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This book, Thales and the Beginnings of European Reflection, is more than a field guide to all major testimonies about Thales. It does not merely contain a summary and critique of the available literature on the subject, but also lays down a new, holistic...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-04-10
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This book offers an interdisciplinary introduction to value theory. It reviews how researchers in four academic disciplines – psychology, sociology, anthropology, and philosophy – understand value and value change. It offers an introduction for researchers in these...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-08
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In this book, Ben Lazare Mijuskovic uses both an interdisciplinary and History of Ideas approach to discuss four forms of intertwined theories of human consciousness and reflexive self-consciousness (Plato, Augustine, Descartes, Leibniz, Kant, and Hegel; Schopenhauer’s...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-08
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This book provides an original perspective on the debate about anti-representationalism and the nature of philosophy.This debate has come to prominence in recent years through the work of people like Richard Rorty, Paul Horwich, Huw Price and Amie Thomasson. It is the...
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Springer
Parution :
2023-04-08
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'Grayling brings satisfying order to daunting subjects' Steven Pinker'An enthusiastic thinker who embraces humour, common sense and lucidity' Independent_______________From the eminent philosopher, an authoritative exploration of the great questions of how to live'There...
Editeur :
Penguin
Parution :
2023-04-06
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This book is an elucidation and defense of four main propositions: (1) human nature is essentially rational; (2) rational nature is a conversation; (3) as the essential fabric of human nature, the reason exists as a potentiality in the formal organization of the human...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2023-04-06
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An epidemic such as COVID-19 challenges life’s very order and meaning, interferes in our relations with others, and breaks apart our routine. It raises many questions in the realms of ethics, politics, theology, psychology, and beyond. Perhaps more than anything else,...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-04-06
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Kants Verhältnis zur Religionsphilosophie ist von faszinierender Komplexität: Erkenntnistheoretisch ist Gott eine Leerstelle, praktisch hingegen nicht zu vermeiden. Was Gott an normativer Voraussetzbarkeit genommen wird, lässt Kant aus Gründen praktischer Nachhaltigkeit...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2023-04-06
Collection :
Neue Horizonte der Religionsphilosophie
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Time and History in Hegelian Thought and Spirit examines a conspicuous feature of Hegel's major works: that they are progressive narratives. They advance from less to more perfect, abstract to concrete, indeterminate or empty to determinate. This is true, argues the...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-06
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A Unified Treatment of Moore's Paradox is the culmination of a decades-long engagement with Moore's paradox by the world's leading authority on the subject, the late John Williams. The book offers a comprehensive account of Moore's paradox in thought and speech, both in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-05
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Philosophy of Life explores the intellectual movement called Lebensphilosophie, which flourished in Germany from 1870 until 1920. Author Frederick C. Beiser focuses on its most prominent members: Friedrich Nietzsche, Wilhelm Dilthey, and Georg Simmel. Lebensphilosophie...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-05
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The word 'accountability' is often used without much thought being given to what precisely it means. It is especially common in Christian circles, where there is frequent talk about being accountable to God, yet, still, without a clear grasp of this word. Accountability...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-04
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This Handbook discusses representative philosophers in the history of the philosophy of law and social philosophy, giving clear concise expert definitions and explanations of key personalities and their ideas. It provides an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-04-03
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This Handbook discusses representative philosophers in the history of the philosophy of law and social philosophy, giving clear concise expert definitions and explanations of key personalities and their ideas. It provides an...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2023-04-03
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Epistemologists often work with idealized pictures of what inquirers are like, how they interact with each other, and the social institutions and environment in which they do the interacting. These idealizations might be appropriate for the more foundational issues in...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-03
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The COVID-19 pandemic is a defining event of the 21st century. It has taken over eighteen million lives, closed national borders, put whole populations into quarantine and devastated economies.
Yet while COVID-19 is catastrophic, it is not unique. Children who have...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-04-01
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The Epistemology of Protest offers a polyphonic theory of protest as a mechanism for political communication, group constitution, and epistemic empowerment.The book analyzes the communicative power of protest to break social silences and disrupt insensitivity and...
Editeur :
Oxford University Press
Parution :
2023-03-31
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This book studies the close relationship between Thus Spoke Zarathustra and the unfinished four volume Revaluation of All Values that he worked on until shortly before his collapse. It is unlikely that he would have returned to and continued Thus Spoke Zarathustra, but...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-03-29
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In Medieval Allegory as Epistemology, Marco Nievergelt argues that late medieval dream-poetry was able to use the tools of allegorical fiction to explore a set of complex philosophical questions regarding the nature of human knowledge. The focus is on three of the most...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2023-03-29
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This book illuminates the aesthetically underrated meaningfulness of particular elements in works of art and aesthetic experiences generally. Beginning from the idea of "hooks" in popular song, the book identifies experiences of special liveliness that are of enduring...
Editeur :
Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2023-03-29
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