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Dilthey Selected Writings by William Dilthey 9780521295888
RRP: £39.99£33.26Dilthey is a figure of real importance in European philosophy and social theory. He exerted a significant influence on Husserl, Heidegger and Weber (among others) through his work on the nature of philosophy and the methodology and epistemology of human... -
Kant's Analytic by Jonathan Bennett 9780521093897
RRP: £39.99£33.26'Mr Bennett, as was to be expected, has written a first-rate book on Kant's Analytic. It is vivid, entertaining, and extremely instructive. It will be found of absorbing interest both by those who already know the Critique and by those - if there are any... -
Deconstruction by David J Gunkel
RRP: £14.99£9.22Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780262542470Author David J. GunkelFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint MIT PressPublisher MIT Press Ltd -
A Philosophy for Europe: From the Outside by Roberto Esposito 9781509521067
RRP: £17.99£16.04Amid a devastating economic crisis, two tragic events coming from the outside - the wave of immigration and Islamic terrorism - have radically changed the profile and significance of the space we call Europe. Given a paradigm leap of this sort,... -
Birth Of Tragedy & Genealogy by Friedrich Nietzsche
RRP: £10.99£8.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385092104Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Bantam Dell Publishing Group, Div of Random House, IncPublisher Random House USA... -
Hume on Is and Ought by Charles R. Pigden 9780230205208
RRP: £89.99£89.87This collection of essays showcases recent work on Hume and the Is/Ought question. There are four distinct attempts to redefine and prove Hume's No-Ought-From-Is thesis in such a way as to evade the famous counterexamples of A.N.Prior. The rival... -
Philosophy Matters: An Introduction to Philosophy by Professor Roger Trigg 9780631225461
RRP: £30.95£27.45Written for those who may be approaching the subject for the first time, Philosophy Matters shows that philosophy is crucial in questioning our presuppositions, and for helping us to establish our own beliefs about the nature of the world.About the... -
Kant's System of Nature and Freedom: Selected Essays by Paul Guyer 9780199273478
RRP: £53.00£46.07The concept of systematicity is central to Immanuel Kant's conception of scientific knowledge and to his practical philosophy. But Kant also held that we must be able to unite the separate systems of nature and freedom into a single system: on the one... -
The Arguments of Time by Jeremy Butterfield 9780197263464
RRP: £35.00£34.99These nine essays, commissioned on the initiative of the Philosophy section of the British Academy, address fundamental questions about time in philosophy, physics, linguistics, and psychology. Are there facts about the future? Could we affect the past?... -
The Essential Crazy Wisdom by Scoop Nisker 9781580083461
RRP: £12.99£9.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781580083461Author Scoop NiskerFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Ten Speed PressPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 178g -
Exploring Philosophy: The Philosophical Quest by Brenda Almond 9780631194859
RRP: £36.95£32.51In this new, revised and expanded edition of her classic introduction, Brenda Almond takes the reader on a progressive exploration through the main areas of contemporary philosophy.About the AuthorBrenda Almond is Professor of Moral and Social Philosophy... -
A Descartes Dictionary by John Cottingham
RRP: £32.95£29.14To confront the philosophical system of Rene Descartes is to contemplate a magnificently laid out map of human cognitive endeavour. In following Descartes arguments, the reader is drawn into some of the most fundamental and challenging issues in all of... -
Conceptions of Truth by Wolfgang Kunne 9780199280193
RRP: £68.00£50.31Truth is one of the most debated topics in philosophy; Wolfgang Kunne presents a comprehensive critical examination of all major theories. Conceptions of Truth is organized around a flow-chart comprising sixteen key questions, ranging from Is truth a... -
The Philosophy Workbook by Francis Roberts
RRP: £31.00£29.69A practical, hands-on introduction to philosophy written in jargon-free language, this book introduces philosophy using a step-by-step approach. It both engages the reader in philosophical activity and explains the subject matter of philosophy without... -
The Consolations of Philosophy by Alain de Botton 9780679779179
RRP: £13.95£10.97Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679779179Author Alain de BottonFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
A Brief History of Philosophy: From Socrates to Derrida by Derek Johnston 9780826490209
RRP: £23.99£23.93This title offers a fun, concise and attractive introduction to a fascinating and challenging subject. This is the ideal book for teenagers and students coming to philosophy for the first time, or indeed for anyone who just doesn't know where to start... -
Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century: Essential Readings by Carlos Alberto Sanchez 9780190601300
RRP: £35.49£26.85Sanchez and Sanchez have selected, edited, translated, and introduced some of the most influential texts in Mexican philosophy, which constitute a unique and robust tradition that will challenge and complicate traditional conceptions of philosophy. The... -
Plato the Myth Maker by Luc Brisson
RRP: £28.00£27.39We think of a myth as a fictional story, and Plato was the first to use the term "muthos" in that sense. But Plato also used "muthos" to describe the practice of making and telling myths, the oral transmission of all that a community keeps in its... -
The Invention of Dionysus by James I. Porter 9780804737005
RRP: £25.99£20.84This book argues that The Birth of Tragedy, Nietzsche's first book, does not mark a rupture with his prior philosophical undertakings but is, in fact, continuous with them and with his later writings as well. These continuities are displayed above all in... -
Wise Words by Stephen Trombley
RRP: £7.99£6.25A philosophical miscellany, as diverting as it is instructive, centred on an eclectic sequence of themes, ranging from advice to ageing, from backbiting to bigotry, from freedom to friendship, and from work to walking. Stephen Trombley mines the... -
The Bedside Book of Philosophy, Volume 1: From the Birth of Western Philosophy to the Good Place: 125 Historic Events and Big Ideas to Push the Limits by Gregory Bassham
RRP: £16.99£11.54A fascinating exploration into the 125 most important milestones in philosophy, all in one handy book perfect for keeping on your bedside table or carrying wherever you go. Now is the perfect time to expand your knowledge and learn something new or delve... -
A Brief History of Happiness by Nicholas P. White 9781405115209
RRP: £25.95£22.60In this brief history, philosopher Nicholas White reviews 2,500 years of philosophical thought about happiness. Addresses key questions such as: What is happiness? Should happiness play such a dominant role in our lives? How can we deal with conflicts... -
Imitation of Rigor: An Alternative History of Analytic Philosophy by Mark Wilson 9780192896469
RRP: £76.00£69.10J.L. Austin has written of "the blinding veil of ease and obviousness that hides the mechanisms of the natural successful act". By revisiting a classic "small metaphysics" puzzle drawn from physics that launched a thousand ships of grander... -
Premises: Essays on Philosophy and Literature from Kant to Celan by Werner Hamacher
RRP: £29.99£24.14"Poetry does not impose, it exposes itself," wrote Paul Celan. Werner Hamacher's investigations into crucial texts of philosophical and literary modernity show that Celan's apothegm is also valid for the structure of understanding and for language in... -
Being, Humanity, and Understanding: Studies in Ancient and Modern Societies by G. E. R. Lloyd 9780198707936
RRP: £25.99£20.76G. E. R. Lloyd explores the variety of ideas and assumptions that humans have entertained concerning three main topics: being, or what there is; humanity-what makes a human being a human; and understanding, both of the world and of one another. Amazingly... -
Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction by George Graham
RRP: £39.95£35.04Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction is a lively and accessible introduction to one of philosophy's most active and important areas of research.About the AuthorGeorge Graham is Professor and Chair of the Department of Philosophy, and Professor of... -
Agency and Autonomy in Kant's Moral Theory: Selected Essays by Andrews Reath 9780199288830
RRP: £41.99£41.74Andrews Reath presents a selection of his best essays on various features of Kant's moral psychology and moral theory, with particular emphasis on his conception of rational agency and his conception of autonomy. The opening essays explore different... -
The Science and Humanism of Stephen Jay Gould by Richard York 9781583672167
RRP: £14.95£12.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781583672167Author Richard YorkFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Monthly Review Press,U.S.Publisher Monthly Review Press,U.S. -
Complementarity: Anti-Epistemology after Bohr and Derrida by Arkady Plotnitsky
RRP: £24.99£20.01Many commentators have remarked in passing on the resonance between deconstructionist theory and certain ideas of quantum physics. In this book, Arkady Plotnitsky rigorously elaborates the similarities and differences between the two by focusing on the... -
Teletheory by Gregory L. Ulmer 9780974853406
RRP: £16.70£12.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780974853406Author Gregory L. UlmerFormat PaperbackPage Count 328Imprint Atropos PressPublisher Atropos PressWeight(grams) 483g -
Revisioning Cambridge Platonism: Sources and Legacy by Douglas Hedley
RRP: £119.99£109.55This volume contains essays that examine the work and legacy of the Cambridge Platonists. The essays reappraise the ideas of this key group of English thinkers who served as a key link between the Renaissance and the modern era. The contributors examine... -
The Rehabilitation of Myth: Vico's 'New Science' by Joseph Mali
RRP: £26.99£22.80In this important essay, Joseph Mali argues that Vico's New Science must be interpreted according to Vico's own clues and rules of interpretation, principally his claim that the 'master-key' of his New Science is the discovery of myth. Following this... -
The Philosopher's Handbook: Essential Readings from Plato to Kant by Stanley Rosen 9780375720116
RRP: £18.99£16.05Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375720116Author Stanley RosenFormat PaperbackPage Count 656Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 714gDimensions(mm)... -
Critical Theory by David Hoy 9781557861733
RRP: £40.95£35.89Philosophical controversies within contemporary critical theory arise largely from questions about the nature, scope and limits of human reason. As the linguistic turn in twentieth-century philosophy has increasingly given way to a sociocritical turn,... -
Leibniz: An Introduction by C. D. Broad 9780521099257
RRP: £39.99£33.26This book, first published in 1975, provides critical and comprehensive introduction to the philosophy of Leibniz. C.D. Broad was Knightsbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge from 1933 to 1953 and this book is based on his undergraduate... -
The Edinburgh Dictionary of Continental Philosophy by John Protevi
RRP: £37.00£35.01The first ever dictionary of continental philosophy to be published. With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, topics and technical terms associated... -
Leibniz's Philosophy of Logic and Language by Hide Ishiguro 9780521377812
RRP: £44.99£38.14This is the second edition of an important introduction to Leibniz's philosophy of logic and language first published in 1972. It takes issue with several traditional interpretations of Leibniz (by Russell amongst others) while revealing how Leibniz's... -
The Correspondence of Thomas Hobbes: Volume II: 1660-1679 by Thomas Hobbes 9780198237488
RRP: £53.00£45.37[NB in publicity materials use short description + first few review quotes if short of space] Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important figures in the history of European thought. Although best known for his political theory, he also wrote... -
Hegel: A Reinterpretation by Walter Kaufmann 9780268010683
£48.26The continuing discovery of important Hegel manuscripts and advances in the criticism of Hegel's works have set the stage for a major reevaluation of one of the greatest philosophers of all time. This volume constitutes the comprehensive reinterpretation... -
Encyclopedia of the Philosophical Sciences in Outline and Other Philosophical Writings by G. W. F. Hegel 9780826403407
£33.26Hegel's system of philosophy was not only the leading form of metaphysics during his lifetime, but it has taken on increasing significance in our own time. The main element in this compact collection of Hegel's thought is an eagerly awaited new...