Creative Evolution
The Modern Library, 1944. Hardcover. Dark grey cloth. Dustjacket price-clipped, and dustjacket edges creased with some rips. Front and back endpages stamped by previous owner. Some marginalia in pencil throughout. [453]. More
Philosophy
Hegel's Concept of Experience: With a Section from Hegels Phenomenology of Spirit in the Kenley Royce Dove Translation
Harpercollins, September 1989. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Flawless copy. [155 pages]. More
The End of Philosoph
Harper & Row, 1973. First Edition. Hardcover. Dustjacket ripped at spine top; wrapped in mylar for future protection. Deckled edge. Inscription from previous owners on front free endpage. Textblock clean. [110 pages]. More
Frontiers in Semiotics (Theories of Representation and Difference)
Indiana University Press, June 1986. Trade Paperback. Semiotics is rapidly establishing itself as one of the most fruitful and exciting fields of intellectual inquiry. Literary scholars, philosophers, social scientists, and students of linguistics and communication are all finding something of value in the various insights and approaches to knowledge that..... More
Derrida Reader : Between the Blinds
Columbia Univ Pr, March 1991. Trade Paperback. This is the only available collection of Jacques Derrida's contributions to philosophy, presented with a comprehensive introduction. From Speech and Phenomena to the highly influential "Signature Event Context," each excerpt includes an overview and brief summary. More
We Should All Be Feminists
Anchor, January 2015. Trade Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The highly acclaimed, provocative essay on feminism and sexual politics--from the award-winning author of Americanah "A call to action, for all people in the world, to undo the gender hierarchy." --Medium In this personal, eloquently-argued essay--adapted from the much-admired TEDx..... More
Philosophy: The Basics (Revised)
Routledge, October 2012. Trade Paperback. 'Philosophy: The Basics deservedly remains the most recommended introduction to philosophy on the market. Warburton is patient, accurate and, above all, clear. There is no better short introduction to philosophy.' - Stephen Law, author of The Philosophy Gym Philosophy: The Basics gently eases the reader..... More
Philosophical Skepticism
Wiley-Blackwell, October 2002. Paper Back. Philosophical Skepticism provides a selection of texts drawn from the skeptical tradition of Western philosophy as well as texts written by opponents of skepticism. Taken together with the historical introduction by Landesman and Meeks, these texts clearly illustrate the profound influence that skeptical stances have..... More
What Is Philosophy?
Yale University Press, July 2001. Paper Back. In this stimulating book, six leading philosophers-Karl-Otto Apel, Robert Brandom, Karsten Harries, Martha Nussbaum, Barry Stroud, and Allen Wood-consider the nature of philosophy. Although each of them has a unique perspective, they all seem to agree that philosophy seeks to uncover hidden assumptions..... More
Pragmatism (The MIT Press Essential Knowledge series)
The MIT Press, May 2023. Paper Back. A concise, reader-friendly overview of pragmatism, the most influential school of American philosophical thought. Pragmatism, America's homegrown philosophy, has been a major intellectual movement for over a century. Unlike its rivals, it reaches well beyond the confines of philosophy into concerns and disciplines..... More
Power/Knowledge : Selected Interviews and Other Writings, 1972-1977
Random House Inc, December 1980. Trade Paperback. Focault interprets his writings about sexuality, politics and punishment stressing the contribution of each to the portrait of society he is compiling. More
From Hegel to Nietzsche
Anchor Books, January 1967. First Thus. Paper Back. Anchor Books Edition, 1967; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of marking. More
Ideas and Integrities
Macmillan Pub Co, April 1969. Paper Back. Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine-length faintly creased from use; Pages free of markings; A great reading copy. More
Nine Chains to the Moon
Doubleday Books, October 1971. First Thus. Paper Back. Gently used; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Text free of markings; Outer edge text-block lightly foxed; An excellent copy. More
An Introduction to Plato's Republic
Oxford University Press, USA, June 1981. Trade Paperback. This interpretive introduction provides unique insight into Plato's Republic. Stressing Plato's desire to stimulate philosophical thinking in his readers, Julia Annas here demonstrates the coherence of his main moral argument on the nature of justice, and expounds related concepts of education, human..... More
Classics of Analytic Philosophy (Hackett Classics)
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc., August 1990. Paper Back. This anthology of the central writings of the analytical tradition is widely regarded as the most useful such volume for teaching purposes. Clustered around issues in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and metaphysics, many of the pieces were written in..... More
Man, the State, and War: A Theoretical Analysis
Columbia University Press, April 2001. Trade Paperback. What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern..... More
Cinema 1: The Movement-Image
University of Minnesota Press, 2013. Trade Paperback. As is. Some light scratches on the front cover. More
The European Philosophers from Descartes to Nietzsche (Modern Library Classics)
Modern Library, November 2002. Trade Paperback. "Between the earliest and the latest of the works included here, we have two hundred and fifty years of vigorous and adventurous philosophizing," Monroe Beardsley writes in his Introduction to this collection. "If the modern period can be only vaguely or arbitrarily bounded, it..... More
Anti-Christ
See Sharp Press, January 1999. Trade Paperback. This is Nietzsche's last book and a fitting capstone to his career. It's succinct, biting, and encapsulates the criticisms of Christianity found in his other works. This edition contains an 8,000-word introduction by its translator, the famous iconoclastic writer H. L. Mencken. Gently..... More
On the Genealogy of Morals and Ecce Homo (Vintage)
Vintage, December 1989. Trade Paperback. On the Genealogy of Morals (1887) is a book about the history of ethics and about interpretation. Nietzsche rewrites the former as a history of cruelty, exposing the central values of the Judaeo-Christian and liberal traditions - compassion, equality, justice - as the product of..... More
Love in the Western World
Pantheon, January 1956. Hardcover. Tight binding, mildly worn at spine; Clean, sturdy boards, gently worn w/ typical library markings; Pages free of markings; An excellent reading copy, w/o jacket. More
Individualism, old and new
Capricorn Books, January 1962. Paper Back. Seventh Impression; Covers mildly worn from handling; Spine un-creased; Foxing present at outer edge text-block; Underlining present throughout text; A great reading copy. More
Natality: Toward a Philosophy of Birth
W. W. Norton & Company, May 2023. Hardcover. Birth is one of the most fraught and polarized issues of our time, at the center of debates on abortion, gender, work, and medicine. But birth is not solely an issue; it is a fundamental part of the human condition, and, alongside..... More
Breakfast with Seneca: A Stoic Guide to the Art of Living
W. W. Norton & Company, December 2022. Paper Back. Stoicism, the most influential philosophy of the Roman Empire, offers refreshingly modern ways to strengthen our inner character in the face of an unpredictable world. Widely recognized as the most talented and humane writer of the Stoic tradition, Seneca teaches us..... More
