Philosophy Books
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Subjection of Women
Book SynopsisReasonably priced and beautifully produced. A clear and helpful introduction by Susan Okin, one of the leading feminist scholars of our generation, as well as a useful bibliography and chronology of Mill''s life. . . . Invaluable for teaching and scholarship alike. --Ian Shapiro, Yale UniversityTrade Review"An excellent and affordable edition, with a pithy introduction by Okin that that contextualizes and summarizes the argument well. Mill's work affords insight not only into the issue of women's emancipation, but also into the world of 19th century liberalism: its views of history, of class, and of slavery." --Peter C. Caldwell, Rice UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Late Classics / Post-classic in Oaxaca - An Introduction; Part II: Chronology, Continuity and Disjunction - Etic and Emic Perspectives; Part III: Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca - Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; Part IV: Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; Part V: Sacred History and Legitimisation in the Mixteca Alta; Part VI: New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerreo; Index.
£7.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Subjection of Women
Book SynopsisReasonably priced and beautifully produced. A clear and helpful introduction by Susan Okin, one of the leading feminist scholars of our generation, as well as a useful bibliography and chronology of Mill''s life. . . . Invaluable for teaching and scholarship alike. --Ian Shapiro, Yale UniversityTrade Review"An excellent and affordable edition, with a pithy introduction by Okin that that contextualizes and summarizes the argument well. Mill's work affords insight not only into the issue of women's emancipation, but also into the world of 19th century liberalism: its views of history, of class, and of slavery." --Peter C. Caldwell, Rice UniversityTable of ContentsPart I: The Late Classics / Post-classic in Oaxaca - An Introduction; Part II: Chronology, Continuity and Disjunction - Etic and Emic Perspectives; Part III: Continuity and Abandonment of Houses in the Valley of Oaxaca - Lambityeco and Macuilxochitl; Part IV: Changing Power Relations and Interaction in the Lower Rio Verde Valley; Part V: Sacred History and Legitimisation in the Mixteca Alta; Part VI: New Research Frontiers in Oaxaca and Eastern Guerreo; Index.
£23.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Introduction to the Philosophy of History
Book SynopsisProvides a solution to the problem of how to introduce students to Hegel in a survey course in the history of Western philosophy.Trade Review. . . as felicitous as a translation of Hegel can be --H. S. Harris, York University. . . eminently readable . . . admirably picks up the spirit of what Hegel is saying. . . . more readable and accurate than Hartmann's, and it translates a more readable text than does Nisbet's. It includes (as Hartmann's does not) an excerpt, which serves as chapter five, from 'The Geographical Basis of History' (particularly interesting for what it says of America), and a brief chapter six, entitled 'The Division of History.' The volume closes with an appendix, translating §§341-360 of Hegel's Philosophy of Right and deals directly with the very concept of 'World History.' It constitutes a big help in coming to grips with what Hegel means by 'Spirit.' --Quentin Lauer, SJ, Fordham University, in International Philosophical QuarterlyAn elegant and intelligent translation. The text provides a perfect solution to the problem of how to introduce students to Hegel in a survey course in the history of Western philosophy. --Graham Parkes, University of Hawaii
£30.59
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Encyclopaedia Logic
Book SynopsisA translation of Hegel's text. It presents Hegel's final text of 1830, supplemented by the 'Additions' from his lectures.Trade ReviewThe appearance of this translation is a major event in English-language Hegel studies, for it is more than simply a replacement for Wallace's translation cum paraphrase. Hegel's Prefaces to each of the three editions of the Enzyklopädie are translated for the first time into English. There is a very detailed Introduction translating Hegel's German, which serves not only as a guide to the translator's usage but also to Hegel's. Also included are a detailed bilingual annotated glossary, very extensive bibliographic and interpretive notes to Hegel's text (28 pp.), an Index of References for works cited in the notes, a select Bibliography of recent works on Hegel's logic, and a detailed Index (16 pp.). The translation is guided by the (correct) principle that rendering Hegel's logical thought clearly and consistently requires rendering his technical terms logically. . . . This ought immediately to become the standard translation of this important work. --Kenneth R. Westphal, in Review of Metaphysics
£46.74
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Linguistic Behaviour
Book SynopsisFeatures responses to the philosophers of language such as Sellars, Quine, Dummett, Putnam, Chomsky, and Ziff on issues of major significance and no little controversy.Trade Review. . . advances aggressively through pertinent and lively argument. . . . There are numerous brief and incisive responses to important philosophers of language (Sellars, Quine, Dummett, Putnam, Chomsky, Ziff) on issues of major significance and no little controversy. -—Margaret Urban Coyne, International Philosophical Quarterly
£17.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Man and Citizen
Book SynopsisA reprint of the 1972 Doubleday edition. Contains the most helpful version of Hobbes''s political and moral philosophy available in English. Includes the only English translation of De Homine, chapters X-XV. Features the English translation of De Cive attributed to Hobbes.
£35.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Other Selves
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewFriendship, that pervasive, everyday, and subtle matter of our most intimate personal life, has rarely been accorded its due. Michael Pakaluk has retrieved the thoughts of our greatest thinkers on the subject and collected them into a handsome and handy volume. . . . A splendid book! --M. M. Wartofsky, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Baruch College, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsContents: Plato, Lysis. Translated by Stanley Lombardo; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII and IX), Rhetoric (II.4), Translated by Terence Irwin; Cicero: On Friendship (De Amicitia), Translated by Frank Copley; Seneca: On Philosophy and Friendship and On Grief for Lost Friends, Translated by R. M. Gummere; Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship (De Spiritali Amicitia, Book 1), Translated by Eugenia Laker, S.S.N.D.; Thomas Aquinas, Questions on Love and Charity (from Summa Theologiae), Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province; Montaigne: Of Friendship, Translated by Donald M. Frame; Francis Bacon: Of Friendship; Immanuel Kant: Lecture on Friendship, Translated by Louis Infield; Ralph Waldo Emerson: Friendship; Soren Kierkegaard: You Shall Love Your Neighbor (from Works of Love), Translated by Howard and Edna Hong; Elizabeth Telfer: Friendship; Bibliography.
£17.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Other Selves
Book SynopsisFriendship, that pervasive, everyday, and subtle matter of our most intimate personal life, has rarely been accorded its due. Michael Pakaluk has retrieved the thoughts of our greatest thinkers on the subject and collected them into a handsome and handy volume. . . . A splendid book! --M. M. Wartofsky, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Baruch College, City University of New YorkTrade ReviewFriendship, that pervasive, everyday, and subtle matter of our most intimate personal life, has rarely been accorded its due. Michael Pakaluk has retrieved the thoughts of our greatest thinkers on the subject and collected them into a handsome and handy volume. . . . A splendid book! --M. M. Wartofsky, Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, Baruch College, City University of New YorkTable of ContentsContents: Plato, Lysis. Translated by Stanley Lombardo; Aristotle, Nicomachean Ethics (Books VIII and IX), Rhetoric (II.4), Translated by Terence Irwin; Cicero: On Friendship (De Amicitia), Translated by Frank Copley; Seneca: On Philosophy and Friendship and On Grief for Lost Friends, Translated by R. M. Gummere; Aelred of Rievaulx: Spiritual Friendship (De Spiritali Amicitia, Book 1), Translated by Eugenia Laker, S.S.N.D.; Thomas Aquinas, Questions on Love and Charity (from Summa Theologiae), Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province; Montaigne: Of Friendship, Translated by Donald M. Frame; Francis Bacon: Of Friendship; Immanuel Kant: Lecture on Friendship, Translated by Louis Infield; Ralph Waldo Emerson: Friendship; Soren Kierkegaard: You Shall Love Your Neighbor (from Works of Love), Translated by Howard and Edna Hong; Elizabeth Telfer: Friendship; Bibliography.
£38.24
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Malebranche Philosophical Selections
Book SynopsisFeatures the selections that provide the student of modern philosophy with both a view of Malebranche's philosophical system and a picture of his most important doctrines. This title presents Malebranche's occasionalism, his theory of knowledge and the 'vision in God', and his writings on theodicy and freedom.
£17.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Hume Political Writings
Book SynopsisA collection of Hume's political writings. It brings together selections from A Treatise on Human Nature, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and Essays: Moral, Political and Literary, with an interpretive introduction placing Hume in the context of contemporary debates between liberalism and its critics.
£14.24
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Man a Machine and Man a Plant
Book SynopsisA translation of the complete texts of La Mettrie's pioneering "L'Homme machine" and "L'Homme plante", first published in 1747 and 1748, respectively. It also includes translations of the advertisement and dedication to "L'Homme machine".
£31.49
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Wealth of Nations
Book SynopsisThis thoughtful new abridgment is enriched by the brilliant commentary which accompanies it. In it, Laurence Dickey argues that the Wealth of Nations contains--and conceals--a great deal of how Smith actually thought a commercial society works. Guided by his conviction that the so-called Adam Smith Problem--the relationship between ethics and economics in Smith''s thinking--is a core element in the argument of the work itself, Dickey''s commentary focuses on the devices Smith uses to ground his economics in broadly ethical and social categories. An unparalleled guide to an often difficult and perplexing work.Trade ReviewHas all the basic chapters for the illustration of all the various (and contradictory) points anyone might want to make about the text. Dickey's own texts are invaluable. The introductions to the chapters are essential to make clear to students where they fit in the overall argument of the book. The appendices, though clearly the expression of the author's own views about the text, are admirably objective in the treatment of competing views, and represent an important contribution to Smith scholarship. --J. W. Smit, Columbia University
£29.69
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Philosophy in Play Three Dialogues
Book SynopsisExploring the issues ranging from feminism to metaphysics, from the philosophy of science to aesthetics, as well as the intrinsically dialogic nature of philosophical activity itself, the author endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice.
£13.29
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Philosophy in Play
Book SynopsisExploring the issues ranging from feminism to metaphysics, from the philosophy of science to aesthetics, as well as the intrinsically dialogic nature of philosophical activity itself, the author endeavors to be true to the nature of philosophical practice.
£32.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Critique of Pure Reason
Book SynopsisReflects the elegant achievement of Kant. This title provides a roadmap to Kant's abstract and complex argumentation by locating his view in the context of eighteenth-century, and attempts to understand the nature of the thinking mind and its ability to comprehend the physical universe.Trade ReviewThe text rendered by Pluhar is the work of an expert translator. . . the virtues of his text are manifold; his translation exhibits an incontrovertible mastery of both English and German. Equally important is the fact that Pluhar has given the original a very close read during the act of translating. . . . Pluhar consistently resists the tendency to translate woodenly word-for-word. . . . In point of fact, accuracy of translation stands in no direct relation to literalness; it is much more a product of meticulous textual reading and skilful writing, and in this respect Pluhar has no modern equals in English Kant translation. --James Jakob Fehr, Kant-Studien
£68.84
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Mind Man and Machine
Book SynopsisExplores the ideas of Turing, Lucas, Scriven, Putnam, and Searle, and presents the complex Godel-Church-Lucas argument. This title contains a section dealing with the problem of qualitative features of experience, such as color properties.
£8.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Mind Man and Machine
Book SynopsisExplores the ideas of Turing, Lucas, Scriven, Putnam, and Searle, and presents the complex Godel-Church-Lucas argument. This title contains a section dealing with the problem of qualitative features of experience, such as color properties.
£23.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Invitation to Philosophy
Book SynopsisClassical positions on central topics--mind/body, epistemology, freedom/determinism--are presented in a series of imagined discussions between renowned philosophers and critical interlocutors.Trade ReviewFor the undergraduates who have read little or no philosophy, Yuval Steinitz’s Invitation to Philosophy is quite possibly the best introduction to philosophy available. --Justin Leiber, University of Houston
£14.24
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Invitation to Philosophy
Book SynopsisOffers views on topics such as mind/body, epistemology, and freedom/determinism.Trade ReviewFor the undergraduates who have read little or no philosophy, Yuval Steinitz's Invitation to Philosophy is quite possibly the best introduction to philosophy available. --Justin Leiber, University of Houston
£23.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Whos to Say A Dialogue on Relativism Hackett
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt is a perfect intro. book for our course on relativism. It hits all the major arguments clearly, concisely, persuasively, and at just the right level for undergraduates. --Thomas J. Burke, Jr., Hillsdale College
£10.44
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Whos to Say Dialogue on Relativism Hackett
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt is a perfect intro. book for our course on relativism. It hits all the major arguments clearly, concisely, persuasively, and at just the right level for undergraduates. --Thomas J. Burke, Jr., Hillsdale College
£23.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Hegel Phenomenology and System
Book SynopsisOffers an introduction to Hegel's thought that articulates the conceptual unity of the Phenomenology as well as the structure of Hegel's system and the place of the Phenomenology within it.Trade ReviewThis is an incredibly rich and provocative book for such a slim volume, and it will no doubt become a standard accompaniment to many classes on the Phenomenology, a kind of short, lucid skeleton key to the whole book.--Terry Pinkard, Georgetown UniversityOut of his magisterial scholarship Harris gives us three gifts in a surprisingly small package. First there is a lucid account of what Hegel’s philosophical goal is. Then there is a running summary of the Phenomenology. . . . Finally, we get a concise account of what it all means, Harris’s view of the interrelationships and relative significance of the various parts of the system. --Merold Westphal, Fordham University
£37.39
Hackett Publishing Company, Inc. Essays in the History and Philosophy of Science
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£23.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Kant Ethical Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis expanded edition of James Ellington''s preeminent translations of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals and Metaphysical Principles of Virtue includes his new translation of Kant''s essay On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory, as presented in the main text of Grounding, that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences.
£16.14
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Kant Ethical Philosophy
Book SynopsisThis expanded edition of James Ellington''s preeminent translations of Grounding for the Metaphysics of Morals and Metaphysical Principles of Virtue includes his new translation of Kant''s essay On a Supposed Right to Lie Because of Philanthropic Concerns, in which Kant replies to one of the standard objections to his moral theory, as presented in the main text of Grounding, that it requires us to tell the truth even in the face of harmful consequences.
£36.89
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Some Thoughts Concerning Education and of the
Book SynopsisOffers two complementary works, unabridged, in modernised, annotated texts. Suitable for classroom use, this title provides an introduction, a note on the texts, and a select bibliography.
£999.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Justice
Book SynopsisThe readings in Justice include the central philosophical statements about justice in society organized to illustrate both the political vision of a good society and different attempts at an analysis of the concept of justice.Table of ContentsContents: Borges: The Lottery in Babylon, from Labyrinths; Nozick: Distributive Justice, from Anarchy, State and Utopia; Rawls: Principles of Justice, from A Theory of Justice; Plato: Justice, from Republic; Aristotle: Justice, from Nicomachean Ethics; Aquinas: Of Justice, from Summa Theologica; Leibniz: Reflections on the Common Concept of Justice, from Philosophical Papers and Letters; Hume: Of Justice, from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; Kant: A Definition of Justice, from The Metaphysical Elements of Justice; Mill: On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility, from Utilitarianism; Marx: To Each According to His Needs, from Critique of the Gotha Program; Kelsen: What is Justice? from What is Justice?; Nabokov: About Mira Belochkin, from Pnin; Suggested Further Readings.
£15.19
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Justice
Book SynopsisThe readings in Justice include the central philosophical statements about justice in society organized to illustrate both the political vision of a good society and different attempts at an analysis of the concept of justice.Table of ContentsContents: Borges: The Lottery in Babylon, from Labyrinths; Nozick: Distributive Justice, from Anarchy, State and Utopia; Rawls: Principles of Justice, from A Theory of Justice; Plato: Justice, from Republic; Aristotle: Justice, from Nicomachean Ethics; Aquinas: Of Justice, from Summa Theologica; Leibniz: Reflections on the Common Concept of Justice, from Philosophical Papers and Letters; Hume: Of Justice, from An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals; Kant: A Definition of Justice, from The Metaphysical Elements of Justice; Mill: On the Connexion Between Justice and Utility, from Utilitarianism; Marx: To Each According to His Needs, from Critique of the Gotha Program; Kelsen: What is Justice? from What is Justice?; Nabokov: About Mira Belochkin, from Pnin; Suggested Further Readings.
£32.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Freedom A Dialogue
Book SynopsisTranslated by Bencivenga from the original Italian of his philosophical best-seller, this dialogue provides a comprehensive statement on the role of freedom in the realms of morality, psychology, metaphysics, and aesthetics. Bencivenga lets his four characters embrace a wide range of topics in their eclectic discussion, including considerations of quantum physics and deconstruction, the Gothic novel and detective stories, the structure of desire and the mathematics of infinity, penetrating comments on Freud, Raymond Chandler, and Wertverlufe, and a reasonable explanation of why Kants first Critique is longer than both the second and the third. What results is less a systematic account than a composite picture for the student of philosophy to piece together.
£32.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc On Art Religion and the History of Philosophy
Book SynopsisCollects the lectures that represent the distillation of Hegel's views on the three most important activities of spirit. This title features an Introduction, Select Bibliography, Analytical Table of Contents, and the restoration in the section headings of the outline of Hegel's lectures.Trade ReviewA valuable resource for any class that includes Hegel--useful both in undergraduate and graduate classes. Hegel at his clearest!--M. Jamie Ferreira, University of Virginia
£35.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Utopia
Book SynopsisWootton''s translation brings out the liveliness of More''s work and offers an accurate and reliable version of a masterpiece of social theory. His edition is further distinguished by the inclusion of a translation of Erasmus''s ''The Sileni of Alcibiades,'' a work very close in sentiment to Utopia, and one immensely influential in the sixteenth century. This attractive combination suits the edition especially well for use in Renaissance and Reformation courses as well as as for Western Civilization survey courses. Wootton's Introduction simultaneously provides a remarkably useful guide to anyone's first reading of More's mysterious work and advances an original argument on the origins and purposes of Utopia which no one interested in sixteenth-century social theory will want to miss.Trade ReviewIn addition to its elegant and precise translation of Utopia, this edition offers the prefatory material and postscripts from the 1518 edition, and More's letter to Giles form the 1517 edition. Mr. Wootton has also added Erasmus's 'The Sileni of Alcibiades,' which is crucial for the interpretation he gives in his Introduction of the many ambiguities and contradictions in More's text as well as his life. The Introduction is a most valuable guide for understanding this man who was a proponent of toleration and a persecutor of heretics, a courtier full of worldly ambition ending as a fearless martyr. The contradictions of the man translated into a complicated and contradictory historiography to which Mr. Wootton's Introduction is a most intelligent guide. A welcome addition to the More literature. -J. W. Smit, Professor of History, Columbia UniversityEvery serious reader of Utopia, friends and foes alike of Thomas More, will be enlightened by Wootton's essay. Combining it with his translations of More and Erasmus works well. This is a delightfully fine piece of scholarship, even down to the notes on the illustrations. --Donald J. Millus, Sixteenth Century JournalLike his Introduction, which says much, both directly and indirectly, about the complexity of More's language and mentality, David Wootton's translation of the Utopia is a thoughtful and careful one. Wootton has been particularly scrupulous in his handling of marginal annotations. . . notes are economical but helpful. Students interested in 16th century humanism and/or developments in early modern Europe will find this edition especially appealing, as will everyone interested in interpretations of More's Utopia, here fruitfully juxtaposed with Erasmus’ philosophy and perspective on the world as these are represented by his adage on ‘The Sileni of Alcibiades.' --Elizabeth McCutcheon, Utopian Studies
£27.89
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Principles of Cartesian Philosophy
Book SynopsisSheds light not only on Spinoza's debt to Descartes but also on the development of Spinoza's own thought. This title appends Lodewijk Meyer's inaugural dissertation on matter (1683) - relevant for its comments on Descartes, Spinoza, and other thinkers of the time - with notes and a short commentary.
£35.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics
Book SynopsisCombines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version of which forms the main body of the current work), Watson argues that Descartes''s ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox--indeed, that Descartes knows nothing.Trade ReviewOriginal and stimulating. . . . The four new chapters deserve close attention. . . . Readers will await further studies by Richard A. Watson all the more impatiently. --Jean-Luc Marion, Archives de PhilosophieDownfall is required reading for anyone doing early modern philosophy, and its reappearance is welcome and long overdue. --Steven Nadler, International Studies in Philosophy
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Breakdown of Cartesian Metaphysics
Book SynopsisCombines historical research and philosophical analysis to cast light on why and how Cartesianism failed as a complete metaphysical system. Far more radical in its conclusions than his 1966 study The Downfall of Cartesianism (a slightly revised version of which forms the main body of the current work), Watson argues that Descartes''s ontology is incoherent and vacuous, his epistemology deceptive, and his theology unorthodox--indeed, that Descartes knows nothing.Trade ReviewOriginal and stimulating. . . . The four new chapters deserve close attention. . . . Readers will await further studies by Richard A. Watson all the more impatiently. --Jean-Luc Marion, Archives de PhilosophieDownfall is required reading for anyone doing early modern philosophy, and its reappearance is welcome and long overdue. --Steven Nadler, International Studies in Philosophy
£35.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Metaphysical Elements of Justice
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£32.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Discourse on Method and Meditations on First
Book SynopsisThis edition contains Donald Cress' completely revised translation of the Meditations (from the corrected Latin edition) and recent corrections to the Discourse on Method, bringing this version even closer to Descartes' original, while maintaining the clear and accessible style of a classic teaching edition.Trade Review"The new version of Cress's translation of Descartes's Meditations has attained an unusually high degree of readability . . . and, at the same time, of fidelity to the original. This combination . . . makes the work especially suitable for classroom use." —Roger Ariew, University of South Florida, and Marjorie Grene (1910-2009), Virginia Polytechnic Institute"An excellent edition and the price is fair." —Alan Soble, University of New Orleans
£32.39
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Discourse on Method
Book SynopsisThis edition of Descartes' seminal discourse is designed to provide the student with a close translation to facilitate access to ideas as they were originally presented, helping to make the translator's work transparent. Includes an original essay by Richard Kennington, notes, and a glossary of key terms.
£9.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Thinking Clearly About Death Second Edition
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Franz Rosenzweig His Life and Thought
Book SynopsisFranz Rosenzweig was a prominent figure in the development of Jewish existentialism and a major influence on the work Emil Fackenheim amongst others. This work offers an array of significant texts and presents Rosenzweig's life in an informative way.Trade ReviewRosenzweig's life combined a fabulous spiritual search, a profound engagement with philosophy as well as with Judaism, and enormous accomplishment in the face of overwhelming physical handicaps. His thought is both illuminated by and realized in his amazing life. Nahum Glatzer has brought both the life and the thought together in this marvelous collection. There is no better introduction to this seminal Jewish thinker. --Hilary Putnam, Harvard UniversityGlatzer's anthology not only makes available an important array of texts; it also presents Rosenzweig's life in a way that is as moving as it is informative. --Michael Morgan, Indiana UniversityThis is an excellent and important volume. I'm very glad you have brought it back into print--especially in an edition that is so faithful to the original. --Robert Gluck, University at Albany
£17.99
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Franz Rosenzweig
Book SynopsisFranz Rosenzweig was a prominent figure in the development of Jewish existentialism and a major influence on the work Emil Fackenheim amongst others. This work offers an array of significant texts and presents Rosenzweig's life in an informative way.Trade ReviewRosenzweig's life combined a fabulous spiritual search, a profound engagement with philosophy as well as with Judaism, and enormous accomplishment in the face of overwhelming physical handicaps. His thought is both illuminated by and realized in his amazing life. Nahum Glatzer has brought both the life and the thought together in this marvelous collection. There is no better introduction to this seminal Jewish thinker. --Hilary Putnam, Harvard UniversityGlatzer's anthology not only makes available an important array of texts; it also presents Rosenzweig's life in a way that is as moving as it is informative. --Michael Morgan, Indiana UniversityThis is an excellent and important volume. I'm very glad you have brought it back into print--especially in an edition that is so faithful to the original. --Robert Gluck, University at Albany
£36.89
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Good Life
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewI recently used The Good Life for my course Philosophy Through Film. I was pleasantly surprised by the development of the students' excitement for and interest in the assigned readings. Throughout the semester the students commented on the helpfulness of the editor's introductions for each reading, and they became increasingly interested in philosophy. The book was a huge success! --Megan Altman, Florida Gulf Coast University. . . a marvelously wide-ranging selection of philosophers' attempts to define the good life. . . . Making selections for a modest-sized volume on such an issue is a daunting task, requiring negotiating the Scylla of breadth but superficiality and the Charybdis of detail but narrowness. On this score one has to say Guignon has done just about as well as can be done. . . . The editor’s introductions to each selection are quite helpful and accurate. . . . [An] excellent anthology that undergraduate philosophy teachers will no doubt find extremely useful in the classroom. --Whitley R. P. Kaufman, Philosophy in Review
£19.94
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Good Life
Book SynopsisOrganized around themes such as harmony with one's self and with the world, right relation to God, the use of reason, self-exploration, and living in a disordered world, the selections in this anthology explore traditional philosophical thought from Plato to de Beauvoir on the topic of human flourishing.Trade ReviewI recently used The Good Life for my course Philosophy Through Film. I was pleasantly surprised by the development of the students' excitement for and interest in the assigned readings. Throughout the semester the students commented on the helpfulness of the editor's introductions for each reading, and they became increasingly interested in philosophy. The book was a huge success! --Megan Altman, Florida Gulf Coast University. . . a marvelously wide-ranging selection of philosophers' attempts to define the good life. . . . Making selections for a modest-sized volume on such an issue is a daunting task, requiring negotiating the Scylla of breadth but superficiality and the Charybdis of detail but narrowness. On this score one has to say Guignon has done just about as well as can be done. . . . The editor’s introductions to each selection are quite helpful and accurate. . . . [An] excellent anthology that undergraduate philosophy teachers will no doubt find extremely useful in the classroom. --Whitley R. P. Kaufman, Philosophy in Review
£36.89
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Introduction to the Philosophy of Science
Book Synopsis A reprint of the Prentice-Hall edition of 1992. Prepared by nine distinguished philosophers and historians of science, this thoughtful reader represents a cooperative effort to provide an introduction to the philosophy of science focused on cultivating an understanding of both the workings of science and its historical and social context. Selections range from discussions of topics in general methodology to a sampling of foundational problems in various physical, biological, behavioral, and social sciences. Each chapter contains a list of suggested readings and study questions. Trade ReviewThe overall standard of the volume is extraordinarily high, and I have no doubt that this will be the text in philosophy of science for a couple of decades. The coverage is remarkable both in breadth and depth. . . . an amazingly good book. . . . written by an all-star team. . . . --Philip Kitcher, Columbia University
£56.94
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Idea of Race
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Selected Philosophical Works Hackett Classics
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt is a great service to teaching at both the graduate and undergraduate level to have such a fine collection of Bacon's texts available with an introduction by Rose-Mary Sargent. This is the kind of essential Bacon we need for teaching purposes. I was particularly pleased to see the Natural Histories and New Atlantis included. --Phillip R. Sloan, University of Notre Dame
£39.09
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Materialism and the MindBody Problem
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Classical Materialism; The Identity Thesis; Heoretical Materialism; Functionalistic Materialism; Eliminative Materialism; Bibliography.
£14.24
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Materialism and the MindBody Problem
Book SynopsisExpanded and updated to include a wide range of classic and contemporary works, this new edition of David Rosenthal''s anthology provides a selection of the most important and influential writings on materialism and the mind-body problem.Table of ContentsContents: Introduction; Classical Materialism; The Identity Thesis; Heoretical Materialism; Functionalistic Materialism; Eliminative Materialism; Bibliography.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Rameaus Nephew and Other Works Hackett Classics
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIt's the best edition and the best translation available, one of Jacques Barzun's most outstanding gifts to teachers. Bravo! --William R. Everdell, St. Ann's School
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