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by Walter Brogan Publisher Comments What is the seeming oxymoron, American continental philosophy? Continental philosophy was first introduced to America by expatriate Europeans after World War II. During the 1950s and 1960s, American-born philosophers assimilated the thought of Husserl... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.25 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Gary Watson Review "Excellent anthology!"--James Coley, University of North Carolina, Greensboro "An excellent collection."--Susan Sauve, Harvard University "Excellent--exactly what I need for my free will course."--George B. Thomas, University of Virginia "Outstanding and... (read more) Your price $7.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jean Baudillard Publisher Comments The whole chaotic constellation of the social revolves around that spongy reference, that opaque but equally translucent reality, that nothingness: the masses. A statistical crystal ball, the masses are 'swirling with currents and flows,' in the image of... (read more) List Price $11.95 Your price $9.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Phillippe Tretiack Synopsis Agitation: it's a high! This book is a user's guide for everyone who is burning to see, to go, to do. It's a hymn to the intoxication, the thrill, and the inspiration of life in the fast lane. "Agite" is about to become a new household word, replacing... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $2.88 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Julian Baggini Publisher Comments Julian Baggini presents 100 thought experiments: short scenarios which pose a problem in a vivid and concrete way, and invites the reader to think about possible answers for him/herself. Experiments cover identity, religion, art, ethics, language... (read more) Your price $7.90 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Jacques Derrida Publisher Comments "My death--is it possible?" That is the question asked, explored, and analyzed in Jacques Derrida's new book. Focusing on an issue that has informed his work for the last 30 years, Derrida stakes out a new frontier, at which the debate with his work must... (read more) List Price $19.95 Your price $11.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by John Deigh Publisher Comments This anthology focuses on emotions and motives that relate to our status as moral agents, our capacity for moral judgement, and the practices that help to define our social lives. Attachment, trust, respect, conscience, guilt, revenge, depravity, and... (read more) List Price $25.00 Your price $9.75 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Locke in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Locke's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Locke's writings; a brief... (read more) List Price $6.95 Your price $3.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Catherine Wilson Publisher Comments This new introduction to a philosophical classic draws on the reinterpretations of Descartes' thought of the past twenty-five years. Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes' famous Meditations, revealing how he constructs a theory of the... (read more) List Price $20.99 Your price $15.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by David Hume Publisher Comments 2nd edition. Edited by Richard H. Popkin.... (read more) Your price $4.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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by Tracy Strong Publisher Comments Friedrich Nietzsche and the Politics of Transfiguration provides a comprehensive analysis of the politics that are implicit and explicit in Nietzsche's work. Tracy B. Strong's discussion shows that Nietzsche's writings are of a piece and have as their... (read more) List Price $21.95 Your price $14.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Douwe Draaisma Publisher Comments Explores the metaphors used by philosophers and psychologists to understand memory over the centuries.... (read more) List Price $32.00 Your price $18.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Kirk Ludwig Publisher Comments This is the only comprehensive introduction to the full range of Davidson??'s work.... (read more) List Price $23.00 Your price $16.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Sam Harris Powells.com Staff Pick Sam Harris is a wonderful, courageous independent thinker. His Letter to a Christian Nation is a dynamic exposé of the hypocrisy inherent in organized religion. Recommended by Adrienne, Powells.com (See all of our Staff Top 5s of 2006)... (read more) List Price $16.95 Your price $9.00 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Gerald Dworkin Publisher Comments This important new book develops a new concept of autonomy. The notion of autonomy has emerged as central to contemporary moral and political philosophy, particularly in the area of applied ethics. Professor Dworkin examines the nature and value of... (read more) Your price $29.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Regis Debray Publisher Comments The captivating autobiography of one of France's leading political activists and intellectuals. Regis Debray is one of France's leading contemporary intellectuals and commentators, whose life has intersected with some of the key moments of the... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price $19.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Soren Kierkegaard Publisher Comments Chapter OneMan and the Eternal Father in Heaven! What is a man without Thee! What is all that he knows, vast accumulation though it be, but a chipped fragment if he does not know Thee! What is all his striving, could it even encompass a world, but a half-... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Paul Strathern Publisher Comments In Hegel in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Hegel's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Hegel's work; a brief list... (read more) Your price $5.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by James Mannion Publisher Comments An understandable guide to the greatest minds of all time<P>For those who have always wanted to learn philosophy but were too intimidated to get past their first word ending in "ism, " here's a book that finally provides simple explanations... (read more) List Price $12.95 Your price $10.50 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
by Bryan F Lebeau Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-368) and index.... (read more) List Price $30.00 Your price $21.95 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies add to wish list
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