Unabridged republication of the J M Meiklejohn translation as published by The Colonial Press, New York and London, 1900.

This edition of Prolegomena includes Kant's letter of February 1772 to Marcus Herz, a momentous document in which Kant relates the progress of his thinking and announces that he is now ready to present a critique of pure reason.

'Naming and Necessity' has had a great and increasing influence. It redirected philosophical attention to neglected questions of natural and metaphysical necessity and to the connections between these and theories of naming, and of identity. This seminal work, to which today's thriving essentialist metaphysics largely owes its impetus, is here reissued in a newly corrected form with a new preface

Metaphysics is the study of existence at the highest level of generality. This book presents key topics that have always figured on the agenda of metaphysics: the nature and rationale of existence, the differentiation of what is actual from the unreal and mere possibility, and the prospects and limits of our knowledge of the real.

The narration of a summer motorcycle trip undertaken by a father and his son becomes a text which speaks directly to the confusions and agonies of existence, detailing a personal, philosophical odyssey.

Heidegger's Introduction to Metaphysics is one of the most important works written by this figure of 20th-century philosophy. The new translation aims to make this work more accessible including provision of conventional translations of Greek passages that Heidegger translated unconventionally.

Offers an introduction to Metaphysics for students who have completed a first course in philosophy. This third edition deals with key topics in metaphysics and contains two chapters on time and causation. It includes chapter overviews summarizing the main topics and examples to clarify difficult concepts.

Introduces readers to metaphysics. This book examines three profound questions: What are the most general features of the world? Why is there a world? And, what is the place of human beings in the world? It also includes a chapter on ontology.

An introduction to the theory of philosophical enquiry, this book explores the distinction between appearance and reality, the existence and nature of matter, idealism, knowledge by acquaintance and by description, induction, and the limits and value of philosophical knowledge.

New edition of the Meditations with introductions by John Cottingham and Bernard Williams.

Can we reject the literal truth of the Gospels, yet still retain a Christian morality? Can we defence any moral values against the constant enroachments of technology? Indeed, are we in danger of losing most of the qualities which make us truly human? This work conducts a debate with major writers, thinkers and theologians to provide answers.

This book is a defense of modal realism; the thesis that our world is but one of a plurality of worlds, and that the individuals that inhabit our world are only a few out of all the inhabitants of all the worlds.

A knowledge of Heidegger's Sein und Zeit is essential for anyone who wishes to understand a great deal of recent continental work in theology as well as philosophy. Yet until this translation first appeared in 1962, this fundamental work of one of the most influential European thinkers of the century remained inaccessible to English readers. In fact the difficulty of Heidegger's thought was ...

A concise introduction to this controversial and important twentieth-century philosopher. David Farrell Krell has improved this collection by adding 'The Way to Language' and the complete version of 'The Origin of the Work of Art'.

In the BLACKWELL PHILOSOPHY ANTHOLOGIES series, a selection of over sixty writings on metaphysical problems such as existence, identity, causality and realism/antirealism. This anthology is edited by the editors of A COMPANION TO METAPHYSICS, which it is intended to accompany.

This monumental book, regarded by many as Sartre's greatest achievement, is one of the most influential philosophical works of the 20th century. In it Sartre set out his fundamental views on philosophy and laid the foundations of existentialism.