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Mind and Body (Paperback, Illustrated Ed): Robert Kirk Mind and Body (Paperback, Illustrated Ed)
Robert Kirk
R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A great deal of work in philosophy today is concerned with some aspect of the complex tangle of problems and puzzles roughly labelled the mind-body problem. This book is an introduction to it. It is a readable, lucid and accessible guide that provides readers with authoritative exposition, and a solid and reliable framework which can be built on as needed. The first chapter briefly introduces the subject and moves on to discuss mechanism - the idea that minds are machines - focusing on Searle's Chinese Room argument. The next three chapters discuss dualism, physicalism, and some hard problems for physicalism, especially those concerning phenomenal consciousness. Chapters on behaviourism and functionalism follow. The central mind-body topics are then each given deeper consideration in separate chapters. Intentionality is investigated via Fodor's doctrine of the Language of Thought, taking account of connectionism. The main theories of consciousness are examined and the author's own approach outlined. The concluding chapter briefly resumes the theme of psychological explanation, linking it to further topics. Each chapter ends with a summary of the main points together with suggestions for further reading.

Contemporary American Philosophy - Personal Statements    Volume I (Hardcover): Adams George P and Montague Wm Pepperell Contemporary American Philosophy - Personal Statements Volume I (Hardcover)
Adams George P and Montague Wm Pepperell
R6,002 Discovery Miles 60 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. This is Volume I of twenty-two in a series of 20th Century Philosophy focuses on American Philosophy. This is volume I of the two, written in 1930 is a collection of essays dedicated to George Herbert Palmer and his expansion of thought which has gone on from the restricted outlook of Hopkins, Porter, Bowen, and McCosh to the wide horizons of Dewey, Montague, Hocking, and Whitehead.

Contemporary American Philosophy - Personal Statements Volume II (Hardcover): Adams George P and Montague Wm Pepperell Contemporary American Philosophy - Personal Statements Volume II (Hardcover)
Adams George P and Montague Wm Pepperell
R7,445 Discovery Miles 74 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This is Volume II on Personal Statements initially published in 1930. This collection includes essays from John Dewey, Clarence Irving Lewis, WM. Pepperell, Edgar A. Singer Jr, Frederick J.E. Woodbridge and others from the field of contemporary American philosophy.

Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements Third Series (Hardcover): Lewis H. D. Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements Third Series (Hardcover)
Lewis H. D.
R5,976 Discovery Miles 59 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements   Fourth Series (Hardcover): Lewis H. D. Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements Fourth Series (Hardcover)
Lewis H. D.
R1,776 Discovery Miles 17 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Commonplace Book - 1919-1953 (Hardcover): Moore George Edward Commonplace Book - 1919-1953 (Hardcover)
Moore George Edward
R7,172 Discovery Miles 71 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. The Library of Philosophy was designed as a contribution to the History of Modern Philosophy under the heads: first of different Schools of Thought-Sensationalist, Realist, Idealist, Intuitivist; secondly of different Subjects-Psychology, Ethics, Aesthetics, Political Philosophy, Theology. This is volume XVI of twenty-two in a series of 20th Century Philosophy focuses on the commonplace book of George Moore. The papers include nine notebooks, written at various times between 1919 and 1953.

Bernard Bosanquet and his Friends - Letters Illustrating the Sources and the Development of his Philosophical Opinions... Bernard Bosanquet and his Friends - Letters Illustrating the Sources and the Development of his Philosophical Opinions (Hardcover)
J H Muirhead
R5,379 Discovery Miles 53 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements First Series (Hardcover): J H Muirhead Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements First Series (Hardcover)
J H Muirhead
R7,146 Discovery Miles 71 460 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements Second Series (Hardcover): J H Muirhead Contemporary British Philosophy - Personal Statements Second Series (Hardcover)
J H Muirhead
R1,797 Discovery Miles 17 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Coleridge as Philosopher (Hardcover): Muirhead John H. Coleridge as Philosopher (Hardcover)
Muirhead John H.
R5,375 Discovery Miles 53 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

The Ways of Reason - A Critical Study of the Ideas of Emile Meyerson (Hardcover): Joseph LaLumia The Ways of Reason - A Critical Study of the Ideas of Emile Meyerson (Hardcover)
Joseph LaLumia
R1,651 Discovery Miles 16 510 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. This is Volume I of six in a series on Epistemology and Philosophy. This essay offers a critical study of the ideas of Emile Meyerson and is intended mainly to present a study of his complete work and to correct a fairly widespread misconception of it for its intrinsic interest. Meyerson's work offers an unusual paradigm in the light of which it is possible to think more clearly about the relevance of psychology to philosophical investigations.

Natural Rights - A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions (Hardcover): Ritchie David G. Natural Rights - A Criticism of Some Political and Ethical Conceptions (Hardcover)
Ritchie David G.
R5,397 Discovery Miles 53 970 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 2002. This is Volume XI of twelve in the Library of Philosophy series on Ethics. This study is the author's criticism of some political and ethical conceptions outlined on Natural Rights and was written in 1894.

Michel Foucault (Hardcover, Annotated Ed): Robert Eaglestone Michel Foucault (Hardcover, Annotated Ed)
Robert Eaglestone; Sara Mills
R2,568 Discovery Miles 25 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

It is impossible to imagine contemporary critical theory without the work of Michel Foucault. His radical reworkings of the concepts of power, knowledge, discourse and identity have influenced the widest possible range of theories and impacted upon disciplinary fields from literary studies to anthropology. Aimed at students approaching Foucault's texts for the first time, this volume offers:
* an examination of Foucault's contexts
* a guide to his key ideas
* an overview of responses to his work
* practical hints on 'using Foucault'
* an annotated guide to his most influential works
* suggestions for further reading.
Challenging not just what we think but how we think, Foucault's work remains the subject of heated debate. Sara Mills' Michel Foucault offers an introduction to both the ideas and the debate, fully equipping student readers for an encounter with this most influential of thinkers.

On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics - The Work of Arius Didymus (Paperback, Rev Ed): David Riesman On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics - The Work of Arius Didymus (Paperback, Rev Ed)
David Riesman
R1,419 Discovery Miles 14 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This edition of volume 1 in the series Rutgers University Studies in Classical Humanities concerns Hellenistic ethics. Its particular focus is the compendium of Stoic and Peripatetic ethics attributed to Arius Didymus, court philosopher to the Roman emperor Caesar Augustus. Arius was admired in antiquity for his Consolatio addressed to Livia, Augustus' wife, on the death of her son Drusus. He was also known for having advised Augustus to spare the inhabitants of Alexandria when that city fell to the army of Augustus. Arius was, then, an important advisor to a powerful emperor; he held the position that Plato dreamed of and Kant recommended. He advised the ruler of the Mediterranean world and practiced an ethics based on his knowledge of Hellenistic philosophy. That knowledge is discussed in On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics.

Prior to the publication of On Stoic and Peripatetic Ethics, Arius was best known in the English-speaking world for fragments concerning physical philosophy. There were some works in German and Italian but discussion in English was meager and largely inconsequential. Within the English-speaking world, there is now a significant and growing body of scholarly literature on Arius' compendium. Far from supplanting the present volume, this body of literature underlines the importance of the volume and builds on issues raised in it.

The Philosophy of Gadamer (Hardcover): Jean Grondin, Kathryn Plant The Philosophy of Gadamer (Hardcover)
Jean Grondin, Kathryn Plant
R3,935 Discovery Miles 39 350 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The ideas of the German philosopher, Hans-Georg Gadamer have had considerable influence both in their own right as the leading modern exposition of philosophical hermeneutics and interpreting the works of Heidegger, Plato and Hegel. This work covers the trail of Gadamer's thought. Taking 'Truth and Method' (1960, translated 1975) as the axis of the interpretation of Gadamer's thought, Jean Grondin lays out the key themes of the work - method, humanism, aesthetic judgement, truth, the work of history - with exemplary clarity. Gadamer's concerns are situated in the context of traditional philosophical issues, showing, for example, how Gadamer both continues, and significantly modifies, the philosophical problem as it begins with Descartes and advances rather than simply follows Heidegger's treatment of the relationship of thinking and language. In this way Grondin shows how the issues of philosophical hermeneutics are relevant for contemporary concerns in science and history.

Deconstruction - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 3rd edition): Christopher Norris Deconstruction - Theory and Practice (Hardcover, 3rd edition)
Christopher Norris
R3,020 Discovery Miles 30 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


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Jacques Derrida (Hardcover): Nicholas Royle Jacques Derrida (Hardcover)
Nicholas Royle; Series edited by Robert Eaglestone
R2,594 Discovery Miles 25 940 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


There are few figures more important in literary and critical theory than Jacques Derrida. Whether lauded or condemned, his writing has had far-reaching ramifications, and his work on deconstruction cannot be ignored. This volume introduces students of literature and cultural studies to Derrida's enormously influential texts, covering such topics as:
*deconstruction, text and difference
*literature and freedom
*law, justice and the 'democracy to come'
*drugs, secrets and gifts.
Nicholas Royle's unique book, written in an innovative and original style, is an outstanding introduction to the methods and significance of Jacques Derrida.

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations (Hardcover): A. D Smith Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Husserl and the Cartesian Meditations (Hardcover)
A. D Smith
R3,342 Discovery Miles 33 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


Husserl is one of the most important philosophers of the twentieth century and his contribution to the phenomenology movement is widely recognised. The Cartesian Meditations is his most famous, and most widely studied work. The book introduces and assesses: Husserl's life and background to the Cartesian Meditations, the ideas and text of the Cartesian Meditations and the continuing imporance of Husserl's work to Philosophy.

A History of English Utilitarianism (Hardcover): Albee, Ernest A History of English Utilitarianism (Hardcover)
Albee, Ernest
R7,468 Discovery Miles 74 680 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reissue from the classic Muirhead Library of Philosophy series (originally published between 1890s - 1970s).

Meditations (Paperback): Marcus Aurelius Meditations (Paperback)
Marcus Aurelius
R91 Discovery Miles 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Stirring reflections on the human condition from a warrior and emperor provide a fascinating glimpse into the mind and personality of a highly principled Roman of the 2nd century. Recognizing that suffering is at the core of life, he counsels stoic detachment in the face of inevitable pain, loss and death.

Archaeology of Knowledge (Hardcover, 2nd edition): Michel Foucault Archaeology of Knowledge (Hardcover, 2nd edition)
Michel Foucault
R2,738 Discovery Miles 27 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


In France, a country that awards its intellectuals the status other countries give their rock stars, Michel Foucault was part of a glittering generation of thinkers, one which also included Sartre, de Beauvoir and Deleuze. One of the great intellectual heroes of the twentieth century, Foucault was a man whose passion and reason were at the service of nearly every progressive cause of his time. From law and order, to mental health, to power and knowledge, he spearheaded public awareness of the dynamics that hold us all in thrall to a few powerful ideologies and interests. Arguably his finest work, Archaeology of Knowledge is a challenging but fantastically rewarding introduction to his ideas.

The Heart of Therapy - Developing Compassion, Understanding and Boundaries (Hardcover): Laura Barnett The Heart of Therapy - Developing Compassion, Understanding and Boundaries (Hardcover)
Laura Barnett
R3,620 Discovery Miles 36 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

• A self-reflection on boundaries, compassion, and love , the place they each have in therapy, and how this transfers to our understand of life • Existential therapy and trauma, and existential and transgenerational trauma or both topics with increasing demand and general relevance. • Laura Barnett’s writing is also well-known, and this book offers unique vignettes, dialogues, and personal reflections that are enjoyable to read and challenge the reader to think differently

Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons (Hardcover): Sandra Lapointe, Erich Reck Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons (Hardcover)
Sandra Lapointe, Erich Reck
R4,060 Discovery Miles 40 600 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book presents a series of case studies and reflections on the historiographical assumptions, methods, and approaches that shape the way in which philosophers construct their own past. The chapters in the volume advance discussion of the methods of historians of philosophy, while at the same time illustrating the various ways in which philosophical canons come into existence, debunking the myth of analytical philosophy's ahistoricism, and providing a deeper understanding of the roles historiographical devices play in philosophical thought. More importantly, the contributors attempt to understand history of philosophy in connection with other historical and historiographical approaches: contributors engage classical history of science, sociology of knowledge, history of psychology and historiography, in dialogue with historiographical practices in philosophy more narrowly construed. Additionally, select chapters adopt a more diverse perspective, by making place for non-Western approaches and for efforts to construe new philosophical narratives that do justice to the voice of women across the centuries. Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in history of philosophy, meta-philosophy, philosophy of history, historiography, intellectual history, and sociology of knowledge.

New British Philosophy - The Interviews (Paperback): Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom New British Philosophy - The Interviews (Paperback)
Julian Baggini, Jeremy Stangroom
R1,191 Discovery Miles 11 910 Ships in 12 - 17 working days


From popular introductions to biographies and television programmes, philosophy is everywhere. Many people even want to be philosophers, usually in the café or the pub. But what do real philosophers do? What are the big philosophical issues of today? Why do they matter? How did some our best philosophers get into philosophy in the first place?
Read New British Philosophy and find out for the first time. Clear, engaging and designed for a general audience, sixteen fascinating interviews with some of the top philosophers from the new generation of the subject's leaders range from music to the mind and feminism to the future of philosophy.
Each interview is introduced and conducted by Julian Baggini and Jeremy Stangroom of The Philosophers Magazine. This is a unique snapshot of philosophy in Great Britain today and includes interviews with:
Ray Monk - Biography; Nigel Warburton - the Public; Aaron Ridley - Music; Jonathan Wolff - Politics; Roger Crisp - Ethics; Rae Langton - Pornography; Miranda Fricker - Knowledge; M.G.F.Martin - Perception; Timothy Williamson - Vagueness; Tim Crane - Mind; Robin Le Poidevin - Metaphysics; Christina Howells - Sartre; Simon Critchley - Phenomenology; Simon Glendinning - Continental; Stephen Mulhall - the Future; Keith Ansell Pearson - the Human.

Rousseau: Stoic & Romantic (Paperback): Kennedy F. Roche Rousseau: Stoic & Romantic (Paperback)
Kennedy F. Roche
R951 Discovery Miles 9 510 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book, first published in 1974, studies the similarities between Rousseau's thought and that of the Stoics, examining Rousseau's ideas on man, society, the state and government. It makes close reference to Rousseau's writings, and to the works of Seneca and other Stoics, presenting an opportunity to really come to grips with a complex and often contradictory mind.

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