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Hegel's Rabble
An Investigation into Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Av Frank Ruda
Inbunden, 2011
2138 kr
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In Hegel's Rabble, Frank Ruda identifies and explores a crucial problem in the Hegelian philosophy of right that strikes at the heart of Hegel's conception of the state. This singular problem, which Ruda argues is the problem of Hegelian political thought, appears in Hegel's text only in a …
Spinoza and the Stoics
Power, Politics and the Passions
Häftad, 2010
561 kr
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This book examines Spinoza's moral and political philosophy and his engagement with Stoicism.Specifically it considers Spinoza's engagement with the themes of Stoicism and his significant contribution to the origins of the European Enlightenment. Firmin DeBrabander explores the problematic view of …
Postanalytic and Metacontinental
Crossing Philosophical Divides
Av Jack Reynolds, James Chase m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
2138 kr
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Analytic and Continental philosophy have become increasingly specialised and differentiated fields of endeavour. This important collection of essays details some of the more significant methodological and philosophical differences that have separated the two traditions, as well as examining the …
Art, Myth and Society in Hegel's Aesthetics
Av David James
Inbunden, 2009
2280 kr
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This is an important new monograph relating Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of religion and history and, in particular, his philosophy of right. "Art, Myth and Society in Hegel's Aesthetics" returns to the student transcripts of Hegel's lectures on aesthetics, some of which have never been …
Kant's Aesthetic Theory
The Beautiful and Agreeable
Av David Berger
Inbunden, 2009
2280 kr
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This is an important new monograph on an overlooked aspect of Kant's aesthetic theory, presenting an innovative approach to one of modern philosophy's greatest works. Taste is ordinarily thought of in terms of two very different idioms - a normative idiom of taste as a standard of appraisal and a …
Climate Change and Philosophy
Transformational Possibilities
Av Ruth Irwin
Inbunden, 2010
2138 kr
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This is a hugely important collection of essays that examines the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. "Climate Change and Philosophy" presents ten original essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the important contribution …
Postanalytic and Metacontinental
Crossing Philosophical Divides
Av Jack Reynolds, James Chase m. fl.
E-bok, 2010
589 kr
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Analytic and Continental philosophy have become increasingly specialised and differentiated fields of endeavour. This important collection of essays details some of the more significant methodological and philosophical differences that have separated the two traditions, as well as examining the …
St. Augustine and the Theory of Just War
Häftad, 2009
561 kr
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John Mark Mattox's work is the first book-length study of St Augustine's 'just war' theory and is now available in paperback for the first time.The decline of the Roman Empire gave rise to two problems, which combined to form one of the most perplexing philosophical questions of late antiquity.On …
Aesthetic in Kant
Av James Kirwan
Inbunden, 2006
2777 kr
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"A very serious undertaking by a scholar who has an excellent knowledge of Kant's philosophy. Kant's aesthetics is a hot topic right now, so this book will be of considerable interest to those in the field." - Donald Crawford, University of Southern California at Santa Barbara. "An alternative …
Aquinas and the Ship of Theseus
Solving Puzzles about Material Objects
Inbunden, 2005
2564 kr
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Thomas Aquinas has always been viewed as a highly important figure in Western civilization, and the chief philosopher of Roman Catholicism. In recent decades there has been a renewed interest in Aquinas's thought as scholars have been exploring the relevance of his thought to contemporary …
Spinoza's Radical Cartesian Mind
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Seventeenth-century Holland was a culture divided. Orthodox Calvinists, loyal to both scholastic philosophy and the quasi-monarchical House of Orange, saw their world turned upside down with the sudden death of Prince William II and no heir to take his place. The Republicans seized this opportunity …
St. Augustine of Hippo
The Christian Transformation of Political Philosophy
Av R.W. Dyson
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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St Augustine of Hippo was the earliest thinker to develop a distinctively Christian political and social philosophy. He does so mainly from the perspective of Platonism and Stoicism; but by introducing the biblical and Pauline conceptions of sin, grace and predestination he radically transforms the …
Thomas Aquinas & John Duns Scotus
Natural Theology in the High Middle Ages
Av Alex Hall
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus are arguably the most celebrated representatives of the 'Golden Age' of scholasticism. Primarily, they are known for their work in natural theology, which seeks to demonstrate tenets of faith without recourse to premises rooted in dogma or revelation. Scholars of …
Descartes and the Metaphysics of Human Nature
Av Justin Skirry, Justin Skirry
Inbunden, 2005
2423 kr
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The traditional account of mind/body union attributed to Descartes supposes that the immaterial, thinking mind and the material, non-thinking body interact by means of efficient causation - that the mind causes events in the body, e.g. the voluntary raising of an arm, and vice versa, e.g. the …
Rousseau's Theory of Freedom
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau has a claim to be ranked above even Karl Marx as the political philosopher who has most influenced everyday life. His much-read philosophy of education alone would qualify him for a high place, but his political theory is even more important: decisions affecting millions of …
Kierkegaard's Analysis of Radical Evil
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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For thousands of years philosophers and theologians have grappled with the problem of evil. Traditionally, evil has been seen as a weakness of sorts: the evil person is either ignorant (does not know the wrong being done), or weak-willed (is incapable of doing the right thing). But in the most …
History of Intentionality
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Franz Brentano (1838-1917) is almost unique as a forefather of both Analytic and Continental philosophy. His claim to fame is the reintroduction of intentionality (the 'aboutness' of consciousness) to the modern philosophy of mind. In the Analytic tradition this is treated as (or as closely akin …
Rousseau and the Ethics of Virtue
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Jean-Jacques Rousseau is an enigmatic figure in many ways. There is much debate about whether he was an advocate of the Enlightenment project or a critic of it. Sometimes Rousseau seems to be arguing against traditional values and hierarchies. But elsewhere he seems to be an enemy of progress …
Descartes' Theory of Ideas
Inbunden, 2007
2138 kr
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Descartes held that only ideas are immediately perceived, and that all ideas are really identical to mental states. Yet certain passages in the Meditations seem to assert that some extramental individuals -- the sun, for example, or a piece of wax -- can be immediately perceived (not by the senses, …
Aesthetic in Kant
Av James Kirwan
Häftad, 2006
1144 kr
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Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment is widely held to be the seminal work of modern aesthetics. In recent years it has been the focus of intense interest and debate not only in philosophy but also in literary theory and all disciplines concerned with the aesthetic. The Aesthetic in Kant is a …
St. Augustine and the Theory of Just War
Inbunden, 2006
2138 kr
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The decline of the Roman Empire gave rise to two problems, which combined to form one of the most perplexing philosophical questions of late antiquity. On the one hand, Rome found itself under constant military threat as various tribes from the north an east encroached along its borders to fill the …
Dialectic of Romanticism
Av Peter Murphy, David Roberts
Häftad, 2005
1144 kr
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Dialectic of Romanticism presents a radical new assessment of the aesthetic and philosophical history and future of modernity. An exploration of the internal critique of modernism treats romanticism (later historicism and post-modernism) as central to the development of European modernism alongside …
Philosophy of Miracles
Av David Corner
Inbunden, 2007
2423 kr
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Philosophers who wish to argue for the rationality of belief in God frequently employ a 'god-of-the-gaps' strategy. This strategy consists in trying to find a phenomenon that cannot be explained by natural science, and insisting that it can be explained only by reference to the activity of God. …
Role of God in Spinoza's Metaphysics
Inbunden, 2007
2138 kr
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Baruch Spinoza began his studies in the Jewish community of seventeenth century Amsterdam by learning Hebrew and the Talmud, only to be excommunicated at the age of twenty-four for supposed heresy. Because of his radical transformation of the concept of God, he has been characterized, on the one …
Demands of Taste in Kant's Aesthetics
Av Brent Kalar
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Typically philosophers have either viewed beauty as objective and judgments of beauty as universally valid, or else they have viewed beauty as subjective and regarded judgments of beauty as merely private preferences. Immanuel Kant is famous for his unique third path. Kant argues that beauty is …
Nietzsche and the Greeks
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Dale Wilkerson's book shows how, like many of his contemporaries, Nietzsche looked to the Greeks in an attempt to alleviate Europe's woes. His work in this area resembles that of the cultural anthropologist who uncovers formal differences in social manners that might explain the development of …
Analytic Philosophy: The History of an Illusion
Inbunden, 2007
2138 kr
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One would expect that so successful and controversial a philosophical school as analytic philosophy would have a clear platform of substantive philosophical views. However, this is not so. For at least 30 years, analytic philosophy has consisted in an increasingly loose and variable amalgam of …
Popper's Theory of Science
An Apologia
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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Popper's theory of science has been widely misunderstood and poorly represented in the literature on philosophy of science, over the last three decades. This book discusses the main issues in Popper's theory of science and, after giving a careful characterization of each issue, examines the main …
Leibniz Re-interpreted
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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"Leibniz Re-interpreted" tackles head on the central idea in Leibniz's philosophy, namely that we live in the best of all possible worlds. Strickland argues that Leibniz's theory has been consistently misunderstood by previous commentators. In the process Strickland provides both an elucidation and …
Platonism, Music and the Listener's Share
Inbunden, 2006
2423 kr
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What is a musical work? What are its identity-conditions and the standards (if any) that they set for a competent, intelligent, and musically perceptive act of performance or audition? Should the work-concept henceforth be dissolved as some New Musicologists would have it into the various, …
