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The Meaning of Life: A Very Short Introduction (Very Short Introductions)
by Terry Eagleton  Publisher Comments The phrase "the meaning of life" for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question...
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Introduction to Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point Ointroduction to Kant's Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View F View (Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents)
by Michel Foucault Publisher Comments This introduction and commentary to Kant's least discussed work, Anthropology from a Pragmatic Point of View, is the dissertation that Michel Foucault presented in 1961 as his doctoral thesis. It has remained unpublished, in any language, until now.In...
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God and the Philosophers
by Paul Edwards Synopsis This witty and learned exploration of critical views on the nature and existence of God, as expressed by major philosophers of the Western world from the medieval period to the present day, is the last work of noted philosopher Paul Edwards....
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Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals: An Introduction (Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts)
by Sally Sedgwick Publisher Comments Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals of 1785 is one of the most profound and important works in the history of practical philosophy. In this introduction to the Groundwork, Sally Sedgwick provides a guide to Kant's text that follows...
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The Philosophy of Edmund Husserl: A Historical Development (Yale Studies in Hermeneutics)
by Jitendranath Mohanty Publisher Comments Edmund Husserl (1859-1938), known as the founder of the phenomenological movement, was one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century. A prolific scholar, he explored an enormous landscape of philosophical subjects, including...
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The God Tube: Uncovering the Hidden Spiritual Message in Pop Culture
by James Lawler Publisher Comments Beginning with The Simpsons and ending with The Da Vinci Code, the entertaining sections in this book uncover profound philosophical and religious ideas in pop culture. Each work covered contains a challenge to both standard religious orthodoxy and...
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This Is Ethical Theory
by Jan Narveson Publisher Comments Ethical questions lie at the very heart of all philosophy, and no one is better equipped to untangle the many facets of ethical theory than respected thinker and professor Jan Narveson. Drawing from theoretical notions as well as everyday applications...
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Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture #2: Batman and Philosophy: The Dark Knight of the Soul
by Mark D. White Publisher Comments Being a crime fighting superhero is a tough job and it comes with no shortage of social and moral responsibilities. Why doesn't Batman just kill the Joker once and for all? If killing the Joker would mean saving thousands of innocent lives, why is this...
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Putting Philosophy to Work: Inquiry and Its Place in Culture
by Susan Haack Synopsis This wide-ranging collection of Haack's new and recent essays offers applied philosophy in a new key and a fresh voice -- subtle, penetrating analyses of vital issues about science, society, religion, law, literature, even about what makes a life...
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Search for a New Humanity: A Dialogue (Early Modern Cultural Studies)
by Josef Derbolav Publisher Comments In all his dialogues, the aim of Daisaku Ikeda has been to find a meeting point for the great traditions of East and West. As spiritual leader of an international lay Buddhist movement with eleven million followers, he is a knowledgeable spokesman for...
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Modal Logic: An Introduction to Its Syntax and Semantics
by Nino B. Cocchiarella Publisher Comments In this text, a variety of modal logics at the sentential, first-order, and second-order levels are developed with clarity, precision and philosophical insight. All of the S1-S5 modal logics of Lewis and Langford, among others, are constructed. A matrix,...
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A Prosperous Way Down: Principles and Policies
by Howard T. Odum Publisher Comments A Prosperous Way Down, the last book by Howard T. and Elisabeth C. Odum, considers ways in which the future with less fossil fuel available could be peaceful and prosperous. While history records the collapse of numerous civilizations, some societies and...
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Moral Relativism: Big Ideas/Small Books
by Steven Lukes Publisher Comments Moral relativism attracts and repels. What is defensible in it and what is to be rejected? Do we as human beings have no shared standards by which we can understand one another? Can we abstain from judging one another's practices? Do we truly have...
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Lacan Reframed: A Guide for the Arts Student (Contemporary Thinkers Reframed)
by Steven Levine Publisher Comments Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners’ guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who "think in images." Contemporary Thinkers Reframed instead uses the language of...
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The Mythology of American Politics: A Critical Response to Fundamental Questions
by John T. Bookman Publisher Comments In this provocative set of essays, John Bookman delves beneath the transitory issues of the day to identify and respond to the fundamental, perennial questions of American politics. The questions concern the myths that shape the thinking of so many...
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Deleuze Reframed: A Guide for the Arts Student (Contemporary Thinkers Reframed)
by David Martin-jones Publisher Comments Are your students baffled by Baudrillard? Dazed by Deleuze? Confused by Kristeva? Other beginners’ guides can feel as impenetrable as the original texts to students who "think in images." Contemporary Thinkers Reframed instead uses the language of...
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The Rise of Modern Philosophy: A New History of Western Philosophy, Volume 3
by Anthony Kenny Publisher Comments Sir Anthony Kenny's engaging new multi-volume history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era. The Rise of Modern Philosophy captures the fascinating story of the emergence, from the early sixteenth to the early nineteenth century, of the...
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Derrida VIS-A-VIS Lacan: Interweaving Deconstruction and Psychoanalysis
by Andrea Hurst Publisher Comments Derrida and Lacan have long been viewed as proponents of two opposing schools of thought. This book argues, however, that the logical structure underpinning Lacanian psychoanalytic theory is a complex, paradoxical relationality that corresponds to...
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The Unfolding Now: Realizing Your True Nature Through the Practice of Presence
by A. H. Almaas Synopsis In his most accessible work to date, contemporary mystic A. H. Almaas shows readers how being present and aware in the moment leads to the discovery of our True Nature. This relaxed condition of simply being yourself allows us to be free from worries...
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An Introduction to Chinese Philosophy (Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy)
by Karyn L. Lai Publisher Comments This comprehensive introductory textbook to early Chinese philosophy covers a range of philosophical traditions which arose during the Spring and Autumn (722-476 BCE) and Warring States (475-221 BCE) periods in China, including Confucianism, Mohism...
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