Readings Recommends: Philosophy
Philosophers
$42.95 – Hardback / Oxford University Press Inc
In this riveting collection twenty-five years in the making, Pyke presents 100 black-and-white portraits of contemporary philosophers, photographed in his distinctive style. The effect of his technique can be startling but... Buy or find out more→
Just the Arguments: 100 of the Most Important Arguments in Western Philosophy
$29.95 – Paperback / John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument. Cutting through notoriously dense and verbose philosophical prose, this book sets 100 famous and... Buy or find out more→
Happy Life The Search For Contentment In The Modern World The
$19.95 – Paperback / Black Inc.
Addresses one of the most fundamental questions of all: what makes for a happy life? This title explores the sensual happiness of the flesh; covers the difficulties of the modern world's obsession with consumption; and, finally... Buy or find out more→
A Little History of Philosophy
$29.95 – Hardback / Yale University Press
For readers of E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World, an equally irresistible volume that brings history's greatest philosophers to life Buy or find out more→
Phenomenology of Perception: An Introduction
$32.95 – Paperback / Taylor & Francis Ltd
Long considered Merleau-Ponty's defining work, this is so important because it returned the body to the forefront of philosophy for the first time since Plato. Its is a crucial work in understanding how we perceive the world. Buy or find out more→
The Expanding Circle: Ethics, Evolution, and Moral Progress
$28.95 – Paperback / Princeton University Press
What is ethics? Where do moral standards come from? Are they based on emotions, reason, or some innate sense of right and wrong? This title argues that altruism began as a genetically based drive to protect one's kin and community... Buy or find out more→
Hope
$24.95 – Paperback / Acumen Publishing Ltd
For Aristotle being hopeful was part of a well-lived life, a virtue. For Aquinas it was a fundamentally theological virtue and for Kant a basic moral motivation. Drawing on everyday examples as well as discussion of hope in the... Buy or find out more→
Who am I? And If So, How Many?: A Philosophical Journey
$26.95 – Paperback / Scribe Publications
Drawing on neuroscience, psychology, history and even pop culture, Richard Precht deftly elucidates the questions at the heart of human existence: What is truth? Does life have meaning? Why should I be good? and presents them in... Buy or find out more→
Driving With Plato The Meaning Of Lifes Milestones
$32.99 – Hardback / Profile Books Ltd
Drawing on philosophy, art, literature and psychology, this title explores the real meaning of the hoops we all have to jump through. In it, you may hear from Aristotle on starting school, learn from St Paul about falling in love,... Buy or find out more→
Time and Philosophy: A History of Continental Thought
$44.00 – Paperback / Acumen Publishing Ltd
Presents a survey of continental thought through an historical account of its key texts. Focusing on how philosophical thought should respond to time, this title looks at the development of continental philosophy in both Europe... Buy or find out more→
The Immortalization Commission: The Strange Quest to Cheat Death
$45.00 – Hardback / Penguin Books Ltd
For most of our history religion provided a clear explanation for life and the afterlife. But in the early twentieth century this framework came under relentless pressure as new ideas - from psychiatry to evolution to Communism -... Buy or find out more→
The Soul Hypothesis: Investigations into the Existence of the Soul
$28.00 – Paperback / Continuum Publishing Corporation
What do we mean when we speak about the soul? What are the arguments for the existence of the soul as distinct from the physical body? Do animals have souls? What is the difference between the mind and the soul? This book features... Buy or find out more→
30-Second Philosophies: The 50 Most Thought-provoking Philosophies, Each Explained in Half a Minute
$20.00 – Hardback / Murdoch Books
Takes a revolutionary approach to getting a grip on the 50 most important and significant schools of philosophy. It will challenge a half century of great thinkers to explain the most significant theories of philosophical thought... Buy or find out more→
Madness: The Invention of an Idea
$14.95 – Paperback / HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Examines the history of madness as a social and cultural construct, and moves outside of the psychoanalytic tradition into a radical critique of Freud. This book traces the intellectual evolution of Focault. It features a foreword... Buy or find out more→
Ideas That Matter: A Personal Guide for the 21st Century
$27.99 – Paperback / Orion Publishing Co
This is a book that celebrates the power of ideas: thought can and does, change the world. And, in turn, ideas evolve. Fundamentalism, environmentalism and bioethics are defining our future just as Marxism, feminism or... Buy or find out more→
A New History of Western Philosophy
$57.95 – Hardback / Oxford University Press
Sir Anthony Kenny unfolds a magisterial new history of Western philosophy. Specially written for a broad popular readership, Kenny's lucid and stimulating history will become the definitive work for anyone interested in the people... Buy or find out more→
Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture: From Socrates to South Park, Hume to House
$34.95 – Paperback / John Wiley and Sons Ltd
What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God? This title uses... Buy or find out more→
Mind Games: 31 Days to Rediscover Your Brain
$24.95 – Paperback / John Wiley and Sons Ltd
This original and innovative book is an exploration of one of the key mysteries of the mind, the question of consciousness. Conducted through a one month course of both practical and entertaining thought experiments', these... Buy or find out more→