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Critical Communities and Aesthetic Practices brings together eminent international philosophers to discuss the inter-dependence of critical communities and aesthetic practices. Their contributions share a hermeneutical commitment to dialogue, both as a model for...
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Springer
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2011-11-17
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Ekstase ist eine in allen Phasen der europäischen und außereuropäischen Geschichte bis zur Gegenwart vielfach belegte Erscheinung. Neuzeitliche Wissenschaften haben das Phänomen mit der je eigenen Methode zu ergründen gesucht, doch war es bereits Spekulationsfeld der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-17
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Das Sein wurde als einer der bedeutendsten Grundbegriffe in der Geschichte der Philosophie immer wieder behandelt; das Nichts wurde in der Philosophie des Abendlandes zwar ebenso wie das Sein von Anfang an, aber wohl nicht von allen Denkern mit gleicher...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-17
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A fascinating insight into a piercingly intelligent mind.Steiner's brilliant and elegant new book draws on episodes from his life to explore the central themes and ideas of his thinking and writing over the course of much of our troubled century. An exploration of the...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-11-10
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ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT AND PHILOSOPHY Is George Michael’s crush on his cousin unnatural? Is it immoral for Lindsay to lie about stealing clothes to hide her job?Is Gob better off living his life in bad faith?What inferences can we draw from Tobias’s double-entendres?Are...
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Wiley
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2011-11-08
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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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The assumption of an environmental crisis, global warming and climate change, has put into question the viability of modern development patterns in industrialised societies. This pattern is characterised by excessive exploitation of energy and resources without concern...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-04
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This book is an attempt to provide a systematic interpretation of Hans-Georg Gadamer’s hermeneutics in light of one of the most important, interesting and debated questions of the present age: the question concerning the role played by science and technology in shaping...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-11-04
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A philosophical look at the movie Inception and its brilliant metaphysical puzzles Is the top still spinning? Was it all a dream? In the world of Christopher Nolan's four-time Academy Award-winning movie, people can share one another's dreams and alter their beliefs...
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Wiley
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2011-10-31
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The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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This book presents a unique collection of the most relevant perspectives in contemporary human rights philosophy. Different intellectual traditions are brought together to explore some of the core postmodern issues challenging standard justifications. Widely accessible...
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Springer
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2011-10-29
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In Hegel was right the author demonstrates that the tradition of the grand philosophy (Plato, Aristotle, Descartes, Hume, Kant and Hegel) made the gift of some key theses of crucial importance for the humanity. These theses widely resist the positivism and skepticism...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-10-28
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Open this book and you will Discover Buddha's teachings Gain awareness Apply Buddhist beliefs Become enlightened
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John Murray
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2011-10-28
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The Dalai Lama visited New York in 2003 and gave a series of lectures, culminating with a public talk in Central Park, which drew over a quarter of a million people. Based on these lectures, this new volume will provide practical instruction on how we can use meditation...
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Hodder & Stoughton
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2011-10-27
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Das Buch beschäftigt sich mit den zwei großen inhaltlich und zeitlich verschiedenen Etappen der geistigen Entwicklung auf dem Kontinent. In der ersten Etappe des präkolumbischen Zeitraums wird dem Vorhandensein philosophischen Denkens in der mythologischen...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2011-10-24
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This book presents an extended dialogue in essay form between specialists in the work of Moses Mendelssohn, and experts in important trends in related late-seventeenth and eighteenth century thought. The first group of contributors explores themes in Mendelssohn’s...
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Springer
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2011-10-20
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Studies in German Idealism
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J. Anthony Blair is a prominent international figure in argumentation studies. He is among the originators of informal logic, an author of textbooks on the informal logic approach to argument analysis and evaluation and on critical thinking, and a founder and editor of...
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Springer
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2011-10-20
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Argumentation Library
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'The most thought-provoking thing in our thought-provoking time is that we are still not thinking' Heidegger'We should never allow our fears of the expectations of others to set the frontiers of our destiny'Martin Heidegger was one of the most controversial philosophers...
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Weidenfeld & Nicolson
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2011-10-13
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This pocket-size edition of the worlds first self-help guide--venerated for more than 3,000 years as a work of philosophy, mysticism, and, by some, divinatory power--features highlighted passages and reflective writing exercises aimed squarely at contemporary readers....
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Union Square & Co.
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2011-10-04
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Bold-Faced Wisdom
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50 Voices of Disbelief: Why We Are Atheists presents a collection of original essays drawn from an international group of prominent voices in the fields of academia, science, literature, media and politics who offer carefully considered statements of why they are...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2011-09-26
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