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  • All Talked Out

    Naturalism and the Future of Philosophy

    by J.D. Trout ...
    Series series The Romanell Lectures
    In All Talked Out J.D. Trout exemplifies the power of science in a philosopher's hands, and takes a welcome look at the resulting fate of philosophy. Based on his 2013 Phi Beta Kappa Romanell Lectures, each chapter presents a novel and positive view of intellectual advancements with respect to traditional topics in philosophy, and explains why these achievements occurred despite the archaic and ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Wondrous Truths

    The Improbable Triumph of Modern Science

    by J.D. Trout ...
    A fresh, daring, and genuine alternative to the traditional story of scientific progress Explaining the world around us, and the life within it, is one of the most uniquely human drives, and the most celebrated activity of science. Good explanations are what provide accurate causal accounts of the things we wonder at, but explanation's earthly origins haven't grounded it: we have used it to ... Read more

    $18.09 USD

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  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (The original 1922 edition with an introduction by Bertram Russell)

    by Ludwig Wittgenstein ...
    In the seminal work 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus,' first published in 1922, Ludwig Wittgenstein presents a groundbreaking exploration of the relationship between language, reality, and thought. The text unfolds through a series of propositions, meticulously structured to elucidate the limits of language and its role in depicting the world. Wittgenstein's distinctive style combines precision ... Read more

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  • Either/Or

    A Fragment of Life

    by Alastair Hannay, Søren Kierkegaard ...
    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    In Either/Or, using the voices of two characters - the aesthetic young man of part one, called simply 'A', and the ethical Judge Vilhelm of the second section - Kierkegaard reflects upon the search for a meaningful existence, contemplating subjects as diverse as Mozart, drama, boredom, and, in the famous Seducer's Diary, the cynical seduction and ultimate rejection of a young, beautiful woman. A ... Read more

    $14.59 USD

  • Rousseau

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Robert Wokler ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Epistemology

    A Contemporary Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge

    by Robert Audi ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Epistemology, or “the theory of knowledge,” is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding knowledge. Along with covering the ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • Kant's Transcendental Deduction

    An Analytical-Historical Commentary

    by Henry E. Allison ...
    Henry E. Allison presents an analytical and historical commentary on Kant`s transcendental deduction of the pure concepts of the understanding in the Critique of Pure Reason. He argues that, rather than providing a new solution to an old problem (refuting a global skepticism regarding the objectivity of experience), it addresses a new problem (the role of a priori concepts or categories stemming ... Read more

    $52.19 USD

  • Hegel

    by Frederick Beiser ...
    Series series The Routledge Philosophers
    Hegel (1770-1831) is one of the major philosophers of the nineteenth century. Many of the major philosophical movements of the twentieth century - from existentialism to analytic philosophy - grew out of reactions against Hegel. He is also one of the hardest philosophers to understand and his complex ideas, though rewarding, are often misunderstood.In this magisterial and lucid introduction, ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • The Inessential Indexical: On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person

    On the Philosophical Insignificance of Perspective and the First Person

    by Herman Cappelen, Josh Dever ...
    Series series Context And Content
    When we represent the world in language, in thought, or in perception, we often represent it from a perspective. We say and think that the meeting is happening now, that it is hot here, that I am in danger and not you; that the tree looks larger from my perspective than from yours. The Inessential Indexical is an exploration and defense of the view that perspectivality is a philosophically shallow ... Read more

    $32.39 USD

  • Epistemology

    Classic Problems and Contemporary Responses

    by Laurence Bonjour ...
    Series series Elements of Philosophy
    In Epistemology, Laurence Bonjour introduces the serious philosophy student to the history and concepts of epistemology, while simultaneously challenging them to take an active part in its ongoing debates. The text reflects BonJour's conviction that the place to start any discussion of the theories of knowledge is with the classical problems, beginning with and centered around Descartes. Only ... Read more

    $55.09 USD

  • Basic Structures of Reality

    Essays in Meta-Physics

    by Colin McGinn ...
    In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics. Combining general philosophy with physics, he covers such topics as the definition of matter, the nature of space, motion, gravity, electromagnetic fields, the character of physical knowledge, and consciousness and meaning. Throughout, McGinn ... Read more

    $68.39 USD

  • Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

    Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition

    by Richard Rorty, David Bromwich ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. Rorty's book is a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD