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

Would you like to build greater trust in your relationships? Discuss this book together.Trusting relationships are key to economics and life: a student wants to win a prestigious business contest wit …

This book offers an inspiring exploration of current findings from the psychology of meaning in life, analysing cutting-edge research to propose practical, evidence-based applications. Schnell draws …

Utilitarianism – a philosophy based on the principle of the greatest happiness for the greatest number of people – has been hugely influential over the past two centuries. Beyond ethics or morality, …

The global political economy is inescapably cultural. Whether we talk about the economic dimensions of the ‘war on terror’, the sub-prime crisis and its aftermath, or the ways in which new informatio …

This volume gathers together leading philosophers of science and cognitive scientists from around the world to provide one of the first book-length studies of this important and emerging field. Speci …

What constitutes personhood? How are persons and their bodies related? What is the relationship between personhood and value? The Unity of a Person: Philosophical Perspectives explores the current de …

The world has witnessed the creation of new democracies and the maturing of old ones. Yet, everywhere there is democracy, there is also political inequality. Voices of everyday folk struggle to be he …

Most philosophers and political scientists readily admit that Thomas Hobbes is a significant figure in the history of political thought. His theory was, arguably, one of the first to provide a justif …

Despite considerable work the answer to basic questions such as ‘what are our ethics and our moral norms now?’ ‘Have they changed since last year?’, ‘If so why?’ remain surprisingly illusive. This bo …