Philosophy
Explore our collection of philosophy books at our online bookstore, featuring the best books on philosophy, philosophical novels, and famous works on stoicism and political philosophy. Discover must-read and best-selling titles that offer deep insights into the world of philosophy.
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The Eidetic Afterlife Hypothesis (a reinterpretation of death and dying)Eternity lies within the pages of this small book. There is another way of understanding the afterlife, a way that is sensible and measurable (to a certain degree) as well as impartial and universal, hidden in plain sight beneath the broad categories of theism,...
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The Dispersion of Power: A Critical Realist Theory of DemocracyThe Dispersion of Power is an urgent call to rethink centuries of conventional wisdom about what democracy is, why it matters, and how to make it better. Drawing from history, social science, psychology, and critical theory, it explains why elections do not and cannot...
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The Blue-Cliff RecordA once-in-a-generation translation of the definitive Ch'an (Zen) koan collection from preeminent translator David Hinton. The Blue-Cliff Record, a collection of Ch'an (Zen) koans stemming from the eleventh century, is a remarkable masterwork of classical Chinese literature, a philosophical text of profound power, and...
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The Best Effect: Theology and the Origins of ConsequentialismA theological history of consequentialism and a fresh agenda for teleological ethics. Consequentialism--the notion that we can judge an action by its effects alone--has been among the most influential approaches to ethics and public policy in the Anglophone world for more than two centuries....
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Structure and Thought: Toward a Materialist Theory of Representational CognitionOffers a new understanding of representational cognition that synthesizes postwar philosophical approaches to the question of objective knowledge This study develops a novel account of representational cognition, explaining how cognitive systems progressively come to map the structure of their worlds. Daniel Sacilotto offers a...
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Structure and Thought: Toward a Materialist Theory of Representational CognitionOffers a new understanding of representational cognition that synthesizes postwar philosophical approaches to the question of objective knowledge This study develops a novel account of representational cognition, explaining how cognitive systems progressively come to map the structure of their worlds. Daniel Sacilotto offers a...
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Stoic LogicBenson Mates (1919-2009) received his B.A. at the University of Oregon in 1941. His graduate study at Cornell University was interrupted by the Second World War, and he completed his Ph.D. studies at the University of California, Berkeley in 1948. Quoting the obituary written...
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Sheena Jetstar: Brings Messages of HOPE & LOVE to the WorldAuthor: J. T. StarPublisher: Gatekeeper PressPublished: 02/27/2024Pages: 122Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.88lbsSize: 11.00h x 8.50w x 0.33dISBN: 9781662928789
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Qabalah for the 21st Century: Living the Tree of LifeAuthor: Amber JayantiPublisher: Amber JayantiPublished: 02/25/2024Pages: 220Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.72lbsSize: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.50dISBN: 9798989926404
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Pride - Sin or Virtue?: History and Phenomenology of a Janus-Faced EmotionWounded pride of the hero motivated one of the primal poems, pride of the angel caused his downfall and hubris of man cost him his expulsion from earthly paradise and the sale of his soul to the devil. Different forms of pride play a...
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Pragmatism as Anti-Authoritarianism"Provocative and engaging...The array of urgent questions and crises facing our democracy makes one miss Richard Rorty's voice: insistent, relentlessly questioning, and dedicated to the proposition that we can't afford to let our democracy fail."--Chris Lehmann, New Republic "Richard Rorty was the most iconoclastic...
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Pragmatism and the Meaning of Truth (Works of William James)"Pragmatism" by William James is the most famous single work of American philosophy. Its sequel, "The Meaning of Truth," is its imperative and inevitable companion. The definitive texts of both works are together in this volume, "Pragmatism and the Meaning of Truth." Pragmatism resulted...
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Poems from the ThresholdMy physical limitations make it impossible for me to go off and promote this book, so I feel that I can't ask HPP to bear the costs of publication of a book that can't be promoted by the full capacity of the press. Rather...
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Philosophy of the Plan of Salvation. A Book for the TimesThis work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it.This work is in the "public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States,...
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Philosophical Investigations Into the Essence of Human FreedomJeff Love and Johannes Schmidt offer a fresh translation of Schelling's enigmatic and influential masterpiece, widely recognized as an indispensable work of German Idealism. The text is an embarrassment of riches--both wildly adventurous and somberly prescient. Martin Heidegger claimed that it was "one of...
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Philosophical Allusions in James Joyce's Finnegans WakePhilosophical Allusions in James Joyce's Finnegans Wake is the first study to offer complete and comprehensive explanations of the most significant philosophical references in James Joyce's avant-garde masterpiece. Philosophy is important in all of Joyce's works, but it is his final novel which most...
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Philly RoulettePhiladelphia is the backdrop where the political and social culture is dominated by fraud, music moguls, a few religious shysters and ex cons all playing and eating from the same table and poverty is the commodity that fuels the gambling frenzy. The big gamble...
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Original Sin: Illuminating the Riddle Volume 5We live in a world shot through with evil. The twentieth century has witnessed suffering and human cruelty on a scale never before imagined. Yet, paradoxically, in recent years the doctrine of original sin has suffered neglect and ridicule. In this philosophically sophisticated treatment...
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Orgasm"A physical orgasm is a blissful body experience. An intellectual orgasm is a blissful mental experience. The record seems to show that it is easier to have a physical orgasm than an orgasm of the mind." Maurice Saatchi is one of the few genuine...
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One True Life: The Stoics and Early Christians as Rival TraditionsIn this groundbreaking, cross-disciplinary work of philosophy and biblical studies, New Testament scholar C. Kavin Rowe explores the promise and problems inherent in engaging rival philosophical claims to what is true. Juxtaposing the Roman Stoics Seneca, Epictetus, and Marcus Aurelius with the Christian saints...
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