Philosophy category: 55395 books
The Eric Voegelin Reader
Politics, History, Consciousness
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2017
By the time Eric Voegelin fled Hitler’s regime and made his way to the United States in 1938, he had already written four books criticizing Nazi racism, establishing what would be the focus of his life’s work: to account for the endemic political violence of the twentieth century. One of the...
Philosophy of Language
The Classics Explained
Language: English
Release Date: January 23, 2015
An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Russell, and Putnam.
Many beginning students in philosophy of language find themselves grappling with dense and difficult texts not easily understood...
Philosophy for Life and Other Dangerous Situations
Ancient Philosophy for Modern Problems
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
When philosophy rescued him from an emotional crisis, Jules Evans became fascinated by how ideas invented over two thousand years ago can help us today. He interviewed soldiers, psychologists, gangsters, astronauts, and anarchists and discovered the ways that people are using philosophy now to build...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: July 26, 2005
Philosophy of Mind: Contemporary Readings is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major topics within philosophy of mind. Robb and O'Connor have carefully chosen articles under the following headings:
*Substance Dualism and Idealism
*Materialism
*Mind and...
by Jacques Maritain
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2005
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2005
Jacques Maritain's An Introduction to Philosophy was first published in 1931. Since then, this book has stood the test of time as a clear guide to what philosophy is and how to philosophize. Inspired by the Thomistic Revival called for by Leo XIII, Maritain relies heavily on Aristotle and St. Thomas...
An Eye for An I
Philosophies of Personal Power
Language: English
Release Date: March 13, 2015
How can we gain insight into and mastery of ourselves? Entering the world of the great philosophers and engaging with them, we become aware of what we are capable of becoming. They speak to us of themselves and the good life and thereby offer the possibility for self-development.
While this...
Metaphorical Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy
Illustrated with Feng Youlan's New Metaphysics
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2011
In Metaphorical Metaphysics in Chinese Philosophy: Illustrated with Feng Youlan's New Metaphysics, Derong Chen examines Chinese philosophy through a critical analysis of Feng Youlan's nnew metaphysics. He views metaphysics in Chinese philosophy as a metaphorical metaphysics separate from Western metaphysics....
Decolonizing the Westernized University
Interventions in Philosophy of Education from Within and Without
Language: English
Release Date: October 26, 2016
Decolonizing the Westernized University: Interventions in Philosophy of Education from Within and Without provides a sharper understanding of the crisis and the responses to the westernized university at multiple sites around the world.
As an intervention in the philosophy of education discourse,...
by René Descartes, Sami Wattar
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2019
René Descartes (picture) is justly considered the father of modern philosophy and the founder of the rational method as applied to philosophical research. In fact, he is the first philosopher to begin with the impressions which are in our intellect (intellectual phenomenalism) and lay down the laws...
Thinking the Impossible
French Philosophy Since 1960
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
The late 20th century saw a remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France. The work of French philosophers is wide ranging, historically informed, often reaching out beyond the boundaries of philosophy; they are public intellectuals, taken seriously as contributors to debates outside the academy....
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Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2004
Philosophy written in Arabic and in the Islamic world represents one of the great traditions of Western philosophy. Inspired by Greek philosophical works and the indigenous ideas of Islamic theology, Arabic philosophers from the ninth century onwards put forward ideas of great philosophical and historical...
by William John Cox
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2016
Coining the term, The Book of Mindkind is a philosophy of hope in a time of despair, a wakeup call in a time of danger, and an engaging quick read for the curious-minded.The theory of Mindkind is an entirely original philosophy, likely the first to be conceived in the past century, certainly the first...
Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture
From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2011
What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God?
Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture uses popular culture to illustrate important philosophical...
German Philosophy in the Twentieth Century
Weber to Heidegger
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2018
The course of German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting, diverse and controversial periods in the history of human thought. It is widely studied and its legacy hotly contested.
In this outstanding introduction, Julian Young explains and assesses the two dominant...