Philosophy
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The importance of sentiment in promoting reasonableness in children
£24.95 / $24.95Michael S. Pritchard
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9781839986277
April 2022
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Practical Rationality, Learning and Convention
Essays in the Philosophy of Education
Christopher Winch
This volume consists of a selection of the writings of Christopher Winch on topics on and related to the philosophy of education from 1988 until the present.
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9781839981913
April 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00This volume consists of a selection of the writings of Christopher Winch on topics on and related to the philosophy of education from 1988 until the present.
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Reclaiming the Wicked Son
Finding Judaism in Secular Jewish Philosophers
Stephen Stern, Steven Gimbel
This book takes the ideas of six well-known secular Jewish philosophers and views them through the lens of Jewish thought, thereby understanding their writings as part of the Jewish intellectual tradition.
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9781839986147
March 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00This book takes the ideas of six well-known secular Jewish philosophers and views them through the lens of Jewish thought, thereby understanding their writings as part of the Jewish intellectual tradition.
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In Defense of Reason After Hegel
Why We Are So Wise
Richard Dien Winfield
In Defense of Reason After Hegel undermines the assault on truth pervading public life and the academy, showing how we can think objectively about reason, nature, right, and beauty.
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9781839982422
March 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00In Defense of Reason After Hegel undermines the assault on truth pervading public life and the academy, showing how we can think objectively about reason, nature, right, and beauty.
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Logos and Life
Essays on Mind, Action, Language and Ethics
Roger Teichmann
The essays in Logos and Life cover topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics and philosophy of language. Several take as their starting points the ideas of Wittgenstein and of Elizabeth Anscombe. They will be of interest to anyone studying these philosophers.
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9781839980930
March 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00The essays in Logos and Life cover topics in philosophy of mind, philosophy of action, ethics and philosophy of language. Several take as their starting points the ideas of Wittgenstein and of Elizabeth Anscombe. They will be of interest to anyone studying these philosophers.
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Wittgenstein and Modernist Fiction
The Language of Acknowledgment
Greg Chase
Wittgenstein and Modernist Fiction: The Language of Acknowledgment shows how works of twentieth-century literature and philosophy together examine language’s capacity to acknowledge the inner lives of marginalized figures.
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9781839980633
February 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00Wittgenstein and Modernist Fiction: The Language of Acknowledgment shows how works of twentieth-century literature and philosophy together examine language’s capacity to acknowledge the inner lives of marginalized figures.
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Prometheus and Gaia
Technology, Ecology and Anti-Humanism
Harrison Fluss, Landon Frim
Prometheus and Gaia explores two currents in contemporary politics: a Futurism which sees boundless technology as a salvific force and an Eco-Pessimism which sees human innovation as inherently destructive. While apparent opposites, these two currents share in common a rejection of Enlightenment humanism, or the idea that politics should fit the human frame.
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9781839980183
February 2022
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£125.00 / $125.00Prometheus and Gaia explores two currents in contemporary politics: a Futurism which sees boundless technology as a salvific force and an Eco-Pessimism which sees human innovation as inherently destructive. While apparent opposites, these two currents share in common a rejection of Enlightenment humanism, or the idea that politics should fit the human frame.
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William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795
Joseph Fletcher
William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795 takes seriously William Blake’s wish to be read as a natural philosopher, particularly in his early illuminated works, and reveals the way that poetry and visual art were for Blake an imaginative way of philosophizing.
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9781785279515
December 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00William Blake as Natural Philosopher, 1788-1795 takes seriously William Blake’s wish to be read as a natural philosopher, particularly in his early illuminated works, and reveals the way that poetry and visual art were for Blake an imaginative way of philosophizing.
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Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism
Essays on the Later Philosophy
Marie McGinn
The essays in Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism cover the later Wittgenstein’s thought on scepticism about the external world; scepticism about other minds; knowledge and belief; meaning and rule-following; and the nature of psychological concepts. Focusing on topics in the later philosophy, the essays provide a distinctive understanding of the nature of philosophical development of Wittgenstein’s thought from the early to the later work.
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9781785278372
December 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The essays in Wittgenstein, Scepticism and Naturalism cover the later Wittgenstein’s thought on scepticism about the external world; scepticism about other minds; knowledge and belief; meaning and rule-following; and the nature of psychological concepts. Focusing on topics in the later philosophy, the essays provide a distinctive understanding of the nature of philosophical development of Wittgenstein’s thought from the early to the later work.
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Wittgenstein, Human Beings and Conversation
David Cockburn
These papers develop, in a critical spirit, themes in Wittgenstein’s treatment of mind and language. The approach is distinctive in giving central place to the individual’s relations with others in a way that involves detailed attention to the human bodily form and to conversation, and a significant ethical dimension.
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9781785279270
November 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00These papers develop, in a critical spirit, themes in Wittgenstein’s treatment of mind and language. The approach is distinctive in giving central place to the individual’s relations with others in a way that involves detailed attention to the human bodily form and to conversation, and a significant ethical dimension.
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Logisch-philosophische Abhandlung: die Hundertjahrsausgabe
Der Tractatus in Baumform
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Edited by Luciano Bazzocchi
introduction by P.M.S. HackerBazzocchi disposes the text of the Tractatus in a user-friendly manner, exactly as Wittgenstein's decimals advise. This discloses the logical form of the book by distinct reading units, linked into a fashioned hierarchical tree. The text becomes much clearer and every reader can enjoy, finally, its formal and literary qualities.
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9781785276590
May 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00Bazzocchi disposes the text of the Tractatus in a user-friendly manner, exactly as Wittgenstein’s decimals advise. This discloses the logical form of the book by distinct reading units, linked into a fashioned hierarchical tree. The text becomes much clearer and every reader can enjoy, finally, its formal and literary qualities.
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Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus
Centenary Edition
Ludwig Wittgenstein
Edited by Luciano Bazzocchi
introduction by P.M.S. HackerBazzocchi disposes the text of the Tractatus in a user-friendly manner, exactly as Wittgenstein's decimals advise. This discloses the logical form of the book by distinct reading units, linked into a fashioned hierarchical tree. The text becomes much clearer and every reader can enjoy, finally, its formal and literary qualities.
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9781785276569
May 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00Bazzocchi disposes the text of the Tractatus in a user-friendly manner, exactly as Wittgenstein’s decimals advise. This discloses the logical form of the book by distinct reading units, linked into a fashioned hierarchical tree. The text becomes much clearer and every reader can enjoy, finally, its formal and literary qualities.
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Process Philosophy
A Synthesis
Bart Nooteboom
The book analyses and compares a variety of processes of change: in evolution, learning and innovation, language and meaning, self and society and ethics and morality. Taking a realistic approach, the book is inspired by pragmatic philosophy, in particular, that of Dewey, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger and employs insights from economics, sociology, anthropology and social psychology.
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9781785277467
March 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The book analyses and compares a variety of processes of change: in evolution, learning and innovation, language and meaning, self and society and ethics and morality. Taking a realistic approach, the book is inspired by pragmatic philosophy, in particular, that of Dewey, Nietzsche, Wittgenstein and Heidegger and employs insights from economics, sociology, anthropology and social psychology.
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Wittgenstein’s Critique of Russell’s Multiple Relation Theory of Judgement
James R. Connelly
This book sets out to adjudicate the scholarly controversy surrounding Wittgenstein’s May–June 1913 critique of Russell’s multiple-relation theory of judgement. It also aims to familiarize readers with the historical events, textual evidence, letters, working notes and diagrams which are crucial to a correct appreciation of Wittgenstein’s criticisms.
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9781785277405
March 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00This book sets out to adjudicate the scholarly controversy surrounding Wittgenstein’s May–June 1913 critique of Russell’s multiple-relation theory of judgement. It also aims to familiarize readers with the historical events, textual evidence, letters, working notes and diagrams which are crucial to a correct appreciation of Wittgenstein’s criticisms.
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Insight and Illusion
Themes in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein, 3rd Edition
Peter Hacker
foreword by Constantine SandisPeter Hacker’s Insight and Illusion is a thoroughly comprehensive examination of the evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought from the Tractatus to his later ‘mature’ phase. This third edition is a reprint of the revised and corrected 1989 edition, with a new foreword by Constantine Sandis.
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9781785276835
February 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00Peter Hacker’s Insight and Illusion is a thoroughly comprehensive examination of the evolution of Wittgenstein’s thought from the Tractatus to his later ‘mature’ phase. This third edition is a reprint of the revised and corrected 1989 edition, with a new foreword by Constantine Sandis.
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Wittgenstein’s Remarks on Colour
£125.00 / $125.00A Commentary and Interpretation
Andrew Lugg
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9781785276743
February 2021
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The Inherence of Human Dignity
Law and Religious Liberty, Volume 2
Edited by Barry W. Bussey, Angus J. L. Menuge
The second of two volumes on dignity, Law and Religious Liberty focuses on the connection between human dignity and positive law, oriented around the central question, “What role should dignity play in the development of legislation and the adjudication of disputes involving religious freedom?”
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9781785276521
February 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The second of two volumes on dignity, Law and Religious Liberty focuses on the connection between human dignity and positive law, oriented around the central question, “What role should dignity play in the development of legislation and the adjudication of disputes involving religious freedom?”
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The Inherence of Human Dignity
Foundations of Human Dignity, Volume 1
Edited by Angus J. L. Menuge, Barry W. Bussey
The first of two volumes, Foundations of Human Dignity focuses on foundational, conceptual issues, oriented around the central question, “What are the various meanings of ‘human dignity,’ and how are they grounded or justified?”
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9781785276484
February 2021
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£125.00 / $125.00The first of two volumes, Foundations of Human Dignity focuses on foundational, conceptual issues, oriented around the central question, “What are the various meanings of ‘human dignity,’ and how are they grounded or justified?”
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Reading as a Philosophical Practice
Robert Piercey
This book asks why reading matters so much to so many people. Its answer is that reading is a philosophical activity: a way of working through, and taking a stand on, fundamental questions about who and what we are, how we should live, and how we relate to other things.
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9781785276071
December 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00This book asks why reading matters so much to so many people. Its answer is that reading is a philosophical activity: a way of working through, and taking a stand on, fundamental questions about who and what we are, how we should live, and how we relate to other things.
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Spinoza on Ethics and Understanding
Peter Winch
Edited by Michael Campbell, Sarah Tropper
introduction by David CockburnThis volume collects together Peter Winch's previously unpublished lectures on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Winch's original interpretation of Spinoza's Ethics sheds new light on the work of one history's most difficult and admired philosophers from a different perspective.
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9781785275432
November 2020
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£140.00 / $140.00This volume collects together Peter Winch’s previously unpublished lectures on the philosophy of Baruch Spinoza. Winch’s original interpretation of Spinoza’s Ethics sheds new light on the work of one history’s most difficult and admired philosophers from a different perspective.
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Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid
Benjamin W. Redekop
Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid brings to light the dynamic and evolving relationship between common sense and scientific thinking that stretches from Aristotle to the present day.
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9781785275494
November 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00Common Sense and Science from Aristotle to Reid brings to light the dynamic and evolving relationship between common sense and scientific thinking that stretches from Aristotle to the present day.
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Wittgenstein and the Social Sciences
Action, Ideology and Justice
Robert Vinten
Vinten looks at the relationship between Wittgenstein’s philosophy and the social sciences as well as at the ideological implications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy and applications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy to problems in social science. He examines and assesses the work of thinkers like Richard Rorty, Perry Anderson, and Chantal Mouffe.
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9781785273117
July 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00Vinten looks at the relationship between Wittgenstein’s philosophy and the social sciences as well as at the ideological implications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy and applications of Wittgenstein’s philosophy to problems in social science. He examines and assesses the work of thinkers like Richard Rorty, Perry Anderson, and Chantal Mouffe.
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Stratagem of the Corpse
Dying with Baudrillard, a Study of Sickness and Simulacra
Gary J Shipley
foreword by William PawlettStratagem of the Corpse is a philosophical and literary exposition of death not so much as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death.
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9781785272752
January 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00Stratagem of the Corpse is a philosophical and literary exposition of death not so much as seen by Baudrillard but Baudrillard as seen by death.
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A Theoretical Approach to Modern American History and Literature
An Issue of Reconfiguration and Re-representation
W. Lawrence Hogue
A reconfiguration of modern American history, showing how multiple movements at different times challenged a singularly defined modern America, and a re-representation of the modern American novel, accenting the different critical literary voices to effect a fundamental recasting of the modern Americanist paradigm.
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9781785272592
January 2020
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£125.00 / $125.00A reconfiguration of modern American history, showing how multiple movements at different times challenged a singularly defined modern America, and a re-representation of the modern American novel, accenting the different critical literary voices to effect a fundamental recasting of the modern Americanist paradigm.