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This text illuminates the relevance and importance of Heidegger’s thought today. The chapters address the modern living conditions of intense social transformation intertwined with the continuous and rapid development of technologies that redefine the borders...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-12
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This book proposes a new solution to the problem of vagueness. There are several different ways of addressing this problem and no clear agreement on which one is correct. The author proposes that it should be understood as the problem of explaining vague predicates in a...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-12
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Synthese Library
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This book makes available in English the work of one of the most important Brazilian philosophers and intellectuals of the twentieth century. First published in 2004, Error, Illusion, Madness is an original contribution to the debate about the nature and role of the...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-03-11
Collection :
Critical South
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Friedrich Schillers Stilisierung als Dichter der Versöhnung und der ästhetischen Erziehung wird das konkurrierende Bild eines Ästhetikers des Widerspruchs immer entschiedener entgegengesetzt. In wie fern lässt sich aber die Forderung nach einer autonomen Kunst mit dem...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-03-11
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'Brilliantly unillusioned thinking... It could hardly be more necessary in these all-too-moralistic times' - James Marriott, THE TIMESMorals have held empires together, kept soldiers marching under fire, fed the hungry, passed laws, built walls, welcomed immigrants,...
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Coronet
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2021-03-11
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This book focuses on dialog from a varied combination of fields: Linguistics, Philosophy of Language and Computation. It builds on the hypothesis that meaning in human communication arises at the discourse level rather than at the word level. The book offers a complex...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-10
Collection :
Logic, Argumentation & Reasoning
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The book focuses on the phenomenon of a face in philosophical, cognitive, and aesthetical context. Text is divided into two main parts: the ?rst is considering the face as an object.The second part is about speci?c facets of the face and how faces are portrayed in...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-03-09
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Christianity is bound up with the very idea of the West: we cannot evade it even if we would like to. While many people no longer believe in Christianity, we cannot deny that it has left a deep imprint on Western thought. But how might we develop a philosophy of...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-03-08
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A "fascinating book" that will revolutionize our understanding of the brain and the future of AI (Financial Times) For all of neuroscience's advances, we've made little progress on its biggest question: How do simple cells in the brain create...
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Basic Books
Parution :
2021-03-02
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This book investigates the ontological state of relations in a unique way. Starting with the notion of system, it shows that the system can be understood as a relational structure, and that relations can be assessed within themselves, with no need to transform relations...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-03-01
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THIS IS PHILOSOPHY “The second edition of This is Philosophy improves upon an excellent first edition. This clear, succinct book is quite possibly the best introduction to Western philosophy on the market.” —Gregory Morgan, Stevens Institute of Technology“This is a...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2021-02-25
Collection :
This is Philosophy
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Political science emerged as a response to the challenges of imperial administration and the demands of colonial rule. While not all political scientists were colonial cheerleaders, their thinking was nevertheless framed by colonial assumptions that influence the study...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-02-18
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What we can learn from a Renaissance nowhere In 1516, a book was published in Latin with the enigmatic Greek-derived word as its title. Utopia—which could mean either "good-place" or "no-place"—gives a traveler's account of a newly discovered island somewhere in the New...
Editeur :
Capstone
Parution :
2021-02-17
Collection :
Capstone Classics
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The book poses the fundamental question of what objectivity means in practical legal discourse and what is its role. By applying critical discourse analysis to the applications of the term “objectivity” in judicial discourse – based on cases from Poland – the book...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2021-02-17
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In our modern, urbanized societies, our engagement with the natural world often seems distant and superficial. Human life is now far removed from its prehistoric origins, when humans dwelt deep within the forests and depended on them for their survival.In this important...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-02-12
Collection :
New Russian Thought
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In this post-apocalyptic rollercoaster ride, philosopher Srecko Horvat invites us to explore the Apocalypse in terms of ‘revelation’ (rather than as the ‘end’ itself). He argues that the only way to prevent the end – i.e., extinction – is to engage in a close reading of...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2021-02-11
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This volume is a collection of essays in honour of Professor Mohammad Ardeshir. It examines topics which, in one way or another, are connected to the various aspects of his multidisciplinary research interests. Based on this criterion, the book is divided into three...
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Springer
Parution :
2021-02-09
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This book focuses on the beginnings of capitalism in Central Europe with emphasis on the German-speaking areas from the 14th to the 17th century. It also reviews and assesses the writings on the topic by the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. At the...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2021-02-04
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The field of academic psychiatry is in crisis, everywhere. It is not merely a health crisis of resource scarcity or distribution, competing claims and practice models, or level of development from one country to another, but a deeper, more fundamental crisis about the...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2021-02-03
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There is one fundamental thing that has changed in our societies since 1950: life has got longer. Over the last few generations, 20 or 30 years have been added to the duration of our lives. But after the age of 50, human beings experience a kind of suspension: no longer...
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Polity
Parution :
2021-02-03
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