Philosophy
Philosophy from Greece and Rome to medieval and modern thought.
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The Invention of Imagination: Aristotle and the Origins of the Representational Theory of Mind [Hardback]
Justin Humphreys (Author)
£46.50ISBN: 9780822947400
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
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An Illusion of Equity: The Legacy of Eugenics in Today's Education [Hardback]
Wendy Z. Warren (Author); Eric R. Jackson (Author)
£36.00ISBN: 9780813197661
Published by : University Press of Kentucky
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Public education plays a crucial role in crafting a nation's future. In the United States, education reform policy, particularly the reliance on large-scale, standardized testing, is a growing topic of national conversation and concern. An Illusio... .... Learn More -
Essays on Ethics [Paperback]
Pierpaolo Marrone (Author)
£15.99ISBN: 9788869774225
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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Eight essays on ethics, meta-ethics and normative ethics from John Rawls to David Gauthier, from Richard Rorty to Jonathan Dancy, from automatic concepts to Leibnizian ontology, from the end of work to cyber warfare .... Learn More -
Homo Patiens: Suffering as a Guidance for Social Change [Paperback]
Cornelia Stefano (Author)
£16.99ISBN: 9788869773723
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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The book places suffering at the center of its socio-critical considerations, replacing the famous alienation motif of the Frankfurt School. It begins by critiquing the concept of alienation and its long tradition in social and political philosoph... .... Learn More -
The Gesture [Paperback]
Petar Bojanič (Author); Virgilio Cesarone (Author)
£10.99ISBN: 9788869774195
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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Written by four hands, the current volume moves on two planes that fruitfully intersect and sometimes conflict in their interpretations. On the one hand, Petar Bojanič proposes that gestures are not parasitic of social acts but instead constitute ... .... Learn More -
Essentials of Chinese Humanism: Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism [Hardback]
Xiaoyue Xu (Author); Zhen Chi (Author)
£65.00ISBN: 9781626430914
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
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Professor Xu Xiaoyue, a top-notch scholar specializing in ancient Chinese philosophies and religions, displays essential constituents of Chinese humanism before readers. According to him, key concepts such as Confucian ten virtues, Daoist Way and ... .... Learn More -
The Confucian Tradition: Between Religion and Humanism [Hardback]
Guoxiang Peng (Author)
£105.00ISBN: 9781626430297
Published by : Bridge 21 Publications
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The author reviews the Confucian tradition through the two concepts, religion and humanities. Chinese scholars always adopt Zongjiao and Renwen from the ancient Chinese documents as the Chinese translation of religion and humanities. In respect of... .... Learn More -
The Correspondence of John Tyndall, Volume 12: The Correspondence, March 1871–May 1872 [Hardback]
Anne DeWitt (Editor); Kathleen Sheppard (Editor)
£112.50ISBN: 9780822946892
Published by : University of Pittsburgh Press
Series: The Correspondence of John Tyndall
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The twelfth volume of The Correspondence of John Tyndall contains 326 letters and covers the fifteen months of Tyndall’s life from March 1871 through May 1872, a time when he was a central figure in the field and had a substantial reputat... .... Learn More -
The Political Languages of Western Civilisation: Rhetoric, Democracy and Populism [Paperback]
Erasmo Silvio Storace (Author)
£14.99ISBN: 9788869774348
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Politics
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The book offers a study of ancient rhetoric within a philosophical reflection that aims to reconstruct its history. Through the various definitions of rhetoric and all its practical, ethical, social and political implications, the author leads us ... .... Learn More -
Practical Rationality and Human Difference: Perspectives On and Beyond Alasdair MacIntyre [Paperback]
Sante Maletta (Editor); Dario Mazzola (Editor); Damiano Simoncelli (Editor)
£26.99ISBN: 9788869774119
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Philosophy
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One of the fundamental aspects of the cultural landscape of the last century has been the revival of philosophical anthropology, in the form of a radical examination of the humanum: an examination that has attempted to meet the ... .... Learn More
