Philosophy

In this entertainingly meaningless book, author Wendy Syfret sets out to argue the positive case for nihilism. All too…

Language can be deceptive and carry multiple meanings. Sometimes people are oblivious to these multivalent meanings, and…

Manual labor is about more than just doing things, it's about teamwork and a relationship between skilled workers and…

A rigorous, but fun-to-read philosophical primer that unpacks over two hundred years of feminist thought. Professor…

Bracingly intellectual, this book by a philosophy professor makes the argument that all higher meaning and purpose…

In this classic and groundbreaking work of philosophy, Simone de Beauvoir outlines the historical and philosophical…

The mind-body problem is a philosophical problem dating back millennia. Are we our bodies or our minds? Is the mind…

In this latest addition to the "Edge Question Series" author John Brockman has compiled a fascinating collection of…

Kahlil Gibran's own experience as an immigrant provides inspiration to anyone feeling adrift in a world in flux.…

While reeling from one of the most creative—but at times self-destructive—outpourings of his life, Tao Lin…

Trace the garden as a source of inspiration and metaphor back through centuries of history. A wide variety of artists,…

In this comprehensive guide to your subconscious and the weird things it cooks up while you're asleep, artist and author…

In Sanskrit, yoga means to 'yoke.' In English, 'yoke' refers either to a piece of farming equipment that tethers working…

Get through your next existential crisis with this brilliant illustrated introduction to one of the best known…

If someone spent their entire life chained inside cave, only seeing images cast by shadows on the cave wall, how might…

An iconoclastic feminist philosopher takes up yoga and produces a series of interconnected ideas, captured here, about…

Step aside Socrates and put your pen down Plato, Aristotle has taken the agora and there's a new teacher in town.…

William Edmundson argues that there are compelling reasons for individualists to embrace socialism. Political equality…

In this work of political philosophy, author Laurent De Sutter undertakes an analysis of the ways in which the concept…

This book examines the neurological underpinnigs of enlightenment. Using brain-scan studies and surverys of people who…

Empathy is in short supply and isolation and tribalism are rampant. We struggle to understand people who aren’t like…

Good Thinking is a grand tour of irrational thinking from across the world and throughout history, including the…

Rene Descartes is considered by many to be the father of modern philosophy. His famous meditations and other works…

A graphic introduction to the history and philosophy of Empiricism. If knowledge comes from experience, is experience…

A graphic introduction to Sigmund Freud's most enigmatic student, Carl Gustav Jung. This thoroughly illustrated guide…

A concise exploration of some of the most important ideas in history in accessible form. Ideas from science, religion,…

Slavoj Zizeck is a serious revolutionary, an absurdist prankster, and perhaps the worlds hippest philosopher. This…

Sometimes an introduction is just an introduction, but maybe not in the case of this sharply illustrted guide! Freud was…

Categorically the imperative illustrated guide to Immanuel Kant! Kant's thought and its lasting importance in western…

The first chakra journal of its kind uses prompts to help you to harness the power of your chakras for healing,…