The Basics is a 36-book series with 36 released primary works first released in 1990 with contributions by Diana Palmer, Susan Kyle, Nigel Warburton, R.L. Trask, Diana Newall, Hans Bertens, Sean McEvoy, Clive Gamble, Daniel Chandler, Jeffrey Wainwright, Peter Metcalf, Colin Turner, Amy Villarejo, Dan Zahavi, Cathy Cantwell, J.C. Beall, Jonathan Herring, Nicholas Walliman, Kevin Warwick, Victoria S. Harrison, Meghan Griffith, Ross Haenfler, Michael C. Rea, Christopher P. Hood, Kevin McDonald, Stuart Hanscomb, Simon J. Bronner, Richard Martin, Michael D. Bailey, Philip Corr, Anke Plagnol, Marion Gibson, Graham Oppy, Angela Goddard, Neil Carey, and Chris Greenough.