History of ideas books

Epistemic vices are character traits, attitudes or thinking styles that prevent us from gaining, keeping or sharing...  Read More >>

Le volume Descartes en dialogue illustre la richesse intellectuelle et la variete thematique des sujets abordes...  Read More >>

The first English-language monograph on Melissus of Samos, the most prominent representative of Eleaticism as inaugurated...  Read More >>

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This book examines Aristotle’s four causes (material, formal, efficient, and final cause), offering a systematic...  Read More >>

The story of German philosophy from the Middle Ages to todayIn an accessible narrative that explains complex ideas...  Read More >>

This book addresses the concepts of sovereignty, justice and justification in relation to western warfare. It argues...  Read More >>

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

Nobel laureate Erwin Schrödinger's What is Life? is one of the great science classics of the twentieth century....  Read More >>

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Est-ce que des miracles se produisent encore ? S'en est-il jamais produit, a strictement parler ? Qu'est-ce qui...  Read More >>

Starting in the 1670s, Leibniz became intensely engaged with the latest advances in science and mathematics. This...  Read More >>

To achieve excellence is to approximate an ideal as closely as possible. This is the basic idea of metanormative...  Read More >>

Friedrich Daniel Ernst Schleiermacher (1768 - 1834) was, in Berlin, an eminent preacher, professor, and member of...  Read More >>

Traité de paix entre Descartes et Newton précédé des vies littéraires de ces deux chefs de la physique moderne....  Read More >>

Critically introduces the philosophical system of Li Zehou, one of the most significant modern scholars of Chinese...  Read More >>

English translation of: Martin Heidegger: eine kritische Einfèuhrung.  Read More >>

Presents the first English translation of Herder's foundational essay along with critical responses to it by today's...  Read More >>

English translation of: Martin Heidegger: eine kritische Einfèuhrung.  Read More >>

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Examines Maurice Blondel's work, the historical and theological development of the idea of tradition in modern Catholicism,...  Read More >>

Argues that a rejection of tradition is both philosophically incoherent and politically harmful. This false conception...  Read More >>

Did you know that Engels, one of the great philosophers of communism, left a great inheritance? Or that Spinoza's...  Read More >>

Land of Tomorrow sheds new light on changes within American liberalism after the Second World War. The postwar period's...  Read More >>