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Political Analysis: Technique and Practice

ISBN: 9780155055223

653,17 PLN (BRUTTO)
This text gives students the skills necessary for analyzing important political issues logically and systematically. Louise White guides students through the entire research design process step-by-step, from formulating sound questions and devising strategies for answering them to analyzing and presenting the results. Exercises throughout let students apply and practice these skills using examples based on real world data and current political events.
Philosophers at Work: Issues and Practice of Philosophy

ISBN: 9780155055995

653,17 PLN (BRUTTO)
Now more than ever before institutions of higher education are being called upon to provide students with information in the classroom that can contribute to the success of students in the workplace. Unlike any other philosophy text, PHILOSOPHERS AT WORK contains "Practice" sections written by philosopher practitioners who demonstrate how their knowledge of the problems, methods, and theories of philosophy provide powerful tools for addressing the dilemmas that arise in diverse work settings. Through the "I
Enduring Questions: Traditional and Contemporary Voices

ISBN: 9780155062863

546,79 PLN (BRUTTO)
The 7th edition of ENDURING QUESTIONS continues to explore and examine virtually all of the classical and contemporary questions posed by the major philosophers of western civilization. From the philosophical traditions of ancient Greece to the present day, the ways of understanding our own knowledge, the nature of reality, the basis of morality, and social ideals are presented in the philosophers "own writings," a panoramic collection for introductory students. This text has endured since Melvin Rader orig
Foundations of Critical Thinking

ISBN: 9780155072756

485,42 PLN (BRUTTO)
The aim of this text is to provide an account of critical thinking using innovative stories and cases to teach everyday concepts of critical thinking. The text treats the subject of critical thinking as development of informal logic and includes treatments of the traditional informal fallacies, definitions, criteria, standards, and disputes. It also provides an introduction to traditional syllogistic logic and modern prepositional logic.
A Philosopher's Compass

ISBN: 9780155075436

244,04 PLN (BRUTTO)
Designed to accompany any Introductory Philosophy textbook, this supplement is especially useful in classes using primary source readings. Its chief aim is to focus students on appreciating and considering issues in a philosophical manner. The book accelerates learning by heightening student awareness of what to look for so that reading, writing, and discussing are more evocative and effective. A PHILOSOPHER'S COMPASS makes abstract discussion accessible, with frequent illustrations of the dimensions of iss
A New History of Philosophy, Volume I: From Thales to Ockham

ISBN: 9780155078482

415,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
This two volume series introduces the fascinating story of philosophy in a lucid, readable style students enjoy reading. Incorporating the most current scholarship, Matson integrates philosophy into the scientific, political, religious, and social context of different periods. The two volumes can be used as a core text or as a supplement to primary source readings.
A New History of Philosophy, Volume II: From Descartes to Rawls

ISBN: 9780155078499

415,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
This two volume series introduces the fascinating story of philosophy in a lucid, readable style students enjoy reading. Incorporating the most current scholarship, Matson integrates philosophy into the scientific, political, religious, and social context of different periods. The two volumes can be used as a core text or as a supplement to primary source readings.
Ethics and Values in the Information Age

ISBN: 9780155079564

334,05 PLN (BRUTTO)
In this timely volume, Joel Rudinow and Anthony Graybosch have gathered together a set of readings that bridge the perceived gap between industrial age information systems--journalism and the mass media--and those emerging in the digital age of computers and networks. You'll find incisive essays in applied ethics from such writers as Ben Bagdikian, Sissela Bok, Noam Chomsky, the Dalai Lama, Nat Hentoff, Bill Joy, Sherry Turkle, and Catharine MacKinnon. Explore such contemporary issues as: professional ethic
Reading Rhetoric Theory

ISBN: 9780155083042

947,74 PLN (BRUTTO)
An anthology of original readings, Reading Rhetorical Theory uses selections from primary sources to track the history of thinking. Two features of this book enable it to stand apart from other texts on rhetorical theory. First, its unique mix of readings blends traditional authors such as Aristotle, Plato, and Kenneth Burke with popular modern authors such as Karlyn Kohrs Campbell. Second, the editorial introductions develop a consistent and unified perspective that allows for differing interpretations of
Living Well: Introductory Readings in Ethics

ISBN: 9780155084599

661,35 PLN (BRUTTO)
This text brings Eastern and Western ethics together to address the perennial questions of philosophy - Who am I? What makes life worthwhile? What are my obligations? LIVING WELL stresses the interplay between identity and ethics and the continuity between virtues and duties. Original introductory essays by specialists set the theoretical stage for classic selections from both Eastern and Western philosophy.
A History of Western Philosophy: The Classical Mind, Volume I

ISBN: 9780155383128

473,15 PLN (BRUTTO)
A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY examines the nature of philosophical enterprise and philosophy's role in Western culture. Jones and Fogelin weave key passages from classic philosophy works into their comments and criticisms, giving A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY the combined advantages of a source book and textbook. The text concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultu
A History of Western Philosophy: The Medieval Mind, Volume II

ISBN: 9780155383135

473,15 PLN (BRUTTO)
A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY examines the nature of philosophical enterprise and philosophy's role in Western culture. Jones and Fogelin weave key passages from classic philosophy works into their comments and criticisms, giving A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY the combined advantages of a source book and textbook. The text concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultu
A History of Western Philosophy: Hobbes to Hume, Volume III

ISBN: 9780155383142

473,15 PLN (BRUTTO)
A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY examines the nature of philosophical enterprise and philosophy's role in Western culture. Jones and Fogelin weave key passages from classic philosophy works into their comments and criticisms, giving A HISTORY OF WESTERN PHILOSOPHY the combined advantages of a source book and textbook. The text concentrates on major figures in each historical period, combining exposition with direct quotations from the philosophers themselves. The text places philosophers in appropriate cultu
A History of Western Philosophy: Kant and the Nineteenth Century, Revised, Volume IV

ISBN: 9780155383166

497,70 PLN (BRUTTO)
To Believe or Not to Believe: Readings in the Philosophy of Religion

ISBN: 9780155921498

628,62 PLN (BRUTTO)
A comprehensive anthology of selections for the Introductory Philosophy of Religion course, this text surveys more than 50 responses to the question, "Is religious belief a viable option in today's world?" Organizes selections around central theistic positions and attacks on those positions. Pro-con format encourages lively discussions.
Forbidden Knowledge: From Prometheus to Pornography

ISBN: 9780156005517

80,66 PLN (BRUTTO)
In his "best achievement to date" (Harold Bloom), National Book Award- winner Roger Shattuck gives us a "deeply learned, highly intelligent, and beautifully written" (New York Times) study of human curiosity versus the taboo, from Adam and Eve to the Marquis de Sade to biotechnology research. Index.
In Search of the Miraculous: The Definitive Exploration of G. I. Gurdjieff's Mystical Thought and Universal View

ISBN: 9780156007467

57,98 PLN (BRUTTO)
A new edition of the groundbreaking spiritual treasure, with a foreword by bestselling author Marianne Williamson .
Since its original publication in 1949, In Search of the Miraculous has been hailed as the most valuable and reliable documentation of G. I. Gurdjieff's thoughts and universal view. This historic and influential work is considered by many to be a primer of mystical thought as expressed through the Work, a combination of Eastern philosophies that had for centuries been passed on orally from
Activation of Energy

ISBN: 9780156028172

103,06 PLN (BRUTTO)
An important Christian philosopher contends that if human energy is channeled in the right direction, "upward and outward," spiritual energy as a motor force in the universe will outdistance technological advance. Index. Translated by Rene Hague. A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book
The Cheating Culture: Why More Americans Are Doing Wrong to Get Ahead

ISBN: 9780156030052

57,98 PLN (BRUTTO)
Free cable television. Imaginary tax deductions. Do you take your chance to cheat? David Callahan thinks many of us would; witness corporate scandals, doping athletes, plagiarizing journalists. Why all the cheating? Why now?
Callahan blames the dog-eat-dog economic climate of the past twenty years: An unfettered market and unprecedented economic inequality have corroded our values and threaten to corrupt the equal opportunity we cherish. Callahan's "Winning Class" has created a separate moral reality wh
Aristotle's Children: How Christians, Muslims, and Jews Rediscovered Ancient Wisdom and Illuminated the Middle Ages

ISBN: 9780156030090

80,66 PLN (BRUTTO)
Europe was in the long slumber of the Middle Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language was all but forgotten, until a group of twelfth-century scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread like wildfire across Europe, offering the scientific view that the natural world, including the soul of man, was a proper subject of study. The rediscovery of these ancient ideas sparked riots and heresy trials, caused major upheavals in the Catholic Church, and also set
Anaximander, Heraclitus, Parmenides, Plotinus, Lao-Tzu, Nagarjuna

ISBN: 9780156075008

61,21 PLN (BRUTTO)
Taken from the Great Philosphers, Volume II.
Anselm and Nicholas of Cusa

ISBN: 9780156076005

61,21 PLN (BRUTTO)
Taken from the Great Philosphers, Volume II.
Behind the Mirror

ISBN: 9780156117760

77,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
The Conduct of Life

ISBN: 9780156216005

89,06 PLN (BRUTTO)
Discusses the ultimated ethical and religious issues the confront modern man and offers a new orientation, directed to the renewal of life and the reintegration of modern civilization.
Kant: From the Great Philosophers, Volume 1

ISBN: 9780156466851

63,87 PLN (BRUTTO)
A masterful exploration of Kant's intellectual development, theory of knowledge, politics, and ethics. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph Manheim.
Life of the Mind: One/Thinking, Two/Willing

ISBN: 9780156519922

65,73 PLN (BRUTTO)
The author's final work, presented in a one-volume edition, is a rich, challenging analysis of man's mental activity, considered in terms of thinking, willing, and judging. Edited by Mary McCarthy; Indices.
The Meaning of Meaning: A Study of the Influence of Language Upon Thought and of the Science of Symbolism

ISBN: 9780156584463

78,01 PLN (BRUTTO)
Language is the most important of all the instruments of civilization. This is the premise of a work whose significance to the study of language, literature, and philosophy has remained undiminished since its original publication in 1923. New Introduction by Umberto Eco; Indices.
Men in Dark Times

ISBN: 9780156588904

66,67 PLN (BRUTTO)
Essays on Karl Jaspers, Rosa Luxemburg, Pope John XXIII, Isak Dinesen, Bertolt Brecht, Randall Jarrell, and others whose lives and work illuminated the early part of the century. Index.
Socrates, Buddha, Confucius, Jesus: From the Great Philosophers, Volume I

ISBN: 9780156835800

47,64 PLN (BRUTTO)
A part of Jaspers's planned universal history of philosophy, focusing on the four paradigmatic individuals who have exerted a historical influence of incomparable scope and depth. Edited by Hannah Arendt; Index. Translated by Ralph Manheim.
Spinoza

ISBN: 9780156847308

52,67 PLN (BRUTTO)
Taken from the Great Philosphers, Volume II.
Waters of Siloe

ISBN: 9780156949545

105,86 PLN (BRUTTO)
An examination of the roots of the Cistercian Order, founded in 1098, its development and waning, and the seventeenth-century reforms by the Abbe de Rance, which began the second flowering that continues today. Throughout, Merton illuminates the purposes of monasticism. Index; photographs.
The Zen Koan: Its History and Use in Rinzai Zen

ISBN: 9780156999816

61,07 PLN (BRUTTO)
The first scholarly examination in any language of the historical development and traditional method of koan study in Zen Buddhism. Foreword by Ruth Fuller Sasaki; Index; ink drawings by Hakuin Ekaku.A Helen and Kurt Wolff Book.
Human Dignity and Bioethics: Essays Commissioned by the President's Council on Bioethics

ISBN: 9780160800719

256,62 PLN (BRUTTO)
Contains a collection of essays exploring human dignity and bioethics, a concept crucial to today's
Monitoring Stem Cell Research: A Report of the President's Council on Bioethics: A Report of the President's Council on Bioethics

ISBN: 9780160879005

170,60 PLN (BRUTTO)
Controversies in the Determination of Death: A White Paper of the President's Council on Bioethics: A White Paper of the President's Council on Bioeth

ISBN: 9780160879036

80,59 PLN (BRUTTO)
Think: A Compelling Introduction to Philosophy

ISBN: 9780192100245

91,44 PLN (BRUTTO)
Here at last is a coherent, unintimidating introduction to the challenging and fascinating landscape of Western philosophy. Written expressly for "anyone who believes there are big questions out there, but does not know how to approach them," Think provides a sound framework for exploring the most basic themes of philosophy, and for understanding how major philosophers have tackled the questions that have pressed themselves most forcefully on human consciousness.
Simon Blackburn, author of the best-selli
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192801807

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Poststructuralism changes the way we understand the relations between human beings, their culture, and the world. Following a brief account of the historical relationship between structuralism and poststructuralism, this Very Short Introduction traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. While the author discusses such well-known figures as Barthes, Foucault, Derrida, and Lacan, she also draws pertinent examples from literature, art, f
Hegel: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192801975

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Hegel is regarded as one of the most influential figures on modern political and intellectual development. After painting Hegel's life and times in broad strokes, Peter Singer goes on to tackle some of the more challenging aspects of Hegel's philosophy. Offering a broad discussion of Hegel's ideas and an account of his major works, Singer explains what have often been considered abstruse and obscure ideas in a clear and inviting manner.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and
Rousseau: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192801982

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
One of the most profound thinkers of modern history, Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-78) was a central figure of the European Enlightenment. He was also its most formidable critic, condemning the political, economic, theological, and sexual trappings of civilization along lines that would excite the enthusiasm of romantic individualists and radical revolutionaries alike. In this study of Rousseau's life and works, Robert Wolker shows how his philosophy of history, his theories of music and politics, his fiction
Kant: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192801999

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Immanuel Kant is arguably the most influential modern philosopher, but is also one of the most difficult. In this illuminating Very Short Introduction, Roger Scruton--a well-known and controversial philosopher in his own right--tackles his exceptionally complex subject with a strong hand, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why Critique of Pure Reason has proved so enduring.
About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introd
Plato: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192802163

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
This lively and accessible book focuses on the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, drawing the reader into Plato's way of doing philosophy and the general themes of his thinking. It discusses Plato's style of writing: his use of the dialogue form, his use of what we today call fiction, and his philosophical transformation of myths. It also looks at his discussions of love and philosophy, his attitude towards women, and towards homosexual love. It explores Plato's claim that virtue is sufficient for
Postmodernism

ISBN: 9780192802392

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Postmodernism has become the buzzword of contemporary society over the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this highly readable introduction the mysteries of this most elusive of concepts are unraveled, casting a critical light upon the way we live now, from the politicizing of museum culture to the cult of the politically correct. The key postmodernist ideas are explored and challenged, as they figure in the theory, philosophy, politics, ethics and artwork of the period, and it is shown how they hav
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192802569

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Scholars have largely misunderstood Soren Kierkegaard, remembering him chiefly in connection with the development of existentialist philosophy in this century. In a short and unhappy life, he wrote many books and articles on literary, satirical, religious and psychological themes, but the diversity and idiosyncratic style of his writing have contributed to a misunderstanding of his ideas. In this book--the only introduction to the full range of Kierkegaard's thought--Patrick Gardiner demonstrates how Kierke
Russell: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192802583

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. In this account of his life and work A. C. Grayling introduces both his technical contributions to logic and philosophy, and his wide-ranging views on education, politics, war, and sexual morality. Russell is credited with being one of the prime movers of Analytic Philosophy, and with having played a part in the revolution in social attitudes witnessed throughout the twentieth-century world. This intr
Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192802590

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Schopenhauer is considered to be the most readable of German philosophers. This book gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original aspects of his thought, which inspired many artists and thinkers including Nietzsche, Wagner, Freud, and Wittgenstein. Schopenhauer's central notion is that of the will--a blind, irrational force that he uses to interpret both the human mind and the whole of nature. Seeing human behavior as that of a natural organism governed by the will
Philosophy of Science: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192802835

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
What is science? Is there a real difference between science and myth? Is science objective? Can science explain everything? This Very Short Introduction provides a concise overview of the main themes of contemporary philosophy of science.
Beginning with a short history of science to set the scene, Samir Okasha goes on to investigate the nature of scientific reasoning, scientific explanation, revolutions in science, and theories such as realism and anti-realism. He also looks at philosophical issues in p
Spinoza

ISBN: 9780192803160

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Father of the Enlightenment and the last guardian of the medieval world, Spinoza made a brilliant attempt to reconcile the conflicting moral and intellectual demands of his epoch and to present a vision of man as simultaneously bound by necessity and eternally free. Ostracized by the Jewish community in Amsterddam to which he was born, Spinoza developed a political philosophy that set out to justify the secular state ruled by a liberal constitution, and a metaphysics that sought to reconcile human freedom w
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction. by Simon Glendinning

ISBN: 9780192803450

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, wrote such famed works as Writing and Difference, Speech and Phenomena, and On Grammatology, has made important contributions to both post-structuralism and post-modern philosophy, and indeed has challenged some of the unquestioned assumptions of our philosophical tradition. But he is most renowned--or condemned--for his critical technique known as "deconstruction." In this Very Short Introduction, Simon Glendinning explores both the difficulty and significance of th
Locke: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192803948

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
John Locke (1632-1704) one of the greatest English philosophers of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth century, argued in his masterpiece, An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, that our knowledge is founded in experience and reaches us principally through our senses; but its message has been curiously misunderstood. In this book John Dunn shows how Locke arrived at his theory of knowledge, and how his exposition of the liberal values of toleration and responsible government formed the backbone of e
Political Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

ISBN: 9780192803955

50,10 PLN (BRUTTO)
This Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the key concepts of political philosophy: authority, democracy, freedom and its limits, justice, feminism, multiculturalism, and nationality. Accessibly written and assuming no previous knowledge of the subject, it encourages the reader to think clearly and critically about the leading political questions of our time.
Miller first investigates how political philosophy tackles basic ethical questions such as 'how should we live together in society?' He f

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