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Wittgenstein's Religious Point of View
Av Tim Labron
Häftad, 2013
561 kr
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Wittgenstein once said, 'I cannot help seeing every problem from a religious point of view'. However, since he never advocated any one religion many people have wondered just what this religious point of view could be. This book answers this question by clarifying the overall nature(s) of his …
Utilitarian Philosophy and Politics
Bentham's Later Years
Häftad, 2013
561 kr
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Exploring the life, work and ideas of the great 19th century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, this study takes a unique look at his intellectual project from the point of view of the development of his political thought and later reassessment of his own ideas. Placing Bentham's work in its …
Hume's Theory of Causation
Häftad, 2008
561 kr
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Causation has always been a central topic in the history of philosophy. Many theories causation have been advanced, but not one has approached anything like general acceptance. Yet the concept of causation is prevalent in many areas of contemporary philosophy: there are the causal theories of …
David Hume and the Problem of Other Minds
Av Anik Waldow
Inbunden, 2009
2280 kr
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This important new monograph presents a non-sceptical outlook on Hume's "Treatise" by analysing the hitherto neglected role of the belief in other minds. The problem of other minds has widely been considered as a special problem within the debate about scepticism. If one cannot be sure that there …
Idealist Political Philosophy
Pluralism and Conflict in the Absolute Idealist Tradition
Av Colin Tyler
Häftad, 2010
561 kr
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The central claim of this book is that previous scholars have not appreciated the depths and complexities of the relationships between British idealist radicalism and the earlier idealist tradition of Kant, Fichte, Hegel and Carlyle. Colin Tyler explores two recurring themes: the first is that the …
Wittgenstein at His Word
Inbunden, 2004
2564 kr
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Wittgenstein's work is notoriously difficult to understand and, at least superficially, deals almost exclusively with obscure and technical problems in logic and the philosophy of language. He has been blamed for leading philosophers away from the problems of the real world. Wittgenstein, however, …
Doing Austin Justice
The Reception of John Austin's Philosophy of Law in Nineteenth Century England
Inbunden, 2004
2555 kr
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John Austin was a towering presence in nineteenth-century English jurisprudence. He lived at the centre of the utilitarian movement in London during the 1820s and 1830s, and became its leading philosopher of law after Bentham's death (1832). Wilfrid E. Rumble's book analyzes Austin's work in its …
Idealist Political Philosophy
Pluralism and Conflict in the Absolute Idealist Tradition
Av Colin Tyler
Inbunden, 2006
2422 kr
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Many critics have portrayed absolute idealism as a dangerous, conservative and 'otherworldly' doctrine, an opressing philosophy based on speculative logic rather than empirical realities. In this book, Colin Tyler argues against each of these preconceptions, taking as his focus the philosophies of …
F. P. Ramsey
Critical Reassessments
Inbunden, 2004
2777 kr
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Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant people of his generation. He lived in an extraordinarily stimulating milieu, surrounded by figures such as Russell, Whitehead, Keynes, Moore, and Wittgenstein. Ramsey's highly original papers …
Utilitarian Philosophy and Politics
Bentham's Later Years
Inbunden, 2011
2138 kr
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Exploring the life, work and ideas of the great 19th Century utilitarian philosopher Jeremy Bentham, this study takes a unique look at his intellectual project from the point of view of the development of his political thought and later reassessment of his own ideas. Placing Bentham's work in its …
Boyle on Fire
The Mechanical Revolution in Scientific Explanation
Inbunden, 2004
2564 kr
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The philosophy of Robert Boyle (1627-1691) is of great importance in the early modern period. Boyle was at the centre of the scientific community of 17th-century England, and an accurate view of the Enlightenment scientific revolution is impossible without recognition of the contributions that he …
Russell's Theory of Perception
Av Sajahan Miah
Inbunden, 2006
2422 kr
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In Russell's Theory of Perception, Sajahan Miah re-examines and evaluates the development of Russell's concept of perception and the relation of perception to our knowledge of the external world. With the introduction of logical construction (in which physical objects are constructed from actual …
Iris Murdoch's Ethics
A Consideration of her Romantic Vision
Inbunden, 2007
2422 kr
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This book will be of great value to philosophers, gender theorists, literary critics and others engaged with the questions of life's meaning and what a deepened understanding of it looks like. In "Iris Murdoch's Ethics: A Consideration of Her Romantic Vision", Megan Laverty draws upon the tradition …
Berkeley and Irish Philosophy
Av David Berman
Inbunden, 2005
2423 kr
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The first essay in David Berman's new collection examines the full range of Berkeley's achievement, looking not only at his classic works of 1709-1713, but also Alciphron (1732) and his final book, the enigmatic Siris (1744). The book also examines a key problem in Berkeley's New Theory of Vision …
Hume's Theory of Causation
Inbunden, 2006
2138 kr
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This is a brilliant new interpretation of one of the most famous, and yet one of the most puzzling, theories in the history of philosophy - David Hume's account of what a 'cause' is. Laying new emphasis on the connections between Hume's theories of cause, space and time, morals, and aesthetics, it …
Early Wittgenstein on Religion
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Many have observed how Wittgenstein's later philosophy illuminates the philosophy of religion. Rarely, however, have they paid attention to his early philosophy. Those who have argued that Wittgenstein refuted his early positions in his later work. This book proves otherwise. The proof is found in …
Rethinking Mill's Ethics
Character and Aesthetic Education
Av Colin Heydt
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Discussion of John Stuart Mill's ethics has been dominated by concern with right and wrong action as determined by the principle of utility. Colin Heydt's book unearths the rich context of moral and socio-political debate that Mill did not have to make explicit to his Victorian readers, in order to …
Thomas Hobbes and the Politics of Natural Philosophy
Inbunden, 2004
2423 kr
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In 1625, Charles I inherited not only his father's crown, but also his desire to run the country without interference from Parliament. But many members of Parliament opposed the King on issues of taxation, religion and the royal prerogative. It was in this historical context that Hobbes presented a …
Berkeley's Philosophy of Spirit
Consciousness, Ontology and the Elusive Subject
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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This book tackles some of the deepest problems in Berkeley's philosophy by providing a fresh interpretation of Berkeley's core ontological doctrines and their relationship to his views about self-consciousness. Berkeley, the author argues, is led to adopt a new model of self-consciousness because …
Francis Bacon and the Limits of Scientific Knowledge
Inbunden, 2006
2572 kr
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While Francis Bacon continues to be considered the 'father' of modern experimental science, his writings are no longer given close attention by most historians and philosophers of science, let alone by scientists themselves. In this new book Dennis Desroches speaks up loudly for Bacon, showing how …
Philosophy of Herbert Spencer
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Herbert Spencer (1820-1903) is remembered today only as an alleged Social Darwinist who applied the theory of the survival of the fittest to society. Yet he was among the most influential and widely-read philosophers of the nineteenth century. There were few Victorian thinkers and scientists who …
Wittgenstein and Ethical Inquiry
Inbunden, 2007
2130 kr
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While commentators have sometimes taken up the question of Wittgenstein's view of ethics, none has offered a sustained treatment of what positive contributions Wittgenstein has yet to offer contemporary ethics. In this important new book, Jeremy Wisnewski argues that Wittgenstein, though himself …
John Stuart Mill's Political Philosophy
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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In the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the philosophy of John Stuart Mill has never been more relevant. Can we reconcile individual liberty with the demands of the common good? Mill's central concern was to modify the Utilitarian ethical theory of Jeremy Bentham and his …
Thomas Reid's Ethics
Moral Epistemology on Legal Foundations
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Thomas Reid (1710-96) was one of the most daring and original thinkers of the eighteenth century. His work became the cornerstone of the Scottish School of Common Sense Philosophy, and was highly influential in nineteenth-century America; it also anticipated the thinking of such twentieth-century …
Bertrand Russell's Ethics
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Bertrand Russell was not only one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, he was also a humanitarian and activist who fought for many moral, social, and political causes. During his lifetime, the general public knew him for his activism and popular works, in which he tackled such …
Russell and Wittgenstein on the Nature of Judgement
Inbunden, 2007
2138 kr
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In 1911, Bertrand Russell began a historically formative interchange about the nature of logic and cognition with his student, Ludwig Wittgenstein. In 1913, Russell set to work on a manuscript, the "Theory of Knowledge", designed to move from the analysis of perception to judgement and on to …
Wittgenstein and the Theory of Perception
Av Justin Good
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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In this study of Wittgenstein's later work on the philosophy of psychology, his cryptic remarks on visual meaning and the analysis of the concept of perception are used as a basis for a new approach to the philosophical study of perception. Justin Good analyses a host of issues in contemporary …
Popper, Objectivity and the Growth of Knowledge
Inbunden, 2007
2138 kr
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John H. Sceski argues that Karl Popper's philosophy offers a radical treatment of objectivity that can reconcile freedom and progress in a manner that preserves the best elements of the Enlightenment tradition. His book traces the development of Popper's account of objectivity by examining his …
Coherence of Hobbes's Leviathan
Civil and Religious Authority Combined
Av Eric Brandon
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Seventeenth-century Europe witnessed intense and widespread political and sectarian strife. In England, these conflicts led to the Civil War, the execution of Charles I, the restoration of Charles II, and the Glorious Revolution. Just before and during the English Civil War of the 1640s, Thomas …
Wittgenstein's Religious Point of View
Av Tim Labron
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Wittgenstein once said, "I cannot help seeing every problem from a 'religious point of view'. "However, since he never advocated any one religion many people have wondered just what this religious point of view could be. This book answers this question by clarifying the overall nature(s) of his …
