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  1. Bertrand Russell's America

    His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Volume One 1896-1945

    By Barry Feinberg, Ronald Kasrils

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Russell

    Originally published in 1973, this volume documents Bertrand Russell’s travels in America covering the period 1896-1945. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell’s involvement with the United States, with special reference to the seven visits he made there...

    Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge

  2. Bertrand Russell's America

    His Transatlantic Travels and Writings. Volume Two 1945-1970

    By Barry Feinberg, Ronald Kasrils

    Series: Routledge Library Editions: Russell

    Originally published in 1984, this volume documents Bertrand Russell’s travels in America covering the period 1945-1970. It is presented in two halves with the first a biographical account of Russell’s involvement with the United States, with special reference to the seven visits he made there...

    Published November 19th 2012 by Routledge

  3. Essays on Wittgenstein's Tractatus

    Edited by Irving M. Copi, Robert W. Beard

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge

  4. Marx and Wittgenstein

    Social Praxis and Social Explanation

    By D. Rubinstein

    Despite the great differences between them, both Marx and Wittgenstein reject Cartesian dualism by showing that the mind is a property of action and that hte meaning of an action lies not in subjective consciousness but in the system of social praxis in which an action occurs. This common view...

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge

  5. Studies in the Philosophy of Wittgenstein

    Edited by Peter Winch

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge

  6. Wittgenstein

    To Follow a Rule

    Edited by Steven Holtzman, Christopher Leich

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge

  7. Wittgenstein

    A Critique

    By J.N. Findlay

    Published November 10th 2010 by Routledge

  8. Richard Rorty

    Edited by James Tartaglia

    Series: Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers

    Richard Rorty (1931–2007) remains one of the contemporary world’s most influential thinkers. He has been a major figure in philosophy ever since the publication of his first important paper, ‘Mind-Body Identity, Privacy, and Categories’ in 1965, but it was the release of his seminal Philosophy and...

    Published December 1st 2009 by Routledge

  9. The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell Volume 21

    How to Keep the Peace: The Pacifist Dilemma, 1935–38

    By Bertrand Russell

    Edited by Andrew Bone

    Series: The Collected Papers of Bertrand Russell

    In Collected Papers 21 Bertrand Russell grapples with the dilemma that confronted all opponents of militarism and war in the 1930s—namely, what was the most politically and morally appropriate response to international aggression. How to Keep the Peace contains some of Russell’s best-known essays,...

    Published April 23rd 2008 by Routledge

  10. Today and Tomorrow Mankind and Civilization Volume 2

    The World, the Flesh and The Devil Proteus, or the Future of Intelligence The Next Chapter Kalki or the Future of Civilization

    By Bernal, Lee, Maurois, Radhakrishnan

    Volume 1: The Dance of Civa Collum Originally published in 1927. "It has substance and thought to it." Spectator "A very interesting account of the work of Sir Jagadis Bose." Oxford Magazine This essay suggests that recognition of the ceaseless flow of the Dance of Civa (Life and Death) is...

    Published April 15th 2008 by Routledge

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Forthcoming Books

  1. Phenomenology, Language and the Social Sciences
    By Maurice Roche
    To Be Published August 7th 2013
  2. A Historical Introduction to Phenomenology
    By Seppo Sajama, Matti Kamppinen
    To Be Published August 7th 2013
  3. Life Forms and Meaning Structure
    By Alfred Schutz
    To Be Published August 7th 2013
  4. Back to 'Things in Themselves': A Phenomenological Foundation for Classical Realism
    By Josef Seifert
    To Be Published August 7th 2013
  5. Sociology, Phenomenology and Marxian Analysis: A Critical Discussion of the Theory and Practice of a Science of Society
    By Barry Smart
    To Be Published August 7th 2013

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