Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction
Bence Nanay
Aesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste. It doesn’t just consider traditional artistic experiences such as artworks in a museum or an opera ...
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Albert Camus: A Very Short Introduction
Oliver Gloag
Albert Camus is one of the best known philosophers of the twentieth century, as well as a widely read novelist. Active in the first half of the twentieth century, his views contributed to ...
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Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short introduction
Michael Beaney
Analytic Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction introduces some of the key ideas of the founders of analytic philosophy—Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G. E. Moore, Ludwig ...
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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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Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction
David DeGrazia
Animal Rights: A Very Short Introduction explores the implications for how we should treat animals in connection with our diet, zoos, and research. Most people are opposed to ...
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Beauty: A Very Short Introduction
Roger Scruton
Beauty: A Very Short Introduction explores the concept of beauty, asking what makes an object — either in art, in nature, or the human form — beautiful. It strongly refutes the ...
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Causation: A Very Short Introduction
Stephen Mumford and Rani Lill Anjum
Causation is the most fundamental connection in the universe. Without it, there would be no science or technology. There would be no moral responsibility either, as none of our thoughts ...
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Conscience: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Strohm
Conscience: A Very Short Introduction highlights what the particularly European concept of conscience has meant to successive generations and why it has a reputation as one of ...
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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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Environmental Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Robin Attfield
Environmental ethics studies the values and principles involved in combating environmental problems such as pollution, loss of species and habitats, and climate change. Environmental ...
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Epicureanism: A Very Short Introduction
Catherine Wilson
Epicureanism is commonly associated with a carefree view of life and the pursuit of pleasures, particularly of the table. However, it was a complex and distinctive system of philosophy that ...
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Ethics: A Very Short Introduction
Simon Blackburn
Our self-image as moral, well-behaved creatures is dogged by scepticism, relativism, hypocrisy, and nihilism, by the fear that in a Godless world science has unmasked us as creatures fated ...
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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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Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction
Nigel Warburton
Free Speech: A Very Short Introduction examines the liberal assumption that free speech is worth preserving at any cost and offers a guide to important questions facing modern ...
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Free Will: A Very Short Introduction
Thomas Pink
Free Will: A Very Short Introduction asks: Are our choices really free? Every day we seem to make and act upon all kinds of free choices. Are these choices ours, or are we ...
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