Written between 1945 and 1947, the essays in Sense and Non-Sense provide an excellent introduction to Merleau-Ponty's thought. They summarize his previous insights and exhibit their widest range of application-in aesthetics, ethics, politics, and the sciences of man. Each essay opens new perspectives to man's search for reason.

Originally delivered as a lecture in Paris in 1945, "Existentialism and Humanism" is Sartre's seminal defence of his original doctrine of existentialism and a plan for its practical application to everyday human life.

Philosophical Writing: An Introduction, 4th Edition, features numerous updates and revisions to A. P. Martinich’s best-selling text that instructs beginning philosophy students on how to craft a well-written philosophical essay.

Features an entirely new chapter on how to read a philosophical essay, new sections on quantification and modality, and rhetoric in philosophical writing, as well as more updated essay examplesIncludes many new essay examples and an accompanying website with further...

Anthony Kenny's engaging new history of Western philosophy now advances into the modern era.The Rise of Modern Philosophyis the fascinating story of the emergence of the great ideas and worldviews of modern thought. Beautifully illustrated throughout, Kenny's book introduces us to some of the world's most original and influential thinkers.

Descartes's A Discourse on the Method of Correctly Conducting One's Reason and Seeking the Truth in the Sciences marks a watershed in European thought; in it, the author provides an informal intellectual autobiography in the vernacular for a non-specialist readership, sweeps away all previous philosophical traditions, and sets out in brief his radical new philosophy.

This book is a fully updated and expanded new edition of An Introduction to Continental Philosophy, first published in 1996. It provides a clear, concise and readable introduction to philosophy in the continental tradition.

The Logic Manual is the ideal introduction to logic for beginning philosophy students. It offers a concise but complete introductory course, giving a firm grounding in the logic that is needed to study contemporary philosophy. Exercises, examples, and sample examination papers are provided on an accompanying website.

Kant is the central figure of modern philosophy. He sought to rebuild philosophy from the ground up, and he succeeded in permanently changing its problems and methods. This revised edition of the Prolegomena, which is the best introduction to the theoretical side of his philosophy, presents his thought clearly by paying careful attention to his original language.

Also included are selections from the Critique of Pure Reason, which fill out and explicate some of Kant's central arguments (inclu...

‘Hooghouden kietelt de hersencellen. Twee filosofen, René ten Bos en Peter Henk Steenhuis, die tekeergaan over hun favoriete balspel. Ze mijmeren, beschouwen, bespiegelen, duiden, citeren, denken, interpreteren erop los, pochen met hun kennis en maken ons deelgenoot van hun gedachtewereld over voetbal op een manier die totaal uniek is. Gelul, maar dan anders, heel anders. Intelligent gelul. Ga lezen…’

– Theo Maassen

René ten Bos (1959) is hoogleraar filosofie aan de Faculteit der Ma...

Besturen op universiteiten is er niet gemakkelijker op geworden. De organisaties groeien in omvang en hebben een complexe en uitgebreide structuur. Zijn er algemeen geldende principes te onderscheiden die kunnen dienen als handvatten in die complexiteit?

Universiteiten vragen om deugdelijke leiders en gedegen managers die de kruisbestuiving van kennis, creativiteit en nieuwsgierigheid tussen docent en student op de eerste plek zetten. Deze docent-studentinteracties gelden als de basisbouwste...