Author: Johannes M. Van Ophuijsen
Publisher: Catholic Univ of Amer Pr
Keywords: philosophy, history, studies, platonism, plato
Number of Pages: 368
Published: 1999-12
List price: $69.95
ISBN-10: 0813209102
ISBN-13: 9780813209104

In this volume, a distinguished group of philosophers offers new insight into Platonic studies. Combining cutting-edge research with innovative analysis, the authors present fourteen essays on various dimensions of Plato’s thought. Most of Plato’s dialogues are examined, from such conspicuously Socratic texts as Protagoras, Euthyphro, and Crito to the allegedly late Sophist, Statesman, and Laws. Several essays explore specific philosophical problems raised in a single Platonic dialogue. Some offer in-depth analysis of one dialogue-for instance, the volume includes two very

Author: Frederick C. Copleston
Publisher: Image
Keywords: philosophy, modern, volume, history
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 1993-12-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 038547041X
ISBN-13: 9780385470414

Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston’s nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaimas the best history of philosophy in English.Copleston, an Oxford Jesuit of immense erudition who once tangled with A.J. Ayer in a fabled debate about the existence of God and the possibility of metaphysics, knew that seminary students were fed a woefully inadequate diet of theses and proofs, and that their familiarity with most of history̵

Author: Frederick Copleston
Publisher: Image
Keywords: philosophy, modern, volume, history
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1994-02-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0385470444
ISBN-13: 9780385470445

Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston’s nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English.

Author: Frederick Copleston
Publisher: Image
Keywords: philosophy, modern, volume, history
Number of Pages: 592
Published: 1994-02-01
List price: $19.95
ISBN-10: 0385470452
ISBN-13: 9780385470452

Conceived originally as a serious presentation of the development of philosophy for Catholic seminary students, Frederick Copleston’s nine-volume A History Of Philosophy has journeyed far beyond the modest purpose of its author to universal acclaim as the best history of philosophy in English.

Author: Elliott Sober
Publisher: Westview Pre
Keywords: philosophy, dimensions, biology
Number of Pages: 256
Published: 2000-01-12
List price: $42.00
ISBN-10: 0813391261
ISBN-13: 9780813391267

Perhaps because of it implications for our understanding of human nature, recent philosophy of biology has seen what might be the most dramatic work in the philosophies of the ”special” sciences. This drama has centered on evolutionary theory, and in the second edition of this textbook, Elliott Sober introduces the reader to the most important issues of these developments. With a rare combination of technical sophistication and clarity of expression, Sober engages both the higher level of theory and the direct implications for such controversial issues as creationism, teleology, nature ver

Author: Mark T. Conard
Publisher: The University Press of Kentucky
Keywords: philosophy, culture, popular, noir, neo
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2007-01-05
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0813124220
ISBN-13: 9780813124223

Film noir--a cycle of American films from the 1940s and ’50s--is characterized not only by a constant opposition of light and shadow and a disruptive compositional balance of frames and scenes, but also by dark, foreboding characters and plots and an overriding sense of alienation and moral ambiguity. Noir films reflect the sense of loss, fragmentation, and nihilism at the heart of the human condition in the twentieth century. Although the classic film noir period ended in the late 1950s, its impact on more films has been profound. While typically not black and white, these new films

Author: George Graham
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: philosophy, introducing, mind, introduction
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1998-10-22
List price: $45.95
ISBN-10: 0631205411
ISBN-13: 9780631205418

Philosophy of Mind: An Introduction is a lively and accessible introduction to one of philosophy’s most active and important areas of research.