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Critical Thinkingby Tracy Bowell; Gary Kemp
Taylor & Francis 2009; US$ 35.95Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide is essential reading for anyone, student or professional, at work or in the classroom, seeking to improve their reasoning and arguing skills more...
Philosophy For Dummiesby Tom Morris
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011; US$ 19.99Philosophy at its best is an activity more than a body of knowledge. In an ancient sense, done right, it is a healing art. It’s intellectual self-defense. It’s a form of therapy. But it’s also much more. Philosophy is map-making for the soul, cartography for the human journey. It’s an important navigational tool for life that too many modern people try to do without. Philosophy For Dummies is for anyone who has ever entertained a question about life and this world. In a conversational tone, the book's author – a modern-day scholar and lecturer – brings the greatest wisdom of the past into the challenges that we face now. This refreshingly different guide explains philosophical fundamentals... more...
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophyby A. S. McGrade
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 26.00This volume spans a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and beyond. It includes not only the thinkers of the Latin West but also the profound contributions of Islamic and Jewish thinkers. Supplementary material includes chronological charts and biographies of the major thinkers. more...
Apologyby Plato; Benjamin Jowett
The Floating Press 2011; US$ 3.99This historically renowned oration was presented by Socrates in his own defense after he had been formally accused of corrupting the youth of Athens. It is not an apology in the traditional sense of expressing remorse for one's actions; rather, Socrates' Apology (recorded by his faithful student and protege Plato) is a succinct and compelling defense of the brilliant philosopher's worldview, lifestyle, and teaching methods. A rewarding read for fans of philosophy and supporters of... more...
The Arabic, Hebrew and Latin Reception of Avicenna's Metaphysicsby Dag Nikolaus Hasse; Amos Bertolacci
Walter de Gruyter 2011; US$ 150.00Avicenna?s Metaphysics (in Arabic Ilâhiyyât) is one of the most important metaphysical treatises after Aristotle. This volume presents studies on its direct and indirect influenceon Arabic, Hebrew, and Latin culture from the early 11th through the 16th century. Among the philosophical topics which receive particular attention are the distinction between essence and existence, the theory of universals, the concept of God as the necessary being, and the theory of emanation. The studies also address the philological and historical circumstances of the textual tradition in three medieval cultures. more...
Donald Davidsonby Kathrin Gluer
Oxford University Press, USA 2011; US$ 24.95Donald Davidson was one of the 20th Century's deepest analytic thinkers. He developed a systematic picture of the human mind and its relation to the world, an original and sustained vision that exerted a shaping influence well beyond analytic philosophy of mind and language. At its center is an idea of minded creatures as essentially rational animals: Rational animals can be interpreted, their behavior can be understood, and the contents of their thoughts are, in principle, open to others. The combination of a rigorous analytic stance with aspects of humanism so distinctive of Davidsonian thought finds its maybe most characteristic expression when this central idea is brought to bear on the relation of the mental to the physical: Davidson... more...
Kenneth Burkeby Stephen Bygrave
Routledge 1993; US$ 120.00A lucid introduction to a major thinker whose ideas have influenced a wide range of disciplines. Stephen Bygrave unfolds Burke's thought within current debates on cultural theory and introduces the impressive range of his ideas. more...
Philosophy and Theology in the Middle Agesby G. R. Evans
Routledge 1993; US$ 36.95`Does God exist?' `Is there a purpose to our lives?' `What are human beings?' These are the great questions of philosophy and religion which the medieval theologians addressed themselves. This is an introduction to the surrounding debates more...
Metaphor and the Dynamics of Knowledgeby Sabine Maasen; Peter Weingart
Routledge 2000; US$ 193.00This book opens up a new route to the study of knowledge dynamics and the sociology of knowledge. The focus is on the role of metaphors as powerful catalysts. more...
Troubles With Postmodernismby Zygmunt Bauman; Stefan Morawski
Routledge 1996; US$ 178.00In this original and eye-opening study, Stefan Morawski sheds light on the often confused debate about postmodernism, postmodernity and human values. It is an indispensable guide to our understanding of contemporary literature. more...









