- The Collapse of the Fact/Value Dichotomy and Other Essays
- Hilary Putnam
- If philosophy has any business in the world, it is the clarification of our thinking and the clearing away of ideas that cloud the mind. In this book, one of the world's preeminent philosophers takes issue with an idea that has found an all-too-prominent place in popular culture and philosophical thought: the idea that while factual claims can be rationally established or refuted, claims about value are wholly subjective, not capable of being rationally argued for or against.
- Hardcover 2002 / Paperback 2004
- Manuscript Essays and Notes
- William James
- Introduction by Ignas K. Skrupkelis
- When William James died in 1910 he left a large body of manuscript material that has never appeared in print. The most important of these manuscripts are those of the years 1903 and 1904 called "The Many and the One." The manuscripts in the rest of the volume contain James's reflections over a period of forty years in the form of drafts, memoranda, and notebook entries. The diverse subjects are arranged under the headings of Philosophy, Psychology, Aesthetics, Ethics, and Religion. Of special interest are the early notes in which James began to work out his own philosophical point of view.
- Hardcover 1988
- Manuscript Lectures
- William James
- Introduction by Ignas K. Skrupskelis
- This final volume of The Works of William James provides a full record of James's teaching career at Harvard from 1872 to 1907. It includes extensive working notes for lectures in more than twenty courses. Because his teaching was so closely involved with the development of his thought, this material adds a new dimension to our understanding of his philosophy.
- Hardcover 1988
- Pragmatism
- William James
- Fredson Bowers, Textual Editor
- Ignas K. Skrupskelis, Associate Editor
- Introduction by H.S. Thayer
- Hardcover 1975
- Return to Reason
- Stephen Toulmin
- Stephen Toulmin argues that the potential for reason to improve our lives has been hampered by a serious imbalance in our pursuit of knowledge. The centuries-old dominance of rationality has diminished the value of reasonableness. Toulmin issues a powerful call to redress the balance between rationality and reasonableness.
- Hardcover 2001 / Paperback 2003
- The Self Awakened
- Roberto Mangabeira Unger
- In this long-awaited work of general philosophy, Roberto Mangabeira Unger proposes a radical reorientation of established ideas about nature, mind, society, politics, and religion. The Self Awakened mobilizes the resources of several philosophical traditions, and develops the unrecognized revolutionary implications of the most influential of these traditions today--pragmatism. Avoiding technical jargon and needless complication, this book makes a case for philosophy as the supreme activity of the intellect at war, insisting on its power to deal with what matters most.
- Hardcover 2007