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The Solitary Sphere in the Age of Virgil uses an enriched tripartite model of Roman culture-touching not only the public and the private, but also the solitary-in order to present a radical re-interpretation of Latin literature and of the historical causes of this third...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-06-29
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Thomas Hobbes, the greatest English political philosopher, argued that human beings needed government in order to save their lives from being "solitary, poor, nasty, brutish, and short." They form governments by making a contract with each other to support a sovereign,...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-06-25
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A wide-ranging, eclectic collection of essays on philosophy and the moving image by a pre-eminent philosopher of art
This volume presents a selection of philosopher Noël Carroll's essays-several of which appear in print here for the first time-at the intersection of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-06-25
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There is widespread agreement that something must be done to combat anthropogenic climate change. And yet what is the extent of our obligations? It would clearly be unjust for us to allow global warming to reach dangerous levels. But what is the nature of this...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-06-25
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Gott als Vernunft bietet einen Überblick über zentrale religionsphilosophische Fragestellungen auf der Grundlage des objektiven Idealismus.Gott erscheint in dieser Perspektive nicht als externe Autorität, die sich durch Willkürakte und Wunder offenbart, sondern als der...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2021-06-25
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Our societies today are characterized by a universal algophobia: a generalized fear of pain. We strive to avoid all painful conditions – even the pain of love is treated as suspect. This algophobia extends into society: less and less space is given to conflicts and...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-06-24
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In the last five decades, ethical theory has been preoccupied by a turn to reasons. The vocabulary of reasons has become a common currency not only in ethics, but in epistemology, action theory, and many related areas. It is now common, for example, to see central...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-06-24
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In the last five decades, ethical theory has been preoccupied by a turn to reasons. The vocabulary of reasons has become a common currency not only in ethics, but in epistemology, action theory, and many related areas. It is now common, for example, to see central...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-06-24
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Security relations between Japan and its East Asia neighbors have been complicated for decades. Entering the third decade of the 21st century, Japan will have to face new security challenges posed by COVID-19 and manage its current relations with the United States,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-06-24
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-06-24
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Oxford Studies in Metaethics is the only publication devoted exclusively to original philosophical work in the foundations of ethics. It provides an annual selection of much of the best new scholarship being done in the field. Its broad purview includes work being done...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2021-06-24
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In diesem Buch werden die Sichtweisen der Philosophie, der christlichen und jüdischen Theologie, des Buddhismus, der Medizin sowie der Psychologie und Psychotherapie auf das Leid der Menschen dargestellt. Das eigene und das fremde Leid gehören grundlegend zum Leben der...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-06-23
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The book aims to formalise tableau methods for the logics of propositions and names.The methods described are based on Set Theory.The tableau rule was reduced to an ordered n-tuple of sets of expressions where the first element is a set of premises, and the following...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-06-23
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This volume examines the complex dialogue between German Idealism and phenomenology, two of the most important movements in Western philosophy. Twenty-four newly authored chapters by an international group of well-known scholars examine the shared concerns of these two...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2021-06-23
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In this pathbreaking book, Pierre Charbonnier opens up a new intellectual terrain: an environmental history of political ideas. His aim is not to locate the seeds of ecological thought in the history of political ideas as others have done, but rather to show that all...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-06-23
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The idea of socialism is making a comeback, particularly among rising generations. Their interest is likely to prove transitory, however, if socialism ignores their yearning for individual autonomy. Why should “soloists” embrace socialism? In this highly original new...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-06-22
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Leo Strauss’s lifelong intellectual mission was to recover ‘classical rationalism’, a pursuit that has made him a controversial figure to this day. While his critics see him as responsible for a troubling anti-democratic strain in modern politics, others argue that his...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-06-21
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This book creates a conceptual schema that acts as a correlation between Epistemology and Epistemic Logic. It connects both fields and offers a proper theoretical foundation for the contemporary developments of Epistemic Logic regarding the dynamics of information. It...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-06-19
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This book addresses pioneering views and hot topics in contemporary Marxist philosophy, reflecting the latest advances and important achievements made over the past 30 years in China. Besides summarizes and reflects past and present advances in Marxist philosophy,...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-06-18
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Honesty is an important virtue. Parents want to develop it in their children. Close relationships depend upon it. Employers value it in their employees. Surprisingly, however, philosophers have said very little about the virtue of honesty over the past fifty years. In...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2021-06-18
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