Philosophy

This book gives a critical review of work on the foundations of quantum mechanics. Categories: Science & Math PhysicsQuantum Theory

Morality And Health: Interdisciplinary Perspectives Provides A Compelling Assessment Of The Powerful Role Moral Systems Play In Addressing Matters Of Health...

Modality is a vast phenomenon. In fact, it is arguably a plurality of phenomena. Within it, one type of modality warrants distinctive interest in philosophy...

Originally published in 1972, this collection of essays on closely related issues in moral philosophy looks at different aspects of people’s understanding...

“An instructive trip through the mind of one of America’s great designers.” —Communication Arts (1996) Hailed upon its publication as “discrimina...

H2o Ivan Illich. Originally Published: Dallas : Dallas Institute Of Humanities And Culture, 1985. Bibliography: P. 77-92.Categories: Science & Math Natu...

With twenty-five essays, fourteen of which are new to this edition, this best-selling volume examines the nature, morality, and social meanings of contempor...

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

For this new edition, the text has been revised and corrected in accordance with the principles of the Collected Works of Northrop Frye series. Frye's origi...

Simon Blackburn Puts Forward A Compelling Original Philosophy Of Human Motivation And Morality. He Maintains That We Cannot Get Clear About Ethics Until We ...

The idea that prompted the conferenee for which many of these papers were written, and that inspired this book, is stated in the Editorial Introduction repr...

Antony Black. Includes Bibliographical References (p. [356]-368) And Indexes.Categories: Religion & Spirituality IslamHistory

Most Of Us Live In A Constant State Of Fear--of Our Past, Of Illness And Aging And Death, And Of Losing The Things We Treasure Most. But It Doesn't Have To ...

An exploration of the moral and ethical implications of new biotechnologies Many of the ethical issues raised by new technologies have not been widely exam...

Examining the flaws of mainstream society, this collection of conspiracy theory, esoteric knowledge, and fringe subjects seeks to present solutions to curre...

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 ult...

Even elementary school children can build positive character traits like caring, citizenship, cooperation, courage, fairness, honesty, respect, and responsi...

discourses On Livy (1531) Demonstrates Machiavelli's Fundamental Preference For The Republicanism Of Ancient Rome. In An Age When Political Absolutism Was...

In keeping with those virtues which have made it the leading collection of its kind, the fifth edition of Classics of Western Philosophy features unabridge...

A clear, accessible exploration of how and why we love by prominent philosopher and bestselling author Harry Frankfurt In The Reasons of Love, leading mora...

This critique of French philosophy and the history of German philosophy is a tour de force that has the immediacy and accessibility of the lecture form an...

It is impossible to imagine contemporary critical theory without the work of Michel Foucault. His radical reworkings of the concepts of power, knowledge, di...

This accessible text emphasizes doing ethical analysis rather than focusing on ethical theory or the history of ethics. Ruggiero's readers are invited to ap...

A Preeminent Scientist Asserts The Irrationality Of Belief In God And The Grievous Harm Religion Has Inflicted On Society From The Crusades To 9/11. He Crit...

Society is broken. We can design our way to a better one.In our interconnected world, self-interest and social-interest are rapidly becoming indistinguisha...

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

This book on Bushido, a code of moral principles, is a notable contribution to the reconciliation and unity of the East and West, explaining and defining th...

A Philosopher's Passionate Intervention Into The Meaning Of Life, And The Future Of Civilization In The Face Of Catastrophic Climate Change.Categories: Poli...

This landmark book on human sexuality makes the sacred lovemaking techniques of the East fully comprehensible to Western readers. Elegantly illustrated, it ...

'the Chinese Believe That Before You Can Conquer A Beast, You Must First Make It Beautiful.' This Chinese Proverb Has Been The Key To Sarah Wilson Understan...

In Post-Truth? Facts and Faithfulness, Jeffrey Dudiak explores the fissures and fractures that vex our so-called “post-truth” era, searching for a deepe...

What are human beings like? How is knowledge possible? What is truth? Where do moral values come from? Questions like these have stood at the center of West...

Describes a voyage down the Hudson River undertaken by Phaedrus and a troubled companion, who provokes a philosophical crisis as the philosopher-narrator wr...

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...

Framing the evolution of post-Enlightenment philosophy, Contemporary Thought begins with a discussion of the British Empiricists and Kant's analysis of the...

You are six years old. Every day after school your father takes you to a sprawling castle filled with exotic animals, bowls of candy, and half-naked women ...

Fingers Pointing towards the Moon was the first of what would be a series of extraordinary spiritual manifestos written by the anonymous Wei Wu Wei. Like a...

Pt. I Influences On Malthus -- [divine Mandates For Humanity] / King James Bible -- From Concerning The Causes Of The Greatness And Magnificence Of Cities (...

“Enlightenment does exist,” internationally renowned author and meditation master Jack Kornfield assures us. “Unbounded freedom and joy, oneness with ...

Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston's nine-volume A History...

Didacticism, romanticism, and classicism are the possible schemata for the knotting of art and philosophy, the third term in this knot being the education ...

In the End of Faith, Sam Harris delivers a startling analysis of the clash between reason and religion in the modern world. He offers a vivid, historical to...

Bad decisions down to a science. D'oh-mocracy at its finest. Brexit. Trump. Ford Nation. In this timely book, David Moscrop asks why we make irrational pol...

In Warrior Politics, the esteemed journalist and analyst Robert D. Kaplan explores the wisdom of the ages for answers for today’s leaders. While the modern ...

In this collection of interviews, Derrick Jensen discusses the destructive dominant culture with ten people who have devoted their lives to undermining it. ...

From the international bestselling author of The Architecture of Happiness and How Proust Can Change Your Life comes this lyrical, erudite look at our world...

This moment of perfect clarity that is the force behind all the traditional Japanese arts—from archery to flower arranging—is celebrated here in Dave L...

Singer suggests that people who take an ethical approach to life often avoid the trap of meaninglessness, finding a deeper satisfaction in what they are doi...