Philosophical Provocations. 55 Short Essays, Hardback - Colin McGinn

Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics.

An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Ru...

Rev. ed. of: Routledge philosophy guidebook to Wittgenstein and the Philosophical investigations.

Publisher: MIT Press LtdAuthor(s): Colin McGinnNumber of pages: 208Collection: The MIT PressPublication date: 2017Dimensions: 138 x 203 x 15Cover t...

The essays in this volume present a case for pluralism in mathematics and its logics, largely supporting coexistence despite apparent contradiction...

A new and expansive collection of essays from one of the world's best-known popular philosophers

Reducere. Description Part memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self-portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life on bo...

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This book takes steps to develop a philosophy of engineering not to promote an ideology for engineering but to stimulate critical reflection among ...

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DescriptionMuch has changed since Camille Paglia first burst onto the scene with her groundbreaking Sexual Personae, but the laser-sharp insights o...

Publisher: Lexington BooksAuthor(s): David BlackNumber of pages: 144Collection: Studies in Marxism and HumanismPublication date: 2013Dimensions: 23...

Reducere. DescriptionReflecting Adam Smith's wide learning and varied interests, these essays shed considerable light on his place in the Scottish Enlightenm...

Reducere. Fernando Pessoa claimed to be inhabited by "thousands of philosophies, " all of which he intended to develop in his unfinished project of English-l...

A timely and scintillating book that offers a fresh take on the roots of antisemitism and explores how an irrational belief can still flourish in a...

A team of renowned philosophers and a new generation of thinkers come together to offer the first book-length examination of the relationship betwe...

Reducere. Martin Heidegger was a philosopher most known for his contributions to German phenomenological and existential thought. Heidegger was born in rural...

Reducere. Included are essays in epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophical psychology by one of the most important twentieth-century continental philosoph...

Reducere. This book brings together a diverse group of American Indian thinkers to discuss traditional and contemporary philosophies and philosophical issues...

Benjamin Fondane--who was born and educated in Romania, moved as an adult to Paris, lived for a time in Buenos Aires, where he was close to Victori...

An uplifting, intelligent and often amusing meditation on life in a country parish during a curious yearPublisher: Short Books LtdAuthor(s): Colin ...

55 stories. 55 words each. No more. No less. Enjoy this collection of flash fiction with a sinister twist.

Publisher: Princeton University PressIllustration(s): 1 table 1 line illus.Number of pages: 592Collection: Princeton Library of Asian TranslationsP...

Publisher: Hackett Publishing Co, IncAuthor(s): Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizTranslator: Daniel GarberNumber of pages: 386Publication date: 1989Dimensi...

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

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Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

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

The book charts the career of architect David Connor, identifying influences and professional liaisons with partners, collaborators and clients.Ill...

Reducere. "The goal of philosophy is always the same, to assist men to understand themselves and thus to operate in the open, not wildly in the dark."--Isaia...

Reducere. These translations of Kitaro Nishida's philosophy of nothingness and the intelligible world are accompanied with a scholarly introduction that expl...

Is philosophy a unique discipline, or are its methods more like those of other sciences than many philosophers think? Timothy Williamson explains c...

Reducere. E=mc2 is the world's most famous equation. Discover the thought process and physics behind general relativity and Einstein's contribution to scienc...

Reducere. Philosophical Profiles brings together ten important essays by Richard Berstein. Each focuses on the work of a thinker or group of thinkers at the ...

Reducere. Colin Rafferty's Execute the Office uses lyric prose and formal invention to explore the humanity, or lack thereof, that thrived in each of the for...

Publisher: The University of Chicago PressAuthor(s): Richard M. RortyNumber of pages: 416Publication date: 1992Dimensions: 225 x 153 x 26Cover type...

How Quakers live and think drawing on Silence: early Friends resonating with some modern philosophers.Publisher: John Hunt PublishingAuthor(s): R. ...

Reducere. This new book will put fresh and fun, easy and age-appropriate skits at your fingertips! These 55 skits, most with casts of two to six players, are...

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Reducere. This collection of an important architectural theorist's essays considers and compares designs by Palladio and Le Corbusier, discusses mannerism an...

Like many things Japanese, the Japanese legal system has its peculiarities... and Professor Jones applies his decades of legal and teaching experie...

Known worldwide for her Diary, Anne Frank's TALES FROM THE SECRET ANNEXE were written at the same time with the same humour, honesty and wisdom, an...

Reducere. This succinct work of history charts the growth of Indonesia, a remarkable nation of more than 6, 000 inhabited islands. With lucid originality, th...