Thoroughly revised throughout and includes a new chapter on Chomsky's theory of grammar. The concluding chapter on modern directions in philosophy of language has been expanded to two chapters and now cover crucial emergent areas of study such as slurs, conceptual engineering, and experimental philosophy.

This book uses recently released, well-received movies to explore answers to classic questions in philosophy in an approachable yet philosophically rigorous manner. Amy Karofsky uses one or more films in each chapter to examine one longstanding philosophical question and assess some of the best solutions to it that have been offered.

A courageous and exciting reconsideration of self, experience and reality and its implications for doing social research differently

The most widely read anthology for the study of modern philosophy, this volume provides key works of philosophers and other leading thinkers of the period, chosen to enhance the reader's understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the natural sciences of the time. The third edition incorporates important contributions of women and minority thinkers into the canon of the modern period, while retaining all of the material of the previous edition. Included are works by Princess El...

The ever increasing ability of medical technology to reshape the human body in fundamental ways - from organ and tissue transplants to reconstructive surgery and prosthetics - is something now largely taken for granted. But for a philosopher, such interventions raise fundamental and fascinating questions about our sense of individual identity and its relationship to the physical body. Drawing on and engaging with philosophers from across the centuries, Jenny Slatman here develops a novel argu...

Spirituele intelligentie is een wezenlijk kenmerk van ieder mens, zij het dat men zich daar niet altijd van bewust is. Het treedt steeds verder op de voorgrond. Dit boek beschrijft mijn reis. Het is een autobiografisch verhaal. Niet bedoeld om te vertellen hoe jij het moet doen, wel om verslag te doen van mijn ontdekkingstocht naar mijn ziel. Misschien inspireert het jou ook die reis aan te gaan en te ontdekken wat jij vormt en hoe je authentieke zelf zich manifesteert.

You deserve to allow yourself to feel good now. When you send positive energy and are ready to receive providence gets into action. You don't need to understand how this happens, just to trust the universe is at work and will rearrange itself to make the right things happen for you. Trust in the magic of life to aid you in picking up the pieces and the Journey back you yourself.

Chapters can change in an instant. Trust that soon you will be telling a different story. A story about how your mi...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Democracy refers to both ideal and real forms of government. The concept of democracy means that those governed — the demos — have a say in government. But different conceptions of democracy have left many out.

Naomi Zack provides here a fresh treatment of the history of this idea and its key conceptions. In the ancient world, direct and representative democracy in Athens and Rome privileged elites, as did democratic deliberative bodie...

The Logic Manual is the ideal introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a concise but complete introductory course, giving a firm grounding in the logic that is needed to study contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website.