Robin Douglass & Johan Olsthoorn 
Hobbes’s On the Citizen [EPUB ebook] 
A Critical Guide

Bringing together a number of case studies, this book shows how from early on Chinese philosophical discourses unfolded through innovation and the subversion of dominant forms of thinking. Narrowing …

This book investigates how we should form ourselves in a world saturated with technologies that are profoundly intruding in the very fabric of our selfhood.　 New and emerging technologies, such as sm …

Chapman Cohen’s "Determinism or Free-Will?" is a concept-provoking analysis of one of the maximum lasting philosophical issues that has captivated philosophers for millennia. Cohen’s painti …

This book reconsiders the nature of positivist philosophy in social science theory based on classical and medieval thought in what later became ‘Europe.’ It argues that social theory is being held ba …

This book is available either individually, or as part of the specially-priced Arguments of the Philosphers Collection. …

Augustine of Hippo (AD 354-430) is arguably the most controversial Christian thinker in history. His positions on philosophical and theological concerns have been the subjects of intense scrutiny and …

Is there more to Buddhism than sitting in silent meditation? Is modern Buddhism relevant to the problems of daily life? Does it empower individuals to transform their lives? Or has Buddhism become to …

The oeuvre of Alain Badiou has gained international success and recognition, but most of the secondary literature focuses on internal problems of Badiou »s philosophy, rather than its position within …

The notion of  »the human » is in need of urgent redefinition. At a time of radical bio-technological developments, and in light of the political and environmental imperatives of our age, the term  » …

First published in 1999, this volume re-examines Bertrand Russell’s views on modal logic and logical relevance, arguing that Russell does in fact accommodate modality and modal logic. The author, Jan …