Search Results: Philosophy from Diatrope Books

Center For The Study Of Language And Inf, 2006. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked. No dust jacket. Reexamines the ancient and long-disregarded concept of visual reasoning and reasserts its potential as a formidable tool in our ability to grasp various kinds of geometrical knowledge. 200p. References. Index.

Calcutta: Sanskrit Pustak Bhandar, 1969. Hardcover. Good. Unmarked text. Bumped edges. Some age wear on cover. 201p. Winner of the Griffith Prize in Arts of Calcutta University in 1955.

MIT Press, 1990. Paperback. Good. Unmarked text. Some bumps on the edges. Presents an original and unified cognitive theory of metaphor using philosophical arguments. Draws upon evidence from psychological experiments and theories. Notes that implications of this theory for meaning and truth with specific attention to metaphor as a speech act, the iconic meaning of metaphor, and the development of a four-valued system of truth. Numerous examples of metaphor from poetry and science are presented and analyzed to support the theory. 254p. Notes. Bibliography. Index.

Norton, 2019. Paperback. Very Good. 8x5x0. Unmarked text. Illustrated in black-and-white. 226p. Measures 5.5x8.25 inches. A finalist for the PEN / E. O. Wilson Literary Science Writing Award, explores why all social groups have moral systems and how these systems are formed.

MIT Press, 1981. Hardcover. Good. Ex-library. Paperback re-bound as a hardback. An account of the systematic character of Habermas's ideas and their course of development. Greatly expanded bibliography of Habermas's work. 484p. Measures 6x9 inches. Jurgen Habermas (b. 1929) is a German philosopher and sociologist in the tradition of critical theory and pragmatism. He is perhaps best known for his theories on communicative rationality and the public sphere.

Harper Collins, 2016. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Remainder dot on edge. Unclipped dust jacket. Section of black-and-white plates. 734p. Measures 6.5x9.5 inches. Diane Arbus (1923-1971) was an American photographer who worked to normalize marginalized groups and highlight the importance of proper representation of all people. This book brings her to life with vividness and immediacy.

Stanford Univ Press, 1976. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. An analysis of the social science debate going back to the late 19th century. 149p. Index. Notes and bibliography.

Informatica, 1997. Staplebound Wraps. Very Good. Signed. Unmarked text. Offprint from Informatica 21, pp423-436. Juxtaposing the work of Baars, Chalmers, Scott, Varela, and others with a detailed analysis of historical case studies, this paper uses a multilevel and multilateral model to explore how information, consciousness and culture interpenetrate.

Imprint Academic, 1997. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Includes Shaun Gallagher on Phenomenology in Cognitive Science, "Are Plants Conscious" by Alexandra Nagel, "On the Mechanism of Consciousness" by Rodney J. Cotterill, "Panexperientialist Physicalism and the Mind-Body Problem" by David Ray Griffin. Willis Harman obituary by Jane Clark. Reviews. pp194--288.

Dutton, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. The Classic Hindu Treatise on Love and Social Conduct. Introduction by John W. Spellman. Translated by Sir Richard F. Burton. Foreword by Santha Rama Rau. 252p. Measures 4.25x7 inches.

Copenhagen: Scandinavian University Books, 1964. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked. Some age tanning on cover. Bibliographical references. Index.Text in English. 152p. Measures 6.25x9.5 inches.

University Press Of America, 1991. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Signed by author, with inscription to previous owner. Index. Bibliography. This book seeks to answer the question: How does language connect to the world

Moment Point Press, 2000. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Black-and-white illustrations. Wolf argues for a new alchemy that brings about a melding of the ideas of the old alchemists and the new scientists to reach a fuller understanding of the mind and matter. 176p. Measures 5.5x8.5 inches.

Berkeley, California, U.S.A: Diatrope Press, 2002. Paperback. Very Good. Unmarked text. Index. Bibliographic references. Examines how we create our cultural assumptions about nature, culture and ourselves. 264p. Index. References.

Imprint Academic, 2004. Booklet (Saddle Stitched). Very Good. Unmarked. Slim 18-page booklet with reviews from the Journal of Consciousness Studies, Volume 11, No 2, 2004. Books reviewed include The Phenomenology, an anthology reviewed by John Dance; Concepts: Core readings, reviewed by Steve Stewart-Williams; Mirror of Consciousness: Art, Creativity & Veda by Anna Bonshek reviewed by Bruno Deschenes; Imagination and the Meaningful Brain by Arnold H. Modell reviewed by Jung-In Kwon; and more.

MIT Press, 1978. Paperback. Good. Unmarked. Some wear and age tanning on cover. Illustrated. Includes "Structural Hierarchy in Science, Art and History" by Cyril Stanley Smith, "On Broken Symmetries" by Philip Morrison, "Visualization Lost and Regained: The Genesis of Quantum Theory in the Period 1913-27" by Arthur I. Miller, "The Mathematical Unconscious" by Seymour A. Papert, "Darwin's Tree of Nature" and other Images of Wide Scope" by Howard E. Gruber, and "Rationality and Intuition" by Geoffrey Vickers. Bibliography. Index. 180p.

Pageant Press, 1960. Hardcover. Very Good/good. Unmarked. Unclipped dust jacket has a piece missing and some tears. Translated by Peter Thetis. Notes. Theophilos Kaires (1784-1853) was a Greek priest and revolutionary.He was among the founders of a pietistic revivalist movement, known as Theosebism, inspired by the French revolutionary cults, radical Protestantism and deism.

The MIT Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Translated by Theodore and Ingrid Friedmann. 297p. Index. Notes. In this series of essay, George Klein faces the question of suicide, or whether life is worth living. Topics in the essays range from the misuses of science to the vital importance of art, music, and literature to surviving catastrophes like the Holocaust and AIDS

Temple University Press, 1993. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked. Pasted image on front end page. Crease on back inside flap of dust jacket. Essays by Linda Alcoff, Frank Cunningham, Ann Ferguson, Milton Fisk, Roger S. Gottlieb, Andrew McLaughlin, Linda Nicholson, Amelie Oksenberg Rorty, David Schweickart, Elizabeth V. Spelman, Thomas E. Wartenberg, and Iris Marion Young. Bibliography. Index. 288p. Measures 6.25x9.25 inches.

Columbia University Press, 1992. Hardcover. Very Good/very good. Unmarked text. Dust jacket. Notes. Index. 311p. Demonstrates the social uses of interpretation by analyzing the later writings of Foucault and the careers of critics in relation to Foucault's work, including Derrida, Kristeva, Said, Rorty, Harold Bloom and others. Topics include cultural politics, Mask plays, a postmodern poetics of a critical reading and more.