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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nietzsches Zarathustra
Book SynopsisFirst published in 1989. As a young man growing up near Basel, Jung was fascinated and disturbed by tales of Nietzsche''s brilliance, eccentricity, and eventual decline into permanent psychosis. These volumes, the transcript of a previously unpublished private seminar, reveal the fruits of his initial curiosity: Nietzsche''s works, which he read as a student at the University of Basel, had moved him profoundly and had a life-long influence on his thought. During the sessions the mature Jung spoke informally to members of his inner circle about a thinker whose works had not only overwhelmed him with the depth of their understanding of human nature but also provided the philosophical sources of many of his own psychological and metapsychological ideas. Above all, he demonstrated how the remarkable book Thus Spake Zarathustra illustrates both Nietzsche''s genius and his neurotic and prepsychotic tendencies. Since there was at that time no thought of the seminar notes being published, Ju
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Key Concepts in World Philosophies
Book SynopsisCrossing continents and running across centuries, Key Concepts in World Philosophies brings together the 45 core ideas associated with major Indian, Chinese, Japanese, Islamic, African, Ancient Greek, Indigenous and modern European philosophers. The universal theme of self-cultivation and transformation connects each concept. Each one seeks to change our understanding the world or the life we are living. From Chinese xin and karma in Buddhist traditions to okwu in African philosophy, equity in Islamic thought and the good life in Aztec philosophy, an international team of philosophers cover a diverse set of ideas and theories originating from thinkers such as Confucius, Buddha, Dogen, Nezahualcoyotl, Nietzsche and Zhuangzi. Organised around the major themes of knowledge, metaphysics and aesthetics, each short chapter provides an introductory overview supported by a glossary. This is a one-of-a-kind toolkit that allows you to read philosophical texts from all overTrade ReviewThis is a brilliantly conceived volume, aimed at encouraging recognition of the diversity of philosophical ideas across the various world traditions. Dipping into just a few of the chapters should convince anyone that there are no grounds whatsoever for philosophers to ignore key ideas outside their own cultural traditions. * Michael Beaney, Regius Professor of Logic, University of Aberdeen, UK, and Professor of History of Analytic Philosophy, Humboldt University of Berlin, Germany *Can there be a better way to "take the world as the world" in philosophy than recruiting a cadre of the very best scholars across the subfields of global philosophy with each writing a substantial piece on a concept usually associated with their own careers? Sarah Flavel and Chiara Robbiano at the helm of this great ship are indeed taking world philosophy towards the boundless horizon of Nietzsche's open sea. * Roger T. Ames, Humanities Chair Professor, Peking University, China *Contemporary Anglo-European philosophy often appears to be nothing but a temple to the achievements of dead white men. Key Concepts in World Philosophies, by Sarah Flavel and Chiara Robbiano, is a powerful antidote to philosophical ethnocentrism. This anthology is like a philosophical box of chocolates, with wide selections of delicious, "bite-sized" chapters that broaden our philosophical horizons and expand our conceptual toolkits. It is useful for both the timid beginner and the jaded cosmopolitan. * Bryan W. Van Norden, James Monroe Taylor Chair in Philosophy, Vassar College, USA *Table of ContentsList of Contributors Preface “A Note on the “Key-Concepts” Approach and Diversification of Philosophical Curricula”, Sarah Flavel Acknowledgments Introduction, “Valuing diversity”, Chiara Robbiano Part I: How We Acquire Knowledge about Ourselves and Reality 1. Action and Praxis, Jin Y. Park 2. Africa, Delphine Abadie 3. Ataraxia, Frans A.J. de Haas 4. Continuous Inquiry, Chiara Robbiano 5. Emptiness, Jason M. Wirth 6. Epistemic Decolonization of Culture, Omar Rivera 7. Ezumezu, Jonathan O Chimakonam 8. Gewu (Investigation of Things), Xiao Ouyang 9. “I” as the Absolute Present, Yoko Arisaka 10. Intellectual Non-Harming and Epistemic Friction, Anand Vaidya 11. Karma, Peter D. Hershock 12. Nature, Marzenna Jakubczak 13. Perspectival Agility, Sarah Flavel and Brad Hall 14. Relational Knowing, Monika Kirloskar-Steinbach 15. Relegational Arguments, Andrew K. Whitehead 16. Science Fiction in/as Philosophy, Ethan Mills 17. Shinjin Gakudô (Studying the Way with Body and Mind), Bret W. Davis 18. Shinjin-datsuraku (dropping the bodymind), Rein Raud 19. Prasanga Method, Ethan Mills 20. Unconditioned, Russell Re Manning 21. Vital Force, Pius M. Mosima 22. Zhi (Knowing), Aaron Creller Part II: How We Cultivate Ourselves and Relate to Others 23. Double movement, Evgenia Ilieva 24. Duhkha (suffering), Stephen E. Harris 25. Equality, Hadeer Aboelnagah 26. I-Thou Relation, Michiko Yusa 27. Moral Responsiveness, Jay L. Garfield 28. Nepantla, James Maffie 29. Self-Cultivation and Political Power, Leah Kalmanson 30. The Good Life, Sebastian Purcell 31. Ubuntu/Botho, Michael Onyebuchi Eze 32. Ujamaa, Edwin Etieyibo 33. Wu wei, Yuan Zhang and Douglas L. Berger 34. Xin (Heart-mind), Dascha Düring Part III: How We Express Ourselves 35. Concreteness, Paul Ziche 36. Conversationalism, Aribiah David Attoe 37. Creativity, Kiene Brillenburg Wurth 38. Diversity in Philosophy, Purushottama Bilimoria & Agnieszka Rostalska 39. Dôtoku (Expression), Gereon Kopf 40. Embodied Practice, John C. Maraldo 41. Kata, Enrico Fongaro 42. Li (Ritual), Geir Sigurðsson 43. Noh Theater Mask, Mayuko Uehara 44. Okwu, Jonathan O Chimakonam 45. Tôjisha kenkyû (participant-led research), Saku Hara Index
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Classics of Western Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe Eighth Edition of Steven M. Cahn's Classics of Western Philosophy offers the same exacting standard of editing and translation that made earlier editions of this anthology the most highly valued and widely used volume of its kind. But the Eighth Edition offers exciting new content as well: Plato's Laches (complete), new selections from Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics (on courage), Descartes' Discourse on Method (complete), all previously omitted sections of Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge, Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics (complete).These additions—with no offsetting deletion of content of the Seventh Edition—yield an anthology of unrivaled versatility, the only one to offer the complete texts of: both Descartes' Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy, both Berkeley's A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge and Three Dialogues between Hylas and Philonous, Kant's Prolegomena to Any Future Metaphysics and selections from the Critique of Pure Reason.
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Harvard University Press The Shadow of God
Book SynopsisMichael Rosen shows how the redemptive hope of religion became the redemptive hope of historical progress. This was the heart of German Idealism: purpose lay not in God’s judgment but in worldly projects; freedom required not being subject to arbitrary authority, human or divine. Yet purpose and freedom never shed their theistic structure.Trade ReviewAlthough Kant was not a secular thinker, he still contributed to secularization. This distinction illustrates the sophistication of Rosen’s approach…Rosen challenges much that is taken for granted in modern accounts of [Kant’s] work…Innovative. -- Richard Bourke * Times Literary Supplement *[An] illuminating perspective on contemporary trends that rewards critical engagement…Rosen makes no claim to have definitively unraveled the intellectual origins of our troubled times; but he is surely right that the fundamental need to find our place in the world, the sense of belonging to something larger than ourselves—whether secular or divine will continue to cast a long shadow over our history. -- Paul Dicken * American Conservative *A magisterial achievement…This book will stay with students of German Idealism and of political theory at large for a very long time to come. -- Tae-Yeoun Keum * Review of Politics *Rosen’s argument is original and provocative, and he excels at deciphering the gnarled writings of the German Idealists and making comprehensible their thoughts about free will…and justice…This meticulous examination will appeal to philosophers and historians alike. * Publishers Weekly *Thinkers such as Kant and Hegel, indeed most of the German idealists, conforming to the religious and political orthodoxy of the day, sought to save religion. Rosen argues, however, that the requirement that God and reason should coexist, that theodicy should be rational theodicy, far from saving religion, hastened its decline. -- Julian Young * Society *With great erudition and a characteristic combination of analytic precision and critical imagination, Michael Rosen serves us a dialectical feast: He brings German Idealism back to life by showing how much these thinkers of secularism were steeped in religious forms of thought that live on. This masterpiece is a great example of what Adorno once called solidarity with metaphysics in the moment of its fall. -- Rainer Forst, Goethe University FrankfurtThe discussion about the nature and validity of ethical thinking in the English-speaking world suffers from a too-narrow range of examples. It often seems to come down to a debate between Bentham and secularized versions of Kant. Michael Rosen’s The Shadow of God reexamines the Kantian tradition and opens up a much wider range of crucial issues. His book is clearly and engagingly written and could enliven and transform the debate. It needs to be widely read. -- Charles Taylor, McGill UniversityWritten with both rigor and humor, Michael Rosen’s The Shadow of God offers original interpretations of notoriously difficult philosophical thinkers—Kant, Hegel, Nietzsche, and others—while never losing sight of the existential puzzles about agency, history, theodicy, and evil that motivated them and that haunt us still. The book is both invigorating and consoling, and it is a pleasure to read. -- Lydia Moland, Colby CollegeMichael Rosen tells the story of the intellectual movement from Kant to Hegel anew, and he describes it as, at its core, a ‘passage from heaven to history.’ The result is a fascinating book, beautifully written and tightly argued, full of insights and wisdom. -- Eckart Förster, Johns Hopkins UniversityIn this book, Michael Rosen rises above the limitations of sociological approaches to secularization and presents an intellectual-historical account, framed by Nietzsche’s aphorism of ‘the shadow of God.’ Challenging received views across a number of academic fields, Rosen takes our understanding of secularization to a new level, and we are greatly in his debt. -- Shao Kai Tseng, Zhejiang University
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Princeton University Press Spinozas Religion A New Reading of the Ethics
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Carlisle’s book is a finely written and thoughtful introduction to Spinoza’s philosophy for anyone who is curious as to why this thinker, dead for almost 350 years, remains vitally relevant today"---Steven Nadler, Literary Review"[Carlisle] admirably establishes that Spinoza’s philosophy can be interpreted as a distinctive and original form of rational religion."---Carlos Fraenkel, Times Literary Supplement"Carlisle has done us a great service by offering a convincing and newly rounded portrayal—and by reminding us that you can never exhaust the majesty of Spnoza's religious writing."---Alex Dean, Prospect"An intimate, religious reading of Spinoza’s Ethics, which allows his peculiar religion to emerge with all its promise and paradox." * Choice Reviews *"Carlisle’s interpretation of Spinoza is consistently fresh and surprising. . . . This book steps decisively away from the modes of rational reconstruction and conceptual analysis that now dominate Spinoza scholarship in the English language, and is all the better for it. . . . An excellent book that will reward readers of Spinoza of all levels."---Beth Lord, Philosophy"I’m sure I’m not the only person who feels excited to explore the new world of interpretation that Carlisle has opened up by taking Spinoza’s religion seriously."---Alexander Douglas, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"Spinoza’s Religion is a joy to read. . . . It is a book that has the power to bring Spinoza deeper into our hearts, making his words a companion n our efforts to live with greater equanimity and delight. Spinoza's Religion also poses a compelling challenge to what we think we know about Spinoza."---Hasana Sharp, Journal of the History of Philosophy
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Vintage Publishing The Aristos
Book SynopsisTwo years after The Collector had brought him international recognition and a year before he published The Magus, John Fowles set out his ideas on life in The Aristos. The chief inspiration behind them was the fifth century BC philosopher Heraclitus. In the world he posited of constant and chaotic flux the supreme good was the Aristos, ''of a person or thing, the best or most excellent its kind''.''What I was really trying to define was an ideal of human freedom (the Aristos) in an unfree world,'' wrote Fowles in 1965. He called a materialistic and over-conforming culture to reckoning with his views on a myriad of subjects - pleasure and pain, beauty and ugliness, Christianity, humanism, existentialism, socialism
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Penguin Books Ltd Autobiography Penguin Classics
Book SynopsisOne of the greatest prodigies of his era, John Stuart Mill (1806-73) was studying arithmetic and Greek by the age of three, as part of an astonishingly intense education at his father's hand. Intellectually brilliant, fearless and profound, he became a leading Victorian liberal thinker, whose works - including On Liberty, Utilitarianism, The Subjection of Women and this Autobiography - are among the crowning achievements of the age. Here he describes the pressures placed on him by his childhood, the mental breakdown he suffered as a young man, his struggle to understand a world of feelings and emotions far removed from his father's strict didacticism, and the later development of his own radical beliefs. A moving account of an extraordinary life, this great autobiography reveals a man of deep integrity, constantly searching for truth.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking worlTable of ContentsAutobiography IntroductionEditor's NoteI. Childhood, and Early EducationII. Moral Influences in Early Youth. My Father's Character and OpinionsIII. Last Stage of Education, and First of Self-EducationIV. Youthful Propagandism. The Westminster Review.V. A Crisis in My Mental History. One Stage OnwardVI. Commencement of the Most Valuable Friendship of My Life. My Father's Death. Writings and Other Proceedings up to 1840VII. General View of the Remainder of My LifeIndex of Personal Names
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Oxford University Press Objective Imperatives An Exploration of Kants
Book SynopsisObjective Imperatives defends the validity of Kant's Categorical Imperative as an account of objective moral imperatives. Ralph C. S. Walker argues that most of the common objections can be shown to be due to misunderstandings.Trade ReviewAiming at a succinct yet wide-ranging reconsideration of Kant's moral theory. * Choice *
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Oxford University Press The Great Philosophers
Book SynopsisBeginning with the death of Socrates in 399 BC, and following the story through the centuries to recent figures such as Bertrand Russell and Wittgenstein, Bryan Magee''s conversations with fifteen contemporary writers and philosophers provide an accessible and exciting account of Western philosophy and its greatest thinkers. The contributors include A. J. Ayer, Bernard Williams, Martha Nussbaum, Peter Singer, and John Searle, so that the book is not only an introduction to the philosophers of the past, but gives an invaluable insight into the view and personalities of some of the most influential philosophers of the twentieth century.
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Oxford University Press Perfectionism
Book SynopsisPerfectionism is one of the great moralities of the Western tradition. It holds that certain states of humans, such as knowledge, achievement, and friendship, are good apart from any pleasure they may bring, and that the morally right act is always the one that most promotes these states. Defined more narrowly, perfectionism identifies the human good by reference to human nature: if knowledge and achievement are good, it is because they realize aspects of human nature. This book gives an account of perfectionism, first in the narrower sense, analysing its central concepts and defending a theory of human nature in which rationality plays a central role. It then uses this theory to construct an elaborate account of the intrinsic value of beliefs and actions that embody rationality, and applies this account to political questions about liberty and equality. The book attempts to formulate the most defensible version of perfectionism, using contemporary analytic techniques. It aims both to Trade Review"Hurka's book is a clear formulation of perfectionism. It is historically informed and philosophically sophisticated. All readers will benefit."--Canadian Philosophical Reviews"Readers accustomed to the high conceptual and argumentative standards characteristic of analytic philosophy at its best will not be disappointed by Hurka's discussions. In every case, whether or not his arguments win conviction in the end, they invariably illuminate and leave the impression that the issues have been explored in a fair and even-handed way. Hurka's conclusions are also often becoming in their tentativeness and modesty: where he can find no definitive resolution of a question he has the candor to say so....Hurka has done a remarkable job of building an elegant and attractive version of perfectionism. Written with admirable rigor and clarity, his book will surely remain the definitive treatment of the theory by an analytic philosopher for a very long while. By presenting perfectionism in the best possible light he has done a great service to the theory's supporters and critics alike."--The Philosophical Review"This is a brilliant book....I know of no other discussion of human and moral good that is so rewarding....Highly original and deeply insightful."--Philosophical BooksIt is most welcome to have a hard-headed and carefully argued defence of perfectionism ... This book contains many tracts of careful, exact, and economic argument in support of its main position ... This book is to be recommended to those interested in political and moral philosophy ... stimulating, interesting and very much to be welcomed. * Utilitas *
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Oxford University Press Inc Choosing Freedom A Kantian Guide to Life Guides
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn this accessible and compelling book, Karen Stohr captures the beauty, elegance, and wisdom of Kants system of moral philosophy without sacrificing its complexity. Emphasizing the importance of understanding our all-too-human fallibilities, Stohrs Kant shows us how to engage in honest self-assessment, avoid the temptations of self-deception, and do the hard but necessary work required to become a better person. * Carol Hay, author of Think Like a Feminist: The Philosophy Behind the Revolution *Choosing Freedom is about doing what we can to be better persons. What are the vicious attitudes we must try to avoid, and what kind of character and social relationships should we try to develop? Karen Stohr explains Kant's ideas on these matters in a remarkably engaging, informal style, making them accessible to beginning students and other non-specialists. She does not hesitate to criticize and reject Kant's cultural biases (for example, on race), but she provides a well-informed, richly illustrated, and wise commentary on positive features of Kant's advice. The book should be welcomed by any students, teachers, and general readers who want a plain explanation of basic points of Kantian moral theory and its practical relevance to their lives.Karen Stohr has accomplished an amazing thing: she has given us an introduction to Kant's ethics that is accessible and lively, without sacrificing any accuracy. She deftly explains the attractive moral concepts and ideals at the heart of Kant's view and demonstrates the practical relevance of the theory with a wealth of contemporary examples. Along the way she combats some of the persistent misconceptions that continue to plague the reception of Kant's moral theory. The book is perfect for introductory ethics courses or for any curious reader. * Kyla Ebels-Duggan, Philosophy, Northwestern University *Instead of looking down on us from the heavens of abstraction, Karen Stohr's Kant spends most of his time addressing how we might live more morally in our daily lives. Stohr turns from the major texts to Kant's essays and lectures, finding nuggets of wisdom ranging from ways to overcome self-conceit to how to organize a dinner party. A clear, enjoyable, and engaging introduction to a thinker who too often inspires fear, confusion, and a desire to curl up in a fetal position. * Todd May, Philosophical Advisor to "The Good Place" *Table of ContentsPart One: Kantian Basics Chapter 1 - Getting to Know Kant Chapter 2 - Freedom Chapter 3 - Human Nature Chapter 4 - Moral Commitment Chapter 5 - The Categorical Imperative: Equality Chapter 6 - The Categorical Imperative: Dignity Chapter 7 - The Categorical Imperative: Community Chapter 8 - Love and Respect Chapter 9 - Kantian Duties Part Two: Moral Assessment Chapter 10 - Knowing Ourselves Chapter 11 - Judging Ourselves Chapter 12 - Judging Others Part Three: Kantian Vices Chapter 13 - Servility: Acting Like a Doormat Chapter 14 - Arrogance: Being Full of Ourselves Chapter 15 - Contempt: Looking Down on People Chapter 16 - Defamation: Spreading Gossip Chapter 17 - Mockery: Making Fun of Others Chapter 18 - Deceitfulness: Bending the Truth Chapter 19 - Drunkenness: Losing Our Grip on Reason Part Four: Kantian Life Goals Chapter 20 - Personal Development: Making Something of Ourselves Chapter 21 - Stoic Cheerfulness: Learning to Grin and Bear It Chapter 22 - Judicious Reserve: Knowing When to Shut Up Chapter 23 - Useful Beneficence: Lending a Genuinely Helpful Hand Chapter 24 - Heartfelt Gratitude: Acknowledging Our Debts Part Five: Socializing, Kantian-Style Chapter 25 - Friends and Frenemies Chapter 26 - A Kantian Love Life Chapter 27 - Good Manners Chapter 28 - Dinner Parties without Drama Part Six: Looking Forward Chapter 29 - Staying Hopeful Chapter 30 - Kant as a Guide to Life Bibliograhy
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of American and British Women
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of American and British Women Philosophers in the Nineteenth Century disrupts the widespread impression that there were no women philosophers in this period. Building on feminist histories of philosophy that cover other eras, this volume includes chapters on a wide range of women philosophers: those who wrote explicitly philosophical texts for academic audiences, others who philosophized in novels or pamphlets, and still others who philosophized through journalism or activist writings. Through fifty newly commissioned chapters, it examines the philosophical thought of individual women, including women of color, as well as chronicling women's contributions to philosophical movements such as Romanticism, Utilitarianism, Idealism, and Positivism. It also traces the philosophical arguments women used to contribute to topics in social philosophy such as socialism, feminism, abolitionism, and the philosophy of education. It outlines the history of writing and publishing in the nineteenth century, showing that circumstances were more hospitable to women authors during this time than is often assumed. It clarifies ways in which race and class affected women's philosophizing and analyzes the influence of women philosophers on their male contemporaries. By chronicling this wealth of women's philosophy, this handbook corrects the philosophical record and enriches our understanding of philosophy. If we assume there are no women philosophers in the nineteenth century, we will not look for them; if we do not look for them, they will remain obscure, limiting our understanding of what philosophy is and can be.
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Oxford University Press Inc The Jewish Reformation
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewIn a riveting work, Michah Gottlieb tells the story of the Jewish Reformation-namely, the endeavor to reconstruct a new form of Judaism grounded in German middle-class modernity. Gottlieb both unsettles and reconstitutes the boundaries between Protestantism and Judaism, and redefines, in original ways, such terms as Orthodoxy and Reform. This excellent work raises fascinating questions about how we read religious texts; what is specific about such readings and what is universal about them; and how translation, education, and novel understandings of culture and cultural production generate new exegetical practices. * Perspectives in History *In The Jewish Reformation, Michah Gottlieb skillfully restores the Bible to center stage in the process of German Jewry's emancipation, its endeavor to gain equal rights and acceptance in German society and culture. He significantly highlights the role of Bible translation in the ambitious effort to identify with the surrounding culture and fashion an appropriate version of 'bourgeois' piety while concomitantly maintaining Judaism's foundational distinctiveness. * David Sorkin, author of Jewish Emancipation: A History Across Five Centuries *Why were German Jews so preoccupied with Bible translation? From 1783 to 1961 there were fifteen Jewish translations of the Pentateuch into German. Among the translators were Moses Mendelssohn, Leopold Zunz, Samson Raphael Hirsch, Martin Buber, and Franz Rosenzweig. Michah Gottlieb, a leading interpreter of German-Jewish thought, explores this question and gives surprising answers. His important book tells the heroic story of German-Jewish piety, erudition, controversy, and bourgeois integrity. * Warren Zev Harvey, Professor Emeritus, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem *In The Jewish Reformation: Bible Translation and Middle-Class German Judaism as Spiritual Enterprise, Michah Gottlieb has brilliantly employed the biblical translations of Mendelssohn, Zunz, and S.R. Hirsch as gauges to measure the cultural transition of German Judaism and German Jews to the bourgeois world of modern Germany. Gottlieb provides a remarkably detailed and insightful exposition of these works and provides a delightfully rich historical and intellectual contextualization of his subjects. The Jewish Reformation constitutes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of modern Judaism! * David Ellenson, Chancellor Emeritus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion and Professor Emeritus of Near Eastern and Judaic Studies at Brandeis University *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: The Jewish Reformation Part I: Haskalah: Moses Mendelssohn's Conservative Reformation Chapter One: The Bible as Cultural Translation Chapter Two: Biblical Education and the Power of Conversation Part II: Wissenschaft and Reform: Leopold Zunz between Scholarship and Synagogue Chapter Three: Translation vs. Midrash Chapter Four: Bible Translation and the Centrality of the Synagogue Part III: Neo-Orthodoxy: The Samson Raphael Hirsch Enigma Chapter Five: A Man of No Party: The Neunzehn Briefe as Bible Translation Chapter Six: The Road to Orthodoxy: Hirsch in Battle Chapter Seven: The Innovative Orthodoxy of Hirsch's Der Pentateuch Chapter Eight: The Fracturing of German Judaism: Ludwig Philippson's Israelitische Bibel and Hirsch's Sectarian Orthodoxy Conclusion: The Jewish Counter Reformation Appendix: Mendelssohn on the Decalogue Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Method and Metaphysics Essays in Ancient Philosophy I
Book SynopsisMethod and Metaphysics presents twenty-six essays in ancient philosophy by Jonathan Barnes, one of the most admired and influential scholars of his generation. The essays span four decades of his career, and are drawn from a wide variety of sources: many of them will be relatively unknown even to specialists in ancient philosophy. Several essays are now translated from the original French and made available in English for the first time; others have been substantially revised for republication.The volume opens with eight essays about the interpretation of ancient philosophical texts, and about the relationship between philosophy and its history. The next five essays examine the methods of ancient philosophers. The third section comprises thirteen essays about metaphysical topics, from the Presocratics to the late Platonists. This collection will be a rich feast for students and scholars of ancient philosophy.Trade ReviewThis volume collects several invaluable essays not only for the specialist or those interested in ancient philosophy or the history of philosophy. It is also a source of exegetical and conceptual riches in the form of rigorous discussions of crucial philosophical problems, theses, and arguments. Even the papers which are reviews of other theorists' works are characterized not only by astute critical spirit but also by a wealth of positive proposals ... Barnes's volume of collected papers on method and metaphysics is indispensable: it contains works of scholarly excellence, advances arguments of admirable clarity and cogency, and raises all the crucial questions growing out of the fields it examines. The volume itself is beautifully presented, includes new footnotes with helpful citations of most of the original Greek texts discussed, and retains (in brackets) the pagination of the papers in their original place of publication. * Michail Peramatzis, Mind *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. Ancient philosophers ; 2. The history of philosophy ; 3. Philosophy within quotation marks? ; 4. Anglophone attitudes ; 5. Brentano's Aristotle ; 6. Heidegger in the cave ; 7. 'There was an old person from Tyre' ; 8. The Presocratics in context ; 9. Argument in ancient philosophy ; 10. Philosophy and dialectic ; 11. Aristotle and the methods of ethics ; 12. Metacommentary ; 13. An introduction to Aspasius ; 14. Parmenides and the Eleatic One ; 15. Reason and necessity in Leucippus ; 16. Plato's cyclical argument ; 17. Death and the philosopher ; 18. Aristotelian arithmetic ; 19. The principle of plenitude ; 20. 'Aristotle's opinion concerning destiny and what is up to us' ; 21. 'Belief is up to us' ; 22. The same again: the Stoics and eternal recurrence ; 23. Bits and pieces ; 24. Partial wholes ; 25. 'Drei Sonnen sahe ich': Syrianus and astronomy ; 26. Immaterial causes ; Bibliography ; Indexes
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OUP Oxford The Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Handbook of Kierkegaard brings together an outstanding selection of contemporary specialists and uniquely combines work on the background and context of Kierkegaard's writings, exposition of his key ideas, and a survey of his influence and heritage.Trade ReviewThe volume is impressive both for its range and the quality of its contributions. * Thomas P. Miles, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsI: CONTEXTS AND SOURCES; II: SOME MAJOR TOPICS IN THE AUTHORSHIP; III: KIERKEGAARD AFTER KIERKEGAARD
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Oxford University Press The Oxford Handbook of Atheism
Book SynopsisRecent books by, among others, Sam Harris, Richard Dawkins, and Christopher Hitchens have thrust atheism firmly into the popular, media, and academic spotlight. This so-called New Atheism is arguably the most striking development in western socio-religious culture of the past decade or more. As such, it has spurred fertile (and often heated) discussions both within, and between, a diverse range of disciplines. Yet atheism, and the New Atheism, are by no means co-extensive. Interesting though it indeed is, the New Atheism is a single, historically and culturally specific manifestation of positive atheism (the that there is/are no God/s), which is itself but one form of a far deeper, broader, and more significant global phenomenon.The Oxford Handbook of Atheism is a pioneering edited volume, exploring atheism--understood in the broad sense of ''an absence of belief in the existence of a God or gods''--in all the richness and diversity of its historical and contemporary expressions. BringTrade Review...a touchstone reference work in the study of atheism and related phenomena, and the editors and contributors are to be commended for producing an accessible refer-ence text containing world-leading, original scholarship that will stand the test of time. * Christopher R. Cotter, Numen *This collection will be warmly welcomed by philosophers of religion, philosophers of science, historians of ideas, andmetaphysicians for themany fresh angles it opens up on familiar difficulties with defining atheism ... the volume provides an especially gratifying richness of reflection on its strengths and weaknesses as a full-fledged philosophical outlook * James Orr, Religious Studies *a truly interdisciplinary and comprehensive review ... All of the chapters are well-written and coverage of major philosophers and movements is extensive ... an essential resource. No library should be without it. * Darren E. Sherkat, Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion *The Oxford Handbook of Atheism is a momentous achievement, displaying a depth and breadth that is unlikely to be equaled * Benjamin B. DeVan, Theology and Science *The Oxford Handbook of Atheism is an essential resource. No library should be without it. * Darren E. Sherkat, Scientific Study of Religion *Table of Contents1: DEFINITIONS AND DEBATES; 2: HISTORY OF (WESTERN) ATHEISM; 3: WORLDVIEWS AND SYSTEMS; 4: ATHEISM AND THE NATURAL SCIENCES; 5: ATHEISM AND THE SOCIAL SCIENCES; 6: GLOBAL EXPRESSIONS; 7: ATHEISM AND THE ARTS
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Oxford University Press Utilitarianism
Book SynopsisThe Oxford Philosophical Texts series consists of authoritative teaching editions of canonical texts in the history of philosophy from the ancient world down to modern times. Each volume provides a clear, well laid out text together with a comprehensive introduction by a leading specialist, providing the student with detailed critical guidance on the intellectual context of the work and the structure and philosophical importance of the main arguments. Endnotes are supplied which provide further commentary on the arguments and explain unfamiliar references and terminology, and a full bibliography and index are also included. The series aims to build up a definitive corpus of key texts in the Western philosophical tradition, which will form a reliable and enduring resource for students and teachers alike. John Stuart Mill''s Utilitarianism is one of the most important, controversial, and suggestive works of moral philosophy ever written. Mill defends the view that all human action shTable of ContentsPART 1: INTRODUCTORY MATERIAL; PART 2: THE TEXT; PART 3: NOTES, BIBLIOGRAPHY, AND INDEX
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OUP Oxford Descartes
Book SynopsisThis volume in the Oxford Readings in Philosophy series brings together some of the most influential and stimulating essays on Descartes' philosophy to have appeared in recent years. Edited by the renowned Descartes specialist Professor John Cottingham, the selection of essays covers the full range of Descartes' thought, including chapters on the central issues in Cartesian metaphysics, the relationship between mind and body, human nature and the passions, and thestructure of scientific explanation. These broad-ranging and accessible perspectives on Descartes' work will be essential reading for students and specialists.Table of ContentsIntroduction ; I. Descartes and the Metaphysics of Doubt ; II. The Cogito and its Importance ; III. Clearness and Distinctness in Descartes ; IV. Foundationalism, Epistemic Principles and the Cartesian Circle ; V. Descartes on the Will ; VI. Descartes' Theory of Modality ; VII. The Epistemological Argument for Mind-Body Distinctness ; VIII. Descartes and the Unity of Human Being ; IX. Descartes' Theory of the Passions ; X. Descartes' Treatment of Animals ; XI. Descartes, Method and the Role of Experiment ; XII. Descartes' Concept of Scientific Explanation ; XIII. Force (God) in Descartes' Physics ; Notes on the Contributors ; Bibliography ; Table of Citations of Descartes' Works ; Index
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Oxford University Press Philosophy of Religion
Book SynopsisPhilosophy of Religion: A Guide and Anthology provides a comprehensive, authoritative, and accessible overview of the philosophy of religion. Under the careful editorship of Brian Davies, the book contains a selection of the best classical and contemporary writings on the philosophy of religion together with substantial commentary, introductory material, discussion questions, and detailed guides to further reading. The editorial material sets the extracts in context and guides the reader through them. Taken as a whole, the book offers the ideal, self-contained introduction to the questions which have most preoccupied Western philosophers when thinking about religion. The selection is both very comprehensive and very generous. 65 sizeable extracts map out the full range of topics most commonly encountered in courses on the philosophy of religion. Part I looks at the relation between philosophy and religious belief; Parts II-IV consider the existence and nature of God; Part V addresses tTrade Review"Comprehensive, representative, good guidance and advice", Dr Andrew Dawson, Chester College"The selection of articles is exceptionally good for an introductory course in the subject. The questions are also useful for discussion in class and writing projects", Dr Victoria S Harrison, Birkbeck CollegeTable of ContentsPART I. PHILOSOPHY AND RELIGIOUS BELIEF; PART II. THE PROBLEM OF GOD-TALK; PART III. ARGUMENTS FOR GOD'S EXISTENCE; COSMOLOGICAL ARGUMENTS; 23. INTRODUCTION; GOD AND HUMAN EXPERIENCE; PART IV. WHAT IS GOD?; OMNIPOTENT; KNOWING; ETERNAL; SIMPLE; PART V. THE PROBLEM OF EVIL; PART VI. MORALITY AND RELIGION; PART VII. PEOPLE AND LIFE AFTER DEATH
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Oxford University Press Hegel Manuscripts of the Introduction and the Lectures of 18221823
Book SynopsisThis edition makes available an entirely new version of Hegel''s lectures on the development and scope of world history. Volume I presents Hegel''s surviving manuscripts of his introduction to the lectures and the full transcription of the first series of lectures (1822-23). These works treat the core of human history as the inexorable advance towards the establishment of a political state with just institutions-a state that consists of individuals with a free and fully-developed self-consciousness. Hegel interweaves major themes of spirit and culture-including social life, political systems, commerce, art and architecture, religion, and philosophy-with an historical account of peoples, dates, and events. Following spirit''s quest for self-realization, the lectures presented here offer an imaginative voyage around the world, from the paternalistic, static realm of China to the cultural traditions of India; the vast but flawed political organization of the Persian Empire to Egypt and thTrade ReviewIn this and earlier volumes Peter Hodgson and his collaborators have in many ways set new standards of clarity and consistency in the presentation and translation of Hegel's writings and lectures . . . the present edition provides an excellent starting point for the serious study of Hegel's unfolding concept of 'philosophical' history in his Berlin period. * Nicholas Walker, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface 1: Editorial Introduction 2: Manuscripts of the Introduction The Lectures of 1822-23 3: Introduction: The Concept of World History 4: The Oriental World 5: The Greek World 6: The Roman World 7: The Germanic World Glossary Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Berkeleys Argument for Idealism
Book SynopsisSamuel C. Rickless presents a novel interpretation of the thought of George Berkeley. In A Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge (1710) and Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous (1713), Berkeley argues for the astonishing view that physical objects (such as tables and chairs) are nothing but collections of ideas (idealism); that there is no such thing as material substance (immaterialism); that abstract ideas are impossible (anti-abstractionism); and that an idea can be like nothing but an idea (the likeness principle). It is a matter of great controversy what Berkeley''s argument for idealism is and whether it succeeds. Most scholars believe that the argument is based on immaterialism, anti-abstractionism, or the likeness principle. In Berkeley''s Argument for Idealism, Rickless argues that Berkeley distinguishes between two kinds of abstraction, ''singling'' abstraction and ''generalizing'' abstraction; that his argument for idealism depends on the impossibilityTrade ReviewSamuel C. Rickless Berkeleys Argument for Idealism is an excellent book. It is clearly written, tightly focused, and rigorously argued ... a must-read for historians of early modern philosophy ... I am confident that it will shape this debate for many years to come. * Robert Watt, European Journal of Philosophy *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: Mediate and immediate perception 2: The perception of sensible objects 3: The argument for idealism in the Principles 4: The argument for idealism in the first Dialogue Conclusion Bibliography Index
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Oxford University Press Knowing What To Do Imagination Virtue And Platonism In Ethics
Book SynopsisSophie Grace Chappell develops a picture of what philosophical ethics can be like, once set aside from the idealising and reductive pressures of conventional moral theory. Her question is ''How are we to know what to do?'', and the answer she defends is ''By developing our moral imaginations''. The series of studies presented in Knowing What To Do contribute to the case that the moral imagination is a key part of human excellence or virtue by showing that it plays a wide variety of roles in our practical and evaluative lives. There is no short-cut or formulaic way of knowing what to do; but the longer and more painstaking approach is more rewarding anyway. This approach involves developing our repertoire of natural human capacities for imagination, open deliberation, and contemplative attention to the world, the people, and the reality of value around us.Trade ReviewThe book must be praised as an inspiring expression of an ethical vision with deep historical roots and urgent contemporary relevance . . . Timothy Chappell's book is itself an ethical exemplar, a study in the contemplation of value, a testament to ordinary goodness. Event those who disagree must contemplate his arguments; since "if we can't see individual specific things, we can't see anything at all." * Luke Brunning, The Times Literary Supplement *Knowing What to Do is an excellent book: the clear prose and application of literature, philosophy, and history make it an enjoyable read. This book appeals to nonspecialists and specialists alike. The focus of this book is mostly on metaethics and normative ethics, but it also concerns areas in applied ethics, such as environmental ethics and biomedical ethics, as well as epistemology. Additionally, anyone interested in issues concerning philosophical methodology will find this book useful. * Nicholas R. Baima, Ethics *A book that frequently challenges the conventional expectations of a philosophy research monograph . . . his non-conventional approach not only serves to illuminate important aspects of moral thought that normally receive little or no attention in systematic moral theory, but also helps to support the claim that these are aspects of moral thought that moral philosophers may want to say more about. * Hallvard Lillehammer, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *a version of ethics which could deliver the discipline from the tyranny of theory . . . Imagination plays a large role in Chappell's own presentation, and this is one of the many delights for the reader . . . If knowing what to do, knowing what is required to live well, is a real concern of yours, then this book is a valuable asset for your search. It should lead to a revision of the teaching of ethics in higher education. * Patrick Riordan, Heythrop Journa *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: What makes a good decision? 2: Three kinds of moral imagination 3: Intuition, system, and the 'paradox' of deontology 4: Impartial benevolence and partial love 5: Internal reasons and the heart's desire 6: On the very idea of criteria for personhood 7: Glory as an ethical idea 8: Nobility and beauty in ethics 9: Moral certainties 10: Why ethics is hard 11: The varieties of knowledge in Plato and Aristotle 12: Platonistic virtue ethics Bibliography
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Oxford University Press THOMAS PAINE P Britain America and France in the Age of Enlightenment and Revolution
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Oxford University Press Weltschmerz Pessimism in German Philosophy
Book SynopsisWeltschmerz is a study of the pessimism that dominated German philosophy in the second half of the nineteenth century. Pessimism was essentially the theory that life is not worth living. This theory was introduced into German philosophy by Schopenhauer, whose philosophy became very fashionable in the 1860s. Frederick C. Beiser examines the intense and long controversy that arose from Schopenhauer''s pessimism, which changed the agenda of philosophy in Germany away from the logic of the sciences and toward an examination of the value of life. He examines the major defenders of pessimism (Philipp Mainländer, Eduard von Hartmann and Julius Bahnsen) and its chief critics, especially Eugen Dühring and the neo-Kantians. The pessimism dispute of the second half of the century has been largely ignored in secondary literature and this book is a first attempt since the 1880s to re-examine it and to analyze the important philosophical issues raised by it. The dispute concerned the most fundamental philosophical issue of them all: whether life is worth living.Trade ReviewBeisers book is delightful, clear and thorough. It is written in the best style of historians of philosophy. * Sergio Valverde, Phenomenological Reviews *Table of ContentsIntroduction 1: The Schopenhauer Legacy 2: Schopenhauer's Metaphysics 3: Schopenhauer's Pessimism 4: The Illusion of Redemption 5: Julius Frauenstädt: Apostle and Critic 6: The Optimism of Eugen Dühring 7: The Optimistic Pessimism of Eduard von Hartmann 8: The Pessimism Controversy, 1870-1890 9: Mainländer's Philosophy of Redemption 10: The Pessimistic Worldview of Julius Bahnsen Bibliography
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Oxford University Press Being and Freedom
Book SynopsisBeing and Freedom is a panoramic account of ethics in Europe from the French Revolution to the end of the nineteenth century. In this period the influence of ethics ran far beyond philosophy, eventually dominating politics and religion in the West. Developments came from France, Germany, and Britain: this is the first book to treat them together as a Europe-wide phenomenon, paying attention to the context of events and ideas from which they emerged. Skorupski begins by examining the philosophical conflict at the heart of the French revolution, between the individualism of the Enlightenment and two very different forms of holistic ethics: the old regime''s ethic of service and the radical-democracy of the Rousseauian left. Responses analysing freedom and modern social relations came from a series of French liberal thinkers. In Germany the reaction was to two revolutions seen as inaugurating modernity: the political revolution in France and the philosophical revolution of Kant. Here, theTrade ReviewBeing and Freedom is as much a consideration of European moral thought in the age of the rise of mass democracy and the age of a crisis in Christianity as it is an examination of what 'late modern' philosophers have to say about normativity and reasons. It is a remarkable achievement. * James Harris, Philosophical Quarterly *An impressive and important contribution to our understanding of late modern ethics and will be an essential resource for anyone with serious interests in the history of ethics. * David O. Brink, Mind *This is more than a work of intellectual history; Skorupski's discussion is critical, and he applies some of the lessons from this period to contemporary issues in ethics and metaethics. The range and depth of this book make it an indispensable resource for study of ethics, political theory, or the history of ideas * M. A. Michael, Choice *Ce livre est indispensable, à la fois par sa clarté et sa lucidité, par la profondeur de son enquête historique, par l'originalité des vues d'un des philosophes britanniques les plus importantes dans les discussions contemporaines sur les norms et les raisons, et par son sens, si rare chez les philosophes analytiques, de la synthèse et de l'histoire. * Pascal Engel, Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale *This book is indispensable for its clarity and lucidity, for the depth of its historical investigation, for the originality of the views of one of the most important British philosophers in contemporary discussion of norms and reasons, and for its sense of synthesis and history, so rare among analytic philosophers. * Pascal Engel, Revue de Metaphysique et de Morale *Table of ContentsPreface Introduction 1: Freedom and the French Revolution 2: Freedom in Kant s Revolution 3: Freedom and Faith Between Kant and Hegel 4: Freedom and Spirit: Hegel 5: Retrospect: France and Germany 6: Ethics in the Anglo-Scottish Enlightenment 7: Freedom and Well-Being: Mill 8: Green and Sidgwick: Idealism and Utilitarianism at the End of the Century 9: Concluding Reflection Appendix: The two revolutions Further Reading References
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Oxford University Press Locke On Money Volume 2 Cewjl Paperback
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Clarendon Press Hegel and the Transformation of Philosophical
Book SynopsisWilliam F. Bristow presents an original and illuminating study of Hegel''s hugely influential but notoriously difficult Phenomenology of Spirit. Hegel describes the method of this work as a ''way of despair'', meaning thereby that the reader who undertakes its inquiry must be open to the experience of self-loss through it. Whereas the existential dimension of Hegel''s work has often been either ignored or regarded as romantic ornamentation, Bristow argues that it belongs centrally to Hegel''s attempt to fulfil a demanding epistemological ambition. With his Critique of Pure Reason, Kant expressed a new epistemological demand with respect to rational knowledge and presented a new method for meeting this demand. Bristow reconstructs Hegel''s objection to Kant''s Critical Philosophy, according to which Kant''s way of meeting the epistemological demand of philosophical critique presupposes subjectivism, that is, presupposes the restriction of our knowledge to things as they are merely for us. Whereas Hegel in his early Jena writings rejects Kant''s critical project altogether on this basis, he comes to see that the epistemological demand expressed in Kant''s project must be met. Bristow argues that Hegel''s method in the Phenomenology of Spirit takes shape as his attempt to meet the epistemological demand of Kantian critique without presupposing subjectivism. The key to Hegel''s transformation of Kant''s critical procedure, by virtue of which subjectivism is to be avoided, is precisely the existential or self-transformational dimension of Hegel''s criticism, the openness of the criticizing subject to being transformed through the epistemological procedure.Trade ReviewWilliam Bristow has written a superb book... [it] is a brilliant defence of Hegel, indispensable reading for anyone interested in Kant and Hegel, and in Kantian and Hegelian themes in contemporary philosophy. It also presents a breathtaking vision of epistemology. * Paul Franks, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART I HEGEL'S OBJECTION ; PART II HEGEL'S TRANSFORMATION OF CRITIQUE
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Oxford University Press Essays On The History Of Moral Philosophy
Book SynopsisJ. B. Schneewind presents a selection of his published essays on ethics, the history of ethics and moral psychology, together with a new piece offering an intellectual autobiography. The volume ranges across the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries: it includes Schneewind''s early anti-foundationalist ''Moral Knowledge and Moral Principles'', the classic ''The Misfortunes of Virtue'', and other early essays on Kant''s relation to pre-Kantian moral philosophy; also a long piece on ''The Active Powers'', and Schneewind''s own interpretation of Kant''s moral philosophy. These writings provide excellent introductions to Schneewind''s two long books, and supplement them in important ways.Trade ReviewThis is a fine collection of essays by one of our profession's most influential and learned historians of ethics. It is an important resource for those researching and teaching moral philosophy and its history. * Anthony Skelton, Mind *His two long books and his essays are unrivalled in their combination of narrative skill, historical learning, and philosophical intelligence. Both the philosopher and the intellectual historian can learn from these books and essays. * T. H. Irwin, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPART I: THEORY ; 1. Moral Knowledge and Moral Principles ; PART II: VICTORIAN MATTERS ; 2. First Principles and Common Sense Morality in Sidgwick's Ethics ; 3. Moral Problem and Moral Philosophy in the Victorian Period ; PART III: ON THE HISTORIOGRAPHY OF MORAL PHILOSOPHY ; 4. Moral Crisis and the History of Ethics ; 5. Modern Moral Philosophy: From Beginning to End? ; 6. No Discipline, No History: The Case of Moral Philosophy ; 7. Teaching the History of Moral Philosophy ; PART IV: SEVENTEENTH AND EIGHTEENTH CENTURY MORAL PHILOSOPHY ; 8. The Divine Corporation and the History of Ethics ; 9. Natural Law ; 10. The Misfortune of Virtue ; 11. Voluntarism and the Foundations of Ethics ; 12. Hume and the Religious Significance of Moral Rationalism ; PART V: ON KANT ; 13. Why Study Kant's Groundwork? ; 14. Autonomy, Obligation and Virtue ; 15. Kant and Stoic Ethics ; 16. Towards Enlightenment ; 17. Kant on Unsocial Sociability ; PART VI: MORAL PSYCHOLOGY ; 18. The Active Powers ; PART VII: AFTERWORD ; 19. Sixty Years of Philosophy in a Life ; J. B. Schneewind: Bibliography
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The University of Chicago Press Lectures on Kants Political Philosophy
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The University of Chicago Press Elevations The Height of the Good in Rosenzweig
Book SynopsisA series of closely related essays on the philosophical and theological work of Franz Rosenzweig and Emmanuel Levinas. The author describes how they articulated a responsible humanism and a new enlightenment which placed moral obligation to the other above all other human concerns.Table of ContentsPreface Acknowledgments Abbreviations 1: Jewish Election in the Thought of Franz Rosenzweig 2: Authentic Self and History: An Alternative to Heidegger 3: Rosenzweig versus Nietzsche 4: Rosenzweig contra Buber: Personal Pronouns 5: Emmanuel Levinas: Philosopher and Jew 6: On Temporality and Time 7: Non-in-difference 8: G-d in Levinas: The Justification of Justice and Philosophy 9: The Metaphysics of Gender 10: Levinas, Rosenzweig, and the Phenomenologies of Husserl and Heidegger 11: The Face of Truth and Jewish Mysticism 12: Absolute Positivity and Ultrapositivity: Beyond Husserl 13: On the Suffering of Meaning: Levinas "Outside" Heidegger's "Threshold" through Rosenzweig's "Gate" 14: Derrida's (Mal)reading of Levinas Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Conquest of Abundance A Tale of Abstraction
Book Synopsis"Conquest of Abundance" was prepared from drafts of the manuscript left at the author's death, working notes, lectures and articles Feyerabend wrote while the larger work was in progress. It offers up exploration and insights with the charm, and sense of mischief that are his hallmarks.Table of ContentsA note on the editing; Part one: The unfinished manuscript; introduction 1 Achilles' conjecture; 2 xenophanes; 3 Parmenides and the logic of being interlude: On the ambiguity of interpretations; 4 Brunelleschi and the invention of perspective; Part Two: Essays on the manuscript's themes; 1 realism and the historicity of knowledge; 2 has the scientific view of the world a special status compared with other views?; 3 quantum theory and our view of the world; 4 realism; 5 historical comments on realism; 6 what reality? 7 Aristotle. Part contents.
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The University of Chicago Press Sartre Foucault and Historical Reason Volume Two
Book SynopsisSartre and Foucault were two of the most prominent and at times mutually antagonistic philosophical figures of the twentieth century. And nowhere are the antithetical natures of their existentialist and poststructuralist philosophies more apparent than in their disparate approaches to historical understanding. In Volume One of this authoritative two-volume study, Thomas R. Flynn conducted a pivotal and comprehensive reconstruction of Sartrean historical theory. This long-awaited second volume offers a comprehensive and critical reading of the Foucauldian counterpoint. A history, theorized Foucault, should be a kind of map, a comprehensive charting of structural transformations and displacements over time. Contrary to other Foucault scholars, Flynn proposes an axial rather than a developmental reading of Foucault's work. This allows aspects of Foucault's famous triad of knowledge, power, and the subject to emerge in each of his major works. Flynn maps existentialist categories across
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The University of Chicago Press Threads of Life Autobiography the Will
Book SynopsisThis work offers an account of how changing theological, philosophical and psychological accounts of the human will have been reflected in the writing of autobiography, and of how autobiography in its turn has helped to shape various understandings of the will.
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The University of Chicago Press Hearing Things Voice Method in the Writing of
Book SynopsisQuestioning the role of the human voice within the field of philosophy this text examines philosopher Stanley Cavell's viewpoint, the relation between his pervasive authorial voice and his equally powerful, though less discernible, impulse to produce a set of usable philosophical methods.Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments 1: A Prelude to the Study of Voice and Method 2: Voices 3: Criteria and Crisis 4: The Model of Reading 5: Reading and Its Reversals App: Stanley Cavell: A Brief Account Notes Principal Works of Stanley Cavell Selected Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press Three Discourses
Book SynopsisThe volume begins with the recent history of the discourses, first published as part of the anonymous 17th-century work, Horae Subsecivae. The editors present the complete texts of the discourse with full annotations and modernized spellings.Table of ContentsPreface Pt. 1: Hobbes and the Horae Subsecivae Pt. 2: Three Discourses by Thomas Hobbes Pt. 3: Hobbes and the Beginnings of Modern Political Thought Pt. 4: Statistical Wordprinting Bibliography Index
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The University of Chicago Press The Romantic Conception of Life
Book SynopsisAll art should become science and all science art; poetry and philosophy should be made one. Friedrich Schlegel's words perfectly capture the project of the German Romantics, who believed that the aesthetic approaches of art and literature could reveal patterns and meaning in nature that couldn't be uncovered through rationalistic philosophy and science alone. In this wide-ranging work, Robert J. Richards shows how the Romantic conception of the world influenced (and was influenced by) both the lives of the people who held it and the development of nineteenth-century science. Integrating Romantic literature, science, and philosophy with an intimate knowledge of the individuals involvedfrom Goethe and the brothers Schlegel to Humboldt and Friedrich and Caroline SchellingRichards demonstrates how their tempestuous lives shaped their ideas as profoundly as their intellectual and cultural heritage. He focuses especially on how Romantic concepts of the self, as well as aesthetic and moral
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The University of Chicago Press Spacingsof Reason and Imagination
Book SynopsisBy applying the tools of deconstruction to crucial texts of German Idealism, John Sallis reveals the suppressed but essential role of imagination in even the most ambitious attempts to represent pure reason. Sallis focuses on certain operations of spacing in metaphysicstextual lapses and leaps in which reason is displaced or suspended or abridged. In the project of establishing priority of reason, such operations can appear only in disguise, and Sallis reveals the play of imagination and metaphor that masks them. Concentrating on what has been called the closure of metaphysics, he examines texts in which the suppression of spacing would be carried out most rigorously, texts in which even metaphysics itself is seen as only an errant roaming, a spacing that must still be secured, to be replaced by a pure space of truth. And yet, in these very texts Sallis identifies outbreaks of spacing that would disrupt the tranquil space of reason. Rather than closure, he finds an opening of reason to
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The University of Chicago Press Embodiment of Reason Kant On Spirit Generation Community Kant on Spirit Generation and Community
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The University of Chicago Press Americas Philosophical Vision
Book SynopsisIn these previously uncollected essays, Smith argues that American philosophers like Peirce, James, Royce, and Dewey have forged a unique philosophical tradition--one that is rich and complex enough to represent a genuine alternative to the analytic, phenomenological, and hermeneutical traditions which have originated in Britain or Europe. In my judgment, John Smith has no equal today in combining two scholarly qualities: the analysis of philosophical texts with penetration and rigor, and the discernment of what it is in these texts that matters. These qualities are in evidence throughout the essays in America's Philosophical Vision. Whether he is evaluating Rorty's view of Dewey; the pragmatic theory of experience and truth; theories of freedom, creativity, and the self; Royce's conception of community; or synoptic philosophic visions, Smith always succeeds in uniting a comprehensive understanding of philosophic writings with a sure grasp of their import for human culture and aspiration. It is a great benefit to students of American thought that these papers have now been collected into one volume.--James Gouinlock, Emory University
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The University of Chicago Press About Religion Economies of Faith in Virtual
Book SynopsisTravelling from high culture to pop culture and back again, this book approaches cyberspace and Las Vegas through Hegel and Kant and reads Melville's The Confidence-Man through the film Wall Street.
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James Clarke & Co Ltd Divine Audacity Unity and Identity in Hugh of
Book SynopsisA new synthesis of the thought of four key Medieval writers on the themes of mystical union, volition and virtue.Trade ReviewHow are we to conceive of union with God? What is the role of knowledge, if any, in attaining mystical union? Focussing on the thought of Hugh of Balma, and drawing Eckhart, Ruusbroec and Margarete Porete into conversation, Peter Dillard's rich and challenging study offers highly original answers to these questions. Whether or not one agrees with his dialetheistic approach, readers will benefit tremendously from his incisive analysis and impressive scholarship. Rik Van Nieuwenhove, Associate Professor of Medieval Thought, Durham University In exploring the nature of mystical union, Divine Audacity offers careful analysis and clarity of exposition, shedding new light on the key issues at stake in the thought of a number of the most important contemplative theologians of the late thirteenth and fourteenth centuries. This book is highly recommended for all those interested in the Christian mystical tradition and medieval theology and philosophy. John Arblaster, Ruusbroec Institute, University of Antwerp With theological sensitivity and philosophical insight, Peter Dillard's Divine Audacity breaks the impasse in mystical theology between 'affective' and 'intellectual' mysticism. Dillard's exploration of Carthusian Hugh of Balma opens a wider, nuanced discussion, with Marguerite Porete, Meister Eckhart, and Jan van Ruusbroec, of fundamental mystical questions: In the journey into God, how does love know what intellect can never grasp? Is the fire of love all-consuming? An audacious conversation indeed! Kevin L. Hughes, Professor of Historical Theology, Villanova University
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Pennsylvania State University Press Frail Happiness
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ABC-CLIO Sourcebook for Modern Japanese Philosophy
Book SynopsisProviding translations of and commentaries on primary source materials of modern Japanese philosophy, this sourcebook centers on the creative philosophical writings of the Kyoto School broadly conceived, featuring the thought of Nishida Kitarô, Tanabe Hajime, Kuki Shûzô, Watsuji Tetsurô, Miki Kiyoshi, Tosaka Jun, and Nishitani Keiji.Table of ContentsPreface Nishida Kitarô (1870-1945) Tanabe Hajime (1885-1962) Kuki Shûzô (1888-1943) Watsuji Tetsurô (1889-1960) Miki Kiyoshi (1897-1945) Tosaka Jun (1900-1945) Nishitani Keiji (1900-1991) Selected Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Inc George Berkeley Three Dialogues Between Hylas and
Book SynopsisPart of the Longman Library of Primary Sources in Philosophy, this edition of Berkeley''s Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous is framed by a pedagogical structure designed to make this important work of philosophy more accessible and meaningful for readers. A General Introduction includes biographical information on Berkeley, the work''s historical context, and a discussion of historical influences, and a conclusion discusses how the work has influenced other philosophers and why it is important today. Annotations and notes from the editor clarify difficult passages for greater understanding. A bibliography gives the reader additional resources for further study.Table of ContentsPart 1 Editor’s Introduction; Part 2 Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous; Chapter 1 The Preface; Chapter 2 The First Dialogue; Chapter 3 The Second Dialogue; Chapter 4 The Third Dialogue;
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Palgrave Macmillan JeanPaul Sartre Politics and Culture in Postwar
Book SynopsisThis book offers an assessment of Sartre as an exemplary figure in the evolving political and cultural landscape of post-1945 France. Sartre's originality is located in the tense relationship that he maintained between deeply held revolutionary political beliefs and a residual yet critical attachment to traditional forms of cultural expression. A series of case-studies centred on Gaullism, communism, Maoism (Part 1), the theatre, art criticism and the media (Part 2), illustrate the continuing relevance and appeal of Sartre to the contemporary world.Trade Review'...a genuine force as a committed intellectual.' - Sam Coombes, Radical PhilosophyTable of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface Acknowledgements Initial Thoughts PART I: SARTRE'S REVOLUTIONARY POLITICS Sartrean Politics: Transition and Division Sartre and de Gaulle: Two Conceptions of France Sartre and the Nizan Affair: The Cold War Politics of French Communism Sartre and the Politics of Violence: Maoism in the Aftermath of May 1968 PART II: SARTRE'S CULTURAL POLITICS Sartre and Commitment: Reinventing Cultural Forms Myth Versus Satire: The Dramatised Politics of Sartre's Nekrassov Ideological Art Criticism: Sartre and Giacometti Mediated Politics: Sartre and Chomsky Revisited Postscript: A Final Word on Sartre English Translation of the Principal Titles Cited in French Notes and References Bibliography Index
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Palgrave MacMillan UK Thomas Hobbes and the Political Philosophy of
Book SynopsisHobbes's philosophical discourse is deconstructed as the interplay of the drama of individual behaviour as perceived by rational agents and the detached analysis of conflict by a political geometer .Trade Review'This may well be the most impressive new book on Hobbes appearing over the past two decades or more.' - Political StudiesTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations to Hobbes's Works Quoted in the Text Introduction: The Political Geometry of Glory PART I: ELEMENTS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Coordinates of Man: Time and Space Fatal Equality The Axiom of Glory Glory: Parallels and Intersections Ambition: Paradoxes and Puzzles The Dilemma of Fear and Hope The Trajectory of Glory Glory and the Excellent Sex The Determinants of the Citizen: Nature and Nurture PART II: THEOREMS OF POLITICAL GEOMETRY The Rational Actor at Play Hobbes's Impossibility Theorem The Ideology of Political Geometry End Notes Selected Bibliography Name Index
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Taylor & Francis Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Mill on
Book SynopsisThis book introduces and assesses Mill's life and the background of Utilitarianism and its continuing importance to philosophical thought.Trade Review'Clear in its presentation and nearly flawless in its content ... As a commentary on Mill's text, Crisp's book is probably the best of any now available.' - Mind'A superb book ... A highly readable, reliable and insightful introduction to Mill's philosophical ethics and politics. It is a substantial piece of Mill scholarship, and the best current introduction to the utilitarian tradition. One could hardly ask for more.' - Philosophical Books'It is a pleasure to read and welcome this book. Roger Crisp has achieved the difficult task of writing an introductory work that is scholarly yet clear, lively and approachable' - Journal of Medical EthicsElegantly and clearly written - TheoriaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements, A note on texts and references, 1 A teacher in an age of transition, 2 Welfare and pleasure, 3 Experience, desire and the ideal , 4 The proof and sanctions of utilitarianism, 5 What utilitarianism is, 6 Integrity, 7 Justice, 8 Utilitarianism and freedom: On Liberty, 9 Utilitarianism and equality: The Subjection of Women, Bibliography, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Charles Peirces Empiricism International Library of Philosophy
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