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, Sean McEvoy, Hans Bertens, Clive Gamble, Daniel Chandler, Jeffrey Wainwright, Colin Turner, Peter Metcalf, Amy Villarejo, Dan Zahavi, Jonathan Herring, J.C. Beall, Cathy Cantwell, Nicholas Walliman, Kevin Warwick, Victoria S. Harrison, Meghan Griffith, Michael C. Rea, Ross Haenfler, Christopher P. Hood, Simon J. Bronner, Stuart Hanscomb, Kevin McDonald, Richard Martin, Michael D. Bailey, Marion Gibson, Philip Corr, Anke Plagnol, Chris Greenough, Angela Goddard, Neil Carey, and Graham Oppy.