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John Locke's subtle and influential defense of religious toleration as argued in his seminal "Letter Concerning Toleration" (1685) appears in this edition as introduced by one of our most distinguished political theorists and historians of political thought.

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The construction of a Marxist theory of language as a social, material and political phenomenon .

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This work examines how social and political events intertwined and influenced philosophy during the early 20th-century, ultimately giving rise to two different schools of thought - analytic philosophy and continental philosophy.

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Follows the sequence of a typical intermediate or upper-level logic course and allows teachers to enrich their presentations of formal methods and results with readings on corresponding questions in philosophical logic.

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Follows the sequence of a typical intermediate or upper-level logic course and allows teachers to enrich their presentations of formal methods and results with readings on corresponding questions in philosophical logic.

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In this essay, Grene brings together some of the themes in philosophy, biology, and other disciplines which have influenced her own work, together with recollections of her contacts with some of the thinkers and ideas which have most impressed her.

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Offers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs.

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A Philosophy of Discomfort anchors the idea of comfort and discomfort as an historical and philosophical concept. While instinct demands we avoid it, and habit tries to deny it, the author insists that we recognise the uncomfortable and the uneasy as central to our existence.

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In this book Gay Watson offers an alternative view of emptiness via a tour of early and non-Western philosophy, taking us from Buddhism, Taoism and religious mysticism to the contemporary world of philosophy, science and art practice.

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Addresses pain in many forms, including the pain inflicted by torture; the pain suffered in disease; and the pain of anxiety, grief and depression. The author examines the dual nature of pain: how we attempt to avoid it as much as possible in our daily lives and yet, conversely, obtain a thrill from seeking it.

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Providing a new philosophical understanding of sport, which defines what sport essentially is and means by setting out a complete grammar of sport, treating in turn its essential elements, A Philosophy of Sport will inform, surprise and delight those who have always thought sport should be taken more seriously.

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A Plato Reader offers eight of Plato's best-known worksEuthyphro, Apology, Crito, Meno, Phaedo, Symposium, Phaedrus, and Republicunabridged, expertly introduced and annotated, and in widely admired translations by C. D. C. Reeve, G. M. A. Grube, Alexander Nehamas, and Paul Woodruff.

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Kierkegaard translator Walter Lowrie presents a charming and warmly appreciative introduction to the life and work of the great Danish writer. Lowrie tells the story of Kierkegaard's emotionally turbulent life with a keen sense of drama and an acute understanding of how his life shaped his thought.

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Expounds, compares, and criticises Spinoza's theses.

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Offers a look at the 'golden age' of American philosophy. This volume focuses upon the activities of the American philosophical associations - the Western Philosophical Association and the American Philosophical Association - that were founded at the beginning of the twentieth century and that merged in to the APA in 1927.

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Wishful thinking is a deeply ingrained human trait that has had a long-term distorting effect on ethical thinking. This title ranges over such topics as the concepts of intelligibility, authority, democracy, and criticism; the place of theology in ethics; tragedy and comedy; and the struggle between realism and our search for meaning.

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In the 40s BCE, during his forced retirement from politics under Caesar's dictatorship, Cicero turned to philosophy, producing a massive and important body of work. This title examines the rhetorical battle that Cicero stages in his philosophical prefaces - a battle between the forces that would oppose or support his project.

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Abelard's major ethical writings--Ethics, or Know Yourself, and Dialogue between a Philosopher, a Jew and a Christian, are presented here in a student edition including cross-references, explanatory notes, a full table of references, bibliography, and index.