History & Schools of Thought

Philosophical Perspectives: History of Philosophy contains Wilfrid Sellars' essays on Plato, Aristotle and Leibniz.Categories: Politics & Social Science...

Elsewhere 1 we were concerned with fundamental aspects of the question how man can comprehend his fellow-men. We analyzed man's subjective experiences of th...

in This Book, The Author Is Attempting To Make Sense, As A Philosopher, Of The Ideas Of Rationality Put Forward By Economists, Sociologists, And Political T...

Five hundred years before the birth of Jesus, a God-realized being named Lao-tzu in ancient China dictated 81 verses, which are regarded by many as the ulti...

Descartes's Meditations On First Philosophy, The Fundamental And Originating Work Of The Modern Era In Western Philosophy, Is Presented Here In Donald Cress...

In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of ...

An Anthology Of Writings Of The Modern Period. It Provides The Key Works Of Seven Major Philosophers, Along With A Selection Of Associated Texts By Other Le...

thomas Williams Revision Of Arthur Hyman And James J. Walsh S Classic Compendium Of Writings In The Christian, Islamic, And Jewish Medieval Philosophical T...

Isaiah Berlin ; Edited By Henry Hardy. Includes Bibliographical References And Indexes.Categories: Literature & Fiction Essays & CorrespondenceLette...

This work identifies the important areas according to ancient yoga wisdom - and shows how we can be happy and fulfilled once we understand and pay attention...

Critically analyzes and revitalizes agrarian philosophy by tracing its evolution. Today, most historians, philosophers, political theorists, and scholars ...

What existed before the Universe was created? Where does self-worth come from? Do the ends always justify the means?The Philosophy Book answers the most pr...

For more than seven centuries the Mumonkan has been used in Zen monasteries to train monks and to encourage the religious development of lay Buddhists. It...

this Collection Includes Essays By; William T. Bluhm, Lou Massa, Thomas Payel, John F. Post, Stephen Toulmin And David Weissman. booknews contains English ...

One of the most insightful texts on the subtle arts of confrontation and victory to emerge from Asian culture, The Book of Five Rings analyzes the process o...

Thomas Hobbes' timeless account of the human condition, first developed in The Elements of Law (1640), which comprises Human Nature and De Corpore Politico,...

Bestselling author Pedram Shojai, "The Urban Monk," presents a comprehensive guide on how Taoist alchemical practices can help you release stress, harness ...

The Book Consists Of The Instant Of My Death, A Powerful Short Prose Piece By Blanchot, And An Extended Essay By Derrida That Reads It In The Context Of Que...

"This book is a virtual case study in the application of hermeneutical principles to illuminate philosophical texts. The book contains translations of eight...

The Emphasis On Duly In Kant's Ethics Is Widely Held To Constitute A Defect. Marcia W. Baron Develops And Assesses The Criticism, Which She Sees As Comprisi...

Feinberg, Joel, Shafer-Landau, RussCategories: Education & TeachingSchools & Teaching

Traditional accounts of the feminist history of philosophy have viewed reason as associated with masculinity and subsequent debates have been framed by this...

This classic is the benchmark against which all modern books about Nietzsche are measured. When Walter Kaufmann wrote it in the immediate aftermath of Worl...

Kant's Groundwork Of The Metaphysics Of Morals Is One Of The Most Important Works In Modern Moral Philosophy. This Collection Of Essays, The First Of Its Ki...

This book explores a fundamental tension in Aristotle's metaphysics: how can an entity such as a living organisma composite generated through the impositio...

in This Book A Distinguished Philosopher Offers A Comprehensive Interpretation Of Plato’s Most Controversial Dialogue. Treating The republic as A Unity An...

everything We Do Relies On Causation. We Eat And Drink Because This Causes Us To Stay Alive. Courts Tell Us Who Causes Crimes, Criminology Tell Us What Ca...

This volume is divided into four main areas of philosophy: logic, epistemology (theory of knowledge); philosophy of mind; and ethics. Each chapter within t...

Some of the chief goals of science - understanding, explanation, prediction, and application in new technologies - can only be conducted with any purpose if...