Open Court imprint: 208 books
Critical Rationalism
A Restatement and Defence
Language: English
Release Date: December 14, 2015
David Miller elegantly and provocatively reformulates critical rationalism-the revolutionary approach to epistemology advocated by Karl Popper-by answering its most important critics. He argues for an approach to rationality freed from the debilitating authoritarian dependence on reasons and justification.
"Miller...
Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men
A History of the American Civil War
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
This book combines a sweeping narrative of the Civil War with a bold new look at the war’s significance for American society. Professor Hummel sees the Civil War as America’s turning point: simultaneously the culmination and repudiation of the American revolution.
While the chapters tell the story...
Boardwalk Empire and Philosophy
Bootleg This Book
Language: English
Release Date: August 19, 2013
From Machiavellian city officials to big time mobsters (such as Arnold Rothstein, Lucky Luciano, and Al Capone) to corrupt beat cops to overzealous G-men to suffragettes to abolitionists to innocent citizens caught in the crossfire, Boardwalk Empire is replete with philosophically compelling characters...
Confucius Now
Contemporary Encounters with the Analects
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Written by the most important scholars in contemporary Confucian studies, these approachable essays focus on the relevance of Confucius’s ideas to modern living, with special attention given to the Analects, his seminal text. Topics covered include tradition and creativity, grief and mourning, the doctrine of correcting names, Confucian kungfu, and moral cultivation.
by Charles Sanders Peirce
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2014
Charles Peirce’s Illustrations of the Logic of Science is an early work in the philosophy of science and the official birthplace of pragmatism. It contains Peirce’s two most influential papers: The Fixation of Belief” and How to Make Our Ideas Clear,” as well as discussions on the theory...
Sartre Explained
From Bad Faith to Authenticity
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
The French philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre (19051980) was the major representative of the philosophical movement called existentialism,” and he remains by far the most famous philosopher, worldwide, of the postWorld War Two era.
This book will provide readers with all the help they will...
Murder in Dealey Plaza
What We Know that We Didn't Know Then about the Death of JFK
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2013
We now know vastly more about the killing of John F. Kennedy than was known 20 or 30 years ago, and new evidence is accumulating almost every day. This new evidence is being uncovered by the bold application of scientific and technological expertise to the assassination records, including the film,...
Islam in History
Ideas, People, and Events in the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2011
From secular-minded autocrats like Saddam Hussein to religious fundamentalists like Osama bin Laden, powerful voices in the Islamic world have been united by a fierce hatred of the West. If we want to know why they think the way they do, we have to understand the history of Islam and its continuous...
Martial Arts and Philosophy
Beating and Nothingness
Language: English
Release Date: October 22, 2010
Socrates, an Athenian soldier, was a calmly efficient killing machine. His student Plato was an accomplished and broad-shouldered wrestler. Martial arts and philosophy have always gone hand in hand, as well as fist in throat. Philosophical argument is closely parallel with hand-to-hand combat. And...
1984 and Philosophy
Is Resistance Futile?
Language: English
Release Date: May 18, 2018
Sales of the Orwell novel, 1984, have spiked following Trump's election, with U.S. sales in 2017 to date exceeding 400,000
Interest in dystopian fiction is at an all-time high, as readers struggle to make sense of what is happening to their society and culture
Books about Orwell, such as Churchhill...
Therapy Breakthrough
Why Some Psychotherapies Work Better Than Others
Language: English
Release Date: August 14, 2013
More people are in psychotherapy than ever before. Yet most of them have no idea of the vast differences between the hundreds of various schools of therapy. Therapy Breakthrough is the first book to clearly explain the theories and practices of the two big camps: Psychodynamic or PD therapy and Cognitive-Behavioral...
Kierkegaard After MacIntyre
Essays on Freedom, Narrative, and Virtue
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
In his extraordinarily influential book on ethics, After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre maintained that Kierkegaard's notion of "choosing" to interpret one's choices in ethical terms implies an arbitrary and irrational leap. MacIntyre's critique of Kierkegaard has become the focal point for...
SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy
Soaking Up Secrets Under the Sea!
Language: English
Release Date: August 9, 2011
SpongeBob SquarePants and Philosophy introduces fans of SpongeBob SquarePants to some of the great thinkers and questions in philosophy. The essays can be shared by young and old alike, kindling new interest in philosophy and life’s big questions. What keeps SpongeBob “reeling in” major audiences...
Poker and Philosophy
Pocket Rockets and Philosopher Kings
Language: English
Release Date: March 30, 2012
Does God play cards with the universe? Do women have better poker faces than men? What’s the most existential poker movie ever made? Is life more meaningful when you go all-in? Is online poker really still poker? Poker and Philosophy ponders these questions and more, pitting young lions against...