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History of Western Philosophyby Bertrand Russell
Routledge 2004; US$ 26.95History Of Western Philosophy was published in 1946. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day as the ultimate introduction to Western philosophy. more...
Enlightenment and Action from Descartes to Kantby Michael Losonsky
Cambridge University Press 2001; US$ 42.00This is the first book to trace systematically the philosophical origins and development of the idea that the improvement of human understanding requires public activity, discussing the work of Descartes, Hobbes, Locke, Spinoza, and Leibniz. more...
Philosophyby Edward Craig
Oxford University Press 2002; US$ 12.99How ought we to live? What really exists? This book introduces important themes in ethics, knowledge, and the self, via readings from Plato, Aristotle, Darwin, and Buddhist writers. It explains how areas of philosophy are related, and explores the contexts in which philosophy was and is done. more...
Phenomenology Of Perceptionby Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Routledge 2002; US$ 23.95Long considered Merleau-Ponty's defining work, this is so important because it returned the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato. Its is a crucial work in understanding how we perceive the world. more...
The Cambridge Companion to Anselmby Brian Davies; Brian Leftow
Cambridge University Press 2004; US$ 30.00The essays in this volume explore all of Anselm's major ideas, including his teachings on faith and reason, God's existence and nature, logic, freedom, truth, ethics, and key Christian doctrines. There is also discussion of his life, the sources of his thought, and his influence on other thinkers. more...
Social Performanceby Bernhard Giesen; Jason L. Mast; Steven Seidman
Cambridge University Press 2006; US$ 38.00Jeffrey C. Alexander brings together new and leading contributors to make a powerful and coherently argued case for a new direction in cultural sociology, one that focuses on the intersection between performance, ritual and social action. This is a path-breaking volume that makes a major contribution to the field. more...
Philosophical Analysis in the Twentieth Century, Volume 1by Scott Soames
Princeton University Press 2005; US$ 29.95This is a major, wide-ranging history of analytic philosophy since 1900, told by one of the tradition's leading contemporary figures. The first volume takes the story from 1900 to mid-century. The second brings the history up to date. As Scott Soames tells it, the story of analytic philosophy is one of great but uneven progress, with leading thinkers making important advances toward solving the tradition's core problems. Though no broad philosophical position ever achieved lasting dominance, Soames argues that two methodological developments have, over time, remade the philosophical landscape. These are (1) analytic philosophers' hard-won success in understanding, and distinguishing the notions of logical truth, a priori truth, and necessary... more...
From Socrates to Sartreby T.Z. Lavine
Random House Publishing Group 2011; US$ 7.99A challenging new look at the great thinkers whose ides have shaped our civilization From Socrates to Sartre presents a rousing and readable introduction to the lives, and times of the great philosophers. This thought-provoking book takes us from the inception of Western society in Plato’s Athens to today when the commanding power of Marxism has captured one third of the world. T. Z. Lavine, Elton Professor of Philosophy at George Washington University, makes philosophy come alive with astonishing clarity to give us a deeper, more meaningful understanding of ourselves and our times. From Socrates to Sartre discusses Western philosophers in terms of the historical and intellectual environment which influenced them, and it connects... more...
Kenneth Burkeby Stephen Bygrave
Routledge 1993; US$ 115.00A 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$ 32.95`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...