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Aimlessness by Tom Lutz 9780231199346
RRP: $130.20$101.26Our culture values striving, purpose, achievement, and accumulation. This book asks us to get sidetracked along the way. It praises aimlessness as a source of creativity and an alternative to the demand for linear, efficient, instrumentalist thinking and... -
Luck by Margaret Randall 9781613322192
RRP: $37.78$33.39Fearless personal essays from a treasured feminist poet and activist Luck is a collection of essays covering such topics as memory, language, landscape, poetry, anger, sex, food, pandemics, war, violence, feminism, lies, imagination, death, power,... -
Transcendence and the Concrete: Selected Writings by Jean Wahl 9780823273010
RRP: $235.20$203.30Jean Wahl (1888-1974), once considered by the likes of Georges Bataille, Gilles Deleuze, Emmanuel Levinas, and Gabriel Marcel to be among the greatest French philosophers, has today nearly been forgotten outside France. Yet his influence on French... -
A World without Why by Raymond Geuss 9780691169200
RRP: $46.20$36.46Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. Many influential ethical views depend on the optimistic assumption that, despite appearances to the contrary, the human and natural world... -
Kierkegaard's Journals and Notebooks, Volume 8: Journals NB21-NB25 by Niels Jorgen Cappelorn 9780691166186
RRP: $298.20$234.49For over a century, the Danish thinker Soren Kierkegaard (1813-55) has been at the center of a number of important discussions, concerning not only philosophy and theology, but also, more recently, fields such as social thought, psychology, and... -
Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching by Steven M. Cahn 9781624667442
RRP: $54.58$44.21In these essays, 24 of our most celebrated professors of philosophy address the problem of how to teach philosophy today: how to make philosophy interesting and relevant; how to bring classic texts to life; how to serve all students; and how to align... -
Philosophers in the Classroom: Essays on Teaching by Steven M. Cahn 9781624667459
RRP: $149.08$119.87In these essays, 24 of our most celebrated professors of philosophy address the problem of how to teach philosophy today: how to make philosophy interesting and relevant; how to bring classic texts to life; how to serve all students; and how to align... -
Film as Philosophy by Bernd Herzogenrath 9781517900502
RRP: $226.80$180.05Film and philosophy have much in common, and books have been written on film and philosophy. But can films be, or do, philosophy? Can they "think"? Film as Philosophy is the first book to explore this fascinating question historically,... -
The Essence of David Hume: On Religion, Morals, and Economics by Henry Lewis 9781604190908
RRP: $18.88$18.14Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorDavid Hume (1711-1776) is ranked as one of the greatest Western philosophers and economists. As a philosopher, Hume is best known for his skepticism, his emphasis... -
So What, or How to Make Films with Words by Alexander Garcia Duttmann 9780810145351
RRP: $67.10$57.94A series of philosophical meditations on the nature of aesthetics across a wide array of filmmaking styles Images, whether filmic or not, cannot be replaced by words. Yet words can make images. This is the general thesis underlying So What, a collection... -
A Black Forest Walden: Conversations with Henry David Thoreau and Marlonbrando by David Farrell Krell 9781438488486
RRP: $50.51$37.51Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781438488486Author David Farrell KrellFormat PaperbackPage Count 294Imprint State University of New York PressPublisher State University of New York... -
Our Selves by Martin Versfeld 9781869193713
RRP: $37.70$31.21Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781869193713Author Martin VersfeldFormat PaperbackPage Count 248Imprint Protea BoekhuisPublisher Protea BoekhuisWeight(grams) 335g -
The User Unconscious: On Affect, Media, and Measure by Patricia Ticineto Clough 9781517904210
RRP: $174.30$151.43Wide-ranging essays and experimental prose forcefully demonstrate how digital media and computational technologies have redefined what it is to be human Over the past decade, digital media has expanded exponentially, becoming an essential part of daily... -
Veer Ecology: A Companion for Environmental Thinking by Jeffrey Jerome Cohen 9781517900762
RRP: $186.90$162.16The words most commonly associated with the environmental movement-save, recycle, reuse, protect, regulate, restore-describe what we can do to help the environment, but few suggest how we might transform ourselves to better navigate the sudden turns of... -
Luck by Margaret Randall 9781613322208
RRP: $155.40$135.35Fearless personal essays from a treasured feminist poet and activist Luck is a collection of essays covering such topics as memory, language, landscape, poetry, anger, sex, food, pandemics, war, violence, feminism, lies, imagination, death, power,... -
Scott Adams and Philosophy Daniel Yim 9780812699777
RRP: $31.48$20.75As cartoonist, author, public speaker, blogger, and periscoper, Scott Adams has had best-sellers in several different fields: his Dilbert cartoons, his meditations on the philosophy of Dilbert, his works on how to achieve success in business and all... -
Iron Filings or Scribblings: Thinking Things Out Eva Brann 9781589881334
RRP: $50.38$32.00Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589881334Author Eva BrannFormat PaperbackPage Count 266Imprint Paul Dry Books, IncPublisher Paul Dry Books, IncWeight(grams) 350g -
How to Constitute a World by Eva Brann 9781589881242
RRP: $44.08$28.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781589881242Author Eva BrannFormat PaperbackPage Count 186Imprint Paul Dry Books, IncPublisher Paul Dry Books, IncWeight(grams) 234g -
Understanding Paul: The Existential Perspective by Peter Frick 9783161626296
RRP: $134.82$134.36Peter Frick argues hermeneutically that the key issue to which the apostle Paul correlates the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is the power of sin. Understood in the tradition of Heidegger, sin (singular) is an ontological-existential category and... -
Hume and the Enlightenment by Craig Taylor 9781138664401
RRP: $100.78$87.80While Hume remains one of the most central figures in modern philosophy his place within Enlightenment thinking is much less clearly defined. Taking recent work on Hume as a starting point, this volume of original essays aims to re-examine and clarify... -
Tradition as Challenge - Essays and Speeches Josef Pieper 9781587318832
RRP: $31.50$31.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.About the AuthorJosef Pieper was among the greatest Thomist philosophers of the 20th century, and author of several dozen works in philosophy and theology.Translator Dan... -
Anthony Bourdain and Philosophy Scott Calef 9781637700396
RRP: $37.78$25.83Anthony Bourdain is famous for being brave enough to eat things most Americans would not regard as food, including a whole cobra, raw seal's eyeballs, and unwashed warthog rectum. His book Kitchen Confidential (2000) was his first best-seller, but not... -
Halo and Philosophy: Intellect Evolved by Luke Cuddy 9780812697186
RRP: $31.48$29.61Since the Doom series, First Person Shooter (FPS) videogames have ricocheted through the gaming community, often reaching outside that community to the wider public. While critics primarily lampoon FPSs for their aggressiveness and on-screen violence,... -
Taste: A Book of Small Bites by Jehanne Dubrow 9780231201759
RRP: $35.68$25.83Taste is a lyric meditation on one of our five senses, which we often take for granted. Structured as a series of "small bites," the book considers the ways that we ingest the world, how we come to know ourselves and others through the daily act of... -
Planet of the Apes and Philosophy: Great Apes Think Alike by John Huss
$44.94What makes humans different from other animals, what humans are entitled to do to other species, whether time travel is possible, what limits should be placed on science and technology, the morality and practicality of genetic engineering--these are just... -
The Atkins Diet and Philosophy: Chewing the Fat with Kant and Nietzsche by Lisa Heldke
$36.58The Atkins diet has transformed the lives of millions of people, revolutionizing grocery store shelves, restaurant menus, and dinner-table conversations. But there are questions beyond its efficacy and longevity. Is the Atkins diet a new wrinkle in... -
Devouring One's Own Tail: Autopoiesis in Perspective by Vojtech Kolman
RRP: $67.20$65.33Drawing on continental philosophy, Devouring One’s Own Tail examines culture and society as a type of ouroboros. Inspired by Niklas Luhmann’s theories on social systems, this book examines the concept of autopoiesis, or self-creation, as it relates to... -
Philosophical Foundations of Probability Theory by Roy Weatherford
RRP: $220.50$190.81First published in 1982, Philosophical Foundations of Probability Theory starts with the uses we make of the concept in everyday life and then examines the rival theories that seek to account for these applications. It offers a critical exposition of the... -
The Philosophy of Relativity by A. P. Ushenko
$223.88First published in 1937, The Philosophy of Relativity contains an exposition of Einstein, a step-by step deduction of the main equations of both the special and general theories of relativity. This book sets out to expound an original theory of events,... -
The Simple Beauty of the Unexpected: A Natural Philosopher's Quest for Trout and the Meaning of Everything by Marcelo Gleiser
RRP: $42.00$35.66Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781684581085Author Marcelo GleiserFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Brandeis University PressPublisher Brandeis University PressWeight(grams) 140g -
Philosophical Foundations of Health Education by Ronald S. Laura
RRP: $193.18$167.58First published in 1990 Philosophical Foundations of Health Education analyses the dogmatism of conventional medicine as a form of scientism and tries to determine the extent to which the state of health education has been perverted by an uncritical... -
The Origins of Science: An Inquiry into the Foundations of Western Thought by Ernest H. Hutten
RRP: $193.18$167.58First published in 1962 The Origins of Science tries to explain scientific thought from its historical and psychological origins. The depth of psychology of today rather than traditional epistemology is needed in order to understand the problems of... -
Emotion, Thought and Therapy: A Study of Hume and Spinoza and the Relationship of Philosophical Theories of Emotion to Psychological Theories of Therapy by Jerome Neu
RRP: $220.50$191.65First published in 1977, Emotion, Thought and Therapy is a study of Hume and Spinoza and the relationship of philosophical theories of the emotions to psychological theories of therapy. Jerome Neu argues that the Spinozists are closer to the truth; that... -
The Future of Humanity (Second Edition): From Global Civilization to Great Civilization (Second Edition) by Zhouying Jin
RRP: $62.90$55.97Additional Prefaces from Hazel Henderson, Randeep Sudan, and new additional original material has been added in each chapter. New material has a particular focus on the impact of Covid-19 and its influence, which has gone beyond the fields of health and... -
Philosophy and Practical Education by John Wilson
$196.56First published in 1977, Philosophy and Practical Education attempts to relate philosophy with education. It deals with themes like school, discipline, authority, curriculum, subjects, autonomy etc. to 1) discuss topics which are necessarily of direct... -
The Beginning of Liberalism: Reexamining the Political Philosophy of John Locke by Will R Jordan
$66.70The dominant public philosophy of the United States of America has long been some version of liberalism--dedicated to individual liberty, equal rights, religious freedom, government by consent, and established limits on political power. Today, however,... -
The Stoics by John M. Rist
RRP: $168.00$129.97This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices... -
A Philosopher's Pilgrimage by Alban G. Widgery
RRP: $193.18$167.58First Published in 1961 A Philosopher's Pilgrimage is a plain-spoken autobiography of Alban G. Widgery. This is the record of the life of a philosopher who never allowed concern with ideas to distract him from the richness of experiences. He was a... -
L. T. Hobhouse: His Life and Work by J. A. Hobson
RRP: $252.00$217.58First published in 1931, L. T. Hobhouse is an amalgamation of the late social philosopher L. T. Hobhouse's personal life and academic work. The first part of this volume is a brief biography by Mr. J. A. Hobson, with added impressions by personal friends... -
Two Essays on Entropy by Rudolf Carnap
RRP: $71.40$56.64This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact. Drawing on a backlist dating to 1893, Voices...