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Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Julia Annas
Ancient Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces ancient debates and focuses on important and revealing features of the subject providing a sense of its freshness and ...
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Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Simon Critchley
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling ...
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Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Stephen Eric Bronner
Critical Theory: A Very Short Introduction explores the concepts and themes that distinguished critical theory from its more traditional philosophical competitors. Critical ...
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Derrida: A Very Short Introduction
Simon Glendinning
Derrida: A Very Short Introduction explores both the difficulty and significance of the work of Derrida. It explains the theory of deconstruction, presenting Derrida's ...
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Descartes: A Very Short Introduction
Tom Sorell
Descartes: A Very Short Introduction explores the life and work of a man who made fundamental contributions to physics, mathematics, and optics, and reported useful ...
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The Enlightenment: A Very Short Introduction
John Robertson
A foundational moment in the history of modern European thought, the Enlightenment continues to be a reference point for philosophers, scholars, and opinion-formers. Enlightenment: A Very ...
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Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction
Thomas Flynn
Existentialism: A Very Short Introduction examines one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century. Focusing on its seven leading figures: Sartre, ...
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Foucault: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Gary Gutting
Foucault: A Very Short Introduction presents a wide-ranging, but non-systematic exploration of some highlights of Foucault’s life and thought. Beginning with a brief biography ...
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French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Gaukroger and Knox Peden
French Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction outlines the history of French philosophy, summarising important thinkers and texts. Philosophy has played a significant role in ...
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German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Andrew Bowie
German Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction discusses the idea that that German philosophy forms one of the most revealing responses to the problems of ‘modernity’, addressing ...
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Habermas: A Very Short Introduction
James Gordon Finlayson
Habermas: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of Jürgen Habermas's forbiddingly complex philosophy using concrete examples. Habermas is arguably the most influential ...
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Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
Michael Inwood
Heidegger: A Very Short Introduction provides an invaluable guide to the complex and voluminous thought of one of the 20th century’s greatest yet most enigmatic and divisive ...
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Hume: A Very Short Introduction
Alfred Ayer
Hume: A Very Short Introduction considers one of the greatest of all British philosophers, acknowledged by his contemporaries as a pivotal figure of the Enlightenment. A ...
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Kant: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Kant: A Very Short Introduction tackles this exceptionally complex subject, exploring the background to Kant's work and showing why the Critique of Pure Reason has proved so ...
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Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction
Patrick Gardiner
Kierkegaard: A Very Short Introduction shows how Kierkegaard developed his views in emphatic opposition to prevailing opinions. It describes his reaction to the ethical and ...
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Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction
Maria Rosa Antognazza
Leibniz: A Very Short Introduction discusses the philosophy of the German polymath Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646–1716) and his desire for systematic reform and advancement of ...
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Locke: A Very Short Introduction
John Dunn
Locke: A Very Short Introduction unravels the meaning of John Locke's political thought and his contribution to English ideology. One of the greatest English philosophers of ...
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Medieval Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
John Marenbon
Medieval philosophy is one of the most exciting and diversified periods in the history of thought. Introducing the coexisting strands of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish philosophy, Medieval ...
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Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction
William M. Hamlin
Montaigne: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of Michel de Montaigne’s life, thought, and writing. This VSI situates Montaigne’s influential Essays within his lived ...
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Nietzsche: A Very Short Introduction
Michael Tanner
The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, but since then he has been appropriated as an icon by an astonishingly diverse spectrum ...
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Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction
Timothy Williamson
What is philosophy and what are philosophers trying to achieve? Philosophical Method: A Very Short Introduction looks at the history of philosophy, including examples from history charting ...
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Plato: A Very Short Introduction
Julia Annas
Plato: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophy and argument of Plato's writings, looking at Plato as a thinker grappling with philosophical problems in a variety of ...
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Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Butler
How can postmodernism be defined? Postmodernism: A Very Short Introduction challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual ...
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Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction
Catherine Belsey
Poststructuralism: A Very Short Introduction traces the key arguments that have led poststructuralists to challenge traditional theories of language and culture. What is ...
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Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction
Catherine Osborne
Presocratic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces the first thinkers to explore ideas about the nature of reality, time, and the origin of the universe. It begins by ...
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Russell: A Very Short Introduction
A. C. Grayling
Russell: A Very Short Introduction provides an account of the life of Bertrand Russell (1872–1970), one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century. ...
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Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction
Christopher Janaway
Schopenhauer is the most readable of German philosophers. Schopenhauer: A Very Short Introduction gives a succinct explanation of his metaphysical system, concentrating on the original ...
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Socrates: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)
C. C. W. Taylor
Socrates has a unique position in the history of philosophy; had it not been for his influence on Plato, the whole development of Western philosophy might have been unimaginably different. ...
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Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Spinoza: A Very Short Introduction presents a systematic analysis of Spinoza's thought by describing the contours of this complex system of thought, and shows its relevance to ...
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Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction
A. C. Grayling
Wittgenstein: A Very Short Introduction explains the nature and impact of Wittgenstein's views in terms of twentieth-century analytical philosophy and describes both his early ...
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