Philosophy

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by John Losee (Author)This book offers the reader a guide to the major philosophical approaches to science since World War Two. Considering the bases, arguments and conclusions of the four main movements - Logical Reconstructionism, Descriptivism, Normative Naturalism and Foundationalism - John Losee explores how philosophy has both shaped and expanded our understanding of science. The volume features major figures of twentieth century science, and engages with the work of previous philosoph...

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by J. T. Ismael (Author)In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision. Newton's physics also posed a profound challenge to our self-understanding, however, for the very same laws that keep airplanes in the air and rivers flowing downhill tell us that it is in principle possible to predict what each of us will do every second of our entire lives, given the early conditions of the unive...

The Interpretation of Dreams - Paperback

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by Artemidorus (Author), Peter Thonemann (Editor), Martin Hammond (Author)'Dreams are products of the mind, and do not come from any external source' Artemidorus' The Interpretation of Dreams (Oneirocritica) is the richest and most vivid pre-Freudian account of dream interpretation, and the only dream-book to have survived complete from Greco-Roman times. Written in Greek around AD 200, when dreams were believed by many to offer insight into future events, the work is a compendium of interpre...

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by Sun Tzu (Author)"There's not a dated maxim or vague prescription in it." -- Newsweek Regarded as the world's oldest military treatise, this compact volume has instructed officers and tacticians for more than 2,000 years. From its origins in China, The Art of War traveled the world to inform the strategies of Napoleon and World War II generals. More recently, it has taken on a new life as a guide to competing successfully in business, law, and sports.All of The Art of War's concepts retain ...

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by Byung-Chul Han (Author), Alain Badiou (Foreword by)An argument that love requires the courage to accept self-negation for the sake of discovering the Other.Byung-Chul Han is one of the most widely read philosophers in Europe today, a member of the new generation of German thinkers that includes Markus Gabriel and Armen Avanessian. In The Agony of Eros, a bestseller in Germany, Han considers the threat to love and desire in today's society. For Han, love requires the courage to accept self...

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by Robert Greene (Author), Joost Elffers (Producer)Amoral, cunning, ruthless, and instructive, this multi-million-copy New York Times bestseller is the definitive manual for anyone interested in gaining, observing, or defending against ultimate control - from the author of The Laws of Human Nature. In the book that People magazine proclaimed "beguiling" and "fascinating," Robert Greene and Joost Elffers have distilled three thousand years of the history of power into 48 essential laws by dr...

Hegel: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Peter Singer (Author)Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some of the more challenging aspects of Hegel's philosophy. Offering a broad discussion of Hegel's ideas and an account of his major works, Singer explains what have often been considered abstruse and obscure ideas in a clear and inviting manner. About the Series: Combining aut...

In the Dust of This Planet: Horror of Philosophy - Paperback

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by Eugene Thacker (Author)"Thacker's discourse on the intersection of horror and philosophy is utterly original and utterly captivating..."Thomas Ligotti, author of The Conspiracy Against the Human Race The world is increasingly unthinkable, a world of planetary disasters, emerging pandemics, and the looming threat of extinction. In this book Eugene Thacker suggests that we look to the genre of horror as offering a way of thinking about the unthinkable world. To confront this idea is to confr...

The Road to Serfdom: Text and Documents--The Definitive Edition Volume 2 - Paperback

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by F. A. Hayek (Author), Bruce Caldwell (Editor), Bruce Caldwell (Foreword by)An unimpeachable classic work in political philosophy, intellectual and cultural history, and economics, The Road to Serfdom has inspired and infuriated politicians, scholars, and general readers for half a century. Originally published in 1944--when Eleanor Roosevelt supported the efforts of Stalin, and Albert Einstein subscribed lock, stock, and barrel to the socialist program--The Road to Serfdom was seen as here...

The Structure of Scientific Revolutions: 50th Anniversary Edition - Paperback

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by Thomas S. Kuhn (Author), Ian Hacking (Introduction by)A good book may have the power to change the way we see the world, but a great book actually becomes part of our daily consciousness, pervading our thinking to the point that we take it for granted, and we forget how provocative and challenging its ideas once were--and still are. The Structure of Scientific Revolutions is that kind of book. When it was first published in 1962, it was a landmark event in the history and philosophy of sci...

Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Patrick Gardiner (Author)Scholars have largely misunderstood Soren Kierkegaard, remembering him chiefly in connection with the development of existentialist philosophy in this century. In a short and unhappy life, he wrote many books and articles on literary, satirical, religious and psychological themes, but the diversity and idiosyncratic style of his writing have contributed to a misunderstanding of his ideas. In this book--the only introduction to the full range of Kierkegaard's though...

Liberalism: The Life of an Idea, Second Edition - Paperback

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by Edmund Fawcett (Author)A compelling history of liberalism from the nineteenth century to today Despite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of American and European politics, liberalism is no longer the dominant force it once was. In this expanded and updated edition of what has become a classic history of liberalism, Edmund Fawcett traces its ideals, successes, and failures through the lives and ideas of exemplary thinkers and politicians from the early nineteenth...

Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience - Paperback

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by Christopher Kaczor (Author)Questions about the dignity of the human person give rise to many of the most central and hotly disputed topics in bioethics. In A Defense of Dignity: Creating Life, Destroying Life, and Protecting the Rights of Conscience, Christopher Kaczor investigates whether each human being has intrinsic dignity and whether the very concept of "dignity" has a useful place in contemporary ethical debates. Kaczor explores a broad range of issues addressed in contemporary bioe...

Moral Mazes: The World of Corporate Managers - Paperback

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by Robert Jackall (Author)This classic study of ethics in business presents an eye-opening account of how corporate managers think the world works, and how big organizations shape moral consciousness. Robert Jackall takes the reader inside a topsy-turvy world where hard work does not necessarily lead to success, but sharp talk, self-promotion, powerful patrons, and sheer luck might. What sort of everyday rules-in-use do people play by when there are no fixed standards to explain why some succ...

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by Martin E. P. Seligman (Author), Peter Railton (Author), Roy F. Baumeister (Author)Our species is misnamed. Though sapiens defines human beings as "wise" what humans do especially well is to prospect the future. We are homo prospectus. In this book, Martin E. P. Seligman, Peter Railton, Roy F. Baumeister, and Chandra Sripada argue it is anticipating and evaluating future possibilities for the guidance of thought and action that is the cornerstone of human success. Much of the history of psy...

Foucault: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Gary Gutting (Author)Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure. Over the course of his life he dabbled in drugs, politics, and the Paris SM scene, all whilst striving to understand the deep concepts of identity, knowledge, and power. From aesthetics to the penal system; from madness and civilisation to avant-garde literature, Foucault was happy to reject old models of thinking and replace them with versions that are still widely debated...

The Geography of Morals: Varieties of Moral Possibility - Paperback

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by Owen Flanagan (Author)The Geography of Morals is a work of extraordinary ambition: an indictment of the parochialism of Western philosophy, a comprehensive dialogue between anthropology, empirical moral psychology, behavioral economics, and cross-cultural philosophy, and a deep exploration of the opportunities for self, social, and political improvement provided by world philosophy. We live in multicultural, cosmopolitan worlds. These worlds are distinctive moral ecologies in which people ...

Technology and the Virtues: A Philosophical Guide to a Future Worth Wanting - Paperback

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by Shannon Vallor (Author)The 21st century offers a dizzying array of new technological developments: robots smart enough to take white collar jobs, social media tools that manage our most important relationships, ordinary objects that track, record, analyze and share every detail of our daily lives, and biomedical techniques with the potential to transform and enhance human minds and bodies to an unprecedented degree. Emerging technologies are reshaping our habits, practices, institutions, c...

Mexican Philosophy in the 20th Century: Essential Readings - Paperback

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by Carlos Alberto Sánchez (Editor), Robert Eli Sanchez Jr (Editor)Sánchez and Sanchez have selected, edited, translated, and introduced some of the most influential texts in Mexican philosophy, which constitute a unique and robust tradition that will challenge and complicate traditional conceptions of philosophy. The texts collected here are organized chronologically and represent a period of Mexican thought and culture that emerged from the Mexican Revolution of 1910 and which culminated in ...

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by Moses Maimonides (Author)This is the full, unabridged text of one of the greatest philosophic works of all time. Written by a 12th- century thinker who was equally active as an original philosopher and as a Biblical and Talmudic scholar, it is both a classic of great historical importance and a work of living significance today.The Guide for the Perplexed was written for scholars who were bewildered by the conflict between religion and the scientific and philosophic thought of the day. It ...

Dipa Ma: The Life and Legacy of a Buddhist Master - Paperback

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by Amy Schmidt (Author), Sharon Salzberg (Foreword by), Jack Kornfield (Afterword by)This biography of one of the few women in her generation to devote herself entirely to the pursuit of meditation also includes Dipa Ma's spiritual teachings, which have made her a major figure in contemporary Buddhism.Author BiographyAmy Schmidt is a resident teacher at the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts; a cofounder of Southwest Sangha, a self-retreat center in southern New Mexico; a lice...

Eastern Wisdom, Modern Life: Collected Talks: 1960-1969 - Paperback

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by Alan Watts (Author)Alan Watts introduced millions of Western readers to Zen and other Eastern philosophies, but he's also recognized as a brilliant commentator on Judeo-Christian traditions as well as a celebrity philosopher who exemplified the ideas -- and lifestyle -- of the 1960s counterculture. In this compilation of controversial lectures, delivered at American universities throughout the decade, Watts challenges readers to reevaluate Western culture's most hallowed constructs. Watts ...

Children's Book of Philosophy - Hardcover

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by DK (Author)Learn to think big and tackle life's tricky questions in this easy-to-understand guide to philosophy. Learn all about the great thinkers who, from ancient times to the modern day, have tried to make sense of the world by asking questions such as 'Who am I?', 'Is the world real?', and 'Is it ever right to tell a lie?' Meet Socrates and Confucius, Kant and Sartre, and many others who have studied and pondered on the complexities of everyday life in this book for children aged 9+ t...

Coincidences and Other Spooky Connections

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Report copyright infringementby Susan M. Osborn (Author) Number of Pages: 308 Dimensions: 0.65 x 8.5 x 5.5 IN Publication Date: August 31, 2025

Quantum Trinity: Revealing the Cosmic Pod That Ties God, Neuroscience, and Chinese Medicine

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Report copyright infringementby Brianna Livesay Thayakaran (Author)As the topics of neuroscience, quantum physics, and integrative health all climb in their fields with increasing curiosity, this is the first-of-its-kind book to reveal the converging similarities of them all. The book is both spiritual and scientific, marrying both the ethereal and concrete aspects of life. Touching on various dimensions of life, including personality traits, philosophy, and psychoemotional components, it is ...

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Report copyright infringementby Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki (Author)Daisetsu Teitaro Suzuki (Suzuki Daisetsu Teitarō, October 18, 1870 - July 12, 1966) was a Japanese author of books and essays on Buddhism, Zen and Shin that were instrumental in spreading interest in both Zen and Shin (and Far Eastern philosophy in general) to the West. Suzuki was also a prolific translator of Chinese, Japanese, and Sanskrit literature. Suzuki spent several lengthy stretches teaching or lecturing at Western univer...

The Book of Human Remembrance: How we find belonging in an infinite universe of unlimited time

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Report copyright infringementby Katie And the Chorus (Author)What if we remembered more of our human story?In this much anticipated sequel, Katie Weiss and the collective she channels, The Chorus, take on time itself, the first of what they call the three engines of our reality. Together, they gently nudge us past our typical concepts of time, like when and how, into a broader perspective of what we are as humans, including our ancient and powerful choice to forget.Through The Chorus's vast v...

The Reluctant Adult Revisited: An Exploration of Choice - The Victimhood Archetype and the Evolution of Consciousness

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Report copyright infringementby Jill Hall (Author)A much anticipated and exciting new edition, originally printed in the early 1990s, with additional material and updates. This new edition of a prescient masterpiece from the 1990s brings updates including a new Preface, Foreword, Afterword, Appendixes & a comprehensive index. The book was very ahead of its time 30 years ago, and is even more urgently relevant today, exploring how to get beyond the wheel of victimhood, finding our full adu...

A Philosophy of Prayer: Nothingness, Language, and Hope

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Report copyright infringementby George Pattison (Author), John D. Caputo (Editor)Exploring the silence of prayer in Post-Kantian philosophy and traditional spirituality A Philosophy of Prayer explores prayer within the perspective of post-Kantian philosophy. Against a background of traditional sources, including Augustine, The Cloud of Unknowing, and the seventeenth-century French school of spirituality, the book uses Schleiermacher, Kierkegaard, Dostoevsky, Heidegger, Berdyaev, Tillich, Marc...

The Laws of Scientific Hand Reading: A Practical Treatise on the Art Commonly Called Palmistry

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Report copyright infringementby William G. Benham (Author)This Is A New Release Of The Original 1900 Edition. Number of Pages: 666 Dimensions: 1.34 x 9.02 x 5.98 IN Publication Date: March 30, 2014

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Report copyright infringementby Alexander Ratcliffe (Author)""The Truth About Hitler And The Roman Catholic Church"" by Alexander Ratcliffe is a historical account of the relationship between Adolf Hitler's Nazi regime and the Roman Catholic Church during the Second World War. The book explores the complex and controversial role that the Church played in the rise of Hitler and the subsequent atrocities committed during the Holocaust. Ratcliffe delves into the Church's complicity in the persec...

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Report copyright infringementby Amber M. Tuttle (Author)The book ""Work of Invisible Helpers"" by Amber M. Tuttle is a captivating exploration of the concept of invisible helpers and their role in our lives. The author delves into the spiritual realm and provides an in-depth understanding of the different types of invisible helpers that exist, their characteristics, and how they can assist us in our daily lives. Tuttle provides insightful stories and examples of how invisible helpers have hel...