Книги по философии

The Aesthetics of Wine shows that discussing wine within the framework of aesthetics both benefits our understanding of wine as a phenomenon, while al…

John Locke (1632-1704) has a good claim to the title of the greatest ever English philosopher, and was a founding father of both the empiricist tradit…

Plato's Republic is one of the most well-known and widely discussed texts in the history of philosophy, but how might we get to the heart of this work…

What do we know about war crimes and justice? What are the discursive practices through which the dominant images of war crimes, atrocity and justice …

This new book offers a clear and accessible exposition of Hayden White's thought. In an engaging and wide-ranging analysis, Herman Paul discusses Whit…

Wittgenstein presents a concise, comprehensive, and systematic treatment of Ludwig Wittgenstein's thought from his early work, Tractatus Logico-Philos…

Saul Kripke has been a major influence on analytic philosophy and allied fields for a half-century and more. His early masterpiece, Naming and Necessi…

A Brief History of Justice traces the development of the idea of justice from the ancient world until the present day, with special attention to the e…

In this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Inves…

This wide ranging and challenging book explores the relationship between subjectivity and mortality as it is understood by a number of twentieth-centu…

Reflecting the profound influence he continues to exert on popular consciousness, Camus examines the complete body of works of French author and philo…

In The Formation of Reason, philosophy professor David Bakhurst utilizes ideas from philosopher John McDowell to develop and defend a socio-historical…

Virtue and Vice, Moral and Epistemic presents a series of essays by leading ethicists and epistemologists who offer the latest thinking on the moral a…

Theodor Adorno’s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno a…

Worldwide, human lives are rapidly improving. Education, health-care, technology, and political participation are becoming ever more universal, empowe…

The second edition of Environmental Ethics combines a strong theoretical foundation with applications to some of the most pressing environmental probl…

Reflecting a recent flourishing of creative thinking in the field, Agents and Their Actions presents seven newly commissioned essays by leading intern…

Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hege…

Confucian political philosophy has recently emerged as a vibrant area of thought both in China and around the globe. This book provides an accessible …

Philosophy of Religion: The Basics offers a concise introduction to philosophy of religion, distilling key discussions and concepts of the subject to …

Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, bu…

By introducing current debates in the field of critical thinking and posing new questions from contributing scholars, Critical Thinking and Learning e…

Offering the first general introductory text to this subject, the timely Introduction to Evolutionary Ethics reflects the most up-to-date research and…

Thomas Hobbes was the first great English political philosopher. His work excited intense controversy among his contemporaries and continues to do so …

Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's f…

The world is populated with many different objects, to which we often attribute properties: we say, for example, that grass is green, that the earth i…

Critical Pedagogy and Race argues that a rigorous engagement with race is a priority for educators concerned with equality in schools and in society. …

Providing a groundbreaking collective commentary, by an international group of leading philosophical scholars, Blackwell’s Guide to Hegel’s Phenomenol…

This book is a critical introduction to contemporary French philosopher Jacques Rancière. It is the first introduction in any language to cover all of…

In 1944 Horkheimer and Adorno warned that industrial society turns reason into rationalization, and Polanyi warned of the dangers of the self-regulati…

In this engaging and comprehensive introduction to the topic of toleration, Andrew Jason Cohen seeks to answer fundamental questions, such as: What is…

Irrealism in Ethics presents a collection of six original essays contributed by prominent moral philosophers that address various forms of the philoso…

A concise and very readable summary of Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil, geared toward students embarking on their studies and general readers. It is …

Julia Kristeva is one of the most creative and prolific writers to address the personal, social, and political trials of our times. Linguist, psychoan…

In this volume Axel Honneth deepens and develops his highly influential theory of recognition, showing how it enables us both to rethink the concept o…

The French philosopher Jacques Rancière is well known across the world for his groundbreaking contributions to aesthetic and political theory and for …

Identity and Discrimination, originally published in 1990 and the first book by respected philosopher Timothy Williamson, is now reissued and updated …

Jung and Educational Theory offers a new take on Jung’s work, providing original, rich and informative material on his impact on educational research.…

What does the study of Plato’s dialogues tell us about the modern meaning of ‘sex’? How can recent developments in the philosophy of sex and gender he…

By exploring the ethical differences between humans and animals, Animalkind establishes a middle ground between egalitarianism and outright dismissal …

Paradoxes are arguments that lead from apparently true premises, via apparently uncontroversial reasoning, to a false or even contradictory conclusion…

In this important new book, the leading philosopher François Laruelle examines the role of intellectuals in our societies today, specifically with reg…

Updated and revised, the Second Edition of Danto and His Critics presents a series of essays by leading Danto scholars who offer their critical assess…

Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding. It is present whenever we use such terms as ‘…

Minerva’s Night Out presents series of essays by noted philosopher and motion picture and media theorist Noël Carroll that explore issues at the inter…