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  • Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves

    by Professor David Ellis, Nicholas Bunnin ...
    A high school drop-out who served in the American army and then managed to slip into Oxford on the G.I. bill, Frank Cioffi gained a considerable public reputation in Freudian and Wittgensteinian circles. Frank Cioffi: The Philosopher in Shirt-Sleeves is an account of his conversation written in a Boswellian spirit, capturing the sharp intelligence, boisterous sense of humour and wealth of ... Read more

    $51.49 CAD

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    The books in this bite-sized new series contain no complicated techniques or tricky materials, making them ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely curious. Philosophy is a short, simple and to-the-point guide to philosophy. In just 96 pages, the reader will discover the ideas of all the key figures, from Socrates to Wittgenstein. Ideal for the busy, the time-pressured or the merely ... Read more

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  • Living on Borrowed Time

    Conversations with Citlali Rovirosa-Madrazo

    by Zygmunt Bauman ...
    The global financial crisis has shattered the illusion that all was well with capitalism and forced us to confront the great challenges we face today with a new sense of urgency. Few are better placed to do this than Zygmunt Bauman, a social thinker whose writings on liquid modernity have pioneered a new way of seeing the world in which we live at the dawn of the 21st Century.Our liquid modern ... Read more

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  • The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy

    by Michael F. Patton, Kevin Cannon ...
    Philosophy like you've never seen it beforeThe latest in the celebrated Cartoon Introduction series, The Cartoon Introduction to Philosophy is an authoritative and engaging guide to the fundamental questions about our existence. In this indispensable primer, Kevin Cannon—one of the talented illustrators behind Evolution and The Stuff of Life—and the philosopher Michael F. Patton introduce the ... Read more

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  • Lonergan and Historiography

    The Epistemological Philosophy of History

    by Thomas J. McPartland ...
    Although Bernard Lonergan is known primarily for his cognitional theory and theological methodology, he long sought to formulate a modern philosophy of history free of progressive and Marxist biases. Yet he never addressed this in any single work, and his reflections on the subject are scattered in various writings.In this pioneering work, Thomas McPartland shows how Lonergan’s overall ... Read more

    $53.89 CAD

  • The Oxford Handbook of The History of Analytic Philosophy

    Edited by Michael Beaney ...
    Series series Oxford Handbooks in Philosophy
    During the course of the twentieth century, analytic philosophy developed into the dominant philosophical tradition in the English-speaking world. In the last two decades, it has become increasingly influential in the rest of the world, from continental Europe to Latin America and Asia. At the same time there has been deepening interest in the origins and history of analytic philosophy, as ... Read more

    $55.19 CAD

  • Rancière, Public Education and the Taming of Democracy

    Edited by Maarten Simons, Jan Masschelein ...
    Rancière, Public Education and the Taming of Democracy introduces the political and educational ideas of Jacques Rancière, a leading philosopher increasingly important in educational theory.In light of his ideas, the volume explores the current concern for democracy and equality in relation to education.The book introduces and discusses the works of Jacques Rancière, a leading philosopher ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

  • Tyranny

    A New Interpretation

    by Waller R. Newell ...
    This is the first comprehensive exploration of ancient and modern tyranny in the history of political thought. Waller R. Newell argues that modern tyranny and statecraft differ fundamentally from the classical understanding. Newell demonstrates a historical shift in emphasis from the classical thinkers' stress on the virtuous character of rulers and the need for civic education to the modern ... Read more

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  • The World of the Imagination

    Sum and Substance

    by Eva T. H. Brann ...
    In this book, Eva Brann sets out no less a task than to assess the meaning of imagination in its multifarious expressions throughout western history. The result is one of those rare achievements that will make The World of the Imagination a standard reference. ... Read more

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  • Anthropology, History, and Education

    by Immanuel Kant, Robert B. Louden, Günter Zöller ...
    Series series The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant
    Anthropology, History, and Education, first published in 2007, contains all of Kant's major writings on human nature. Some of these works, which were published over a thirty-nine year period between 1764 and 1803, had never before been translated into English. Kant's question 'What is the human being?' is approached indirectly in his famous works on metaphysics, epistemology, moral and legal ... Read more

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  • Plato: Theaetetus and Sophist

    by Christopher Rowe ...
    Series series Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
    Plato's Theaetetus and Sophist are two of his most important dialogues, and are widely read and discussed by philosophers for what they reveal about his epistemology and particularly his accounts of belief and knowledge. Although they form part of a single Platonic project, these dialogues are not usually presented as a pair, as they are in Christopher Rowe's new and lively translation. Offering a ... Read more

    $31.99 CAD

  • Tommaso Campanella

    The Book and the Body of Nature

    by Germana Ernst ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    A friend of Galileo and author of the renowned utopia The City of the Sun, Tommaso Campanella (Stilo, Calabria,1568- Paris, 1639) is one of the most significant and original thinkers of the early modern period. His philosophical project centred upon the idea of reconciling Renaissance philosophy with a radical reform of science and society. He produced a complex and articulate synthesis of all ... Read more

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