Philosophy

The Oxford Handbooks series is a major new initiative in academic publishing. Each volume offers an authoritative and up-to-date survey of original research in a particular subject area. Specially commissioned essays from leading figures in the...

F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to Schelling's philosophy by guiding them through the first ever...

A special presentation of Buddha's teachings on compassion and wisdom that communicates their essence in a way that is easy to understand and put into practice. By developing and maintaining compassion and wisdom in daily life, we can transform our...

"Pluhar maintains a fine, even tone throughout. . . . Those who have found the prospect of teaching the third Critique daunting will admire its clarity. . . . No one will be disappointed." -Timothy Sean Quinn, The Review of Metaphysics Contents:Foreword...

What is human happiness and how can we promote it? These questions are central to human existence and Happiness Explained draws on scientific research from economics, psychology, and philosophy, as well as a range of other disciplines, to outline a...

Charles Taliaferro has written a dynamic narrative history of philosophical reflection on religion from the seventeenth century to the present, with an emphasis on shifting views of faith and the nature of evidence. The book begins with the movement...

This book is concerned with the alleged capacity of the human mind to arrive at beliefs and knowledge about the world on the basis of pure reason without any dependence on sensory experience. Most recent philosophers reject the view and argue that all...

In Always More Than One, the philosopher, visual artist, and dancer Erin Manning explores the concept of the "more than human" in the context of movement, perception, and experience. Working from Whitehead's process philosophy and Simondon's theory of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781789430592Author Desiderius ErasmusFormat HardbackPage Count 120Imprint Benediction ClassicsPublisher Benediction ClassicsWeight(grams) 367gDimensions(mm)...

Following the flow of chi energy, rather than directing it as in traditional Tai Chi, Wu-Style Tai Chi focuses on internal development, seeking to conserve chi energy and gather jin power from the Earth through the tan tien. Centered on a "small frame"...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956942319Author Owen BarfieldFormat PaperbackPage Count 340Imprint Barfield Press UKPublisher Barfield Press UKWeight(grams) 433g

This book deals with one of the most interesting periods in the development of Indian religious and philosophical traditions. Starting with the teaching of the proto-vedantist philosopher Gaudapada, and then analyzing the ideas of his famous...

This exciting new edition provides an overview of the main professional, ethical and research issues that are required knowledge for counsellors, therapists, psychologists and psychiatrists engaging in therapeutic or clinical work. These issues form part...

A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other? Before the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781569246627Author William MartinFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Marlowe & CoPublisher Marlowe & CoWeight(grams) 163gDimensions(mm) 210mm * 114mm *...

Few topics generate as much controversy and debate as armed humanitarian intervention. Military force involves death and destruction, as well as interfering in other countries' domestic affairs. But, crucially, non-intervention is also controversial...

We all want to live in a better world, but sometimes it feels that we lack the ability or influence to make a difference. John-Paul Flintoff offers a powerful reminder that through the generations, society has been transformed by the actions of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781946742872Author Agni Yoga SocietyFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint AGNI Yoga Society, IncorporatedPublisher AGNI Yoga Society,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780981803036Author Ari ArmstrongFormat PaperbackPage Count 222Imprint Eversol PressPublisher Eversol PressWeight(grams) 263gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780877845225Author W. Jay WoodFormat PaperbackPage Count 216Imprint Inter-Varsity Press,USPublisher InterVarsity PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 210mm...

Philosophy like you've never seen it before. The latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780807014172Author Herbert MarcuseFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Beacon PressPublisher Beacon PressWeight(grams) 295gDimensions(mm) 203mm * 136mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781620325537Author Mary Michael SpanglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 284Imprint Wipf & Stock PublishersPublisher Wipf & Stock PublishersWeight(grams)...

This new edition of the English translation of Maurice Blondel's Action (1893) remains a philosophical classic. Action was once a common theme in philosophical reflection. It figured prominently in Aristotelian philosophy, and the medieval Scholastics...

Augustine - for all of his influence on Western culture and politics - was hardly a liberal. Drawing from theology, feminist theory, and political philosophy, Eric Gregory offers here a liberal ethics of citizenship, one less susceptible to anti-liberal...

'A problem of space first of all, then a problem of order'One of the most singular and extravagant imaginations of the twentieth century, the novelist and essayist Georges Perec was a true original who delighted in wordplay, puzzles, taxonomies and...

Philip Kitcher's The Main Enterprise of the World offers a sweeping vision of the goals of education. Kitcher considers the ways in which schools and universities should advance their goals, explores the social changes required to make high-quality...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781681370224Author Dror BursteinFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint The New York Review of Books, IncPublisher The New York Review of Books,...

With an introduction by Charlotte R. Brown and William Edward Morris. David Hume (1711-1776) was the most important philosopher ever to write in English, as well as a master stylist. This volume contains his major philosophical works. A Treatise of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781087754390Author Carl R. TruemanFormat HardbackPage Count 256Imprint LifeWay Christian ResourcesPublisher LifeWay Christian Resources

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587316036Author Edmund AugustineFormat HardbackPage Count 128Imprint St Augustine's PressPublisher St Augustine's Press

The turbulent and chequered past of the world's most populous country is one of the most fascinating in world history, and relatively little known in the west. From the beginnings of Chinese prehistory right through to internet censorship with the 'Great...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781928329442Author Shaykh Fadhlalla HaeriFormat PaperbackPage Count 142Imprint Zahra PublicationsPublisher Zahra PublicationsWeight(grams)...

David Bentley Hart offers an intense and thorough reflection upon the issue of the supernatural in Christian theology and doctrine. In recent years, the theological-and, more specifically, Roman Catholic-question of the supernatural has made an...

What is the secret to lasting happiness? In The Stoicism Workbook, readers learn how thinking like Socrates and other Stoics-and using the Socratic method of self-inquiry-can help them identify what truly matters in their life, and build the inner...

The creation of the Frankfurt School of critical theory in the 1920s saw the birth of some of the most exciting and challenging writings of the twentieth century. It is out of this background that the great critic Theodor Adorno emerged. His finest...

A brilliant and addictive collection of brand-new essays on modern culture - from 'the pre-eminent and most widely read critic of her generation' The Times Included as a 2024 highlight in the Observer, Stylist, the Skinny, BBC Online and the Independent...

A lively meditation on the nature of art by one of America's most celebrated art critics What is it to be a work of art? Renowned author and critic Arthur C. Danto addresses this fundamental, complex question. Part philosophical monograph and part...

This book offers a compelling examination of the problem of evil and the doctrine of sin. It engages with and advances extant discussions on the topic by drawing together philosophical arguments, theological reflections, scientific evidence, Biblical...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788792633613Author Camelia EliasFormat PaperbackPage Count 190Imprint Eyecorner PressPublisher Eyecorner PressWeight(grams) 349gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm...