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Philosophy and Truth (Paperback)

Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche s Philosopher s Book ) written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely... more

History of Continental Philosophy Phenomenology: Responses and Developments Book 4 (Paperback)

After Husserl the study of phenomenology took off in different directions. The ambiguity inherent in phenomenology - between conscious experience and structural conditions - lent itself to a range of interpretations. Many existentialists developed... more

Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture: Reconstructionist Confucianism: Rethinking Morality After the West (Paperback)

Contrasting with conventional Neo-Confucian attempts to recast the Confucian heritage in light of modern Western values this book offers a Reconstructionist Confucian project to reclaim Confucian resources to meet contemporary moral and public... more

Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy: Hermeneutics After Ricoeur (Paperback)

There has been a renaissance of interest in the work and thought of Paul Ricoeur one of the great hermeneutic scholars of the twentieth century. It is time to assess the future landscape for hermeneutics as a scholarly field and an educational... more

Perspectives in Continental Philosophy: Heidegger: Through Phenomenology to Thought (Paperback)

This book one of the most frequently cited works on Martin Heidegger in any language belongs on any short list of classic studies of Continental philosophy. William J. Richardson explores the famous turn (Kehre) in Heidegger s thought after Being in... more

A Treatise of Human Nature (Paperback)

Nothing is more curiously enquired after . . . than the causes of every phenomenon. . . . [We] push on our enquiries till we arrive at the original and ultimate principle. . . . This is our aim in all our studies and reflections. These words sum up... more

Meaning and Necessity : A Study in Semantics and Modal Logic (Paperback)

This book is valuable as expounding in full a theory of meaning that has its roots in the work of Frege and has been of the widest influence. . . . The chief virtue of the book is its systematic character. From Frege to Quine most philosophical... more

Analecta Husserliana: Ingardeniana II: New Studies in the Philosophy of Roman Ingarden with a New International Ingarden Bibliography (Hardcover)

This Ingardenia volume is the second in the Analecta Husserliana series that is entirely devoted to the phenomenology of Roman Ingarden. The first was volume IV (1976). Twenty years after Ingarden s death this volume demonstrates that the Polish... more

Moral Philosophy (Paperback)

Moral Philosophy by Joseph Rickaby is a comprehensive study of ethical theory and moral philosophy. The book provides a detailed exploration of the major philosophical schools of thought on morality including consequentialism deontology virtue... more

Routledge Studies in Twentieth-Century P The Textual Genesis of Wittgenstein s Philosophical Investigations (Hardcover)

Sixty years after its first edition there is an increasing consensus among scholars that the work posthumously published as Philosophical Investigations represents something that is far from a complete picture of Wittgenstein s second book project.... more

Reading Alasdair MacIntyre s After Virtue (Hardcover)

After Virtue is a watershed in MacIntyre s career. It follows his emergence from Marxism but draws on Marxist sources and arguments. It precedes his move to Thomism but already draws on Augustine and Aquinas. Because of its watershed nature it has... more

Continuum Studies in British Philosophy: Subjectivity After Wittgenstein: The Post-Cartesian Subject and the Death of Man (Paperback)

Although Wittgenstein is often held co-responsible for the so-called death of man as it was pronounced in the course of the previous century no detailed description of his alternative to the traditional or Cartesian account of human being has so far... more

Pre-Owned Philosophy and Truth: Selections from Nietzsche s Notebooks of the Early 1870s (Paperback) 0391036718 9780391036710

Philosophy and Truth offers the first English translation of six unpublished theoretical studies (sometimes referred to as Nietzsche s Philosopher s Book ) written just after the publication of The Birth of Tragedy and simultaneously with Untimely... more

Studies in the history of political philosophy before and after Rousseau / by C.E. Vaughan ; edited by A.G. Little. Volume v.2 1925 [Leather Bound]

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

Studies in the history of political philosophy before and after Rousseau. 1 From Hobbes to Hume. From Hobbes to Hume / by C. E. Vaughan ... ; ed. by A.-G. Little Volume Volume 1

Select Your Preferred Color at No Additional Cost! Explore More Options by Clicking on More Images and Notify Us of Your Choice via Email. Presenting an Exquisite Leather-Bound Edition expertly crafted by the prestigious organization “Rare... more

Nordic Wittgenstein Studies: Ethical Inquiries After Wittgenstein (Paperback)

This volume showcases contemporary ground-up ethical essays in the tradition of Wittgenstein s broader philosophy and Wittgenstein-inspired ethical reflection. It takes the ethical relevance of Wittgenstein as a substantial and solid starting point... more

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philos Democracy in Contemporary Confucian Philosophy (Paperback)

This book examines democracy in recent Chinese-language philosophical work. It focuses on Confucian-inspired political thought in the Chinese intellectual world from after the communist revolution in China until today. The volume analyzes six... more

Studies in Feminist Philosophy Out from the Shadows: Analytical Feminist Contributions to Traditional Philosophy (Paperback)

Out from the Shadows showcases the work of 18 analytical feminists from a variety of traditional areas of philosophy: social and political philosophy normative ethics virtue theory metaethics philosophy of language metaphysics epistemology and... more

Studies in Continental Thought Bremen and Freiburg Lectures: Insight Into That Which Is and Basic Principles of Thinking (Hardcover)

This volume consists of two lecture series given by Heidegger in the 1940s and 1950s. The lectures given in Bremen constitute the first public lectures Heidegger delivered after World War II when he was officially banned from teaching. Here... more

Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy: Lacanian Realism: Political and Clinical Psychoanalysis (Paperback)

Alain Badiou has claimed that Quentin Meillassoux s book After Finitude (Bloomsbury 2008) opened up a new path in the history of philosophy.+? And so whether you agree or disagree with the speculative realism movement it has to be addressed.... more

Studies in the History of Philosophy of Mind: Knowledge and Virtue in Early Stoicism (Hardcover)

This book gives a comprehensive account of Stoic epistemology as developed by Chrysippus (3rd century BC). The author emphasizes the ways in which the views of the Stoics are interrelated among themselves and with views belonging to their physics... more

Continuum Studies in Ancient Philosophy: Stoic Virtues: Chrysippus and the Religious Character of Stoic Ethics (Paperback)

Like its ancient rivals Stoic ethics was a form of virtue ethics yet while the concept of virtue was clearly central to Stoic ethics the concept of Stoic virtue has not yet been fully explored. Instead the existing literature tends to impose on the... more

Continuum Studies in Philosophy: Augustine and Roman Virtue (Paperback)

Augustine and Roman Virtue seeks to correct what the author sees as a fundamental misapprehension in medieval thought a misapprehension that fuels further problems and misunderstandings in the historiography of philosophy. This misapprehension is... more

Continuum Studies in Philosophy: Virtue Epistemology: Motivation and Knowledge (Paperback)

Contemporary epistemology debates have largely been occupied with formulating a definition of knowledge that is immune to any counterexample. To date no definition has been able to escape unscathed. Moving away from debates about definitions Virtue... more

Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy: Phenomenology Institution and History: Writings After Merleau-Ponty II (Paperback)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This emphasis initially relied heavily on the positive results of Gestalt psychology in addressing issues in philosophical psychology and philosophy of mind... more

Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy: In the Shadow of Phenomenology: Writings After Merleau-Ponty I (Paperback)

Maurice Merleau-Ponty is widely known for his emphasis on embodied perceptual experience. This emphasis initially relied heavily on the positive results of Gestalt psychology in addressing issues in philosophical psychology and philosophy of mind... more

Continuum Studies in Continental Philosophy: Alienation After Derrida (Paperback)

Alienation After Derrida rearticulates the Hegelian-Marxist theory of alienation in the light of Derrida s deconstruction of the metaphysics of presence. Simon Skempton aims to demonstrate in what way Derridian deconstruction can itself be said to... more

Routledge International Studies in the P Confucian Philosophy for Contemporary Education (Hardcover)

Most people would not associate Confucian philosophy with contemporary education. After all the former is an ancient Chinese tradition and the latter is a modern phenomenon. But this book shows otherwise by explaining how millennia-old Confucian... more

Pre-Owned After the Death of God (Hardcover 9780231141246) by John Caputo Gianni Vattimo Jeffrey Robbins

9780231141246. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Hard cover. Language: English. Pages: 216. Glued binding. Paper over boards. With dust jacket. 216 p. Insurrections: Critical Studies in Religion Politics and C. It has long been assumed that the more modern... more

Pre-Owned How History Matters to Philosophy: Reconsidering Philosophy s Past After Positivism (Paperback 9781138642157) by Robert C. Scharff

9781138642157. Pre-Owned: Good condition. Paperback. Language: English. Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy. Intended for college/higher education audience. In recent decades widespread rejection of positivism s notorious hostility toward... more

Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philos Aesthetics After Metaphysics: From Mimesis to Metaphor Book 40 (Hardcover)

This book focuses on a dimension of art which the philosophical tradition (from Plato to Hegel and even Adorno) has consistently overlooked such was its commitment - explicit or implicit - to mimesis and the metaphysics of truth it presupposes. De... more

Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Th Aristotelian Ethics in Contemporary Perspective (Hardcover)

By bringing together influential critics of neo-Aristotelian virtue ethics and some of the strongest defenders of an Aristotelian approach this collection provides a fresh assessment of the strengths and weaknesses of Aristotelian virtue ethics and... more

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy Virtue and Happiness: Essays in Honour of Julia Annas (Paperback)

Oxford Studies in Ancient Philosophy is a volume of original articles on all aspects of ancient philosophy. The articles may be of substantial length and include critical notices of major books. OSAP is now published twice yearly in both hardback... more

Cambridge Philosophical Anniversaries: Macintyre s After Virtue at 40 (Hardcover)

Since its publication in 1981 Alasdair MacIntyre s After Virtue has been recognised as a classic. Primarily a work of moral philosophy it also draws on sociology classics political science and theology to effect a unique intellectual synthesis and... more

Warwick Studies in European Philosophy Passion in Theory: Conceptions of Freud and Lacan (Paperback)

Philosophy had either ignored or attacked psychoanalysis: such responses are neither warranted nor helpful. One hundred years after its inception isn t it time to find out what psychoanalysis has to offer us? In Passion in Theory Robyn Ferrell does... more

Studies in Continental Thought Language After Heidegger (Hardcover)

Working from newly available texts in Heidegger s Complete Works Krzysztof Ziarek presents Heidegger at his most radical and demonstrates how the thinker s daring use of language is an integral part of his philosophical expression. Ziarek emphasizes... more

Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy: Performatives After Deconstruction (Hardcover)

What has happened since de Man and Derrida first read Austin? How has the encounter between deconstruction and the performative affected each of these terms? In addressing these questions this book brings together scholars whose works have been... more

Analecta Husserliana: Husserl s Legacy in Phenomenological Philosophies: New Approaches to Reason Language Hermeneutics the Human Condition. Book 3 Phenomenology in the World Fifty Years After the

In this third volume of a monumental four book survey of Phenome- nology world-wide fifty years after the death of its chief founder Edmund Husserl we have a collection of studies which in the first place consider Husserl s legacy in the postmodern... more