Clarendon Press, September 2006. Trade Paperback. A stellar selection of the world's most eminent philosophers give a picture of the current state of their subject, where it is going, and where it ought to be steered. Each offers a penetrating analysis of his or her particular specialism, building a volume..... More
State University of New York Press, November 1986. Paper Back. These essays offer a fascinating and lively synopsis of the work of some of the most important thinkers in Britain today. The authors represent a wide cross-section of BritainÕs current philosophical spectrum, resulting in a stimulating intellectual profile of the..... More
Oxford University Press, July 2004. Paper Back. Philosophy is a dangerous profession, risking censorship, prison, even death. And no wonder: philosophers have questioned traditional pieties and threatened the established political order. Some claimed to know what was thought unknowable; others doubted what was believed to be certain. Some attacked religion..... More
Liveright, April 2013. Trade Paperback. Tackling the darkest question in all of philosophy with raffish erudition (Dwight Garner, New York Times), author Jim Holt explores the greatest metaphysical mystery of all: why is there something rather than nothing? This runaway bestseller, which has captured the imagination of critics and the..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2010. Reprint. Cloth. What does Anthony Grayling think about atheism? Adrian Moore about infinity? For the last three years, some of the world's leading philosophers have held forth on their favorite topics on the immensely popular website philosophybites.com. The site now features more than one..... More
Orion Publishing, October 2004. Paper Back. Following the huge success of THE MEANING OF THINGS and THE REASON OF THINGS, a third collection of bestselling essays from Britain's top philosopher. 'Human genius has done much, and promises much, in the way of removing the mystery from many things in our..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, September 2001. Reprint. Hardcover. Reverence is an ancient virtue dating back thousands of years. It survives among us in half-forgotten patterns of behavior and in the vestiges of old ceremonies. Yet, Paul Woodruff says, we have lost sight of reverence. Like an important engine part that..... More
University Press of Kentucky, June 1983. Trade Paperback. Deconstruction -- a mode of close reading associated with the contemporary philosopher Jacques Derrida and other members of the "Yale School" -- is the current critical rage, and is likely to remain so for some time. Reading Deconstruction / Deconstructive Reading offers..... More
Barnes & Noble Collector's Library, January 2004. Cloth. Beautiful pocket sized book bound in royal blue cloth with gilt edged pages and a sewn in silk bookmark. More
Weidenfeld & Nicolson, January 2003. Hardcover. A.C. Grayling examines the different ways to live a good life, as proposed from classical antiquity to the recent present. Grayling focuses on the two very different conceptions of what a good life should be: one is a broadly secular view rooted in attitudes..... More
Oxford University Press, USA, May 2007. Hardcover. The phrase the meaning of life for many seems a quaint notion fit for satirical mauling by Monty Python or Douglas Adams. But in this spirited Very Short Introduction, famed critic Terry Eagleton takes a serious if often amusing look at the question..... More
Johns Hopkins University Press, September 1973. Trade Paperback. In Art, Perception, and Reality three eminent scholars explore questions relating to the nature of representation in art. Art historian E. H. Gombrich asks how we recognize likeness--in portraits or caricatures for instance--and concludes that we do so by empathy. Psychologist Julian..... More
W. H. Freeman & Co, January 1975. Trade Paperback. More
Kent State Univ Pr, January 1968. Trade Paperback. More
Stanford University Press, January 1966. Reprint. Paper Back. Octavo. Mild edgewear. Previous reader's name inked on half title page. [114 pages]. More
Vintage Books, 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Collier Books, 1972. Mass Market PaperBack. Bookstore stamp for the Bargain Bookshelf in Decatur, GA stamped on inside front cover; some page yellowing an shelf wear/bumping as would be expected from age. More
Mentor Book, 1965. Mass Market PaperBack. More
Harper Torchbooks, January 1962. Paper Back. Octavo. Originally published as Mill on Bentham and Coleridge by Chatto & Windus, in London, 1950. Edgewear with slightly leaning spine. Underlining and marginal markings and side notes in pencil. More
Harper Torchbooks, 1957. First Thus. Trade Paperback. Octavo. First Harper Torchbooks paperback edition. Heavy wear to cover. Sun darkened spine. Underlining, side notes Previous owners' names and a previous dealer's stamp on half title page. Reading copy only. [275 pages]. More
MacMillan Company, May 1929. First Edition. Cloth. First/first US. Dustjacket missing. Black cloth with gold rectangles with black lettering on spine and front panel. Gutters on end pages front and rear starting to split. Ffep has two previous owner's names in ink. Top textblock edge stained black and starting to..... More
Open Court Publishing Company, February 1991. Trade Paperback. More
Oxford University Press, 1971. Trade Paperback. small 1/2 inch tear on front cover and inch-long crease/scratch next to it; notbale shelf wear and rubbing on front and back covers and along spine; spine has sun bleaching; shelf wear, corner bumping and yellowing as expected from age; name inscribed in ink..... More
University of Notre Dame Press, May 1983. First Edition. Cloth. Octavo without DJ as issued. Clean, bright grey cloth with black lettering on spine. Tight binding. Previous owner's name written in ink upon ffep. More
The Penguin Classics / Penguin Books, 1962. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market paperback with edgewear. Darkened spine slightly leaning. Previous owner's name & a date in ballpoint upper right corner of first inside page. [320 pages). More
