This book analyzes the role of language in scientific research and develops the semantics of science from different angl......more
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The book examines the early modern debates on just war, transatlantic conquest and slavery, the 18th- and 19th-century s......more
To Will & To Do presents one of the most significant theological contributions of the dynamic twentieth-century thinker ......more
To Will & To Do presents one of the most significant theological contributions of the dynamic twentieth-century thinker ......more
This Book Contains Very Practical Advice On How To Navigate The Vicissitudes Of Life. The information is a compilation o......more
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“Full of valuable insights to guide you.”—WILL SMITH “Thoughtful and life-affirming . . . a must-read.”—TONY ROBBINS ......more
"Half a century ago, the world changed forever when a Swiss chemist inadvertently ingested the experimental compound lys......more
Introduction.- Cao Duan and the Rise of Ming Dynasty Neo-Confucianism.- Xue Xuan’s Hedong Learning and Ming Dynasty Guan......more
A COMPANION TO CHOMSKY Widely considered to be one of the most important public intellectuals of our time, Noam Chomsky ......more
Perfect for use at advanced undergraduate and graduate level, this is the first text to offer students a unified narrati......more
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Are humans inherently good or mired in original sin? The answer from behavioral science is that most of us contain some ......more
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The application of deep learning methods to problems in natural language processing has generated significant progress a......more
The application of deep learning methods to problems in natural language processing has generated significant progress a......more
This interdisciplinary text brings together perspectives from leading psychoanalysts and modern Jewish philosophers to o......more
This interdisciplinary text brings together perspectives from leading psychoanalysts and modern Jewish philosophers to o......more
"Although it includes commentary on the great historical philosophers and tries to show contemporary relevance, [this] b......more
This volume has two primary aims: to trace the traditions and changes in methods, concepts, and ideas that brought forth......more
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The Journal of Public Philosophy is the official publication of the Public Philosophy Society. The goal of the Journal i......more
Drawing on the poetic wisdom of the Tao Te Ching, American sensei Wendy Palmer translates the powerful teachings of aiki......more
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The Re-Enchantment of the World is an interdisciplinary volume that challenges the long-prevailing view of modernity as ......more
Teachers of literature make judgments about value. They tell their students which works are powerful, beautiful, surpris......more
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Ernst Cassirer (1874-1945) occupies a unique place in 20th-century philosophy. His view that human beings are not ration......more
Attention to care in modern society has fallen out of view as an ethos of personal responsibility, free markets, and ind......more
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An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet accessible survey of the development of India’s philosophical......more
An Introduction to Indian Philosophy offers a profound yet accessible survey of the development of India’s philosophical......more
Originally published in 1894 by the German scholar Adolf Bonhöffer and here translated into English for the first time, ......more
No social life is possible without order. Order being the most constituent element of society, it is not surprising that......more
Discussing the meaning of childhood, friendship, justice and fairness, happiness, and death, Jana Mohr Lone considers ho......more
Discussing the meaning of childhood, friendship, justice and fairness, happiness, and death, Jana Mohr Lone considers ho......more
Chapter I Consanguineous Foundation and Peculiarity of Moral Thought.- Chapter II Moral Thought in Nature.- Chapter III ......more
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This volume provides the first complete edition of the third and final surviving draft of John Locke’s Essay Concerning ......more
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Spinoza and the Freedom of Philosophizing is a study of freedom of speech, good government, civic responsibility, public......more
Too often today it seems we find ourselves communicating from radically different perspectives on the world and we often......more
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The diagnosis of social pathologies has long been a central concern for social researchers working within, and on the pe......more
Natural languages are riddled with context-sensitivity. One and the same string of words can express many different mean......more
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"Aristotle and Plotinus set the horizon of inquiry--thinking is thinking on thinking. Discussion of mind, meaning, and s......more
This book shows how persecution is a condition that binds each in an ethical obligation to the other. Persecution is fun......more
Can ethics be hacked? Can new and unexpected meaning be found in or behind established traditions of moral discourse? Do......more
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Working in four scholarly teams focused on different global regions--North America, the European Union, the Middle East,......more
Working in four scholarly teams focused on different global regions--North America, the European Union, the Middle East,......more
Much of our understanding of the world, our societies, and ourselves rests on theories and knowledge generated predomina......more
This edited collection re-examines the global impact of Sartre’s philosophy from 1944-68. From his emergence as an emine......more
This compelling new book explores whether the ability of democratic procedures to produce correct outcomes increases the......more
There is no place on earth that does not echo with the near or distant sounds of human activity. More than half of human......more
This book is a complete presentation of the most important themes of Theodor W. Adorno’s critical theory, and of its rel......more
The Roman philosopher Seneca addressed himself to the question of how we ought to live in letters and treatises that hav......more
Is dialogue between the major religions of the world possible? If it is possible, under what conditions? In this book, M......more
Within the Western tradition, it was the philosophers Henri Bergson and Max Scheler who laid out and explored the nonrat......more
The theme of The Planetary Clock is the representation of time in postmodern culture and the way temporality as a global......more
Introduction to Philosophy: Themes for Classroom and Reflection is a series of original essays that span the breadth of ......more
Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling......more
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Encounters in the Arts, Literature, and Philosophy focuses on chance and scripted encounters as sites of tensions and al......more