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Based around the image of a carousel, this book uses epistemological theory to tackle the paradoxical acceleration and deceleration of time that is experienced by many. The consequence of this paradox is the observance of the past, present and future coinciding, where...
Editeur :
Wiley-ISTE
Parution :
2019-12-05
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The volume presents illuminating research carried out by international scholars of Locke and the early modern period.The essays address the theoretical and historical contexts of Locke’s analytical methodology and come together in a multidisciplinary approach that sets...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-12-04
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A philosophical look at the twisted, high-tech near-future of the sci-fi anthology series Black Mirror, offering a glimpse of the darkest reflections of the human condition in digital technology Black Mirror?the Emmy-winning Netflix series that holds up a dark, digital...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-12-03
Collection :
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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Sextus Empiricus was the voice of ancient Greek skepticism for posterity. His writings contain the most subtle and detailed versions of the ancient skeptical arguments known as Pyrrhonism, adding up to a distinctive philosophical approach. Instead of viewing philosophy...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-12-03
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Most of the time people perceive using multiple senses. Out walking, we see colors and motion, hear chatter and footsteps, smell petrichor after rain, feel a breeze or the brush of a shoulder. We use our senses together to navigate and learn about the world. In spite of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-12-03
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This handbook consists of essays on contemporary issues in criminal law and their theoretical underpinnings. Some of the essays deal with the relationship between morality and criminalization. Others deal with criminalization in the context of specific crimes such as...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-02
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This study provides an overview of philosophical questions relating to sight and vision. It discusses the intertwinement of seeing and ways of seeing against the background of an entirely different theoretical framework.Seeing is both a proven means of acquiring...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-02
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This book extends a theory of art that addresses the present era’s shift towards global pluralism. By focusing on extrinsic rather than intrinsic qualities of art, this book helps viewers evaluate art across cultural boundaries. Art can be universally classified by an...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-12-02
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This book explores the concept of the end of literature through the lens of Hegel's philosophy of art. In his version of Hegel's 'end of art' thesis, Arthur Danto claimed that contemporary art has abandoned its distinctive sensitive and emotive features to become...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-28
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Articulating a thought can be astoundingly easy. We generally have no trouble expressing complex ideas that we have never considered before, though not always.Articulating a thought can also be extremely hard. Our difficulties in articulating thoughts pervade many...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-28
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The continuities between human and animal minds are increasingly well understood. This has led many people to make claims about consciousness in animals, which has often been taken to be crucial for their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues compellingly that there...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-28
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Articulating a thought can be astoundingly easy. We generally have no trouble expressing complex ideas that we have never considered before, though not always.Articulating a thought can also be extremely hard. Our difficulties in articulating thoughts pervade many...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-28
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The continuities between human and animal minds are increasingly well understood. This has led many people to make claims about consciousness in animals, which has often been taken to be crucial for their moral standing. Peter Carruthers argues compellingly that there...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-28
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What do we express when we use the first-person pronoun 'I' in phrases such as 'I think' or 'I ought to'? Do we refer to ourselves as biologically unique, socially determined individuals? Or do we express a consciousness of ourselves as the bearers of thoughts we share,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-27
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Bertrand Russell famously distinguished between 'knowledge by acquaintance' and 'knowledge by description'. For much of the latter half of the twentieth century, many philosophers viewed the notion of acquaintance with suspicion, associating it with Russellian ideas...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-27
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What do we express when we use the first-person pronoun 'I' in phrases such as 'I think' or 'I ought to'? Do we refer to ourselves as biologically unique, socially determined individuals? Or do we express a consciousness of ourselves as the bearers of thoughts we share,...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-27
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Democracy is struggling in America. Citizens increasingly feel cynical about an intractable political system, while hyper-partisanship has dramatically shrank common ground and intensified the extremes. Out of this deepening sense of political despair, philosopher of...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2019-11-27
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[T]he present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and vindication of the supreme principle of morality.'
In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), Immanuel Kant makes clear his two central intentions: first, to uncover the principle that...
Editeur :
OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-26
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[T]he present groundwork is nothing more than the identification and vindication of the supreme principle of morality.'
In the Groundwork for the Metaphysics of Morals (1785), Immanuel Kant makes clear his two central intentions: first, to uncover the principle that...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2019-11-26
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This edited collection explores the problem of violence from the vantage point of meaning. Taking up the ambiguity of the word ‘meaning’, the chapters analyse the manner in which violence affects and in some cases constitutes the meaningful structure of our...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2019-11-23
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