History of ideas books

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography...  Read More >>

Why it is increasingly evident that ideas, not matter, are the sole object of all sciences.  Read More >>

Why it is increasingly evident that ideas, not matter, are the sole object of all sciences.  Read More >>

Focusing on the philosophical work of Judith Butler and Peter Sloterdijk, A Critique of Liberal Cynicism diagnoses—and...  Read More >>

This book explores the fin de siècle, an era of powerful global movements and turbulent transition, in Australia...  Read More >>

While Kant's philosophy of science is a growing field of study, his Metaphysical Foundations of Natural Science...  Read More >>

Quadratic equations, Pythagoras’ theorem, imaginary numbers, and pi — you may remember studying these at school,...  Read More >>

How the philosophers and polemicists of eighteenth-century Britain used ridicule in the service of religious toleration,...  Read More >>

By radically re-reading the 'Theological Political Treatise', Dimitris Vardoulakis argues that Spinoza's Epicurean...  Read More >>

The history of the German idealist oasis where discussions of revolution, literature, beliefs, romance, and concepts...  Read More >>

Named a Most Anticipated/Best Book of the Month by: NPR * USA Today * Time * Washington Post * Vulture * Women's...  Read More >>

English summary: The Enlightenment has often been characterized as an age captivated by the sense of sight. But...  Read More >>

English summary: The book presents a new reading of Nietzsche's ""Thus spoke Zarathustra"", which is held to be...  Read More >>

From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations.  Read More >>

This 2010 edition provides the first full scholarly treatment of this important work for fifty years. The detailed...  Read More >>

Vergerio examines the legacy of Alberico Gentili's treatise on the laws of war to undermine conventional narratives...  Read More >>

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The psychologist may appear in science fiction as the herald of utopia or dystopia; literary studies have used psychoanalytic...  Read More >>

Examines the complex notion of process as worked out by Alfred N. Whitehead.  Read More >>

Retraces the main themes, connections and critical points that define Bateson's multifaceted research.  Read More >>

Explores the basic forms of responsibility that we willingly assume and the collaborative fulfillment that we find...  Read More >>

"Leading-edge empirical observations are increasingly difficult to reconcile with ""scientific"" materialism. Laboratory...  Read More >>

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This book examines the various fields of application for artificial intelligence and attempts to analyze them philosophically....  Read More >>