Tom Sorell: 4 books

Book cover of Emergencies and Politics

Emergencies and Politics

A Sober Hobbesian Approach

by Tom Sorell
Language: English
Release Date: September 12, 2013

In this book Tom Sorell argues that emergencies can justify types of action that would normally be regarded as wrong. Beginning with the ethics of emergencies facing individuals, he explores the range of effective and legitimate private emergency response and its relation to public institutions, such...
Book cover of Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
by Tom Sorell
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2000

René Descartes (1596-1650) had a remarkably short working life, and his output was small, yet his contributions to philosophy and science have endured to the present day. He is perhaps best known for his statement 'Cogito, ergo sum'. By a mixture of 'intuition' and 'deduction' Descartes derived from...
Book cover of Scientism

Scientism

Philosophy and the Infatuation with Science

by Tom Sorell
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2013

First Published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Book cover of Hobbes-Arg Philosophers
by Tom Sorell
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2013

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
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