Not-I/Thou
In these essays, Art and Architecture emerge from the gray areas of cultural production as a type of knowledge with no utilitarian agency. They operate at the edge of authorized systems, quietly validating the shadowy and recondite operations of intellect.
As modern thinkers declare the “death of the subject,” this volume searches for new ways of being a self. With renewed attention to religion, these essays guide readers beyond the crises of modernity to resurrect the subject in new and unexpected forms.
In this collection, diverse authors discuss key ethical and metaethical issues and their relation to applied ethics. Expert scholars and young researchers reframe current philosophical debates, stimulating and challenging anyone curious about what we hold valuable.
Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert
Though paranormal experiences are rarely taken seriously, this book demonstrates that to important philosophers—from Kant to Derrida—controversial phenomena like telepathy and clairvoyance were serious topics, thoughtfully interpreted.
Society in its Challenges
To what extent can philosophical thinking address the challenges of living in society? This book answers this question, offering an analysis of fundamental issues and providing a philosophical vision for the creative advance of society.
Hegel on Recollection
This collection of essays focuses on Hegel’s concept of recollection (Erinnerung). It provides a detailed examination of the role played by recollection within his system, arguing that it is a privileged key to interpreting Hegel’s philosophy.
This analysis of values within Husserlian phenomenology describes our experience of intersubjective values and explores ethics as a practical matter, offering a third phenomenological way beyond the common positivistic and deontological dichotomy.
Metaphysical Themes, Medieval and Modern (Volume 11
These essays engage the metaphysics of substance over eight centuries, shedding light on contemporary disputes and their historical roots. Topics range from the substance ontology of Thomas Aquinas to modern debates on hylomorphism and natural theology.
A Different Society Altogether
What is society? Arguing that sociology has become entrenched in an unwarranted anthropocentrism, this book suggests solutions based on the work of Latour, Deleuze, and Guattari to reinvigorate the discipline and provide better analytical tools.
Greatness of Soul
From a Nietzschean Hume evoking Milton’s Satan, to Aristotle’s “claws and teeth” and a deeper challenge from Hobbes, these pages mix poets and philosophers to offer a glimpse of what a classical education might look like.
Beyond Superlatives
A new generation of scholars applies Whitehead’s philosophy to “superlatives”—valued concepts like truth, novelty, care, and love. By deconstructing these ideas, the essays release an invitation of possibility, extending Whitehead’s thought in novel directions.
Theory and Practice of Logic-Based Therapy
We upset ourselves by deducing destructive conclusions from irrational premises. This book presents Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), a guide to using logic and philosophy to refute these fallacies, overcome anxiety, depression, and anger, and attain happiness.
A dilemma threatens our belief in moral responsibility: if determinism is true, we lack control; if not, our actions are a matter of luck. This collection of new essays confronts this problem, with contributions by John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, and others.
This collection of essays presents fresh perspectives on familiar Sartrean subjects and novel approaches to neglected ones. Scholars offer surprising new angles, viewing Sartre through Pop-Art, jazz, and dialogues with figures like Dennett, Badiou, and Genet.
Practices of Ethics
For social sciences researchers confronted with ethical dilemmas, this book provides examples of ethical reflection. It deals with complex ethical questions that arise during fieldwork which find no clear guidance from professional codes, showing a new empirical approach.
A philosophical exploration of desire and the divine Ground of being through Eric Voegelin’s ‘flow of presence.’ Learn how anxiety impedes this flow and how living meditatively in the present can restore it, guided by Voegelin, Goethe, and Iris Murdoch.
Cross Currents
Comparative philosophy engages thinkers worldwide to approach common problems from different perspectives. This approachable survey brings “eastern” and “western” philosophy into a global conversation. Foreign terms are translated and notes give context.
This is the first comparative study of Kant and Herschel. Their model of the world dismissed the idea of a finite, static cosmos and introduced an evolutionary perspective that had a crucial influence on nineteenth- and twentieth-century astronomy.
Can philosophy help people with their personal problems? This volume explores philosophical counseling and its relationship to psychotherapy through readings by prominent philosophers and psychologists, asking if such matters are best left to therapists.