Philosophical Progress

Analyzing paradoxes proves interesting results regarding philosophical progress, agreement, knockdown arguments, belief, the status of metaphysics,...

Reducere. The Engaged Intellect collects important essays of John McDowell. Each involves a sustained engagement with the views of an important philosopher a...

DescriptionFor those open to the possibility that philosophical thought can improve life, David Hume's Essays: Moral, Political, and Literary have ...

Reducere. Power and Place examines the issues facing Native American students as they progress through the schools, colleges, and on into professions. This c...

What are philosophers trying to achieve? How can they succeed? Does philosophy make progress? Is it in competition with science, or doing something...

Reducere. Vladimir Solovyov's philosophical classic explores the nature of war and battle in human society, and the potential manifestations of the Antichris...

Reducere. New speculative fiction novel explores the individual's quest for purpose in a richly-imagined AI future.Unfettered Journey - a love and adventure ...

Reducere. Psychology, epistemology, ethics, and politics are among the subjects on which John Dewey focused his authorial talents -- but the crux of his work...

Reducere. This volume presents a selection of the philosophical papers which Richard Rorty has written over the past decade, and complements three previous v...

Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of...

Reducere. Star Maker is a science fiction novel by Olaf Stapledon, published in 1937. Star Maker tackles philosophical themes such as the essence of life, of...

This illuminating study of Benjamin's final essay helps unlock the mystery of this great philosopher Revolutionary critic of the philosophy of prog...

Reducere. DescriptionIn these lectures the author Eddington discusses some of the results of modern study of the physical world which give most food for phil...

This is a survey of the history of Taoism from approximately the third century B.C. to the fourteenth century A.D. For many years, it was customary...

New speculative fiction novel explores the individual's quest for purpose in a richly-imagined AI future.(The hard cover editions are two books in ...

New speculative fiction novel explores the individual's quest for purpose in a richly-imagined AI future.(The hard cover editions are two books in ...

Reducere. Throughout his diverse and highly influential career, Hilary Putnam was famous for changing his mind. As a pragmatist he treated philosophical "pos...

Reducere. Zero: worlds beyond carbon is a book that explores the social, philosophical, and political context of Aotearoa, New Zealand's environmental policy...

Reducere. Bradley C. S. Watson has devoted a significant part of his career to studying the nature of American progressivism as it formed in the twentieth ce...

Reducere. All five volumes of George Santayana's philosophical masterwork exploring the manifestations of reason in life are united in this superb edition. T...

DescriptionIn this classic text, Taiichi Ohno--inventor of the Toyota Production System and Lean manufacturing--shares the genius that sets him apa...

Reducere. Special Operations Fitness is a 12 week unconventional training program designed by a Harvard educated Strategist and Special Forces (Green Beret) ...

This eagerly awaited book complements two highly successful previously published volumes of Richard Rorty's philosophical papers: Objectivity, Rela...

Reducere. How philosophy transformed human knowledge and the world we live in Philosophical investigation is the root of all human knowledge. Developing new ...

DescriptionEvery human is born with multifarious potential. Why, then, do parents, schools and employers insist that we restrict our many talents a...

Reducere. "A bubbling caldron of ideas . . . Enlightening and valuable." Mervyn Jones, New Statesman. The political and social revolutions of the nineteenth ...

Reducere. Worldwide Laws of Life is full of wisdom drawn from the major sacred Scriptures of the world and various schools of philosophical thought, as well ...

DescriptionA modern and accessible reader of Classical Tibetan Buddhist texts based on the traditional monastic educational system, designed for bo...

Reducere. What is temperature, and how can we measure it correctly? These may seem like simple questions, but the most renowned scientists struggled with the...

Reducere. Published posthumously in 1965, this book contains various essays by R. G. Collingwood concerning history, philosophy, and their relationship. The ...

Introduction and Notes by Dr Jeff Wallace, University of Glamorgan. Lawrence's finest, most mature novel initially met with disgust and incomprehen...

Reducere. John Dewey (1859-1952) is an American philosopher and psychologist most notably remembered for his theories on progressive education. He grew up in...

Critical theory emerged in the 1920s from the work of the Frankfurt School, the circle of German-Jewish academics who sought to diagnose -- and, if...

Reducere. DescriptionAge of EnlightenmentFrom its beginnings as a loosely definable group of philosophical ideas to the culmination of its revolutionary effe...

DescriptionMan and Nature in the Renaissance offers an introduction to science and medicine during the earlier phases of the scientific revolution,...

Reducere. A great mathematician and teacher bridges the gap between science and the humanities in this exposition of the philosophy of science. Philipp Frank...

From a leading philosopher of the mind comes this lucid, provocative argument that offers a radically new picture of human consciousness--panpsychi...

Reducere. Jean-Fran ois Lyotard is one of Europe's leading philosophers, well known for his work The Postmodern Condition. In this important new study he dev...

Reducere. Winner of the 2016 Frantz Fanon Prize for Outstanding Book in Caribbean Thought presented by the Caribbean Philosophical Association In this provoc...

Reducere. Discover the Spiritual Secrets of Ancient Philosophy Hypatia was one of the most famous philosophers of the ancient world. The mix of classical phi...

In his wonderfully clear and cogent essay On Liberty, Mill contends that individuals should be as free as possible from interference by government....

Reducere. Written in the form of biblical prophecy, The Marriage of Heaven and Hell presents philosophical ideas about God, humanity and the complex nature o...

Oxford's variorum edition of William Blackstone's seminal treatise on the common law of England and Wales offers the definitive account of the Comm...

John Dewey was America's greatest public philosopher. A prolific and influential writer for both scholarly and general audiences, he stands out for...

Since 1965, Singapore has been propelled to the dizzying heights of first-world prosperity. Yet, the People's Action Party's signature style of tec...

Bearing witness to more liberating futures in theological education In Notes of a Native Daughter, Keri Day testifies to structural inequalities an...

Reducere. Here is the continuation of Martha Ronk's life-long investigation of things as they are seen at a remove or seen not at all as in the presence of s...

Reducere. An in-depth analysis of two of Sartre's contemporaries, Bataille and Blanchot. Iconic French novelist, playwright, and essayist Jean-Paul Sartre is...

Reducere. DescriptionThe following lectures entitled Islam and God-Centricity: A Theological Basis for Human Liberation presents the first in a multi-volume ...

Reducere. According to statistics more than half of marriages fail. Why is there strife between friends, between family members, between parent and child, be...

Originally published in 1963, this powerful novel spools a rewarding, dramatic storyline while it probes the deeper philosophical search for self-d...

Reducere. From the bestselling author of Midwives and The Flight Attendant, a comic and life affirming novel of the clash between progress and tradition, sci...

Reducere. DescriptionThis is not just another English version of the Tao Te Ching, this is the new English version that makes good sense to readers for the v...

Reducere. Written and set on the banks of the Neva, St Petersburg Dialogues is a startlingly relevant analysis of the human prospect in the twenty-first cent...