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Diderot's Chaotic Order: Approach to Synthesis by Lester G. Crocker 9780691618524
RRP: £30.00£23.29Because of its fragmentary, evolving, exploratory, and dialectical character, Diderot's thought has continuously resisted overall synthesis. In the ideas of "order" and "disorder," ideas important in all of eighteenth-century thought,... -
The Pursuit of Laziness: An Idle Interpretation of the Enlightenment by Pierre Saint-Amand 9780691149271
RRP: £45.00£35.32We think of the Enlightenment as an era dominated by ideas of progress, production, and industry--not an era that favored the lax and indolent individual. But was the Enlightenment only about the unceasing improvement of self and society? The Pursuit of... -
Weimar Thought: A Contested Legacy by Peter E. Gordon 9780691135113
RRP: £30.00£23.69During its short lifespan, the Weimar Republic (1918-33) witnessed an unprecedented flowering of achievements in many areas, including psychology, political theory, physics, philosophy, literary and cultural criticism, and the arts. Leading... -
A Study in Wittgenstein's Tractatus by Alexander Maslow 9780520376779
RRP: £80.00£61.89This 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... -
Erasmus of the Low Countries by James D. Tracy 9780520365537
RRP: £80.00£61.89Few historical figures have been more important in modeling the ideal of impartial critical scholarship than Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536). Yet his critical scholarship, though beholden to no one, was not dispassionate. James Tracy shows how Erasmus... -
Erasmus of the Low Countries by James D. Tracy 9780520324411
RRP: £42.00£33.04Few historical figures have been more important in modeling the ideal of impartial critical scholarship than Erasmus of Rotterdam (1469-1536). Yet his critical scholarship, though beholden to no one, was not dispassionate. James Tracy shows how Erasmus... -
A History of Philosophy in America (Volume 1): From the Puritans through Transcendentalism by Elizabeth Flower 9780399116506
RRP: £32.99£28.75This volume is part one of a two-volume set. Volume I: From the Puritans through Transcendentalism. Volume I: From the St. Louis Hegelians through C. I. LewisBook InformationISBN 9780399116506Author Elizabeth FlowerFormat HardbackPage Count 480Imprint... -
Characters in Search of Their Author: The Gifford Lectures, 1999-2000 by Ralph McInerny 9780268022785
RRP: £19.99£17.54In Characters In Search of Their Author, the Gifford Lectures delivered at the University of Glasgow in 1999-2000, Ralph McInerny discusses natural theology as it can be discussed in the present philosophical climate. The first five lectures ask... -
Essays on Reference, Language, and Mind by Keith Donnellan 9780199857999
RRP: £79.00£57.06Keith Donnellan, Emeritus of UCLA, is one of the major figures in 20th century philosophy of language, a key part of the highly influential generation of scholars that included Hilary Putnam, Saul Kripke, and David Kaplan. Like many of these... -
Donald Davidson: Meaning, Truth, Language, and Reality by Ernie Lepore 9780199251346
£65.34Ernest Lepore and Kirk Ludwig present the definitive critical exposition of the philosophical system of Donald Davidson (1917-2003). Davidson's ideas had a deep and broad influence in the central areas of philosophy; he presented them in brilliant essays... -
Kripke: Names, Necessity, and Identity by Christopher Hughes 9780199288687
£42.24Saul Kripke, in a series of classic writings of the 1960s and 1970s, changed the face of metaphysics and philosophy of language. Christopher Hughes offers a careful exposition and critical analysis of Kripke's central ideas about names, necessity, and... -
Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy: Volume 2 by Daniel Garber 9780199279760
£46.76Oxford University Press is proud to present the second volume in a new annual series, presenting a selection of the best current work in the history of philosophy. Oxford Studies in Early Modern Philosophy focuses on the seventeenth and eighteenth... -
Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies by P. M. S. Hacker 9780199271139
£47.66Wittgenstein: Connections and Controversies consists of thirteen thematically linked essays on different aspects of the philosophy of Wittgenstein, by one of the leading commentators on his work. After an opening overview of Wittgenstein's philosophy the... -
Entity and Identity: And other essays by P. F. Strawson 9780198250159
£43.76Gathered in this volume are selected essays by P. F. Strawson from the 1970s to the 1990s, in two areas of philosophy to which he has most notably contributed. The first twelve pieces concern the philosophy of language, a broad heading under which many... -
Experience and Expression: Wittgenstein's Philosophy of Psychology by Joachim Schulte 9780198236061
£42.24BL Translated from German with additions and amendments The writings preserved in Wittgenstein's manuscripts from 1945 to 1949, after he had completed the first part of Philosophical Investigations, chiefly concern the nature of certain psychological... -
Nietzsche's New Darwinism by John Richardson 9780195171037
£80.32Nietzsche wrote in a scientific culture transformed by Darwin. He read extensively in German and British Darwinists, and his own works dealt often with such obvious Darwinian themes as struggle and evolution. Yet most of what Nietzsche said about... -
Tradition and Modernity: Philosophical Reflections on the African Experience by Kwame Gyekye 9780195112252
£89.34This book offers a philosophical interpretation and critical analysis of the African cultural experience in modern times. In their attempt to evolve ways of life appropriate to our modern world culture, says Kwame Gyekye, African people and societies... -
Farewell to Matters of Principle: Philosophical Studies by Odo Marquard 9780195051148
£58.30This book is a series of translated essays covering German philosophy, literary theory, and modern intellectual history. Odo Marquard is considered the natural heir to Gadamer, Habermas, and Blumenberg, and here discusses a number of different topics:... -
Philosophical Occasions: 1912-1951: 1912-1951 by Ludwig Wittgenstein 9780872201552
RRP: £54.99£44.89An essential resource for students of Wittgenstein, this collection contains faithful, in some cases expanded and corrected, versions of many important pieces never before available in a single volume, including Notes for the 'Philosophical Lecture',... -
Archaism and Actuality: Japan and the Global Fascist Imaginary by Harry Harootunian 9781478020363
RRP: £89.00£77.62In Archaism and Actuality eminent Marxist historian Harry Harootunian explores the formation of capitalism and fascism in Japan as a prime example of the uneven development of capitalism. He applies his theorization of subsumption to examine how... -
Maximum Distruction: Unusual Stories of Injustice, Unbalanced Thinking & Mob Psychology in America by Michael L. Cook 9781560723417
RRP: £50.99£41.74In many ways, this book is a response to two best-selling non-fiction books; Edward O. Wilson's Consilience, The Unity of Knowledge, and Deborah Tannen's The Argument Culture, Moving from Debate to Dialogue although it was written before either appeared... -
Foucault: Issues & Legacy by Jason L. Powell 9781622575398
RRP: £61.99£41.11This book explores the biography, issues and legacy of French social theorist and philosopher Michel Foucault. Arguably, Foucault was the greatest scholar of the 20th century and has left a huge legacy. The issues that emanate from his work will be... -
The Sickness Unto Death: A New Translation by Søren Kierkegaard 9781324094487
RRP: £13.99£11.10The “greatest psychologist of the spirit since St. Augustine” (Gregory R. Beabout), Soren Kierkegaard is renowned for such richly imagined philosophical works as Fear and Trembling and The Concept of Anxiety. Yet only The Sickness unto Death condenses... -
Hegelian-Lacanian Variations on Late Modernity: Spectre of Madness by Alireza Taheri 9780367523084
RRP: £130.00£113.71The current rise in new religions and the growing popularity of New Ageism is concomitant with an increasingly anti-philosophical sentiment marking our contemporary situation. More specifically, it is philosophical and psychoanalytic reason that has lost... -
The Event of Meaning in Gadamer’s Hermeneutics by Carlo DaVia 9781032247984
RRP: £135.00£117.68This book presents the first detailed treatment of Gadamer’s account of the nature of meaning. It argues both that this account is philosophically valuable in its own right and that understanding it sheds new light on his wider hermeneutical project.Book... -
Hegel's Epistemology: A Philosophical Introduction to the Phenomenology of Spirit by Kenneth R. Westphal 9780872206465
RRP: £40.99£33.45Provides a succinct philosophical introduction to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit for non-specialists and students, focusing on Hegel's unique and insightful theory of knowledge and its relations to 20th-century epistemology.Book InformationISBN... -
Spirit: Chapter Six of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit by G. W. F. Hegel 9780872205703
RRP: £40.99£33.45This new annotated translation of Chapter Six of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit , the joint product of a group of scholars that included H. S. Harris, George di Giovanni, John W. Burbidge, and Kenneth Schmitz, represents an advance in accuracy and... -
Spinoza: Political Treatise by Baruch Spinoza 9780872205451
RRP: £35.99£29.52The Political Treatise , Spinoza's final work, is a largely theoretical inquiry into the fundamental principles of political philosophy. This edition offers an exceptional translation by Samuel Shirley and a prefatory essay by Douglas Den Uyl that... -
Readings In Modern Philosophy, Volume 1: Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Associated Texts by Roger Ariew 9780872205352
RRP: £53.99£44.10This anthology offers the key works of Descartes, Spinoza, and Leibniz in their entirety or in substantial selections, along with a rich selection of associated texts by other leading thinkers of the period.Book InformationISBN 9780872205352Author Roger... -
Bacon: Selected Philosophical Works by Francis Bacon 9780872204713
RRP: £45.99£37.39The most comprehensive collection available in paperback of Bacon's philosophical and scientific writings, this volume offers Bacon's major works in their entirety, or in substantive selections, revised from the classic 19th century editions of Spedding,... -
The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics by Richard A. Watson 9780872204072
RRP: £38.99£31.88Combines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version... -
On Art, Religion, and the History of Philosophy: Introductory Lectures by G. W. F. Hegel 9780872203716
RRP: £38.99£31.88A reprint, with new Introduction, of the Harper Torch edition of 1970. The famous introductory lectures collected in this volume represent the distillation of Hegel's mature views on the three most important activities of spirit, and have the further... -
Freedom: A Dialogue: A Dialogue by Ermanno Bencivenga 9780872203648
RRP: £13.99£11.83Translated by Bencivenga from the original Italian of his philosophical best-seller, this dialogue provides a comprehensive statement on the role of freedom in the realms of morality, psychology, metaphysics, and aesthetics. Bencivenga lets his four... -
Phenomenology and System by H.S. Harris 9780872202825
RRP: £43.99£35.82A distillation of the author's masterful Hegel's Ladder , this lucid introduction to Hegel's thought articulates the conceptual unity of the Phenomenology as well as the structure of Hegel's system and the place of the Phenomenology within it.Book... -
Philosophy in Play: Three Dialogues by Ermanno Bencivenga 9780872202382
RRP: £35.99£29.52Translated by the author from his Tre Dialoghi, published in 1989 by Bollati Boringhieri Editore. In this lively collection of dialogues, Bencivenga endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice- its constant superseding of its own... -
Development of Peirce's Philosophy by Murray G. Murphey 9780872202313
RRP: £42.99£35.43Includes a new preface and a new appendix with footnotes keyed to the manuscript classifications by Max Fisch.Book InformationISBN 9780872202313Author Murray G. MurpheyFormat HardbackPage Count 438Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, IncPublisher Hackett... -
Principles of Equity by Henry Home 9780865976153
RRP: £19.95£17.40Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780865976153Author Henry HomeFormat HardbackPage Count 680Imprint Liberty Fund IncPublisher Liberty Fund IncWeight(grams) 1230g -
Conditions by Alain Badiou 9780826498274
RRP: £50.00£37.68This is the first complete English translation of the work that immediately followed Badiou's magnum opus, "Being and Event" in which Badiou provides an overview of what he sees as the four great conditions of philosophy - this book is therefore central... -
From Unity to Pluralism: The Internal Evolution of Thomism by Gerald A. McCool 9780823212422
RRP: £31.00£27.36Through an in-depth study of four key figures - Pierre Rousselot, Joseph Marechal, Jacques Maritain, and Etienne Gilson - From Unity to Pluralism traces the evolution of Thomism in the first half of the twentieth century. Through their work, Thomisism... -
Post-Cartesian Meditations: An Essay in Dialectical Phenomenology by James L. Marsh 9780823212170
RRP: £27.99£24.14Although this book derives its inspiration and model from Descartes' Meditations and Husserl's Cartesian Meditations, it attempts to overcome Cartesianism conceived as individualistic, reflective, apodictic, presuppositionless self-recovery. Instead,...