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Martin Versfeld
A South African Philosopher in Dark Times
2021 || Paperback || Ernst Wolff || Leuven University Press
Martin Versfeld (1909–1995) is one of South Africa’s greatest philosophers, appreciated by academics and activists, poets and the broader public. His masterful prose spans the tension between disquiet and joy. Detractor of the violent trends of modernity, a critic of apartheid from the first hour, he was among the first philosophers of ecology. At the same time he celebrated the generosity of the world and advocated an ethics of simplicity, drawing on mediaeval theology and Eastern wisdom...
The Oxford Handbook of Islamic Philosophy
2019 || Paperback || Khaled El-Rouayheb e.a. || Oxford University Press
The study of Islamic philosophy has entered a new and exciting phase in the last few years. Both the received canon of Islamic philosophers and the narrative of the course of Islamic philosophy are in the process of being radically questioned and revised. Most twentieth-century Western scholarship on Arabic or Islamic philosophy has focused on the period from the ninth century to the twelfth.
It is a measure of the transformation that is currently underway in thefield that, unlike other refer...
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy
2003 || Paperback || David Sedley || Cambridge University Press
The Cambridge Companion to Greek and Roman Philosophy is a wide-ranging 2003 introduction to the study of philosophy in the ancient world. It will be an invaluable guide for all who are interested in the philosophical thought of this rich and formative period.
The Social Contract
2019 || Paperback || Jean-Jacques Rousseau || e-artnow
The Social Contract, originally published as On the Social Contract; or, Principles of Political Rights by Jean-Jacques Rousseau, is a 1762 book in which Rousseau theorized about the best way to establish a political community in the face of the problems of commercial society, which he had already identified in his Discourse on Inequality (1754). The Social Contract helped inspire political reforms or revolutions in Europe, especially in France. The Social Contract argued against the idea tha...
Interpreting Avicenna
Critical Essays
2015 || Paperback || Peter Adamson || Cambridge University Press
This volume examines the philosophy of Avicenna, the greatest philosopher of the Islamic world. Leading scholars deal with his ideas in areas ranging from medicine to theology and his impact on the Christian, Jewish and Muslim traditions. The book is of interest to graduate students of Arabic and medieval philosophy.
The Cambridge Companion to Medieval Philosophy
2003 || Paperback || A. S. McGrade || Cambridge University Press
This volume, first published in 2003, spans a millennium of thought extending from Augustine to Thomas Aquinas and beyond. It includes not only the thinkers of the Latin West but also the profound contributions of Islamic and Jewish thinkers. Supplementary material includes chronological charts and biographies of the major thinkers.
Wollstonecraft
A Vindication of the Rights of Men and a Vindication of the Rights of Woman
1995 || Paperback || Mary Wollstonecraft || Cambridge University Press
This edition brings together Mary Wollstonecraft's A Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), her most famous work, and the earlier text A Vindication of the Rights of Men (1790), her first formulation of a wide-ranging moral and political critique of her times.
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge / 2nd edition
2020 || Paperback || Noah Lemos || Cambridge University Press
Now revised and containing three new chapters, this book provides an accessible introduction to the fundamental problems in the theory of knowledge. Written primarily for students taking a first course in epistemology, it will be of interest to anyone wanting to know more about this important area of philosophy.
Epistemology / 2nd Edition
An Anthology
2008 || Paperback || Ernest Sosa e.a. || Wiley
New and thoroughly updated, Epistemology:
An Anthology continues to represent the most comprehensive and authoritative collection of canonical readings in the theory of knowledge. Concentrates on the central topics of the field, such as skepticism and the Pyrrhonian problematic, the definition of knowledge, and the structure of epistemic justificationOffers coverage of more specific topics, such as foundationalism vs coherentism, and virtue epistemologyPresents wholly new sections on 'Testim...
How the World Thinks / 1st edition
A Global History of Philosophy
2019 || Paperback || Julian Baggini || Granta Books
The first ever global overview of philosophy: how it developed around the world and impacted the cultures in which it flourished, now in paperback.