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Explore Humanism
Hodder & Stoughton 2012; US$ 9.05This new title in the popular 'Flash' series gets straight to the key facts about Humanism. more...
Explore Humanism
Hodder & Stoughton 2012; Not AvailableThis new title in the popular 'Flash' series gets straight to the key facts about Humanism. more...
Animal Minds, Animal Souls, Animal Rights
University Press of America 2010; US$ 26.99This book explores the thinking of philosophers and theologians about controversies concerning animal consciousness and animal rights. The special contribution of the book is a presentation of Bernard Lonergan's theory about consciousness and the operations of the mind. The author tests this theory against present-day research with apes. more...
Theories of Human Nature & Human Nature: A Reader
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2012; US$ 24.95Now available together as a set for a discounted price: Theories of Human Nature , and Human Nature: A Reader , by Joel J. Kupperman. On Theories of Human Nature : "A very fine book on human nature, both what it is and what philosophers have thought about it--philosophers in an inclusive sense, from Plato and Aristotle to Mengzi and Xunzi, from Hume... more...
The Consolations of Philosophy
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2013; US$ 15.95From the author of How Proust Can Change Your Life , a delightful, truly consoling work that proves that philosophy can be a supreme source of help for our most painful everyday problems. Perhaps only Alain de Botton could uncover practical wisdom in the writings of some of the greatest thinkers of all time. But uncover he does, and the result is... more...
Becoming John Dewey
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 36.00As one of America's "public intellectuals," John Dewey was engaged in a lifelong struggle to understand the human mind and the nature of human inquiry. According to Thomas C. Dalton, the successful pursuit of this mission demanded that Dewey become more than just a philosopher; it compelled him to become ... more...
Content and Consciousness
Taylor and Francis 2002; US$ 45.95In this pioneering book, Daniel Dennett sets out clearly what he believed constituted a genuine analysis of the mind. more...
Will and Human Action
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 135.00What is the will? And what is its relation to human action? Throughout history, philosophers have been fascinated by the idea of 'the will': the source of the drive that motivates human beings to act. However, there has never been a clear consensus as to what the will is and how it relates to human action. Some philosophers have taken the will to... more...
Machiavelli
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 9.99Niccolo Machiavelli's name has become a byword for duplicity and immorality. Is his sinister reputation deserved? Quentin Skinner focuses on "The Prince", the "Discourses", and "The History of Florence", and distils from them an introduction to Machiavelli's doctrines. more...
The Metaphysics of Autonomy
Palgrave Macmillan 2004; US$ 119.00If we want to be autonomous, what do we want? The author shows that contemporary value-neutral and metaphysically economical conceptions of autonomy, such as that of Harry Frankfurt, face a serious problem. Drawing on Plato, Augustine, and Kant, this book provides a sketch of how 'ancient' and 'modern' can be reconciled to solve it. But at what expense?... more...









