Author: David D. Friedma
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: capitalism, radical, guide, freedom, machinery
Number of Pages: 288
Published: 1989-04-19
List price: $35.00
ISBN-10: 0812690699
ISBN-13: 9780812690699

This book argues the case for a society organized by private property, individual rights, and voluntary co-operation, with little or no government. David Friedman’s standpoint, known as ’anarcho-capitalism’, has attracted a growing following as a desirable social ideal since the first edition of The Machinery of Freedom appeared in 1971. This new edition is thoroughly revised and includes much new material, exploring fresh applications of the author’s libertarian principles. Among topics covered: how the U.S. would benefit from unrestricted immigration; why prohibition

Author: Jeffrey S. Victor
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: legend, contemporary, creation, panic, satanic
Number of Pages: 418
Published: 1993-06-01
List price: $38.95
ISBN-10: 0812691911
ISBN-13: 9780812691917

We are informed by many sources - particularly journalists, police, and fundamentalists - that there exists a secret network of criminal fanatics who worship Satan and who are behind pornography, forced prostitution, and drug-dealing. Satanists engage in the sexual abuse and torture of children, human sacrifice, cannibalism, kidnapping, random murders, mutilation of pets and farm animals, desecration of churches, and vandalisation of cemeteries. This popular tale is almost entirely without foundation, and investigation has often uncovered the less colourful truth. But the legend continues to g

Author: James Campbell
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: international, studies, philosophy, intelligence, cooperative, john, dewey, nature, understanding
Number of Pages: 324
Published: 1995-03-19
List price: $38.00
ISBN-10: 0812692853
ISBN-13: 9780812692853

"This beautifully written work is the best general introduction to Dewey’s philosophy. The exposition is greatly enriched by Campbell’s provision of the historical context of Dewey’s aims and enquiries". -- James Gouinlock Emory University"Understanding John Dewey will be as useful to those coming to Dewey for the first time as to Dewey specialists. Few scholars combine as well as Campbell does deep knowledge of American intellectual history and skill in philosophical analysis". -- Peter H. Hare Editor, Transactions of the Peirce Society"A book not merely readable but elegant

Author: Jeffrey Rogers Hummel
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: american, civil, war, history, men, slaves, enslaving, free, emancipating
Number of Pages: 440
Published: 1996-04-01
List price: $48.00
ISBN-10: 0812693124
ISBN-13: 9780812693126

Emancipating Slaves, Enslaving Free Men is an exciting narrative history offering fresh insights into many aspects of the Civil War."This is a lucid, edifying account of the Civil War era. Mr. Hummel has an impressive command of the relevant contemporary literature. His interpretations are thoughtful, often provocative, always well worth considering, Civil War buffs will want this book on their shelves". -- Kenneth M. Stampp University of California, Berkeley"Hummel presents some uncomfortable truths for both sides of the Civil War. For the South, Hummel builds a case that the war was indeed a

Authors:Lars Thunberg, A. M. Allchi,
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: maximus, confessor, anthropology, theological, mediator, microcosm
Number of Pages: 512
Published: 1995-10-01
List price: $54.95
ISBN-10: 081269211X
ISBN-13: 9780812692112

One of the outstanding Christian thinkers of all time, Maximus the Confessor (ca. 580-662) exerted a powerful formative influence on the Church when it was still one and undivided. Maximus left his stamp on Christianity as it is now recognized by all three broad streams of Christian faith: Eastern Orthodox, Roman Catholic, and Protestant. Yet for centuries the detailed study of Maximus’s writings was neglected. The first edition of Thunberg’s Microcosm and Mediator (1965) helped to transform this situation of indifference into one of intense interest in Maximus and the subtleties o

Authors:Immanuel Kant,  Paul Caru,
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: open, court, classics, science, qualify, future, metaphysics, prolegomena
Number of Pages: 264
Published: 1986-02-19
List price: $32.00
ISBN-10: 0875480578
ISBN-13: 9780875480572

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Author: Barry Smith
Publisher: Open Court Publishing Company
Keywords: brentano, franz, legacy, philosophy, austrian
Number of Pages: 396
Published: 1995-11-01
List price: $44.00
ISBN-10: 0812693078
ISBN-13: 9780812693072

When Franz Brentano introduced the concept of intentionality into modern philosophy, he initiated a revolution in philosophical thinking whose effects are still being felt - not least in contemporary developments in the field of cognitive science. Barry Smith’s Austrian Philosophy: The Legacy of Franz Brentano is the first extensive study of the philosophy of the Brentano school. The Brentanian philosophy is oriented towards the problem of mental directedness, of how mind relates to objects. Thus in working out their ’theories of objects’, the Brentanian philosophers - in con