metaphysics

"A Brazilian man and a Dutch woman embark on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery as they travel by bus from Amsterdam to Kathmandu against a backdrop of the protests and sexual-liberation experiments of the 1960s"--OCLC.

"Before the discovery of quarks, we hadn't imagined anything smaller than protons and neutrons. Are quarks the end of the line, the smallest imaginable objects in nature? Can the universe be divided into infinitely smaller units in the same way the universe is ever-expanding? Alan Lightman explores these questions in his characteristic accessible and lyrical prose, considering the igniting element behind consciousness, the origin of life, the anatomy of a smile, our fickle memories. Probable Impossibilities brings together recently published and four original essays. Throughout, Lightman guides a discussion on what we know of the universe, life, the mind, and the conception of things vastly larger than ourselves in time and space"--Provided by the publisher.

Provides a brief summary of each of Aristotle's main fields of philosophy followed by Aristotle's explanations.

A young Brazillan man named Paulo sets off on a journey across South America with little more than his dreams of becoming a writer. Eventually landing in Amsterdam's Dam Square, Paulo meets a Dutch woman named Karla. Together, the pair make a journey along the hippie trail to Nepal alongside a cast of interesting characters.

Presents twentieth-century philosopher Martin Heidegger's classic work introducing metaphysics. Features a new introduction and translation, as well as the first English version of the author's draft of a portion of the text and his later critique of his own lectures. Also includes an afterword by Petra Jaeger, editor of the German text.

Features biographical overviews of some of the most thought-provoking philosophers of the last 2000 years.

Albert Einstein takes readers on a graphic novel tour of the universe and science, discussing things like the speed of light, the discovery of the planets, DNA, and how the human brain works.

A narrative about personalities and American history is told through the story of an informal group that met in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1872 to talk about ideas.

Examines the development of an American philosophy between the end of the Civil War and 1919 by exploring the lives of four key metaphysical thinkers: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., William James, Charles Sanders Peirce, and John Dewey.