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Reason, Ethics, and Society

Schneewind

• Paperback | Engels
• Since 1948, Kurt Baier has been producing some of our century's most stimulating, seminal, and meticulous work in ethics. His quest for a rational jus... Lees meer

Human Freedom After Darwin

John Watkins

• Hardcover | Engels
• Arguing that philosophical discussion of human freedom has been transformed by developments in modern science, especially evolutionary biology, the au... Lees meer

Led Zeppelin and Philosophy

• Paperback | Engels | Popular Culture and Philosophy | nr. 44
• Led Zeppelin, who bestrode the world of rock like a colossus, have continually grown in popularity and influence since their official winding up in 19... Lees meer

The Logical Structure of the World and Pseudoproblems in Philosophy

Rudolf Carnap

• Paperback | Engels | Classics
• Available for the first time in 20 years, here are two important works from the 1920s by the best-known representative of the Vienna Circle. In The Lo... Lees meer

All We Need Is a Paradigm

• Paperback | Engels
• The Harvard Review of Philosophy has long been a forum for new thoughts in the field -- this collection includes some of the most important essays fro... Lees meer

The Dark Tower and Philosophy

• Paperback | Engels
• The ivory tower takes on the Dark Tower as philosophers probe King's story of the battle of Good versus Evil. Lees meer

Teachers Can Be Fired!

Hans Andrews

• Paperback | Engels | Quest for Quality
• What if excellent teaching were guaranteed in every classroom? Teachers Can Be Fired! is an essential guide for anyone who is serious about making tha... Lees meer

Dependent Rational Animals

Alasdair MacIntyre

• Paperback | Engels | Paul Carus Lectures
• To flourish, humans need to develop virtues of independent thought and acknowledged social dependence. In this book, a leading moral philosopher prese... Lees meer

Amy Schumer and Philosophy

• Paperback | Engels | Popular Culture and Philosophy | nr. 120
• This book contains philosophically revealing essays on the rising comic genius, Amy Schumer, also known as the "comedy queen." Lees meer

Howard Gardner Under Fire

• Paperback | Engels
• Thirteen critical essays challenge Howard Gardner's theories of multiple intelligences, ability traits, U-shaped curves in development, and other psyc... Lees meer

How I Met Your Mother and Philosophy

Von Matterhorn Lorenzo

• Paperback | Engels | Popular Culture and Philosophy | nr. 81
• Like philosophy itself, How I Met Your Mother has everyone thinking. Have you ever wondered why you identify so strongly with Barney despite the fact ... Lees meer

American Horror Story and Philosophy

• Paperback | Engels | Popular Culture and Philosophy
• In American Horror Story and Philosophy , philosophers with varying backgrounds and interests explore different aspects of this popular "erotic thrill... Lees meer

General Theory of Knowledge

Moritz Schlick

• Paperback | Engels | Library of Exact Philosophy | nr. 11
• First published in Germany in 1918, this acutely reasoned treatise attacks many of philosophy's contemporary sacred cows, including the concept of met... Lees meer

Philip II (4e, Tr)

Geoffrey Parker

• Paperback | Engels
• In this spellbinding biography, the definitive work on Philip, Geoffrey Parker drew upon a vast, previously untapped collection of the king's private ... Lees meer

Horror and the Holy

Kirk Schneider

• Paperback | Engels
• Dr. Schneider draws upon a detailed and telling analysis of eleven well-known horror stories: Dracula , Frankenstein , The Phantom of the Opera , The ... Lees meer

The Sage & the Second Sex

• Hardcover | Engels
• This volume offers new insights into the role of women in ancient China, their important contributions to society, and their pursuit of personal growt... Lees meer

Scientific Reasoning

Colin Howson, Peter Urbach

• Paperback | Engels
• In this clearly reasoned defense of Bayes's Theorem -- that probability can be used to reasonably justify scientific theories -- Colin Howson and Pete... Lees meer

Retreat to Commitment

III Bartley

• Paperback | Engels
• Offering an answer to the anti-rationalist argument that all rational theory rests on an irrational commitment, this book also provides a case study o... Lees meer

The Philosophy of Richard Rorty

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Living Philosophers | nr. 32
• Richard Rorty was a seminal figure in philosophy, transforming the discipline during the last quarter of the 20th century and setting it on a new path... Lees meer

Philosophy 9/11

Timothy Shanahan

• Paperback | Engels
• Terrorism poses vexing problems for which there are no easy solutions. Philosophy 9/11 explores common ideas about terrorism from different perspectiv... Lees meer

The Philosophy of Arthur C. Danto

• Hardcover | Engels | Library of Living Philosophers | nr. 33
• Arthur Danto is the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus of Philosophy at Columbia University and the most influential philosopher of art in the last half ce... Lees meer

Jungian Analysis

• Paperback | Engels | Reality of the Psyche Series
• This is a revised, updated, and expanded edition of a classic work, a groundbreaking survey of the Jungian approach to therapy in its most important a... Lees meer

An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding

David Hume

• Paperback | Engels | Paul Carus Student Editions
• A superb classroom edition with a detailed introduction and extensive notes by Anthony Flew, author of Hume's Philosophy of Belief. This also includes... Lees meer

Addiction is a Choice

Jeffrey A Schaler

• Paperback | Engels
• Written for both lay and professional readers, this book offers new approaches to understanding addiction and the public policies necessary to success... Lees meer