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A History of Scottish Philosophy is a series of collaborative studies, each volume being devoted to a specific period. Together they provide a comprehensive account of the Scottish philosophical tradition, from the centuries that laid the foundation of the remarkable...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-03-05
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Bette Davis said ‘Old age ain’t no place for sissies’. If that’s true, we could all use a little help as we approach our twilight years. Translator Tom Payne turns to Ovid, Seneca, Hippocrates, Plato, Aristotle, and Aristophanes to discover invigorating counsel on...
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Vintage Digital
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2015-03-05
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Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as contemporary...
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Robinson
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2015-03-05
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Brief Histories
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In Levels of Argument, Dominic Scott compares the Republic and Nicomachean Ethics from a methodological perspective.In the first half he argues that the Republic distinguishes between two levels of argument in the defence of justice, the 'longer' and 'shorter' routes....
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OUP Oxford
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2015-03-05
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This book is a study of the literary strategies which the first professional philosophers used to market their respective disciplines. Philosophers of fourth-century BCE Athens developed the emerging genre of the "protreptic" (literally, "turning" or "converting")....
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Oxford University Press
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2015-03-04
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In this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Critically engages with the most recent exegetical literature on Wittgenstein and other state-of-the-art...
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Wiley
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2015-03-02
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This volume studies the origin and evolution of philosophical interest in Aristotle's Categories. After centuries of neglect, the Categories became the focus of philosophical discussion in the first century BCE, and was subsequently adopted as the basic introductory...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-26
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Plotinus’ mysticism of henosis, unification with the One, is a highly controversial topic in Plotinian scholarship. This book presents a careful reading of the Enneads and suggests thatPlotinus’ mysticism be understood as mystical teaching that offers practical guidance...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-02-20
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The work of the American philosopher Wilfrid Sellars continues to have a significant impact on the contemporary philosophical scene. His writings have influenced major thinkers such as Rorty, McDowell, Brandom, and Dennett, and many of Sellars basic conceptions, such as...
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Polity
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2015-02-13
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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Alexander X. Douglas offers a new understanding of Spinoza's philosophy by situating it in its immediate historical context. He defends a thesis about Spinoza's philosophical motivations and then bases an interpretation of his major works upon it. The thesis is that...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-05
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The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century is the first collective critical study of this important period in intellectual history.The volume is divided into four parts.The first part explores individual philosophers, including Fichte, Hegel,...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-05
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The Oxford Handbook of German Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century is the first collective critical study of this important period in intellectual history.The volume is divided into four parts.The first part explores individual philosophers, including Fichte, Hegel,...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-05
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Alexander X. Douglas offers a new understanding of Spinoza's philosophy by situating it in its immediate historical context. He defends a thesis about Spinoza's philosophical motivations and then bases an interpretation of his major works upon it. The thesis is that...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-02-05
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What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we acquire virtues if so, how? In this lively and engaging introduction to this core topic, Heather Battaly argues that...
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Polity
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2015-02-02
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Key Concepts in Philosophy
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Mark Eli Kalderon presents an original study in the philosophy of perception written in the medium of historiography. He considers the phenomenology and metaphysics of sensory presentation through the examination of an ancient aporia. Specifically, he argues that a...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-01-29
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Mark Eli Kalderon presents an original study in the philosophy of perception written in the medium of historiography. He considers the phenomenology and metaphysics of sensory presentation through the examination of an ancient aporia. Specifically, he argues that a...
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OUP Oxford
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2015-01-29
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Newton is an evocative intellectual history of the life and ideas of IsaacNewton the natural philosopher, covering his influential thoughts about philosophical problems, our knowledge of nature, and even the nature of the divine. Offers a comprehensive and highly...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-01-20
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Blackwell Great Minds
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In this collection of essays, the sophistication and vibrancy of contemporary phenomenological research is documented, including both its engagement with key figures in the history of philosophy, and with critical problems defining future directions of philosophical...
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Springer
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2015-01-19
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The second issue ofThe Yearbook on History and Interpretation of Phenomenology focuses on the intertwined topics of normativity and of typification.The area of their application and specification is relatively broad: from biological questions through various lived...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-01-06
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Plutarch's focus on the great leaders of the classical world, his anecdotal style, and his self-presentation as a good-natured friend and wise counsellor have appealed over the centuries to a wide audience, persons as diverse as Beethoven and Benjamin Franklin,...
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OUP Oxford
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2014-12-18
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