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This book covers W. V. Quine's philosophic career from his early radical empiricism and behaviorism through his development of a series of skeptical doctrines regarding meaning, reference, and science. It shows what problems he tried to solve and what his solutions...
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Springer
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2011-12-22
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Body Language: Corporeality, Subjectivity, and Language in Johann Georg Hamann addresses the centrality of sensual perception to the constitution of subjectivity and the resulting relationship between subjectivity and language in the work of Johann Georg Hamann. In...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-12-22
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Forging the Methodology that Enlightened Modern Civilization presents a review of two millennia of human strivings to attain a more realistic understanding of the universe and humans’ place in it. The earliest attempts were mythical accounts invoking miracles and...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2011-12-22
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There are many accounts of the Buddha's life that mix legend and history. This compelling new biography discriminates between fact and fiction to reveal Gautama, the remarkable human being behind the legends, and shed new light on his teachings.Plunging us into the...
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Quercus
Parution :
2011-12-22
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An expansive, yet succinct, analysis of the Philosophy of Religion – from metaphysics through theology. Organized into two sections, the text first examines truths concerning what is possible and what is necessary. These chapters lay the foundation for the book’s second...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-12-15
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Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched views of their positions on truth, meaning, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism and religious beliefs. It clarifies pragmatic ideas and arguments...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-12-14
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Rethinking Pragmatism explores the work of the American Pragmatists, particularly James and Dewey, challenging entrenched readings of their views on truth, instrumentalism, realism, pluralism, and religious beliefs. Schwartz takes James’s work as the basis for his...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-12-14
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THE ART OF COMICS The Art of Comics: A Philosophical Introduction is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical questions raised by the art of comics. The volume, which includes a preface by the renowned comics author Warren...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-12-14
Collection :
New Directions in Aesthetics
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Is there a God, should I eat meat, where does the universe come from, could I live for ever as a robot? These are the big questions readers will be wrestling with in this thoroughly enjoyable book. Dip into any chapter and you will find lively scenarios and dialogues...
Editeur :
Orion Children's Books
Parution :
2011-12-08
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Hegel's Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and exploreHegel's key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law. The most comprehensive collection onHegel's...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-12-05
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A myriad of sensations inform and direct us when we engage with the environment. To understand their influence on the development of our habitus it is important to focus on unifying processes in sensing. This approach allows us to include phenomena that elude a rather...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-05
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The Paths of Creation explores the idea of creativity both in science and in art.The editors have collected papers from different philosophers working on philosophy of science and aesthetics to show that the creative processes of science and art share identical...
Editeur :
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2011-12-05
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A Companion to Schopenhauer provides a comprehensive guide to all the important facets of Schopenhauer’s philosophy. The volume contains 26 newly commissioned essays by prominent Schopenhauer scholars working in the field today. A thoroughly comprehensive guide to the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-28
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
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Philosophy for Children in Transition presents a diverse collection of perspectives on the worldwide educational movement of philosophy for children. Educators and philosophers establish the relationship between philosophy and the child, and clarify the significance of...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-28
Collection :
Journal of Philosophy of Education
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Year 2009 was the triumph of Darwin as a global superstar, spinning from the pop icon to the actual understanding to what make him a great innovator, able to give a turn to whole modern culture. Does all this activity mean evolution has lost its ability to excite fear...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-11-27
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Is reality logical and is logic real? What is the origin of logical intuitions? What is the role of logical structures in the operations of an intelligent mind and in communication?Is the function of logical structure regulative or constitutive or both in concept...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-11-23
Collection :
Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
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Bioethics developed as an academic and clinical discipline during the later part of the 20th century due to a variety of factors. Crucial to this development was the increased secularization of American culture as well as the dissolution of medicine as a quasi-guild...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2011-11-19
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The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-18
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The first comprehensive treatment of environmental philosophy, going beyond ethics to address the philosophical concepts that underlie environmental thinking and policy-making today Encompasses all of environmental philosophy, including conservation biology,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-18
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102,95€
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What can South Park tell us about Socrates and the nature of evil? How does The Office help us to understand Sartre and existentialist ethics? Can Battlestar Galactica shed light on the existence of God? Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture uses popular culture...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-11-18
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