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Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
With Selections from the Objections and Replies
Häftad, 2017
286 kr
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Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy remains one of the most widely studied works of Western philosophy. This volume is a refreshed and updated edition of John Cottingham's bestselling 1996 edition, based on his translation in the acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical …
How Can I Believe?
A Little Book Of Guidance
Häftad, 2018
76 kr
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Why do we exist? Is there a God? What's the point of it all? These are some of the questions that all thinking people ask at some point in their lives.John Cottingham explores the whys and wherefores that lead people to become believers.ContentsThe starting point Why want to believe in the first …
The Humane Perspective
Philosophical Reflections on Human Nature, the Search for Meaning, and the Role of Religion
Inbunden, 2024
1062 kr
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The book brings together fourteen essays from the work of John Cottingham on moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion spanning the past fifteen years. The papers are closely related in so far as they all deal with the perennial moral and spiritual challenges of human existence, and the …
Cartesian Reflections
Essays on Descartes''s Philosophy
E-bok, 2008
1247 kr
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John Cottingham explores central areas of Descartes''s rich and wide-ranging philosophical system, including his accounts of thought and language, of freedom and action, of our relationship to the animal domain, and of human morality and the conduct of life. He also examines ways in which his …
Mind, Method, and Morality
Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny
Av Peter Hacker, John Cottingham
E-bok, 2010
1632 kr
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Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. …
Mind, Method, and Morality
Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny
Av Peter Hacker, John Cottingham
E-bok, 2010
1632 kr
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Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. …
The Rationalists
Häftad, 1988
781 kr
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The seventeenth century saw a fundamental shift in our ways of thinking about ourselves and the universe. The reassuring medieval view of an earth-centred cosmos designed expressly for the benefit of mankind had been steadily eroded; yet at the same time there emerged a new optimism about the …
Reason, Will, and Sensation
Studies in Descartes' Metaphysics
Inbunden, 1994
2444 kr
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This collection of fourteen essays, all published here for the first time, offers a stimulating reassessment of the central theme of Descartes' metaphysics. The first section examines Descartes' place in the history of philosophy and his unique influence in shaping the nature of philosophical …
Descartes
Häftad, 1998
832 kr
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This latest volume in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on Descartes' philosophy to have appeared in the last fifty years, edited by the renowned Descartes specialist Professor John Cottingham. A lucid introduction by the …
Humane Perspective
Philosophical Reflections on Human Nature, the Search for Meaning, and the Role of Religion
E-bok, 2024
1064 kr
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The book brings together fourteen essays from the work of John Cottingham on moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion spanning the past fifteen years. The papers are closely related in so far as they all deal with the perennial moral and spiritual challenges of human existence, and the …
Humane Perspective
Philosophical Reflections on Human Nature, the Search for Meaning, and the Role of Religion
E-bok, 2024
1064 kr
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The book brings together fourteen essays from the work of John Cottingham on moral philosophy and the philosophy of religion spanning the past fifteen years. The papers are closely related in so far as they all deal with the perennial moral and spiritual challenges of human existence, and the …
Cartesian Reflections
Essays on Descartes's Philosophy
Inbunden, 2008
1940 kr
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John Cottingham explores central areas of Descartes's rich and wide-ranging philosophical system, including his accounts of thought and language, of freedom and action, of our relationship to the animal domain, and of human morality and the conduct of life. He also examines ways in which his …
Mind, Method, and Morality
Essays in Honour of Anthony Kenny
Av John Cottingham, Peter Hacker
Inbunden, 2010
1932 kr
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Sir Anthony Kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time. In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibility. …
Partiality and Impartiality
Morality, Special Relationships, and the Wider World
Av Brian Feltham, John Cottingham m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1940 kr
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Issues of impartiality and partiality are a major focus of debate in moral theory. What demands do the needs and interests of others place upon us? Should our personal relationships and commitments have a special place in our moral deliberations? Or, in as much as we are moral, should we be …
On the Meaning of Life
Inbunden, 2002
2512 kr
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The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is one of the most fascinating, oldest and most difficult questions human beings have ever posed themselves. In an increasingly secularized culture, it remains a question to which we are ineluctably and powerfully drawn.Drawing skillfully on a wealth of …
On the Meaning of Life
Häftad, 2002
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648 kr
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The question 'What is the meaning of life?' is one of the most fascinating, oldest and most difficult questions human beings have ever posed themselves. In an increasingly secularized culture, it remains a question to which we are ineluctably and powerfully drawn.Drawing skillfully on a wealth of …
Cambridge Companion to Descartes
E-bok, 1992
587 kr
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Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes'' …
René Descartes: Meditations on First Philosophy
With Selections from the Objections and Replies
Av Rene Descartes, John Cottingham
Inbunden, 2013
1384 kr
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Descartes's Meditations on First Philosophy, published in Latin in 1641, is one of the most widely studied philosophical texts of all time, and inaugurates many of the key themes that have remained central to philosophy ever since. In his original Latin text Descartes expresses himself with great …
Descartes: Selected Philosophical Writings
Av René Descartes, John Cottingham m. fl.
Häftad, 1988
515 kr
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Based on the new and much acclaimed two-volume Cambridge edition of The Philosophical Writings of Descartes by Cottingham, Stoothoff and Murdoch, this anthology of essential texts contains the most important and widely studied of those writings, including the Discourse and Meditations and …
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes
Inbunden, 1992
1145 kr
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Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' …
The Cambridge Companion to Descartes
Häftad, 1992
474 kr
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Descartes occupies a position of pivotal importance as one of the founding fathers of modern philosophy; he is, perhaps the most widely studied of all philosophers. In this authoritative collection an international team of leading scholars in Cartesian studies present the full range of Descartes' …
The Philosophical Writings of Descartes: Volume 3, The Correspondence
Av René Descartes, John Cottingham m. fl.
Häftad, 1991
688 kr
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Volumes I and II provide a completely new translation of the philosophical works of Descartes, based on the best available Latin and French texts. Volume III contains 207 of Descartes' letters, over half of which have not been translated into English before. It incorporates, in its entirety, …
Philosophy and the Good Life
Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics
Inbunden, 1998
1286 kr
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Can philosophy enable us to lead better lives through a systematic understanding of our human nature? John Cottingham's thought-provoking 1998 study examines the contrasting approaches to this problem found in three major phases of Western philosophy. Starting with the attempts of Plato, Aristotle …
Philosophy and the Good Life
Reason and the Passions in Greek, Cartesian and Psychoanalytic Ethics
Häftad, 1998
455 kr
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Can philosophy enable us to lead better lives through a systematic understanding of our human nature? John Cottingham's thought-provoking 1998 study examines the contrasting approaches to this problem found in three major phases of Western philosophy. Starting with the attempts of Plato, Aristotle …
Descartes' Meditations
Background Source Materials
Av Rene Descartes, Roger Ariew m. fl.
Inbunden, 1998
1710 kr
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No single text could be considered more important in the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material to this magisterial philosophical text has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of …
Descartes' Meditations
Background Source Materials
Av Rene Descartes, Roger Ariew m. fl.
Häftad, 1998
878 kr
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No single text could be considered more important in the history of philosophy than Descartes' Meditations. This unique collection of background material to this magisterial philosophical text has been translated from the original French and Latin. The texts gathered here illustrate the kinds of …
The Spiritual Dimension
Religion, Philosophy and Human Value
Häftad, 2005
413 kr
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The Spiritual Dimension offers a new model for the philosophy of religion, bringing together emotional and intellectual aspects of our human experience, and embracing practical as well as theoretical concerns. It shows how a religious worldview is best understood not as an isolated set of …
In Search of the Soul
A Philosophical Essay
Inbunden, 2020
204 kr
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How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters todayThe concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold …
In Search of the Soul
A Philosophical Essay
E-bok, 2020
196 kr
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How our beliefs about the soul have developed through the ages, and why an understanding of it still matters today The concept of the soul has been a recurring area of exploration since ancient times. What do we mean when we talk about finding our soul, how do we know we have one, and does it hold …
