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Hans-Georg Gadamer: The Hermeneutical Imagination by Jon Nixon 9783319521169
RRP: $70.94$70.69This book provides an introduction to Hans-Georg Gadamer's thinking and shows how it might inform our own thinking about education as a lifelong process of engaging with one another and with the wider world. He insisted on the supreme importance of prior... -
The Eccentric Core: The Thought of Seth Benardete by Ronna Burger
RRP: $27.09$22.91Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587315800Author Ronna BurgerFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 499g -
Animal Languages: The secret conversations of the living world by Eva Meijer
RRP: $14.18$9.55'A rich compendium of incidents, anecdotes and studies illustrating the linguistic abilities of animals . . . a rewarding book' Sunday TimesDolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls of other animals to scare... -
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Up from Eden: Transpersonal View of Human Evolution by Ken Wilber 9780835607315
RRP: $27.09$21.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780835607315Author Ken WilberFormat PaperbackPage Count 421Imprint Quest Books,U.S.Publisher Quest Books,U.S. -
Hegel's Logic: Being Part One of The Encyclopaedia of the Philosophical Sciences (1830) by G. W. F. Hegel
$80.51What I think remains sustainable and valid in Hegel's thought is the attempt to regard the ongoing crisis of reason as itself constitutive of self-consciousness. |s Revue Internationale de Philosophie |d 01/10/1996ReviewsWhat I think remains sustainable... -
Do the Humanities Create Knowledge? by Chris Haufe 9781316512500
RRP: $38.70$33.48There is in certain circles a widely held belief that the only proper kind of knowledge is scientific knowledge. This belief often runs parallel to the notion that legitimate knowledge is obtained when a scientist follows a rigorous investigative... -
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations by A. J. Ayer
RRP: $38.64$34.84The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by... -
Rethinking Existentialism by Jonathan Webber 9780198866763
$35.75bIn iRethinking Existentialism/i, Jonathan Webber articulates an original interpretation of existentialism as the ethical theory that human freedom is the foundation of all other values./b Offering an original analysis of classic literary and... -
The American Pragmatists by Cheryl Misak 9780198709374
$44.16Cheryl Misak presents a history of the great American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, from its inception in the Metaphysical Club of the 1870s to the present day. This ambitious new account identifies the connections between traditional American... -
Essays on Actions and Events: Philosophical Essays Volume 1 by Donald Davidson
RRP: $48.36$38.49Donald Davidson has prepared a new edition of his classic 1980 collection of Essays on Actions and Events, including two additional essays. In this seminal investigation of the nature of human action, Davidson argues for an ontology which includes events... -
Dogwhistles and Figleaves: How Manipulative Language Spreads Racism and Falsehood by Jennifer Mather Saul 9780192871756
RRP: $32.25$27.34Pinpoints how "dogwhistles" and "figleaves," two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racism It is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly... -
Treated Like Animals: Improving the Lives of the Creatures We Own, Eat and Use by Alick Simmons
RRP: $25.79$21.18You don't have to be an animal rights activist to take an interest in how we treat other creatures. All of us, with few exceptions, use animals in some way: for food, research, recreation and companionship. In Britain we eat around a billion chickens... -
NKJV, Pew Bible, Hardcover, Blue, Red Letter Edition, Comfort Print: Holy Bible, New King James Version by Thomas Nelson 9780785215943
RRP: $18.05$13.09The Thomas Nelson NKJV Pew Bible has long been a trusted and durable Bible for use in churches and various worship settings. This edition is published in large NKJV Comfort Print type, which was designed exclusively for Thomas Nelson to be the most... -
Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind by Andy Clark 9780190217013
RRP: $39.98$35.05In this ground-breaking work, philosopher and cognitive scientist Andy Clark turns a common view of the human mind upside down. In stark opposition to familiar models of human cognition, Surfing Uncertainty explores exciting new theories in neuroscience,... -
The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death by John Gray
RRP: $14.18$10.02John Gray's The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death raises vital questions about the 'truths' science can offer, the technology we are still exploiting for immortality - and exactly what it means to be human. At the heart of all... -
Life After Death by Mary T Browne
RRP: $9.02$6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804113861Author Mary T. BrowneFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Clarkson PotterPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 113gDimensions(mm) 173mm *... -
Critical Realism for Psychologists by David Pilgrim
RRP: $49.01$43.06This is the first dedicated text to explain and explore the utility of critical realism for psychologists, offering it as a helpful middle ground between positivism and postmodernism. By introducing its basic concepts, Pilgrim explains critical realism... -
Critique of Forms of Life by Rahel Jaeggi
RRP: $54.12$43.34For many liberals, the question "Do others live rightly?" feels inappropriate. Liberalism seems to demand a follow-up question: "Who am I to judge?" Peaceful coexistence, in this view, is predicated on restraint from morally evaluating our peers. But... -
Imperialism and the National Question by V I Lenin 9781804292716
RRP: $19.34$16.65Fired up by the outbreak of the First World War and outraged by the capitulation of most socialist parties to the demands of national bourgeoisies, Lenin sought to understand the deeper roots of the crisis of the world movement. The result was... -
Philosophy in the Islamic World: A history of philosophy without any gaps, Volume 3 by Peter Adamson
RRP: $37.40$28.12The latest in the series based on the popular History of Philosophy podcast, this volume presents the first full history of philosophy in the Islamic world for a broad readership. It takes an approach unprecedented among introductions to this subject, by... -
The Invisible Master: Secret Chiefs, Unknown Superiors, and the Puppet Masters Who Pull the Strings of Occult Power from the Alien World by Leo Lyon Zagami 9781888729702
RRP: $20.58$12.81Leo Zagami's groundbreaking study of aliens and UFOs explores where we come from and which mysterious figures have guided humanity's political and religious choices. From the prophets to the initiates and magicians, all ages have drawn from a common... -
Adam Smith: His Life, Thought, and Legacy by Ryan Patrick Hanley 9780691154053
RRP: $54.18$43.91Adam Smith (1723-90) is perhaps best known as one of the first champions of the free market and is widely regarded as the founding father of capitalism. From his ideas about the promise and pitfalls of globalization to his steadfast belief in the... -
Worldly Philosopher: The Odyssey of Albert O. Hirschman by Jeremy Adelman 9780691163499
RRP: $32.25$26.56Worldly Philosopher chronicles the times and writings of Albert O. Hirschman, one of the twentieth century's most original and provocative thinkers. In this gripping biography, Jeremy Adelman tells the story of a man shaped by modern horrors and hopes, a... -
A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism by Hubert L. Dreyfus 9781405191135
RRP: $50.25$45.41A Companion to Phenomenology and Existentialism is a complete guide to two of the dominant movements of philosophy in the twentieth century. Written by a team of leading scholars, including Dagfinn Follesdal, J. N. Mohanty, Robert Solomon, Jean-Luc... -
Siddhartha's Brain: The Science of Meditation, Mindfulness and Enlightenment by James Kingsland 9781472136343
RRP: $14.18$9.55WINNER OF THE GOLD PRIZE FOR RELIGION / SPIRITUALITY OF EASTERN THOUGHT AT THE 2016 NAUTILUS BOOK AWARDS. Can meditation and mindfulness exercise make us sharper, smarter, healthier, happier? In Siddhartha's Brain, James Kingsland reveals that a... -
Stasis: Civil War as a Political Paradigm by Giorgio Agamben
RRP: $18.05$16.80We can no longer speak of a state of war in any traditional sense, yet there is currently no viable theory to account for the manifold internal conflicts, or civil wars, that increasingly afflict the world's populations. Meant as a first step toward such... -
Figures of Southeast Asian Modernity by Joshua Barker 9780824837419
RRP: $32.19$29.13We live in a world populated not just by individuals but by figures, those larger-than-life people who in some way express and challenge our conventional understandings of social types. This innovative and collaborative work takes up the wide range of... -
Unthought: The Power of the Cognitive Nonconscious by N. Katherine Hayles 9780226447889
RRP: $29.67$28.55N. Katherine Hayles is known for breaking new ground at the intersection of the sciences and the humanities. In Unthought, she once again bridges disciplines by revealing how we think without thinking how we use cognitive processes that are inaccessible... -
Gilles Deleuze's Difference and Repetition: A Critical Introduction and Guide by James Williams
RRP: $32.24$26.17This is a revised, expanded and fully up-to-date critical introduction to Deleuze's most important work of philosophy. This is the first critical introduction to "Difference and Repetition" (first published in 1968): Gilles Deleuze's most important work... -
Pragmatics in English: An Introduction by Kate Scott
RRP: $32.24$28.10Pragmatics - the study of language in context, and of how we understand what other people say - is a core subject in English language, linguistics, and communication studies. This textbook introduces the key topics in this fast-moving field, including... -
Technology and the Lifeworld: From Garden to Earth by Don Ihde
RRP: $28.37$24.76"A sophisticated celebration of cultural diversity and of its enabling technologies...perhaps the best single volume relating the philosophical tradition to the broad issues raised by contemporary technologies." -ChoiceDiscusses the role of tools and... -
How People Change by Allen Wheelis 9780060904470
RRP: $11.60$10.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060904470Author Allen WheelisFormat PaperbackPage Count 117Imprint HarperPerennialPublisher HarperCollins Publishers Inc -
The Politics of Ritual by Molly Farneth
RRP: $28.38$22.39An illuminating look at the transformative role that rituals play in our political livesThe Politics of Ritual is a major new account of the political power of rituals. In this incisive and wide-ranging book, Molly Farneth argues that rituals are social... -
The Essential 55: Discover the successful student in every child by Ron Clark
RRP: $19.34$12.64If there were a code you could learn that would enable you to become a wonderful teacher - of any young person in your life - wouldn't you want to learn it? The Essential 55 collects together the amazingly effective rules that Ron Clark used to become an... -
The Hardest Problem: God, Evil and Suffering by Rupert Shortt 9781399802727
RRP: $12.89$8.77How can a supposedly all-powerful and all-loving God permit evil and suffering on a grand scale?The question has assailed people across cultures at least as far back as the biblical Book of Job. To sceptics, it forms clinching evidence that all talk of... -
Plural Maghreb: Writings on Postcolonialism by Abdelkebir Khatibi
$45.82Abdelkebir Khatibi (1938-2009) was among the most renowned North African literary critics and authors of the past century whose unique treatments of subjects as vast as orientalism, otherness, coloniality, aesthetics, linguistics, sexuality, and the... -
About Love: Reinventing Romance for our Times by Professor Robert C. Solomon 9780872208575
RRP: $25.79$21.21A subtle and distinguished work by a philosopher renowned for his groundbreaking analysis of human emotions, About LoveAbout the AuthorRobert C. Solomon, (1942-2007), was Quincy Lee Centennial Professor of Business and Philosophy and Distinguished... -
The Existence of God by Richard Swinburne
RRP: $54.17$38.49Richard Swinburne presents a substantially rewritten and updated edition of his most celebrated book. No other work has made a more powerful case for the probability of the existence of God. Swinburne gives a rigorous and penetrating analysis of the most... -
The Theory of Moral Sentiments by Adam Smith 9780865970120
RRP: $14.13$12.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865970120Author Adam SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 422Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 682g