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49 produkter
Shakespeare's Philosophy
Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2007
164 kr
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Shakespeare's plays are usually studied by literary scholars and historians and the books about him from those perspectives are legion. It is most unusual for a trained philosopher to give us his insight, as Colin McGinn does here. In his brilliant commentary, McGinn explores Shakespeare's …
The Making of a Philosopher
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2003
227 kr
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Shakespeare's Philosophy
Discovering the Meaning Behind the Plays
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2009
90 kr
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Shakespeare''s plays are usually studied by literary scholars and historians and the books about him from those perspectives are legion. It is most unusual for a trained philosopher to give us his insight, as Colin McGinn does here, into six of Shakespeare''s greatest plays–A Midsummer Night''s …
Making of a Philosopher
My Journey Through Twentieth-Century Philosophy
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2024
90 kr
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Part memoir, part study, The Making of a Philosopher is the self–portrait of a deeply intelligent mind as it develops over a life on both sides of the Atlantic.The Making of a Philosopher follows Colin McGinn from his early years in England reading Descartes and Anselm, to his years in the states, …
Basic Structures of Reality
Essays in Meta-Physics
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2011
880 kr
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In Basic Structures of Reality , Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics. Combining general philosophy with physics, he covers such topics as the definition of matter, the nature of space, motion, gravity, …
Minds and Bodies
Philosophers and Their Ideas
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 1997
3040 kr
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In Minds and Bodies, one of philosophy's most dynamic and versatile thinkers gathers nearly forty review essays written over the past twenty years for non-specialized publications. They cover biography, particularly of Russell and Wittgenstein; philosophy of mind, especially consciousness; and …
Minds and Bodies
Philosophers and Their Ideas
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 1997
1962 kr
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In Minds and Bodies , Colin McGinn offers proof that contemporary philosophy, in the hands of a consummate reviewer, can be the occasion not only sharp critical assessment, but also writing so clear and engaging that readers with no special background in the subject but simply a taste for …
Ethics, Evil, and Fiction
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 1997
2336 kr
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Ethics, Evil, and Fiction brings together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers original new insights for both. Its central aim is to enrich the domain of moral reflection, by showing the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination. Colin McGinn starts by setting …
Knowledge and Reality
Selected Essays
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 1999
2948 kr
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Knowledge and Reality brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, whose unifying theme is the relation between the mind and the world. The essays range over a set of prominent topics in contemporary philosophy, including the analysis of knowledge, …
Ethics, Evil, and Fiction
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 1999
987 kr
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Ethics, Evil, and Fiction brings together moral philosophy and literary analysis in a way that offers original new insights for both. Its central aim is to enrich the domain of moral reflection, by showing the value of literary texts as sources of moral illumination. Colin McGinn starts by setting …
The Subjective View
Secondary Qualities and Indexical Thoughts
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 1983
748 kr
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This book investigates subjective and objective representations of the world. Analogies between secondary qualities and indexical thoughts are developed, and subjective representations are argued to be ineliminable.
The Character of Mind
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Mind
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 1997
832 kr
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Of what nature is the mind? So Colin McGinn starts his first chapter, and this is his guiding question. He pursues the answer with a boldness and provocativeness rarely encountered in philosophical writing. As he explains, my aim has been to give the reader something definite and stimulating to …
Logical Properties
Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 2000
789 kr
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The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the …
Knowledge and Reality
Selected Essays
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2002
663 kr
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Knowledge and Reality brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, whose unifying theme is the relation between the mind and the world. The essays range over a set of prominent topics in contemporary philosophy, including the analysis of knowledge, …
Logical Properties
Identity, Existence, Predication, Necessity, Truth
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2003
663 kr
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The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways. Philosophers and logicians have often distorted the …
Consciousness and its Objects
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 2004
1573 kr
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Colin McGinn presents his latest work on consciousness in ten interlinked essays, four of them previously unpublished. He extends and deepens his controversial solution to the mind-body problem, defending the view that consciousness is both ontologically unproblematic and epistemologically …
The Meaning of Disgust
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 2011
986 kr
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Disgust has a strong claim to be a distinctively human emotion. But what is it to be disgusting? What unifies the class of disgusting things? Colin McGinn sets out to analyze the content of disgust, arguing that life and death are implicit in its meaning. Disgust is a kind of philosophical emotion, …
Basic Structures of Reality
Essays in Meta-Physics
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 2012
1390 kr
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In Basic Structures of Reality, Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics. Combining general philosophy with physics, he covers such topics as the definition of matter, the nature of space, motion, gravity, …
Truth by Analysis
Games, Names, and Philosophy
Av Colin McGinn
Inbunden, 2012
1793 kr
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What kind of subject is philosophy? Colin McGinn takes up this perennial question, defending the view that philosophy consists of conceptual analysis, construed broadly. Conceptual analysis is understood to involve the search for de re essences, but McGinn takes up various challenges to this …
Meaning of Disgust
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2011
624 kr
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Disgust has a strong claim to be a distinctively human emotion. But what is it to be disgusting? What unifies the class of disgusting things? Colin McGinn sets out to analyze the content of disgust, arguing that life and death are implicit in its meaning. Disgust is a kind of philosophical emotion, …
Basic Structures of Reality
Essays in Meta-Physics
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2011
880 kr
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In Basic Structures of Reality , Colin McGinn deals with questions of metaphysics, epistemology, and philosophy of mind from the vantage point of physics. Combining general philosophy with physics, he covers such topics as the definition of matter, the nature of space, motion, gravity, …
Meaning of Disgust
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2011
624 kr
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Disgust has a strong claim to be a distinctively human emotion. But what is it to be disgusting? What unifies the class of disgusting things? Colin McGinn sets out to analyze the content of disgust, arguing that life and death are implicit in its meaning. Disgust is a kind of philosophical emotion, …
Prehension
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2015
358 kr
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In praise of the hand: A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language. “McGinn is an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream.” —Steven Pinker This book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension , Colin McGinn …
Inborn Knowledge
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2016
396 kr
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An argument that nativism is true and important but mysterious, examining the particular case of ideas of sensible qualities. In this book, Colin McGinn presents a concise, clear, and compelling argument that the origins of knowledge are innate—that nativism, not empiricism, is correct in its …
Philosophical Provocations
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2017
411 kr
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Pithy, direct, and bold: essays that propose new ways to think about old problems, spanning a range of philosophical topics. In Philosophical Provocations , Colin McGinn offers a series of short, sharp essays that take on philosophical problems ranging from the concept of mind to paradox, altruism, …
Philosophy of Language
The Classics Explained
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2016
510 kr
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An introduction to philosophy of language through systematic and accessible explanations of ten classic texts by such thinkers as Frege, Kripke, Russell, and Putnam. Many beginning students in philosophy of language find themselves grappling with dense and difficult texts not easily understood by …
Power of Movies
How Screen and Mind Interact
Av Colin McGinn
E-bok, 2008
121 kr
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How is watching a movie similar to dreaming? What goes on in our minds when we become absorbed in a movie? How does looking “into” a movie screen allow us to experience the thoughts and feelings of a movie’s characters? These and related questions are at the heart of The Power of Movies, a …
Mysterious Flame
Conscious Minds in a Material World
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 2000
265 kr
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In recent years the nature of consciousness,our immediately known experiences,has taken its place as the most profound problem that science faces. Now in this brilliant and thoroughly accessible new book Colin McGinn takes a provocative position on this perplexing problem. Arguing that we can never …
Wittgenstein on Meaning, ASM Volume 1
An Interpretation and Evaluation
Av Colin McGinn
Häftad, 1987
606 kr
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A book examining and critically evaluating Ludwig Wittgenstein's views on meaning, understanding, and rules Wittgenstein on Meaning, ASM Volume 1, offers an in-depth interpretation of Wittgenstein's views regarding meaning, understanding and rules. Then, based upon this interpretation, the book …
