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Epitomes eBook Series

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  • Speculative Realism

    An Epitome

    by Leon Niemoczynski ...
    Series Book 2 - Epitomes
    This book introduces the underlying ideas which have created the constellation of thought commonly referred to as Speculative Realism (SR). In a non-technical style Speculative Realism: An Epitome explores the thought of three contemporary philosophers: Quentin Meillassoux, Ray Brassier, and Iain Hamilton Grant. The book characterizes the milieu in which SR was born and charts how the tendencies ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

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  • The Philosopher's Toolkit

    A Compendium of Philosophical Concepts and Methods

    by Julian Baggini, Peter S. Fosl ...
    The second edition of this popular compendium provides the necessary intellectual equipment to engage with and participate in effective philosophical argument, reading, and reflectionFeatures significantly revised, updated and expanded entries, and an entirely new section drawn from methods in the history of philosophyThis edition has a broad, pluralistic approach--appealing to readers in both ... Read more

    $23.95 USD

  • The Last Word

    by Thomas Nagel ...
    If there is such a thing as reason, it has to be universal. Reason must reflect objective principles whose validity is independent of our point of view--principles that anyone with enough intelligence ought to be able to recognize as correct. But this generality of reason is what relativists and subjectivists deny in ever-increasing numbers. And such subjectivism is not just an inconsequential ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature

    Thirtieth-Anniversary Edition

    by Richard Rorty, David Bromwich ...
    Series series Princeton Classics
    When it first appeared in 1979, Philosophy and the Mirror of Nature hit the philosophical world like a bombshell. In it, Richard Rorty argued that, beginning in the seventeenth century, philosophers developed an unhealthy obsession with the notion of representation: comparing the mind to a mirror that reflects reality. Rorty's book is a powerful critique of this imagery and the tradition of ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • Philosophy of Language

    The Central Topics

    by J L. Austin, Anthony Brueckner, Donald Davidson, Keith Donnellan, Michael Dummett, Gareth Evans, Gottlob Frege, H P. Grice, Paul Horwich, Saul Kripke, David Lewis, John McDowell, Michael McKinsey, Ruth Millikan, Stephen Neale, Hilary Putnam, W V. Quine, Bertrand Russell, Nathan Salmon, John Searle, P F. Strawson, Alfred Tarski, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Noam Chomsky, David M. Kaplan, Stephen Schiffer ...
    This collection of classic and contemporary essays in philosophy of language offers a concise introduction to the field for students in graduate and upper-division undergraduate courses. It contains some of the most important basic sources in philosophy of language, including a number of classic essays by philosophers such as Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Kripke, Grice, Davidson, Strawson, Austin, ... Read more

    $72.89 USD

  • Introduction to Phenomenology

    by Robert Sokolowski ...
    This book presents the major philosophical doctrines of phenomenology in a clear, lively style with an abundance of examples. The book examines such phenomena as perception, pictures, imagination, memory, language, and reference, and shows how human thinking arises from experience. It also studies personal identity as established through time and discusses the nature of philosophy. In addition to ... Read more

    $28.69 USD

  • Kant: A Complete Introduction: Teach Yourself

    by Robert Wicks ...
    Written by Robert Wicks, a recognised Kant specialist who teaches at the University of Auckland, Kant: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students are expected to be confident in, outlining the basics in clear jargon-free English, and then providing added-value features like summaries of key books, and even ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • The Transcendence of the Ego

    A Sketch for a Phenomenological Description

    by Jean-Paul Sartre ...
    Translated by Andrew Brown ...
    First published in France in 1936 as a journal article, The Transcendence of the Ego was one of Jean-Paul Sartre's earliest philosophical publications. When it appeared, Sartre was still largely unknown, working as a school teacher in provincial France and struggling to find a publisher for his most famous fictional work, Nausea.The Transcendence of the Ego is the outcome of Sartre's intense ... Read more

    $39.99 USD

  • Heidegger

    Thinking of Being

    by Lee Braver ...
    Series series Key Contemporary Thinkers
    Martin Heidegger is among the most important philosophers of the Twentieth Century. Within the continental tradition, almost every great figure has been deeply influenced by his work. For this reason, a full understanding of the course of modern philosophy is impossible without at least a basic grasp of Heidegger. Unfortunately, his work is notoriously difficult, both because of his innovative ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Metaphysics

    A Contemporary Introduction

    by Michael J. Loux ...
    Series series Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy
    Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already completed an introductory philosophy course and need a fresh look at the central topics in the core subject of metaphysics. It is essential reading for any student of the subject. This Fourth Edition is revised and updated and includes two new chapters on (1) Parts and Wholes, and (2) Metaphysical Indeterminacy or vagueness. ... Read more

    $72.99 USD

  • Husserl

    by David Woodruff Smith ...
    Series series The Routledge Philosophers
    This second edition of David Woodruff Smith’s stimulating introduction to Husserl has been fully updated and includes a new ninth chapter featuring contemporary issues confronting Husserl’s phenomenology. It introduces the whole of Edmund Husserl’s thought, demonstrating his influence on philosophy of mind and language, on ontology and epistemology, as well as ethical theory, and on philosophy of ... Read more

    $36.99 USD

  • Mathematics and the Roots of Postmodern Thought

    by Vladimir Tasic ...
    This is a charming and insightful contribution to an understanding of the "Science Wars" between postmodernist humanism and science, driving toward a resolution of the mutual misunderstanding that has driven the controversy. It traces the root of postmodern theory to a debate on the foundations of mathematics early in the 20th century, then compares developments in mathematics to what took place ... Read more

    $41.39 USD