Philosophy
'The Useless Mouths' and Other Literary Writings
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"The Useless Mouths" and Other Literary Writings brings to English-language readers literary writings--several previously unknown--by Simone de Beauvoir. Culled from sources including various American university collections, the works span decades of Beauvoir's career. Ranging from dramatic works and literary theory to radio broadcasts, they collectively reveal fresh insights into Beauvoir's writing process, personal life, and the honing of her philosophy. The volume begins with a new t…
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10 Good Questions About Life And Death
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10 Good Questions about Life and Death makes us think again about some of the most important issues we ever have to face.Addresses the fundamental questions that many of us ask about life and death.Written in an engaging and straightforward style, ideal for those with no formal background in philosophy.Focuses on commonly pondered issues, such as: Is life sacred? Is it bad to die? Is there life after death? Does life have meaning? And which life is best?Encourages readers to think about a…
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10 Moral Paradoxes : Ten More Paradoxes
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Presenting ten diverse and original moral paradoxes, this cutting edge work of philosophical ethics makes a focused, concrete case for the centrality of paradoxes within morality.Explores what these paradoxes can teach us about morality and the human conditionConsiders a broad range of subjects, from familiar topics to rarely posed questions, among them "Fortunate Misfortune", "Beneficial Retirement" and "Preferring Not To Have Been Born"Asks whether the existence of moral paradox is a go…
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101 Philosophy Problems (2nd Edition)
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Martin Cohen combines new and topical problems with witty and engaging discussion. With an updated glossary of helpful terms and possible solutions to the problems at the end of the book, this is essential reading for anyone coming to philosophy for the first time. 229p.
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2000 Years of Disbelief : Famous People with the Courage to Doubt
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Chronologically arranged, this collection of quotations by well-known artists, politicians, scholars, writers, scientists, poets, philosophers, and entertainers offers a look at their opinions and doubts about religion
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20th-Century Philosophy : the Analytic Tradition (Readings in the History of Philosophy series)
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The full scope and impact of Western philosophy from the Presocratics to the important thinkers of the twentieth century are presented in this original paperback series. This edition adheres to the division of the analytic parts into Realism, Logical Analysis or Logical Atomism, Logical Positivism, and Linguistic, ordinary Language, or Conceptual Analysis. The editor follows this practice, except for calling the fourth phase Conceptual Elucidation, since the emphasis here is on the descr…
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24/7 : Time and Temporality In the Network Society
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This collection of 13 articles traces the repercussions of the rapidly accelerating rate of change in rapidly accelerating modern life. They cover how our perspectives have changed, how network time is now natural time, how we have come to change our thinking about speed as a function of distance over time, how machine time differs in the Viterbi Algorithm, how The Matrix and other pop culture explains their time imagery, the retreat of the old present and the advance of the new, the mana…
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30-Second Philosophies: The 50 Most Thought-Provoking Philosophies, Each Explained In Half a Minute
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Contributors: Julian Baggini, Kati Balog, James Garvey, Barry Loewer, Jeremy Stangroom.
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