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When is a person free to do something? The focus of much of the recent work on this question has been the debate between those who defend freedom as non-interference (aka liberals) and those who defend freedom as non-domination (aka republicans). This book defends a new...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-08
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The book starts off by giving a quick overview of the main phases within the history of philosophy in the Western tradition. It then homes in on the “modern” phase and proceeds to select key thinkers that represent that slice from the rich intellectual heritage of the...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-07
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There has been a steady stream of articles written on the relations between ethics and the interpretation of literature, but there remains a need for a book that both introduces and significantly contributes to the field – particularly one that shows how we can think...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-05
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Kantian Dignity and its Difficulties defends Kant's doctrine that all human beings have a moral capacity that gives them unconditional dignity. It explains how the reception of this influential doctrine was marred by serious misunderstandings, and how Kant himself fell...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-07-03
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In seiner berühmten Logikvorlesung stellt Immanuel Kant die berühmten Leitfragen der Philosophie "Was kann ich wissen?", "Was soll ich tun?" und "Was darf ich hoffen?". Dem fügt er dann die Frage "Was ist der Mensch?" an und schreibt, all das, was in den ersten Fragen...
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Springer VS
Parution :
2024-07-01
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This book provides a philosophical investigation of technology in Africa, articulating conceptual foundations and analyses rooted in African worldviews and communitarian values. It aims to spur discourse and understanding of how technology can be justly shaped for human...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-07-01
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?The Meaning of Height takes seriously the traditional figure of “higher life” for intrinsically preferable manners of living. Reworking the Platonic model of ascent to the ideal and descent to responsible engagement with the world, The Meaning of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-06-29
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This book details the discovery and exploration of one of the major scientific revelations that has emerged from the field of experimental philosophy—i.e., that heritable personality traits often predict philosophical diversity and disagreement, and may help explain...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-06-28
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This book explores the key conceptual stakes underpinning historical epistemology. The strong Anglophone interest in historical epistemology, since at least the 1990s, is typically attributed to its simultaneously philosophical and historical synthetic approach to the...
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Springer
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2024-06-27
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Die Kunst der stoischen Ruhe In einer hektischen Welt geprägt von Reizüberflutung und endlosen To-Do-Listen gibt es ein jahrhundertealtes Gegenmittel: Stoizismus. Entdecken Sie eine zeitlose Philosophie, die Ihnen einen Weg zur inneren Ruhe und mehr Gelassenheit...
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Wiley-VCH
Parution :
2024-06-27
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Für Dummies
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The Palgrave Handbook of Philosophy surveys the role of money in the history of ideas. Volume 2: Modern Thought examines the treatment of money in the writings of philosophers from the emergence of capitalism through the 20th century. The volume is divided...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-06-27
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Die »Enzyklopädie Philosophie- und Wissenschaftstheorie«, das größte allgemeine Nachschlagewerk zur Philosophie im deutschsprachigen Raum, wurde 1980 begonnen und 1996 mit dem vierten Band abgeschlossen. Sie erschien 2005 bis 2018 in einer komplett aktualisierten...
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J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2024-06-26
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In the philosophical literature, it is customary to think of perception as being assessable with respect to epistemic norms. E.g., the whole discussion around disjunctivism, which is now often considered to be the dominant, if not the default position in philosophy of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-06-26
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Classical Christian ideas loom large in philosophy of religion today. But arguments against Christian doctrine have been neglected. J. L. Schellenberg's new book remedies this neglect. And it does so in a novel way, by linking facts about human intellectual and moral...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-06-26
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Learn how Captain America's timeless ethical code is just as relevant in the twenty-first century as it was during the 1940s Captain America, or simply “Cap,” provides an example of the virtues that define personal excellence, as well as the ideals and principles upon...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2024-06-26
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French philosophy is an internationally celebrated national philosophical tradition, and this Oxford Handbook offers a comprehensive approach to its history since 1800. The Handbook features essays written by renowned international specialists, illuminating key...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-06-25
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In The Physical Signature of Computation, Neal Anderson and Gualtiero Piccinini articulate and defend the robust mapping account--the most systematic, rigorous, and comprehensive account of computational implementation to date. Drawing in part from recent results in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-06-24
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Spinoza in Germany presents fifteen newly commissioned essays by a distinguished set of international experts examining the legacy and influence ofSpinoza on German thought in the long nineteenth century. The focus on Spinoza's influence illuminates both the nature of...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-06-24
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Over the last two decades, scholarship on Kant and modern German philosophy has become increasingly focused on understanding their historical roots. Central to this development is the work of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (1714-62), whose textbooks profoundly influenced...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-06-24
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Aristotle offers a searing rejection of Plato's commitment to a Form of the Good; core among his complaints is that goodness is not univocal, that is, that there is no single essence-specifying account of goodness covering all the many varieties of goodness there are....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-06-24
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