Richard Rorty 
Objectivity, Relativism, and Truth: Volume 1 [PDF ebook] 
Philosophical Papers

This collection of chapters advances critical psychology by incorporating praxis (theory and practice) and decolonial streams of thought. They are united around a theme of psychosocial non-alignment …

Comparing is one of the most essential practices, in our everyday life as well as in science and humanities. In this in-depth philosophical analysis of the structure, practice and ethics of comparati …

What is beauty, and what is truth? These are some of the questions which aesthetics tries to answer. In our everyday life, we talk about the ”aesthetics” of an artwork or a piece of design. But aes …

Eight outstanding essays, from leading academics, deconstruct perennial problems of rationality, imagination and narrative to trace the influence of myth in our own beliefs, origins, and potential fu …

Hannah Arendt (1906–1975) was a philosopher and political theorist of astonishing range and originality and one of the leading thinkers of the twentieth century. A former student of Martin Heidegger …

Most of us care about certain people and things, and some of these concerns become personal commitments, involving our values, our relationships, our work and our religious or political stances. But …

What does it mean to be an expert? What sort of authority do experts really have? And what role should they play in today”s society? Addressing why ever larger segments of society are skeptical of w …

Revolutionary Recognition represents a major contribution to contemporary political theory. It argues that human emancipation is only possible in a society characterised by ”mutual recognition”. In …

"Outlines of Mormon Philosophy" is a seminal painting that delves deep into the philosophical underpinnings of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). Authored with th …

Logic has acquired a reputation for difficulty, perhaps because many of the approaches adopted have been more suitable for mathematicians than computer scientists. This book shows that the subject is …