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Skeptical Philosophy for Everyone
by Richard H. Popkin  Publisher Comments This lucid, informal, and very accessible discussion of Western thought takes the unique approach of interpreting skepticism -- i.e., doubts about knowledge claims and the criteria for making such claims -- as an important stimulus for the development of...
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Harpercollins Dictionary of Philosophy 2ND Edition
by Peter A Angeles Publisher Comments A Abelard, Peter (1079-1142) French medieval dialectician, logician, theologian; born near Nantes; lived in Brittany, where he was a monk at the Abbey of St. Denis; taught at Paris. (He is remembered popularly for his love affair with the beautiful and...
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Basic Writings of Existentialism (Modern Library Classics)
by Gordon Marino Publisher Comments Basic Writings of Existentialism, unique to the Modern Library, presents the writings of key nineteenth- and twentieth-century thinkers broadly united by their belief that because life has no inherent meaning that humans can discover, we must determine...
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Passion of the Western Mind
by Richard Tarnas Publisher Comments " (This) magnificent critical survey, with its inherent respect for both the 'Westt's mainstream high culture' and the 'radically changing world' of the 1990s, offers a new breakthrough for lay and scholarly readers alike....Allows readers to...
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Existentialism
by Robert C Solomon Publisher Comments With Selections from Kierkegaard, Turgener, Dostoevsky, Nietzsche, Hesse, Heidegger, Marcel, Jaspers, Kafka, Gide, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, de Beauvoir, Rieocer, Berdygev, Buber, Tillich, Pinter, Beckett, Mailer, Laing, Bellon Bach, Weiss, and Muller....
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Eight Women Philosophers: Theory, Politics, and Feminism
by Jane Duran Publisher Comments A unique examination of women philosophers in the Western tradition, from the medieval period to the twentieth...
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A House Divided: Comparing Analytic and Continental Philosophy
by C. G. (edt) Prado Publisher Comments The aim of this collection is to reconsider the often facile characterization of major thinkers as belonging to either the analytic or Continental philosophical tradition. Each of the articles compares individual philosophers who have had a major...
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The German Aesthetic Tradition
by Kai Hammermeister Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-255) and index....
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Friendship and Society: An Introduction to Augustine's Practical Philosophy
by Donald X Burt Publisher Comments What can I know? What can I hope for? What should I do? These are three perennial questions of life, and few thinkers have offered such penetrating answers as Augustine. Friendship and Society is a fascinating volume meant for those interested in what...
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The Philosophy of Karl Popper
by Herbert Keuth Publisher Comments Herbert Keuth??'s book is a systematic exposition of Popper??'s philosophy....
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The Sociology of Philosophies: A Global Theory of Intellectual Change
by Randall Collins Publisher Comments Through network diagrams and sustained narrative, sociologist Randall Collins traces the development of philosophical thought from ancient Greece to modern Europe. Collins provides a self-reflexive sociological philosophy of intellectual life that opens...
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Thorstein Veblen and the Enrichment of Evolutionary Naturalism
by Rick Tilman Synopsis One of America's most influential social critics, Thorstein Veblen authored works deeply rooted in evolutionary biology and American philosophical naturalism--both of which help explain his institutional economics and radical sociology. Now Rick Tilman...
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The Great Philosophers: The Lives and Ideas of History's Greatest Thinkers
by Stephen Law Publisher Comments The biographical portraits of the 50 most important philosophers in history of Western thought are presented here. Each biography is accompanied by an iconic image of the philosopher, a timeline of key events, and a memorable quotation from a key...
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Roots of Romanticism (99 Edition)
by Isaiah Berlin Publisher Comments "These are not only wonderfully engaging lectures, but by now also a historical document of considerable importance.... What was so good about the way Berlin tackled Romanticism was that he allowed for the variety of ideas and attitudes that so marked...
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Lectures on the History of Political Philosophy
by John Rawls Publisher Comments Samuel Freeman, these lectures are a fitting final addition to his oeuvre, and to the history of political philosophy as well....
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Emotions in Ancient and Medieval Philosophy
by Simo Knuuttila Publisher Comments Emotions are the focus of intense debate both in contemporary philosophy and psychology and increasingly also in the history of ideas. Simo Knuuttila's book is the first comprehensive survey of philosophical theories of emotions from Plato to Renaissance...
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You
by Charles F. Haanel Synopsis The author of the best selling Master Key System, Charles F. Haanel, brings you another provocative inspirational book: YOU. This book touches on a great deal of controversial and esoteric knowledge. Consciousness is the inner and thought the outward...
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Great Philosophers
by Ray Monk Publisher Comments An exploration of philosophy and its most well-known protagonists, made up of extracts from "The Great Philosophers" series....
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Reason and Responsibility: Readings in Some Basic Problems of Philosophy (Thomson Advantage Books)
by Joel Feinberg Publisher Comments REASON AND RESPONSIBILITY: READINGS IN SOME BASIC PROBLEMS OF PHILOSOPHY has a well-earned reputation for excellence, with a proven selection of high-quality readings that cover centuries of thought and wisdom and include all major issues in metaphysics,...
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Breathing on Your Own
by Richard Kehl Publisher Comments This, unlike most books of quotations, is not culled from other anthologies, but is the product of thousands of books read and remembered over a lifetime. Kehl is concerned with fresh insight and unhackneyed response. The quotations are those he has...
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