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Alasdair MacIntyre by Mark C. Murphy
RRP: £65.00£58.16The contribution to contemporary philosophy of Alasdair MacIntyre is enormous. His writings on ethics, political philosophy, philosophy of religion, philosophy of the social sciences and the history of philosophy have established him as one of the... -
On Resistance: A Philosophy of Defiance by Howard Caygill 9781472522580
RRP: £50.00£47.08No word is more central to the contemporary political imagination and action than 'resistance'. In its various manifestations - from the armed guerrilla to Gandhian mass pacifist protest, from Wikileaks and the Arab Spring to the global eruption and... -
Thought's Footing: A Theme in Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations by Charles Travis 9780199291465
£44.26Thought's Footing is an enquiry into the relationship between the ways things are and the way we think and talk about them. It is also a study of Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations: Charles Travis develops his account of certain key themes into... -
Hume on Testimony by Dan O'Brien
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book is the first devoted to Hume's conception of testimony. Hume is usually taken to be a reductionist with respect to testimony, with trust in others dependent on the evidence possessed by individuals concerning the reliability of texts or... -
Paradox and Platitude in Wittgenstein's Philosophy by David Pears 9780199247707
RRP: £72.00£58.16This is a concise and readable study of five intertwined themes at the heart of Wittgenstein's thought, written by one of his most eminent interpreters. David Pears offers penetrating investigations and lucid explications of some of the most influential... -
Spinoza on Philosophy, Religion, and Politics: The Theologico-Political Treatise by Susan James 9780199698127
RRP: £85.00£46.07Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise is simultaneously a work of philosophy and a piece of practical politics. It defends religious pluralism, a republican form of political organisation, and the freedom to philosophise, with a determination that is... -
The Blackwell Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit by Kenneth R. Westphal
RRP: £31.95£28.69Providing a groundbreaking collective commentary, by an international group of leading philosophical scholars, Blackwell's Guide to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit transforms and expands our understanding and appreciation of one of the most challenging... -
Camus by D Sherman 9781405159319
RRP: £24.95£21.78Reflecting the profound influence he continues to exert on popular consciousness, Camus examines the complete body of works of French author and philosopher Albert Camus, providing a comprehensive analysis of Camus' most important works-most notably The... -
Thomas Kuhn by Thomas Nickles 9780521796484
RRP: £32.99£28.38Contemporary Philosophy in Focus offers a series of introductory volumes to many of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. Thomas Kuhn (1922-96), the author of The Structure of Scientific Revolutions, is probably the best-known and most... -
The Philosophy of J. L. Austin by Martin Gustafsson 9780199219759
RRP: £95.00£71.06These new essays on J. L. Austin's philosophy constitute the first major study of his thought in decades. Eight leading philosophers join together to present a fresh evaluation of his distinctive work, showing how it can be brought to bear on issues at... -
The Cambridge Companion to Newton by Rob Iliffe
RRP: £109.00£97.76Sir Isaac Newton (1642-1727) was one of the greatest scientists of all time, a thinker of extraordinary range and creativity who has left enduring legacies in mathematics and physics. While most famous for his Principia, his work on light and colour, and... -
Fichte's Transcendental Philosophy: The Original Duplicity of Intelligence and Will by Gunter Zoller 9780521892735
RRP: £37.99£32.57This is the first book in English on the major works of the German philosopher Johann Gottlieb Fichte (1762-1814). It examines the transcendental theory of self and world from the writings of Fichte's most influential period (1794-1800), and considers in... -
The New Heidegger by Miguel de Beistegui 9780826470614
£32.28A comprehensive and accessible overview of, and introduction to, the work of one of the twentieth century's most influential philosophers, Martin Heidegger, by one of the world's foremost Heidegger scholars. Martin Heidegger's work is pivotal in the... -
Hegel on Second Nature in Ethical Life by Andreja Novakovic
RRP: £30.99£22.85What does it take to be subjectively free in an objectively rational social order? In this book Andreja Novakovic offers a fresh interpretation of Hegel's account of ethical life by focusing on his concept of habit or 'second nature'. Novakovic addresses... -
Kant, Herder and the Birth of Anthropology by John H. Zammito 9780226978598
RRP: £50.00£48.25If Kant had never made the "critical turn" of 1773, would he be worth more than a paragraph in the history of philosophy? Most scholars think not. But in this pioneering book, John H. Zammito challenges that view by revealing a precritical Kant who was... -
Berkeley: A Guide for the Perplexed by Talia Mae Bettcher 9780826489913
£35.21George Berkeley was an idealist and an extraordinarily eloquent man of letters. Yet his views are traditionally regarded as wild and extravagant. He is well known for his departure from common sense, yet perversely represents himself as siding with 'the... -
A Companion to Descartes by John Carriero
RRP: £40.95£36.89A collection of more than 30 specially commissioned essays, this volume surveys the work of the 17th-century philosopher-scientist commonly regarded as the founder of modern philosophy, while integrating unique essays detailing the context and impact of... -
Labyrinths: Explorations in the Critical History of Ideas by Richard Wolin
£29.56Ten essays on issues in philosophy, literary theory and intellectual history. The question of radical imperialism of the postmodern turn, the unstated agenda of neoconservative cultural theory and a discussion of Walter Benjamin's place in cultural... -
Kierkegaard: A Biography by Alastair Hannay 9780521531818
RRP: £30.99£25.88Written by one of the world's preeminent authorities on Kierkegaard, this 2001 biography was the first to reveal the delicate imbrication of Kierkegaard's life and thought. To grasp the importance and influence of Kierkegaard's thought far beyond his... -
Kant and the Metaphysics of Causality by Eric Watkins
RRP: £39.99£33.66This is a book about Kant's views on causality as understood in their proper historical context. Specifically, Eric Watkins argues that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in eighteenth-century Germany helps one to see how the critical Kant... -
Agon in Nietzsche by Yunus Tuncel 9780874628234
£35.05Agon in Nietzsche is a comprehensive study of Nietzsche's relationship to the agonistic culture of ancient Greece. The book examines not only the overt elements of Greek agonism in Nietzsche's early works, but also shows how his later works embody its... -
On The Will In Nature by Karl Hillebrand 9781451582314
RRP: £9.99£8.81Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781451582314Author Karl HillebrandFormat PaperbackPage Count 128Imprint CreateSpacePublisher CreateSpaceWeight(grams) 268gDimensions(mm) 254mm * 203mm * 7mm -
Locke's Twilight of Probability: An Epistemology of Rational Assent by Mark Boespflug
RRP: £125.00£107.86This book provides a systematic treatment of Locke's theory of probable assent, and shows how the theory applies to Locke's philosophy of science, moral epistemology, and religious epistemology.There is a powerful case to be made that the most important... -
Ontology: Laying the Foundations by Nicolai Hartmann 9783110626292
RRP: £26.50£21.16It is no exaggeration to say that of the early 20th century German philosophers who claimed to establish a new ontology, former neo-Kantian turned realist Nicolai Hartmann is the only one to have actually followed through. "Ontology: Laying the... -
Russell, Idealism, and the Emergence of Analytic Philosophy by Peter Hylton 9780198240181
RRP: £54.00£47.57This book deals with a crucial period in the formation of twentieth-century analytic philosophy. It discusses the tradition of British Idealism, and the rejection of that tradition by Bertrand Russell and G. E. Moore at the beginning of this century. It... -
Descartes′s Grey Ontology – Cartesian Science and Aristotelian Thought in the Regulae by Jean–luc Marion
RRP: £28.00£23.27Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781587311765Author Jean-luc MarionFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint St Augustine's PressPublisher St Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 562gDimensions(mm)... -
The Essential Rousseau by Jean-Jacques Rousseau 9780452010314
RRP: £29.00£17.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452010314Author Jean-Jacques RousseauFormat PaperbackPage Count 336Imprint Penguin Random House AustraliaPublisher Penguin Random House... -
The Great Riddle: Wittgenstein and Nonsense, Theology and Philosophy by Stephen Mulhall 9780198755326
£56.69Can we talk meaningfully about God? The theological movement known as Grammatical Thomism affirms that religious language is nonsensical, because the reality of God is beyond our capacity for expression. Stephen Mulhall critically evaluates the claims of... -
Nietzsche's Final Teaching by Michael Allen Gillespie 9780226684758
RRP: £24.00£23.03In the seven and a half years before his collapse into madness, Nietzsche completed Thus Spoke Zarathustra, the best-selling and most widely read philosophical work of all time, as well as six additional works that are today considered required reading... -
Wittgenstein and Religion by D. Phillips 9780333586204
RRP: £44.99£44.97A collection of essays which explores the significance of Wittgenstein for the Philosophy of Religion. Explorations of central notions in Wittgenstein's later philosophy are brought to bear on the clash between belief and atheism; understanding religious... -
Nietzsche and Schiller: Untimely Aesthetics by Nicholas Martin 9780198159131
£89.23Nietzsche's Die Geburt der Tragodie and Schiller's Asthetische Briefe are two texts which make a vital contribution to the history of aesthetic and cultural theory. This is the first work to make a comparative study of the texts, bringing a mutually... -
Sartre and Marxist Existentialism: The Test Case of Collective Responsibility by Thomas R. Flynn 9780226254661
RRP: £28.00£27.39In this important book, Thomas R. Flynn reinterprets and evaluates Sartre's social and political philosophy, arguing that the existential ethics of Sartre's early phase is consistent with the Marxist-inspired views of his later writings. Displaying his... -
Walter Benjamin and the Idea of Natural History by Eli Friedlander 9781503637702
RRP: £24.99£21.67In this incisive new work, Eli Friedlander demonstrates that Walter Benjamin's entire corpus, from early to late, comprises a rigorous and sustained philosophical questioning of how human beings belong to nature. Across seemingly heterogeneous writings,... -
Japanese Mind: Essentials of Japanese Philosophy and Culture by Charles A. Moore 9780824800772
RRP: £23.95£22.81A collection of essays that provide insight into Japanese culture. This book is a great buy for anyone interested in Japan.Book InformationISBN 9780824800772Author Charles A. MooreFormat PaperbackPage Count 367Imprint University of Hawai'i PressPublisher... -
Carl Schmitt and Leo Strauss: The Hidden Dialogue by Heinrich Meier
RRP: £25.00£23.94Carl Schmitt was the most famous and controversial defender of political theology in the twentieth century. But in his best-known work, The Concept of the Political, issued in 1927, 1932, and 1933, political considerations led him to conceal the... -
No Spiritual Investment in the World: Gnosticism and Postwar German Philosophy by Willem Styfhals 9781501731006
RRP: £31.00£27.36Throughout the twentieth century, German writers, philosophers, theologians, and historians turned to Gnosticism to make sense of the modern condition. While some saw this ancient Christian heresy as a way to rethink modernity, most German intellectuals... -
Weltschmerz: Pessimism in German Philosophy, 1860-1900 by Frederick C. Beiser 9780198768715
RRP: £86.00£80.32Weltschmerz is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. Pessimism was essentially the theory that life is not worth living. This theory was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer,... -
French Philosophy Since 1945: Problems, Concepts, Inventions: Postwar French Thought, Volume IV by Etienne Balibar 9781565848825
RRP: £42.99£29.25The fourth and final volume of The New Press Postwar French Thought series provides a fresh map and analysis for understanding the history of ideas since 1945. This anthology collects the writings of celebrated philosophers along with work by thinkers... -
What is a Human Being?: A Heideggerian View by Frederick A. Olafson 9780521479370
RRP: £35.99£30.92This broad, ambitious study is about human nature, but human nature treated in a way quite different from the scientific account that influences so much of contemporary philosophy. Drawing on certain basic ideas of Heidegger the author presents an... -
Kant's Reform of Metaphysics: The Critique of Pure Reason Reconsidered by Karin de Boer
RRP: £79.99£72.16Scholarly debates on the Critique of Pure Reason have largely been shaped by epistemological questions. Challenging this prevailing trend, Kant's Reform of Metaphysics is the first book-length study to interpret Kant's Critique in view of his efforts to...