A Little History of Philosophy by Nigel Warburton
$37.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy | Reading Level: very good
Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the ancient Athenian marketplace asking awkward questions, disconcerting the people he met by showing them how little they genuinely understood. This engaging b ...Show more
The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945 by Thomas Baldwin
$79.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Cambridge History of Philosophy 1870-1945 comprises over sixty specially commissioned essays by experts on the philosophy of this period and is designed to be accessible to non-specialists who have little previous familiarity with philosophy. As with the other volumes in the series, much of the emph ...Show more
How to Outwit Aristotle: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy by Peter Cave
$19.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
How to know that you exist. How to be an object of desire. How to think like a bat. How to bring meaning to life. From the realm of the unconscious to the principles of logic, How to Outwit Aristotle will help you think like a philosopher. Witty and accessible, this is a superb introduction to the subje ...Show more
Twenty Observations on a World in Turmoil by Ulrich Beck
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Translated by Ciaran Cronin. The world is a state of turmoil. From the financial crisis to the chaos in the eurozone, from the Arab uprisings to protests in Athens, Barcelona, New York and elsewhere, many of the familiar frameworks are collapsing and we have to find new ways to orient ourselves in a ...Show more
Philosophy Bites Back by David Edmonds
$18.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Philosophy Bites Back is the second book to come out of the hugely successful podcast Philosophy Bites. It presents a selection of lively interviews with leading philosophers of our time, who discuss the ideas and works of some of the most important thinkers in history. From the ancient classics of Socr ...Show more
Bedside Book of Philosophy by Michael Picard
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
The Bedside Book of Philosophy will expand your mind, put your neurons through their paces and question the foundations of your opinions and knowledge itself. You'll discover that you can't even trust your own senses - even though they are all you have. Filled with philosophical puzzles that have intrig ...Show more
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life by Erving Goffman
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
In what the General Practitioner called 'this intelligent searching work', the author of "Stigma" and "Asylums" presents an analysis of the structures of social encounters from the perspective of the dramatic performance. He shows us exactly how people use such 'fixed props' as houses, clothes, and job ...Show more
Argument and Persuasion in Descartes' Meditations by David Cunning
$35.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy has proven to be not only one of the canonical texts of Western philosophy, but also the site of a great deal of interpretive activity in scholarship on the history of early modern philosophy over the last two decades. David Cunning's monograph proposes a new i ...Show more
Post-God Nation by Roy Williams
$32.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
At the time of Federation 98% of Australians identified themselves as Christians. Now only 5% regularly go to Church. The reasons for this steep decline in faith are broad - they include the failings of the Church itself; its relentless negativity and hypocrisy as well as misunderstandings about what be ...Show more
The Black Mirror - Fragments of an Obituary for Life by Raymond Tallis
$39.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
"Inspired by E. M. Forster's thought that 'Death destroys a man but the idea of it saves him', The Black Mirror takes death as an external viewpoint from which we may see our lives more clearly. Raymond Tallis looks back on his world from the standpoint of his future corpse. He reflects on the senses th ...Show more
More Than Happiness Buddhist & Stoic... by Antonia Macaro
$24.99 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Do you consider yourself stoical? Do a bit of meditation or mindfulness practice? Buddhism and Stoicism have a lot to offer modern readers seeking the good life, but they're also radical systems that ask much of their followers. In More than Happiness, Antonia Macaro delves into both philosophies, focus ...Show more
Skin in the Game: Hidden Asymmetries in Daily Life by Nassim Nicholas Taleb
$35.00 AUD
Category: Philosophy
Why should we never listen to people who explain rather than do? Why do companies go bust? How is it that we have more slaves today than in Roman times? Why does imposing democracy on other countries never work? The answer- too many people running the world don't have skin in the game. In this provocati ...Show more