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In this volume the philosophy of perception and observation is discussed by leading philosophers with implications in the philosophy of mind, in epistemology, and in philosophy of science. In the last years the philosophy of perception underwent...

This book is a study of the much debated problem of Soren Kierkegaard's ""indirect communication."" It approaches the problem, however, in quite a new way by applying some of the insights of recent literary theory. This study is both...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781934297261Author Charles TandyFormat PaperbackPage Count 360Imprint Ria University PressPublisher Ria University PressWeight(grams) 458gDimensions(mm)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781646791590Author Oswald SpenglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 562Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 703gDimensions(mm) 216mm *...

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The theory of recognition is now a well-established and mature research paradigm in philosophy, and it is both influential in and influenced by developments in other fields of the humanities and social sciences. From debates in moral philosophy about the...

Novelty is real. Cause-effect relationships come into existence that cannot be attributed to repetition of the relationships that came before them. This idea is relevant to everything from historical sciences, philosophy, religion, to our own subjective...

In The Passions of the Soul Descartes proclaims his intention to explain the passions "only as a Physicist," and titles Part I "About the passions in general, and incidentally about the whole nature of man"-not an incidental item. Two...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781497961968Author George BerkeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 146Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 204g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781604441666Author George BerkeleyFormat PaperbackImprint Indoeuropeanpublishing.comPublisher Indoeuropeanpublishing.comWeight(grams) 172g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781613823064Author Friedrich NietzscheFormat PaperbackPage Count 454Imprint Simon & BrownPublisher Simon & BrownWeight(grams) 604gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781596052826Author George BerkeleyFormat PaperbackPage Count 132Imprint Cosimo ClassicsPublisher Cosimo ClassicsWeight(grams) 150gDimensions(mm) 203mm *...

In Portraits of American Philosophy eight of America's leading philosophers offer autobiographical narratives, reminding us that the life of a scholar is both a personal struggle and an adventure in ideas. Selected from the prestigious John Dewey...

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Has postmodern American culture so altered the terrain of medical care that moral confusion and deflated morale multiply faster than both technological advancements and ethical resolutions? The Ethos of Medicine in Postmodern America is an attempt to...

This book investigates various aspects of freedom as developed in the philosophical systems of Kant and Fichte.Freedom, both Kant and Fichte insist, does not mean that we can choose or think independently from all rules or necessity, but rather that we...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780956580252Author Alfred Richard OrageFormat PaperbackPage Count 62Imprint Orage PressPublisher Orage PressWeight(grams) 63g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498109390Author Ralph CudworthFormat PaperbackPage Count 534Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 708g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498057905Author Woodbridge RileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 382Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 508g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498053075Author Herbert SpencerFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 494g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781498034135Author Francis HutchesonFormat PaperbackPage Count 330Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 440g

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'I should have written you after my first reading of The Living Currency; it was already breath-taking and I should have responded. After reading it a few more times, I know it is the best book of our times.' Letter to Pierre Klossowski from Michel...

Nature, History, State: 1933-1934 presents the first complete English-language translation of Heidegger's seminar 'On the Essence and Concepts of Nature, History and State', together with full introductory material and interpretive essays by five leading...

Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679) is one of the most important early modern thinkers. Though Hobbes is best known for Leviathan (1651) and the theory of absolute sovereignty, his works discuss virtually all the major problems of philosophy as well as science and...

For better or worse, Rorty has shaped the trajectory of academic philosophy. A decade after his passing, his legacy is ever present, especially in context of the growth of the far right, the struggle over the meaning of justice and equity, and the...

In a 1934 speech, marking the Twenty-fifth Reunion of his high school class, Martin Heidegger spoke eloquently of classmates killed in the Great War and called on his audience to recognize that the national rebirth now occuring in Hitler's Germany must...

When careful consideration is given to Nietzsche's critique of Platonism and to what he wrote about Bismarck, Kaiser Wilhelm, and to Germany's place in "international relations" (die Grosse Politik), the philosopher's carefully cultivated...

While the fiction of novelist-philosopher Ayn Rand is extremely popular and enduring, little has been written on it so far. This book consists of essays, most of which are new, by top Rand scholars on Atlas Shrugged, her magnum opus. The essays deal with...

This innovative volume presents an account of Nietzsche's claims about noble, life-affirming ways of life, analyzes the source of such claims, and explores the political vision that springs from them. Kirkland elucidates the meaning of Nietzsche's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781396318269Author Oswald SpenglerFormat PaperbackPage Count 514Imprint Forgotten BooksPublisher Forgotten BooksWeight(grams) 744gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781258871093Author Jacques ChevalierFormat HardbackPage Count 374Imprint Literary Licensing, LLCPublisher Literary Licensing, LLCWeight(grams) 667g

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At the time of his death in 2004, Jacques Derrida was arguably the most influential and controversial thinker in contemporary philosophy. But how does one respond to the death of Derrida? How does one mourn for Derrida, who spent thirty years warning of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781013275623Author Claus DierksmeierFormat PaperbackPage Count 370Imprint Saint Philip Street PressPublisher Saint Philip Street PressWeight(grams) 216g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780875481128Author Brand BlanshardFormat PaperbackPage Count 504Imprint Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.Publisher Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.Weight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780822954491Author Freiherr von Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint University of Pittsburgh PressPublisher University of...

Now available in English for the first time, Norwegian philosopher Arne Naess's meditation on the art of living is an exhortation to preserve the environment and biodiversity. As Naess approaches his ninetieth year, he offers a bright and bold...

Born in 1901, Paul Weiss has made major contributions to several branches of philosophy, as well as to teaching and scholarly publishing. Alfred North Whitehead remarked: "The danger of philosophical teaching is that it may become dead-alive, but in Paul...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812279085Author Stuart L. CharmeFormat HardbackPage Count 208Imprint University of Pennsylvania PressPublisher University of Pennsylvania Press