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  • Wittgenstein at the Movies

    Cinematic Investigations

    by Steven Burns, Andrew Lugg, William Lyons, Michael O'Pray, William C. Wees, Daniel Steuer ...
    Ludwig Wittgenstein loved movies, and based on his remarks on watching them, there is a strong connection between his experience of watching films and his thoughts on aesthetics. Furthermore, however, Wittgenstein himself has been invoked in recent cinema. Wittgenstein at the Movies is centered on in-depth explorations of two intriguing experimental films on Wittgenstein: Derek Jarman's ... Read more

    $105.29 USD

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  • Modern Philosophy

    An Introduction and Survey

    by Sir Roger Scruton ...
    Roger Scruton is one of the most widely respected philosophers of our time, whose often provocative views never fail to simulate debate. In Modern Philosophy he turns his attention to the whole of the field, from the philosophy of logic to aesthetics, and in so doing provides us with an essential and comprehensive guide to modern thinking. ... Read more

    $12.69 USD

  • Poetics

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle's Poetics (335 BCE) is the earliest surviving work of dramatic theory and the first extant philosophical treatise to focus on literary theory.Aristotle's Poetics is the most influential book on poetry ever written. A founding text of European aesthetics and literary criticism, from it stems much of our modern understanding of the creation and impact of imaginative writing, including ... Read more

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  • Aristotle: The Complete Works

    by Aristotle ...
    Aristotle (384–322 BCE) was a Greek philosopher and student of Plato who stunningly changed the course of Western philosophy. He has gone down in history as one of the greatest philosophers of all time. Cicero, the Roman statesman and philosopher, once called his writing style "a river of gold;" and his scope of thought and subsequent influence on the study of science, logic, philosophical ... 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

    $36.89 USD

  • On the Generation of Animals (Illustrated Edition)

    by Aristotle ...
    Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were among the first to refine philosophical thought, and Socrates is credited with devising the Socratic Method as a way to argue and debate points rationally. The Ancient Greek philosophers ... Read more

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  • Diagnosing Contemporary Philosophy with the Matrix Movies

    by O. Bradley Bassler ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book charts the shape of future philosophical investigation by posing the question: “What is the Matrix?” Guided by the example of the Matrix film trilogy, the author examines issues ranging from simulation, proof and action to value, culture and mythology, offering a progressively deeper diagnosis of modern philosophical conditions. In contrast to the contemporary focus upon cognitive ... Read more

    $58.49 USD

  • Animals in the Classical World

    Ethical Perspectives from Greek and Roman Texts

    by A. Harden ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This sourcebook presents nearly 200 specially-translated Greek and Roman texts from Homer to Plutarch, revealing the place of the animal in the moral consciousness of the Classical era. Philosophical, historical, dramatic and poetic texts explore how animals were regarded in all aspects of ancient life, from philosophy to farming. ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • On the Gait of Animals

    by Aristotle ...
    Series series World Classics
    "On the Gait of Animals" is a scientific treatise written by Aristotle in which he explores the physical movements of animals. The text covers a wide range of topics, including the differences in gait between quadrupeds and bipeds, the various ways in which animals move their limbs, and the relationship between an animal's gait and its overall anatomy. Aristotle's observations are based on ... Read more

    $2.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • Colours in the development of Wittgenstein’s Philosophy

    Edited by Marcos Silva ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book presents and discusses the varying and seminal role which colour plays in the development of Wittgenstein’s philosophy. Having once said that “Colours spur us to philosophize”, the theme of colour was one to which Wittgenstein returned constantly throughout his career. Ranging from his Notebooks, 1914-1916 and the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus to the posthumously published Remarks on ... Read more

    $107.09 USD

  • Kitsch and Art

    by Thomas Kulka ...
    What is kitsch? What is behind its appeal? More important, what is wrong with kitsch? Though central to our modern and postmodern culture, kitsch has not been seriously and comprehensively analyzed; its aesthetic worthlessness has been generally assumed but seldom explained. Kitsch and Art seeks to give this phenomenon its due by exploring the basis of artistic evaluation and aesthetic value ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Denying Existence

    The Logic, Epistemology and Pragmatics of Negative Existentials and Fictional Discourse

    by A. Chakrabarti ...
    Series Book 261 - Synthese Library

    $143.09 USD