Philosophy

Over 100 years ago, Einstein changed the way we understood time from being a fixed measurement to a relative one which, rather than being 'correct' as it had been before, was now 'proper' to the body concerned. While physics, especially at the quantum...

A philosophical exploration of the entire seven-book Harry Potter series Harry Potter has been heralded as one of the most popular book series of all time and the philosophical nature of Harry, Hermione, and Ron's quest to rid the world of its ultimate...

Timothy Chappell's new translation of the Theaetetus is presented here in short sections of text, each preceded by a summary of the argument and followed by his philosophical commentary on it. Introductory remarks discuss Plato and his works, his use of...

Aristotles' 'Metaphysics' is one of the most important texts in Ancient Philosophy. This GuideBook looks at the Metaphysics thematically and takes the student through the main arguments found in the text. The book introduces and assesses Aristotle's life...

Contemporary scholarship tends to view Albert Camus as a modern, but he himself was conscious of the past and called the transition from Hellenism to Christianity "the true and only turning point in history." For Camus, modernity was not fully...

Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript is a classic of existential literature. It concludes the first and richest phase of Kierkegaard's pseudonymous authorship and is the text that philosophers look to first when attempting to define...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619024434Author David HintonFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint CounterpointPublisher Counterpoint

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781884564482Author Muata AshbyFormat PaperbackPage Count 144Imprint Sema InstitutePublisher Sema InstituteWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm) 279mm * 210mm *...

Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as...

The Intellectual Powers is a philosophical investigation into the cognitive and cogitative powers of mankind. It develops a connective analysis of our powers of consciousness, intentionality, mastery of language, knowledge, belief, certainty, sensation,...

A major new edition of the so-called Presocratics.The fragments and testimonia of the early Greek philosophers (often labeled the 'Presocratics') have always been not only a fundamental source for understanding archaic Greek culture and ancient...

This collection of eleven essays originally appeared in France thirty years ago and created a literary whirlwind on the Left Bank. Cioran writes incisively about Western civilizations, the writer, the novel, mystics, apostles, and philosophers.The...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781958972182Author Chan Master Guo JunFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint Monkfish Book Publishing CompanyPublisher Monkfish Book Publishing Company

Can robots perform actions, make decisions, collaborate with humans, be our friends, perhaps fall in love, or potentially harm us? Even before these things truly happen, ethical and philosophical questions already arise. The reason is that we humans have...

A revised and updated new edition of this best-selling introduction to the study of contemporary popular culture. The book presents an accessible introduction to the range of theories and methods which have been used to study contemporary popular culture...

There is a growing recognition that philosophy isn't unique to the West, that it didn't begin only with the classical Greeks, and that Greek philosophy was influenced by Near Eastern traditions. Yet even today there is a widespread assumption that what...

Learn the rudiments of Sanskrit to enable you to read the script, pronounce words and look them up in a dictionary. Sanskrit for Seekers utilizes the ITRANS transliteration scheme commonly found on the Internet.About the AuthorDennis Waite has been a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611805611Author Ken WilberFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781909669796Author Friedrich Wilhelm NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 452Imprint JiaHu BooksPublisher JiaHu BooksDimensions(mm) 228mm * 152mm * 287mm

Drawing on philosophy, political and social theory, decision-theory, economics, psychology, history and literature, Jon Elster's classic book Sour Grapes continues and complements the arguments of his acclaimed earlier book, Ulysses and the Sirens...

In the Eastern Aegean lies an island of forested hills and olive groves, with streams, marshes and a lagoon that nearly cuts the land in two. It was here, over two thousand years ago, that Aristotle came to work. Aristotle was the greatest...

This book presents an intriguing portrait of Roger Scruton and his philosophy. Roger Scruton is one of the outstanding British philosophers of the post-war years. Why then is he at best ignored and at worst reviled? Part of the reason is that he is an...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578266401Author Travis HellstromFormat HardbackPage Count 272Imprint Hatherleigh Press,U.S.Publisher Hatherleigh Press,U.S.

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781785359859Author Jens AmbertsFormat PaperbackPage Count 176Imprint John Hunt PublishingPublisher Collective InkWeight(grams) 174gDimensions(mm) 215mm *...

What is a self? Does it exist in reality or is it a mere social construct-or is it perhaps a neurologically induced illusion? The legitimacy of the concept of the self has been questioned by both neuroscientists and philosophers in recent years...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780791454084Author F. W. J. SchellingFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York...

It's about learning how to unlock your creativity, how to let language work through you and begin dancing across the page. Emerging out of the Wolf at the Door writing workshops taught in many FWBO centres and elsewhere worldwide, Writing Your Way helps...

An Apology for Raymond Sebond is widely regarded as the greatest of Montaigne's essays: a supremely eloquent expression of Christian scepticism. An empassioned defence of Sebond's fifteenth-century treatise on natural theology, it was inspired by the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901689Author Tiziana TerranovaFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E)

What kind of life would be truly worth wanting? What kind of world would be truly worth seeking? How should we live?We are facing a crisis of meaning. Swept up in the obstacles of the day-to-day, the deeper questions of our fundamental purpose linger...

A fresh, graceful translation of one of the most important and timeless classics—the foundational work of Daoism—by award-winning novelist Ken Liu, who contextualizes and demystifies this famously enigmatic text.Laozi’s Dao De Jing was written around 400...

Michel Foucault was a twentieth-century philosopher of extraordinary talent, a political activist, social theorist, cultural critic and creative historian. He shaped the ways we think today about such controversial issues as power, sexuality, madness and...

Aristotle's reliance on dialectic as a method of philosophy appears to conflict with his metaphysical realist view of his conclusions. This book explores Aristotle's philosophical method and the merits of his conclusions, and shows how he defends...

Phenomenology is a challenging method for many students to understand and apply. Introduction to Phenomenology: Focus on Methodology breaks down the history, methodology, and application so students can more easily write proposals and conduct...

Why do people reject science and believe online conspiracy theories? How are people radicalized online and go on to commit acts of violence? Why is our society so politically polarized?Astonishingly irrational ideas are spreading. Covid denial persists...

Building on the groundbreaking research of Irreducible Mind and Beyond Physicalism, Edward Kelly and Paul Marshall gather a cohort of leading scholars to address the most recent advances in the psychology of consciousness. Currently emerging as a middle...

First published in 1967, Guy Debord's stinging revolutionary critique ofcontemporary society, The Society of the Spectacle has since acquired acult status. Credited by many as being the inspiration for the ideasgenerated by the events of May 1968 in...

The number one bestseller in France and Italy, from Francoise Heritier, The Sweetness of Life is a beautiful and poetic list of the everyday reasons that make life worth livingIf you assume an average life expectancy of 85 years, and deduct the hours we...

An accessible and engaging introduction to the philosophy of religion. Written with verve and clarity by a leading philosopher and contributor to the fieldPlaces key issues and debates in the philosophy of religion in their historical contexts,...

This book offers a contemporary philosophy of life drawing upon Buddhist resources from the Vimalakirti Sutra. Among the major themes in this Mahayana Buddhist scripture is the "skillful means" required to live a healthy and undeluded life. The book...