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The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which...

Logic as Universal Science offers a detailed reconstruction of the underlying philosophy in The Principles of Mathematics showing how Russell sought to deliver a death blow to the dominant Kantian view that formal logic is a concise and dry science and...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013970597Author Edward M (Edward McKendree) BoundsFormat PaperbackPage Count 136Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 200g

"Rene Descartes was the founding father of modern Western philosophy and a pivotal thinker in the history of this fascinating subject. Covering all the key concepts of his work, Starting with Descartes provides an accessible introduction to the...

What comes after 'postmodernism'? A buzzword which began as an energising, radical critique became, by the 20th Century's end, a byword for fracture, eclecticism, political apathy and intellectual exhaustion. The last few years have seen a growing...

In recent years there has been a major revival of interest in the political philosophy of Immanuel Kant. Thinkers have looked to Kant's theories about knowledge, history, the moral self and autonomy, and nature and aesthetics to seek the foundations of...

Ten lectures covering Kant, Schelling, Hegel, and the dialectical method by leading American philosopher. Focuses on the importance for modern philosophy of the nature of the human self.Book InformationISBN 9780300094664Author Josiah RoyceFormat...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014426970Author Alexander Stuart 1854- BoydFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 367g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013557637Author Walter 1839-1894 PaterFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 599g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013698712Author Henry Birks and SonsFormat HardbackPage Count 116Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 340g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674427785Author Edgar PierceFormat HardbackPage Count 446Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 916g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014243393Author George Henry 1817-1878 LewesFormat PaperbackPage Count 630Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 871g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780982755921Author Lance StrateFormat HardbackPage Count 302Imprint Institute of General SemanticsPublisher Institute of General SemanticsWeight(grams) 585g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980305265Author Paul AshtonFormat PaperbackPage Count 380Imprint re.pressPublisher re.pressWeight(grams) 557g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781014454928Author Charles Austin 1874-1948 BeardFormat PaperbackPage Count 354Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 494g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780980544015Author G. W. F. HegelFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint re.pressPublisher re.pressWeight(grams) 404g

The author demonstrates the significant role that some of the Edwardian philosophers played in the formation of Russell's work on the problem of the external world done at the tail-end of a controversy which raged between about 1900-1915.Book...

An Introduction to Modern European Philosophy, contains scholarly but accessible essays by nine British academics on Hegel, Schopenhauer, Kierkegaard, Marx, Nietzsche, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maritain, Hannah Arendt, Habermas,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595327676Author John D EricksonFormat PaperbackPage Count 180Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 272g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780595321605Author Charles Gidley WheelerFormat PaperbackPage Count 236Imprint iUniversePublisher iUniverseWeight(grams) 349g

This book, first published in 2002, is a systematic critical overview of German aesthetics from 1750 to the present. It begins with the work of Baumgarten and covers all the major writers on German aesthetics that follow, including Kant, Schiller,...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780915138500Author Ernst BenzFormat PaperbackPage Count 138Imprint Pickwick PublicationsWeight(grams) 140g

This is a collection of essays on the work of the German philosopher Friederich Wilhelm Nietzsche. Each essay concentrates on a single work, and the volume is organized on a chronological principle, considering the works in the order in which Nietzsche...

Finally available in English, Prihonsky's New Anti-Kant is an inescapable book for anyone interested in Kant's Critical philosophy. It provides a concise and systematic recapitulation of Bolzano's insightful, trenchant criticisms of Kant, and provides a...

101 Great Philosophers is a concise and accessible guide to 101 of the greatest minds that contributed to the legacy of western philosophy. From the ancient Greeks to present-day thinkers, Madsen Pirie employs concise entries, each on a single page, to...

Truth 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...

This book brings together two of the most influential thinkers in critical theory. By unmasking reality as contingent symbolic fiction, the authors argue, Foucauldian criticism has only deconstructed the world in different ways; the point, however, is...

Exploring deep into the history of the conflict between Christians and Jews from medieval to modern times, this wide-ranging volume - which includes newly uncovered material from the recently opened post-Soviet archives - seeks to bring positive...

This volume contains papers that represent Leibniz's early thoughts on the problem of evil, centering on a dialogue, the Confessio philosophi, in which he formulates a general account of God's relation to sin and evil that becomes a fixture in his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013455575Author Thomas 1716-1771 GrayFormat HardbackPage Count 446Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 798g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013874659Author M (Arnaud) 1747-1791 BerquinFormat HardbackPage Count 430Imprint Legare Street PressPublisher Legare Street PressWeight(grams) 776g

This is an introduction to the philosophy of a Christian thinker of the 20th century. The author pursues his thesis through mathematics, empirical science, common sense, depth psychology and social theory, into metaphysics, ethics and natural theology...

This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that...

Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) has been proposed as the 'father' of existentialism, as a forerunner of post-modernism and as the proponent of a purely humanistic religiosity. According to Julia Watkin all of these approaches suppress the reality of...

In order to perfectly describe the world, it is not enough to speak truly. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, Theodore Sider argues that for a representation to be fully successful, truth is not enough; the representation must also use the right...

Does scepticism threaten our common sense picture of the world? Does it really undermine our deep-rooted certainties? Answers to these questions are offered through a comparative study of the epistemological work of two key figures in the history of...

Kant is probably the philosopher who best typifies the thought and ideals of the Enlightenment. He was influenced by the modern physics of Newton, the rationalist perfectionism of Leibniz and Wolff, the critical empiricism of Locke and Hume, and...

Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject...

These five essays on Hegel give the English-speaking reader a long-awaited opportunity to read the work of one of Germany's most distinguished philosophers, Hans-Georg Gadamer. Gadamer's unique hermeneutic method will have a lasting effect on Hegel...