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Informal Philosophy
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2009; US$ 38.99Informal Philosophy provides an original look at how we should understand and teach philosophy. Avrum Stroll persuasively argues that philosophy should be evaluated using its own methodology and should not merely mimic formal scientific analysis, because while modern science does inform our philosophical views about man and his place in nature, it... more...
Emil L. Fackenheim
BRILL 2008; US$ 145.00A tribute to Fackenheim's memory. It covers a spectrum of Fackenheim's work including biographical, philosophical, and theological aspects of his thought. more...
Quine
Continuum International Publishing 2006; US$ 130.00Willard Van Orman Quine is one of the most influential analytic philosophers of the latter half of the twentieth century. No serious student of modern analytic philosophy can afford to ignore Quine's work. Yet there is no doubt that it presents a considerable challenge. The book offers clear explication and analysis of Quine's writings... more...
Spätrenaissance-Philosophie in Deutschland 1570-1650
De Gruyter 2007; US$ 224.00This volume introduces the concept of late Renaissance philosophy to cover those intellectual currents in pre-mid 17th century Germany that saw themselves as inheritors of the (Italian) Renaissance but at the same time amalgamated their speculations with established Lutheran or Reformed metaphysics. Thirteen case studies by renowned scholars describe... more...
The Existential Graphs of Charles S. Peirce
De Gruyter 1973; US$ 56.00Peirce's contemporaries had the advantage of some popular lectures on the graphs (the Lowell Lectures of 1903, principally), but his graphical publications were few and not easy to understand, as he admitted himself. more...
Examined Life
New Press, The 2009; US$ 18.95Examined Life boldly takes philosophy out of the dark corners of the academy and into the streets, reminding us that great ideas are born through profound engagement with the hustle and bustle of everyday life, not in isolation from it. A companion to Astra Taylor?s documentary film, the book features interviews with eight iconoclastic and influential... more...
Pragmatism: A New Name for Some Old Ways of Thinking
MobileReference.com 2010; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. This book features a table of contents linked to every chapter. The book was designed for optimal navigation on the Kindle, PDA, Smartphone, and other electronic readers. It is formatted to display on all electronic devices including the Kindle, Smartphones and other... more...
Faith in the Enlightenment
Editions Rodopi 2006; US$ 105.00One of the urgent tasks of modern philosophy is to find a path between the rationalism of the Enlightenment and the relativism of postmodernism. Rationalism alone cannot suffice to solve todays problems, but neither can we dispense with reasonable critique. The task is to find ways to broaden the scope of rational thought without losing its critical... more...
Modern Philosophy
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. 2010; US$ 39.95The leading anthology of writings of the modern period, Modern Philosophy provides the key works of seven major philosophers, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period, chosen to deepen the reader's understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the natural sciences. more...
Giordano Bruno
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 6.47"Das ist der Mutterschmerz der Wahrheit, daß sie den Schoß zerreißt, der sie gebiert. Ein jedes Neuerschaute wird für den, der es erschaut hat, ruhlose Qual. Es muß ja wohl so sein, daß das Neue, weil neu, nicht vernommen wird, und der Denker, weil er selten ist, einsam bleibt." Der umstrittene Dichter und Philosoph Heinrich Freiherr von Stein schreibt... more...









