Bringing a philosopher's eye to film, Mulhall reflects on what the Alien films tell us about the nature of sexual difference, the relation of human identity to the body, and asks what logic, if any, ...

First published in 1946, History of Western Philosophy went on to become the best-selling philosophy book of the twentieth century. A dazzlingly ambitious project, it remains unchallenged to this day ...

Menander was the founding father of European comedy. From Ralph Roister Doister to What the Butler Saw, from Henry Fielding to P. G. Wodehouse, the stock motifs and characters can be traced back to ...

Where does complexity come from? How can simple laws explain complex behaviour? How can the enormous diversity of life on earth have arisen from simple chemicals, or a structure as complicated as the ...

John Mackie's stimulating book is a complete and clear treatise on moral theory. His writings on normative ethics—the moral principles he recommends—offer a fresh approach on a much ...