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This examination of Simone de Beauvoir's form of existentialism pays special attention to her work, "The Ethics of Ambiguity", in which de Beauvoir draws from many thinkers in the continental tradition to argue that one's own freedom is intertwined with that of others.

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The Devil's Pleasure Palace is the untold story of how communist refugees of the Frankfurt School and their doctrine of Critical Theory launched an assault on nearly every American institution, resulting today in the dominance of the far left in academe, publishing, journalism, television and popular culture.

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Few philosophers have had as significant an impact on contemporary thought as Michel Foucault. Rabinow has collected the best pieces from his three-volume set into a one-volume anthology.

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This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself.

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This, the 21st volume in the "Library of Living Philosophers", consists of 24 papers by major figures in philosophy, each addressing a key problem arising in A.J. Ayer's work. Most of the critical papers are answered in detail by Ayer himself.

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Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on Alfred North Whitehead.

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The intellectual autobiography of von Wright, the renowned Scandinavian philosopher, born in Helsinki in 1916. The work also contains 32 major criticisms of his ideas and von Wright's replies to each of these papers.

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Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on Jean-Paul Sartre.

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This is the best introduction to the thought of Bogdanov, a Russian polymath who was a co-founder of the Bolshevik-Party.

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This volume examines the provocative philosophical work of Marjorie Grene, the first woman to be chosen as a subject in the "Library of Living Philosophers" series. The book includes a biography of the woman, 25 essays, Grene's replies to the essays and a bibliography of her work.

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This volume examines the provocative philosophical work of Marjorie Grene, the first woman to be chosen as a subject in the "Library of Living Philosophers" series. The book includes a biography of the woman, 25 essays, Grene's replies to the essays and a bibliography of her work.

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This volume contains the intellectual autobiography of the phenomenologist Paul Ricoeur, critical essays by 25 leading philosophers and Ricoeur's replies to these criticisms. Ricoeur's writings cover a range of topics, from literary criticism and metaphysics, to linguistics and psychoanalysis.

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This text examines the philosophy of Paul Weiss. Much of Dr Weiss's impact has come through his example, discussions, and such activities as founding and editing the "Review of Metaphysics" and founding and leading the Metaphysical Society of America.

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Chisholm has combated various forms of reductionism, such as phenomenalism, extensionalism, and physicalism. He has defended a Cartesian dualism, and has perfected a philosophical method based on exact formulation of definitions and elimination of counterexamples, which has served as a model for philosophers.

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Chisholm has combated various influential forms of reductionism, such as phenomenalism, extensionalism, and physicalism. He has defended a Cartesian dualism, and has perfected a philosophical method based on formulation of definitions and elimination of counterexamples, which has served as a model for philosophers.

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Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on Rudolf Carnap.

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This book depicts in detail the rise and fall of a remarkable phenomenon in Soviet Marxism: The Activity Approach.