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The most complete edition yet published of Wittgenstein’s 1929 lecture includes a never-before published first draft and makes fresh claims for its significance in Wittgenstein’s oeuvre. The first available print publication of all known drafts of Wittgenstein’s Lecture...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2014-06-11
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Es besteht weitgehend Einigkeit darüber, dass die Bioethik während der 1960er Jahre in den USA ihren Anfang nahm. Dass dieser Begriff aber schon wesentlich früher etabliert wurde, belegen die Arbeiten des protestantischen Theologen Fritz Jahr (1895–1953) aus Halle...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-11
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This is Ethics presents an accessible and engaging introduction to a variety of issues relating to contemporary moral philosophy. Covers a wide range of topics which are actively debated in contemporary moral philosophy Addresses the nature of happiness, well-being,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2014-06-10
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This is Philosophy
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Ist der Mensch für seinen Willen verantwortlich? Diese im philosophischen Diskurs so zentrale Frage konnte bis heute nicht zufriedenstellend beantwortet werden, obwohl es an Ansätzen und Behauptungen nicht mangelt. Die Standpunkte zur Frage nach dem freien Willen sind...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-06-05
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Ius Cogens (Zwingendes Völkerrecht) ist ein Widerspruch in sich! Nach klassischem Völkerrechtsverständnis stehen sich alle Staaten gleich und souverän gegenüber – ohne Einwilligung eines Staates kann er zu nichts verbunden werden. Dennoch existieren seit geraumer Zeit...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-05-30
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Written by Dr Roy Jackson, who is Course Leader in Religion, Philosophy and Ethics at the University of Gloucestershire, Nietzsche: A Complete Introduction is designed to give you everything you need to succeed, all in one place. It covers the key areas that students...
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Teach Yourself
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2014-05-30
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Die kantische Freiheitsphilosophie stellt eine säkulare Fassung der christlichen Freiheitslehre dar. Diese hat zwei unterschiedliche Grundbegriffe der Freiheit herausgearbeitet: die Freiheit der Wahl zwischen Gut und Böse und die moralische Freiheit. Im Hauptstrom...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-05-30
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Intelligence Unbound explores the prospects, promises, and potential dangers of machine intelligence and uploaded minds in a collection of state-of-the-art essays from internationally recognized philosophers, AI researchers, science fiction authors, and theorists. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-05-29
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This book presents four bridges connecting work in virtue epistemology and work in philosophy of science (broadly construed) that may serve as catalysts for the further development of naturalized virtue epistemology. These bridges are: empirically informed theories of...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-05-27
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This book describes a novel conception of reality, one that uniquely incorporates an idealistic view of existence with an account of objectivity. It introduces a general model of conceptual analysis and demonstrates its effectiveness in exposing and establishing the...
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Springer
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2014-05-22
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This volume contains the English translation of Felix Kaufmann's (1895-1945) main work Methodenlehre der Sozialwissenschaften (1936). In this book, Kaufmann develops a general theory of knowledge of the social sciences in his role as a cross-border commuter between...
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Springer
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2014-05-19
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Global Perspectives on Subsidiarity is the first book of its kind exclusively devoted to the principle of subsidiarity. It sheds new light on the principle and explores and develops the many applications of the principle of subsidiarity. The book provides a...
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Springer
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2014-05-16
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Ius Gentium: Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice
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In 1543, Copernicus publicly defended geokinetic and heliocentric universe. This book examines why and how he became a Copernican and what his affirmation of heliocentrism means in the context of the Scientific Revolution. Close reading of Copernicus’ texts and...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-05-13
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Diese Aufsatzsammlung ist der erste ausführliche Versuch, eine Verbindung zwischen dem Denken der klassischen deutschen Philosophie und Husserls Phänomenologie herzustellen. Vorliegender Band versammelt eine Reihe neuer kritischer Artikel sowohl von etablierten...
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Springer
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2014-05-13
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This book proposes that the highest expression of ethics is an aesthetic. It suggests that the quintessential performance of any field of practice is an art that captures an ethic beyond any literal statement of values.This is to advocate for a shift in emphasis, away...
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Springer
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2014-05-12
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The world is populated with many different objects, to which we often attribute properties: we say, for example, that grass is green, that the earth is spherical, that humans are animals, and that murder is wrong. We also take it that these properties are things in...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2014-05-12
Collection :
Key Concepts in Philosophy
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In The Aesthetics of Grace: Philosophy, Art, and Nature, Raffaele Milani traces the fascinating history of the idea of ‘grace’ from ancient times to the 1700s. Although this term has been displaced by other concepts with the advent of modernism and postmodernism, the...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-05-05
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This volume presents recent advances in philosophical logic with chapters focusing on non-classical logics, including paraconsistent logics, substructural logics, modal logics of agency and other modal logics. The authors cover themes such as the knowability paradox,...
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Springer
Parution :
2014-04-29
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Life science comprises any of the branches of natural science dealing with the structure and behavior of living organisms and their relationships to one another and the environment. By presenting the proceedings of three transdisciplinary transatlantic workshops, this...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-04-29
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In The Causal Exclusion Problem, the popular strategy of abandoning any one of the principles constituting the causal exclusion problem is considered, but ultimately rejected. The metaphysical foundations undergirding the causal exclusion problem are then explored,...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-04-28
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