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Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, The Body in Pain is a profoundly original study that has already stirred excitement in a wide range of intellectual circles. The book is an ana……続きを見る

This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. They explore the concept of reason and the method of analysis a……続きを見る

First published in 1995. Since Descartes, the mind has been thought to be `in the head', separable from the world and even from the body it inhabits. Gregory McCulloch, in The MInd and its World, co……続きを見る

Stream of Consciousness is about the phenomenology of conscious experience. Barry Dainton shows us that stream of consciousness is not a mosaic of discrete fragments of experience, but rather an int……続きを見る

Countable/Uncountable sets, Sizes of Infinity, "Hilbert Hotels", Power set, Cantor's theorem and Paradox, Russell's paradox, Zermelo's axioms for set theory, Essentials of Axiomatic method, Continuu……続きを見る

Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed has traditionally been read as an attempt to harmonize reason and revelation. Another, more recent interpretation takes the contradiction between philosophy and re……続きを見る

Turn your life around with SOL's publication, Insights from The Council. This revealing book introduces The Council and contains quotes by The Council on its purpose, the working of karma in a healt……続きを見る

Social commentators have long asked whether racial categories should be conserved or eliminated from our practices, discourse, institutions, and perhaps even private thoughts. In A Theory of Race, J……続きを見る

Seeking to prove that the world makes sense and everyone can be happier, Being and Happiness is a duet of worldviews. It challenges old assumptions and posits new juxtapositions in an attempt to fat……続きを見る

Drawing on the work of Gadamer, the book demonstrates that a sociology which focuses on social relations does not imply a return to idealism, nor a retreat into individualism, nor a rejection of cri……続きを見る

This book is concerned with the history of metaphysics since Descartes. Taking as its definition of metaphysics 'the most general attempt to make sense of things', it charts the evolution of this en……続きを見る

While much has been written on Descartes' theory of mind and ideas, no systematic study of his theory of sensory representation and misrepresentation is currently available in the literature. Descar……続きを見る

John Locke is widely acknowledged as the most important figure in the history of English philosophy and An Essay Concerning Human Understanding is his greatest intellectual work, emphasising the imp……続きを見る

Renowned for his metaphysics, Spinoza made significant contributions to understanding the human mind, the emotions, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. Beginning with an overview of Spinoza'……続きを見る

Russell's On Denoting and Frege's On Sense and Reference are now widely held to be two of the founding papers of twentieth century philosophy and form the heart of the famous "linguistic turn". The ……続きを見る

The Nature of the Mind is a comprehensive and lucid introduction to major themes in the philosophy of mind. It carefully explores the conflicting positions that have arisen within the debate and loc……続きを見る

Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Wittgenstein in just one hour. Ludwig Wittgenstein saw himself as ‘the last philosopher’. In his view, philosophy in the trad……続きを見る

Written in an engaging dialogue style, Smith and Oaklander cover metaphysical topics from a student's perspective and introduce key concepts through a process of explanation, reformulation and criti……続きを見る

Is the point of belief and assertion invariably to think or say something true? Is the truth of a belief or assertion absolute, or is it only relative to human interests? Most philosophers think it ……続きを見る

This new edition includes three new chapters, updating the book to take into account developments in the field over the past fifteen years. 続きを見る

Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Aristotle in just one hour. The philosophy of Aristotle dominated Western thought for over a thousand years. He had a mind th……続きを見る

An exploration of mankind's fascination with worlds beyond our own-by the bestselling author of The Physics of Star Trek Lawrence Krauss -an international leader in physics and cosmology-examines ou……続きを見る

FEATURES: • Includes beautiful artworks and illustrations • A link of a FREE audio book to download at the end of the book • Active Table of Contents for an easy navigation within the book • Manuall……続きを見る

What is free will? Why is it important? Can the same act be both free and determined? Is free will necessary for moral responsibility? Does anyone have free will, and if not, how is creativity possi……続きを見る

Heavenly Arcana (volumes 1-20), otherwise known as Arcana Coelestia or Heavenly Secrets, is the magnum opus of the author Emanuel Swedenborg. Published over a period of 8 years, with many more years……続きを見る

What does fate mean, and how does it work? When we feel we are in the grip of a fate, how can we best disarm that grip and free ourselves from it? And what is freedom? How might we understand bette……続きを見る

The Red and the Real offers a new approach to longstanding philosophical puzzles about what colors are and how they fit into the natural world. Jonathan Cohen argues for a role-functionalist treatme……続きを見る

Your Faith Is Your Fortune by Neville Goddard Man can decree a thing and it will come to pass. Man has always decreed that which has appeared in his world. He is today decreeing that which is appear……続きを見る

Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Hegel in just one hour. With Hegel philosophy became very difficult indeed – even the great man himself conceded that ‘only o……続きを見る

First Published in 2008. Now acknowledged as a classic in the philosophy of science, A Realist Theory of Science is one of the very few books which has transformed not only our understanding of scie……続きを見る