Speech Acts (MIT Press, 1979). Annette Baier is currently Associate in Philosophy at the University of Otago, from which she first graduated. She has published on Hume, ethics, and philosophy of mind. Her most recent book is Death and Character: Further Reflections on Hume. She has books forthcoming on Hume on Justice (Harvard University Press) and on How We Live (Oxford University Press). Marc Bekoff is Professor Emeritus of ... log in or subscribe to read full text