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An ambitious comparative introduction to Asian thought, expertly written for undergraduate courses in Asian Studies, Asian philosophy and neighboring disciplines Recent decades have witnessed a sharp increase of interest in the cultures and regions of South and East...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2021-01-05
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A key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative, interactive technique for reading philosophical texts Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edition, provides a unique approach to reading philosophy,...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2021-01-05
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Reading Philosophy
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This book analyses global issues holistically and offers pragmatic solutions from a Jainism perspective. Accordingly, it presents a fresh vision of individual development, social transformation and cosmic wellbeing based on the central tenets and practices of Jainism....
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Springer
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2021-01-04
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A reader-friendly introduction to the essential concepts, theories, and questions in analytic philosophy of religion Does God exist? If so, what is God's relationship to us? Do we have free will? This is Philosophy of Religion surveys foundational topics in the...
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Wiley-Blackwell
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2020-12-29
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This is Philosophy
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This volume focuses on philosophical problems concerning sense perception in the history of philosophy. It consists of thirteen essays that analyse the philosophical tradition originating in Aristotle’s writings. Each essay tackles a particular problem that tests the...
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Springer
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2020-12-15
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This book explores the idea of a new cosmopolitan Japanese identity through a socio-cultural analysis of contemporary Japanese writer Haruki Murakami. It is the first monograph to apply the idea of cosmopolitanism to this writer’s global popularity widely known as...
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Springer
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2020-12-09
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This book presents an interdisciplinary study of the relation between semiotics, law & art. Focusing on Greimasian semiotics, it examines specific works of art (from Giotto to Banksy) that deal with the theme of justice, promoting a more sensitive and humanized...
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Springer
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2020-12-03
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Law and Visual Jurisprudence
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From populist propaganda attacking knowledge as ‘fake news’ to the latest advances in artificial intelligence, human thought is under unprecedented attack today. If computers can do what humans can do and they can do it much faster, what’s so special about human...
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Polity
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2020-12-03
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The global crisis of our time involves a complex of ecological, economic, technological and migratory challenges that no state is able to control.The result is a provincialisation of our democracies with respect to the new planetary powers confronting humanity. It is...
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Polity
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2020-12-03
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Theory Redux
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This edited volume examines the relationship between collective intentionality and inferential theories of meaning. The book consists of three main sections. The first part contains essays demonstrating how researchers working on inferentialism and collective...
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Springer
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2020-12-01
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This book is concerned with the evaluation of natural argumentative discourse, and, in particular, with the language in which arguments are expressed. It introduces a systematic procedure for the analysis and assessment of arguments, which is designed to be a practical...
Editeur :
Springer
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2020-11-30
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Argumentation Library
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The book is the first detailed and full exegesis of the role of death in Heidegger’s philosophy and provides a decisive answer to the question of being. It is well-known that Heidegger asked the “question of being”. It is equally commonplace to assume that...
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Springer
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2020-11-21
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Dieses Buch stellt die agile Denkweise vor, mit der es selbstbestimmten Menschen gelingt, sich in einer komplexen Welt erfolgreich zu orientieren. Wer in der überwältigenden Informationsflut erkennt, was wesentlich ist, gewinnt Klarheit, schützt sich vor Manipulation...
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Springer
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2020-11-20
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This volume clusters together issues centered upon the variety of types of intensional semantics. Consisting of 10 contributions, the volume is based on papers presented at the Trends in Logic 2019 conference. The various chapters introduce readers to the topic, or...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2020-11-19
Collection :
Trends in Logic
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Law is the most sacred fetish of our time. From radicals to conservatives, there is no militant, activist or thinker who would consider doing without it. But the history of our fascination with law is long and complex, and reaches deeper into our culture than we might...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-11-18
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Few political ideas are as divisive and controversial for some – and yet taken for granted by others – as the ownership of private property. For its defenders, private ownership is a fundamental right that protects individual freedom and ensures wider economic benefits...
Editeur :
Polity
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2020-11-18
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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This textbook examines interaction, reciprocity, dualism, conflict, and personality in the work of Georg Simmel. These themes, which made Simmel the founder of relational sociology, are presented uniquely in the light of intimate relations. According to Simmel, intimate...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-17
Collection :
SpringerBriefs in Sociology
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This book is unique in both its subject matter and its approach. It focuses on the collaboration of J. Derrida, J.-F. Lyotard, J. Hillis Miller, D. Carroll, F. Jameson and others at the Critical Theory Institute at the University of California, Irvine and on the...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
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2020-11-17
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?This book discusses the influence of creative work on human life, and the role it has played in shaping human civilization since antiquity. To do so, it analyzes the history of thought on creative work from three civilizations: Greek, Indian, and Chinese, as well as...
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Springer
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2020-11-10
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This third volume continues Richard Routley's explorations of an improved Meinongian account of non-referring and intensional discourse (including joint work with Val Routley, later Val Plumwood). It focuses on the essays 8 to 12 of the original...
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Springer
Parution :
2020-11-10
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Synthese Library
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