Philosophy books

Axios s Essence of . . . Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one. Kant...

Axios s Essence of . . . Series takes the greatest works of practical philosophy and pares them down to their essence. Selected passages flow together to create a seamless work that will capture your interest from page one....

There are a great many books now available describing the complex rituals and esoteric significance of the ancient practices of Buddhist tantra. But none take the friendly, helpful approach of Geshe Tashi Tsering's Foundation of...

Ideal for readers with little or no previous knowledge of the subject, this book provides an exceptionally complete overview of the historical development of the major Eastern traditions of religious and philosophical thought.

A third edition of the anthology intended for the introduction to philosophy course. It is a topically organized anthology of classical and contemporary philosophy.

Intends to show those who would encounter pagans, Muslims, and Jews that the Christian religion was the true revealed religion. This book intended to convince non-Christians of the reasonableness of believing and embracing the...

The concept of cause plays a central role in explaining, controlling, and assigning responsibility for events. Despite the concept 's long history in philosophy, there is still no clear consensus on whether strict causal...

The thoroughly contemporary question of the relationship between emotion and reason was debated with such complexity by the philosophers of the 17th century that their concepts remain a source of inspiration for today 's research...

Rick, Lori, Shane, Carl, Dale, Andrea, and Michonne--human survivors of a zombie apocalypse--don't know much about philosophy, but philosophical ideas continue to shamble on through their world, and there's no excape from them....

Schelling is often thought to be a protean thinker whose work is difficult to approach or interpret. This title shows that the philosophy of art is a guiding thread to understanding Schelling's philosophical development from his...

Examines the birth of a new philosophical position resulting from Heidegger's notorious confrontation with Nietzsche. This book charts Heidegger's course of the 1930s and the birth of a new philosophical position resulting from...

Emanuel Derman was a quantitative analyst (Quant) at Goldman Sachs, one of the financial engineers whose mathematical models usurped traders' intuition on Wall Street. The reliance traders put on such quantitative analysis was...