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Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2014
1258 kr
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George Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge is a crucial text in the history of empiricism and in the history of philosophy more generally. Its central and seemingly astonishing claim is that the physical world cannot exist independently of the perceiving mind. The meaning of this claim, the …
Rawls's 'A Theory of Justice'
An Introduction
Av Jon Mandle
Häftad, 2009
569 kr
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A Theory of Justice, by John Rawls, is widely regarded as the most important twentieth-century work of Anglo-American political philosophy. It transformed the field by offering a compelling alternative to the dominant utilitarian conception of social justice. The argument for this alternative is, …
Descartes's Meditations
An Introduction
Häftad, 2003
553 kr
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In this introduction to a classic philosophical text, Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes' famous Meditations, the book which launched modern philosophy. Drawing on the reinterpretations of Descartes' thought of the past twenty-five years, she shows how Descartes constructs a …
Rousseau's Social Contract
An Introduction
Häftad, 2014
422 kr
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If the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a masterpiece. Within a week of its publication in 1762 it was banished from France. Soon thereafter, Rousseau fled to …
Nietzsche's The Gay Science
An Introduction
Av Michael Ure
Häftad, 2019
420 kr
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Nietzsche's The Gay Science (1882/1887) is a deeply personal book, yet also an important work of philosophy. Nietzsche conceives it as a philosophical autobiography, a record of his own self-transformation. In beautifully composed aphorisms he communicates his central experience of overcoming …
Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge
An Introduction
Häftad, 2014
576 kr
Lägg i varukorg
George Berkeley's Principles of Human Knowledge is a crucial text in the history of empiricism and in the history of philosophy more generally. Its central and seemingly astonishing claim is that the physical world cannot exist independently of the perceiving mind. The meaning of this claim, the …
Rousseau's Social Contract
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2014
1237 kr
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If the greatness of a philosophical work can be measured by the volume and vehemence of the public response, there is little question that Rousseau's Social Contract stands out as a masterpiece. Within a week of its publication in 1762 it was banished from France. Soon thereafter, Rousseau fled to …
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
An Introduction
Häftad, 2005
634 kr
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This is an engaging and accessible introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy. Michael Pakaluk offers a thorough and lucid examination of the entire work, uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views while paying careful attention to his …
Heidegger's Being and Time
An Introduction
Av Paul Gorner
Häftad, 2007
487 kr
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In Being and Time Heidegger gives an account of the distinctive features of human existence, in an attempt to answer the question of the meaning of being. He finds that underlying all of these features is what he calls 'original time'. In this clear and straightforward introduction to the text, …
Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'
An Introduction
Häftad, 2009
487 kr
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David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century …
Spinoza's 'Ethics'
An Introduction
Häftad, 2006
601 kr
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Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy: a treatise simultaneously on metaphysics, knowledge, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. It presents, in Spinoza's famous 'geometric method', his radical …
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
An Introduction
Häftad, 2008
553 kr
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Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals of 1785 is one of the most profound and important works in the history of practical philosophy. In this introduction to the Groundwork, Sally Sedgwick provides a guide to Kant's text that follows the course of his discussion virtually …
Wittgenstein's Tractatus
An Introduction
Häftad, 2005
487 kr
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Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' is one of the most important books of the twentieth century. It influenced philosophers and artists alike and it continues to fascinate readers today. It offers rigorous arguments but clothes them in enigmatic pronouncements. Wittgenstein …
Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
An Introduction
Häftad, 2006
601 kr
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In this introductory textbook to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Jill Vance Buroker explains the role of this first Critique in Kant's Critical project and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. She situates Kant's views in relation both to his predecessors and to …
Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'
An Introduction
Häftad, 2008
487 kr
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This book introduces Hegel's best-known and most influential work, Phenomenology of Spirit, by interpreting it as a unified argument for a single philosophical claim: that human beings achieve their freedom through retrospective self-understanding. In clear, non-technical prose, Larry Krasnoff sets …
Nietzsche's 'On the Genealogy of Morality'
An Introduction
Häftad, 2008
471 kr
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Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is a forceful, perplexing, important book, radical in its own time and profoundly influential ever since. This introductory textbook offers a comprehensive, close reading of the entire work, with a section-by-section analysis that also aims to show …
Husserl's Crisis of the European Sciences and Transcendental Phenomenology
An Introduction
Av Dermot Moran
Häftad, 2012
487 kr
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The Crisis of the European Sciences is Husserl's last and most influential book, written in Nazi Germany where he was discriminated against as a Jew. It incisively identifies the urgent moral and existential crises of the age and defends the relevance of philosophy at a time of both scientific …
Nietzsche's The Gay Science
An Introduction
Av Michael Ure
Inbunden, 2019
971 kr
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Nietzsche's The Gay Science (1882/1887) is a deeply personal book, yet also an important work of philosophy. Nietzsche conceives it as a philosophical autobiography, a record of his own self-transformation. In beautifully composed aphorisms he communicates his central experience of overcoming …
Descartes's Meditations
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2003
1302 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this introduction to a classic philosophical text, Catherine Wilson examines the arguments of Descartes' famous Meditations, the book which launched modern philosophy. Drawing on the reinterpretations of Descartes' thought of the past twenty-five years, she shows how Descartes constructs a …
Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2004
1351 kr
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In this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, and especially to the role of dialogue in the book. While …
Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2005
1302 kr
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This is an engaging and accessible introduction to the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy. Michael Pakaluk offers a thorough and lucid examination of the entire work, uncovering Aristotle's motivations and basic views while paying careful attention to his …
Heidegger's Being and Time
An Introduction
Av Paul Gorner
Inbunden, 2007
1318 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In Being and Time Heidegger gives an account of the distinctive features of human existence, in an attempt to answer the question of the meaning of being. He finds that underlying all of these features is what he calls 'original time'. In this clear and straightforward introduction to the text, …
Hume's 'A Treatise of Human Nature'
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2009
1237 kr
Lägg i varukorg
David Hume's A Treatise of Human Nature (1739-40) presents the most important account of skepticism in the history of modern philosophy. In this lucid and thorough introduction to the work, John P. Wright examines the development of Hume's ideas in the Treatise, their relation to eighteenth-century …
Spinoza's 'Ethics'
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2006
1302 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Spinoza's Ethics is one of the most remarkable, important, and difficult books in the history of philosophy: a treatise simultaneously on metaphysics, knowledge, philosophical psychology, moral philosophy, and political philosophy. It presents, in Spinoza's famous 'geometric method', his radical …
Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2008
1302 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Immanuel Kant's Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals of 1785 is one of the most profound and important works in the history of practical philosophy. In this introduction to the Groundwork, Sally Sedgwick provides a guide to Kant's text that follows the course of his discussion virtually …
Wittgenstein's Tractatus
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2005
1351 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Ludwig Wittgenstein's 'Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus' is one of the most important books of the twentieth century. It influenced philosophers and artists alike and it continues to fascinate readers today. It offers rigorous arguments but clothes them in enigmatic pronouncements. Wittgenstein …
Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason'
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2006
1302 kr
Lägg i varukorg
In this introductory textbook to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason, Jill Vance Buroker explains the role of this first Critique in Kant's Critical project and offers a line-by-line reading of the major arguments in the text. She situates Kant's views in relation both to his predecessors and to …
Rawls's 'A Theory of Justice'
An Introduction
Av Jon Mandle
Inbunden, 2009
1677 kr
Lägg i varukorg
A Theory of Justice, by John Rawls, is widely regarded as the most important twentieth-century work of Anglo-American political philosophy. It transformed the field by offering a compelling alternative to the dominant utilitarian conception of social justice. The argument for this alternative is, …
Hegel's 'Phenomenology of Spirit'
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2008
1322 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book introduces Hegel's best-known and most influential work, Phenomenology of Spirit, by interpreting it as a unified argument for a single philosophical claim: that human beings achieve their freedom through retrospective self-understanding. In clear, non-technical prose, Larry Krasnoff sets …
Nietzsche's 'On the Genealogy of Morality'
An Introduction
Inbunden, 2008
1351 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is a forceful, perplexing, important book, radical in its own time and profoundly influential ever since. This introductory textbook offers a comprehensive, close reading of the entire work, with a section-by-section analysis that also aims to show …
