Logic & Language

Discover the profound wisdom of the ancient Stoics in this essential collection of their most enduring works.

Logic is often perceived as having little to do with the rest of philosophy, and even less to do with real life. In this lively and accessible introduction, Graham Priest shows how wrong this conception is. He explores the philosophical roots of the subject....

Inside this three-in-one collection, you’ll uncover a wealth of philosophical insights about truth, faith, and the universe around us. Drawing on the arguments and musings of the famed philosopher David Hume, this book reveals his ideas on the questions that define our very existence....

One of the twentieth century's most influential books, this classic work of anthropology offers a groundbreaking exploration of what culture is With The Interpretation of Cultures, the distinguished anthropologist Clifford Geertz developed the concept of thick description, and in so doing, he...

The now-classic Metaphors We Live By changed our understanding of metaphor and its role in language and the mind.

Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 true trivia facts that sound absurd. These facts are so far-fetched some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family, fathers, or grads. Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at...

Life’s a journey, but you don’t have to travel alone. With Stoicism on your side, you’ll be able to roll with the punches and make the most of whatever comes your way....

El Arte de la Guerra es un manual de enseñanzas para salir exitoso de cualquier batalla que se presente en la vida....

Quantum physics is notable for its brazen defiance of common sense. (Think of Schrödinger's Cat, famously both dead and alive.) An especially rigorous form of quantum contradiction occurs in experiments with entangled particles....

Philosophical Investigations explores the concept of meaning, of understanding, of propositions, of logic, of states of consciousness and of many other topics....

This classic work of political theory and practice offers an account of the modern Machiavellians, a remarkable group who have been influential in Europe and practically unknown in the United States....

This book offers what may with reservations be described as a theory of the mind. But it does not give new information about minds. We possess already a wealth of information about minds, information which is neither derived from, nor upset by, the arguments of philosophers....

Outsmart Every Argument: Learn to Spot Flaws in Thinking with Ease. Made to bring each fallacy to life, this audiobook makes even the trickiest concepts easy to understand and impossible to forget.

Brought to you by Penguin. In very recent times humanity has learnt a vast amount about the universe, the past, and itself. But through our remarkable successes in acquiring knowledge we have learned how much we have yet to learn: the science we have, for example, addresses just 5% of the...

Aristotle's contribution to the sum of wisdom dominates all our philosophy and even provides direction...

Brought to you by Penguin. The celebrated scientist and author of Why Information Grows reveals how knowledge moves, drives progress and shapes the world We all understand that knowledge shapes the fate of business and the growth of nations, but few of us are aware of the principles that govern...

Analogy is the core of all thinking. This is the simple but unorthodox premise that Pulitzer Prize-winning author Douglas Hofstadter and French psychologist Emmanuel Sander defend in their new work....

Hermeticism or Hermetism is a philosophical system based on the purported teachings of Hermes Trismegistus (a legendary Hellenistic combination of the...

In the second edition of this witty and infectious book, Madsen Pirie builds upon his guide to using - and indeed abusing - logic in order to win arguments....

Now widely considered among the most important books in the history of philosophy of science, The Logic of Scientific Discovery remains essential listening for scholars, scientists, and anyone interested in what makes science, science.

"Philosophy is not a theory," asserted Austro-British philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), "but an activity." In this 1921 opus, his only philosophical work published during his lifetime, Wittgenstein defined the object of philosophy as the logical clarification of thoughts....

Published four years after Rousseau's death, Confessions is a remarkably frank and honest self-portrait, described by Rousseau as "the history of my soul"....

The ability to recognize logical fallacies when they occur is an essential life skill. Mastering Logical Fallacies is the clearest, boldest, and most systematic guide to dominating the rules and tactics of successful arguments....

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The first biography in more than three decades of the Austrian-born thinker Ludwig Wittgenstein, one of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.

Prove you are the smartest schmuck in the room with 500 true trivia facts that sound absurd. These facts are so far-fetched some might even say that they sound like bull$#*t! Give the gift that keeps giving to friends, family, fathers, or grads. Knowledge is power! Crush the competition at...

En este análisis de los debates alrededor del discurso de odio, la pornografía y la homosexualidad, Butler sostiene que las palabras pueden herir y que la violencia lingüística es un tipo de violencia particular. También sostiene que este discurso es emocional y fluido porque sus efectos a menudo escapan al control del hablante, moldeados por la fantasía, el contexto y las estructuras de poder.

El texto ofrece una explicación genealógica de los vínculos que unen el planteamiento kantiano con cuatro presuposiciones pragmáticas inevitables en la acción comunicativa: un mundo objetivo común, la responsabilidad de los sujetos racionales, la validez incondicional de las pretensiones de verdad y de corrección normativa, y la necesaria dependencia de justificación discursiva.

From the first flicker of gesture around the prehistoric fire to the endless hum of machine speech in the digital age, this book traces the evolution of communication — and with it, the evolution of thought, culture, and consciousness itself. Language is the foundation of civilization: the matrix from which society, morality, and meaning arise. Yet it is also our most dangerous creation — capable of liberation or control, truth or deception, empathy or manipulation. Through language, we built worlds; through language, we can also destroy them.

The Artificial Mind: Thinking Beyond Machines is a rigorous philosophical exploration of intelligence at a moment when the boundaries between human and artificial cognition have become uncertain.