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New Materialisms: Ontology, Agency, and Politics by Diana H. Coole 9780822347729
RRP: £23.99£21.56New Materialisms brings into focus and explains the significance of the innovative materialist critiques that are emerging across the social sciences and humanities. By gathering essays that exemplify the new thinking about matter and processes of... -
Surfing Uncertainty: Prediction, Action, and the Embodied Mind by Andy Clark
RRP: £17.99£15.92How is it that thoroughly physical material beings such as ourselves can think, dream, feel, create and understand ideas, theories and concepts? How does mere matter give rise to all these non-material mental states, including consciousness itself? An... -
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge by Noah Lemos 9781108724401
RRP: £32.99£29.23Now revised and containing three new chapters, this book provides a clear and accessible introduction to epistemology, or the theory of knowledge. It discusses some of the main theories of justification, including foundationalism, coherentism,... -
Computability and Randomness by Andre Nies 9780199652600
RRP: £55.00£54.72The interplay between computability and randomness has been an active area of research in recent years, reflected by ample funding in the USA, numerous workshops, and publications on the subject. The complexity and the randomness aspect of a set of... -
Sensuous Knowledge: A Black Feminist Approach for Everyone by Minna Salami 9781786997111
RRP: £9.99£7.89In Sensuous Knowledge, Minna Salami draws on Africa-centric, feminist-first and artistic traditions to help us rediscover inclusive and invigorating ways of experiencing the world afresh. Combining the playfulness of a storyteller with the insight of... -
Problems in Philosophy: The Limits of Inquiry Colin McGinn (Rutgers University) 9781557864758
RRP: £33.95£30.21This advanced introductory text offers a synoptic view of philosophical inquiry, discussing such topics as consciousness, the self, meaning, free will, the a priori, and knowledge. The emphasis is on the fundamental intractability of these questions, and... -
The Corpus Hermeticum (Royal Collector's Edition) (Case Laminate Hardcover with Jacket) by Hermes Trismegistus 9781774378458
£30.29Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781774378458Author Hermes TrismegistusFormat HardbackPage Count 90Imprint Royal ClassicsPublisher Royal ClassicsWeight(grams) 304gDimensions(mm) 229mm *... -
Be Where Your Feet Are: Seven Principles to Keep You Present, Grounded, and Thriving Scott O'Neil 9781250852694
RRP: £14.99£11.11When we're moving at 115 MPH, we rarely see the wall coming. But it comes for all of us. The sudden loss of a much beloved friend, the excruciatingly long departure of a parent with Alzheimer's. We grasp for lessons, for meaning, for learnings. Even when... -
Invitation to Peace Studies by Houston Wood 9780190217136
RRP: £92.99£92.82Invitation to Peace Studies is the first textbook in the field to emphasize 21st-century research and controversies and to encourage the more frequent use of a gender perspective in analyzing peace, war and violence. Recent empirical research forms the... -
The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature through the Practice of Presence A. H. Almaas 9781590305591
RRP: £23.00£15.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781590305591Author A. H. AlmaasFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
Custom and Reason in Hume: A Kantian Reading of the First Book of the Treatise by Henry E. Allison 9780199532889
£110.45Henry Allison examines the central tenets of Hume's epistemology and cognitive psychology, as contained in the Treatise of Human Nature. Allison takes a distinctive two-level approach. On the one hand, he considers Hume's thought in its own terms and... -
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer by Bryan Magee 9780198237228
RRP: £48.99£39.83This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher. It contains a brief biography of Schopenhauer, a systematic exposition of his thought, and a critical... -
Phaedo by Plato
RRP: £6.99£5.30The Phaedo is acknowledged to be one of Plato's greatest masterpieces, showing him both as a philosopher and as a dramatist at the height of his powers. For its moving account of the execution of Socrates, the Phaedo ranks among the supreme literary... -
Confessions by Augustine 9780812986488
RRP: £13.99£9.44Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812986488Author AugustineFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Everything, Beautiful: A Guide to Finding the Hidden Beauty in the World by Ella Frances Sanders
RRP: £14.99£10.95From the New York Times bestselling author of Lost in Translation comes an illustrated manifesto and an interactive guide to reclaiming the wonder of the everyday through mindful activities, creative exercises and heart-warming stories.In a world that... -
The Social Contract by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780141018881
RRP: £7.99£5.98Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched... -
Introduction to the Reading of Hegel: Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" by Alexandre Kojeve
RRP: £20.99£18.37Lectures on the "Phenomenology of Spirit" "This collection of Kojeve's thoughts about Hegel constitutes one of the few important philosophical books of the twentieth century-a book, knowledge of which is requisite to the full awareness of our situation... -
The Great Image Has No Form, or on the Nonobject Through Painting by Francois Jullien
RRP: £36.00£34.83In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, "The Great Image Has No Form" explores the "nonobject"... -
The Pocket Hagakure: The Book of the Samurai by Yamamoto Tsunetomo
RRP: £9.99£7.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806991Author Yamamoto TsunetomoFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
On What Matters: Volume One by Derek Parfit 9780199681037
RRP: £26.99£23.20On What Matters is a major work in moral philosophy. It is the long-awaited follow-up to Derek Parfit's 1984 book Reasons and Persons, one of the landmarks of twentieth-century philosophy. In this first volume Parfit presents a powerful new treatment of... -
From Metaphysics to Ethics: A Defence of Conceptual Analysis by Frank Jackson 9780198250616
RRP: £45.49£35.64Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as a basic method of philosophical inquiry. In recent years conceptual analysis has been undervalued and, Jackson suggests, widely misunderstood; he argues that there is nothing especially... -
Animal Capital: Rendering Life in Biopolitical Times by Nicole Shukin
RRP: £19.99£17.54The juxtaposition of biopolitical critique and animal studies-two subjects seldom theorized together-signals the double-edged intervention of Animal Capital. Nicole Shukin pursues a resolutely materialist engagement with the "question of the animal,"... -
Thought: A Very Short Introduction by Tim Bayne 9780199601721
RRP: £8.99£6.65There is no denying that thinking comes naturally to human beings. But what are thoughts? How is thought realized in the brain? Does thinking occur in public or is it a purely private affair? Do young children and non-human animals think? Is human... -
Considerations on Western Marxism by Perry Anderson
£14.15This synoptic essay considers the nature and evolution of the Marxist theory that developed in Western Europe, after the defeat of the proletarian rebellions in the West and the isolation of the Russian Revolution in the East in the early 1920s. It... -
Beyond Good and Evil: Prelude to a Philosophy of the Future by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £9.99£7.32`What is done out of love always takes place beyond good and evil.' Always provocative, the Friedrich Nietzsche of Beyond Good and Evil (1886) is at once sceptical psychologist and philosopher-seer, passionately unmasking European society with his... -
A Hut at the Edge of the Village by John Moriarty 9781843518006
RRP: £13.00£11.19There is a radical agency in John Moriarty's work that we as readers don't always spot. As our heads spin with mythological cross-referencing, poetical leaps and the philosophical bent, it is clear that there is nothing domestic, nothing tame, about John... -
The 36 Deadly Bubishi Points by Rand Cardwell
RRP: £13.99£9.44Learn how to target the weaknesses of an attacker and effectively exploit them in order to defend yourself!The 36 Deadly Bubishi Points explains the pressure point techniques found in the Bubishi, the ancient "Bible of Karate," and how recognizing them... -
The Seven Military Classics Of Ancient China by Ralph D. Sawyer
RRP: £20.00£15.64The Seven Military Classics is one of the most profound studies of warfare ever written. It presents us with an Eastern tradition of strategic thought that emphasizes outwitting one's opponent through speed, stealth, flexibility, and a minimum of... -
Buddhism As Philosophy by Mark Siderits 9781624669811
RRP: £21.99£18.26In Buddhism As Philosophy, Mark Siderits makes the Buddhist philosophical tradition accessible to a Western audience. Offering generous selections from the canonical Buddhist texts and providing an engaging, analytical introduction to the fundamental... -
12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos by Jordan B Peterson
RRP: £29.95£18.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780345816023Author Jordan B. PetersonFormat HardbackPage Count 448Imprint Random House CanadaPublisher Random House CanadaWeight(grams) 646gDimensions(mm)... -
Aesthetics and the Sciences of Mind by Greg Currie 9780199669646
RRP: £41.99£41.74Through much of the twentieth century, philosophical thinking about works of art, design, and other aesthetic products has emphasized intuitive and reflective methods, often tied to the idea that philosophy's business is primarily to analyze concepts... -
Principles of Politics Applicable to All Governments by Benjamin Constant 9780865973954
RRP: £10.95£10.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865973954Author Benjamin ConstantFormat PaperbackPage Count 558Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 983g -
Spirit of Cricket: Reflections on Play and Life Mike Brearley 9781472133984
RRP: £20.00£13.95If someone were to say 'it's not tennis', or 'not football' of shabby behaviour in any walk of life, he or she would not be understood. If they said 'it's not cricket', they probably would be (though less reliably than a century ago). Is there some... -
The Bright Ages: A New History of Medieval Europe by Matthew Gabriele
RRP: £12.99£8.71"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audiences for years to come....The Bright Ages is a rare thing-a nuanced historical work that almost anyone... -
Can't We Make Moral Judgements? by Mary Midgley
£18.09How many times do we hear the statement 'It's not for me to judge'? It conveys one of the most popular ideas of our time: that to make judgements of others is essentially wrong. In this classic text, the renowned moral philosopher Mary Midgely turns a... -
Lectures on Ancient Philosophy: Companion to the Secret Teachings of All Ages by Manly P. Hall
RRP: £21.00£15.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781585424320Author Manly P. HallFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint Jeremy P TarcherPublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 1gDimensions(mm) 236mm *... -
Hobbes: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Tuck
RRP: £8.99£6.65Thomas Hobbes, the first great English political philosopher, has long had the reputation of being a pessimistic atheist, who saw human nature as inevitably evil and proposed a totalitarian state to subdue human failings. In this illuminating study,... -
Love in the Void: Where God Finds Us by Simone Weil
RRP: £8.99£6.32Simone Weil, the great mystic and philosopher for our age, shows where anyone can find God.Why is it that Simone Weil, with her short, troubled life and confounding insights into faith and doubt, continues to speak to today's spiritual seekers? Was it... -
Laws by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: £24.95£23.79The statesman on statecraft.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman lawyer, orator, politician, and philosopher, of whom we know more than of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of Julius ... -
Shame and Necessity, Second Edition by Bernard Williams 9780520256439
RRP: £25.00£19.59We tend to suppose that the ancient Greeks had primitive ideas of the self, of responsibility, freedom, and shame, and that now humanity has advanced from these to a more refined moral consciousness. Bernard Williams' original and radical book questions...