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Philosophy
This collection includes books on metaphysics, epistemology, axiology, and logic, and from both an occidental and oriental perspective.
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Putting information first: Luciano Floridi and the philosophy of information
Wiley-Blackwell
2010
A collection of papers on aspects of the philosophy of information.
Eroticism
John Calder
1962
An exploration of eroticism in which we are asked to view man's existence in terms of his passions.
Traité du beau
H. & M. Press
1986
A facsimile, with notes, of the 1773 London edition. Inscribed by the editors on the title page.
An experiment with time
Faber and Faber Limited
1946
Dunne's classic discussion of the relationship between time and dreaming.
Kant and the platypus: essays on language and cognition
Secker & Warburg
1999
Addresses the question of how much our perceptions of things depend on our cognitive ability, and how much on linguistic resources.
Dupin, Holmes, Peirce: the sign of three
Indiana University Press
1988
A collection of essays on semiotics within the context of the works of Dupin, Doyle and Peirce.
Essays on logic and language
Basil Blackwell
1951
A collection of essays by prominent philosophers.
The philosophy of information
Oxford University Press
2011
A presentation of the conceptual foundations of the philosophy of information.
A history of esthetics
Thames and Hudson
1956
An examination of attempts by Western civilisation to determine the nature and function of beauty.
Essays on language and literature
Allan Wingate
1947
A collection six essays by French writers on the power of language. From the library of the noted Scottish supernatural enthusiast Robert Ogilvie Crombie.
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A letter from a gentleman to his friend in Edinburgh (1745)
Edinburgh University Press
1967
A facsimile reprint of Hume's defence againts accusations of 'Heresy, deism, scepticism, atheism, etc.).
Ends and means : an enquiry into the nature of ideals and into the methods employed for their realization
Chatto & Windus
1938
A collection of philosophical essays.
The first and last freedom
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1954
In which self-knowledge, not belief in someone else's symbols, is proposed as the path to truth.
Life and matter: a criticism of Professor Haeckel's "Riddle of the Universe"
Williams & Norgate
1905
A counterblast to materialistic monism. With an appended 62 page 'Catalogue of William & Norgate's publications'.
Metaphysics and poetry
Lothlorien Publications
1975
Extracts of a conversation between Walter Perrie and Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) at Brownsbank in 1974.
David Hume: Scotland's greatest son
Paperback
1961
A transcript of a lecture given at Edinburgh University.
On moral courage
Collins
1962
Contains references to Conan Doyle and his work (de Waal, C4616).
A common sky : philosophy and the literary imagination
Chatto & Windus for Sussex University Press
1974
An examination of solipsistic fear.
Psychology and epistemology: towards a theory of knowledge
Penguin University Books
1972
A discussion of the nature and validity of different theories of knowledge.
Existentialism and humanism
Methuen & Co. Ltd.
1948
A defence of existentialism given in a lecture delivered in Paris in 1945.
The conditions of knowing : an essay towards a theory of knowledge
Routledge & Kegan Paul Limited
1951
A discussion of knowledge and changes in the epistemological field.
Mental science: its nature and objects : introductory pamphlet
Edinburgh Higher Thought Centre
1903
A prospectus issued by the Edinburgh Higher Thought Centre, which was founded by Helen Rhodes Wallace, a writer and traveller, and was located for a while at 49 Shandwick Place.
Gravity and grace
Routledge and Kegan Paul
1952
Extracts from the notebooks of the French philosopher.
