Product Description: This guide to the philosophy of history discusses four central questions: since, in some sense, the past does not exist, is historical knowledge possible? If it is possible, what is its exact basis in evidence? What is the proper form of historical knowlege - should it aim at scientific generality or seek to elucidate unique events? Can historical knowledge be fully objective or is it always marked by personal bias, social perspective and ethical judgement? As well as discussing such important questions in the logic and methodology of historical inquiry, Geoffrey Thomas also examines 'speculative' philosophy of history - the attempt to discern patterns or rhythms in past events...read more

Product Description: The story of aerial photo reconnaissance over Europe and the Mediterranean from bases in the United Kingdom is well known. But perhaps even more important in terms of strategy (and mostly unrecorded) was the job of the photographic squadrons in the Far East; to discover Japanese movements and intentions within a vast area, 2,000 miles across, within which virtually no other intelligence could otherwise be obtained...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

Product Description: Examining Thomas Hill Green's moral philosophy, Thomas defends a radically new perception of Green as an independent thinker rather than a devoted partisan of Kant or Hegel. Green's moral philosophy, argues Thomas, includes a widely misunderstood defense of free will, an innovative model of deliberation that rejects both Kantian and Humean conceptions of practical reason, a barely recognized theory of character, and an account of moral objectivity that involves no dependence on religion--all of which yield a coherent body of moral philosophy that raises important problems neglected in contemporary ethics...read more