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From Plato to Wittgenstein
Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe
Av G.E.M. Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Häftad, 2011
263 kr
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More treasures from the archive of papers left by philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, edited by her daughter and son-in-law, philosophers Mary Geach and Luke Gormally. This volume collects a number of published and unpublished papers by Elizabeth Anscombe in which she engages with the thought of major …
Faith in a Hard Ground
Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Av G.E.M. Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
263 kr
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Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics published in 2005.
Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Av John Haldane
Inbunden, 2019
578 kr
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This volume in the St Andrews series contains a collection of essays from leading authors regarding the work of Elizabeth Anscombe, in particular issues in mind and metaphysics, and can be considered a partner work to 2016's The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (also published by Imprint …
Life and Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Av John Haldane
Häftad, 2019
570 kr
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This volume in the St Andrews series contains a collection of essays from leading authors regarding the work of Elizabeth Anscombe, in particular issues in mind and metaphysics, and can be considered a partner work to 2016's The Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe (also published by Imprint …
Relativism and the Foundations of Liberalism
Av Graham Long
Inbunden, 2004
435 kr
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Moral relativism is often regarded as both fatally flawed and incompatible with liberalism. This book aims to show why such criticism is misconceived. First, it argues that relativism provides a plausible account of moral justification. Drawing on the contemporary relativist and universalist …
Human Life, Action and Ethics
Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe
Av G.E.M. Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Inbunden, 2005
905 kr
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This volume presents a collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Utility
Happiness in Philosophical and Economic Thought
Av Charles Kenny, Anthony Kenny m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
491 kr
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A volume on the nature, ingredients, causes and consequences of human happiness by the father and son team of Anthony and Charles Kenny. The book is an updating of Johnson's famous lines: 'How small of all that human hearts endure That part which laws or kings can cause or cure! Still to ourselves …
Human Life, Action and Ethics
Essays by G.E.M. Anscombe
Av G.E.M. Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Häftad, 2006
263 kr
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This volume presents a collection of essays by the celebrated philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe. This collection includes papers on human nature and practical philosophy, together with the classic 'Modern Moral Philosophy'.
Sensibility and Sense
The Aesthetic Transformation of the Human World
Häftad, 2010
509 kr
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Aesthetic sensibility rests on perceptual experience and characterizes not only our experience of the arts but our experience of the world. Sensibility and Sense offers a philosophically comprehensive account of humans' social and cultural embeddedness encountered, recognized, and fulfilled as an …
Liberalism, Education and Schooling
Essays by T.M. McLaughlin
Av T.M. McLaughlin, David Carr m. fl.
Häftad, 2008
509 kr
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Terry McLaughlin's sudden death in 2006 deprived the academic world of a leading British philosopher of education, and the author himself of the opportunity to publish a planned synthesis of his work. This volume brings together a collection of his essays from a variety of leading journals. They …
Subjectivity and Being Somebody
Human Identity and Neuroethics
Häftad, 2008
509 kr
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This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological …
Faith in a Hard Ground
Essays on Religion, Philosophy and Ethics
Av G.E.M. Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
565 kr
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Elizabeth Anscombe's forthright philosophy speaks directly to many religious and ethical issues of current concern.This collection of her essays forms a companion volume to the critically acclaimed Human Life, Action and Ethics published in 2005.
Subjectivity and Being Somebody
Human Identity and Neuroethics
Inbunden, 2008
578 kr
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This book uses a neo-Aristotelian framework to examine human subjectivity as an embodied being. It examines the varieties of reductionism that affect philosophical writing about human origins and identity, and explores the nature of rational subjectivity as emergent from our neurobiological …
Philosophy of Punishment
Häftad, 2012
498 kr
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The series St Andrews Studies in Philosophy and Public Affairs originates in the Centre for Ethics, Philosophy and Public Affairs, University of St Andrews and is under the general editorship of John Haldane. The series includes monographs, collections of essays and occasional anthologies of source …
Natural Law, Economics and the Common Good
Häftad, 2012
524 kr
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In the wake of the financial crisis of 2008 and ongoing debt-related troubles there have been widespread calls to put banking and economic activity on a secure ethical foundation, either by regulation or through voluntary reform. In this volume a distinguished set of authors explore various …
Social Radicalism and Liberal Education
Inbunden, 2015
1062 kr
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Liberal education used to command wide political support. Radicals disagreed with conservatives on whether the best culture could be appreciated by everyone, and they disagreed, too, on whether the barriers to understanding it were mainly social and economic, but there was no dispute that any …
Social Radicalism and Liberal Education
Häftad, 2015
570 kr
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Liberal education used to command wide political support. Radicals disagreed with conservatives on whether the best culture could be appreciated by everyone, and they disagreed, too, on whether the barriers to understanding it were mainly social and economic, but there was no dispute that any …
Logic, Truth and Meaning
Writings of G.E.M. Anscombe
Av G E M Anscombe, Mary Geach m. fl.
Häftad, 2015
292 kr
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This fourth and final volume of writings by Elizabeth Anscombe reprints her Introduction to Wittgenstein's Tractatus , together with a number of later essays on thought and language in which she explores issues of reason, representation, truth and existence. As with previous volumes this gathers …
Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Av Luke Gormally, David Albert Jones m. fl.
Häftad, 2016
558 kr
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Elizabeth Anscombe's 1958 essay 'Modern Moral Philosophy’ contributed to the transformation of the subject from the late 1960s, reversing the trend to assume that there is no intrinsic connection between facts, values, and reasons for action; and directing attention towards the category of virtues. …
Moral Philosophy of Elizabeth Anscombe
Av Luke Gormally, David Albert Jones m. fl.
Inbunden, 2016
1022 kr
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Art, Morality and Human Nature
Writings by Richard W. Beardsmore
Häftad, 2017
550 kr
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This collection brings together the text of the monograph Art and Morality by the philosopher Richard Beardsmore along with fourteen other essays (both published and previously unpublished) in which he explores further some of the themes of his seminal book. With the revival of interest among …
Philosophy and Its Public Role
Av John Haldane, William Aiken
Häftad, 2004
263 kr
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This brings together moral, social and political philosophers from Britain, Canada, New Zealand and the United States who explore a wide range of issues under the three headings of Philosophy, Society and Culture; Ethics, Economics and Justice; and Rights, Law and Punishment. The topics discussed …
Distributing Health Care
Principles, Practices and Politics
Häftad, 2007
271 kr
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How ought a society to distribute its publicly funded healthcare resources? Few questions are in more urgent need of an answer. This multidisciplinary investigation brings together the insights of philosophy, clinical science, health economics, operational research and public policy analysis.
Institution of Intellectual Values
Realism and Idealism in Higher Education
Häftad, 2007
208 kr
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This is a revised and expanded version of the much praised short book Universities: The Recovery of An Idea . It contains chapters on the history of universities; the value of university education; the nature of research; the management and funding of universities plus additional essays on such …
Landscape of Humanity
Art, Culture and Society
Häftad, 2008
258 kr
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The fourteen essays in this book develop a conception of human culture, which is humane and traditionalist. Focusing particularly on notions of beauty and the aesthetic, it sees within our culture intimations of the transcendent, and in two essays the nature of religion is directly addressed. A …
Liberalism, Education and Schooling
Essays by T.M. McLaughlin
Av T.M. McLaughlin, David Carr m. fl.
Inbunden, 2008
578 kr
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Terry McLaughlin's sudden death in 2006 deprived the academic world of a leading British philosopher of education, and the author himself of the opportunity to publish a planned synthesis of his work. This volume brings together a collection of his essays from a variety of leading journals. They …
Landscape of Humanity
Art, Culture and Society
Inbunden, 2008
578 kr
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The fourteen essays in this book develop a conception of human culture, which is humane and traditionalist. Focusing particularly on notions of beauty and the aesthetic, it sees within our culture intimations of the transcendent, and in two essays the nature of religion is directly addressed. A …
Understanding Faith
Religious Belief and Its Place in Society
Häftad, 2009
258 kr
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A philosophical discussion of religion and its place in society. The book will examine the nature of faith and of the attacks upon it; considering both external and internal criticism - from non-believers and between believers. Having clarified the character of faith and considered its intellectual …
Understanding Faith
Religious Belief and Its Place in Society
Inbunden, 2009
559 kr
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A philosophical discussion of religion and its place in society. The book will examine the nature of faith and of the attacks upon it; considering both external and internal criticism - from non-believers and between believers. Having clarified the character of faith and considered its intellectual …
