Philosophy from Diatrope Books

University of Chicago Press, 2023. Paperback. Very Good. 0x0x0. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. The first book to map William James?s preoccupation with medical ideas, concerns, and values across the breadth of his work. 251p. Measures 6x9 inches.

Dover Publications, 1954. Paperback. Very Good. 5x0x8. Unmarked text. Translated by J. E. Crawford Flitch. Undated reprint of Dover's 1954 edition. Explores the contradictions of faith. 332p. Measures 5.5x8 inches.

Norton, 2019. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white. 226p. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches. A finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, explores why all social groups have moral systems and how these systems are formed.

Imprint Academic, 2004. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Slim 18-page booklet with reviews from the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 11, No 2, 2004. Books reviewed include The Phenomenology, an anthology reviewed by John Dance; Concepts: Core readings, reviewed by Steve Stewart-Williams; Mirror of Consciousness: Art, Creativity & Veda by Anna Bonshek reviewed by Bruno Deschenes; Imagination… Read more about this item

Moment Point Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. Wolf argues for a new alchemy that brings about a melding of the ideas of the old alchemists and the new scientists to reach a fuller understanding of the mind and matter. 176p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Dutton, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conduct. Introduction by John W. Spellman. Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Foreword by Santha Rama Rau. 252p. Measures 4.25x7 inches.

Temple University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Pasted image on front end page. Crease on back inside flap of dust jacket. Essays by Linda Alcoff, Frank Cunningham, Ann Ferguson, Milton Fisk, Roger S. Gottlieb, Andrew McLaughlin, Linda Nicholson, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, David Schweickart, Elizabeth V. Spelman, Thomas E. Wartenberg, and Iris Marion Young. Bibliography. Index. 288p.… Read more about this item

Harper Collins, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Remainder dot on edge. Unclipped dust jacket. Section of black-and-white plates. 734p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) was an American photographer who worked to normalize marginalized groups and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people. This book brings her to life with vividness and immediacy.

Wisdom Library, Philosophical Library, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket. Age tanning on pages. Topics range from how to read and understand history to mentalism and materialism. 122p.

MIT Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Some bumps on the edges. Presents an original and unified cognitive theory of metaphor using philosophical arguments. Draws upon evidence from psychological experiments and theories. Notes that implications of this theory for meaning and truth with specific attention to metaphor as a speech act, the iconic meaning of metaphor, and the… Read more about this item

MIT Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. Paperback re-bound as a hardback. An account of the systematic character of Habermas's ideas and their course of development. Greatly expanded bibliography of Habermas's work. 484p. Measures 6x9 inches. Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known… Read more about this item

Oxford University Press, 2008. Hardcover. Very Good. Unmarked text. No dust jacket. An original exploration of how we represent the world. Von Frassen defends an empiricist structuralist version of the "picture theory" of science, through an inquiry into the paradoxes that came to light in 20th-century philosophies of science. He concludes with an analysis of the complex relationship… Read more about this item

Copenhagen: Scandinavian University Books, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Some age tanning on cover. Bibliographical references. Index.Text in English. 152p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

MIT Press, 1984. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. 336p. Notes. Bibliography. Index. An original contribution that speaks to how traditional philosophical problems as the nature of the mind-body relation, knowledge of other minds, free-will, unity of consciousness, personal identity, self-knowledge, intentionality, rationality, and reductionism figure within psychology and how psychology contributes to the solution of these philosophical problems.… Read more about this item

Pageant Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket has a piece missing and some tears. Translated by Peter Thetis. Notes. Theophilos Kaires (1784-1853) was a Greek priest and revolutionary.He was among the founders of a pietistic revivalist movement, known as Theosebism, inspired by the French revolutionary cults, radical Protestantism and deism.

Center For The Study Of Language And Inf, 2006. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked. No dust jacket. Reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. 200p. References. Index.

Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. References. Index. Inquiry into the extent to which human relationships are foundational in morality. 450p.

MIT Press, 1978. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Some wear and age tanning on cover. Illustrated. Includes "Structural Hierarchy in Science, Art and History" by Cyril Stanley Smith, "On Broken Symmetries" by Philip Morrison, "Visualization Lost and Regained: The Genesis of Quantum Theory in the Period 1913-27" by Arthur I. Miller, "The Mathematical Unconscious" by Seymour A. Papert, "Darwin's Tree… Read more about this item

Stanford Univ Press, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. An analysis of the social science debate going back to the late 19th century. 149p. Index. Notes and bibliography.

The MIT Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Translated by Theodore and Ingrid Friedmann. 297p. Index. Notes. In this series of essay, George Klein faces the question of suicide, or whether life is worth living. Topics in the essays range from the misuses of science to the vital importance of art, music, and literature to surviving… Read more about this item