A. A. Long & D. N. Sedley 
Hellenistic Philosophers: Volume 1, Translations of the Principal Sources with Philosophical Commentary [EPUB ebook] 

This book offers an original examination of human cognition, arguing that cognitive skills are dispositional in nature. Opposing influential views in modern Anglo-American philosophy, Gundersen start …

In Plato’s Laws is the earliest surviving fully developed cosmological argument. His influence on the philosophy of religion is wide ranging and this book examines both that and the influence of reli …

Debates in Modern Philosophy: Essential Readings and Contemporary Responses provides an in-depth, engaging introduction to important issues in modern philosophy.  It presents 13 key interpretive …

This study of Weber»s sociology, written by an eminent authority, is a clear and illuminating discussion of the most important elements of Weber»s thinking. The book concentrates on four main eleme …

Science is popularly understood as being an ideal of impartial algorithmic objectivity that provides us with a realistic description of the world down to the last detail. The essays collected in this …

Death and Philosophy considers these questions with different perspectives varying from the existentialist — deriving from Camus, Heidegger or Sartre, to the English speaking analytic tradition of Be …

Liberal Utilitarianism and Applied Ethics explores the foundations of early utilitarianism and, at the same time, the theoretical bases of social ethics and policy in modern Western welfare states. M …

Much has been written about the interpretation of Plato in the last thirty years. Once interpreted as a revolutionary of the left, and a prophet of Socialism, he has lately been interpreted as a revo …

What are the psychological problems caused by modernization? How can we minimize its negative effects? Modernization has brought many material benefits to us, yet we are constantly told how unhappy w …

Mortal Thought seeks to illustrate the artistic and philosophical contexts for Hölderlin»s poetic thought and to trace his profound impact upon subsequent philosophy, most notably Nietzsche, the Fra …