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Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life (7TH 07 Edition) Vice and Virtue in Everyday Life (7TH 07 Edition)
by Christina Hoff Sommers

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VICE AND VIRTUE IN EVERYDAY LIFE has been a bestseller in college ethics for more than two decades because it is well-liked by both instructors and students. Instructors appreciate it for its philosophical breadth and seriousness. Students welcome the... (read more)

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God as Otherwise Than Being: Toward a Semantics of the Gift (Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology & Existenti) God as Otherwise Than Being: Toward a Semantics of the Gift (Northwestern University Studies in Phenomenology & Existenti)
by Calvin O Schrag

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The most important American Continental philosopher of his generation and one of the discipline's founders offers an exceptionally clear, balanced, and informative discussion of a complex question vexing postmodern currents of philosophical and... (read more)

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Applied Social and Political Philosophy (94 Edition) Applied Social and Political Philosophy (94 Edition)
by Elizabeth Smith

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This book surveys the main theories of applied social and political philosophy and those theories to contemporary social/political issues of race, gender, war, peace, and ethnicity.... (read more)

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Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas Against the Current: Essays in the History of Ideas
by Isaiah Berlin

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In this outstanding collection of essays, Isaiah Berlin, one of the great thinkers of the twentieth century, discusses the importance in the history of thought of dissenters whose ideas still challenge conventional wisdom--among them Machiavelli, Vico... (read more)

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Society, Ethics, and Technology (4TH 09 Edition) Society, Ethics, and Technology (4TH 09 Edition)
by Winston

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From the forefront of news today to your textbook, SOCIETY, ETHICS, AND TECHNOLOGY, Fourth Edition, stresses the latest technological innovations and how these advancements represent new ethical challenges and dilemmas for society as a whole. You gain a... (read more)

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Deconstruction Reframed Deconstruction Reframed
by Floyd Merrell

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Directed chiefly toward scholars in literary criticism and theory, Peircean semiotics, and, more generally, philosophy, this book is, by the nature of its broad focus, more descriptive than critical, synthetic rather than overtly prescriptive. Beginning... (read more)

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Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way Peripheral Visions: Learning Along the Way
by Mary Cather Bateson

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Mary Catherine Bateson, author of Composing a Life, is our guide on a fascinating intellectual exploration of lifetime learning from experience and encountering the unfamiliar. Peripheral Visions begins with a sacrifice in a Persian garden, moving on to... (read more)

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German Idealist Philosophy (97 Edition) German Idealist Philosophy (97 Edition)
by Rudiger Bubner

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The quest for systematic knowledge in the decades around 1800 gave rise to--among other schools of thought--German Idealist philosophy. In this masterful introduction to the subject, Rudiger Bubner brings together key texts and lesser known extracts from... (read more)

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Federalist Papers (82 Edition) Federalist Papers (82 Edition)
by Alexander Hamilton

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Originally published anonymously, The Federalist Papers first appeared in 1787 as a series of letters to New York newspapers exhorting voters to ratify the proposed Constitution of the United States. Still hotly debated, and open to often controversial... (read more)

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Sense and Affect Sense and Affect
by Joshua Soffer

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Sense and Affect exposes the limits of important recent strands in continental philosophy.... (read more)

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Simplicius, Commentaire sur les Categories, Traduction Commentee, Fascicule III: Commentaire au Premier Chapitre de Categories Simplicius, Commentaire sur les Categories, Traduction Commentee, Fascicule III: Commentaire au Premier Chapitre de Categories
by Ilsetraut Hadot

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The French translation with commentary, the first in a modern language, allows historians of philosophy access to a fundamental work for the understanding of medieval and modern thought. They could also explore more easily the great variety of... (read more)

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Mechanical Mind : Philosophical Introduction To Minds, Machines and Mental Representation (03 Edition) Mechanical Mind : Philosophical Introduction To Minds, Machines and Mental Representation (03 Edition)
by Tim Crane

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How can the human mind represent the external world? What is thought, and can it be studied scientifically? Does it help to think of the mind as a kind of machine? <BR> Tim Crane sets out to answer questions like these in a lively and... (read more)

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War Talk War Talk
by Arundhati Roy

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As the United States pushes for war on Iraq, Arundhati Roy, the internationally acclaimed author of The God of Small Things, addresses issues of democracy and dissent, racism and empire, and war and peace in this collection of new essays. The... (read more)

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Socrates To Sartre and Beyond (8TH 08 Edition) Socrates To Sartre and Beyond (8TH 08 Edition)
by Samuel E. Stumpf

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This comprehensive, historically organized introduction to philosophy communicates the richness of the discipline and provides the student with a working knowledge of the development of Western philosophy. With a lively and approachable style it covers... (read more)

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On Humour On Humour
by Simon Critchley

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"On Humour" is a fascinating and beautifully written book on what philosophy can tell us about humor and about what it is to be human. Simon Critchley probes some of the most perennial features of humor, such as our tendency to laugh at animals and our... (read more)

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Ariadnes Thread Ariadnes Thread
by Mary Clark

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This book is a powerful, interdisciplinary introduction to environmental studies.... (read more)

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Rescuing Reason Rescuing Reason
by Robert Nola

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Do knowledge and science arise from the application of canons of rationality and scientific method? Or is all our scientific knowledge caused by socio-political factors, or by our interests in the socio-political - the view of sociologists of "knowledge"?... (read more)

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Mathematical Logic Mathematical Logic
by Stephen Kleene

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 371-386) and index.... (read more)

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A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (Modern Library Classics) A Vindication of the Rights of Woman: With Strictures on Political and Moral Subjects (Modern Library Classics)
by Mary Wollstonecraft

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First published in 1792, "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" was received with a mixture of vociferous outrage (Wollstonecraft's detractors called her "a hyena in petticoats") and ardent enthusiasm. In what is the first major work of feminism, Mary... (read more)

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Synthese Library #282: In Search of a New Humanism: The Philosophy of Georg Henrik Von Wright Synthese Library #282: In Search of a New Humanism: The Philosophy of Georg Henrik Von Wright
by M R Egidi

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This collection of essays presents a systematic and up-to-date survey of the main aspects of Georg Henrik von Wright's philosophy, tracing the general humanistic leitmotiv to be found in his vast, varied output. The analysis covers the developments in... (read more)

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