A Philosophical Inquiry into Freud "A philosophical critique of psychoanalysis that takes psychoanalysis seriously but not as unchallengeable dogma. . . . The most significant general treatment of psychoanalytic theory since Freud himself ceased publication." -Clyde Kluckhohn, The New York Time

Salience is both central to human life and relatively underexplored as a philosophical topic. Whether it bothers you that the picture on your wall is wonky, whose advice you should take, whether you notice the homeless person at your feet as you squeeze your way down Oxford Street: these are all a function of salience. Salience is clearly of significance for a broad range of ph...(展开全部)

This book is an inquiry into particular matters concerning the nature, normativity, and aftermath of evil action. It combines philosophical conceptual analysis with empirical studies in psychology and discussions of historical events to provide an innovative analysis of evil action. The book considers unresolved questions belonging to metaethical, normative, and practical chara...(展开全部)

Bertrand Russell is concerned in this book with the foundations of knowledge. He approaches his subject through a discussion of language, the relationships of truth to experience and an investigation into how knowledge of the structure of language helps our understanding of the structure of the world.

Blending social analysis and philosophy, Albert Borgmann maintains that technology creates a controlling pattern in our lives. This pattern, discernible even in such an inconspicuous action as switching on a stereo, has global effects: it sharply divides life into labor and leisure, it sustains the industrial democracies, and it fosters the view that the earth itself is a techn...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

A comprehensive account of how energy has shaped society throughout history, from pre-agricultural foraging societies through today's fossil fuel–driven civilization. "I wait for new Smil books the way some people wait for the next 'Star Wars' movie. In his latest book, Energy and Civilization: A History, he goes deep and broad to explain how innovations in humans' ability to t...(展开全部)

作者简介、 罗伯特•M.波西格(Robert M. Pirsig，1928-2017)，生于明尼苏达州，在明尼苏达大学主修化学、哲学和传播学；曾到印度学习东方哲学，并任修辞学教授。在探寻真理的过程中，试图寻找支离破碎的文化的整合之道，一度精神分裂。1968年，他与长子克里斯开始了一场骑着摩托车横跨美国大陆的万里长旅，一路经过复杂经验与反省思考，终于恢复了自我的完整，这场旅行后来成为《禅与摩托车维修艺术》的基本情节。1975年波西格在哈得逊河的游历成为《莱拉：一场对道德的探究》一书的基础，这是他的第二部哲学作品。

作者简介、 罗伯特•M.波西格(Robert M. Pirsig，1928-2017)，生于明尼苏达州，在明尼苏达大学主修化学、哲学和传播学；曾到印度学习东方哲学，并任修辞学教授。在探寻真理的过程中，试图寻找支离破碎的文化的整合之道，一度精神分裂。1968年，他与长子克里斯开始了一场骑着摩托车横跨美国大陆的万里长旅，一路经过复杂经验与反省思考，终于恢复了自我的完整，这场旅行后来成为《禅与摩托车维修艺术》的基本情节。1975年波西格在哈得逊河的游历成为《莱拉：一场对道德的探究》一书的基础，这是他的第二部哲学作品。

The author of Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance examines life's essential issues as he recounts the journey down the Hudson River in a sailboat of his philosopher-narrator Phaedrus. Reprint.