Open Court: 208 books
Dependent Rational Animals
Why Human Beings Need the Virtues
Language: English
Release Date: August 10, 1999
"MacIntyre--one of the foremost ethicists of the past half-century--makes a sustained argument for the cetnrality, in well-lived human lives, of both virtue and local communities of giving and receiving. He criticizes the mainstream of Western ethics, including his own previous position, for...
Empiricism at the Crossroads
The Vienna Circle's Protocol-Sentence Debate Revisited
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2015
Rather than a monolithic movement of naïve empiricists, the Vienna Circle represented a discussion forum for what were sometimes compatible, sometimes conflicting philosophical approaches to empirical evidence. The Circle’s protocol-sentence debate - here reconstructed and analyzed - provides an...
The Democracy of the Dead
Dewey, Confucius, and the Hope for Democracy in China
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
Will democracy figure prominently in China's future? If so, what kind of democracy? In this insightful and thought-provoking book, David Hall and Roger Ames explore such questions and, in the course of answering them, look to the ideas of John Dewey and Confucius.
Those most sanguine about...
Mel Gibson's Passion and Philosophy
The Cross, the Questions, the Controverssy
Language: English
Release Date: November 14, 2013
Mel Gibson’s The Passion of the Christ has become one of the most controversial films ever made, and it is already a blockbuster of cinematography. Its defenders passionately regard it as one of the most moving and influential pieces of religious art ever created. But its detractors argue with comparable...
by Jan Narveson
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Ethical questions lie at the very heart of all philosophy, and no one is better equipped to untangle the many facets of ethical theory than respected thinker and professor Jan Narveson. Drawing from theoretical notions as well as everyday applications, Narveson simplifies these nuanced ideas for any...
Girls and Philosophy
This Book Isn't a Metaphor for Anything
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2014
The drama-comedy show Girls-often under-rated by being perceived as Sex and the City for the Millennial generation-has made TV history and provoked controversy for its pitilessly accurate portrayal of four oddly sympathetic twenty-something female characters, notable for their self-absorption, empathy...
Human Knowledge
A Classic Statement of Logical Empiricism
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2014
The Finnish philosopher Eino Kaila (1890-1958) wrote a classic statement of Logical Empiricism. He had experienced the foundational debates of the Vienna Circle, invited by Moritz Schlick, during the early summer of 1929. Kaila was a keen follower of the further developments of the Circle. His synoptic...
Cutting Jesus Down to Size
What Higher Criticism Has Achieved and Where It Leaves Christianity
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2013
In this provocative book, noted scholar G. A. Wells tells the story of Higher Criticism: the close study of the scriptures that reveals difficulties and discrepancies. Wells traces the discipline’s German beginnings, exploring the problems in the New Testament that prompted scholars to revise traditional...
Divergent and Philosophy
The Factions of Life
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
Courtland Lewis has scoured the planet to bring together the most talented faction members, factionless, and even a few from the Bureau to discuss the philosophy of Divergent.
Divergent and Philosophy begins by examining the personal struggles that all people face at some time: What sort of person...
by Dr. Howard P. Kainz
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
What, exactly, is human nature? What makes humans different from animals (if there is any difference)? In this book, Howard Kainz presents a philosophical analysis of the various concepts of human nature and the many controversies that have surrounded them for centuries. He explores issues such as...
Nature, the Artful Modeler
Lectures on Laws, Science, How Nature Arranges the World and How We Can Arrange It Better
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2019
This is a volume in the highly respected Carus Lectures Series. Previous volumes have sold well, for example: Dependent Rational Animals by MacIntyre has sold 6, 039 and The Abuse of Beauty by Danto has sold 3,615.
Rick and Morty and Philosophy
In the Beginning Was the Squanch
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2019
Rick and Morty is Cartoon Network's Adult Swim's most watched show in history.
The long awaited Fourth Season of RIck and Morty is expected in 2019.
Rick and Morty has won many awards, most recently the 2018 Critics Choice Award for Best Animated Series.
How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy
Being and Awesomeness
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2013
Like philosophy itself, How I Met Your Mother has everyone thinking. How does a successful show that's been on the air for years suddenly become a hit in its fifth and sixth season? Have you ever wondered why you identify so strongly with Barney despite the fact that he’s such a douche? Or why your...
Inception and Philosophy
Ideas to Die For
Language: English
Release Date: October 14, 2011
You have to go deeper. Inception is more than just a nail-biting heist story, more than just one of the greatest movies of all time.
The latest neuroscience and philosophy of mind tell us that shared dreams and the invasion of dreams may soon become reality. Inception and Philosophy: Ideas to Die...