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Aus der Sicht der Neurobiologie regiert im Kopf das neuronale Geschehen. Doch was wissen die Hirnforscher genau über die Mechanismen des Hirngeschehens und ihren Einfluss auf den menschlichen Geist? Dieser Frage geht Brigitte Falkenburg nach. Die Physik hat sich längst...
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Springer
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2012-02-21
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Covering philosophical issues ranging from tattooed religious symbols to a feminist aesthetics of tattoo, Tattoos and Philosophy offers an enthusiastic analysis of inking that will lead readers to consider the nature of the tattooing arts in a new and profound way. ...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-02-21
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Philosophy for Everyone
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Grafting the Marxian idea that private property is coercive onto the liberal imperative of individual liberty, this new thesis from one of America's foremost intellectuals conceives a revised definition of justice that recognizes the harm inflicted by capitalism's...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-02-21
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Blackwell Public Philosophy Series
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Updated and revised, the Second Edition of Danto and His Critics presents a series of essays by leading Danto scholars who offer their critical assessment of the influential works and ideas of Arthur C. Danto, the Johnsonian Professor Emeritus in the Department of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-02-21
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Philosophers and their Critics
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Does sexism against men exist? What it looks like and why we need to take it seriously This book draws attention to the "second sexism," where it exists, how it works and what it looks like, and responds to those who would deny that it exists. Challenging conventional...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2012-02-21
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The essays in this book investigate the complex and often contradictory relationships between aesthetics and modernity from the late Enlightenment in the 1790s to the Frankfurt School in the 1960s and engage with the classic German tradition of socio-cultural and...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-20
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A fascinating and detailed guide to ancient Greece.Michael Grant looks at the policies and government of the hundreds of independent city-states and at the everyday life of the citizens. With fluency and scholarships he shows how the brilliance of the Ancient Greeks'...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2012-02-16
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To what extent is philosophy reliant on translation and how does this practice impact on philosophy itself? How should philosophical texts be translated? Is translation inherently philosophical? Can philosophy be described as a ‘type of translation’? The essays in this...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-15
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Augustinian Just War Theory and the Wars in Afghanistan and Iraq: Confessions, Contentions, and the Lust for Power details two major symposia on the topic of Christian (Augustinian) just war theory, its strengths and weaknesses, and its controversial application to the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
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2012-02-14
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An engaging look at the philosophical underpinnings of Earth's Mightiest Heroes Avengers assemble! Tackling intriguing dilemmas and issues that no single great philosopher can withstand, this powerful book enlists the brainpower of an A-list team of history's most...
Editeur :
Wiley
Parution :
2012-02-13
Collection :
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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Inwiefern kann Heidegger in Sein und Zeit seinem Anspruch gerecht werden, die Bewusstseinsphilosophie zu überwinden? ‘Dasein’ soll als Konzept den Begriff des Subjekts nicht ersetzen, sondern vielmehr die Subjekt-Objekt-Spaltung als solche unterlaufen. So bringt...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-02-10
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An in-depth look at the philosophical issues behind HBO's Game of Thrones television series and the books that inspired it George R.R. Martin's New York Times bestselling epic fantasy book series, A Song of Ice and Fire, and the HBO television show adapted from it,...
Editeur :
Wiley
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2012-02-08
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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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Hegels «Objektive Logik» steht für den Versuch, ein absolutes Kategoriensystem der Philosophie zu entwickeln. «Absolut» nennt Hegel dieses System, weil es alle möglichen systematischen Kategorienordnungen der Philosophie in sich enthält und systematisch zu entwickeln...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2012-01-31
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A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is "the girl who was on fire," but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel....
Editeur :
Wiley
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2012-01-26
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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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Property-Owning Democracy: Rawls and Beyond features a collection of original essays that represent the first extended treatment of political philosopher John Rawls' idea of a property-owning democracy. Offers new and essential insights into Rawls's idea of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-17
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What can we know and what should we believe about today's world?What to Believe Now: Applying Epistemology to Contemporary Issues applies the concerns and techniques of epistemology to a wide variety of contemporary issues. Questions about what we can know-and what we...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2012-01-17
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This book presents logical foundations of dual tableaux together with a number of their applications both to logics traditionally dealt with in mathematics and philosophy (such as modal, intuitionistic, relevant, and many-valued logics) and to various applied theories...
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Springer
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2012-01-07
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The Big Questions series is designed to let renowned experts confront the 20 most fundamental and frequently asked questions of a major branch of science or philosophy. Each 3000-word essay simply and concisely examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring...
Editeur :
Greenfinch
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2012-01-05
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Karl Jaspers, who died in 1969, had a profound impact on 20th-century theology and philosophy. His central thesis called for, among other things, a de-centering of philosophy from its Eurocentric roots and a renewal of its dialogue with other traditions, especially...
Editeur :
Springer
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2012-01-02
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This is an extended extract from The Self Illusion: Why There is No 'You' Inside Your Head.Most of us believe that we possess a self - an internal individual who resides inside our bodies, making decisions, authoring actions and possessing free will. The feeling that a...
Editeur :
Constable
Parution :
2011-12-26
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