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Alexander Bird Philosophy of Science ENAn up-to-date, clear but rigourous introduction to philosophy of science has long been needed, and this book at last presents to teacher and student alike the ideal text for the subject's exploration. The book offers an indispensible grounding in the philosophical understanding of science and its problems, and captures through astute illustration with real science the excitement of the exploration of the natural…
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David J. Chalmers Philosophy of Mind ENWhat is the mind? Is consciousness a process in the brain? How do our minds represent the world? Philosophy of Mind: Classical and Contemporary Readings is a grand tour of writings on these and other perplexing questions about the nature of the mind. The most comprehensive collection of its kind, the book includes sixty-three selections that range from the classical contributions of Descartes to the leading edge of…
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Noël Carroll Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures ENDesigned for classroom use, this authoritative anthology presents key selections from the best contemporary work in philosophy of film. - The featured essays have been specially chosen for their clarity, philosophical depth, and consonance with the current move towards cognitive film theory - Eight sections with introductions cover topics such as the nature of film, film as art, documentary cinema, narration and…
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Robert Hellenga Philosophy Made Simple ENRudy Harrington has spent half his life in a rambling Chicago house, raising three daughters with his independent-minded wife. But his wife has died, his daughters have moved away, and Rudy is restless. In what he interprets as a moment of transcendent vision, he puts the family home up for sale and buys an avocado grove in Texas. While adapting to his new vocation, new home, and new friends, Rudy takes up a…
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Marquis de Sade Philosophy in the Boudoir ENPhilosophy in the Bedroom accounts the lascivious education of a privileged young lady at the dawn of womanhood.
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Erling Kagge Philosophy for Polar ExplorersErling Kagge was the first man in history to reach all of the Earth's poles by foot - the North, the South, and the summit of Everest. In Philosophy for Polar Explorers he brings together the wisdom and expertise he has gained ...
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Richard Rorty Philosophy as PoetryUndeniably iconoclastic, and doggedly practical where others were abstract, the late Richard Rorty was described by some as a philosopher with no philosophy. Rorty was skeptical of systems claiming to have answers, seeing scientific and aesthetic ...
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Stathis Kouvelakis Philosophy and RevolutionIn this ambitious and original study, Stathis Kouvelakis paints a rich panorama of the key intellectual and political figures in the effervescence of German thought before the 1848 revolutions. He shows how the attempt to chart a moderate, reformist...
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Saul A. Kripke Philosophical Troubles ENThis important new book is the first of a series of volumes collecting the essential articles by the eminent and highly influential philosopher Saul A. Kripke. It presents a mixture of published and unpublished articles from various stages of Kripke's storied career. Included here are seminal and much discussed pieces such as Identity and Necessity, Outline of a Theory of Truth, Speaker's Reference and Semantic…
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Ludwig Wittgenstein Philosophical GrammarIn 1933 Ludwig Wittgenstein revised a manuscript he had compiled from his 1930-1932 notebooks, but the work as a whole was not published until 1969, as Philosophische Grammatik. This first English translation clearly reveals the central ...
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PhilosophersFrom Confucius and Plato to Karl Marx and Noam Chomsky, this book brings together more than 100 illustrated biographies of the world's great philosophers...
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Clare Carlisle Philosopher of the HeartSøren Kierkegaard, one of the most passionate and challenging of modern philosophers, is now celebrated as the father of existentialism - yet his contemporaries described him as a philosopher of the heart...
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Iain Stewart PhilippinesLonely Planet's Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Pick your strip of pearly white sand, snorkel with gentle whale sharks at Donsol ...
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Michael Grosberg Philippines ENLonely Planet Philippines is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Swim at secluded beaches in the Bacuit Archipelago, take part in a colourful fiesta, dive remote reefs and magnificent walls at Apo Island or Balicasag; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of the Philippines and begin your journey now!
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Frank William Walbank Philip V of Macedon ENFrank William Walbank (1909 – 2008) was a renowned ancient historian and classicist. In this book, which was formed from The Hare Prize Essay for 1939 and first published in 1940, Walbank presents a detailed discussion of the reign of Philip V of Macedon. The text was intended to break fresh ground 'with a study of Philip, not solely as a figure in the history of Roman imperialism, but, as far as is feasible, from…
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Philip K. Dick Philip K. Dick's Electric DreamsBased on the stories contained in this volume, the ten-part anthology series, Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams is written and executive produced by Emmy-nominated Ronald D. Moore (Battlestar Galactica, Outlander) and Michael Dinner (Justified, Masters of Sex), with Oscar nominated Bryan Cranston (Trumbo, Breaking Bad) both executive producing and appearing in the series. Each episode will be a sharp, thrilling…
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Robert Storr Philip GustonAn authoritative and comprehensive retrospective of the work of the visionary, adventurous, and influential painter Philip Guston. Driven and consumed by art, Guston painted and drew compulsively and talked about it with an unrivalled passion ...
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Jean Baptiste Racine Phèdre FRRacine's Phedre, which is printed here in the original French facing Rawling's translation, is the supreme achievement of French neoclassic tragedy. In her amusing Foreword, Rawlings explains how this particular translation, made specifically from the actor's point of view, evolved from the 1957 Campbell Allen production. Containing both the French and English texts plus Racine's own Preface and notes on his…
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Jean Fourcroy Pharmacology, Doping and Sports ENThe work of dope testers is constantly being obstructed by the development of ever harder-to-trace new forms of banned substances. Organisations such as the World Anti-Doping Association and the United States Anti-Doping Agency are pioneering cutting-edge techniques designed to keep competition at the highest level fair and safe, and must ensure that their drug testing laboratories adhere to the highest scientific…
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Vinod D. Rangari Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (Volume 2) ENhe second edition of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry - Volume II is marked with addition of two new chapters, namely, Value of Natural Products and Chemotaxonomy, following the steadfast development in these areas. The food pharmaceuticals and dietary supplement industries have started delivering phytochemicals or extracts in the form of functional foods. A greater coverage has thus been given to this rapidly…
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Vinod D. Rangari Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry (Volume 1) ENThe second edition of Pharmacognosy and Phytochemistry - Volume I, is characterised by additions and updating of the earlier material. The book consists of two parts. In the general introduction to pharmacognosy, the book contains independent chapters on Alternative System of Medicines, Introduction to Pharmaceutical Botany, Sources of Crude Drugs, Commerce and Quality Control, Microscopy and Micrometry. The…
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Dorte Becker, Philipp Meuser PharmaciesOnce upon a time a pharmacy was a small place with a cosy yet patrician air, where the all-knowing master of medicine would dispense pills, mix potions and generally perform the offices of a scientific shaman...
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