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This work is devoted to developing as well as expounding the theory of the cultural sciences of the philosopher Alfred Schutz (1899-1959). Drawing on all of Schutz’s seven volumes in English, the book shows how his philosophical theory consists of the reflective...
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Springer
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2015-04-22
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The Possibility of Culture: Pleasure and Moral Development in Kant’s Aesthetics presents an in-depth exploration and deconstruction of Kant’s depiction of the ways in which aesthetic pursuits can promote personal moral development. Presents an in-depth exploration of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-04-22
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New Directions in Aesthetics
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With his insightful and wide-ranging theory of recognition, Axel Honneth has decisively reshaped the Frankfurt School tradition of critical social theory. Combining insights from philosophy, sociology, psychology, history, political economy, and cultural critique,...
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Polity
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2015-04-22
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Key Contemporary Thinkers
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This new English translation of Solov’ëv’s principal ethical treatise, written in his later years, presents Solov’ëv’s mature views on a host of topics ranging from a critique of individualistic ethical systems to the death penalty, the meaning of war, animal rights,...
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Springer
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2015-04-20
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This book is a ten-step journey around the thought and poetry of the most sensitive Italian visionary of modernity, Giacomo Leopardi, whose contribution to Western thought has been acclaimed by admirers from Schopenhauer to Nietzsche to Benjamin. A variety of readings,...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-04-20
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Newton is an evocative intellectual history of the life and ideas of IsaacNewton the natural philosopher, covering his influential thoughts about philosophical problems, our knowledge of nature, and even the nature of the divine. Offers a comprehensive and highly...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-04-20
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Blackwell Great Minds
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This volume goes beyond presently available phenomenological analyses based on the structures and constitution of the lifeworld. It shows how the science of history is the mediator between the human and the natural sciences. It demonstrates that the distinction between...
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Springer
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2015-04-09
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Anarchy, State, and Utopia: An Advanced Guide presents a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the ideas expressed in Robert Nozick’s highly influential 1974 work on free-market libertarianism—considered one of the most important and influential works of...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2015-04-08
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Platon, Hegel, Nietzsche - ihre Namen kennt jeder. Aber längst nicht jeder weiß, welcher Philosoph welche philosophischen Ideen vertreten hat. Und was steht überhaupt drin in Klassikern wie der "Kritik der reinen Vernunft" oder "Sein und Zeit"? Einfach nachschlagen!...
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Wiley-VCH
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2015-04-07
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Für Dummies
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This book provides theoretical tools for evaluating the soundness of arguments in the context of legal argumentation. It deals with a number of general argument types and their particular use in legal argumentation. It provides detailed analyses of argument from...
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Springer
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2015-04-07
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This monograph describes the contributions to our current understanding of quality of life made by the most important ancient philosophers in the Western Tradition. It does so from the point of view of a contemporary researcher in quality of life or human well-being....
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Springer
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2015-04-07
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SpringerBriefs in Well-Being and Quality of Life Research
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Dialectics beyondDialectics is a study of contemporary French philosophy from Bataille to Derrida. It analyses, on the first level of generalization, the decomposition of Hegelianism understood as philosophy of totality. Many French philosophers of the 20th century...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-26
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In this collaborative work between artist and theorist Suzanne Anker and art historian Sabine Flach, the study of image production unveils the reality of pictures beyond their function as mere representations of the world. The visuals range from firsthand accounts of...
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Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-26
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This innovative new collection features six original essays exploring the spatial, temporal, and other structures that shape conscious perception. Includes cutting-edge research on an increasingly influential topic in the philosophy of the mind Explores structural...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2015-03-19
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Ratio Special Issues
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This book describes and analyzes the levels of experience that long-distance running produces. It looks at the kinds of experiences caused by long-distance running, the dimensions contained in these experiences, and their effects on the subjective life-world and...
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Springer
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2015-03-16
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Das Buch, einem modernen Islam verpflichtet, ist von aktueller Brisanz: Gegen die voreilige Identifizierung von Islam, Islamismus und Terrorismus ist Aufklärung über die islamisch-arabischen religiösen und politischen Kulturen notwendig. Der Autor fragt nach der...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-16
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This history of Russian thought was first published in Polish in 1973 and subsequently appeared 2005 in a revised and expanded publication. The current volume begins with Enlightenment thought and Westernization in Russia in the 17th century and moves to the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2015-03-09
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This book looks at causative reasons behind creative acts and stylistic expressions. It explores how creativity is initiated by design cognition and explains relationships between style and creativity. The book establishes a new cognitive theory of style and creativity...
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Springer
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2015-03-09
Collection :
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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Big ideas sometimes come from the strangest places. In this wide ranging introduction, James M Russell takes the fear out of philosophy and selects seventy-six works - from Plato, Descartes and Wittgenstein to Philip K Dick and the Moomins as well as contemporary...
Editeur :
Robinson
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2015-03-05
Collection :
Brief Histories
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This volume provides the first full, political and philosophically rigorous account of Plato’s dialogue Alcibiades Major. The book argues that Alcibiades Major accomplishes its goal, which is to redirect Alcibiades’ political ambitions, not by arguing for specific...
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Springer
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2015-03-04
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