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Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but also one of the most difficult. Roger Scruton tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to ……続きを見る

This volume considers contingency as a historical category resulting from the combination of various intellectual elements – epistemological, philosophical, material, as well as theological and, bro……続きを見る

What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main theme……続きを見る

Heidegger is perhaps the most influential, yet least readily understood, philosopher of the last century. Mark A. Wrathall unpacks Heidegger's dense prose and guides the reader through Heidegger's e……続きを見る

Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world. In his brilliant synthesis of geometrical method, religious sentiment, and ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1975, The Machiavellian Moment remains a landmark of historical and political thought. Celebrated historian J.G.A. Pocock looks at the consequences for modern historical and ……続きを見る

Embark on a profound intellectual journey with "Plato: The Complete Works," a comprehensive collection of the timeless philosophical inquiries by one of the founding figures in Western philosophy. T……続きを見る

In una celebre allegoria, Lisippo raffigura il Kairós – il dio del tempo debito – come un fanciullo alato che si posa su una sfera, mentre regge un rasoio su cui oscilla una bilancia. La sua contraz……続きを見る

This is a book about the big questions in life: knowledge, consciousness, fate, God, truth, goodness, justice. It is for anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how ……続きを見る

Over the Heisei era the Japanese economy was confronted with a multitude of uncharted challenges: the collapse of the economic bubble and nonperforming loan problem, the Asian currency crisis and co……続きを見る

Boethius (c.480–c.525/6), though a Christian, worked in the tradition of the Neoplatonic schools, with their strong interest in Aristotelian logic and Platonic metaphysics. He is best known for his ……続きを見る

Derek Parfit presents the third volume of On What Matters, his landmark work of moral philosophy. Parfit develops further his influential treatment of reasons, normativity, the meaning of moral disc……続きを見る

Mit einigem Recht kann man Freges grundlegenden Aufsatz von 1892 als Gründungsurkunde der neueren Sprachphilosophie verstehen: Als Ausarbeitung seines Aufsatzes »Funktion und Begriff« entwirft er in……続きを見る

Lively debates about narratives of historical progress, the conditions for international justice, and the implications of globalisation have prompted a renewed interest in Kant's Idea for a Universa……続きを見る

The Nag Hammadi Scriptures, edited by Marvin Meyer, is the most complete, up-to-date, one-volume, English-language edition of the renowned library of Gnostic manuscripts discovered in Egypt in 1945,……続きを見る

Wer verspürt nicht Endzeitmelancholie, wenn liebgewonnene Traditionen verschwinden und den sprichwörtlichen Bach hinuntergehen? In neun prägnanten Einzelbetrachtungen und einem übergreifenden Essay ……続きを見る

John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our kno……続きを見る

This first volume in the series traces the development of philosophy over two-and-a-half centuries, from Thales at the beginning of the sixth century BC to the death of Plato in 347 BC. 続きを見る

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Though Wittgenstein wrote on the same subjects that dominate the work of other analytic philosophers - the nature of logic, the limits of language, the analysis of meaning - he did so in a peculiarl……続きを見る

Demystifying the key ideas of the world's greatest philosophers, and exploring all of the most important branches of thought including philosophy of science, philosophy of religion and feminist phil……続きを見る

"Ma confession" est un récit du célèbre romancier russe Léon Tolstoï sur le thème de la mélancolie, de la philosophie et de la religion. Elle a été écrite en 1879 et 1880. Le livre est un récit auto……続きを見る

Slavoj Zizek, the maverick philosopher, author of over 30 books, acclaimed as the "Elvis of cultural theory", and today's most controversial public intellectual. His work traverses the fields of phi……続きを見る

What unites Google and Facebook, Apple and Microsoft, Siemens and GE, Uber and Airbnb? Across a wide range of sectors, these firms are transforming themselves into platforms: businesses that provide……続きを見る

Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) was one of the most original thinkers of the twentieth century. His work has profoundly influenced philosophers including Jean-Paul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, Maurice M……続きを見る

“Profound, beautifully written, and inspiring. It proves that Nussbaum deserves her reputation as one of the greatest modern philosophers.” ーGlobe and Mail “At a time of growing national chauvinism……続きを見る

This is the first volume of essays devoted to Aristotelian formal causation and its relevance for contemporary metaphysics and philosophy of science. The essays trace the historical development of f……続きを見る

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A key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative, interactive technique for reading philosophical texts Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edit……続きを見る

Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have establish……続きを見る