Philosophy

These nine essays are largely concerned with the theory of meaning and references-semantics. At the same time adjacent portions of philosophy and logic are discussed. To the existence of what objects may a given scientific theory be said to be committed?...

This is the first English translation of Schleiermacher's Dialectic, the first of his eight forays into the foundations of thinking that aims at knowing. This text, representing Schleiermacher's succinct preparatory notes for his 1811 lectures, offers a...

Drawing on a particular emphasis within the phenomenological tradition as exemplified by Maurice Merleau-Ponty and Eugene Gendlin, this book considers the role of the lived body as a way of knowing and being within three practical contexts that...

Hanna Segal's work, especially on symbolism, aesthetics, dreams, and the exploration of psychotic thinking, has established her as an outstanding figure in psychoanalysis, particularly in psychoanalysis of the Kleinian tradition.In Dream, Phantasy and...

Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908-61) was described by Paul Ricoeur as 'the greatest of the French phenomenologists'. The essays in this volume examine the full scope of Merleau-Ponty's philosophy, from his central and abiding concern with the nature of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780955451263Author Richard Lister LangFormat PaperbackPage Count 178Imprint Shollond TrustPublisher Shollond TrustWeight(grams) 234g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780830846108Author Gary W. MoonFormat HardbackPage Count 304Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 628gDimensions(mm) 235mm...

Searching for meaning in what Nietzsche called "the rainbow colours" around the outer edges of knowledge and imagination, Edward O. Wilson bridges science and philosophy to create a twenty-first-century treatise on human existence. Once criticised for...

Allah has blessed us with a glorious book, filled with sparkling Qur'anic Jewels: rubies, diamonds and pearls of incredible wisdom and supplications. He has also taught us through His beloved Messenger how to use these glistening gems in the best manner...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611809459Author Eline SnelFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc

R. I. G. Hughes offers the first detailed and accessible analysis of the Hilbert-space models used in quantum theory and explains why they are so successful. He goes on to show how the very suitability of Hilbert spaces for modeling the quantum world...

"Under the aegis of time Suzanne Guerlac displaces matter, intuition, memory, and vitalism of the early twentieth century into the wake of poststructuralism and the dilemmas of nature and culture here and now. This book is a landmark for anyone working...

A study of Russia from 1848 to 1914. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. There are extra notes, biography boxes and definitions in the...

What has philosophy to do with the poor? If, as has often been supposed, the poor have no time for philosophy, then why have philosophers always made time for them? Why is the history of philosophy-from Plato to Karl Marx to Jean-Paul Sartre to Pierre...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608685882Author Alan WattsFormat HardbackPage Count 96Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library

One of the world's most important political philosophers, Jon Elster is a leading thinker on reason and rationality and their roles in politics and public life. In this short book, he crystallizes and advances his work, bridging the gap between...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781602064515Author Ludwig WittgensteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 116Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 168gDimensions(mm) 218mm *...

It is now widely acknowledged that play is central to our lives. As a phenomenon, play poses important questions of reality, subjectivity, competition, inclusion and exclusion. This international collection is the third in a series of books (including...

Learn the ways of the Japanese Bushido Code with this very readable, modern translation of the Bushido Shoshinshu.Code of the Samurai is a four-hundred-year-old explication of the rules and expectations embodied in Bushido, the Japanese Way of the...

What would Kant's sexts look like? How would Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir break up? What would Confucius think of Tinder?Love Voltaire Us Apart is a hilarious spoof relationship guide with a philosophical edge, made up of philosophers' love...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626203Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 352Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)...

Giorgio Agamben's Homo Sacer was one of the seminal works of political philosophy in recent decades. It was also the beginning of a series of interconnected investigations of staggering ambition and scope, investigating the deepest foundations of Western...

From Ancient Greek philosophy to the French Revolution to the modern welfare state, in Authority and the Individual Bertrand Russell tackles the perennial questions about the balance between authority and human freedom. With characteristic clarity and...

The work of Homi K. Bhabha has permeated into numerous publications which use postcolonial discourse as a means to analyze architectural practices in previously colonized contexts, particularly in Africa, Asia, the Middle-East, South-East Asia and, Latin...

This book offers practical guidance, lesson stimuli and online resources for embedding P4C into secondary level subjects. Philosophy for Children (P4C) is an approach to learning and teaching that aims to develop reasoning and judgement. Students learn...

For the first time, the full story of the conflict between two of the twentieth century's most important thinkers-and the lessons their disagreements continue to offerTwo of the most iconic thinkers of the twentieth century, Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262046701Author Igor DouvenFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd

This edition makes available an entirely new version of Hegel's lectures on the development and scope of world history. Volume I presents Hegel's surviving manuscripts of his introduction to the lectures and the full transcription of the first series of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780999543597Author Neville GoddardFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Shanon AllenPublisher Shanon AllenWeight(grams) 245g

Utopia (1516) is a work of political satire by Thomas More. Published in Latin while More was serving as Privy Counsellor under King Henry VIII, the text is stylized as a true account of a new civilization discovered in the New World by traveler Raphael...

The question of the limits of the political permeates the history of western political thought and has been at the forefront of debates in contemporary political philosophy, especially in French and Italian contexts. This book argues that the question of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781088071694Author Derek R FordFormat PaperbackPage Count 158Imprint IngramSparkPublisher IngramSparkWeight(grams) 154gDimensions(mm) 178mm * 127mm * 9mm

Offense to Others is the second volume of Joel Feinberg's magisterial work, The Moral Limits of Criminal Law, a four-volume work that addresses the question: what kinds of conduct may the state make criminal without infringing on the moral autonomy of...

What is happening when someone has a mystical experience, such as "feeling at one with the universe" or "hearing God's voice?" Does philosophy provide tools for assessing such claims? Which claims can be dismissed as delusions and which ones convey...

The concept of the state plays a central role in international relations, particularly in realist and neo-realist approaches. Yet, the meaning of the state is persistently taken to be self-evident by both advocates of the sovereign state and its critics...

People are able to transform powerfully when they experience the stories and the profound lessons of their past lives. In Beyond Past Lives, Mira Kelley shares the life-changing lessons she has learned from her clients to help you find support and...

Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. While wine drunk millennia ago was the humble beverage of the people, today the drink is inextricable with power, sophistication, and often...

This book presents new directions in contemporary anthropological dream research, surveying recent theorizations of dreaming that are developing both in and outside of anthropology. It incorporates new findings in neuroscience and philosophy of mind...

"A unique perspective on one of the most infamous cities in recent American history." - Publisher's Weekly "A book that sticks with you long after you've read it." Volume 1 Brooklyn "Hoke's writing is blunt and honest, and Sticker is a collection worth...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781619490017Author Friedrich EngelsFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Empire BooksPublisher Empire BooksWeight(grams) 73gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 3mm