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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Pragmatism, Old and New: Selected WritingsMorris R. Cohen once described pragmatism as "a philosophy for people who cannot think"; and Bertrand Russell feared that pragmatism would lead philosophy into "cosmic impiety." Nothing could be further from the truth. Pragmatism was one of the most fruitful philosophical movements of the...
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Pirates and Buried Treasure on Florida Islands, Including the Gasparilla StoryThis 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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Philosophy of the Home: Domestic Space and HappinessA bedroom, a kitchen, a bathroom - are these rooms all that make a home? Not at all, argues Emanuele Coccia. The buildings we inhabit are of immense psychological and cultural significance. They play a decisive role in human flourishing and, for hundreds of...
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Philosophy for MilitantsAuthor: Alain BadiouPublisher: VersoPublished: 05/05/2015Pages: 96Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.20lbsSize: 7.70h x 5.00w x 0.30dISBN: 9781781688694About the AuthorAlain Badiou teaches philosophy at the École normale supérieure and the Collège international de philosophie in Paris. In addition to several novels, plays and political essays, he has...
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Philosophies, Puzzles and Paradoxes: A Statistician's Search for TruthAimed at undergraduate students of statistics and researchers interested in the philosophical foundations of statistics. Of interest to philosophers of science, as well as a general audience interested in puzzles and paradoxes.Author: Yudi Pawitan, Youngjo LeePublisher: CRC PressPublished: 03/21/2024Pages: 331Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 1.09lbsSize: 9.21h...
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Person Means RelationIn Person Means Relation, David Walsh offers a moving reflection on personhood, beginning from the connection between person and relation established in the Trinitarian theology of St. Thomas Aquinas. Although Thomas did not apply this insight to persons more generally, Walsh argues, there is...
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Operation Terra: A Journey Through Space and TimeWHAT ON EARTH IS HAPPENING? AND WHY?Record-breaking weather. Soaring debt. A pandemic. Social unrest and economic chaos. Many changes are taking place, all over the world. They are all connected and there is a reason why they are happening at this time.What lies ahead?...
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Occult Chemistry: Investigations by Clairvoyant Magnification Into the Structure of the Atoms of the Periodic Table and Some CompoundsOccult Chemistry is a book written by C. W. Leadbeater that explores the structure of atoms and compounds through clairvoyant magnification. The author claims to have used his psychic abilities to observe the atomic structure of various elements in the periodic table and certain...
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Nonsense on StiltsRecent polls suggest that fewer than 40 percent of Americans believe in Darwin's theory of evolution, despite it being one of science's best-established findings. Parents still refuse to vaccinate their children for fear it causes autism, though this link has been consistently disproved. And...
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Neid: Kunst, Moral Und Kreativit?t in Der Fr?hen NeuzeitWie kein anderes Laster wurde invidia«, der Neid, in der frühneuzeitlichen Kunst und Kunstliteratur zum Künstlerlaster« schlechthin stilisiert. Der Band beleuchtet die ikonographischen Visualisierungsstrategien des Neids in den allegorischen Selbstinszenierungen der Maler, Bildhauer und Architekten wie auch seine zentrale Rolle als Kategorie im zeitgenössischen...
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Mourning Sickness: Hegel and the French RevolutionThis book explores Hegel's response to the French Revolutionary Terror and its impact on Germany. Like many of his contemporaries, Hegel was struck by the seeming parallel between the political upheaval in France and the upheaval in German philosophy inaugurated by the Protestant Reformation...
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MarxThe writings of Karl Marx (1818-1883) have left an indelible mark not only on the understanding of economics and political thought but on the lives of millions of people who lived in regimes that claimed (wrongly) his influence. Trained as a philosopher and steeped...
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Kantian Dignity and Its DifficultiesKantian Dignity and its Difficulties defends Kant's doctrine that all human beings have a moral capacity that gives them unconditional dignity. It explains how the reception of this influential doctrine was marred by serious misunderstandings, and how Kant himself fell prey to prejudices inconsistent...
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Kabbalah and Catastrophe: Historical Memory in Premodern Jewish MysticismWhile premodern kabbalistic texts were not chronicles of historical events, they provided elaborate models for understanding the secret divine plan guiding human affairs. Hartley Lachter analyzes innovative kabbalistic doctrines, such as the idea of reincarnation and the notion of multiple successive universes, through which...
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IsotopographyWhile the concept of place remains undertheorized in Kierkegaard research, this study argues that place is at the center of Kierkegaard's thinking. The first part of the book shows that Kierkegaard's notion of situatedness as being-placed in a socio-historical situation conditioned by a situation...
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In Defense of Common Life: The Political Thought of Raquel Guti?rrez AguilarThe essential political and theoretical work of one of Latin America's most important contemporary theorists.Raquel Guti?eacute;rrez Aguilar is one of the foremost Latin American political thinkers. From armed Indigenous struggle in the Bolivian altiplano to the contemporary wave of feminist uprisings, Raquel Guti?rrez's life...
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Ignorance and Bliss: On Wanting Not to Know"Mark Lilla is always a challenging, fascinating mind - alert to all the power, paradox, and dangers of ignorance." --Rory Stewart, author of Politics On the Edge and co-host of The Rest Is PoliticsA dazzling exploration of our wish to remain innocent and ignorant--and...
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How We Got Here: Melville Plus Nietzsche Divided by the Square Root of (Allan) Bloom Times Zizek (Squared) Equals BannonKellyanne Conway, Donald Trump, Rudy Giuliani, Q-Anon, Fox News, etc., etc., etc. have kidnapped the last century of intellectual thought and philosophical investigation: poststructuralism, quantum physics, deconstruction, the current "crisis" in "nonfiction"-journalism- media-"truthiness." If the perceiver, by his very presence, alters what's perceived, Steve...
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How To Do the Right Thing: A Practical Guide For Ethical Decision MakingHow To Do the Right Thing: A Practical Guide for Ethical Decision Making presents a focused exploration of ethical decision making and frameworks for moral judgment. Emphasizing moral character and the notion that ethical choices are within our power, this book guides readers through...
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Hiding in Plain Sight: What Language Says about Being Human'Hiding in Plain Sight is like any of my favourite books: full of mystery and provocation...' Andrew McLuhan, Director of The McLuhan InstituteHiding in Plain Sight is a captivating exploration of the intricate relationship between language and the concealed order of human existence. Drawing...
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