Bertrand Russell was one of the most influential figures of the 20th century and his autobiography is one of the most compelling and vivid ever written. This compact paperback edition contains an introduction by Michael Foot...
Stephen Priest's popular introduction to the British Empiricists traces the development of the movement from Hobbes, through Locke, Berkely and Hume, and extends the study to Mill, Russell and Ayer. The new edition includes a new introductory chapter that examines what Empiricism is, placing the res..
This book examines the idea of the public intellectual, and considers the broader intellectual trends inside and outside the academy that determine the role of intellectuals in the public life. This book is a special issue of the journal Criticla..
The Jewish Philosophy Reader is the first comprehensive anthology of classic writings on Jewish philosophy from the Bible to postmodernism. Key writings by leading figures in Jewish thought are represented and introduced to the student...
This volume covers many of the most important philosophers and movements of the nineteenth century, including utilitarianism, positivism and pragmatism...
This volume covers many of the most important philosophers and movements of the nineteenth century, including utilitarianism, positivism and pragmatism...
This volume covers a period of three hundred and fifty years, from the middle of the fourteenth century to the early years of the eighteenth century: the birth of modern philosophy...
This volume covers a period of three hundred and fifty years, from the middle of the fourteenth century to the early years of the eighteenth century: the birth of modern philosophy...
In this perceptive and intriguing book, Bremmer takes a fresh look at the major developments in the Western imagination of the afterlife, from the ancient Greeks to the modern near-death experience...