CK - Philosophy 1

Shakti Durga, a fascinating Western Catholic Christian woman, gave up her lucrative legal practice for the bliss of walking on the path of love and devotion, becoming a disciple of Sri Narayani Amma……続きを見る

Father of modern management, social commentator, and preeminent business philosopher, Peter F. Drucker analyzed economics and society for more than sixty years. Now for readers everywhere who are co……続きを見る

Management is an organized body of knowledge. "This book," in Peter Drucker'swords, "tries to equip the manager with the understanding, the thinking, the knowledge and the skills for today'sand also……続きを見る

The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply a……続きを見る

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Lost in the raging debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what, precisely, is being constructed. Facts, gender, quarks, reality? Is it a person? An object? An idea? A the……続きを見る

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, and by the fear that in a Godless ……続きを見る

Consciousness, 'the last great mystery for science', remains a hot topic. How can a physical brain create our experience of the world? What creates our identity? Do we really have free will? Could c……続きを見る

William Edward Hartpole Lecky's 'The Map of Life' is a profound exploration of human life and society in the late 19th century. Written in a clear and engaging literary style, the book delves into p……続きを見る

Ewald Hecker's Buch 'Psychologie des Lachens und des Komischen' bietet einen faszinierenden Einblick in die Psychologie hinter Humor und Lachen. Mit einer präzisen Analyse erforscht Hecker die versc……続きを見る

This book brings together in one place David Hitchcock’s most significant published articles on reasoning and argument. In seven new chapters he updates his thinking in the light of subsequent schol……続きを見る

Most syntacticians, no matter their theoretical persuasion, agree that features (types or categories) are the most important units of analysis. Within Chomskyan generative grammar, the importance of……続きを見る

A Letter Concerning Toleration is a letter by John Locke. The author presents a philosophy for toleration amongst Christian denominations, and argues that only churches that teach tolerance have a p……続きを見る

Dominick LaCapra's History and Its Limits articulates the relations among intellectual history, cultural history, and critical theory, examining the recent rise of "Practice Theory" and probing the ……続きを見る

This truly philosophical book takes us back to fundamentals - the sheer experience of proof, and the enigmatic relation of mathematics to nature. It asks unexpected questions, such as 'what makes ma……続きを見る

In 'Scottish Philosophy: The Old and the New' by James Frederick Ferrier, the author delves into the rich tradition of Scottish philosophy from a historical and contemporary perspective. The book of……続きを見る

This book contains three lectures that the author expanded into essays. These lectures were entitled the following: 'From History to Philosophy', 'The Pluralism of History', and 'The Continuity of H……続きを見る

Plato versus Parmenides investigates the concept of genesis, or coming into being, a problem that has absorbed the greatest philosophical thinkers. Robert J. Roecklein explores two philosophical gia……続きを見る

How can we make religious equality a reality for those on the margins of society and politics? This book is about the individual and collective struggles of the religiously marginalised to be recogn……続きを見る

By his writings, the surviving bulk of which exceeds that of any other ancient author, Augustine came to influence not only his contemporaries but also the West since his time. This Very Short Intro……続きを見る

Ethics, Literature, and Theory: An Introductory Reader brings together the work of contemporary scholars, teachers, and writers into lively discussion on the moral role of literature and the relatio……続きを見る

An acclaimed philosopher and new father argues that engaging with beauty can make life worth living You didn’t choose to live this life, in this body, in these conditionsーthis delicate and difficul……続きを見る

The essential book on management from the man who invented the discipline Now completely revised and updated for the first time 続きを見る

The Christmas Collection will accompany you throughout this magical Christmas period. more than 400+ illustrated novels, stories, poems, songs and Christmas legends that will delight both children a……続きを見る

As the sunset swings into view, you think, "That's beautiful." You take a bite of cake and you think, "Wow, that's sweet"-maybe too sweet. You hear that new song and it blows you away. You play it f……続きを見る

This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the deve……続きを見る

In his "Ghostly little book," Charles Dickens invents the modern concept of Christmas Spirit and offers one of the world's most adapted and imitated stories. We know Ebenezer Scrooge, Tiny Tim, and ……続きを見る

On the topside of Mother's split will be the Pros, those spirit-driven souls who are focused on pro-gress (not perfection), and becoming pro-active, pro-lific and pro-ductive, working toward turning……続きを見る

Sweeping in and out of real and imagined places, Dreamtime highlights the curious character of an unconventional teacher, writer, traveler, husband, and father as he takes stock of his multifaceted ……続きを見る

Originally published in 1957. This book is concerned with the conflict between "Darwinism" as the Victorians called it, and Christianity, a conflict here re-stated in modern terms because it so vita……続きを見る