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What is at stake in that form of inquiry that the western philosophical tradition has called "first philosophy" or "metaphysics"? Is it an abstract, now ...
NAMING AND NECESSITY "Much of the philosophical work of the last half-century could not have existed without Naming and Necessity. If you read this marvelous ...
Being Philosophical guides readers through the perplexing initial moments of meeting philosophy by taking them inside philosophical thinking as an activity.
In a beginner-friendly voice ...
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring'Know thyself' is said to have been one of the maxims carved into the Temple of Apollo at Delphi ...
An introduction to major themes in 20th century Mexican philosophy, offering an array of fascinating concepts, from recommending cultivating a rival as a source of ...
Incomplete but invaluable excerpts from otherwise lost orations.
Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more ...
A major new work by Charles Taylor: the long-awaited follow-up to The Language Animal, exploring the Romantic poetics central to his theory of language.
The ...
How do you tell what's right from what's wrong? Can you always? What's the difference between deduction, induction and abduction? What are ...
A philosopher explores the transformative role of wonder and awe in an uncertain world
Wonder and awe lie at the heart of life's most ...
What do you do when you use a metaphor? Or a simile or analogy? Can you tell the difference between a synecdoche and a metonymy ...
Learn how to argue points effectively, analyze information, and make sound judgments
The ability to think clearly and critically is a lifelong benefit that you ...
How rhetoric-the art of persuasion-can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimony
The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of ...
Federico Faggin is one of the greatest luminaries of high technology alive today. A physicist by education, he is the inventor of the microprocessor and ...
"Philosophy," Ludwig Wittgenstein once wrote, "should actually be written only as poetry." That Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus-Wittgenstein's masterwork, and the only book he published during his ...
