Philosophy

This is a revised and enlarged version of Bryan Magee's widely praised study of Schopenhauer, the most comprehensive book on this great philosopher.

How much are we morally required to do to help people who are much worse off than us?

In this sequence of philosophical essays about natural science, Nancy Cartwright argues that fundamental explanatory laws, the deepest and most admired successes of modern physics, do not in fact describe the regularities that exist in nature.

The Moral Universe marks an importance advance in metaethical thinking, offering the most sustained and sophisticated development of nonnaturalistic moral realism to date.

The Moral Universe marks an importance advance in metaethical thinking, offering the most sustained and sophisticated development of nonnaturalistic moral realism to date.

Psychedelic Experience presents a philosophical account of psychedelic experience.

A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and career, while also forcing us to rethink how we previously understood Spinoza's reception in his own time and in the years following his death.

A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, which examines the man's life, relationships, writings, and career, while also forcing us to rethink how we previously understood Spinoza's reception in his own time and in the years following his death.

Psychedelic Experience presents a philosophical account of psychedelic experience.

Chris Fraser presents a rich and broad-ranging study of the culminating period of classical Chinese philosophy, the third century BC.

In a world overwhelmed by information, opinions, and constant mental activity, Thermodynamics of Thought offers a radically different perspective: the mind does not suffer because it thinks too much—it suffers because thought does not get to finish.

Vivimos en la era de la técnica, lo que no solo tiene que ver con pantallas y redes globales, sino con algo mucho más profundo relativo al sentido de la misma existencia.

¿Existe una filosofía oriental?

¿Cómo se defin la autoría cuando un texto es producida por una IA?

En este profundo ensayo, Claudia Paganini desarrolla una tesis filosofica muy controvertida: por primera vez el ser humano, en vez de limitarse a imaginar un dios, lo ha creado.

¿Por qué volver a pensar Antígona, de Sófocles, más de dos milenios después de su escritura?

Pinpoints how "e;dogwhistles"e; and "e;figleaves,"e; two kinds of linguistic trick, distort political discourse and normalize racismIt is widely accepted that political discourse in recent years has become more openly racist and more accepting of wildly implausible conspiracy theories.

KI und AGI (Artificial General Intelligence), ihr menschenverachtendes Weltbild und unsere ZukunftElon Musk und Donald Trump kündigen massenhaft Verwaltungsmitarbeitern, um einen KI-Staat zu errichten.

Chris Fraser presents a rich and broad-ranging study of the culminating period of classical Chinese philosophy, the third century BC.

What if your alone time was not a weakness—but your greatest strength?

Cooperative relations steeped in honesty and good faith are a necessity for any viable society.

Where justice, with its emphasis on individual claim-rights, falls short of justifying our ethical responsibility to care for those suffering from illnesses that do not neatly qualify as unjust, love (agape) provides the missing moral foundation.

This collection brings together an international range of specialists to explore the multi-faceted ways in which twentieth-century French philosophy affirms the fundamental importance of transformation.

Drawing from local archives alongside national and international records, this book argues that warfare was the defining feature of government and politics in Scotland for the two decades following the death of James V.

This collection brings together an international range of specialists to explore the multi-faceted ways in which twentieth-century French philosophy affirms the fundamental importance of transformation.

The Yellow Vests movement ('Les gilets jaunes') occupied roundabouts across France in late 2018 and remains a puzzling phenomenon.

The Yellow Vests movement ('Les gilets jaunes') occupied roundabouts across France in late 2018 and remains a puzzling phenomenon.

Drawing from local archives alongside national and international records, this book argues that warfare was the defining feature of government and politics in Scotland for the two decades following the death of James V.

This book redirects our attention to a group of thinkers whose project of rethinking difference and alterity assumes new critical significance at the current juncture.

This book redirects our attention to a group of thinkers whose project of rethinking difference and alterity assumes new critical significance at the current juncture.

The concept of ‘event’ has held a prominent position in both analytic and continental philosophy since the middle of the 20th century.

Policing is a source of perennial conflict and philosophical disagreement.

While posthumanism has gained traction over the past few decades, its application has, so far, mostly been within the humanities.

While posthumanism has gained traction over the past few decades, its application has, so far, mostly been within the humanities.

The concept of ‘event’ has held a prominent position in both analytic and continental philosophy since the middle of the 20th century.

When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on.

What if you are not broken, but patterned?

When theorizing about language, we tend to assume that speakers are cooperative, honest, helpful, and so on.

Soul.

Most people move through their lives without ever stopping to ask the one question that changes everything.

The Five Faces of Human EvilVolume II of the Understanding Human Evil SeriesWhy do human beings inflict suffering on one another?

Privacy matters because it shields us from possible abuses of power.

The Moral Life: An Antidote to EvilVolume III of the Understanding Human Evil SeriesIf evil is real, and if it takes recurring forms, how can it be resisted?

In The Uses of Idolatry, William T.

After sealing The First Tear, Archer discovers the Veil was never healed only wounded.