Acumen
Acumen is an independent publisher of academic books and journals in philosophy, classical studies and history of ideas for students, lecturers and researchers in institutions of higher education worldwide.
In keeping with the best practices of academic publishing, each of our titles goes through a rigorous process of peer review prior to publication. Standards of production are similarly high. Our titles are reasonably priced and almost all are available in paperback.
Acumen draws its authors from the UK, North America and throughout the world and aims to publish books that, without any compromise to scholarship, are accessible to the widest of academic readerships.
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(SELLARS) DEVRIES, Willem. Wilfrid Sellars. Acumen. 2005.
£18.00Paperback, 352pp., NEW, Wilfrid Sellars (1912-89) has been called the most profound and systematic epistemological thinker of the twentieth century. Many of his ideas have become widely acknowledged, including his attack on the ""myth of the given"", his Learn More -
(SELLARS) DEVRIES, Willem. Wilfrid Sellars. Acumen. 2005.
£50.00Hardback, 352pp., NEW, Wilfrid Sellars (1912-89) has been called the most profound and systematic epistemological thinker of the twentieth century. Many of his ideas have become widely acknowledged, including his attack on the ""myth of the given"", his f Learn More -
(SPENCER) FRANCIS, Mark. Herbert Spencer and the Invention of Modern Life. Acumen. 2007.
£25.00Hardback, 464pp., NEW, The English philosopher Herbert Spencer (1820--1903) was a colossus of the Victorian age. His works ranked alongside those of Darwin and Marx in the development of disciplines as wide ranging as sociology, anthropology, political th Learn More -
(STRAWSON) BROWN, Peter. Peter Strawson. Acumen. 2006.
£50.00Hardback, 216pp., NEW, In this introduction to Strawson's ideas, Brown examines Strawson's most important texts, focusing on the arguments and contributions to debates that have done most to establish Strawson's formidable reputation. Learn More -
(STRAWSON) BROWN, Peter. Peter Strawson. Acumen. 2006.
£17.00Paperback, 216pp., NEW, In this introduction to Strawson's ideas, Brown examines Strawson's most important texts, focusing on the arguments and contributions to debates that have done most to establish Strawson's formidable reputation. Learn More -
(TAYLOR) ABBEY, Ruth. Charles Taylor. Acumen. 2000.
£17.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, Charles Taylor is one of the most influential and prolific philosophers in the English-speaking world today. The breadth of his writings is unique, ranging from reflections on artificial intelligence to analyses of contemporary mul Learn More -
(TAYLOR) ABBEY, Ruth. Charles Taylor. Acumen. 2000.
£50.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, Charles Taylor is one of the most influential and prolific philosophers in the English-speaking world today. The breadth of his writings is unique, ranging from reflections on artificial intelligence to analyses of contemporary mult Learn More -
(WILLIAMS) JENKINS, Mark. Bernard Williams. Acumen. 2006.
£17.00Paperback, 256pp., NEW, A comprehensive account of Williams's many significant contributions to contemporary philosophy. Topics covered include personal identity, moral theory, practical reasoning, moral motivation, truth and objectivity. Learn More -
(WILLIAMS) JENKINS, Mark. Bernard Williams. Acumen. 2006.
£50.00Hardback, 256pp., NEW, A comprehensive account of Williams's many significant contributions to contemporary philosophy. Topics covered include personal identity, moral theory, practical reasoning, moral motivation, truth and objectivity. Learn More -
(WINCH) LYAS, Colin. Peter Winch. Acumen. 1999.
£17.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, This is the first introduction to the ideas of the British philosopher, Peter Winch (1926--97). Although author of the hugely influential The Idea of a Social Science (1958) much of Winch's other work has been neglected as philosop Learn More -
(WINCH) LYAS, Colin. Peter Winch. Acumen. 1999.
£50.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, This is the first introduction to the ideas of the British philosopher, Peter Winch (1926--97). Although author of the hugely influential The Idea of a Social Science (1958) much of Winch's other work has been neglected as philosoph Learn More -
BELSHAW, Christopher. Annihilation. Acumen. 2008.
£17.00Paperback, 272pp., NEW, Annihilation explores the sense and significance of death in general, and human death in particular. The first part of the book examines metaphysical questions about the nature of death and what it is that we are seeking to underst Learn More -
BELSHAW, Christopher. Annihilation. Acumen. 2008.
£50.00Hardback, 272pp., NEW, Annihilation explores the sense and significance of death in general, and human death in particular. The first part of the book examines metaphysical questions about the nature of death and what it is that we are seeking to understa Learn More -
BELSHAW, Christopher. Environmental Philosophy. Acumen. 2001.
£50.00Hardback, 336pp., NEW, This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, Learn More -
BELSHAW, Christopher. Environmental Philosophy. Acumen. 2001.
£18.00Paperback, 336pp., NEW, This introduction to the philosophy of the environment examines current debates on how we should think about the natural world and our place within it. The subject is examined from a determinedly analytic philosophical perspective, Learn More -
BOWDEN, Peta & Jane MUMMERY Understanding Feminism. Acumen. 2009.
£15.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, Understanding Feminism provides an accessible guide to one of the most important and contested movements in progressive modern thought. Presenting feminism as a dynamic, multi-faceted and adaptive movement that has evolved in respo Learn More -
BOWDEN, Peta & Jane MUMMERY. Understanding Feminism. Acumen. 2009.
£45.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, Understanding Feminism provides an accessible guide to one of the most important and contested movements in progressive modern thought. Presenting feminism as a dynamic, multi-faceted and adaptive movement that has evolved in respon Learn More -
BROCK, Stuart & Edwin MARES. Realism and Anti-Realism. Acumen. 2007.
£15.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, Questions about the plausibility and character of realism and its alternatives are at the heart of all metaphysical disputes today. However it is not a straightforward matter to know when some contentious realm of entities is real, Learn More -
BROCK, Stuart & Edwin MARES. Realism and Anti-Realism. Acumen. 2007.
£45.00Hardback, 224pp., NEW, Questions about the plausibility and character of realism and its alternatives are at the heart of all metaphysical disputes today. However it is not a straightforward matter to know when some contentious realm of entities is real, Learn More -
CAREL, Havi. Illness. Acumen. 2008.
£10.00Paperback, 160pp., NEW, What is illness? Is it a physiological malfunction or a social label? Is illness simply the absence of health? How do the physical, social and emotional worlds of a person change when they become ill? Can there be wellbeing within Learn More -
CENTRAL WORKS OF PHILOSOPHY, VOLUME 4 - Central Works of Philosophy, IV - The Twentieth Century: Moore to Popper. Edited by John Shand. Acumen Publ. 2006.
£20.00Quarto format, card covers-soft bound, 292pp., a very good copy, with articles on the majors philosophers by Shand, Stratton-Lake, Smith, Hookway, Glock, Guignon, Uebel, Engel, Schroeder, Matthews, Gower, Harré, Arrington, & Shearmur. Learn More -
CENTRAL WORKS OF PHILOSOPHY, VOLUME 5 - Central Works of Philosophy, V - The Twentieth Century: Quine and After. Edited by John Shand. Acumen Publ. 2006.
£20.00Quarto format, card covers-soft bound, xxi+322pp., NEW, with articles on the majors philosophers by Shand, Kemp, Snowdon, Laden, Vallentyne, Weiss, Malachowski, Ludwig, Burgess, Clark, Moore, Avramides, Bricker, Abbey, & Thornton. Learn More -
CERBONE, David R. Understanding Phenomenology. Acumen. 2006.
£45.00Hardback, 192pp., NEW, A concise and accessible guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy, tracing its historical development from Husserl through to today. Learn More -
CERBONE. David R. Understanding Phenomenology. Acumen. 2006.
£15.00Paperback, 192pp., NEW, reprinting, available by end of October 2010 -
A concise and accessible guide to one of the most important schools of thought in modern philosophy, tracing its historical development from Husserl through to today. Learn More -
CHAPPELL, Timothy. Ethics and Experience. Acumen. 2009.
£15.00Paperback, 224pp., NEW, Ethics and Experience presents a wide-ranging and thought-provoking introduction to the question, first posed by Socrates, “How is life to be lived?” It treats ethics as a single and broadly unified field of inquiry in which the ab Learn More
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