Husserl has enjoyed a revival of interest in recent years and the Cartesian Meditations is perhaps his most widely read text. The book is an introduction to Husserl's phenomenology and is based on Descartes' Meditations on First Philosophy. Husserl attempts to show how Descartes discovered the "transcendental" perspective which is essential to any genuine philosophy. Unti...(展开全部)

Descartes' Meditations is one of the most widely read philosophical texts and has marked the beginning of what we now consider as modern philosophy. It is the first text that most students of philosophy are introduced to and this guidebook will be an indispensable introduction to what is undeniably one of the most important texts in the history of philosophy. Gary Hatfield offe...(展开全部)

G.哈特费尔德（Gary HatfieId）．美国宾夕法尼亚大学哲学系亚当·西伯特（Adam seybert）讲席教授。其主要研究领域涉及近代哲学史、心理哲学、视觉理论、科学哲学等．尤其在近代哲学史和知识论方面的研究造诣颇深。他曾经出版《自然的与规范的：从康德至赫尔姆霍茨的空间表象理论》（1990）一书．重新翻译和编辑康德的《未来形而上学导论》（2004）．并撰写了大量论文，在学界很有影响。他的《笛卡尔与（第一哲学的沉思）》出版后，即赢得好评，被评论家们赞誉为“目前对《第一哲学的沉思》的最好的导论”。笛卡尔是近代哲学之父，其《第一哲学的沉思》是历史上最重要的哲学著作之一，也是进入哲学领域的必读书之一。哈特费尔德的《笛卡尔与（第一哲学的沉思）》，就是西方笛卡尔学术史上诠释该书的一部新近的力作笛卡尔的生平及其哲学背景；清楚而准确地逐段讲解《沉思》的每一个...(展开全部)

Wittgenstein is the most influential twentieth century philosopher in the English-speaking world. In the Philosophical Investigations, his most important work, he introduces the famous 'private language argument' which changed the whole philosophical view of language. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations introduces and assesses: * Wittgenstein's life, and its conne...(展开全部)

Wittgenstein is the most influential twentieth-century philosopher in the English-speaking world. In The Philosophical Investigations , his most important work, he introduces the famous "private language argument" which changed the whole philosophical view of language. Wittgenstein and the Philosophical Investigations introduces and assesses Wittgenstein's life and its connec...(展开全部)

Kierkegaard, described by Wittgenstein as "by far the most profound thinker of the [nineteenth] century," has influenced a wide range of philosophers and theologians. Fear and Trembling, which investigates the nature of faith and its relation to ethics via a discussion of the story of Abraham and Isaac, is one of Kierkegaard's most compelling and popular works. Kierkegaard a...(展开全部)

Gottlob Frege is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was firstly a mathematician but his major works, including "Conception and Notation", also made significant conceptual contributions to the philosophy of language. Frege's writings are difficult and deal with technical, asbtract concepts. "The Routledge Philosophy G...(展开全部)

The Phenomenology of Spirit is Hegel's most important and famous work. It is essential to understanding Hegel's philosophical system and why he remains a major figure in western philosophy. Stern offers a clear and accessible introduction to what is undoubtedly one of the most complex books in the history of philosophy.

Kant's The Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important philosophical work in Western philosophy. It is also one of the most difficult philosophical texts to study. This clear, straightforward guide to the Critique recasts Kant's thought in more familiar language, avoiding the technicalities that plague other secondary sources on Kant. Sebastian Gardner exa...(展开全部)

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy. The book introduces and assesses: * Kant's life and background of the Critique of Pure Reason * the ideas and text of the Critique of Pure Reason * the continuing relevance of Kant's work to contemporary philosophy. Ideal for anyone coming to Kant's thought for the first time. This ...(展开全部)