Philosophy and Religion Books

Book SynopsisThe social and technological developments, social movements, scientific discoveries, economic growth or diseconomies give rise to many problems for human beings. Many disciplines such as economics, political science, architecture, sociology and psychology discuss these problems and offer solutions from different perspectives. Philosophy has its own way of dealing with these problems. As opposed to the common belief, philosophy does not only deal with ideals independently of what is going on in real life. The problems of the contemporary philosophy are also the problems of the contemporary world. For this reason, this book aims to present and discuss certain philosophical problems in the contemporary world and to suggest solutions to them.Table of ContentsPoverty – Urbanism – Democracy – Politics and lying – Heuristics – Euthanasia – Narrative self – Perspectivism – Relativism – Multiculturalism – Ethical subjectivism – Normativity – Scepticism

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Book SynopsisEven well after his lifetime, Ibn Sina was renowned, not just in medicine or philosophy, but in other areas, especially in the Islamic world. In brief, he was an authority in the Islamic East, or an “auctoritas”. However, in the west, his work was massively influential in not only the medical education curricula, but also in the important, innovative doctrines in philosophy. The most fundamental sections of his major encyclopedia, al-Shifâ being translated into Latin as early as the 12th and 13th centuries and spreading throughout universities dispersed this impact rapidly. Known as “the prince of physicians”, Ibn Sina is the writer of the Canon of Medicine (al-Qa¯nu¯ n fi ‘al-Tibb), which became a medical standard in the Christian west as well as the Islamic world.Table of ContentsMedieval era – Ibn Sina – Avicenna – Canon of Medicine – Al-Shifa – Early Renaissance – Musical theory – Alchemical texts – Self-knowledge – Suspended man in space – ophthalmology – Astronomy studies – Medical crises – Body politic metaphor – Creation and sustaining, Medical teaching in European universities

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Book SynopsisThe pieces collected here are written by fifteen philosophers and one poet who have been influenced by Stephen Priest, or develop themes in Priest’s philosophy, or both. They include contributions from the United Kingdom, the USA, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Taiwan and Japan by authors working in a range of traditions. Topics covered include philosophical method, the analytical/continental divide, the nature of the mind (or self, or soul), metaphysics, and the meaning of life. The volume also includes responses by Priest and an intellectual biography, describing some of the life-experiences which caused Priest to become interested in philosophy and to make the transition from existentialism to metaphysics.Table of ContentsBenedikt Paul Göcke and Ralph Stefan Weir : Introduction —Stephen Priest : From Existentialism to Metaphysics: An Intellectual Autobiography —Timothy Williamson : Armchair Philosophy —Mikołaj Sławkowski- Rode : The Distinction in Question: The Analytic/ Continental Divide in Philosophy —Daniel Kodaj : The Metaphysical Poverty of Naturalism —Brian Elliott : Questioning Oneself —Imola Atkins : Mysticism and Philosophy —Ralph Stefan Weir : Private Language and the Mind as Absolute Interiority —Howard Robinson : John Foster’s and Michael Dummett’s Arguments for Idealism —Shogo Shimizu : On the Knowledge That This Human Being Is Uniquely Unique —Samuel Hughes : Priest on Religious Experience and the Soul —Christian Helmut Wenzel : Kant and Quantum Physics on Freedom and Determinism —Benedikt Paul Göcke : Itinerarium Mentis in Deum: The Philosophy of Stephen Priest as Mystical Theology —Martin Pickup : The Problem of Change Restored —Michael Inwood : Bergson on Nothing —Nicholas Waghorn : What is the Meaning of Life?’ A Philosophical Question with a Theological Answer? —Kerry Priest : Fifteen Metaphysical Poems —Stephen Priest : Replies — Notes on Contributors.

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