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Legare Street Press Early Days in Llano
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Legare Street Press A Companion to Platos Republic for English
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Legare Street Press The Black Book of Warwick
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Legare Street Press History of the Town of Goshen Hampshire County
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Legare Street Press Historia Philosophiae Graecae Et Romanae
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Taylor & Francis Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical
Book SynopsisThis book presents a series of case studies and reflections on the historiographical assumptions, methods and approaches that shape the way in which philosophers construct their own past.The chapters in the volume advance discussion of the methods of historians of philosophy, while at the same time illustrating the various ways in which philosophical canons come into existence, debunking the myth of analytical philosophyâs ahistoricism and providing a deeper understanding of the roles historiographical devices play in philosophical thought. More importantly, the contributors attempt to understand history of philosophy in connection with other historical and historiographical approaches: contributors engage classical history of science, sociology of knowledge, history of psychology and historiography, in dialogue with historiographical practices in philosophy more narrowly construed. Additionally, select chapters adopt a more diverse perspective, by making place for non-Western approaches and for efforts to construe new philosophical narratives that do justice to the voice of women across the centuries.Historiography and the Formation of Philosophical Canons will be of interest to researchers and advanced students working in history of philosophy, meta-philosophy, philosophy of history, historiography, intellectual history and sociology of knowledge.
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of
Book SynopsisComprising 45 chapters, written especially for this volume by an international team of leading experts, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture is the first handbook of its kind. The editors have organized the chapters across eight broader sections: Artforms History Questions of form, style, and address Art and science Comparisons among the arts Questions of value Philosophers of art Institutional questions Individual topics include art and cognitive science, evolutionary origins of art, art and perception, pictorial realism, artistic taste, style, issues of race and gender, art and religion, art and philosophy, and the end of art. The work of selected philosophers is also discussed, including Diderot, Hegel, Ruskin, Gombrich, Goodman, Wollheim, and Danto. With an introduction from the editors and comprehensively indexed, The Routledge Companion to the Philosophies of Painting and Sculpture serves as a point of entry to the subject for a broad range of students as well as an up-to-date reference for scholars in the field.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd How to Localize Marxism in China
Book SynopsisThis book explores frontier issues concerning the localization of Marxism in China by examining historical processes, cultural implications, and contemporary perspectives on this process of indigenization.Emerging in the 1840s in Germany, Marxism has evolved from a German, European, and Western idea into a Chinese, Asian, and Eastern one. This title seeks to answer the question of how Marxism has been adapted to the Chinese context and how it migrated the regions. The first three chapters chart the history of the dissemination of Marxism to adapt to Chinese conditions across three periods revolutionary times before 1949, the period of socialist construction after 1949, and the reform and opening-up since 1978. The subsequent two chapters analyze the experience of the development of socialism with Chinese characteristics, featuring synergistic integration with traditional Chinese culture and the combining of the basic principles of Marxism and China''s real-life situation. ThTable of Contents1. Introduction: Localization and Marxism in Modern China 2. Localize Marxism with Chinese Revolution 3. Localize Marxism with Socialist Construction 4. Localize Marxism with Reform and Opening Up 5. Localize Marxism with Fine Traditional Chinese Culture 6. Localize Marxism with Theoretical Innovation 7. Outlook of Localization of Marxism
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Cambridge University Press Spinozas Critique of Religion and its Heirs
Book SynopsisBy situating Spinoza's thought in a materialist Aristotelian tradition, this book sheds new light on those who inherit Spinoza's thought and its consequences materially and historically rather than metaphysically.Trade Review'For Idit Dobbs-Weinstein, Spinoza is neither the secular liberal he is for Jonathan Israel and Steven Nadler, nor the anatomist of power he is for Antonio Negri and Michael Hardt. He is, rather, the first critical theorist. In support of this interpretation, she places Spinoza in a materialist tradition that privileges praxis over theoria. This tradition includes Aristotle, Averroes and Maimonides on the one hand, and Marx, Benjamin and Adorno on the other. At its centre is Spinoza's critique of religion, the political significance of which lies, for Dobbs-Weinstein, in the resistance to all forms of teleology rather than in the establishment of a public sphere.' Andrew Cutrofello, Loyola University, Chicago'This signal intervention demonstrates Spinoza's profound significance for Marx, Benjamin and Adorno. In a striking tour-de-force, Dobbs-Weinstein shows how many of the critical motives in Marx, Benjamin and Adorno gain their full thrust when seen in the context of the seminal role Spinoza plays in Marx and how the engaged and intense discussions between Benjamin and Adorno bear out the critical force of this legacy. Dobbs-Weinstein's book is an engagingly argued study that highlights the deep and hidden but decisive presence of Spinoza's thought in critical theory.' Willi Goetschel, University of TorontoTable of ContentsIntroduction: whose history, which politics?; 1. The theologico-political construction of the philosophical tradition; 2. The paradox of a perfect democracy: from Spinoza's Theologico-Political Treatise to Marx; 3. Judgment Day as repudiation: history and justice in Marx, Benjamin, and Adorno; 4. Destitute life and the overcoming of idolatry: dialectical image, archaic fetish in Benjamin's and Adorno's conversation; 5. Untimely timeliness: history, the possibility of experience, and critical praxis; Afterword: the possibility of political philosophy now.
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Cambridge University Press Kant and the Question of Theology
Book SynopsisGod is a problematic idea in Kant''s terms, but many scholars continue to be interested in Kantian theories of religion and the issues that they raise. In these new essays, scholars both within and outside Kant studies analyse Kant''s writings and his claims about natural, philosophical, and revealed theology. Topics debated include arguments for the existence of God, natural theology, redemption, divine action, miracles, revelation, and life after death. The volume includes careful examination of key Kantian texts alongside discussion of their themes from both constructive and analytic perspectives. These contributions broaden the scope of the scholarship on Kant, exploring the value of doing theology in consonance or conversation with Kant. It builds bridges across divides that often separate the analytic from the continental and the philosophical from the theological. The resulting volume clarifies the significance and relevance of Kant''s theology for current debates about the philTable of ContentsNotes on text quotations; Introduction Chris L. Firestone, Nathan A. Jacobs and James H. Joiner; Part I. Kant and God: 1. Practical cognition of God James J. DiCenso; 2. The birth of God and the problem of history Pablo Muchnik; 3. The Kantian Summum Bonum and the requirements of reason James H. Joiner; 4. Kant and experience of God David Bradshaw; Part II. Kant and Religion: 5. Religious assent and the question of theology Lawrence Pasternack; 6. Kant versus Christianity Leslie Stevenson; 7. Divine agency and divine action in Immanuel Kant William J. Abraham; 8. Kant and the problem of divine revelation Nathan A. Jacobs; Part III. Kant and Redemption: 9. What perfection demands Jacqueline Marina; 10. Atonement and grace in Kant Keith Yandell; 11. Christology … within the limits of reason alone? Thomas H. McCall; 12. Rational religious faith in a bodily resurrection Chris L. Firestone; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Hobbes and the Artifice of Eternity
Book SynopsisThomas Hobbes argues that the fear of violent death is the most reliable passion on which to found political society. His role in shaping the contemporary view of religion and honor in the West is pivotal, yet his ideas are famously riddled with contradictions. In this breakthrough study, McClure finds evidence that Hobbes' apparent inconsistencies are intentional, part of a sophisticated rhetorical strategy meant to make man more afraid of death than he naturally is. Hobbes subtly undermined two of the most powerful manifestations of man's desire for immortality: the religious belief in an afterlife and the secular desire for eternal fame through honor. McClure argues that Hobbes purposefully stirred up controversy, provoking his adversaries into attacking him and unwittingly spreading his message. This study will appeal to scholars of Hobbes, political theorists, historians of early modern political thought and anyone interested in the genesis of modern Western attitudes toward mortaTable of Contents1. The desire for immortality as a political problem; 2. The effectual truth of Hobbes's rhetoric; 3. Leviathan as a scientific work of art; 4. The hollow religion of Leviathan; 5. Hell and anxiety in Hobbes's Leviathan; 6. War, madness and death: the paradox of honor in Hobbes's Leviathan; 7. Self-interest rightly understood in Behemoth: the case of General Monck; 8. The afterlife and immortality.
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Cambridge University Press Hegel on Second Nature in Ethical Life
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Cambridge University Press Representation and Scepticism from Aquinas to
Book SynopsisIn this book Han Thomas Adriaenssen offers the first comparative exploration of the sceptical reception of representationalism in medieval and early modern philosophy. Descartes is traditionally credited with inaugurating a new kind of scepticism by saying that the direct objects of perception are images in the mind, not external objects, but Adriaenssen shows that as early as the thirteenth century, critics had already found similar problems in Aquinas's theory of representation. He charts the attempts of philosophers in both periods to grapple with these problems, and shows how in order to address the challenges of scepticism and representation, modern philosophers in the wake of Descartes often breathed new life into old ideas, remoulding them in ways that we are just beginning to understand. His book will be valuable for historians interested in the medieval background to early modern thought, and to medievalists looking at continuity with the early modern period.Trade Review'Adriaenssen's rich and detailed study, which carefully evaluates the extant literature (in English, German, French and Italian) and offers subtle interpretations of difficult texts, makes a real contribution to the research on medieval and early modern theories of cognition. It will be indispensable reading for students and scholars working on this topic.' Notre Dame Philosophical ReviewsTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. The Veil of Species: 1. Through species to the world. Aquinas and Henry of Ghent; 2. Perception without intermediaries. Olivi's critique of species; 3. Direct realism about perception and beyond. Auriol and Ockham; Part II. The Veil of Cartesian Ideas: 4. Transformations of Cartesianism. Malebranche and Arnauld; 5. Ideas and objects in Desgabets's radical Cartesianism; 6. The solid philosophy of John Sergeant; Part III. Representations and Scepticism: 7. From representation to object; 8. Criteriological problems; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Hegel and the Metaphysics of Absolute Negativity
Book SynopsisHegel's doctrines of absolute negativity and 'the Concept' are among his most original contributions to philosophy and they constitute the systematic core of dialectical thought. Brady Bowman explores the interrelations between these doctrines, their implications for Hegel's critical understanding of classical logic and ontology, natural science and mathematics as forms of 'finite cognition', and their role in developing a positive, 'speculative' account of consciousness and its place in nature. As a means to this end, Bowman also re-examines Hegel's relations to Kant and pre-Kantian rationalism, and to key post-Kantian figures such as Jacobi, Fichte and Schelling. His book draws from the breadth of Hegel's writings to affirm a robustly metaphysical reading of the Hegelian project, and will be of great interest to students of Hegel and of German Idealism more generally.Table of ContentsIntroduction. 'A completely altered view of logic'; 1. The Hegelian concept, absolute negativity, and the transformation of philosophical critique; 2. Hegel's complex relationship to 'pre-Kantian' metaphysics; 3. Hegelian skepticism and the 'idealism of the finite'; 4. Skeptical implications for the foundations of natural science; 5. The methodology of finite cognition and the ideal of mathematical rigor; 6. 'Die Sache Selbst' - absolute negativity and Hegel's speculative logic of content; 7. Absolute negation and the history of logic.
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Cambridge University Press From Humanism to Hobbes
Book SynopsisThe aim of this collection is to illustrate the pervasive influence of humanist rhetoric on early-modern literature and philosophy. The first half of the book focuses on the classical rules of judicial rhetoric. One chapter considers the place of these rules in Shakespeare''s The Merchant of Venice, while two others concentrate on the technique of rhetorical redescription, pointing to its use in Machiavelli''s The Prince as well as in several of Shakespeare''s plays, notably Coriolanus. The second half of the book examines the humanist background to the philosophy of Thomas Hobbes. A major new essay discusses his typically humanist preoccupation with the visual presentation of his political ideas, while other chapters explore the rhetorical sources of his theory of persons and personation, thereby offering new insights into his views about citizenship, political representation, rights and obligations and the concept of the state.Trade Review'In these beautifully crafted essays Skinner shows how Machiavelli, Shakespeare and Hobbes use the plenitude of rhetorical techniques of the humanist curriculum to craft persuasively the features of their different yet equally famous texts. Moreover, each confronts differently the chaos that ensues when these radically redescriptive techniques enter into the world they strive to characterise. A masterpiece.' James Tully, University of Victoria, British Columbia'In these brilliant essays, centered on Thomas Hobbes, Quentin Skinner presents political discourse as rhetoric, forensic and theatric. He shows how tactical maneuver established fictions which became analytical realities. A challenge and a step forward for political theorists and historians of early modern England and Europe.' J. G. A. Pocock, The Johns Hopkins University'Quentin Skinner is one of our greatest living humanists. He understands from within the classical tradition that nourished thinkers from Machiavelli to Hobbes and wields language with the force of a Renaissance rhetorician. In this timely work, he deepens his long-standing engagement with humanism and with Hobbes, expands his range to Shakespeare and Milton and sheds new light on the conceptual genealogies of virtue and liberty, representation and the state. From Humanism to Hobbes will be indispensable for intellectual historians, political theorists and early modernists alike.' David Armitage, Harvard University'Gathered as From Humanism to Hobbes: Studies in Rhetoric and Politics, these essays by Quentin Skinner add greatly to our understanding of the pedagogical and intellectual context in which Hobbes' extraordinary civil science took shape. Even more, though, they offer a masterclass in the particular method of recovering the history of political thought (often referred to as the 'Cambridge School') that has justly become synonymous with Skinner himself.' Sophia Rosenfeld, Walter H. Annenberg Professor of History, University of Pennsylvania'This is a sparkling collection of essays, elegantly constructed and written with grace and wit. It effortlessly affirms Quentin Skinner's standing as one of the leading historians and finest prose stylists of the day. Each essay considered singly illuminates and develops themes that have animated his recent work - whether the revival of the studia humanitatis and its effects, the visual representation of political ideas, rival conceptions of liberty and political representation, or the genealogy of the modern state - to sometimes striking and revisionary purpose. Considered as a whole, the collection will surely succeed in its design to persuade readers that the cultural shift 'from humanism to Hobbes' was by no means so long a march as has sometimes been supposed, even as it raises pointed questions about the long-run consequences of that shift for political understanding and for our collective well-being as citizens.' Tim Stanton, University of York'The book is more than the sum of its parts, but these parts are also each extremely valuable for their respective topics … Each chapter provides new insight, contributing to an overall impression of the importance of humanist education on the major figures of the Renaissance and Early Modern periods, including Shakespeare, Milton and Hobbes.' Joanne Paul, The English Historical Review'… [this] volume will stand the general reader and the specialist alike in good stead.' Victoria Kahn, Society'Skinner provides a masterful survey of these laws and institutions, including the canny and pragmatic use of religious observance to foster virtù among citizens.' Victoria Kahn, Springer journalsTable of ContentsList of illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of abbreviations and conventions; 1. Introduction; 2. Classical rhetoric and the personation of the state; 3. Machiavelli on misunderstanding princely virtù; 4. Judicial rhetoric in The Merchant of Venice; 5. Rhetorical redescription and its uses in Shakespeare; 6. The generation of John Milton at Cambridge; 7. Rethinking liberty in the English revolution; 8. Hobbes on civil conversation; 9. Hobbes on political representation; 10. Hobbes and the humanist frontispiece; 11. Hobbes on hereditary right; 12. Hobbes and the concept of the state; Bibliographies; Manuscript sources; Primary printed sources; Secondary sources; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsches Ethics
Book SynopsisThis Element discusses Nietzsche's ethics in his late works, from 1886 onwards. Explaining the basics of his ethical theory and exploring his goals in writing a history of Christian morality, it also takes a broader look, respectively, at Nietzsche's wider philosophy in light of his ethics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Nietzsche's ethics in outline; 2. Christian morality; 3. The square circle: Nietzsche's two conflicting strategies; 4. Morality, history and genealogy; 5. Nietzsche's history: the plot; 6. Does the history achieve its goals?; 7. Nietzsche beyond Nietzsche's ethics; Conclusion. The future of Nietzschean ethics?; Bibliography; Acknowledgements.
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Cambridge University Press Kants Early Critics on Freedom of the Will
Book SynopsisThis book makes lesser-known philosophical texts on freedom of the will after Kant available in English for the first time, and will provide a valuable foundation for further research on free will in post-Kantian philosophy.Trade Review'This is a fine collection that will help students and scholars understand the intricacies of Kant's multifaceted theory of freedom. When we see how Kant's own contemporaries debated some of the same interpretive and philosophical issues that we debate today, we get insight into the enduring appeal of Kant's approach. No philosopher before or since offered an examination of freedom as complicated and yet rewarding as Kant's, and here we can see his own contemporaries clashing over what Kant meant and how we humans are or are not free.' Frederick Rauscher, Michigan State UniversityTable of ContentsNote on the Edition and Translation; List of Abbreviations; Historical and Systematic Introduction; Chronology of the Translated Texts and Kant's Major Works; Part I. Freedom and Determinism: 1. Hermann Andreas Pistorius [Review:] 'Elucidations of Professor Kant's 'Critique of Pure Reason' by Joh. Schulze, Royal Prussian Court Chaplain. Königsberg: Dengel, 1784. 8, 254 pages.' 1786; 2. Johann August Heinrich Ulrich, Eleutheriology or On Freedom and Necessity, Jena 1788; 3. Christian Wilhelm Snell, On Determinism and Moral Freedom, Offenbach, 1789; 4. August Ludwig Christian Heydenreich, On Freedom and Determinism and their Compatibility, Erlangen 1793; Part II. Freedom and Imputability: 5. Carl Christian Erhard Schmid, Lexicon for the Easier Use of the Kantian Writings, 1788 (2nd Edition); 6. Carl Christian Erhard Schmid, Attempt at a Moral Philosophy, Jena 1790; 7. Johann Christoph Schwab, 'On the Two Kinds of I, and the Concept of Freedom in Kant's Ethics' Philosophisches Archiv 1(1) (1792), 69–80; 8. Johann Christoph Schwab, 'On Intelligible Fatalism in the Critical Philosophy' Philosophisches Archiv 2(2) (1794), 26–33; 9. Karl Leonhard Reinhold, Contributions to the Correction of Previous Misunderstandings of Philosophers: Volume II Concerning the Foundation of Philosophical Knowledge, Metaphysics, Ethics, Moral Religion, and Doctrine of Taste, Jena 1794; Part III: Freedom and Consciousness; 10. Ludwig Heinrich von Jakob, 'On Freedom', Berlin 1788; 11. Karl Heinrich Heydenreich, 'On Moral Freedom' Betrachtungen über die Philosophie der natürlichen Religion, Zweiter Band, Leipzig 1791, 56–69; 12. Johann Heinrich Abicht, 'On the Freedom of the Will' Neues Philosophisches Magazin. Ed. by J.H. Abicht and F.G. Born. Leipzig 1789. Vol. 1. Part I (III), 64–85; Part IV. Freedom and Skepticism: Leonhard Creuzer, Skeptical Reflections on Freedom of the Will with Respect to the Most Recent Theories on the Same, Giessen 1793; 13.Friedrich Carl Forberg, On the Grounds and Laws of Free Actions, Jena and Leipzig, 1795; 14. Johann Gottlieb Fichte, [Review:] 'Skeptical Reflections on Freedom of the Will with Respect to the Most Recent Theories on the Same by Leonhard Creuzer, 1793' ALZ 303 (1793), col. 201–205; 15. Salomon Maimon, 'The Moral Skeptic'; 16. Berlinisches Archiv der Zeit und ihres Geschmacks Volume II (1800), pp. 271–292; Part V. Freedom and Choice: Immanuel Kant, Preliminary Notes and Reflections to the Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals (before 1797); 17. Immanuel Kant, Introduction to the Metaphysics of Morals, 1797; 18. Karl Leonhard Reinhold, 'Some Remarks on the Concept of the Freedom of the Will, posed by I. Kant in the Introduction to the Metaphysical Foundations of the Doctrine of Right', 1797 Auswahl vermischter Schriften Volume II, Jena 1797, 364–400; 19. Friedrich Wilhelm Joseph Schelling, 'General Overview of the Most Recent Philosophical Literature' Philosophisches Journal, Vol. 7/2, Jena and Leipzig, 1797, 105–186; Appendix: Biographical Sketches.
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Cambridge University Press Georg Simmel and German Culture
Book SynopsisThrough penetrating interpretations of Georg Simmel's reflections on the essence of modernity and modern civilisation, this study places the German philosopher and social thinker's ideas on culture, education and civilisation within the context of intellectual life in Imperial Germany.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Bildung, Kultur, Crisis; 2. Unity in Variety; 3. Unity versus Variety; 4. Unity above Variety; Conclusion.
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Angela Carter and Western Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Companion to Virtue Ethics
Book SynopsisVirtue ethics is on the move both in Anglo-American philosophy and in the rest of the world. This volume uniquely emphasizes non-Western varieties of virtue ethics at the same time that it includes work in the many different fields or areas of philosophy where virtue ethics has recently spread its wings. Just as significantly, several chapters make comparisons between virtue ethics and other ways of approaching ethics or political philosophy or show how virtue ethics can be applied to real world problems. Trade Review"Virtue Ethics goes global with this collection, which explores, with impressive depth, much unfamiliar territory."Rosalind Hursthouse, University of Auckland, New Zealand"This remarkable volume is unique in approaching the topic of virtue ethics from a truly global perspective: global in terms of the refreshing and long overdue inclusion of non-Western traditions as well as in terms of disciplines, topics, and philosophical commitments. The choice of authors is outstanding and together their contributions broaden, deepen, and offer much needed nuance to our understanding and appreciation of the history, practice, challenges, and contemporary relevance of virtue ethics."Philip J. Ivanhoe, City University of Hong Kong, China"A rich and stimulating collection spanning contemporary and historical approaches, with impressive coverage of both theoretical and applied issues and an unusually wide cultural reach."John Cottingham, Professor Emeritus at Reading University, UKTable of ContentsIntroduction Lorraine Besser-Jones and Michael Slote I. History of Virtue Ethics 1. Plato and the Ethics of Virtue Nicholas White 2. Aristotle's Virtue Ethics Dorothea Frede 3. The Stoic Theory of Virtue Tad Brennan 4. Hindu Virtue Ethics Roy W. Perrett and Glen Pettigrove 5. Why Confucius’ Ethics is a Virtue Ethics May Sim 6. Mencius’ Virtue Ethics meets the Moral Foundations Theory: A Comparison Shirong Luo 7. Virtue in Buddhist Ethical Traditions Charles Goodman 7. Respect for Differences: The Daoist Virtue Yong Huang 8. Xunzi and Virtue Ethics Eric L. Hutton 9. Consecrated Virtue: Augustine’s Theological Animus James Wetzel 10. Aquinas: Infused Virtues Andrew Pinsent 11. Hume Jacqueline Taylor 12. Nietzsche and the Virtues Edward Harcourt II. Contemporary Approaches 13. Eudaimonistic Virtue Ethics Liezl van Zyl 14. Sentimentalist Virtue Ethics Michael L. Frazer and Michael Slote 15. Pluralistic Virtue Ethics Christine Swanton 16. Varieties of Contemporary Christian Virtue Ethics Jennifer A. Herdt 17. Contemporary Confucianism David Elstein 18. Virtue Epistemology and Virtue Ethics Heather Battaly and Michael Slote 19. Feminist Virtue Ethics Karen Stohr 20. Agape and Virtue Ethics Timothy P. Jackson III. Critical Interactions 21. Kant and Virtue Ethics Allen Wood 22. Consequentialist Critique of Virtue Ethics Julia Driver 23. Virtue Ethics and Right Action: A Critique Ramon Das 24. Virtue Ethics and Egoism Christopher Toner 25. Models of Virtue Nancy E. Snow 26. The Situationist Critique Lorraine Besser-Jones 27. Testing the Empathy-Altruism Hypothesis against Egoistic Alternatives C. Daniel Batson 28. Care-Ethics and Virtue Ethics Nel Noddings 29. Roles and Virtues J. L. A. Garcia IV. Applications of Virtue Ethics 30. Environmental Virtue Ethics Philip Cafaro 31. World Virtue Ethics Stephen C. Angle 32. Virtue Ethics and Moral Education Randall Curren 33. Virtue Ethics as Political Philosophy: The Structure of Ethical Theory in Early Chinese Philosophy Yang Xiao 34. Law and Virtue Lawrence Solum 35. Virtue Ethics and Medicine Rebecca L. Walker 36. Business Ethics from a Virtue-Theoretic Perspective Robert Audi
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British Library, Historical Print Editions An Historical and Descriptive Account of Cumnor
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Cambridge University Press Hegels Logic and Metaphysics
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Cambridge University Press The New Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche
Book SynopsisComprehensive, accessible and detailed, this volume will be important for students and teachers seeking to develop their understanding of Nietzsche's philosophy. Key texts, including The Birth of Tragedy and Thus Spoke Zarathustra, are explored in depth, and topics covered include truth, science, art, history and his famous 'will to power'.Trade Review'… all the essays are of high quality, and combined they provide a generally fine overview of the lay of the scholarly land. This is an excellent resource for nonspecialists … Recommended.' M. Harding, Choice'… the volume marks an important step in Nietzsche scholarship …' Stavros Patoussis, The AgonistTable of ContentsIntroduction: Nietzsche's life and works Tom Stern; Part I. Influences and Interlocutors: 1. What Nietzsche did and did not read Andreas Urs Sommer; 2. Nietzsche's untimely antiquity James I. Porter; 3. Schopenhauer: Nietzsche's antithesis and source of inspiration Robert Wicks; 4. Nietzsche and Wagner Mark Berry; 5. On Nietzsche's legacy Stephen Mulhall; Part II. Selected Texts: 6. The birth of tragedy: transfiguration through art Paul Raimond Daniels; 7. Zarathustra: Nietzsche's rendezvous with eternity Dirk R. Johnson; 8. Figurative philosophy in Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil Robert B. Pippin; 9. Nietzsche's On the Genealogy of Morality: moral injury and transformation Christa Davis Acampora; Part III. Truth, History and Science: 10. Nietzsche and the truth of history Anthony K. Jensen; 11. Nietzsche, truth, and naturalism Christian J. Emden; 12. Nietzsche on the arts and sciences Sebastian Gardner; Part IV. Will, Value and Culture: 13. The Will to Power Lawrence J. Hatab; 14. Nietzsche's ethics of affirmation Tom Stern; 15. Nietzsche on free will Michael N. Forster; 16. Nietzsche's Germans Raymond Geuss.
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Palgrave Macmillan Kant Schopenhauer and Morality Recovering the Categorical Imperative
Book SynopsisAddressing the perennial question: why should we be moral? this book argues that we can only give a truly and morally satisfying answer to that question by radically reconfiguring our conception of the self and the way it relates to others.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgements Introduction: A Great Reversal? PART I: HOW KANT FAILED TO JUSTIFY HIS CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE Justifying Morality Groundwork 3 – An Enigmatic Text The Second Critique Groundwork 2 - Rational Nature as an End-in-itself? PART II: HOW KANT SHOULD HAVE JUSTIFIED HIS CATEGORICAL IMPERATIVE Introduction: Reconstructing Groundwork 3 From Rational Agency to Freedom From Freedom to the Non-Phenomenal From Non-Phenomenality to Universality The Identity of Persons Recovering the Categorical Imperative Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Biopolitical Experience
Book SynopsisAn original, comprehensive interpretation of Michel Foucault''s analysis of biopolitics - situating biopolitics in the context of embodied histories of subjectivity, affective investments and structures of experience. Going beyond lamentation at the horrors of biopolitical domination, the book develops a positive-critique of biopolitical experience.Table of ContentsIntroduction Escaping the Laws of Being: The Character of the 'Bio' in Foucault's Genealogies of Biology and Biopolitics Incorporation: Foucault on the Co-Constitution of Modern Embodiment, Experience and Politics Christianity, Process and Positive Critique: Rethinking the Resonance Between Foucault and Arendt, Against Agamben 'Post-Population' or 'Cultural' Biopolitics'? Rethinking Foucault's Concepts Today, Against Nikolas Rose Eternally Becoming: Feminism, Race, Contingency and the Critique of Biopolitics Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Contentment in Contention
Book SynopsisSouthgate draws on ideas within history, philosophy, literature, psychology, and theology to explore two traditions: contentment with our situation as it is, and the aspiration to transcend it. He discusses the possibility of escape from intellectual constraints, and advocates a positive ''duty of discontent'', and its implications.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgements Epigram Introduction Contentment with 'Reality' and 'Common-sense' Contentment within Cages (i): Science, Ethics, Politics Contentment within Cages (ii): Language and History Cages: Dogmatism and Escape Antidote to Contentment: the Sublime Education for Contentment? Utility, Conformity, Dissent Conclusion Postscript Notes Bibliography Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Moore and Wittgenstein
Book SynopsisDoes scepticism threaten our common sense picture of the world? Does it really undermine our deep-rooted certainties? Answers to these questions are offered through a comparative study of the epistemological work of two key figures in the history of analytic philosophy, G. E. Moore and Ludwig Wittgenstein.Table of ContentsSeries Editor's Foreword Abbreviations of Works by Moore and Wittgenstein Aknowledgements Introduction G. E. Moore: Scepticism, Certainty and Common Sense Wittgenstein: Belief, Knowledge and Certainty Wittgenstein: Doubts and the Nonsense of Scepticism Wittgenstein: Hinges, Certainty, World-Picture and Mythology Conclusion: Moore and Wittgenstein On Epistemology and Language: A Synopsis References Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Lyotard and Greek Thought
Book SynopsisIn this original study, Keith Crome argues for the importance of Lyotard's analyzes of sophistry. In the second section, the book shows the radicality of Lyotard's analyzes in contrast to such traditional views. It examines Lyotard's complex and original readings of sophistical arguments, and offers a new interpretation of The Differend .Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Introduction PART I: THE PLACE OF SOPHISTRY IN PHILOSOPHY The Sophists Hegel and the Sophists Heidegger and Sophistry PART II: LYOTARD AND THE SOPHISTICATIONS OF PHILOSOPHY Lyotard and Sophistry Lyotard and Kant: A Sophistical Critique Lyotard and the Sophistication of Ontology A Sophistical Differend Conclusion
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Palgrave MacMillan UK The Force of Reason and the Logic of Force
Book SynopsisThe Force of Reason and the Logic of Force investigates the concept of force through various 'episodes' in the history of philosophy. The book looks at figures who reduce force to something other than itself as well as figures who develop a 'logic of force' that allows them to trace the operation of force without such a reduction.Table of ContentsIntroduction The Trouble with Force Tracing the Logic of Force: Roger Bacon's De Multiplicatione Specierum Creation, Order, and Violence in Thomas Aquinas Albertus Magnus and Nicole Oresme on Force and Nature Knowledge and Power in the Thought of Pierre d'Ailly Hobbes' Logic of Force: The Phenomenon of Motion and the Capacities of Ratiocination Bibliography
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Experiencing the Postmetaphysical Self
Book SynopsisFollowing the insight that mediated subjectivity need not mean alienated selfhood, Meredith forwards a postmetaphysical model of the experiential based on the interpenetration of poststructuralist thinking and hermeneutic phenomenology.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Difference Unleashed Difference and Undecidability: Post-Saussurean Thought Woman as Text: the Influence of Poststructuralism on Feminism The Poststructuralist Erasure of Experience Postmetaphysical Frameworks for Experience 'It's Me Here': Writing the Singular Self, Writing the Post-deconstructive Female Self Conclusion: Rapprochement Index
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Palgrave Macmillan Modern Science and the Capriciousness of Nature
Book SynopsisThis book questions the way that modern science and technology are considered able to liberate society from the erratic forces of nature. Modern science is implicated in a gamble on a technological society that will replace the natural world with a ''better'' one. The author questions the rationality of this gamble and its implications for our lives.Table of ContentsThe Capriciousness of Nature The Metaphysics of Modern Science The Technological Society The Confrontation with Nature Labour and the Life-World Into the Future
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Readings in Chinese Womens Philosophical and
Book SynopsisReadings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought gathers 40 original writings on women by 32 authors (many of whom are women) from the Yuan dynasty to the Republics, an important 700-year historical period during which women's learning in China blossomed as a result of economic prosperity, the development of commercial printing, and the interaction between East and West. Selections are made not only from canonical texts on women's virtues, but also from less orthodox literary works such as plays, poetry, novels, essays, and revolutionary writings that illuminate the lived experience of women and the perception of gender. With many texts translated into English for the first time, this reader provides the context needed to understand them. It features: - Chronologically organized readings in the sequence of the Yuan, Ming, Qing dynasties, and the Republics to demonstrate historical progression of thought (or the lack of) - Introductions to each section and chapterTrade ReviewAnn Pang-White has already established an impressive reputation as one of the leading figures in the translation and interpretation of traditional Chinese writing by and about women. Editing and translating Readings in Chinese Women's Philosophical and Feminist Thought establishes Pang-White as the preeminent figure in this area! This translation anthology compliments other works that cover earlier Chinese writings by and about women, and gives students and scholars a window into this fascinating aspect of traditional culture. Pang-White allows us to see that Chinese writings by and about women are much more complex and insightful than the simplistic caricatures that are still too often accepted today. * Bryan W. Van Norden, James Monroe Taylor Chair, Vassar College, USA *This captivating and enticing collection of plays, poetry, novels, essays, and revolutionary writings presents a unique platform for a more informed transnational, transcultural and decolonial feminist and philosophical discourse and beyond. A fascinating, delightful and illuminating expedition! * Robin R. Wang, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgments Chronology of Chinese Dynasties, Republics, and Key Events Map of China Introduction Part I The Yuan Dynasty (1271–1368) Introduction 1 Guan Hanqing, The Injustice Done to Dou E 2 Zheng Guangzu, The Soul of Qian-Nü Leaves Her Body 3 Guan Daosheng, Selected Poems 4 Guo Jujing, Two Anecdotes from The Complete Selection of Twenty-Four Exemplars of Filial Piety with Matching Poems 5 Xue Lanying and Xue Huiying, “Bamboo Branches Songs from Sutai” 6 Chen Menglei, Selected Biographies of Yuan Women Part II The Ming Dynasty (1368–1644) Introduction 7 Empress Renxiaowen, Teachings for the Inner Court 8 Madame Liu, Short Records of Models for Women 9 Wang Daokun, Selected Biographies of Ming Women 10 Zhao Nanxing, The Classic for Teaching Young Girls 11 Li Zhi, “A Letter in Response to the Claim that Women are Too Shortsighted to Understand the Dao” 12 Tang Xianzu, The Peony Pavilion 13 Ma Shouzhen, “A Letter to Sir Wang Baigu” and Selected Poems 14 Liu Rushi, “A Letter to Sir Qian Muzhai” and “The Daoist Hermit in a Straw Coat, Wang Wei” Part III The Qing Dynasty (1644–1911) Introduction 15 Pu Songling, “The Painted Skin” from Strange Stories from a Chinese Studio 16 Chen Menglei, Selected Biographies of Qing Women 17 Chen Hongmou, Norms for Teaching Women to be Passed Down to Future Generations 18 Yuan Mei, “The Accustomed View that it is Unbefitting for Women to Compose Poetry,”“A Poem Regarding Two Talented and Virtuous Ladies,” and “My Female Student Xi Peilan” 19 Xi Peilan, Selected Poems 20 Sun Yunfeng, Selected Poems 21 Li Ruzhen, Flowers in the Mirror 22 Qiu Jin, “Women’s Newspaper of China Inaugural Issue Statement” and “To My Fellow Sisters” 23 He Zhen, “The Declaration of Women,” “On Women's Revenge,” and “What Women Should Know About Communism” 24 Madame Shen-Zhang, “Preface to Illustrated Four Books for Women with Explanation in Vernacular Chinese” Part IV The Republics (1912–present) Introduction 25 Lu Xun, The New-Year Sacrifice 26 Hu Shih, “The Problem of Chastity” and “A Chinese Declaration of the Rights of Women” 27 Ding Ling, “Thoughts on March 8” 28 Eileen Chang, Shame, Amah! 29 Lü Hsiu-lien, “The Connotation of New Feminism” 30 Li Ang, The Butcher’s Wife 31 Li Xiaojiang, “Economic Reform and the Awakening of Chinese Women’s Collective Consciousness” 32 Bhiksuni Shih Chao-hwei, “Theory and Practice of Buddhist Feminist Movement in Taiwan: From Advocating Animal Rights to Female Rights” Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Imagination CrossCultural Philosophical Analyses
Book SynopsisImagination: Cross-Cultural Philosophical Analyses is a rare intercultural inquiry into the conceptions and functions of the imagination in contemporary philosophy. Divided into East Asian, comparative, and post-comparative approaches, it brings together a leading team of philosophers to explore the concepts of the illusory and illusions, the development of fantastic narratives and metaphors, and the use of images and allegories across a broad range of traditions. Chapters discuss how imagination has been interpreted by thinkers such as Zhuangzi, Plato, Confucius, Heidegger, and Nietzsche. By drawing on sources including Buddhist aesthetics, Daoism, and analytic philosophy of mind, this cross-cultural collection shows how the imagination can be an indispensable tool for the comparative philosopher, opening up new possibilities for intercultural dialogue and critical engagement.Trade ReviewEach essay in this volume invites the reader to approach “imagination” from a distinct cultural and philosophical angle, thus establishing the depth and breadth—even ambiguity—of a function that is squarely at the center of what it means to be human. Rather than generate closure, this volume opens new avenues for thinking cross-culturally about how the human imagination operates and how its future possibilities might themselves be imagined. * Jim Behuniak, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Colby College, USA *This fascinating, pluralistic collection of essays reveals the multi-faceted phenomenon behind the singular name of “the imagination” and challenges our pre-conceptions of how it works and what it means. The authors show how imagination functions in various cultures to stretch linguistic concepts and reach beyond images and beyond the space of a single person’s mind. We learn to understand imagining as the body’s way of mindfulness and a power that let us live a life in common. * John C. Maraldo, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, University of North Florida, USA *The distinguished scholars assembled by Hans-Georg Moeller and Andrew Whitehead in their new Bloomsbury anthology entitled Imagination do, with real imagination, what the subtitle announces by providing Cross-Cultural Philosophical Analyses of one of the most protean concepts in the philosophical pantry. What is new and intellectually exhilarating about this volume is that many of these authors, animated by the advocacy of a post-comparative methodology, offer their own often disruptive critiques of some of the most persistent and uncritical assumptions that attend the idea of imagination within the prevailing philosophical discourse. * Roger T. Ames, Humanities Chair Professor, Peking University, China *In this pluralistic, intercultural and problematized volume authors blend a call to an imaginary neutral territory and a horizon upon returning to the genuine practice of philosophy for interlocutors that go beyond contrastive, fusing, synthesizing or deconstructive forms of comparative philosophy, and that will leave you with a zeal for a sustained reflection on potential and actual contributions to a wide range of contemporary philosophical problems. * Robin R Wang, Professor of Philosophy, Loyola Marymount University, USA *The imagination has been a generally underrated topic in Western philosophy, while in the East-Asian tradition—although philosophical thinking takes place largely in images and narratives—imagination hardly ever appears as a philosophical topic. This collection of (post-)comparative essays highlights the role of imagination in areas such as phenomenology and artistic creation, empathy and compassion, utopias and social imaginaries. Essays on East-Asian topics show how imagination functions philosophically even in the absence of theoretical reflection on the ‘faculty’ itself. The volume is highly recommended for the diversity of perspectives it brings to bear on its unjustly underrated topic. * Graham Parkes, Professorial Research Fellow, University of Vienna, Austria *Table of ContentsIntroduction, Andrew K. Whitehead (Kennesaw State University, USA) PART I: Imagination in Chinese and Japanese Philosophies 1. Truth and Imagination in China: Opposition and Conciliation in the Tradition, Richard John Lynn, University of Toronto, Canada 2. Zhuangzi and the Literary Genre of Fantasy, Nicolas LeJeune, University of Macau, China 3. Visual Zen: The Role of Imagination in Shaping a Zen Aesthetics, Rudi Capra, National University of Ireland, Cork, Ireland PART II: Comparative Studies on Imagination 4. The Imaginary and the Real in Zhuangzi and Plato, May Sim, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, USA 5. Is There Imagination in Daoism?: Kant, Heidegger, and Classical Daoism: Rethinking Imagination and Thinking in Images, Steven Burik, Singapore Management University, Singapore 6. Daoism, Utopian Imagination and Its Discontents, Ellen Y. Zhang, Hong Kong Baptist University, China PART III: Post-Comparative Conceptions of Imagination in World Philosophy 7. Imagination Beyond the Western Mind, Julia Jansen, KU Leuven, Belgium 8. Time, Habit, and Imagination in Childhood Play, Talia Welsh, University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, USA 9. Images of Me in the Roles I Live: An Existentialist Contribution to Confucian Role Ethics, Andrew K. Whitehead, Kennesaw State University, USA 10. Imagination, Formation, and Place: An Ontology, John W. M. Krummel, Hobart and William Smith Colleges, USA 11. Between Truth and Utopia: Philosophy in North America and the Narrowing of the Social-Political Imagination, Gabriel Soldatenko, Kennesaw State University, USA
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Emotion Reason and Action in Kant
Book SynopsisThis book is open access and available on www.bloomsburycollections.com. It is funded by Knowledge Unlatched.Though Kant never used the word emotion' in his writings, it is of vital significance to understanding his philosophy. This book offers a captivating argument for reading Kant considering the importance of emotion, taking into account its many manifestations in his work including affect and passion. Emotion, Reason, and Action in Kant explores how, in Kant's world view, our actions are informed, contextualized and dependent on the tension between emotion and reason. On the one hand, there are positive moral emotions that can and should be cultivated. On the other hand, affects and passions are considered illnesses of the mind, in that they lead to the weakness of the will, in the case of affects, and evil, in the case of passions. Seeing the role of these emotions enriches our understanding of Kant's moral theory. Exploring the full range of negative and positTrade ReviewEnglish-language readers now have the opportunity to learn about Brazilian philosopher Maria Borges’s groundbreaking work on Kant and the emotions. In Emotion, Reason and Action in Kant – her first book in English – she expands and deepens her investigations into an underexplored side of Kant that is unfortunately still foreign territory for many of Kant’s friends as well as foes. * Robert B. Louden, Distinguished Professor and Professor of Philosophy, University of Southern Maine, USA *Among the recently increasing number of works on Kant on emotion, Borges's book is the most wide-ranging and insightful yet. Drawing on the full range of Kant's work in moral philosophy, anthropology, and aesthetics, she brings out the complexity of Kant's conception of what we now call the emotions and of the relation between his view of the emotions and his transcendental idealist theory of free will. A bonus is her demonstration that in spite of well-taken feminist critiques of Kant, he also allotted an indispensable role to women in the moral education of humankind at large. Borges convincingly argues that Kant made enduring contributions to our understanding of the nature and importance of human emotions. * Paul Guyer, Jonathan Nelson Professor of Humanities and Philosophy, Brown University, USA *Wide-ranging in topics and scholarship, Emotion, Reason and Action in Kant develops Maria Borges’s initially shocking claim that we can learn something about the emotions from Kant. Since, as she argues, any adequate account of Kant’s moral psychology must include his views about the roles of different emotions in moral life, Borges’s book will be valuable to many. * Patricia Kitcher, Roberta and William Campbell Professor of Humanities, Columbia University, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Translations Introduction 1. Action, reason, and causes in Kant 2. Can we act without feelings? Respect, sympathy, and other forms of Love 3. A place for affects and passions in the Kantian system 4. What can Kant teach us about emotions? 5. Physiology and the Controlling of Affects in Kant’s Philosophy 6. Kantian Virtue as a Cure for Affects and Passions 7. The beautiful and the good: refinement as a propaedeutic to morality 8. Women and Emotion 9. Evil and Passions Conclusion: An emotional Kant? Notes References Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Myth of Luck
Book SynopsisHumanity has thrown everything we have at implacable lucknovel theologies, entire philosophical movements, fresh branches of mathematicsand yet we seem to have gained only the smallest edge on the power of fortune. The Myth of Luck tells us why we have been fighting an unconquerable foe. Taking us on a guided tour of one of our oldest concepts, we begin in ancient Greece and Rome, considering how Plato, Plutarch, and the Stoics understood luck, before entering the theoretical world of probability and exploring how luck relates to theology, sports, ethics, gambling, knowledge, and present-day psychology. As we travel across traditions, times and cultures, we come to realize that it's not that as soon as we solve one philosophical problem with luck that two more appear, like heads on a hydra, but rather that the monster is altogether mythological. We cannot master luck because there is nothing to defeat: luck is no more than a persistent and troubling illusion. By introducing usTrade ReviewA fascinating discourse on the nature and significance of luck that draws on a diverse range of sources; a delightful and enlightening journey. * Duncan Pritchard, UC Distinguished Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, USA *In this book, Steven Hales challenges what we often take to be uncontentious assumptions about luck and its significance in our lives, both morally and epistemically. The result is a novel and provocative account of luck, one that will be an important reference point for future work in the area. * J. Adam Carter, Lecturer of Philosophy, University of Glasgow, UK *A lively, richly illustrated romp through a deep human topic, all in hopes of freeing us from Lady Fortuna's grip. We confuse luck for chance and fortune, Hales suggests, and we re-gain our sense of agency by knowing which is which. * Aaron James, author of Assholes: A Theory and Surfing with Sartre, and Professor of Philosophy, University of California, Irvine, USA *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements 1. Lachesis's Lottery and the History of Luck The Myth of Er Tuche and Fortuna Submission to luck: lucky charms Rebellion against luck: Stoicism Denial of luck: all is fated Luck and gambling 2.Luck and Skill Slaying Laplace's Demon A probability theory of luck Winners and losers Buying hope on credit A skill equation? Problems with probability 3. Fragility and Control Invisible cities of the possible The garden of (logically) forking paths A modal theory of luck Transworld 2000 Lucky necessities A control theory of luck Séances and rubber hands Wimbledon 2012 Synchronic and diachronic luck 4. Moral Luck The Kantian puzzle The Egg of Columbus The accidental Nazi and the museum of medical oddities Equalizing fortune Privilege Essential origins 5. Knowledge and Serendipity Finding Meno Discover « forget The man who sold the Eiffel Tower and other skeptical threats The Overton Window Serendipity Divide and conquer 6. The Irrational Biases of Luck The frame shop Dueling vignettes Optimism vs. pessimism Sailing stones and flying witches Machine gambling Against luck Go luck yourself Notes Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hope and the Kantian Legacy
Book SynopsisHope is understood to be a significant part of human experience, including for motivating behaviour, promoting happiness, and justifying a conception of the self as having agency. Yet substantial gaps remain regarding the development of the concept of hope in the history of philosophy. This collection addresses this gap by reconstructing and analysing a variety of approaches to hope in late 18th- and 19th-century German philosophy. In 1781, Kant's idea of a rational hope shifted the terms of discussion about hope and its role for human self-understanding. In the 19th century, a wide-ranging debate over the meaning and function of hope emerged in response to his work. Drawing on expertise from a diverse group of contributors, this collection explores perspectives on hope from Kant, Fichte, Schelling, Schopenhauer, J. S. Beck, J. C. Hoffbauer, Wilhelm von Humboldt, Georg Friedrich Creuzer, Kierkegaard and others. Chapters consider different aspects of the concept of hope, including the
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Hegel on PseudoPhilosophy
Book SynopsisThe preface to the Phenomenology of Spirit (1807) is one of the most widely-read texts in Hegel's corpus, and yet we still lack a clear understanding of its aims. Providing a fresh perspective on Hegel's preface, Andrew Davis contends that it should be read as an overview of what philosophy is not. Contesting previous investigations that have assumed Hegel's purpose in the preface is to introduce the reader to his own philosophical method, Davis moves Hegel's positive comments about the nature of philosophy to the background. This is, after all, where they belong in a preface, according to Hegelian philosophy, as Hegel contends that the actual nature of philosophy cannot be presented in advance of specific inquiries. Examining the nature of philosophy through negation, each chapter in the book explores a different form of pseudo-philosophy that Hegel addresses in his preface. Together, they allow Hegelian philosophy to appear in relief as precisely what cannot be aTrade ReviewMany consider the Preface to Hegel’s Phenomenology of Spirit his greatest philosophical masterpiece, but it is also famously difficult. In Hegel on Pseudo-Philosophy, Andrew Davis shows that it is not just a marvelous introduction to Hegel’s philosophy, but to philosophy as such, one that guards us against its many simulacra. * Mark Alznauer, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Northwestern University, USA *Andrew Davis’s study provides a highly original guiding thread through one of the most challenging texts in modern philosophy. Its laser-like focus on Hegel’s contribution to the age-old task of distinguishing philosophy from pseudo-philosophies manages to maintain high scholarly standards, while also reminding us at every turn of our contemporary pseudo-thinking practices. * Allegra de Laurentiis, Professor of Philosophy, Stony Brook University, USA *What Hegelian philosophy does not want to be? This book captures the reader's attention in an original way, describing Hegel's philosophy from what it is not. An ex negativo route through which one of the most complex works of Western philosophy, the Phenomenology of Spirit, becomes comprehensible even to those who are not specialists in philosophy. * Stefania Achella, Associate Professor of Moral Philosophy, University of Chieti-Pescara, Italy *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction 1. Philosophy is not Explanation 2. Philosophy is not Edification 3. Philosophy is not Formalism 4. Philosophy is not Phenomenology 5. Philosophy is not Mathematical 6. Philosophy is not Propositional 7. Philosophy is not Personal Conclusion: Notes Toward Negation Appendix: Short Paragraph by Paragraph Commentary Bibliography Index
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Doing Metaphysics in a Diverse World
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) At the Vanishing Point in History
Book SynopsisMarina F. Bykova is Full Professor of Philosophy at North Carolina State University, USA, and the Editor-in-chief of Studies in East European Thought and Russian Studies in Philosophy.
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Edinburgh University Press Predication and Genesis
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Edinburgh University Press The Edinburgh Critical History of
Book SynopsisFrom the shadow of the Kantian critique it to the Oxford debates over Darwinism that shook the discipline to the core, and from the death of God to the rise of new Evangelical movements, 19th-century theology was fundamentally reshaped by both internal struggles and external developments.
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Palgrave USA Challenges to German Idealism
Book SynopsisThis book offers an important reappraisal of Schelling's philosophy and his relationship to German Idealism. Focusing on Schelling's self-critique in early identity philosophy the author rejects those criticisms of Schelling made by both Hegel and Heidegger.Table of ContentsIntroduction: From the Logic to the Logogrif of Experience Kant's Transcendental Deduction: The Conceptual Reconstruction of Experience From Determinant to Reflective Judgement: The Normalisation of Experience Fichte's will-to-freedom: The Appropriation of Experience SCHELLING'S NOTION OF EXPERIENCE: INTRODUCTORY REMARKS Identity Philosophy: Its Critique and its Criticism Schelling's Dynamic Account of the Absolute and Finitude Schelling's Conception of the Self The Deities of Samothrace: Towards Schellings' Logogriphike Conclusion: Helmet and Pomegranate Abbreviations Select Bibliography
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Palgrave USA Palgrave Advances in the European Reformations
Book SynopsisThis collection provides a thorough introduction to and critical commentary on recent scholarship on the Reformation. Thirteen leading British, American and Australian scholars discuss the variety of Reformations across Europe, and provide overviews of key problems and themes. In addition to surveying the long historiographical background, these essays offer a detailed synthesis of research published in the last twenty or thirty years, including material not normally available to a non-specialist readership. This book is an invaluable introduction to the field for students at all levels.Table of ContentsIntroduction Germany and the Lutheran Reformation; D.Bagchi Central and Eastern Europe; G.Murdock Switzerland and Reformed Protestantism; B.Gordon France; P.Roberts The Netherlands; J.Pollmann The British Isles; A.Ryrie Renaissance Humanism and the Reformation; C.D'Alton Printing and Print Culture; A.Pettegree The Catholic Reformation; T.Johnson Anabaptism and Religious Radicalism; M.Driedger Popular Religion; P.M.Soergel Gender; M.Wiesner-Hanks Religious Violence and Persecution; W.Monter
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State University Press of New York (SUNY) God and the Self in Hegel Beyond Subjectivism SUNY series in Contemporary Continental Philosophy
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State University of New York Press The Holiday in His Eye
Book SynopsisPresents an original, insightful, and compelling vision of the trajectory of Cavell''s oeuvre, one that takes his kinship with Emerson as inextricably bound up with his ever-deepening thinking about movies.From The World Viewed to Cities of Words, writing about movies was strand over strand with Stanley Cavell''s philosophical work. Cavell was one of the first philosophers in the United States to make film a significant focus of his thought, and William Rothman has long been one of his most astute readers. The Holiday in His Eye collects Rothman''s writings about Cavell-many of them previously unpublished-to offer a lucid, serious introduction to and overview of Cavell''s work, the influence of which has been somewhat limited by both the intrinsic difficulty of his ideas and his challenging prose style. In these engaging and accessible yet philosophically serious and rigorously argued essays, Rothman presents an original, insightful, and compelling vision of the trajectory of Cavell''s oeuvre, one that takes Cavell''s kinship with Emerson as inextricably bound up with his ever-deepening thinking about movies.
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State University of New York Press The Scene of the Voice
Book SynopsisBrings the figure of the voice and the problem of mimesis in Heidegger and post-Heideggerian continental thought to bear on the dismissal of language by the affective and aesthetic turns of contemporary critical theory.
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