University studies mean the critical reading of texts, and also reflection. The latter should be stimulated by lectures and tutorials, and by discussion. In an attempt to meet the needs of students...
In his moving essay, Samuel Johnson offers wise words on confronting grief at the loss of a loved one. The other pieces here, ranging from art to marriage to morality, demonstrate the brilliance, p...
A collection of essays devoted to the problem of explanation in various disciplines of science and humanities: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, neuroscience, economics as well ...
Describing bizarrely popular Victorian street slang, the madness of crowds, stock market mania (from the South Sea Bubble to Tulip fever), popular fashions, fads, crazes, schemes and scams, this br...
The founding father of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes, living in an era of horrific violence, saw human life as meaningless and cruel; here, he argues the only way to escape this brutal...
Leopardi, poet and philosopher, explores in humorous but savage dialogue the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. He also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an...
Leopardi, poet and philosopher, explores in humorous but savage dialogue the power of fashion and its strange irrationality. He also imagines conversations between Hercules and Atlas, Nature and an...
Tom poświęcony problemowi wolności i odpowiedzialności, prezentuje materiały z międzynarodowej konferencji "Freiheit und Verantwortung". Artykuły zostały zebrane w dwie części: w pierwsze...
Rozprawa z dziedziny logiki erotetycznej, prezentująca skuteczne zastosowanie metody dowodów sokratycznych dla wybranej klasy normatywnych logik modalnych.
Tom poświęcony problemowi wolności i odpowiedzialności, prezentuje materiały z międzynarodowej konferencji "Freiheit und Verantwortung". Artykuły zostały zebrane w dwie części: w pierwsze...
Philosophy in science should be sharply distinguished from the philosophy of science. The latter offers a philosophical reflection on the method of science; the former, on the contrary, is expected...
In general, feminist and minority scholars perceive popular culture and the media as either terrains to be contested and carefully analyzed due to their oppressiveness in representing the other, or...
In What Do We Really Know? Simon Blackburn addresses the twenty most-asked philosophical questions, including 'Can machines think?', 'What is the meaning of life?', 'Is death to be feared?', 'Why b...
In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of his first 35 years. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run throu...
In An Appetite for Wonder Richard Dawkins brought us his engaging memoir of his first 35 years. In Brief Candle in the Dark he continues his autobiography, following the threads that have run throu...
The sequel to Eminent Economists, this book presents the ideas of some of the most outstanding economists of the past half century. The contributors, representing divergent points of the ideologica...
Hermeneutyczny kontekst "wiedzy źródłowej". Studium wczesnej filozofii Heideggera (1916-1929)The thesis of the interpretation of early thoughts of Heidegger presented in this book ...
Francis Bacon's landmark writings on subjects ranging from anger and ambition, marriage and money to envy and empire established him as the founding father of modern scientific thinking, with his r...
Pierwsza polska powojenna synteza klasycznej myśli greckiej od jej najstarszych źródeł po pisma Platona, uwzględniająca liczne komentarze sięgające późnej starożytności. Au-tor opiera...
Pierwsza polska powojenna synteza klasycznej myśli greckiej od jej najstarszych źródeł po pisma Platona, uwzględniająca liczne komentarze sięgające późnej starożytności. Au-tor opiera...