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The Cambridge Companion to Wittgenstein
by Hans Sluga  Publisher Comments Ludwig Wittgenstein is one of the most important and influential philosophers of the twentieth century, but he is also one of the least accessible. This volume provides a comprehensible guide to his work by a wide range of experts who are actively...
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The Dream of Reason: A History of Philosophy from the Greeks to the Renaissance
by Anthony Gottlieb Publisher Comments In this landmark new study of Western thought, Gottlieb approaches philosophy through its primary sources, questions many pieces of conventional wisdom, and explains his findings with clarity. From the pre-Socratic philosophers, Plato, and Aristotle to...
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Philosophy : Text With Readings (10TH 08 Edition)
by Manuel Velasquez Publisher Comments This highly engaging text will not only help you explore and understand philosophy-it will also give you an appreciation of how philosophy is relevant to your day-to-day life as well as the larger social world. Author Manuel Velasquez combines clear...
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The Abyss Above: Philosophy and Poetic Madness in Plato, Holderlin, and Nietzsche
by Silke-maria Weineck Publisher Comments In The Abyss Above, Silke-Maria Weineck offers the first sustained discussion of the relationship between poetic madness and philosophy. Focusing on the mad poet as a key figure in what Plato called "the ancient quarrel between philosophy and poetry...
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Cogito?: Descartes and Thinking the World
by Joseph Almog Publisher Comments Decartes' maxim Cogito, Ergo Sum (from his Meditations) is perhaps the most famous philosophical expression ever coined. Joseph Almog is a Descartes analyst whose last book WHAT AM I? focused on the second half of this expression, Sum--who is the "I" who...
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History of Scepticism from Erasmus to Spinoza
by Richard Henr Popkin Publisher Comments The period I shall treat, 1500-1675, is certainly not the unique period of sceptical impact on modern thought. Both before and after this time interval, one can find important influences of the ancient sceptical thinkers. But, it is my contention that...
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Word and Object (Studies in Communication)
by Willard Van O Quine Publisher Comments Language consists of dispositions, socially instilled, to respond observably to socially observable stimuli. Such is the point of view from which a noted philosopher and logician examines the notion of meaning and the linguistic mechanisms of objective...
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Austere Realism: Contextual Semantics Meets Minimal Ontology (Representation and Mind)
by Terence E. Horgan Publisher Comments The authors of Austere Realism describe and defend a provocative ontological-cum-semantic position, asserting that the right ontology is minimal or austere, in that it excludes numerous common-sense posits, and that statements employing such posits are...
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After Postmodernism (Continuum Studies in Critical Theory)
by Jose Lopez Synopsis What comes after 'postmodernism'? A buzzword which began as an energising, radical critique became, by the 20th Century's end, a byword for fracture, eclecticism, political apathy and intellectual exhaustion. The last few years have seen a growing...
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Routledge Philosophy Guidebook to the Later Heidegger (Routledge Philosophy Guidebooks)
by George Pattison Publisher Comments The "Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to the Later Heidegger" guides the reader through the complexities of Martin Heidegger's later works. It offers a clear introduction to the main themes that preoccupied Heidegger in the second part of his career...
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Wisdom's Apprentice: Thomistic Essays in Honor of Lawrence Dewan, O.P.
by Peter A. Kwasniewski Publisher Comments Lawrence Dewan, O.P., has long graced the world of Thomistic scholarship with the impressive lucidity, depth, and comprehensiveness of his research on many facets of the Angelic Doctor's legacy. A professor at the College Universitaire Dominicain in...
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From Africa to Zen: An Invitation to World Philosophy
by Robert C. Solomon Publisher Comments In the second edition of this groundbreaking text in non-Western philosophy, sixteen experts introduce some of the great philosophical traditions in the world. The essays unveil exciting, sophisticated philosophical traditions that are too often...
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Revised Odd Fellowship Illustrated
by J. Blanchard Publisher Comments The Complete Revised Ritual of the Lodge, Encampment and Rebekah Degrees. Issued by the Sovereign Grand Lodge with the Secret Work Added. Profusely Illustrated by a Past Grand Patriarch with an Historical Sketch of the Order and an Introduction and...
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The Philosophy and Politics of Bruno Bauer (Modern European Philosophy)
by Douglas Moggach Publisher Comments This is the first comprehensive study in English of Bruno Bauer, a leading Hegelian philosopher of the 1840s. Inspired by the philosophy of Hegel, Bauer led an intellectual revolution that influenced Marx and shaped modern secular humanism. In the...
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Studies of Good and Evil: A Series of Essays Upon Problems of Philosophy and of Life
by Josiah Royce Publisher Comments The title of this book is in its nature wide. It commits the essays contained in this volume merely to one common character. There are all, directly or indirectly, contributions to the comprehension of the ethical aspects of the universe. The papers are...
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A Treatise on Probability - Unabridged
by John Maynard Keynes Publisher Comments An Unabridged Printing, With Bibliography And A Comprehensive Index. Chapters Include: The Meaning Of Probability - Probability In Relation To The Theory Of Knowledge - The Measurement Of Probabilities - The Principle Of Indifference - Other Methods Of...
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Must We Burn Sade?
by Deepak Narang Sawhney Publisher Comments The Marquis de Sade (1740-1814) has been labeled everything from a sadomasochistic pornographer (The 120 Days of Sodom) to the fiction writer responsible for the ideas that led to the Nazi death camps.<P>Must We Burn Sade? peels away the negative...
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Philosophy the Classics 3RD Edition
by Nigel Warburton Publisher Comments This brisk and invigorating tour through the great books of western philosophy explores some of our greatest thinkers from Plato and Aristotle to Kant and Rawl. This third edition includes three new chapters, as well as revised further reading....
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Study of Human Nature (2ND 00 Edition)
by Leslie Stevenson Publisher Comments Arguing that socialism could return to the center of political life in advanced capitalist countries, this book aims to convince socialists and nonsocialists alike that there is both a strong moral case for economic democracy and a feasible strategy for...
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Template of Time
by Chandler Zedac Publisher Comments The reader will find a mystical and often magical self-realization throughout Chandler's working designs through both writing and art. The "Template of Time" is a collection of the actual statements, written verbatim by Chandler, as they were heard...
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