Western philosophy: Medieval & Renaissance, c 500 to c 1600 books

In The Sacrament of Language Agamben investigates the phenomenon of the oath, arguing that it points toward a fundamental...  Read More >>

On the heels of the success of ""The Wisdom of Crowds"" and ""Predictably Irrational"" comes a thoughtful and persuasive...  Read More >>

Providing an analysis of passions or emotions in William Ockham's psychology, this study shows how Ockham diverged...  Read More >>

The Thomistic tradition takes it name from the thirteenth-century religious thinker and saint who is its source...  Read More >>

In The Sacrament of Language Agamben investigates the phenomenon of the oath, arguing that it points toward a fundamental...  Read More >>

The study features the five most important and most efficacious themes of Western spirituality in their ancient...  Read More >>

In January 1998 leading scholars from Europe, the United States, and Israel in the fields of medieval encyclopedias...  Read More >>

To understand the role of time within the scope of 20th century ontology, after the fundamental works of E Husserl,...  Read More >>

Enlightenment is not something that can just be handed to you. The closest thing to it that you can receive are...  Read More >>

Thomas Aquinas is the most widely read and arguably most influential of the medieval philosophers. He is famous...  Read More >>

Thomas Aquinas is the most widely read and arguably most influential of the medieval philosophers. He is famous...  Read More >>

Revives the concept of Soul, urging an understanding of Soul as expression.  Read More >>

Presents formalizations of three important medieval logical theories - supposition, consequence and obligations...  Read More >>

The authors hi- light the attempts in ancient philosophical sources to grasp the evasive character of the specifically...  Read More >>

Purpose Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed is pervaded by a p- manent tension regarding the possibility and...  Read More >>

Sense perception is one of the classical themes in philosophy. While philosophical psychology is the main area in...  Read More >>

Represents the historical survey focusing on the notion of consciousness. This title approaches consciousness through...  Read More >>

Modern mechanics was forged in the seventeenth century from materials inherited from Antiquity and transformed in...  Read More >>

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Theories about the ontological structure of the world have generally been described in informal, intuitive terms....  Read More >>

Andinmy haste, I said: “Allmenare Liars” 1 —Psalms 116:11 The Original Lie Philosophical analysis often reveals...  Read More >>

This book examines the medieval tradition of Aristotelian logic from two perspectives. The first examines the ways...  Read More >>

Forging the Methodology that Enlightened Modern Civilization presents a review of two millennia of human strivings...  Read More >>

The Most Human Human is a provocative, exuberant, and profound exploration of the ways in which computers are reshaping...  Read More >>