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Merleau-Ponty was one of the most important European philosophers of the 20th century, whose work made enormous contributions to the development of phenomenology and the concept of the lived-body. Clearly and thematically structured, covering all Merleau-Ponty's key works and focussing particularly on the hugely important The Phenomenology of Perception, Starting with Merleau-Ponty leads the reader through a thorough overview of the development of his thought, resulting in a more thorough understanding of the roots of his philosophical concerns. Offering coverage of the full range of Merleau-P

Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Dedication -- Table of Contents -- List of illustrations -- Acknowledgements -- List of abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1 The world of war in the eighteenth century -- Introduction -- Assessing significance -- Publications and experimentation -- Tasks for assessment -- Naval power -- Power projection -- Outcomes and choices -- The West and the rest -- The American War of Independence, 1775-83 -- War between the USA and Native Americans -- Europe before the French Revolution -- The French Revolutionary Wars, 1792-9 -- The Rise of Napoleon -- Asian conflicts in the 1780s and 1790s -- Conclusions -- 2 Empires rise and fall, 1800-30 -- Introduction -- The rise of Britain -- Napoleon -- The War of 1812 -- The Latin American Wars of Independence -- Europe after Napoleon -- Developments elsewhere -- Conclusions -- 3 Moulding states, 1830-80 -- Introduction -- The aims of conflict -- The impact of technology -- The Taiping Rebellion, 1851-66 -- The American Civil War, 1861-5 -- The Wars of German Unification -- Latin America -- Conclusions -- 4 Building empires, 1830-1913 -- Introduction -- Western imperialism -- American expansion -- Naval power -- Non-Western states -- East Asia -- 1789-1913 in review -- 5 World War One, 1914-18 -- Introduction -- Background -- Opening campaign -- Conflict within Europe -- Warfare outside Europe -- Closing campaign -- Conclusions -- 6 Between two world wars -- Introduction -- Post-war conflict -- Civil war in China -- Elsewhere outside the West -- The British Empire in the 1930s -- The USA -- Naval developments -- Air power -- The Japanese in China, 1931-41 -- The Spanish Civil War -- German rearmament -- Conclusions -- 7 World War Two, 1939-45 -- Introduction -- Opening campaigns, 1939-41 -- Soviet Union attacked, 1941 -- War in the Pacific, 1941-2

Was Descartes a Cartesian Dualist? In this controversial study, Gordon Baker and Katherine J. Morris argue that, despite the general consensus within philosophy, Descartes was neither a proponent of dualism nor guilty of the many crimes of which he has been accused by twentieth century philosophers.In lively and engaging prose, Baker and Morris present a radical revision of the ways in which Descartes' work has been interpreted. Descartes emerges with both his historical importance assured and his philosophical importance redeemed

This is a collection of the key articles written by renowned Wittgenstein scholar, G.P. Baker, on Wittgenstein's later philosophy, published posthumously.Following Baker's death in 2002, the volume has been edited by collaborator and partner, Katherine Morris. Contains articles previously only available in other languages, and one previously unpublished paper. Completely distinct from the widely-known work Baker did with P.M.S. Hacker in the Analytical Commentary on the Philosophical Investigations (Blackwell Publishing, 1980-1996)