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by Hugh (ed.) Lafollette Publisher Comments Ranging from moral realism to virtue ethics, this superb volume presents a complete state-of-the-art survey of ethical theory. Written by an international assembly of leading moral philosophers, each of the twenty-one newly-commissioned papers develop... (read more) List Price $46.95 Your price $36.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sun-tzu Publisher Comments This library-quality, collector's slipcased compilation of Sun Tzu's Art of War, Machiavell's The Prince, and Frederick the Great's Instructions to His Generals is invaluable to strategists at all levels????????????be they on the battlefield or in the... (read more) Your price $64.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Plato Publisher Comments 2nd edition. Translated by G.M.A. Grube. Edited by C.D.C. Reeve.... (read more) Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by C.p. Snow Publisher Comments The notion that our society, its education system and its intellectual life, is characterized by a split between two cultures--the arts or humanities on one hand, and the sciences on the other--has a long history. The reissue of The Two Cultures and its... (read more) List Price $14.00 Your price $3.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert R. Cottone Publisher Comments This book guides helping professionals, using the theme of decision-making as an anchor for the discussion of ethics in professional practice. Providing a thorough presentation of ethical principles and standards, the authors conscientiously examine... (read more) List Price $81.25 Your price $66.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Hugo Adam Bedau Publisher Comments Although the issue of civil disobedience has been discussed as early as 399 B.C., this topic continues to be at the center of much recent debate in the wake of events such as Tiananmen Square and the anti-apartheid movement in South Africa. "Civil... (read more) List Price $40.95 Your price $20.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Susan J. Blackmore Publisher Comments Is there a theory that explains the essence of consciousness? Or is consciousness itself just an illusion? The "last great mystery of science," consciousness was excluded from serious research for most of the last century but is now a rapidly expanding... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price $42.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Val Dusek Publisher Comments Ideal for undergraduate students in philosophy and science studies, Philosophy of Technology offers an engaging and comprehensive overview of a subject vital to our time.... (read more) List Price $32.95 Your price $25.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Ronald Bogue Publisher Comments Ronald Bogue, author of the first book in English on French philosopher Gilles Deleuze, brings together eight of his essays written since Deleuze's death in 1995. The essays serve as tributes to Deleuze's thought and contribute to the wider dissemination... (read more) Your price $67.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Gabriel Palmer-fernandez Publisher Comments Provides a unique approach to the study of ethics by incorporating both the philosophical and religious perspectives against a discussion of moral issues. It requires readers to examine their own positions on a range of moral issues and to provide... (read more) List Price $92.45 Your price $74.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by John R. Searle Publisher Comments 'Although third in sequence, this work provides the philosophical foundations for the author\'s \\[I\\]Speech Acts\\[/I\\] (1969) and \\[I\\]Expression and Meaning\\[/I\\] (1979) in which a highly original and influential approach to the study of... (read more) List Price $43.00 Your price $33.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Miriam Brody Publisher Comments Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman... (read more) List Price $11.00 Your price $7.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jon Nuttall Publisher Comments This new textbook is a lively and highly accessible introduction to philosophy. From the fundamental issues of philosophical thought to the latest theories in the philosophy of mind, An Introduction to Philosophy provides clear and incisive discussion of... (read more) List Price $35.65 Your price $29.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Michael J. (ed.) Loux Publisher Comments "Metaphysics: Contemporary Readings" is a comprehensive anthology that draws together leading philosophers writing on the major themes in Metaphysics. Chapter sections cover: Universals; Particulars; Modality and Possible Worlds; Causation; Time; and... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your price $30.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Robert Audi Publisher Comments Epistemology, or the theory of knowledge, is concerned with how we know what we do, what justifies us in believing what we do, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive book... (read more) List Price $35.95 Your price $27.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David J. Chalmers Publisher Comments What is the mind? Is consciousness a process in the brain? How do our minds represent the world? Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings is a grand tour of writings on these and other perplexing questions about the nature of the mind... (read more) List Price $54.95 Your price $44.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Alburey Castell Publisher Comments This popular introduction to modern philosophy features question-based chapters with a stimulating debate-style format, and intersperses primary sources with commentary. Each chapter deals with a fundamental question about human existence, exploring the... (read more) List Price $94.50 Your price $61.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by William Walker Atkinson Publisher Comments Contents: What is the Mind; Mental States; Nerve Centers; Attention; Perception; Memory; Imagination; Feelings; Emotions; Passions; Conception; Judgments; Primary Laws of Thought; Reasoning; The Will.... (read more) Your price $20.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Thomas F. Burke Publisher Comments Lawsuits over coffee burns, playground injuries, even bad teaching: litigation horror stories create the impression that Americans are greedy, quarrelsome, and sue-happy. The truth, as this book makes clear, is quite different. What Thomas Burke... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $15.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Gloria K. Fiero Publisher Comments "The Humanistic Tradition is quite simply the finest book of its type. Fiero manages to integrate the political, cultural, and social history of the world into one coherent and fascinating whole. It is a masterpiece of scholarship . . . balanced... (read more) List Price $33.45 Your price $27.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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