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The notions of necessity and possibility, as well as the notion of a possible world, are ubiquitous in philosophy. Nevertheless, these notions remain controversial. It also remains controversial whether metaphysics requires notions drawing distinctions which are finer...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-10-03
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'A generous book written by a figure who has made a significant impact on philosophy ... Anyone interested in philosophy should read it' Nigel Warburton, Times Literary Supplement'Who would have guessed that a philosopher's life could be so full of adventures?'Daniel C....
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Penguin
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2023-10-03
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Das vorliegende Open-Access-Buch zeigt, wie Kinder im Grundschulalter auf philosophische Gedanken reagieren. Diese werden den Kindern in Form von Kürzesttexten dargeboten. Auf Veranschaulichungen wird bewusst verzichtet. Dieser Zugang zum Philosophieren erscheint...
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J.B. Metzler
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2023-09-30
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Philosophische Bildung in Schule und Hochschule
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This is a book about the moral-existential nature of, and the desire inscribed in, the deadlocks generated by our attempts to ground and exhaustively explain the concerns that provoke philosophical reflection.While the book argues that these deadlocks are symptomatic of...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2023-09-30
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This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore the reception and interpretation of Einstein’s ideas by some of the most important philosophical schools of the time, such as logical positivism...
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Springer
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2023-09-30
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Der vorliegende Band befasst sich mit Grete (Henry-)Hermanns Überlegungen zur Ethik, die als kritische Reflexion der Ethik ihres Lehrers Leonard Nelson zu verstehen sind. Ihre Auseinandersetzung mit der Ethik Nelsons begann mit der Frage, nach welchen...
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Springer VS
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2023-09-30
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Concerns about censorship have once again reached a fever pitch across the liberal West. In other historical periods, such concerns may have marked reactions to book bans and burnings. Often, they followed prosecutions and subsequent jailtime for things spoken or...
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Oxford University Press
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2023-09-29
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Andrew Cooper presents the first systematic study of Kant's account of natural history. Cooper contends that Kant made a decisive contribution to one of the most explosive and understudied revolutions in the history of science: the addition of time to the frame in which...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-09-29
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This book covers Husserl’s stance on the philosopher and the history of philosophy, whether or not such a history is part of the philosophical attitude itself, and if so, how Husserl’s phenomenology might weigh in on such matters. Firstly, this text spells out some of...
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Springer
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2023-09-29
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Grete (Henry-)Hermann war nicht nur eine Philosophin, die mit Physikern wie Werner Heisenberg und anderen Wissenschaftlern auf Augenhöhe über die Interpretation der Quantenphysik diskutierte. Sie war auch eine mutige und engagierte Sozialistin, Pädagogin...
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Springer VS
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2023-09-29
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David Lewis (1941-2001) was a celebrated and influential figure in analytic philosophy. When Lewis died, he left behind a large body of unpublished notes, manuscripts, and letters. This volume contains two longer manuscripts which Lewis had originally intended to turn...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-09-28
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This is the twenty-first volume in the Clarendon Edition of the Works of John Locke. The series aims to provide authoritative critical editions of all the writings of one of the most important intellectuals in the early-modern Anglophone world. The present volume...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-09-28
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The book is a collection of essays written by Gustavo Esteva over the last 20 years. In this book, Gustavo Esteva, renowned in Mexico as a philosopher on education and on developmentalism, collects four major areas of his writings: on learning, development, autonomy,...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-09-27
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The book is a much-expanded version of the Kuang-Yi Liu Lectures in Chinese Philosophy the author delivered in Taiwan in December 2022.The book brings together essays on Chinese philosophy, Western philosophy, and the proposed interaction between them.The purpose is not...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-09-27
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This book has two main objectives. The first is to identify and adequately describe the phenomenon of empathy.This essentially means offering a strong, reasoned and accurate description of the phenomenon of empathy in order to capture the essence of the empathic...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-09-27
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This book provides the first comprehensive treatment of Albert the Great’s (c. 1193–1280) notion of virtus formativa, a shaping force responsible for crucial dynamics in the formation of living beings. Crossing the boundaries between theology and philosophy, the notion...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-09-27
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Psychedelic Experience presents a philosophical account of psychedelic experience.
A central premise of the book is that such experiences are mind-revealing experiences and that they can be induced by means other than psychedelics. In particular, the book argues that...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-09-26
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Most thoughtful people worry at one time or another about whether there can actually be such a thing as objective moral truth. They might wonder, for example, whether the prevalence of moral disagreement makes it reasonable to conclude that there aren't really any moral...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2023-09-26
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Imagination: AVery Short Introduction explores imagination as a cognitive power and an essential dimension of human flourishing, demonstrating how imagination plays multiple roles in human cognition and shapes...
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OUP Oxford
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2023-09-26
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This book explores dialogue as a transformative form of philosophical practice by unveiling the method behind the unique dialogue developed by mystic and thinker Jiddu Krishnamurti (1895–1986). While Krishnamurti himself generally rejected the cultivation of systems and...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-09-25
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