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Mönche, Schreiber und Gelehrte
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 25.87Hauptbeschreibung "Auch zu schreiben versuchte er und pflegte deswegen Wachstafel und Büchlein im Bett unter dem Kopfkissen bei sich zu führen, um in müßigen Stunden seine Hand an das Nachmachen von Buchstaben zu gewöhnen." Diese Schilderung der Bemühung Karls des Großen um die Erweiterung der eigenen Bildung kann als der symbolische Beginn für die... more...
Die Kunst des Krieges
WBG - Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft 2012; US$ 21.56Hauptbeschreibung Eines der berühmtesten Strategiebücher der Geschichte, einmalig in seiner Kombination aus philosophischen Aphorismen, Zeitbeobachtungen, historischen Darstellungen und militärischer Theorie wird hier erstmals in einer neuen, verbesserten Übersetzung vorgelegt, die nicht die Fehler der Übersetzungen aus dem Englischen wiederholt.... more...
Fundamentals of Philosophy
Taylor and Francis 2003; US$ 36.95Fundamentals of Philosophy is a comprehensive and accessible introduction to philosophy. Based on the well-known series of the same name, this textbook brings together specially commissioned articles by leading philosophers of philosophy's key topics. Each chapter provides an authoritative overview of topics commonly taught at undergraduate level,... more...
Philosophy of Mind
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 42.95Philosophy of Mind: A Contemporary Introduction is a comprehensive and accessible survey of main themes, positions and debates in philosophy of mind. John Heil introduces and discusses the major topics in succinct, user-friendly, self-contained chapters: * Cartesian dualism * Descartes's legacy * non-Cartesian dualism * behaviorism * the identity... more...
Reason Without Freedom
Routledge 2000; US$ 40.95Arguing that the major problems in epistemology have their roots in concerns about our control over our beliefs, David Owen presents a critical discussion of the current trends in contemporary epistemology. more...
The Value of Knowledge and the Pursuit of Understanding
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 44.00Jonathan Kvanvig argues that epistemology cannot ignore the question of the value of knowledge and questions the assumption that knowledge is always more valuable than the value of its subparts. Clearly written and well argued, the book will appeal to students and professionals in epistemology. more...
Ambiguity and Logic
Cambridge University Press 2003; US$ 22.00In this book Frederic Schick develops his challenge to standard decision theory initiated in two previous Cambridge publications: Understanding Actions (1991) and Making Choices (1997). This book questions the foundations of technical and philosophical decision theory and will appeal to philosophers, economists and psychologists. more...
Philosophy Of Mind
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 37.95A welcome introduction to one of the most intellectually demanding areas of the undergraduate philosophy curriculum. The authors provide a clear framework within which students can fit contemporary developments in the Anglo-American tradition which provide the core themes of philosophy of mind and which connect to their other work in epistemology and... more...
Philosophical Propositions
Taylor and Francis 1998; US$ 41.95Philosophical Propositions is a fresh, up to date, and reliable introduction to philosophical problems. It takes seriously the need for philosophy to deal with definitive and statable propositions, such as God, certainty, time, personal identity, the mind/body problem, free will and determinism, and the meaning of life. more...
A Philosophical Analysis of Hope
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 119.00Despite the familiarity of hope in human experience, it is a phenomenon infrequently considered from a philosophical point of view. This book charts the centrality of hope in thought and action from first, second and third person perspectives. From everyday situations to extreme circumstances of trial and endings in life, the contours of hope are given... more...









