Introducing Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy for ever. He co-authored the infamous Principia Mathematica, the most difficult book ever written on the logic of mathematics. A pioneer in logical analysis, he was a resolute empiricist who tackled many puzzles - how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true nature of meaning is. And yet for much of his life he considered himself a …

Introducing Ethics (EBOOK:PDF)

  Ethics has become the burning issue of current moral philosophical thought, raising the spectre of responsibility at a time when responsibility seems entirely replaced by uncertainty and relativism. What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is 'identity' now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalism…

Introducing Descartes

René Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything - even his own physical existence. Most people also know that he said, 'I think, therefore I am', even if they are not always sure why he said this, or what he really meant by it. Introducing Descartes explains what Descartes doubted, and why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a cle…

Introducing Empiricism

  Our knowledge comes primarily from experience. But is experience really what it seems? Is it reliable? Empiricist philosophers accept a 'common-sense' view of the phenomena we observe and yet conclude that all we can ever know are 'ideas'. Physical reality may not exist at all! The experimental breakthroughs of Kepler, Galileo and Newton - a radical new outlook in 17th-century science - i…

Introducing Descartes: A Graphic Novel (EBOOK:PDF)

René Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything - even his own physical existence. Most people also know that he said, 'I think, therefore I am', even if they are not always sure why he said this, or what he really meant by it. Introducing Descartes explains what Descartes doubted, and why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a clear …

Introducing Ethics

  Ethics has become the burning issue of current moral philosophical thought, raising the spectre of responsibility at a time when responsibility seems entirely replaced by uncertainty and relativism. What is the place of individual choice and consequence in a post-Holocaust world of continuing genocidal ethnic cleansing? Is 'identity' now a last-ditch cultural defence of ethnic nationalism…

Introducing Ethics (pocket-sized edition)

Are humans really selfish and greedy, or generous and kind? Ethics affects everyone. Moral dilemmas can be big or small, from whether to keep pets or recycle assiduously to how to use your vote, or whether it's right to assist someone who wants to die. We all have our own ideas about what is right and what is wrong, but is this something we can know rather than merely believe? Introducing Ethics…

Introducing Bertrand Russell: A Graphic Guide (EBOOK:PDF)

Compact INTRODUCING guide to the crucial British philosopher and political activist.Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He co-authored the infamous Principia Mathematica, the most difficult book ever written on the logic of mathematics. A pioneer in logical analysis, he was a resolute empiricist who tackled many puzzles - how our minds work, how we experience the world, and wha…

Introducing Plato

  Plato is the most widely studied, and probably the greatest, philosopher of all time. He asked his contemporary Athenians for answers to all of the difficult and troubling questions that we now call philosophical, and then recorded their ideas in the form of lively dramatic debates. Plato also had his own distinct views about almost everything: the nature of knowledge and reality, politics…

Introducing Political Philosophy: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)

Essential illustrated guide to key ideas of political thoughtPhilosophers have always asked fundamental and disturbing questions about politics. Plato and Aristotle debated the merits of democracy. The origins of society, the state and government authority were issues addressed by Hobbes, Rousseau, Hegel, Marx and many other philosophers.Introducing Political Philosophy explains the central concep…

Introducing Rousseau: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)

Illustrated guide to the crucial French philosopher who denied bring a philosopher at all‘I am like no one else in the whole world ...’ Thus begins Jean-Jacques Rousseau’s defiant Confessions – an autobiography of astounding psychological insight.Musician, poet, novelist and botanist, but above all, a philosopher who firmly denied being one, Rousseau was the first to ask: ?…

Introducing Plato: A Graphic Guide (COMPACT EDITION)

Plato is the most widely studied, and probably the greatest, philosopher of all time.  He asked his contemporary Athenians all the questions that we now call ‘philosophical’, and then recorded their ideas in the form of lively dramatic debates.  Plato also had his own views about the nature of knowledge and reality, politics, ethics, mathematics, economics, the size of the …

Introducing Descartes: A Graphic Guide (COMPACT EDITION)

René Descartes is famous as the philosopher who was prepared to doubt everything – even his own physical existence. Most people also know that he said ‘I think, therefore I am’, even if they are not always sure what he really meant by it. Introducing Descartes explains what Descartes doubted, and why he is usually called the father of modern philosophy. It is a clear and …

Introducing Bertrand Russell: A Graphic Guide (PAPERBACK)

Compact INTRODUCING guide to the crucial British philosopher and political activist.Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He co-authored the infamous Principia Mathematica, the most difficult book ever written on the logic of mathematics. A pioneer in logical analysis, he was a resolute empiricist who tackled many puzzles - how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what t…