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  • Action and Existence

    A Case For Agent Causation

    by J. Swindal ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Since the pioneering work of Donald Davidson on action, many philosophers have taken critical stances on his causal account. This book criticizes Davidson's event-causal view of action, and offers instead an agent causal view both to describe what an action is and to set a framework for how actions are explained. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

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  • Thus Spake Zarathustra A book for all and none

    by Thomas Common, Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ...
    "Zarathustra" is my brother’s most personal work; it is the history of his most individual experiences, of his friendships, ideals, raptures, bitterest disappointments and sorrows. Above it all, however, there soars, transfiguring it, the image of his greatest hopes and remotest aims. My brother had the figure of Zarathustra in his mind from his very earliest youth: he once told me that even as a ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Analysis of Mind

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    An admirable statement of the aims of the Library of Philosophy was provided by the first editor, the late Professor J. H. Muirhead, in his description of the original programme printed in Erdmann's History of Philosophy under the date 1890. This was slightly modified in subsequent volumes to take the form of the following statement ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus (The original 1922 edition with an introduction by Bertram Russell)

    Delving into logical propositions and language philosophy

    by Ludwig Wittgenstein ...
    In the seminal work "Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus," Ludwig Wittgenstein offers a profound exploration of the relationship between language, reality, and thought, articulating a framework that seeks to dissolve traditional philosophical problems through logical analysis. Written in a distinctive, aphoristic style, the text presents a series of propositions that build upon one another, ultimately ... Read more

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  • The Sickness Unto Death

    A Christian Psychological Exposition of Edification and Awakening by Anti-Climacus

    Translated by Alastair Hannay ...
    by Alastair Hannay, Søren Kierkegaard ...
    One of the most remarkable philosophical works of the nineteenth century, The Sickness Unto Death is also famed for the depth and acuity of its modern psychological insights. Writing under the pseudonym Anti-Climacus, Kierkegaard explores the concept of 'despair', alerting readers to the diversity of ways in which they may be described as living in this state of bleak abandonment - including some ... Read more

    $10.69 USD

  • On Generation and Corruption

    by Aristotle ...
    "On Generation and Corruption" is a philosophical treatise written by the ancient Greek philosopher Aristotle. The work is concerned with the nature of change and the principles that govern the transformation of substances in the natural world.Aristotle argues that everything in the natural world is composed of four basic elements: earth, air, fire, and water. These elements have different ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy

    Edited by Frederick C. Beiser ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Cambridge Companion to Hegel and Nineteenth-Century Philosophy examines Hegel within his broader historical and philosophical contexts. Covering all major aspects of Hegel's philosophy, the volume provides an introduction to his logic, epistemology, philosophy of mind, social and political philosophy, philosophy of nature and aesthetics. It includes essays by an internationally recognised team ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Frege on Absolute and Relative Truth

    An Introduction to the Practice of Interpreting Philosophical Texts

    by U. Pardey ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book has two objectives: to be a contribution to the understanding of Frege's theory of truth – especially a defence of his notorious critique of the correspondence theory - and to be an introduction to the practice of interpreting philosophical texts. ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Meaning

    by Paul Horwich ...
    What is meaning? Paul Horwich presents an original philosophical theory, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. At the core of his theory is the idea, made famous by Wittgenstein, that the meaning of a word derives from its use; Horwich articulates this idea in a new way that will restore it to the prominence that it deserves. He surveys the diversity of valuable insights ... Read more

    $38.99 USD

  • Frege: Sense and Reference One Hundred Years Later

    Edited by John Biro, P. Kotatko ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Gottlob Frege's Ü**ber Sinn und Bedeutung (`On Sense and Reference'), has come to be seen, in the century since its publication in 1892, as one of the seminal texts of analytic philosophy. It, along with the rest of Frege's writings on logic and mathematics, came to mark out a whole new domain of inquiry. This volume bears witness to the continuing importance and influence of that agenda. It ... Read more

    $53.99 USD

  • Existentialism and Romantic Love

    by S. Cleary ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is an existential study of romantic loving. It draws on five existential philosophers to offer insights into what is wrong with our everyday ideas about romantic loving, why reality often falls short of the ideal, sources of frustrations and disappointments, and possibilities for creating authentically meaningful relationships. ... Read more

    $116.99 USD

  • Wittgenstein's Philosophical Development

    Phenomenology, Grammar, Method, and the Anthropological View

    by M. Engelmann ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    The book explains why and how Wittgenstein adapted the Tractatus in phenomenological and grammatical terms to meet challenges of his 'middle period.' It also shows why and how he invents a new method and develops an anthropological perspective, which gradually frame his philosophy and give birth to the Philosophical Investigations . ... Read more

    $80.99 USD