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Are contemporary soldiers exploited by the state and society that they defend? More specifically, have America's professional service members disproportionately carried the moral weight of America's war-fighting decisions since the inception of an all-volunteer force?...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2022-02-11
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What does it mean to be human? Is there something that makes us distinct from computers, other great apes, Martians, gods? Is there philosophical, ethical, or political value in continuing to think in terms of a common human nature? Or should we rather throw this...
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Oxford University Press
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2022-02-11
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Romantic love is a defining phenomenon in human existence, and an object of heightened interest for literature, art, popular culture, and psychology. But what is romantic love and why is it typically experienced as so central?
Sharon Krishek's primary aim in this work...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2022-02-11
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This book comprehensively discusses the topics in Buddhism that are crucial for promoting lay people’s welfare—from mundane bliss in this life, i.e., wealth and good interpersonal relationships, to prosperity in the future, i.e., a good rebirth and less time spent in...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-02-10
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In The Logic of Number, Neil Tennant defines and develops his Natural Logicist account of the foundations of the natural, rational, and real numbers. Based on the logical system free Core Logic, the central method is to formulate rules of natural deduction governing...
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OUP Oxford
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2022-02-10
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EDUCATIONAL EXPLANATIONS Educational Explanations is a comprehensive study of the main philosophical questions that confront empirical educational researchers. The book outlines the sense in which empirical educational research pursues truth and sets out and defends an...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2022-02-09
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Journal of Philosophy of Education
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This book draws the limits of our thoughts and consciousness between the mind andmind-independent reality by using mathematical logic with the support of neurology.Diagnosing the limits between immanence and transcendence of the consciousnessdepends on dening some...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-02-04
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The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-02-03
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The Roots of Normativity concerns one of the most basic philosophical questions: how to explain normativity in its many guises. Over many decades, Joseph Raz has sought to develop an answer to this question, according to which understanding normativity is understanding...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-02-03
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This monograph brings three branches of philosophy together: epistemology, ethics and aesthetics. It assesses the built environment as a case study from a phenomenological perspective. Under the notion of phenomenology, this study understands the built...
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Springer
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2022-02-02
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This book considers the important twentieth century Austrian philosopher, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and his conception of certainty. In his work entitled On Certainty, Wittgenstein provides not only a brilliant solution to a previously intractable philosophical...
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Springer
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2022-02-01
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A central conclusion developed and defended throughout the book is that epistemic autonomy is necessary for knowledge (both knowledge-that and knowledge-how) and in ways that epistemologists have not yet fully appreciated. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-02-01
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A central conclusion developed and defended throughout the book is that epistemic autonomy is necessary for knowledge (both knowledge-that and knowledge-how) and in ways that epistemologists have not yet fully appreciated. The book is divided into five chapters. Chapter...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-02-01
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Der sog. „Rechtspopulismus“ (AfD, Pegida, Identitäre Bewegung) lässt große Teile der Öffentlichkeit rat- und hilflos zurück. Verweise auf ‚längst überwunden geglaubte Positionen’ verschleiern nur deren Unkenntnis oder Vergessenheit. Dabei gibt es eine lange Tradition...
Editeur :
J.B. Metzler
Parution :
2022-01-31
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This edited collection investigates the kinds of philosophical reflection we can undertake in the imaginative worlds of literature. Opening with a look into the relations between philosophical thought and literary interpretation, the volume proceeds through absorbing...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2022-01-31
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Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind presents cutting-edge work in the philosophy of mind, combining invited articles and articles selected from submissions. Each volume will highlight two themes to bring focus to debates. The series will reflect the diversity of...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-01-27
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Derek Parfit, who died in 2017, is widely believed to have been the best moral philosopher in well over a century. The twenty new essays in this book were written in his honour and have all been inspired by his work--in particular, his work in an area of moral...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2022-01-27
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The world faces a climate crisis and an ascendant far right. Are these trends related? How does the far right think about the environment, and what openings does the coming crisis present for them? This incisive new book traces the long history of far-right...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2022-01-26
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The book deals with Gerbert of Aurillac (Pope Sylvester II) and his investigations in the field of theoretical (philosophy of numbers) and practical (counting) arithmetic.The book represents the comprehensive inquiry of both these aspects of arithmetic in his thought....
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-01-25
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From one of our leading thinkers, a dazzling philosophical journey through virtual worldsIn the coming decades, the technology that enables virtual and augmented reality will improve beyond recognition. Within a century, world-renowned philosopher David J. Chalmers...
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Penguin
Parution :
2022-01-25
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