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John of the Cross and the Cognitive Value of Mysticism
An Analysis of Sanjuanist Teaching and its Philosophical Implications for Contemporary Discussions of Mystical Experience
Av S. Payne
Inbunden, 1990
1643 kr
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Among Anglo-American philosophers, interest in mysticism has typically been limited to the question of whether or not mystical and religious experi ences provide evidence for, or knowledge of, the existence and nature of God. Most authors conclude that they do not, because such experiences lack …
Augustus De Morgan and the Logic of Relations
Inbunden, 1990
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The middle years of the nineteenth century saw two crucial develop ments in the history of modern logic: George Boole's algebraic treat ment of logic and Augustus De Morgan's formulation of the logic of relations. The former episode has been studied extensively; the latter, hardly at all. This is …
Averroes’ Questions in Physics
Inbunden, 1990
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overall title and the commentary of Narboni, but in which the treatise is given a close association rath De Substantia Orbis VII, which immedi ately follows it in the text. This third version is the sole case in which a Hebrew translator can be named: the translation was made by Todros Todrosi in …
Logic of Gersonides
A Translation of Sefer ha-Heqqesh ha-Yashar (The Book of the Correct Syllogism) of Rabbi Levi ben Gershom with Introduction, Commentary, and Analytical Glossary
Inbunden, 1991
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Levi ben Gershom (Gersonides, 1288-1344), medieval Jewry's boldest philosopher and scientist, emerges from this study as an impressive figure in the history of logic. Profoundly disturbed by the many "mistakes" he found in Averroes' paraphrase of the "Prior Analytics", the yound Gersonides wrote …
De Motu and the Analyst
A Modern Edition, with Introductions and Commentary
Av G. Berkeley
Inbunden, 1991
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Berkeley's philosophy has been much studied and discussed over the years, and a growing number of scholars have come to the realization that scientific and mathematical writings are an essential part of his philosophical enterprise. The aim of this volume is to present Berkeley's two most important …
Contingency and Freedom
Lectura I 39
Av Anthonie Vos Jaczn., Henri Veldhuis m. fl.
Inbunden, 1994
1098 kr
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During the seventies, there was a revival of systematic philosophy in general and of ontology in particular. At the same time, especially in Anglo-Saxon thinking, systematic philosophy interacted very creatively with the history of medieval philosophy. It seems to us that the work of John Duns …
Logic of Essentialism
An Interpretation of Aristotle’s Modal Syllogistic
Av P. Thom
Inbunden, 1996
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Aristotle's modal syllogistic has been an object of study ever since the time of Theophrastus; but these studies (apart from an intense flowering in the Middle Ages) have been somewhat desultory. Remarkably, in the 1990s several new lines of research have appeared, with series of original …
Significance of Beauty
Kant on Feeling and the System of the Mind
Inbunden, 1997
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In the Critique of Judgment, Kant argues that feeling is part of the system of the mind. Judgments of taste based on feeling are a unique kind of judgment, and the feeling that is their foundation forms an independent third power of the mind. Feeling has a special role within this system in that it …
Moment of Change
A Systematic History in the Philosophy of Space and Time
Av N. Strobach
Inbunden, 1998
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This book is a systematic history of one of the oldest problems in the philosophy of space and time: How is the change from one state to its opposite to be described? To my knowledge it is the first comprehensive book providing information about and analysis of texts on this topic throughout the …
Emotions in Hellenistic Philosophy
Av J. Sihvola, T. Engberg-Pedersen
Inbunden, 1998
1643 kr
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Discussions about the nature of the emotions in Hellenistic philosophy have aroused intense scholarly interest over the last few years. The topics covered by the essays in this volume range from the classical background of Hellenistic theories, through debates on emotion in the major Hellenistic …
Piety, Peace, and the Freedom to Philosophize
Av P.J. Bagley
Inbunden, 1999
1643 kr
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The 11 essays collected here have been composed by members of the North American Spinoza Society. They exhibit the fruits of the research, investigation and erudition of an array of established scholars and newer students whose interpretations of Spinoza's philosophical doctrines are receiving …
Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge
Av Maren Kusch
Inbunden, 2000
1098 kr
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This volume brings together a number of authors that see themselves as contribu tors to, or critical commentators on, a new field that has recently emerged within the sociology of knowledge. This new field is 'the Sociology of Philosophical Knowledge' (SPK). Studying philosophers and their …
Medieval Formal Logic
Obligations, Insolubles and Consequences
Inbunden, 2000
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Central topics in medieval logic are here treated in a way that is congenial to the modern reader, without compromising historical reliability. The achievements of medieval logic are made available to a wider philosophical public then the medievalists themselves. The three genres of logica moderna …
Aquinas’s Philosophical Commentary on the Ethics
A Historical Perspective
Av J.C. Doig
Inbunden, 2001
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Is Aquinas's Sententia libri Ethicorum an interpretation of Aristotle based on `principles of Christian ethics'? Or do we have in that work a presentation of the foundation of Aquinas's moral philosophy? Professor Doig answers these questions through an examination of the historical context within …
Logical Grammar of Abelard
Av R. Pinzani
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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Abelard was one of the foremost protagonists of the "12th-century Renaissance". He followed Boethius, resuming the activity of commenting on Aristotle's works. This book focuses on the logical-grammatical analysis of natural language, which for Abelard is a fragment of "scientific Latin". Tools of …
Structure of Being in Aristotle’s Metaphysics
Av Jiyuan Yu
Inbunden, 2003
1098 kr
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In his Metaphysics, Aristotle claims that he is seeking to establish a science of being. Being, at the most general level, is divided by Aristotle into the following four types: 1. Accidental being 2. Being as truth 3. Potential/actual being l 4. Per se being Per se (kath hauto) being can also be …
Medieval Heritage in Early Modern Metaphysics and Modal Theory, 1400–1700
Av R.L. Friedman, L.O. Nielsen
Inbunden, 2003
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On the most basic level, the articles brought together in the present volume aim to contribute to the charting of the (often subtle) links between the medieval and early modern periods in the fields of metaphysics, philosophical theology, and modal theory. In selecting this line of inquiry the …
Philosophical Languages in the Seventeenth Century
Dalgarno, Wilkins, Leibniz
Av Jaap Maat
Inbunden, 2004
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This book discusses three linguistic projects carried out in the seventeenth century: the artificial languages created by Dalgamo and Wilkins, and Leibniz's uncompleted scheme. It treats each of the projects as self contained undertakings, which deserve to be studied and judged in their own right. …
Feminist Reflections on the History of Philosophy
Av Lilli Alanen, Charlotte Witt
Inbunden, 2004
1098 kr
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Feminist work in the history of philosophy has come of age as an innovative field in the history of philosophy. This volume marks that accomplishment with original essays by leading feminist scholars who ask basic questions: What is distinctive of feminist work in the history of philosophy? Is …
Knowledge and Demonstration
Aristotle’s Posterior Analytics
Av Orna Harari
Inbunden, 2004
1098 kr
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This study explores the theoretical relationship between Aristotle’s theory of syllogism and his conception of demonstrative knowledge. More specifically, I consider why Aristotle’s theory of demonstration presupposes his theory of syllogism. In reconsidering the relationship between Aristotle’s …
Moral Philosophy on the Threshold of Modernity
Inbunden, 2005
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Over the past twenty years the transition from the late Middle Ages to the early modern era has received increasing attention from experts in the history of philosophy. In part, this new interest arises from claims, made in literature aimed at a less specialist readership, that this transition was …
Leibniz and the Natural World
Activity, Passivity and Corporeal Substances in Leibniz's Philosophy
Inbunden, 2005
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In the present book, Pauline Phemister argues against traditional Anglo-American interpretations of Leibniz as an idealist who conceives ultimate reality as a plurality of mind-like immaterial beings and for whom physical bodies are ultimately unreal and our perceptions of them illusory. Re-reading …
Transformations in Medieval and Early-Modern Rights Discourse
Av Virpi Mäkinen, Petter Korkman
Inbunden, 2005
1692 kr
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Rights language is a fundamental feature of the modern world. Virtually all significant social and political struggles are waged, and have been waged for over a century now, in terms of rights claims. In some ways, it is precisely the birth of modern rights language that ushers in modernity in …
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The Art of Controversies
Inbunden, 2006
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Leibniz is known to the wide public and to many scholars mainly as a logician and mathematician, and as the creator of a fascinating but strange metaphysical system. In these, as well as in other fields, his remarkable innovations were achieved by painstaking efforts to establish a fruitful …
Leibniz and the English-Speaking World
Av Pauline Phemister, Stuart Brown
Inbunden, 2007
1098 kr
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These essays comprise a first attempt to assess overall the attention awarded to Leibniz’s philosophy in the English-speaking world in his own time and up to the present day. In addition to an introductory overview there are fourteen original and previously unpublished essays considering Leibniz’s …
Possibility, Agency, and Individuality in Leibniz's Metaphysics
Inbunden, 2007
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Leibniz’s notion of possibility is one of his most significant contributions to philosophy as well as one of the cornerstones of his metaphysics. This work attempts to bring out the intrinsic subtlety of Leibniz’s approach to possibility and to explore some of its important repercussions in his …
Virtue, Liberty, and Toleration
Political Ideas of European Women, 1400-1800
Av Jacqueline Broad, Karen Green
Inbunden, 2007
1130 kr
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This volume serves as an introduction to a rich and as yet under-explored period in the history of women's ideas. The volume provides a partial insight into the richness and complexity of women's political ideas in the centuries prior to the French Revolution. The essays in this collection examine …
Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz
The Art of Controversies
Häftad, 2008
2406 kr
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Leibniz is known to the wide public and to many scholars mainly as a logician and mathematician, and as the creator of a fascinating but strange metaphysical system. In these, as well as in other fields, his remarkable innovations were achieved by painstaking efforts to establish a fruitful …
Ancient Philosophy of the Self
Av Pauliina Remes, Juha Sihvola
Inbunden, 2008
1642 kr
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Pauliina Remes and Juha Sihvola In the course of history, philosophers have given an impressive variety of answers to the question, “What is self?” Some of them have even argued that there is no such thing at all. This volume explores the various ways in which selfhood was approached and …
Infinity in Early Modern Philosophy
Av Ohad Nachtomy, Reed Winegar
Häftad, 2018
989 kr
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This volume contains essays that examine infinity in early modern philosophy. The essays not only consider the ways that key figures viewed the concept. They also detail how these different beliefs about infinity influenced major philosophical systems throughout the era. These domains include …
