The World's Great Philosophers provides an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.
Presents an introduction to and overview of some of the most profound and influential thinkers in the history of philosophy.
Contains 40 essays, written by an outstanding international assembly of scholars.
Provides cogent and accessible discussion of key philosophers from around the world.
Conveys the historical panorama of philosophical thought on the nature of reality, the human condition, and basic human values.
This is the first text on language in communication written from
a social psychological perspective that sets issues in their
broader biological, sociological and cultural contexts.
500 Years of New Words takes you on an exciting journey through the
English language from the days before Shakespeare to the first decade
of the 21st century. All the main entries are arranged not
alphabetically by in chronological order based on the earliest known
year that each word was printed or written down. If Shakespeare were
alive today, he would buy this book.
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From antiquity, the phenomenon of speech has been an object of both general curiosity and scientific inquiry. Over the centuries, much effort has been devoted to the study of this remarkable process whereby our eating and breathing apparatus is used to transform thoughts in the mind of a speaker into vibrations in the air and back into congruent thoughts in the mind of a listener. Although we still do not have satisfactory answers to many of the questions about speech and language that the ancients pondered, we do have substantial scientific knowledge of the subject and an evolving technology based on it.
