Featuring seminal work in the philosophies of mathematics and language, this comprehensive and assiduously edited collection also makes available his provocative and controversial views on religion and international relations.

Insightful and highly accessible, this selection of seven essays displays Russell's signature brilliance of exposition in the examination of ethical subjects and the nature of truth, and marks an important period in the evolution of thought of one of the world’s most influential thinkers.

Written at the height of the Cold War, Russell argues that the only way to end the threat of nuclear war is to end war itself, making this highly controversial text as relevant today as it was on first publication.

Written in the approachable style that has made Russell’s works so revered, this is a major work of political history in which significant economic and political forces and events that shaped the nineteenth century are examined.

Karl Popper described Die Beiden Grundrpobleme der Erkenntnistheorie.

Previously published: London: Methuen, 1975.

Profound and prophetic for its insights into the impact of capitalism and urbanization, Everyday Life in the Modern World remains a classic work by a towering thinker and essential reading today. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Claire Revol and Rob Shields.

In his later work, Freud proposed that the human psyche could be divided into three parts: Id, ego and super-ego. Freud discussed this model in the 1920 essay Beyond the Pleasure Principle, and fully elaborated upon it in The Ego and the Id (1923), in which he developed it as an alternative to his previous topographic schema (i.e., conscious, unconscious and preconscious).

The id is the completely unconscious, impulsive, childlike portion of the psyche that operates on the "pleasure principle...

Hoe afgunst ons helpt inzicht te krijgen in wie we zijn en wat we echt belangrijk vinden.

Afgunst is een pijnlijke emotie. Als we afgunstig zijn, hebben we het gevoel in de schaduw te staan van een broer of zus, vriend of vriendin, collega of teamgenoot. Anderen lijken het beter getroffen te hebben dan wijzelf en dat is maar moeilijk te verkroppen.

Hoewel iedereen ermee bekend is, wordt afgunst slecht begrepen. In Afgunst onderzoekt filosoof Rob Compaijen deze emotie. Wat is het verband tuss...

Worden wij de eerste soort op aarde die zijn eigen evolutionaire opvolger gaat scheppen?

Recente ontwikkelingen in de biotechnologie, neurowetenschappen en robotica hebben een diepe impact op ons zelfbegrip en dagelijks leven. Wat te denken van genetisch gemodificeerde baby’s? Of van dwarslaesiepatiënten die een computer kunnen aansturen met hun gedachten? Of van androïde robots die werken als prostituees, zoals in de sciencefictionserie Real Humans? Wie we zijn en wat ...