William D. Gairdner 
Book of Absolutes [EPUB ebook] 
A Critique of Relativism and a Defence of Universals

The self for Kant is something real, and yet is neither appearance nor thing in itself, but rather has some third status. Appearances for Kant arise in space and time where these are respectively for …

Life is a constant search for meaning, and reflective minds need to find deeper and more comprehensive meaning than that normally proffered by the orthodox teaching of any creedal religion. When this …

A discussion of the general presuppositions and ideas which underlie the Christian ethical teaching, treating of such subjects as conscience, the concepts of sin and virtue, and the relation between …

In many parts of Africa three different systems of laws are concurrently applied – the imported ‘Colonial’ law, the indigenous customary law and Islamic law. In some countries the customary and the I …

Over the past several decades, the number of women elected to higher office in the United States has grown substantially. However, when the electoral gains of women are considered on a state-by-state …

Why are people so interested in what they and others throw away? This book shows how this interest in what we discard is far from new – it is integral to how we make, build and describe our lived env …

First published in 2000. This is Volume VI of six in the Library of Philosophy series on the Philosophy of Science. Written in 1929, using the initial ideas of A.N. Whitehead, this book on Biological …

It is commonly known that Nietzsche is one of Plato »s primary philosophical antagonists, yet there is no full-length treatment in English of their ideas in dialogue and debate. Plato and Nietzsche i …

Ecology – unlike astronomy, physics, or chemistry – is a science with an associated political and ethical movement: the Green Movement. As a result, the ecological position is often accompanied by ap …

Hegel »s critique of Early German Romanticism and its theory of irony resonates to the core of his own philosophy in the same way that Plato »s polemics with the Sophists have repercussions that go t …