"Conversations on Science, Culture and Time, Michel Serres and Brunio Latour. University of Michigan Press, Ann Arbor, 1995. New Paperback. Serres begins by discussing the intellectual context and historical events?including the impact of World War II and Hiroshima, which for him marked the beginning of science's ascendancy over the humanities?that shaped his own philosophical outlook and led him to his lifelong mission of bringing together the texts of the humanities and the conceptual revolutions of modern science. He then confronts the major difficulties encountered by his readers: his meth... View More...
"Derrida's Haunt, the Architecture of Deconstruction, Mark Wiley, MIT Press, Cambridge, 1993. From the front flap, "Nowhere, Mark Wigley asserts, are the stakes higher for deconstruction than in architecture - architecture is the Achilles' heel of deconstructive discourse, the point of vulnerability upon which all of its arguments depend?By locating the architecture already hidden with deconstructive discourse, he opens up more radical possibilities for both architecture and deconstruction, offering a way of rethinking the institution of architecture while using architecture to rethink deconst... View More...
"Complete examination of Massachusetts philospher's works from the turn of the century. He developed the social behavioristic theory of mind closely aligned with scientific methodology. Used book with price clipped dj, some minor shelf wear, spine cocked. Interior clean. Good condition book." View More...
"History of Philosophy, Eastern and Western. Vol.1, Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan, 1957. Second President of India and a distinguished scholar of comparative religion and philosophy, Radhakrishnan struggled against contribution of ignorance and what he called uniformed Western criticism. His work, both political and academically earned him a reputation of building bridges between India and the West. History of Philosophy, Eastern and Western. Vol.1, is heavily underlined in the introduction and first chapter, dust jacket has some wear. Good 80% of text is clean and without marks. Would be a VG boo... View More...
"Intelligent Design Creationism and Its Critics, Philosophical, Theological, and Scientific Perspectives, edited by Robert T. Pennock, The MIT Press, Cambridge, 2001. Series of essays by various writers and scholars. Lacking jacket. Green cloth boards a little sunned, else VG+. " View More...
"Follows through English literary works and critical periodicals of the imperial fin de siecle and the pre war years Nietzche's ideas gradually go from notoriety to sympathetic acceptance. Details his influence on five writers; John Davidson, Havelock Ellis, A.R. Orage, George Bernard Shaw and W.B. Yeats. NF/VG. Unclipped protected jacket has some slight wear, text tight, clean. 330pp. 6x9" View More...
"The Lucifer Principle, a Scientific Expedition into the Forces of History, Howard Bloom, Atlantic Monthly Press, New York, 1997. New Paperback. The Lucifer Principle is a revolutionary work that explores the intricate relationships among genetics, human behavior, and culture to put forth the thesis that "evil" is a by-product of nature's strategies for creation and that it is woven into our most basic biological fabric. " View More...
"The Tristan Chord, Wagner and Philosophy, Bryan Magee, Henry Holt and Co., New York, 2002. New Paperback. Part biography, part philosophic quest to determine the great composers intellectual genius. " View More...
"Fine condition first on important African American intellectual from the Harlem Renaissance. An early philosophocal writer to advocate for jazz and blues. Near fine book with like just jacket, just a touch of shelf wear." View More...
"An Analysis of Knowledge and Valuation, Clarence Lewis Irving, 1971, The Paul Carus Lectures, Series 8. Classically, philosophers concerned themselves with two areas of knowledge; ontology and ethics. Ontology focuses on being and existence, ie; what does it mean to exist. Ethics, on the other hand, deals with questions about living. the Roman philosopher's expression summum bonum, meaning the highest or ultimate good, is generally considered to be the succinct expression for ethical studies in philosophy. Philosophers quickly realized that in dealing with ethical concerns, these conceptions ... View More...
"An Essay on the History of Civil Society, Adam Ferguson, T. Cadell; and W. Creech and J. Bell, London, 1782. The fifth edition. Full calf, ribbed. The Essay was well received upon publications, with Voltaire praising Ferguson for ""civilizing the Russians"" after it had been introduced into the curriculum there. Interestingly, David Hume, a friend of Ferguson's, did not like arguments in the book." VG condition, front joint starting, hinges solid. Foxing, but generally tight and square. A very nice copy. View More...
"First edition textbook from 1962, collection of writings from various author on ethics throughout ages. Classical, 19th century and modern thinkers all represented, fairly comprehensive. 558pp, 7x10. VG/G. Dj has some minor tears, book else clean and tight," View More...
"A poet tries to befriend a philosopher. Great writers writing to each other, can't beat that. Near fine hard bound with poor dj, scuffs, torn and sunned. Inside near perfect." View More...
"Dialectic of Enlightenment, Max Horkeimer and Theodor W. Adorno, Stanford University Press, Stanford, 2002. Important text from Frankfort School of Critical Theory. New paperback. " View More...
"Dialectical Phenomenology: Marx's Method, Roslyn Bologh, Roughledge Kegan Paul, Boston, 1979. The International Library of Phenomenology and Moral Sciences series. Bologh analyzes and and presents a set of rules to reproduce Marx's method of theorizing. VG/G. Dj edge worn. Text tight and clean." View More...
"Put eleven philosophers and scholar in a room to discuss the life and work of John Dewey, influential American phiosopher from the turn of the century. Very goof condition book with like price clipped jacket. Small chip missing from dj spine, faint stain on page edges, text clean and tight." View More...
