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Within the context of W.E.B. Du Bois’ question “How does it feel to be a problem?”, this volume examines the “problem” using a phenomenological approach, that is to say, in terms of one’s experience of such. More specifically, the author explores three points: the Black...
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Palgrave Macmillan
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2024-10-24
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In Early German Positivism, Frederick C. Beiser explores a much neglected or forgotten period of the history of philosophy: the history of German positivism from 1860 to 1907. Almost all studies of positivism revolve around the Vienna Circle. Instead, this study covers...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-10-23
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In Extravagance and Misery: The Emotional Regime of Market Societies, Alan Thomas, Alfred Archer, and Bart Engelen investigate the extensive and growing economic inequalities that characterize the affluent market societies of the West. Drawing on insights from political...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-10-22
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This volume presents a series of lectures given by P. F. Strawson to final-year undergraduates at the University of Wales, Bangor, in the autumn term of 1946. Strawson was appointed to a lectureship at Bangor immediately after his military service in World War Two; he...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-22
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This volume presents a series of lectures given by P. F. Strawson to final-year undergraduates at the University of Wales, Bangor, in the autumn term of 1946. Strawson was appointed to a lectureship at Bangor immediately after his military service in World War Two; he...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-22
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This is an open access title available under the terms of a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 International licence. It is free to read on the Oxford Academic platform and offered as a free PDF download from OUP and selected open access locations.
One of the central aims of science is...
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Oxford University Press
Parution :
2024-10-21
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It is well known that philosophy has a history that spans over more than two thousand years.It is less known, however, that the discipline narrating philosophy's past emerged much later, namely in the 18th century. That new discipline was called 'history of philosophy'....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-19
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It is well known that philosophy has a history that spans over more than two thousand years.It is less known, however, that the discipline narrating philosophy's past emerged much later, namely in the 18th century. That new discipline was called 'history of philosophy'....
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-19
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A definitive guide to the most misunderstood ideas in modern politics.The words we use shape the world we live in - so it matters when we get them wrong. This series, from the creators of the chart-topping Origin Story podcast, sheds much-needed light on the true...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2024-10-17
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An Origin Story Book
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A definitive guide to the most misunderstood ideas in modern politics. The words we use shape the world we live in - so it matters when we get them wrong. This series, from the creators of the chart-topping Origin Story podcast, sheds much-needed light on the true...
Editeur :
Weidenfeld & Nicolson
Parution :
2024-10-17
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An Origin Story Book
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This book delves into a broad range of hitherto unresolved issues related to Zhuangzi’s ethics, which include, but are not limited to, the fundamental question of whether Zhuangzi should be regarded as a moralist in the ordinary sense and what Zhuangzi’s views on topics...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-10-16
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This new critical edition of Dissoi Logoi starts from a codicological analysis that is unprecedented in scope (the studied codices are twenty-six) and depth (their material, dimensions, transmitted works, provenance, date, scribe, first possessors, and current place of...
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Springer
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2024-10-16
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Hobbes's Elements of Law was written in 1640, on the eve of the English Civil War. It circulated in manuscript, and eleven manuscripts now survive. Two of them contain a substantial amount of material inHobbes's own handwriting. Soon after writing it, Hobbes fled to...
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OUP Oxford
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2024-10-16
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This volume features more than 20 essays that explore the work of one of the most important contemporary philosophers of mathematics. It will help readers to better appreciate this significant and prolific philosopher. Within philosophy of mathematics, Penelope Maddy...
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Springer
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2024-10-15
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In this Handbook, philosophers from around the world address the metaphysics, epistemology, and value of psychoactive (mind-altering) drug use. In so doing, they attempt to answer questions such as: What does the fact of drug-induced mind-altering experiences tell...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-14
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The constant inundation of the affect and information experienced by contemporary individuals exposes the tragic nature of the world, making nihilism an epistemologically reasonable response. To counter the threat of nihilism, Elijiah Prewitt-Davis argues that knowledge...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-14
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?This book provides a comprehensive overview of the spirit of Chinese Confucianism, which is usually regarded as one of the most important aspects of traditional Chinese culture. In addition to the general history, the book explores the extensive concepts of...
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Springer
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2024-10-13
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This book utilizes Maurice Merleau-Ponty’s fascinating philosophy of embodiment to cast further light on the incredibly rich and complex phenomenon of shame. The philosopher himself made only scattered references to shame, but both his early phenomenology and his later...
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Palgrave Macmillan
Parution :
2024-10-12
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Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring
Katharine Jenkins offers an introduction to feminist philosophy, giving the reader an idea of what it is, why it is important, and how to think about it. She explores key topics such as gender oppression, beauty,...
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OUP Oxford
Parution :
2024-10-09
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This book provides a comprehensive study of major issues of moral psychology throughout history, from ancient to early modern philosophy. The volume focuses primarily on the Western history of philosophy but also deals with Jewish and Islamic heritage. The Introduction...
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Springer
Parution :
2024-10-09
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