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Recent developments in biotechnology and genetic research are raising complex ethical questions concerning the legitimate scope and limits of genetic intervention. As we begin to contemplate the possibility of intervening in the human genome to prevent diseases, we...
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Polity
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2014-10-15
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The expression “human logic of truth” is Frank P. Ramsey’s:“Let us therefore try to get an idea of a human logic which shall not attempt to be reducible to formal logic. Logic, we may agree, is concerned not with what men actually believe, but what they ought to...
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Collège de France
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2014-10-13
Collection :
Philosophie de la connaissance
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This is an exceptional volume which expands upon the World Phenomenology Institute’s recent research: the study of the beautiful intertwining of the skies and the cosmos with the human pursuits of philosophy, literature and the arts. The relationship of humans to the...
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Springer
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2014-10-13
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Jean-Luc Nancy stands as one of the great French theorists of "deconstruction." His writings on philosophy, politics, aesthetics, and religion have significantly contributed to the development of contemporary French thought and helped shape and transform the field of...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-10-10
Collection :
Theory Now
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Few philosophers have left a legacy like that of Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz. He has been credited not only with inventing the differential calculus, but also with anticipating the basic ideas of modern logic, information science, and fractal geometry. He made important...
Editeur :
Polity
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2014-10-07
Collection :
Classic Thinkers
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This book examines the nexus between the corporeal, emotional, spiritual and intellectual aspects of human life as represented in the writing of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance. Authors from different fields examine not only the question of the body and soul (or...
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Springer
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2014-09-25
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This book is a systematic study of religious morality in the works of John Henry Newman (1801-1890). The work considers Newman’s widely discussed views on conscience and assent, analyzing his understanding of moral law and its relation to the development of moral...
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Springer
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2014-09-24
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This volume celebrates the work of Petr Hájek on mathematical fuzzy logic and presents how his efforts have influenced prominent logicians who are continuing his work. The book opens with a discussion on Hájek's contribution to mathematical fuzzy logic and with a...
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Springer
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2014-09-23
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The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the ‘Word of God’ – the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering.- How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in...
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Springer
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2014-09-18
Collection :
Studies in the History of Law and Justice
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This book presents surveys of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. Contributing authors explore themes relating to justice including natural rights, equality, freedom, democracy, morality and cultural traditions. Key movements and thinkers are considered,...
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Springer
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2014-09-10
Collection :
Contemporary Philosophy: A New Survey
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O. K. Bouwsma was, with J. L. Austin and J.O. Wisdom, the best known of the «Ordinary Language» philosophers of the mid-twentieth century. In 1950, he initiated the prestigious John Locke Lectures at Oxford as a representative of that school of philosophers, who...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2014-09-10
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The chief concern of this book is to discuss a democratic legitimation for modern law. Investigation is therefore steered towards current debates on processes of Europeanisation and the issue of self-constitutionalisation of a democratic polity. This turns out to be a...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2014-09-09
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Die Autorin bietet in ihren einführenden philosophischen Reflexionen eine Auswahl an klassischen und modernen Themen der Ästhetik: Dialektik der Aufklärung, Kunst nahe am Verstummen, Begriffsgeschichte des Schönen und andere. In zehn Kapiteln werden Zitate durch...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-09
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Translated and edited by Peter D. Arnott, this classic and highly popular edition contains two essential plays in the development of Greek tragedy-Oedipus the King and Antigone-for performance and study. The editor's introduction contains a brief biography of the...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-09-08
Collection :
Crofts Classics
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Raymond Larson's excellent translation of the dialogues that deal, respectively, with the nature of eros and the immortality of the soul are supplemented by careful annotation, a fine introduction, a list of principal dates in the life of Plato, and a selected...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-09-08
Collection :
Crofts Classics
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Die Lehre Platons ist mit der schriftlich festgehaltenen Ideentheorie nicht völlig gleichzusetzen. Im Buch wendet sich der Autor nach der historisch-genetischen Methode den Testimonia Platonica der innerakademischen Prinzipienlehre zu. Er versucht, die fundamentale...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2014-09-08
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The Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy will be part of the handbook series Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy, published by Springer. This series is being edited by Professor Huang Yong, Professor of Philosophy at Kutztown University and Editor of Dao: A...
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Springer
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2014-09-05
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How can we advance knowledge? Which methods do we need in order to make new discoveries?How can we rationally evaluate, reconstruct and offer discoveries as a means of improving the ‘method’ of discovery itself? And how can we use findings about scientific discovery to...
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Springer
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2014-09-05
Collection :
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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James Cameron’s critically acclaimed movie Avatar was nominated for nine Academy Awards and received countless accolades for its breath-taking visuals and use of 3D technology. But beyond its cinematic splendour, can Avatar also offer us insights into business ethics,...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2014-09-04
Collection :
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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Ranging from Alan Turing’s seminal 1936 paper to the latest work on Kolmogorov complexity and linear logic, this comprehensive new work clarifies the relationship between computability on the one hand and constructivity on the other. The authors argue that even though...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2014-08-27
Collection :
Logic, Epistemology, and the Unity of Science
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