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11 produkter
Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll
Unexpected Essays on Philosophy, Art, Life, and Death
Inbunden, 2014
452 kr
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What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice's rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of …
Nonsense of Kant and Lewis Carroll
Unexpected Essays on Philosophy, Art, Life, and Death
E-bok, 2014
985 kr
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What if Immanuel Kant floated down from his transcendental heights, straight through Alice’s rabbit hole, and into the fabulous world of Lewis Carroll? For Ben-Ami Scharfstein this is a wonderfully instructive scenario and the perfect way to begin this wide-ranging collection of decades of …
Art Without Borders
A Philosophical Exploration of Art and Humanity
E-bok, 2009
720 kr
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People all over the world make art and take pleasure in it, and they have done so for millennia. But acknowledging that art is a universal part of human experience leads us to some big questions: Why does it exist? Why do we enjoy it? And how do the world’s different art traditions relate to art …
Ineffability
The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion
Inbunden, 1993
1458 kr
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Scharfstein describes the extraordinary powers that have been attributed to language everywhere, and then looks at ineffability as it has appeared in the thought of the great philosophical cultures: India, China, Japan, and the West. He argues that there is something of our prosaic, everyday …
Ineffability
The Failure of Words in Philosophy and Religion
Häftad, 1993
487 kr
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Scharfstein describes the extraordinary powers that have been attributed to language everywhere, and then looks at ineffability as it has appeared in the thought of the great philosophical cultures: India, China, Japan, and the West. He argues that there is something of our prosaic, everyday …
Comparative History of World Philosophy
From the Upanishads to Kant
Häftad, 1998
451 kr
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Breaks through the cultural barriers between Western, Indian, and Chinese philosophy and demonstrates that despite considerable differences between these three great philosophical traditions, there are fundamental resemblances in their abstract principles.A Comparative History of World Philosophy …
Dilemma of Context
Häftad, 1991
384 kr
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In The Dilemma of Context, Scharfstein contends that the problems encountered with context are insoluble. He explains why this problem lays an intellectual burden on us that, while remaining inescapable, can become so heavy it destroys the understanding it was created to further.
Art Without Borders
A Philosophical Exploration of Art and Humanity
Inbunden, 2009
343 kr
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People all over the world make art and take pleasure in it, and they have done so for millennia. But acknowledging that art is a universal part of human experience leads us to some big questions: Why does it exist? Why do we enjoy it? And how do the world's different art traditions relate to art …
Amoral Politics
The Persistent Truth of Machiavellism
Häftad, 1995
422 kr
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After exploring the theory and practice of politics in ancient China, ancient India, and modern Europe, Scharfstein argues that the justification for deception and force is inseparable from political life and assesses the chances for a better political future.This is a study of how and why politics …
Dilemma of Context
Inbunden, 1989
1207 kr
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In The Dilemma of Context, Scharfstein contends that the problems encountered with context are insoluble. He explains why this problem lays an intellectual burden on us that, while remaining inescapable, can become so heavy it destroys the understanding it was created to further.
