Popular philosophy

Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth.

Throughout history scepticism and the urge to question accepted truths has been a powerful force for change and growth.

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts.

Identity has become one of the most widely used terms today, appearing in many different contexts.

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste.

Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste.

What are philosophers trying to achieve?

What are philosophers trying to achieve?

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - notably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physics - and their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications.

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Philosophy of physics is concerned with the deepest theories of modern physics - notably quantum theory, our theories of space, time and symmetry, and thermal physics - and their strange, even bizarre conceptual implications.

Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction probes some of the great philosophical questions about the mind: What is the relationship between mind and matter?

Philosophy of Mind: A Very Short Introduction probes some of the great philosophical questions about the mind: What is the relationship between mind and matter?

Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science.

Over the last forty years the philosophy of biology has emerged as an important sub-discipline of the philosophy of science.

What are philosophers trying to achieve?

What are philosophers trying to achieve?

Avner Baz offers a critique of leading work in mainstream analytic philosophy, and in particular challenges assumptions underlying recent debates concerning philosophical method.

Avner Baz offers a critique of leading work in mainstream analytic philosophy, and in particular challenges assumptions underlying recent debates concerning philosophical method.

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon.

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon.

Academic freedom allows members of institutions of higher learning to engage in intellectual pursuits without fear of censorship or retaliation, and lies at the heart of the mission of the university.

Academic freedom allows members of institutions of higher learning to engage in intellectual pursuits without fear of censorship or retaliation, and lies at the heart of the mission of the university.

Trust is indispensable, yet it can be dangerous.

Trust is indispensable, yet it can be dangerous.

- Is objectivity possible?

- Is objectivity possible?

Metaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology.

Metaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology.

'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.

'many men compete in digging and kicking but no one at all in the pursuit of human excellence.

Is mathematics a highly sophisticated intellectual game in which the adepts display their skill by tackling invented problems, or are mathematicians engaged in acts of discovery as they explore an independent realm of mathematical reality?

Is mathematics a highly sophisticated intellectual game in which the adepts display their skill by tackling invented problems, or are mathematicians engaged in acts of discovery as they explore an independent realm of mathematical reality?

Intelligent Virtue presents a distinctive new account of virtue and happiness as central ethical ideas.

Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong?

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile.

Religion is currently gaining a much higher profile.

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms.

Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton.

Homer, Leonardo da Vinci, Mozart, Shakespeare, and Tolstoy; Curie, Darwin, Einstein, Galileo, and Newton.

Portraits have for centuries been one of the most important art forms.

Can we trust our intuitive judgments of right and wrong?

Epicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and the pursuit of pleasures, particularly the pleasures of the table.

Four people with radically different outlooks on the world meet on a train and start talking about what they believe.

Four people with radically different outlooks on the world meet on a train and start talking about what they believe.

In Explaining Cancer, Anya Plutynski addresses a variety of philosophical questions that arise in the context of cancer science and medicine.

At the center of a constellation of key ideas in East Asian philosophical traditions, there lies a conception of oneness among human beings.

At the center of a constellation of key ideas in East Asian philosophical traditions, there lies a conception of oneness among human beings.

Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless?

Are our lives meaningful, or meaningless?

This book offers a novel account of the relationship of experience to knowledge.