Philosophy
Price of Doubt
The Price of Doubt is an important contribution to the problem of scepticism. It offers a new standard for the appraisal of philosophical arguments. Nicholas Nathan confronts the sceptic.
Aesthetic Order
Aesthetic Order challenges contemporary theories of aesthetics, offering the idea of beauty as quantitative yet different from the traditional discursive order. It will be of importance to all interested in aesthetic theory.
Durkheim, Morals And Modernity
Thorough and wide-ranging examination of the science of morals, reviving and defending the tradition of a scientific approach to ethics. Engages with recent debates on modernism and morality, demonstrating the contemporary relevance of Durkheim's ideas.
Philosophy: Basic Readings
Ideal readings for anyone coming to philosophy for the first time. Nigel Warburton brings philosophy to life with an imaginative selection of philosophical writings on key topics.
Derrida and Deconstruction
This is the second volume in the series Continental Philosophy. The series is oriented towards current work developing out of philosophical texts and traditions originating on European ground (since Hegel, Marx and Nietzsche).
Hume's Aesthetic Theory
David Hume famously said, that reason is and ought only to be the slave of the passions. Hume's Aesthetic Theory traces the roots of aesthetics in the concepts of "sentiment" and "taste" and the epistemological possibilities that Hume's use of them has offered.
Plato's Invisible Cities
This book offers an original and detailed reading of Plato's Republic, one of the most influential philosophical works in the emergence of Western philosophy. The author discusses the Republic in terms of discursive events and political acts.
Ethics
Ethics introduces the issues and controversies of contemporary moral philosophy to undergraduate students who have already done an introductory course in philosophy.
Philosophy of Art
Philosophy of Art is a textbook for undergraduate students studying philosophical aesthetics.
Introduction to Phenomenology
Introduction to Phenomenology is a comprehensive guide to phenomenology and the major philosophers who shaped the movement: Brentano, Tardowski, Husserl, Heidegger, Sartre, Merleau-Ponty, Levinas, Derrida, Adorno and Arendt.