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The virtue of obedience is seen as outdated today, if not downright toxic – and yet, are we any freer than our forebears? In this provocative work, Jacob Phillips argues not. Many feel unable to speak freely, their opinions policed by the implicit or explicit threat of...
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Polity
Parution :
2022-04-21
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A Companion to Arthur C. Danto paints a detailed portrait of one the most significant figures in twentieth-century philosophy and art criticism, offering unparalleled coverage of all aspects of Danto’s writings, artworks, and thought. Edited by two long-time colleagues...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-04-19
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
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This book offers a new look at emergence in terms of a hierarchical emergent ontology. Emergence is recognised as a universal principle, as universal as the principle of evolution.This is achieved by setting out the ontological criteria of emergence and such criteria’s...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-04-12
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One of the most difficult problems challenging the human mind is knowledge of the world in its human, natural, and supra-natural dimensions: what is the nature of this multidimensional reality? How do we know and verify the truth of our knowledge claims of this reality?...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-04-12
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This book offers the first-ever English translation of Oskar Becker’s Zur Logik der Modalitäten. This essay, published in 1930, is a pioneering yet often neglected contribution in the context of prewar modal logic research in Europe. Becker’s text is...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-04-11
Collection :
Synthese Library
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One of the main causes for the hopelessness that drives some to thoughts of suicide is meaninglessness. This work invites the reader to create a life full of meaning by attending to words. The emphasis here is on the power of the word. When we shift into a different...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2022-04-05
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This book offers a comprehensive analysis on the evolution of philosophy of science, with a special emphasis on the European tradition of the twentieth century. At first, it shows how the epistemological problem of the objectivity of knowledge and axiomatic...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-04-01
Collection :
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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The first anthology devoted to the theory and practice of all forms of public philosophy A Companion to Public Philosophy brings together in a single volume the diverse practices, modalities, and perspectives of this rapidly growing field. Forty-two chapters written by...
Editeur :
Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-03-30
Collection :
Blackwell Companions to Philosophy
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This volume offers a thorough description of anxiety from a phenomenological perspective. Building on Bakhtin’s insights, the author develops the method of “phenomenological polyphony,” which can do justice to the essential ambiguity of anxiety. In this...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-30
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Bis heute diskutieren Kant-Forscher:innen äußerst kontrovers darüber, wie die Postulatenlehre und die Lehre vom höchsten Gut aus Kants Kritik der praktischen Vernunft zu interpretieren seien. Auffällig ist, dass neukantianische Autoren in der Debatte eine zentrale Rolle...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2022-03-29
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This book brings together twelve original contributions by leading scholars on the much-debated issues of what is free will and how can we exercise it in a world governed by laws of nature. Which conception of laws of nature best fits with how we conceive of free will?...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-03-28
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This book explores the nature and significance of Pyrrhonism, the most prominent and influential form of skepticism in Western philosophy. Not only did Pyrrhonism play an important part in the philosophical scene of the Hellenistic and Imperial age, but it also had a...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-03-28
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This book offers a phenomenological conception of experiential justification that seeks to clarify why certain experiences are a source of immediate justification and what role experiences play in gaining (scientific) knowledge. Based on the author's account...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-24
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This book centers around a dialogue between Roger Penrose and Emanuele Severino about one of most intriguing topics of our times, the comparison of artificial intelligence and natural intelligence, as well as its extension to the notions of human and machine...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-24
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You think, therefore you are. Get a straightforward rundown on philosophy from the ancient world to today If you’ve ever pondered your existence over your morning coffee or considered the nature of crime and punishment, you’re an amateur philosopher. From everyday...
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For Dummies
Parution :
2022-03-22
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This is a book about what we consider normal. It details how the very concept of normality emerged in the modern era, and how it has changed over the centuries. By the mid-twentieth century, the expansion of norms across various areas of human endeavour generated a...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2022-03-18
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This book is a treatise on Aristotelian assertoric syllogistic, which is currently of growing interest. Some centuries ago, it attracted the attention of the founders of modern logic, who approached it in several (semantical and syntactical) ways. Further approaches...
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Springer
Parution :
2022-03-16
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Can Wonder Woman help us understand feminist philosophy? How Does Wakandan technology transcend anti-Blackness? What can Star Trek teach us about the true nature of reality? Introducing Philosophy Through Pop Culture makes important philosophical concepts and the work...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2022-03-10
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This book is the first systematic and historical account of the Vienna Circle that deals with the relation of logical empiricists with religion as well as theology. Given the standard image of the Vienna Circle as a strong anti-metaphysical group and non-religious...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2022-03-08
Collection :
Vienna Circle Institute Yearbook
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