Books like The Concept of the Political
12 books with a reading profile close to The Concept of the Political by Carl Schmitt. Deep, outward-looking and open-ended; a demanding read.
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How is Quantum Field Theory Possible?
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Sunny Auyang identifies the philosophical foundations that allow quantum field theory to function as a coherent description of physical reality.
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Philosophers of peace and war
by W. B. Gallie
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
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Philosophy in a Time of Terror
by Jürgen Habermas, Jacques Derrida
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
This volume documents individual dialogues between Giovanna Borradori and philosophers Jürgen Habermas and Jacques Derrida conducted shortly after the September 11 attacks.
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The Construction of Social Reality
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
John Searle details how human beings transform physical objects into institutional facts through collective intentionality.
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The Cambridge Companion to the Stoics
by Brad Inwood
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
This collection of scholarly essays provides a technical map of the Stoic philosophical system from its origins in the Hellenistic period through its Roman developments.
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions
Also deep · philosophy, academic
Thomas Kuhn challenges the timeline of linear scientific progress, arguing instead that science operates through distinct cycles.
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The Society of the Spectacle
by Guy Debord
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
Guy Debord analyzes the shift from a world of direct living to a landscape of mere representation.
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Models and Idealizations in Science
by Alejandro Cassini, Juan Redmond
Also deep and outward-looking · philosophy, academic
This volume examines the ontological and functional roles of scientific models, focusing specifically on the tension between artifactualism and fictionalism.
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The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, academic
The Oxford Handbook of Aristotle provides a technical examination of the Stagirite’s surviving corpus, emphasizing the integration of philological precision with philosophical analysis.
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Living in the End Times
by Slavoj Žižek
Also deep and open-ended · philosophy, academic
Slavoj Žižek uses Elisabeth Kübler-Ross’s five stages of grief—denial, anger, bargaining, depression, and acceptance—to categorize the global response to what he identifies as the terminal crisis of contemporary capital…
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