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  • Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series
    Peter Guy Winch (1926 – 1997) was one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the 20th Century. He is best known for his early work on the philosophy of the social sciences, in particular his monograph On the Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy (ISS), which generated controversy within both philosophical and social scientific circles. In that work and ... Read more

    $46.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series
    Peter Guy Winch (1926 – 1997) was one of the most important philosophers of the second half of the 20th Century. He is best known for his early work on the philosophy of the social sciences, in particular his monograph On the Idea of a Social Science and its Relation to Philosophy (ISS), which generated controversy within both philosophical and social scientific circles. In that work and ... Read more

    $46.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
    This volume unites Peter Winch’s previously unpublished work on Baruch de Spinoza. The primary source for the text is a series of seminars on Spinoza that Winch gave, first at the University of Swansea in 1982 and then at King’s College London in 1989. What emerges is an original interpretation of Spinoza’s work that demonstrates his continued relevance to contemporary issues in metaphysics, ... Read more

    $58.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Political Authority

    Contract and Critique

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series Book 1 - Anthem Studies in Wittgenstein
    Peter Winch (1926–1997) was one of the most important philosophers of his generation. Although best known for his work in social science and the interpretation of Ludwig Wittgenstein, he had a long-standing interest in ethics and political philosophy and was writing a book on political philosophy at the time of his death. This volume collects together Winch’s previously unpublished manuscripts on ... Read more

    $31.49 USD

  • Ethics and Action

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series Routledge Library Editions: Ethics
    Originally published in 1972, and now with a new Preface by Michael Campbell, this collection of essays on closely related issues in moral philosophy looks at different aspects of people’s understanding of their own and others’ actions in ethical dimensions. The book discusses the ways in which the understanding both of man’s own nature and of the nature of the world in which he lives, is a ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Studies in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

    Edited by Peter Winch ...
    This is a collection of essays on the work of philosophy of Wittgenstein, where the editor seeks to present his ideas as 'one or a unity' rather than the treatment of the usual early and later works. First published in 1969, the essays span the areas of the use and reference of names, ontology and identity in Tractatus , mathematics, human beings, Wittgenstein and Strawson on others, pain and ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Wittgenstein: A Religious Point Of View?

    by Norman Malcolm ...
    Ludwig Wittgenstein once said: 'I am not a religious man, but I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view.' This study, the last work of the distinguished philosopher Norman Malcolm, is a discussion of what Wittgenstein may have meant by this and its significance for philosophy. The book concludes with a critical discussion of Malcolm's essay by Peter Winch. ... Read more

    $63.99 USD

  • The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy

    by Peter Winch ...
    Series series Routledge Classics
    In the fiftieth anniversary of this book‘s first release, Winch‘s argument remains as crucial as ever. Originally published in 1958, The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy was a landmark exploration of the social sciences, written at a time when that field was still young and had not yet joined the Humanities and the Natural Sc ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

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  • The Great Philosophers: Jeremy Bentham, Edmund Burke and Georg Hegel

    by Jeremy Stangroom, James Garvey ...
    Series series The Great Philosophers
    No matter how you view philosophy, regardless of what you think it is, this series from The Independent will give you a strong sense of the life and work of the very best thinkers in the philosophical neighbourhood, dealing carefully and rationally with the most human of questions, the hardest questions, the questions which matter most.William James, in his last great work Some Problems of ... Read more

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  • Scepticism and Naturalism: Some Varieties

    by P. F. Strawson ...
    By the time of his death in 2006, Sir Peter Strawson was regarded as one of the world's most distinguished philosophers. Unavailable for many years, Scepticism and Naturalism is a profound reflection on two classic philosophical problems by a philosopher at the pinnacle of his career.Based on his acclaimed Woodbridge lectures delivered at Columbia University in 1983, Strawson begins with a ... Read more

    $33.99 USD

  • Noble in Reason, Infinite in Faculty

    Themes and Variations in Kants Moral and Religious Philosophy

    by A.W. Moore ...
    Series series International Library of Philosophy
    In this bold and innovative new work, Adrian Moore poses the question of whether it is possible for ethical thinking to be grounded in pure reason. In order to understand and answer this question, he takes a refreshing and challenging look at Kant’s moral and religious philosophy.Identifying three Kantian Themes – morality, freedom and religion – and presenting variations on each of these themes ... Read more

    $63.99 USD