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More Kinds of Being
Wiley 2009; US$ 115.95Taking into account significant developments in the metaphysical thinking of E. J. Lowe over the past 20 years, More Kinds of Being:A Further Study of Individuation, Identity, and the Logic of Sortal Terms presents a thorough reworking and expansion of the 1989 edition of Kinds of Being Brings many of the original ideas and arguments put forth... more...
Five Metaphysical Paradoxes
Marquette University Press 2006; US$ 15.00The Aquinas Lecture in Philosophy. Howard Kainz studied Greek, Latin, and Philosophy at the University of California and at Loyola University, Los Angeles (BA). After an MA in the History of Philosophy at St. Louis University, he finished his PhD at Duquesne University, specializing in 19th Century German Philosophy. He was an Assistant Professor at... more...
The Philosopher's Toolkit
Wiley 2010; US$ 21.95The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflection Features significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from methods in the history of philosophy This edition has a broad, pluralistic... more...
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Springer 2010; US$ 119.99Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" is so outstanding among modern philosophical works, that it can be termed "the" foundation of modern philosophy. Schopenhauer termed it "the most important book ever to have been written in Europe." Otfried Hoffe guides the reader through the "Critique" one step at a time,... more...
This Sentence is False
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 100.00Put your neurons through their paces with this lively and engaging introduction to paradoxes. From Buridan’s Ass and the Surprise Examination to The Liar and Sleeping Beauty, This Sentence is False introduces all the key philosophical paradoxes. This fascinating guide to logic and reasoning is packed with puzzles and thought experiments to actively... more...
Finding and Confirming Truth
University Press of America 2010; US$ 27.99In this book, Pletz explains that truth is more than mere affirmation. It also is the conclusion reached when we have effectively confirmed that an assertion accurately depicts the facts that it describes. He also discusses the process used in identifying and verifying factual truth. more...
Essays on Definition
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2000; US$ 158.00This collection of essays on definitions, from Plato and Aristotle to modern times, assembles interesting, sometimes less widely known and controversial texts. They examine the subject from the point of view of philosophy which is essential for a theory of terminology seeking to establish the relationship between concepts and terms. These essays deal... more...
The Cunning of Reason
Cambridge University Press 1988; US$ 44.00This book is a philosophers' attempt to bring together ideas put forward by economists, sociologists and political theorists. The author begins by exploring the economist's assumption that action is rational if it helps to achieve the agent's goals as efficiently as possible. The assumption is explored with the aid of rational-choice theory... more...
For the Sake of the Argument
Cambridge University Press 1996; US$ 64.00This book offers an account of suppositional reasoning relevant to practical deliberation, explanation, prediction and hypothesis testing. more...
Why Is Everyone Else Wrong?
Springer 2010; US$ 39.99Especially when there is a lot of political rhetoric in the air, those of us with strong political convictions are inclined to reflect on just why we hold certain views even as others who are basically like us hold very different ones. Social scientists and other thinkers struggle to explain it, but the puzzle remains - in part because they, too, disagree... more...









