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MJ - Ohio University Press Science Unfettered
Book SynopsisWorking on a large canvas, Science Unfettered contributes to the ongoing debates in the philosophy of science. The ambitious aim of its authors is to reconceptualize the orientation of the subject, and to provide a new framework for understanding science as a human activity.
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University of Missouri Press Published Essays 19291933 CW8
Book SynopsisThis volume of ""The Collected Works"" contains essays published by Eric Voegelin between 1929 and 1933. They reflect the intellectual and political tumult of the period and their author's maturing grasp of political reality as he moved away from positivism toward a more open philosophical stance.
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University of Missouri Press Voegelin Schelling and the Philosophy of
Book SynopsisJerry Day brings to light the need for an extensive interpretation of the mature philosophy of Eric Voegelin, based on Voegelin's published and unpublished appreciation for 19th-century German philosopher F.W.J. Schelling.
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University of Chicago Press On Asthma Volume 1 Medical Works of Moses
Book SynopsisMoses Maimonides (1135-1204) remains one of the most celebrated rabbis in the history of Judaism, having written extensively on law, philosophy, religion and medicine. This text, the first volume of Maimonides' complete medical writings, is a complete regimen of health for an unnamed patient.
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University of Exeter Press Histoire de Calejava Exeter French Texts
Book SynopsisAn eighteenth-century work considered historically significant as it depicts 'for the first time, a religious system which is unequivocally deistic.'This is a volume in the Exeter French Texts series. The text, introduction and essential notes are all in French.Trade Review Table of Contents
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Hebrew Union College Press,U.S. Happiness in Premodern Judaism
Book SynopsisHava Tirosh-Samuelson shows that rabbinic Judaism regarded itself primarily as a prescription for the attainment of happiness, and that the discourse on happiness captures the evolution of Jewish intellectual history from antiquity to the seventeenth century.
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Georgetown University Press The Ethics of Discourse The Social Philosophy of
Book SynopsisBeginning with John Courtney Murray's first forays into the public arena in the 1940s, this title plots Murray's movement away from the classical concepts of conscience and rights toward a historical understanding of moral agency and of the church's necessary engagement with a pluralistic world.
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Georgetown University Press Justice and Nature Kantian Philosophy
Book SynopsisMost decision making in environmental policy is based on the economic cost-benefit argument. Criticizing the shortcomings of the market paradigm, this title proposes an alternative way to conceptualize and create environmental policy, one that allows for the protection of moral and ecological values in the face of economic demands.Trade ReviewAn ambitious book. Political Studies Review Gillroy contributes to scholarly debates in an unusually wide range of disciplines. American PoliticsTable of ContentsList of Tables and Figures Foreword Preface Acknowledgments Introduction: Practical Reason, Moral Capacities, and Environmental Choices The Critical Argument: Moving beyond Market AssumptionsThe Constructive Argument: Kantian Ethics and Practical ChoiceJustice from Autonomy and Ecosystem Policy ArgumentNotes to Introduction Part I Economic Policy Argument and Environmental Metapolicy 1. The Market Paradigm and Comprehensive Policy Argument Practical Reason, Argument, and the Policy ProcessPolicy Design: The Strategy and TActics of Public ChoiceThe Economic Design Approach and Comprehensive Policy ArgumentThe Market Paradigm and Comprehensive Policy ArgumentA Context Model for the Market ParadigmFrom Strategy to TacticsNotes to Chapter 1 2. The Theory of Environment Risk: Preference, Choice, and Individual WelfareThe Economic Viewpoint: From Private Exchange to Public Choice?the Strategic Nature of the Polluter's DilemmaEnvironmental Risk and the Imprisoned RiderEfficiency, Morality, and a "Thin" Theory of AutonomyPublic Choice, "Thick" Autonomy, and Respect for Instrinsic ValueNotes to Chapter 2 3. The Pracrtice of Environmental Risk: THe Market Context Model and Environmental Law Efficiency and Environmental LawTraditional Pollution: Finding the Optimum Level for Efficient Abatement Law and PolicyNotes to Chapter 3 4. Moving beyond the Market Paradigm: Making Space for "Justice from Autonomy" A Substructure: Uncertainty and Environmental EthicsA Superstructure: Environmental Risk and Public AdministrationEcosystems in Ethical ContextToward Ecosystem Policy Design: A Tension of Intrinsic ValuesNotes to Chapter 4 Part II A Kantian Paradigm for Ecosystem Policy ArgumentExecutive Summary 5. Justice from Autonomy: The Individual and Nature The Three Components of Practical ReasonOur Kantian Duties to NatureKant's Environmental Imperative: Harmonize Humanity and Nature!Notes to Chapter 5 6. Justice form Autonomy: Collective Action Practical Reason and Strategic RationalityMoral Agency and Collective ActionKantian Communitarianism: Juridical Means to Ehtical EndsNotes to Chapter 6 7. Justice from Autonomy: The Legitimate State The Moral Basis of the Legitimate StateThe Principle of Autonomy and the Attributes of the Active CitizenPublic Trust and the Harmony of FreedomNotes to Chapter 7 8. Justice from Autonomy: Maxims and Methods Politics, Autonomy, and Public ChoicePrinciples and Maxims for Public ChoiceImplementing Maxims: Two DistinctionsFrom Maxims to MethodsThe Kantian Context Model and "Ecosystem" DesignNotes to Chapter 8 Part III Ecosystem Argument: Applications and Implications 9. The Theory of Environmental Risk Revisited: "Rules of Thumb" for Administrative Decision Making The Theory of Environmental Risk: Uncertainty, Ehtics, and ScienceThe Kantian Administrator and Ecosystem DesignThe Predilections and Reorientation of the Public ManagerDavie: From Economic to Ecosystem Policy ArgumentNotes to Chapter 9 10. The Practice of Environmental Risk Revisited: Case Studies in Ecosystem Policy ArgumentEcosystem Integrity and the Extraction Decision: The Cases fo Wilderness and WildlifeAssurance and the Disposal Interface: NIMBY and Comparative RiskTrust and the Production Decision: NEPA and FDA RegulationEcosystem Policy Argument and the BaselineThe Baseline Standard and Political EvaluationNotes to Chapter 10 Epilogue Ecosystem Argument in the States: Act 250 and Proposition 65 Federal Policy and State ExperimentsVermont's Act 250California's Proposition 65Justice and Federal GovernmentNotes Selected Bibliography Names Index Subject Index
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Ignatius Press In Defence of Philosophy Classical Wisdom Stands
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The Catholic University of America Press Reassessing the Liberal State Reading Maritains
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays revisits Jacques Maritain's book, the University of Chicago Walgreen lectures of 1949, and critically engages its themes and arguments. It covers the character of the modern state, and its relation to the body politic and the state's functions and claims.
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The Catholic University of America Press Jacques Maritain and the Many Ways of Knowing
Book SynopsisDrawing on the writings of Jacques Maritain - and by extension those of Thomas Aquinas - the essays in this volume examine the effects of theories of knowledge on individuals, culture and entire schools of philosophical thought.
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Texas Peacemaker Publications, LLC, Div of Dippel Venture Capital Corp WISDOM OF GENERATIONS Using the Lessons of
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Franciscan Academic Press The World within the Word Maritain and the Poet
Book SynopsisThis book, written in 1957, arises from the encounter of two men: the American poet Samuel Hazo and the French philosopher Jacques Maritain. They met on September 12, 1956, at Maritain's home in Princeton, New Jersey. Hazo sought to engage Maritain's diffuse writings in aesthetics by bringing them into conversation with the great voices of the English literary tradition.
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Franciscan Academic Press Writing and Freedom
Book SynopsisDefends (a strong version of) free will as necessarily interpersonal: my freedom is nothing but my acceptance of yours. This is how Milton, Rossetti, and Dickinson treat their readers, and how scientists and philosophers ideally treat each other. The book's open-ended essays model freedom so understood.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Mill
Book SynopsisThis Companion offers a state-of-the-art survey of the work of John Stuart Mill one which covers the historical influences on Mill, his theoretical, moral and social philosophy, as well as his relation to contemporary movements. Its contributors include both senior scholars with established expertise in Mill's thought and new emerging interpreters. Each essay acts as a go-to resource for those seeking to understand an aspect of Mill's thought or to familiarise themselves with the contours of a debate within the scholarship. The Companion is a key reference on Mill's theory of liberty and utilitarianism, but also provides a valuable resource on lesser-known aspects of his work, including his epistemology, metaphysics, and philosophy of language. The volume is divided into six sections. Part I covers Mill's life, his immediate posthumous reputation, and his own telling of his life-story. Part II brings together an accessible and comprehensive summary of the various influences on MillTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors x Preface xvi Note on Citations xix Part I Mill’s Autobiography and Biography 1 1 Mill’s Mind: A Biographical Sketch 3Richard V. Reeves 2 Mill’s Epiphanies 12Elijah Millgram 3 The Afterlife of John Stuart Mill, 1874–1879 30David Stack 4 Mill’s Autobiography as Literature 45Samuel Clark Part II Influences on Mill’s Thought 59 5 Mill and the Classics 61Robert Devigne 6 Roots of Mill’s Radicalism 79Peter Niesen 7 British Critics of Utilitarianism 95Bruce Kinzer 8 Harriet Taylor Mill 112Helen McCabe 9 The French Influence 126Vincent Guillin Part III Foundations of Mill’s Thought 143 10 Psychology, Associationism, and Ethology 145Terence Ball 11 Mill on Race and Gender 160C.L. Ten 12 Mill on Logic 175David Godden 13 Mill’s Epistemology 192Richard Fumerton 14 Mill’s Philosophy of Language 207Frederick Kroon 15 Mill on Metaphysics 222Nicholas Capaldi 16 Mill’s Philosophy of Science 234Aaron D. Cobb 17 Mill’s Aesthetics 250Antis Loizides 18 Mill on History 266Christopher Macleod 19 Mill’s Philosophy of Religion 279Lou J. Matz Part IV Mill’s Moral Philosophy 295 20 Mill’s Art of Life 297Guy Fletcher 21 Mill’s Conception of Happiness 313Ben Saunders 22 The Proof 328Henry R. West 23 Mill on Utilitarian Sanctions 342Jonathan Riley 24 Mill’s Moral Standard 358Ben Eggleston 25 Mill on Justice and Rights 374David O. Brink 26 Mill and Virtue 390Brian McElwee Part V Mill’s Social Philosophy 407 27 The Harm Principle 409D.G. Brown 28 Mill on Individuality 425Wendy Donner 29 Mill on Freedom of Speech 440Daniel Jacobson 30 Mill on Democracy Revisited 454Georgios Varouxakis 31 Mill on the Family 472Dale E. Miller 32 Mill’s Normative Economics 488Gerald Gaus 33 Mill on Education and Schooling 504Graham Finlay 34 Mill on Colonialism 518Don A. Habibi Part VI Mill and Later Movements in Philosophy 533 35 Mill, German Idealism, and the Analytic/Continental Divide 535John Skorupski 36 Mill and Modern Utilitarianism 551William H. Shaw 37 Mill and Modern Liberalism 567Piers Norris Turner Index 583
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Kierkegaard
Book SynopsisJon Stewart, one of the world s leading experts on the work of Soren Kierkegaard, has here compiled the most comprehensive single-volume overview of Kierkegaard studies currently available.Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors ix Acknowledgments xiii Chronology of Kierkegaard’s Works xiv List of Abbreviations xviii Editor’s Introduction: Kierkegaard and the Rich Field of Kierkegaard Studies 1 Part I Philosophy 19 A. Sources 21 1 A Shimmering Socrates: Philosophy and Poetry in Kierkegaard’s Platonic Authorship 23 Jacob Howland 2 Kierkegaard’s Use of German Philosophy: Leibniz to Fichte 36 Roe Fremstedal 3 Kierkegaard’s View of Hegel, His Followers and Critics 50 Jon Stewart 4 Kierkegaard’s Relations to Danish Philosophy of the Golden Age 66 Carl Henrik Koch B. Reception 81 5 Kierkegaard and Existentialism: From Anxiety to Autonomy 83 K. Brian Söderquist 6 Postmodernism and Deconstruction: Paradox, Sacrifice, and the Future of Writing 96 Marius Timmann Mjaaland C. Concepts and Contributions 111 7 Kierkegaard’s Views on normative Ethics, Moral Agency, and Metaethics 113 Roe Fremstedal 8 Kierkegaard’s Skepticism 126 Darío González Part II Theology and Religious Studies 139 A. Sources 141 9 Kierkegaard and Biblical Studies: A Critical Response to nineteenth‐Century Hermeneutics 143 Lee C. Barrett 10 Grace and Rigor in Kierkegaard’s Reception of the Church Fathers 155 Jack Mulder, Jr. 11 Kierkegaard’s Mystical and Spiritual Sources: Meister Eckhart to tersteegen 167 Peter Šajda 12 Kierkegaard’s Appropriation and Critique of Luther and Lutheranism 180 Lee C. Barrett 13 Shapers of Kierkegaard’s Danish Church: Mynster, Grundtvig, Martensen 193 Curtis L. Thompson B. Reception 207 14 From Barth to tillich: Kierkegaard and the Dialectical theologians 209 Heiko Schulz 15 other Lutheran theologians Responding Contextually to Kierkegaard 223 Curtis L. Thompson 16 Catholicism: Finding Inspiration and Provocation in Kierkegaard 237 Christopher B. Barnett and Peter Šajda C. Concepts and Contributions 251 17 Kierkegaard as Existentialist Dogmatician: Kierkegaard on Systematic theology, Doctrine, and Dogmatics 253 David R. Law 18 Biblical Variations: Kierkegaard’s Rewritten “Life of Jesus” 269 Iben Damgaard 19 Rethinking Religion Existentially: New Approaches to Classical Problems of Religious Philosophy in Kierkegaard 281 István Czakó Part III Aesthetics, the Arts, and Literary Theory 295 A. Sources 297 20 Kierkegaard’s Use of German Literature 299 Joachim Grage 21 Kierkegaard and the Aesthetics of the Danish Golden Age 311 Nathaniel Kramer B. Reception 325 22 Literature and (Anti‐)Humanism 327 Poul Houe 23 Kierkegaard’s Influence on Literary Criticism and Theory: Irony, Repetition, Silence 341 J.D. Mininger C. Concepts and Contributions 353 24 Existence and the Aesthetic Forms 355 Darío González 25 Kierkegaard’s Theatrical Aesthetic from Repetition to Imitation 367 Timothy Stock Part IV Social Sciences and Politics 381 A. Sources 383 26 Politics, Society, and Theology in Golden Age Denmark: Key Themes and Figures 385 Stephen Backhouse 27 Reflections on Late Modernity: Kierkegaard in the “Present Age” 399 Daniel Conway B. Reception 413 28 Between Anthropology, Sociology, and Psychology: The Insider/Outsider Self 415 Simon D. Podmore 29 Kierkegaard’s Social‐Political Posterity: A Still Unnavigated Maze 435 Leo Stan C. Concepts and Contributions 451 30 Kierkegaard’s Conception of Psychology: How to Understand It and Why It Still Matters 453 René Rosfort 31 Kierkegaard and the Limits of Philosophical Anthropology 468 Jamie Turnbull 32 Prolegomena for thinking of Kierkegaard as a Social and Political Philosopher 480 J. Michael Tilley 33 Making Kierkegaard Relevant to Education today 490 Timothy Hall Index 502
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Mariner Books Classics Reflections
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Hume
Book SynopsisComprised of twenty-nine newly commissioned essays, A Companion to Hume examines the depth of the philosophies and influence of the legacies attributed to one of history's most remarkable thinkers.Trade Review"This is a superb collection of essays by both established Hume scholars and newer names in Hume studies . . . such books do this job very well and this one on Hume especially so: the reader is fortunate to have as guides, Louis Loeb on induction, Rachel Cohon on the passions, and Terence Penelhum on religion, to pick, as examples, just three of the excellent range of authors". (Metapsychology Online Reviews, 2011) "Blackwell's fortieth Companion to Philosophy is a splendid and long-overdue Companion to Hume, expertly pulled together by Elizabeth Radcliffe, a former editor of the journal Hume Studies. Although the Blackwell Companions are promoted as a student reference series, this particular volume is clearly of considerable value to serious scholars as well." (Religion in the Age of Enlightenment, December 2010)"One distinctive feature of this Blackwell Companion to Hume is that it attempts to be more careful than is common with books of its sort to mark a distinction between explicating Hume's own ideas and arguments, and assessing their relevance to present-day philosophical discussion." (Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews, February 2009) "[The book is] highly approachable, well-organized, and—in a field where a lot is published—a distinctive addition. A book for academic and specialist libraries almost exclusively." (Reference Reviews, Issue 7 2008) "The essays are of uniformly high quality, and many are written by well-established, respected philosophers.... David Hume is widely recognized as one of the most important and influential figures in modern philosophy. Every library should have a copy of this valuable resource, which will appeal to anyone interested in Hume's philosophy. Highly recommended." (Choice, November 2008)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Acknowledgments xii Note on Citations xiii Introduction 1 Hume’s Context 19 1 Hume in the Enlightenment Tradition 21 Stephen Buckle Part I Mind and Knowledge 39 2 Hume’s Theory of Ideas 41 Don Garrett 3 Hume on Memory and Imagination 58 Saul Traiger 4 Hume and the Origin of Our Ideas of Space and Time 72 Wayne Waxman 5 Hume on the Relation of Cause and Effect 89 Francis Watanabe Dauer 6 Inductive Inference in Hume’s Philosophy 106 Louis E. Loeb 7 Hume on Belief in the External World 126 Michel Malherbe 8 Hume on Personal Identity 140 Donald C. Ainslie Part II Passions and Action 157 9 Hume’s Indirect Passions 159 Rachel Cohon 10 Hume on the Direct Passions and Motivation 185 Tito Magri 11 Hume on Liberty and Necessity 201 John Bricke Part III Morality and Beauty 217 12 Hume on Moral Rationalism, Sentimentalism, and Sympathy 219 Charlotte R. Brown 13 Sympathy and Hume’s Spectator-centered Theory of Virtue 240 Kate Abramson 14 Hume’s Theory of Justice, or Artificial Virtue 257 Eugenio Lecaldano 15 Hume on Beauty and Virtue 273 Jacqueline Taylor 16 Enquiry concerning the Principles of Morals: Incomparably the Best? 293 Annette C. Baier Part IV Religion 321 17 Hume’s Views on Religion: Intellectual and Cultural Influences 323 Terence Penelhum 18 Hume on the Nature and Existence of God 338 Martin Bell 19 Hume on Miracles and Immortality 353 Michael P. Levine Part V Economics, Politics, and History 371 20 Hume’s Economic Theory 373 Tatsuya Sakamoto 21 “One of the Finest and Most Subtile Inventions”: Hume on Government 388 Richard H. Dees 22 “The Most Illustrious Philosopher and Historian of the Age”: Hume’s History of England 406 Mark Salber Phillips Part VI Contemporary Themes 423 23 Hume’s Naturalism and His Skepticism 425 Janet Broughton 24 Is Hume a Realist or an Anti-realist? 441 P. J. E. Kail 25 Hume’s Epistemological Legacy 457 William Edward Morris 26 The Humean Theory of Motivation and Its Critics 477 Elizabeth S. Radcliffe 27 The Sources of Normativity in Hume’s Moral Theory 493 Tom L. Beauchamp 28 Hume’s Metaethics: Is Hume a Moral Noncognitivist? 513 Nicholas L. Sturgeon Bibliography 529 Index 553
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Mill
Book SynopsisAn engaging account of John Stuart Mill life, work, and ongoing importance, this new volume sets the thinkers views in the historical context of 19th century British empiricism and explores the continuing contemporary impact of his philosophy.Trade Review Table of ContentsAcknowledgments. Notes on Contributors. Foreword: Cheryl Mwaria. 1. Introduction: The Writer in the Anthropologist: Maria D. Vesperi and Alisse Waterston. Part I: Conceptions. 2. Speaking Truth to Power with Books: Howard Zinn. 3. Remember When Writing Was Fun? Why Academics Should Go On a Low Syllable, Active Voice Diet: Karen Brodkin. 4. The Bard: Carolyn Nordstrom. 5. Saggin’ and Braggin’: Lee D. Baker. 6. Stories for Readers: A Few Observations from Outside the Academy: Andrew Barnes. Part II: Creations. 7. Writing Poverty, Drawing Readers: Stories in Love, Sorrow and Rage: Alisse Waterston. 8. Write‑ous Indignation: Black Girls, Dilemmas of Cultural Domination and the Struggle to Speak the Skin We Are In: Signithia Fordham. 9. Writing Truth to Power: Racism as Statecraft: Arthur K. Spears. 10. Remembering Octavia: Sharon Ball. 11. Believing in Anthropology as Literature: Ruth Behar. Part III: Receptions. 12. Walking in Zora’s Shoes or “Seek[ing] Out de Inside Meanin’ of Words”: The Intersections of Anthropology, Ethnography, Identity, and Writing: Irma McClaurin. 13. Off the Shelf and Into Oblivion?: Catherine Kingfisher. 14. “Don’t Use Your Data as a Pillow”: S. Eben Kirksey. 15. The Trope of the Pith Helmet: America’s Anthropology, Anthropology’s America: Micaela di Leonardo. 16. The Book that Wrote Me: Roger Sanjek. 17. Fighting Words: Paul Farmer. 18. Taking Chances: Maria D. Vesperi. Index.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Hegels Philosophy of Right
Book SynopsisHegel''s Philosophy of Right presents a collection of new essays by leading international philosophers and Hegel scholars that analyze and explore Hegel''s key contributions in the areas of ethics, politics, and the law. The most comprehensive collection on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right available Features new essays by leading international Hegel interpreters divided in sections of ethics, politics, and law Presents significant new research on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right that will set a new standard for future work on the topic Trade Review“The essays are refreshingly free of complex jargon and, taken together, offer a good sampling of recent work in Hegelian moral and political philosophy. Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.” (Choice, 1 October 2012)Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Acknowledgments ix Introduction 1 Thom Brooks Part I Ethics 7 1 Consequentialism and Deontology in the Philosophy of Right 9 Dean Moyar 2 The Empty Formalism Objection Revisited: x135R and Recent Kantian Responses 43 Fabian Freyenhagen 3 On Hegel's Critique of Kant's Ethics: Beyond the Empty Formalism Objection 73 Robert Stern Part II Politics 101 4 Hegel and the Unified Theory of Punishment 103 Thom Brooks 5 Hard Work: Hegel and the Meaning of the State in his Philosophy of Right 124 Kimberly Hutchings 6 Gender, the Family, and the Organic State in Hegel's Political Thought 143 Alison Stone Part III Law 165 7 Natural Law Internalism 167 Thom Brooks 8 Hegel on the Relation between Law and Justice 180 Alan Brudner Index 209
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Locke
Book SynopsisThis vital addition to the Blackwell Great Minds series offers a focused assessment of the fundamental principles of a giant of the western tradition in philosophical thought. The book covers every aspect of the thinker whose matchless mental agility fatally undermined the medieval absolutism of divine-right patriarchy.Trade Review“Recommended. Lower-level undergraduates through researchers/faculty; general readers.” (Choice, 1 July 2015)Table of Contentspreface ix abbreviations xi 1 locke's life 1 2 the nature and role of ideas 13 3 the negative project: against innatism 23 4 the positive project: ideational empiricism 39 4.1 simple ideas 40 4.2 sensation and reflection 43 4.3 complex ideas 46 4.4 abstract ideas 56 4.5 challenges to ideational empiricism: the ideas of infinity and substratum 61 5 substances 70 5.1 body, matter, space, and vacuum 70 5.2 spirit 75 6 qualities 83 7 mental operations 98 7.1 actions and passions 98 7.2 will and willing 101 7.3 voluntariness and involuntariness 103 7.4 freedom, necessity, and determination of the will 104 7.5 a problem 110 8 relations 113 8.1 identity and diversity 114 8.2 moral relations 128 9 language 133 9.1 language and meaning 134 9.2 the imperfections and abuses of language 140 9.3 nominal essence, real essence, and classification 143 10 knowledge and belief 152 10.1 the official account of knowledge 152 10.2 the degrees of knowledge 156 10.3 anti-dogmatism and anti-skepticism 159 10.4 faith and religious enthusiasm 164 11 moral philosophy 169 11.1 morality and God's will 169 11.2 natural law 172 11.3 punishment and slavery 176 11.4 property 180 11.5 family 187 12 political philosophy 195 12.1 political society 196 12.2 legitimate rule 197 12.3 varieties of illegitimate rule 207 12.4 toleration 209 index 215
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Short History of Jewish Ethics
Book SynopsisA Short History of Jewish Ethics traces the development of Jewish moral concepts and ethical reflection from its Biblical roots to the present day.Trade Review“This is a fine study and relatively accessible for an academic work . . . The book is mostly descriptive rather than evaluative. Dr. Mittleman does seem particularly concerned to show the value of Jewish ethics to those operating from mainstream secular philosophical schools of thought. Recommended.” (Association of Jewish Libraries Reviews, 1 September 2012) “For those with some background, Mittleman provides a thoughtful tour through a number of seminal moments in Jewish ethical reflection. Summing Up: Recommended. Some advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers/faculty. (Choice, 1 July 2012) "[It] admirably recounts the Jewish tradition of ethical inquiry from its biblical beginnings until today. Mittleman is thoroughly at home in the primary sources and secondary literature. He is also an expert on contemporary moral philosophy, which enables him to contextualize Jewish thought within a wider framework of ethical theory ... He covers a vast amount of information in 200 pages, and the reader who perseveres will learn much about the broad sweep of Jewish ethical thinking." Jewish Ideas DailyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments viii Introduction 1 1 Ethics in the Axial Age 16 2 Some Aspects of Rabbinic Ethics 52 3 Medieval Philosophical Ethics 88 4 Medieval Rabbinic and Kabbalistic Ethics 124 5 Modern Jewish Ethics 156 Conclusion 199 Index 202
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Levinas Book Supplement Series to the Journal of
Book SynopsisLeading Chinese and Western philosophers work alongside one another to explore the writings of one of the twentieth century's most perplexing and original ethical and metaphysical thinkers. Comparative discussion of Lévinas on phenomenology, ethics, metaphysics and political philosophy within European philosophy and with Chinese philosophy Innovative accounts of Lévinasian themes of surpassing phenomenology, post-Heideggerian philosophy, the philosophy of saintliness, transcendence and immanence, time and sensibility, desire, death, political philosophy, the subject, and the space of communicativity Table of ContentsCHUNG-YING CHENG / Preface. NICHOLAS BUNNIN / Introduction. YANG DACHUN / Lévinas and the Three Dimensions of Surpassing Phenomenology. JACQUES TAMINIAUX / Lévinas and Heidegger: A Post-Heidegarrian Approach to Phenomenological Issues DU XIAOZHEN / The Philosophy of Saintliness: Some Notes on the Thought of Lévinas. MO WEIMIN / Phenomenology or Anti-Phenomenology? —A Study of the Subject in Lévinas. SIMON CRITCHLEY / The Split Subject. WANG LIPING / Transcendence or Immanence? Lévinas, Bergson, and Chinese Thought. WANG HENG / The Instant as the Key to the Escape from Being on Lévinas’s Phenomenology of Sensibility and Time in His Early Period MARIE-ANNE LESCOURRET / Desire by Lévinas. SHANG JIE / The Phenomenology of Death. WANG TANGJIA / The Concepts of Death in Heidegger and Lévinas SUN XIANGCHEN / Emmanuel Lévinas and the Critique of Modern Political Philosophy. ROBERT BERNASCONI / Extraterritoriality: Outside the Subject, Outside the State. DORIAN WISZNIEWSKI / "The Space of Communicativity": Lévinas and Architecture.
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Johns Hopkins University Press Stories and the Brain
Book SynopsisThis book explains how the brain interacts with the social worldand why stories matter. How do our brains enable us to tell and follow stories? And how do stories affect our minds? In Stories and the Brain, Paul B. Armstrong analyzes the cognitive processes involved in constructing and exchanging stories, exploring their role in the neurobiology of mental functioning. Armstrong argues that the ways in which stories order events in time, imitate actions, and relate our experiences to others' lives are correlated to cortical processes of temporal binding, the circuit between action and perception, and the mirroring operations underlying embodied intersubjectivity. He reveals how recent neuroscientific findings about how the brain workshow it assembles neuronal syntheses without a central controllerilluminate cognitive processes involving time, action, and self-other relations that are central to narrative. An extension of his previous book, How Literature Plays with the Brain, this nTrade ReviewStories and the Brain is a well-researched, engaging discussion on what narrative theory and neuroscience stand to gain from continued collaboration.—CerebrumTable of ContentsAcknowledgmentsPrologueChapter 1. Neuroscience and Narrative TheoryChapter 2. The Temporality of Narrative and the Decentered BrainChapter 3. Action, Embodied Cognition, and the As-If of Narrative FigurationChapter 4. Neuroscience and the Social Powers of NarrativeEpilogueNotesWorks CitedIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC The Descartes Dictionary
Book SynopsisKurt Smith is Professor in the Department of Philosophy at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, USA.Trade ReviewThe Descartes Dictionary is a well-conceived resource for undergraduate students, particularly those writing on Descartes for the first time. It helps to relate philosophical issues to the systematic context, and directs the reader to the appropriate range of texts. It is also valuable for the carefully chosen references to secondary literature. -- Joseph Zepeda, Assistant Professor, Integral Program of Liberal Arts, Saint Mary's College of California, USAIn straightforward and non-technical language, Smith discusses Descartes' major terms, concepts, and interlocutors. An indispensable companion for students engaging with Descartes' philosophical system for the first time. -- Julie Walsh, Assistant Professor of Philosophy, Université du Québec à Montréal, CanadaKurt Smith’s Descartes Dictionary is a good resource for students coming to Descartes’ writings for the first time. * Philosophy in Review *Smith offers this dictionary of terminology from the major works and correspondence of René Descartes … Smith's explanations are lucid and incorporate helpful examples to illustrate some of the more difficult concepts for novice readers of Descartes. Smith nevertheless engages in some significant hermeneutical work here that will be of interest to more-advanced students. Many entries refer readers to helpful secondary-source materials included in the bibliography … this is a helpful reference work. Summing Up: Recommended. Undergraduates and graduate students. -- D. A. Forbes, West Chester University of Pennsylvania * CHOICE *… provides the reader with a comprehensive picture of Descartes’ thought. All the main disciplines that Descartes considered important and dealt with (metaphysics, physics, mechanics, medicine, and morals) are touched on in this overall presentation of his views … Kurt Smith’s Descartes Dictionary is a good resource for students coming to Descartes’ writings for the first time. -- Andreea Mihali, Wilfrid Laurier University * Philosophy in Review *Table of ContentsAcknowledgements About This Dictionary Introduction A Sketch of Descartes’s Life A Sketch of Descartes’s Philosophical System 1. Descartes’s Metaphysics: The Roots 1.1 Ideas (as a component of the metaphysics) 1.2 Ideas (as a component of the epistemology) 2. Descartes’s Physics: The Trunk 3. Medicine, Mechanics, and Morals: The Branches 3.1 Medicine 3.2 Mechanics 3.3 Morals Descartes in the Classroom Terms and Names Bibliography
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Basic Books A Field Guide to a Happy Life: 53 Brief Lessons
Book SynopsisA brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life.For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the face of hardship. Little wonder, then, that it is having such a revival in our own troubled times. But there is no denying how weird it can be: Is it really the case that we shouldn''t care about our work, our loved ones, or our own lives? According to the old Stoics, yes.In A Field Guide to a Happy Life, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a renewed Stoicism that reflects modern science and sensibilities. Pigliucci embraces the joyful bonds of affection, the satisfactions of a job well done, and the grief that attends loss. In his hands, Stoicism isn''t about feats of indifference, but about enduring pain without being overwhelmed, while enjoying pleasures without losing our heads. In short, he makes Stoicism into a philosophy all of us -- whether committed Stoics or simply seekers -- can use to live better.
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Essential Teachings
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Paragon House Publishers African Philosophy: The Essential Readings
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Paragon House Publishers Philosophy and Feminist Criticism: An
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Paragon House Publishers Philosophical Imagination and the Evolution of
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Ivan R Dee, Inc Kierkegaard in 90 Minutes
Book Synopsis“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.Trade ReviewWell-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times *Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. -- Jim Holt * The Wall Street Journal *Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. -- Katherine A. Powers * The Boston Globe *A godsend in this era of the short attention span. -- Daryl Royster Alexander * The New York Times *
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Ivan R Dee, Inc Hegel in 90 Minutes
Book Synopsis“Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one’s friends to Western civilization.”—Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. “Well-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them....I find them hard to stop reading.”—Richard Bernstein, New York Times. “Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise.”—Jim Holt, Wall Street Journal. These brief and enlightening explorations of our greatest thinkers bring their ideas to life in entertaining and accessible fashion. Philosophical thought is deciphered and made comprehensive and interesting to almost everyone. Far from being a novelty, each book is a highly refined appraisal of the philosopher and his work, authoritative and clearly presented.Trade ReviewWell-written, clear and informed, they have a breezy wit about them...I find them hard to stop reading. -- Richard Bernstein * The New York Times *Witty, illuminating, and blessedly concise. -- Jim Holt * The Wall Street Journal *Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character...I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization. -- Katherine A. Powers * The Boston Globe *A godsend in this era of the short attention span. -- Daryl Royster Alexander * The New York Times *
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Centre for the Study of Language & Information Building on Frege: New Essays about Sense,
Book SynopsisPhilosopher-logican, Gottlob Frege's (1848-1924) work has recieved much attention. In his goal to solidify the foundations of mathematics and scientific work, Frege concieved a comprehensive philosophy of language and developed the main thesis of logicism, that mathematics is reducible to logic. This volume contains essays covering a range of issues related to Frege and his work. It discusses topics either in a Fregean spirit or in a dialogue with Frege's original views. Key papers concern the ontological status of propositions and concepts, attempts to improve on the semantics of singular terms, the question of how to construe the content of concept-expressions and other themes within the common ground in which ontology and philosophical semantics intersect.
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Boydell & Brewer Ltd Fire in the Dark: Essays on Pascal's Pensées and
Book SynopsisThe eight essays in Fire in the Dark frame and probe Pascal's underlying contention that the darkling, "hidden" God of Christian revelation, though Himself a profound mystery, especially in the matter of his justice towardsfallen mankind, can nonetheless be used to demystify questions that matter most to us. Pascal's Pensées afford a deeply penetrating view of the human condition [or predicament] as a prelude to a luminously reasoned defense of the Christian faith. His Provincial Letters are best remembered as a wickedly funny satire of "obliging and accommodating" Jesuit moral theologians who, guided by policy rather than piety, are willing to put virtue and salvation within the easy reach of all but the diabolical. Both works are landmarks ofFrench prose that have fascinated readers of all sorts from his day to ours. The eight essays in Fire in the Dark, two of which are new and four of which first appeared in French, frame and probe Pascal's underlying contention that the darkling, "hidden" God of Christian revelation, though Himself a profound mystery, especially in the matter of his justice towards fallen mankind, can nonetheless be used to demystify questions that matter most to us. But can the Supremely Obscure, like a dark lantern that is supremely dark, really illumine our whence, whither, and what now -- our nature, destiny and duties? "Watchman, what of the night?" The answers Pascal offers to Isaiah's query, whether they finally shed light on our world's chiaroscuro or not, can at least claim the authority of coming from out of the dark. Charles Natoli is a member of the Department of Philosophy and Classical Studies at St. John Fisher College in Rochester, New York. He is also the author of Nietzsche and Pascal on Christianity [1985].Trade ReviewPerfectly at home in the literary, theological, and philosophical fields that inform seventeenth-century France, Charles Natoli discusses Pascal's difficult and fascinating writings with great clarity and insight, and with the justesse these writings deserve. The essays are witty and enjoyable to read. Original in their discussion of Pascal's methods and of their potential limits, these essays too ask the reader to be mindful of Pascal's depth and value for our 21st century world. -- -- John A. Gallucci, Colgate University.In this careful and learned study, Natoli burrows into a key tension of our time: the mystery of faith and how one proves the grounds for that faith. -- -- Sara Melzer, UCLA, author of Discourses of the Fall: A Study of Pascal's PenséesIn this remarkable analysis of Pascal's theodicy and the difficulties it presents to modern readers, Natoli joins theological, philosophical, and literary approaches to the Pensées and Provincial Letters. -- -- David Wetsel, Arizona State University, author of Pascal and Disbelief .The seriousness with which Charles Natoli poses, investigates, and most probably lives the question of the justice of the hidden and judging God makes this book at once at excellent example of scholarship and of philosophy. . . In this book what was once known as the Republic of Letters survives. . . -- -- Michael Platt * REVIEW OF METAPHYSICS, 2006 *Table of ContentsFire in the Dark The Provinciales: Ruse against Ruse, Force against Force? Preferring to Live in a Tree-Trunk: The Provinciales as Heauton timoroumenos Revelation/Revolution: A Reflection on Newness in the Provinciales Proof in the Pensées: Reason as Rhetoric, Rhetoric as Reason The Fundamental Role of Justice in Pascal's Apologetics: The Hidden God Mystic/Anti-Mystic: On Speech and Silence in Pascal's Memorial Watchman, What of the Night? Select Bibliography Name Index
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St Augustine's Press Ancients and the Moderns – Rethinking Modernity
Book SynopsisIn this insightful and controversial book, Rosen takes a new look at the famous "quarrel" that the moderns have with the ancients, analyzing and comparing ancient philosophers and modern Continental and analytical thinkers from Plato, Descartes, and Kant to Fichte, Nietzsche, and Rorty. He urges that we not dismiss the classical heritage but appropriate it, for this appropriation is an indispensable step in the process of legitimizing our historical experience. According to Rosen, the quarrel that is significant is not between ancients and moderns but between philosophy and sophistry, for the continuous attempt of Western civilization to prevent playfulness from degenerating into frivolity constitutes the unity of historical experience. The contemporary crisis of modernity as expressed by catchwords such as post-modernism, antiplatonism, postphilosophy, and deconstruction, could lead to a disintegration of this historical unity. But it also presents an opportunity for rejuvenation, provided that we are capable of the fidelity to the past that is the necessary condition for a future.Trade Review"A remarkable new, ground-breaking look at teh Battle of the Books... Rosen's inightful, closely reasoned study is an important contribution to the ongoing debate on the classics in the core carriculum." - Meyer Reinhold, 'Classical World' "The book is important, the time for its reception is ripe, and it will make a significant difference in the way we view philosophy over the coming decades." - Kenly Dove, SUNY, PurchaseTable of Contentspreface, notes, index
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St Augustine's Press Briefly Considered – From the Manstream: Notes
Book SynopsisThe “mainstream” as the term is employed here finds it headwaters in antiquity, if not in the pre-Socratics, certainly in Plato and Aristotle. Through the centuries, that philosophy has been utilized and developed by the Stoics, the Neo-Platonists, the Scholastics, the Arabs, and by the Early Moderns. Dougherty approaches his topics from the perspective of the mainstream, specifically from the vantage point represented in contemporary discourse by the realism of Plato, Aristotle, and Aquinas. In commenting on contemporary social and political issues, Dougherty provides a critique of the humbug that often passes as philosophy. Much of what is published as philosophy, he claims, has little to do with the pursuit of wisdom, and much is written without any knowledge of the history of philosophy – for example, a professor of moral philosophy, by his own admission, lecturing without any knowledge of the Stoics, and another professor at a prominent university, in a nationally televised series of lectures devoted to the history of philosophy, jumping from Plato to Descartes with nothing in between. Dougherty argues that the ancients, no less intelligent or observant than we, have much to say to us about nature, human nature, and the polity. It is from the vantage point of what he takes to be perennial philosophy that Dougherty discusses topics such as “The Acquisition and Use of Power,” “Property as a Condition of Liberty,” “Tolerance.” “Responsibility,” and “The Nature of Scientific Explanation.” Briefly Considered is divided into three parts. Part One presents a series of essays on contemporary social and political issues. Part Two surveys some recent works in the history and philosophy of science, and Part Three provides an introduction to Islamic scholarship that will aid those seeking an understanding of the origins and history of that movement.
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St Augustine's Press Logos and Eros – Essays Honoring Stanley Rosen
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University of Scranton Press Completion of the Project of the West and Its
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University of Scranton Press,U.S. Creating a Human World: A New Psychological and
Book SynopsisIn "Creating a Human World", Trappist monk and scholar Ernest Daniel Carrere explores what it means to be fully human, to live in a shared world, and to resist the easy tendency to flee reality and seek pleasure in material pursuits. To do so he examines the writings of three great modern thinkers - Sigmund Freud, Martin Heidegger, and Soren Kierkegaard - and proposes a new reading of their work in light of his own understanding of New Testament teachings. Carrere elucidates the paradoxical spiritual truth that salvation lies not in an escape from humanity, but in embracing it. An interdisciplinary tour de force, this book will appeal to anyone interested in philosophy, psychology, religion, or cultural anthropology.Trade Review"This timely and insightful work provides a cogent diagnosis of our spiritual predicament and makes an urgent plea for the only kind of remedy that might help us to live well as contingent beings." - Rick A. Furtak, Colorado College"
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The New York Review of Books, Inc The Notebooks Of Joseph Joubert
Book SynopsisThe elusive French luminary Joseph Joubert is a great explorer of the mind''s open spaces. Edited and translated by Paul Auster, this selection from Joubert''s notebooks introduces a master of the enigmatic who seeks 'to call everything by its true name' while asking us to 'remember everything is double.' 'Joubert speaks in whispers,' Auster writes. 'One must draw very close to hear what he is saying.'
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Temple University Press,U.S. Identifying Consumption: Subjects and Objects in
Book SynopsisBrings together major theoretical approaches to consumption and synthesizes them to focus on consumer subjectivity, different meanings of consumption and the relationship between consumption and identityTrade Review"Identifying Consumption is a bold and provocative treatment of many interlocking issues, which in their integration represent a study that is novel and much needed. More than a concise overview of critical theories of consumption, Dunn's smoothly written study also provides a sharp sense of the historical concern for consumption by tracing its emergence over the 20th century and its present culmination in the burgeoning interest in consumption studies today." Jon Cruz, University of California at Santa Barbara, and author of Culture on the Margins "Dunn offers no either/or choices as to the roots of modern consumption; instead, he expertly constructs a careful lineage of the transition of the commodity object to one of insatiable consumer desire." Southwestern Journal of Cultures "Concisely and clearly, Dunn weaves together insights from sociology, psychology, and economics to analyze the 'systematic commodification of need and want.' His excellent examination of historical theorizing about consumption will in itself be useful in university classrooms... Highly recommended." -Choice, March 2009Table of ContentsPart One: Commodities, Objects, the SubjectI The Triumph of the Commodity: Theoretical Lineages; II Culturalizing Consumption; III The Subjectivity of ConsumptionPart Two: Lifestyle, Status, Identity IV The Social Relations of Consumption; V The Identity of Consumption; Conclusion: Reconsidering Consumption and Identity
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Bridge21 Publications, LLC The Spirit of Wang Yangming's Philosophy: The
Book SynopsisA masterpiece in the study of Wang Yangming's (1472-1529) philosophy, this book adopts a holistic approach, integrating philosophical history, comparative philosophy, cultural research and historical documents. The book provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of Wang's philosophy at different stages throughout its maturation so as to sketch the essential character and grand picture of Wang's philosophy. As a systematic study of Wang's philosophy, this monograph boasts a broad perspective, profound discourse and substantial historical data. It is a perfect manifestation of the author's academic accomplishment and presents the readers with a panorama of Wang's studies. Although the book is focused primarily on Wang, its scope and methodology carry great implications for the study of Song and Ming Confucianism and even ancient Chinese philosophy as a whole.Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Mind and Principle 3. Mind and Things 4. Mind and Nature 5. Knowledge and Action 6. Sincerity and Investigating Things 7. Innate Knowledge and the Extension of Innate Knowledge 8. Being and Non-being 9. The Spiritual Realm 10. Efforts 11. Conclusion Appendix. Mysticism in the Traditional Learning of the Heart (Xinxue) A Brief Summary of Wang Yangming’s Chronology Bibliography of Works Cited Glossary Postscript Acknowledgements by the Translator
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Pitchstone Publishing When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer: Humanism
Book SynopsisThe future of the United States rests in many ways on how the ongoing challenge of racial injustice in the country is addressed. Yet, humanists remain divided over what if any agenda should guide humanist thought and action toward questions of race. In this volume, Anthony B. Pinn makes a clear case for why humanism should embrace racial justice as part of its commitment to the well-being of life in general and human flourishing in particular. As a first step, humanists should stop asking why so many racial minorities remain committed to religious traditions that have destroyed lives, perverted justice, and justified racial discrimination. Rather, Pinn argues, humanists must first confront a more pertinent and pressing question: why has humanism failed to provide a more compelling alternative to theism for so many minority groups? For only with a bit of humility and perspective—and a recognition of the various ways in which we each contribute to racial injustice—can we truly fight for justice.Trade Review"A must read for this moment in history!" Sharon D. Welch, Provost and Professor, Religion and Society, Meadville Lombard Theological School" When Colorblindness Isn't the Answer is a practical guide for understanding and actively working against white supremacy, racism, and their offspring called 'race.' While directed toward humanists, everyone can benefit from this immensely readable and practice-oriented analysis . . . . This book is a guide for the perplexed and fearful. It provides practical tools for antiracist action." William David Hart, professor, Religious Studies; holder of Margaret W. Harmon Chair, Macalaster College
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Graywolf Press On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Book SynopsisNamed a Most Anticipated/Best Book of the Month by: NPR * USA Today * Time * Washington Post * Vulture * Women's Wear Daily * Bustle * LitHub * The Millions * Vogue * Nylon * Shondaland * Chicago Review of Books * The Guardian * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * Publishers WeeklySo often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom's long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept's complexities in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.Drawing on a vast range of material, from critical theory to pop culture to the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day. Her abiding interest lies in ongoing practices of freedom by which we negotiate our interrelation withindeed, our inseparability fromothers, with all the care and constraint that entails, while accepting difference and conflict as integral to our communion.For Nelson, thinking publicly through the knots in our culturefrom recent art-world debates to the turbulent legacies of sexual liberation, from the painful paradoxes of addiction to the lure of despair in the face of the climate crisisis itself a practice of freedom, a means of forging fortitude, courage, and company. On Freedom is an invigorating, essential book for challenging times.
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Graywolf Press On Freedom: Four Songs of Care and Constraint
Book SynopsisNamed a Most Anticipated/Best Book of the Month by: NPR * USA Today * Time * Washington Post * Vulture * Women?s Wear Daily * Bustle * LitHub * The Millions * Vogue * Nylon * Shondaland * Chicago Review of Books * The Guardian * Los Angeles Times * Kirkus * Publishers WeeklySo often deployed as a jingoistic, even menacing rallying cry, or limited by a focus on passing moments of liberation, the rhetoric of freedom both rouses and repels. Does it remain key to our autonomy, justice, and well-being, or is freedom?s long star turn coming to a close? Does a continued obsession with the term enliven and emancipate, or reflect a deepening nihilism (or both)? On Freedom examines such questions by tracing the concept?s complexities in four distinct realms: art, sex, drugs, and climate.Drawing on a vast range of material, from critical theory to pop culture to the intimacies and plain exchanges of daily life, Maggie Nelson explores how we might think, experience, or talk about freedom in ways responsive to the conditions of our day. Her abiding interest lies in ongoing ?practices of freedom? by which we negotiate our interrelation with?indeed, our inseparability from?others, with all the care and constraint that entails, while accepting difference and conflict as integral to our communion.For Nelson, thinking publicly through the knots in our culture?from recent art-world debates to the turbulent legacies of sexual liberation, from the painful paradoxes of addiction to the lure of despair in the face of the climate crisis?is itself a practice of freedom, a means of forging fortitude, courage, and company. On Freedom is an invigorating, essential book for challenging times.
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Iter Press Letters on Natural Philosophy – The Scientific
Book SynopsisIn her Letters on Natural Philosophy, published originally in Krakow in 1584, Camilla Erculiani proposed her new theory of the natural causes of the universal flood in the biblical book of Genesis. Erculiani weaves together her understanding of Aristotelian, Platonic, Galenic, and astrological traditions and combines them with her own observations of the world as seen from her apothecary shop in sixteenth-century Padua. This publication brought Erculiani to the attention of the Inquisition, which accused her of heresy, silencing her for centuries. This edition presents the first full English translation of Erculiani’s book and other relevant texts, bringing to light the cultural context and scientific thought of this unique natural philosopher.Trade Review“This edition and translation of the Letters on Natural Philosophy of the sixteenth-century pharmacist Camilla Erculiani makes an important contribution to the history of science, Italian literary history, and the study of early modern women and gender. The critical introduction discusses Erculiani’s biography and the world of the apothecary, while the contextualization of the ideas Erculiani engages with and challenges demonstrates the editor’s deep grasp of the texts that follow. Those texts include not only Erculiani’s letters, but also letters of the Venetian thinker Sebastiano Erizzo, which help make the case for Erculiani’s real correspondence with other philosophers, and the Consilium of jurist Giacomo Menochio, which highlights the precariousness of the intellectual territory into which Erculiani wandered.” -- Meredith Ray, University of DelawareTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Illustrations Foreword: Aristotle in the Pharmacy: The Ambitions of Camilla Erculiani in Sixteenth-Century Padua, by Paula Findlen Introduction: Camilla Erculiani, a Woman and a Natural Philosopher, by Eleonora Carinci, translated by Hannah Marcus Note on the Translation, by Hannah Marcus Camilla Erculiani, Letters on Natural Philosophy, translated by Hannah Marcus To Philosophers To the Most Serene Queen Anna, Queen of Poland, Grand Duchess of Lithuania, etc. To Readers By Andreas Schonaeus of Glogów, A Song of Praise To the Most Excellent Signor Georges Guarnier, in which is discussed the natural cause of the Flood and the natural temperament of man Letter from the Most Excellent Signor Georges Guarnier to Signora Camilla Herculiana, in which is discussed the denial of the Flood Letter from Camilla Herculiana to the most excellent Signor Georges Guarnier, in which is discussed the truth of the Flood and the natural formation and appearance of the rainbow To the magnificent and most excellent Signor Knight, the Signor Martin of Berzeviczy, Transylvanian Chancellor of the holy majesty of the invincible King Stephen of Poland Sebastiano Erizzo, Letters to Camilla Erculiani, translated by Hannah Marcus Giacomo Menochio, Consilium 766: In Defense of Camilla Erculiani, translated by Hannah Marcus Bibliography Index
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