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Parmenides Publishing Plotinus Ennead IV.8: On the Descent of the Soul
Book SynopsisPlotinus was much exercised by Plato's doctrines of the soul. In this treatise, at chapter 1 line 27, he talks of "the divine Plato, who has said in many places in his works many noble things about the soul and its arrival here, so that we can hope for some clarity from him. So what does the philosopher say? It is clear that he does not always speak with sufficient consistency for us to make out his intentions with any ease." The issue in this treatise is one that has puzzled students of Plato from ancient to modern times—and is indeed a popular topic for undergraduate essays even today: Why should the philosopher, who has ascended through a long and painful process of dialectic to "assimilation to the divine," ever descend back into the body? Plotinus himself is said by Porphyry to have attained such a state of other-worldly transcendence on at least four occasions during his lifetime, so this was a very real and personal issue for him. In this treatise we see him grappling with it.Trade Review"This volume makes an excellent start to the series. Barrie Fleet's translation is both accurate and readable. His scholarly and well-informed commentary is particularly valuable in demonstrating how Plotinus' views on the soul arise from the interpretation of Plato." Anne SheppardProfessor of Ancient PhilosophyRoyal Holloway, University of London, UK "The first volume of a new series of translations and commentaries, edited by John Dillon and Andrew Smith, is devoted to Enn IV.8. We are in the capable hands of Barrie Fleet, author of an important previous study on Enn III.6...Fleet's introduction to the treatise and his commentary will be especially helpful to readers coming to Plotinus for the first time ...[He] provides extensive discussion of the Platonic passages that inspired Plotinus; an approach that fits IV.8 especially well, since this treatise is unusually explicit in its doxographical use of Plato. Overall the volume is a promising beginning to a new series that will provide an English readership with something akin to the single-treatise commentaries and translations published by Cerf in France." Peter AdamsonProfessor of Ancient and Medieval PhilosophyKing's College London, UK "Enn. IV 8 is one of Plotinus' most fascinating essays. It begins by addressing what for ancient Platonism was a very traditional topic, namely the descent of the soul, and examines it in the light of his own personal experience, while also taking into account the doctrines of previous thinkers including Plato and Aristotle. It concludes by expounding a radically novel view according to which no real descent occurs after all. This involves a fundamental reassessment of the status of the soul and its position in the universe and, furthermore, a new understanding of its association with the body and with sensible reality as a whole. Fleet's presentation is highly readable and informative, and provides an excellent introduction to Plotinus' views on man and his relation to the cosmos." Paul KalligasProfessor of Ancient PhilosophyUniversity of Athens, Greece "A clear and accurate translation of one of Plotinus' first and more significant writings, accompanied by a helpful commentary for the English-speaking reader." Dominic O'MearaProfessor EmeritusChair of Metaphysics and Ancient PhilosophyUniversity of Fribourg, SwitzerlandTable of ContentsIntroduction: Achilles' Shield; The Fall; The Ambassadors of Death; Horse & Rider; The Silence of Words; The Structure of Narrative; The Chaos of Colors & the Order of Words; The Fallen Angel & the Survivor's Burning Eye; Epilogue: Ekphrasis, Mimesis & the Difference between Word & Image; Index.
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Parmenides Publishing PLOTINUS: Ennead IV.7: On the Immortality of the
Book SynopsisEnnead IV.7 is a very early treatise (second according to Porphyry’s chronological table), and unlike the many treatises devoted to attempts at untangling various issues Plotinus found problematic in Plato’s thinking, this one presents the teachings of the other main schools current in Plotinus’ day: the Stoics, Epicureans, Pythagoreans, and Peripatetics, all of whom presented soul as something material or as contingent upon material soul, and so as being neither truly immortal nor imperishable.It includes observations on many mainly Stoic doctrines on perception, memory, sensation, thought, virtue, powers of material bodies, mixture and reproduction (Chapters 1–83); on Pythagorean attunement (84); and on Peripatetic entelechy (85). In Chapters 9–10 Plotinus presents, in broad terms, Plato’s doctrines on soul’s immortality—mainly that of the individual soul, but a fortiori that of the soul of the cosmos. These chapters offer some of Plotinus’ most powerful prose.He is not concerned to prove the soul’s immortality—that was an uncontroversial tenet of Platonism, to be taken for granted. In this treatise Plotinus is laying down the indisputable foundations for his later writings.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Participatory Research in the Post-Normal Age:
Book SynopsisThis book shows how participatory research can provide tools to overcome the current epistemic and ethical challenges faced by traditional scientific approaches. Ever since Funtowicz and Ravetz proposed the notion of post-normal science, there has been a growing awareness of the limits of a form of knowledge production based only on the traditional scientific peer communities that excludes other social groups affected by its results and applications. The growing uncertainty and complexity posed by socio-ecological issues in the interactions between science, society and decision making has revealed the importance of a social quality control over crucial decisions that rely on scientific research and the necessary democratization of knowledge to tackle sustainability and health concerns.Departing from a reinterpretation of Paulo Freire’s Pedagogy of the Oppressed, this volume shows how participatory research can contribute to reconnect science and society by extending peer communities through the incorporation of different forms of knowledge and different social actors into research projects. To do so, the author presents a critical review of different participatory research approaches, identifying the elements that distinguish a true participatory research from a traditional one, and proposing a taxonomy of the various participatory methodologies. The volume also analyzes a diversity of social practices and understandings that deal with an ecology of knowledge and its systemic characteristics. Moreover, it demonstrates that uncertainties can be integrated in dialogical processes that open possibilities for a myriad of outcomes. Participatory Research in the Post-Normal Age - Unsustainability and Uncertainties to Rethink Paulo Freire's Pedagogy of the Oppressed will be of interest to researchers working with participatory approaches in different fields like health, environmental sciences, and education, as well as to practitioners of action research concerned with scientific dilemmas and counter-hegemonic strategies.Table of Contents1. Introduction: The relevance of participatory approaches towards contemporary dilemmas.- 2. Insights from the contemporary contradictions in science-society relationship.- 3. Participation and sustainability.- 4. Adaptive methods.- 5. The need for a taxonomy.- 6. Concluding on the role of participatory approaches for the post-normal age.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG The Enigma of Divine Revelation: Between
Book SynopsisThis volume explores the possibilities and pressures of the language of revelation on human understanding. How can we critically account for divine self-disclosure in the linguistically mediated world of human concerns? Does the structure of interpretation limit the language of revelation? Does revelation open up new horizons of critical interpretation? The volume brings together theologians who approach the interactions of revelation and hermeneutics with different perspectives, including various forms of phenomenology and comparative theology. It approaches the theme of revelation – central as it is to the theological endeavour – from several angles rather than a single methodological program. Dealing as it does with revelation and understanding, the volume addresses the foundational issues at stake in the challenges around change, identity, and faithfulness currently facing the church. Table of ContentsPart I: Revelation and Givenness.- 1. Interpreting the Excess (Jean-Luc Marion).- 2. On Givenness and Revelation: Reading Experience (Robyn Horner).- 3. Revelation and the Kingdom (Kevin Hart).- 4. Cyril of Alexandria and the Hermeneutics of the Body (William C. Hackett).- Part II: Revelation and Understanding.- 5. Revelation and Authority (Sandra Schneiders).- 6. Hermeneutics of Love: Moving Beyond the Hermeneutics of Revelation to the Hermeneutics of Signification (Werner Jeanrond).- 7. Lonergan and Gadamer: Rethinking the Theological Foundations of Revelation (Frederick Lawrence).- 8. Blue Eden: Water as a Window into Revelation (Michele Saracino).- Part III: Revelation and Comparative Theology.- 9. From Hermeneutics to Revelation: How Hindu Methods of Reading Introduce Us to Revelation (Francis X. Clooney).- 10. The Logic of Revelation (Peter Ochs).- 11. The Qur’an on Reading the Qur’an: The Hermeneutics of Islamic Revelation (Maria Dakake).- 12. The Power of Revelation: Overcoming Essentialism in Theological Configurations of Christianity and World Religions (Christiaan Jacobs-Vandegeer).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Models and Idealizations in Science: Artifactual
Book SynopsisThis book provides both an introduction to the philosophy of scientific modeling and a contribution to the discussion and clarification of two recent philosophical conceptions of models: artifactualism and fictionalism. These can be viewed as different stances concerning the standard representationalist account of scientific models. By better understanding these two alternative views, readers will gain a deeper insight into what a model is as well as how models function in different sciences.Fictionalism has been a traditional epistemological stance related to antirealist construals of laws and theories, such as instrumentalism and inferentialism. By contrast, the more recent fictional view of models holds that scientific models must be conceived of as the same kind of entities as literary characters and places. This approach is essentially an answer to the ontological question concerning the nature of models, which in principle is not incompatible with a representationalist account of the function of models. The artifactual view of models is an approach according to which scientific models are epistemic artifacts, whose main function is not to represent the phenomena but rather to provide epistemic access to them. It can be conceived of as a non-representationalist and pragmatic account of modeling, which does not intend to focus on the ontology of models but rather on the ways they are built and used for different purposes. The different essays address questions such as the artifactual view of idealization, the use of information theory to elucidate the concepts of abstraction and idealization, the deidealization of models, the nature of scientific fictions, the structural account of representation and the ontological status of structures, the role of surrogative reasoning with models, and the use of models for explaining and predicting physical phenomena.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction: Theories, Models, and Scientific Representations (Alejandro Cassini and Juan Redmond).- Chapter 2. An Artifactual Perspective on Idealization: Constant Capacitance and the Hodgkin and Huxley Model (Natalia Carrillo and Tarja Knuuttila).- Chapter 3. Informative Models: Idealization and Abstraction (Mauricio Suárez and Agnes Bolinska).- Chapter 4. Deidealized Models (Alejandro Cassini).- Chapter 5. Scientific Representation as Ensemble-Plus-Sanding-for: A Moderate Fictionalist Account (José A. Díez).- Chapter 6. Seven Myths About the Fiction View of Models (Roman Frigg and James Nguyen).- Chapter 7. Bridging the Gap: The Artefactual View Meets the Fiction View of Models (Fiora Salis).- Chapter 8. Models as Hypostatizations: The Case of Supervaluationism in Semantics (Manuel García-Carpintero).- Chapter 9. Structural Representation and the Ontology of Models (Otávio Bueno).- Chapter 10. Representation and Surrogate Reasoning: A Proposal from Dialogical Pragmatism (Juan Redmond).- Chapter 11. Prediction and Explanation by Theoretical Models:An Instrumentalist Stance (Andrés Rivadulla).- Chapter 12. Commented Bibliography on Models and Idealizations (Alejandro Cassini).- Name Index.- Subject Index.-
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Contingent A Priori Truths: Metaphysics,
Book SynopsisThis monograph offers a comprehensive study of contingent a priori truths. Building onto a theoretical framework developed by the philosopher and logician Saul Kripke, the author also presents a new approach to these truths. The first part of the book details the many theories on contingent a priori truths. The coverage examines the cases of Kripke and David Kaplan, Donnellan and the de re requirement, Evans and weak contingency, as well as Plantinga, Salmon, Soames, and the pseudo a priori. Overall, it provides a systematic discussion and critical review of all these many positions. Next, the author develops an alternative approach. His working hypothesis is that performative verbs must play a central role in Kripke’s examples, even if they do not show up at the surface structure of the corresponding sentences. This opens up an entirely new way of looking at Kripke’s cases and of treating them by exploring some aspects of the theory of illocutionary acts. His discussion also examines brute facts and institutional facts, indexicals and performatives, as well as Frege’s theory of definitions. Providing an authoritative exploration into contingent a priori truths, this book will be of interest to students, academics, and researchers in philosophy and logic.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements.- Introduction.- Chapter 1. The Starting Point: Kripke’s “Magic”.- Chapter 2. Indexicals and Kaplan’s Cases.- Chapter 3. Donnellan and the Acquaintance Requirement.- Chapter 4. The Experience Requirement.- Chapter 5. Kripke’s Reformulation of the Contingent A Priori.- Chapter 6. Evans and The Varieties of Contingency.- Chapter 7. Two-Dimensionalism.- Chapter 8. Some Other Cases.- Chapter 9. Basic Tools: Elements of a Theory of Speech Acts.- Chapter 10. Stipulations as Performatives.- Chapter 11. One Ancestor: The Early Frege on Definitions.- Chapter 12. Global Conclusions: The Varieties of ContingentA Priori Truths.- Index.
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Springer International Publishing AG Conceptual and Ethical Challenges of Evolutionary
Book SynopsisThis book analyses the concept of disease, as defined in the context of evolutionary medicine. Upon introducing the reader to evolutionary medicine in its current form and describing its approach to disease instances, the book leverages thoughts and instruments of knowledge of epistemology, social sciences, and ethics to answer the question: “How can we build a timely and appropriate concept of disease?” At first, it looks at the social concerns of medicalization, for example focusing on the suffering of people who have not been diagnosed, or whose suffering is not caused by certain elements that falls under the definitions of disease. In turn, it merges different, both conceptual and empirical considerations in one comprehensive analysis, with the aim of fostering a multidisciplinary understanding of the phenomenon of disease. This book also highlights certain kinds of epistemic injustices that are taking place in the healthcare system, as this is currently conceived in post-industrial societies, thus offering a timely contribution to the current debate around social justice in healthcare.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Finding Value in Concepts.- Meaning as Definition and Meaning as Use.- Locating the Conceptual Change in Scientific Research.- The Concept of Disease in the Traditional Debates.- Evolution and Evolutionary Medicine in Disease.- New Developments in Evolutionary Theory and Evolutionary Medicine, New Frontiers for Evolutionary Medicine.- Conclusion.
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Diaphanes AG The Death of Socrates
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De Gruyter Ideologie
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De Gruyter Leibniz und Kant
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De Gruyter Immanuel Kant und die Öffentlichkeit der Vernunft
Kants kritischer Philosophie wird bis heute von prominenter Seite der Vorwurf gemacht, sie unterstelle ein im Kern subjektivistisch-monologisches Individuum. Tatsächlich aber liegt ihr nichts ferner als ein solcher Subjektivismus. Kants Vernunft ist eine durch und durch öffentliche Vernunft, sie ist, wie er selbst sagt, existenziell angewiesen auf öffentliches Räsonnement. Kant verwendet den Begriff „Öffentlichkeit“, anders als das Adjektiv „öffentlich“, in seinem schriftlichen Werk zwar kein einziges Mal, die Funktion der Öffentlichkeit aber sieht er als für sein Denken elementar an. Entscheidend dabei: Öffentlichkeit ist nicht nur eine Bedingung allen kritischen Vernunftgebrauchs, sondern gerade auch dessen Folge. Träger der Vernunft sind freie, empirische Individuen. Machen diese Individuen Gebrauch von ihrer öffentlichen Vernunft, konstituieren sie bestimmte Öffentlichkeiten des Vernunftgebrauchs - nämlich neben der politischen, die theoretische, die praktische und die ästhetische Öffentlichkeit. Die vorliegende Arbeit geht dieser Öffentlichkeit der Vernunft unter anderem in den drei Kritiken nach - und zeigt dabei, wie eng insbesondere Kants theoretische Philosophie mit seinen politischen Schriften verbunden ist.
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De Gruyter On Meaning in Life
The question of meaning in life is as relevant and central as ever - in spite of all attempts at declaring it senseless. It does not disappear. But how should we deal with this question today? The collection presents a wide range of approaches, discussing subjectivist and objectivist answers, confronting concepts of meaning with notions of happiness and morality, and considering the idea of human life's meaning both sub specie aeternitatis and in view of the world's finitude and contingency. The volume assembles contributions from leading scholars in the field, including John Cottingham, John Kekes, Iddo Landau, Dag T. Andersson, Robert B. Louden, Christoph Horn, and Bernard Reginster.
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De Gruyter Principles of Truth
Book SynopsisOn the one hand, the concept of truth is a major research subject in analytic philosophy. On the other hand, mathematical logicians have developed sophisticated logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. Recent developments in logical theories of the semantical paradoxes are highly relevant for philosophical research on the notion of truth. And conversely, philosophical guidance is necessary for the development of logical theories of truth and the paradoxes. From this perspective, this volume intends to reflect and promote deeper interaction and collaboration between philosophers and logicians investigating the concept of truth than has existed so far.Aside from an extended introductory overview of recent work in the theory of truth, the volume consists of articles by leading philosophers and logicians on subjects and debates that are situated on the interface between logical and philosophical theories of truth. The volume is intended for graduate students in philosophy and in logic who want an introduction to contemporary research in this area, as well as for professional philosophers and logicians
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De Gruyter Kant’s Deduction From Apperception: An Essay on the Transcendental Deduction of the Categories
Book SynopsisIn focusing on the systematic deduction of the categories from a principle, Schulting takes up anew the controversial project of the eminent German Kant scholar Klaus Reich, whose monograph “The Completeness of Kant's Table of Judgments” made the case that the logical functions of judgement can all be derived from the objective unity of apperception and can be shown to link up with one another systematically. Common opinion among Kantians today has it that Kant did not mean to derive the functions of judgement, and accordingly the categories, from the principle of apperception. Schulting challenges this standard view and aims to resuscitate the main motivation behind Reich’s project. He argues, in agreement with Reich’s main thesis about the derivability of the functions of judgement, that Kant indeed does mean to derive, in full a priori fashion, the categories from the principle of apperception. Schulting also shows that, given the general assumptions of the Critical philosophy, Kant's derivation is successful and that absent an account of the derivation of the categories from apperception, the B-Deduction cannot really be understood. New edition. First published 2012 as „Kant’s Deduction and Apperception. Explaining the Categories" (Palgrave Macmillan)
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De Gruyter Irrtum - Error - Erreur
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De Gruyter Kant’s Deduction From Apperception: An Essay on the Transcendental Deduction of the Categories
In focusing on the systematic deduction of the categories from a principle, Schulting takes up anew the controversial project of the eminent German Kant scholar Klaus Reich, whose monograph “The Completeness of Kant's Table of Judgments” made the case that the logical functions of judgement can all be derived from the objective unity of apperception and can be shown to link up with one another systematically. Common opinion among Kantians today has it that Kant did not mean to derive the functions of judgement, and accordingly the categories, from the principle of apperception. Schulting challenges this standard view and aims to resuscitate the main motivation behind Reich’s project. He argues, in agreement with Reich’s main thesis about the derivability of the functions of judgement, that Kant indeed does mean to derive, in full a priori fashion, the categories from the principle of apperception. Schulting also shows that, given the general assumptions of the Critical philosophy, Kant's derivation is successful and that absent an account of the derivation of the categories from apperception, the B-Deduction cannot really be understood. New edition. First published 2012 as „Kant’s Deduction and Apperception. Explaining the Categories" (Palgrave Macmillan)
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De Gruyter Systems and Machines
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de Gruyter Engaging Putnam
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de Gruyter Die Klarheit der Gefühle
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de Gruyter Der Streit um das Ding an sich
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De Gruyter Emotion Cognition and the Virtue of Flexibility
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De Gruyter Practical Reason in Historical and Systematic
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de Gruyter Der Subjektive Faktor
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de Gruyter Gesetz Entwicklung Information
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Vermessen des beruflichen Wissens: Welches Wissen
Book SynopsisWir zeigen in diesem Buch die Ablösung der am wissenschaftlichen Wissen orientierten fachsystematisch strukturierten akademischen und beruflichen Bildung durch das berufliche Handlungswissen. Dieses Arbeitsprozesswissen ist die Grundlage für die Aneignung der in der Arbeitswelt an Bedeutung zunehmenden Gestaltungskompetenz beruflicher Fachkräfte.Es wird ein modernes, berufspädagogisch begründetes Wissenskonzept entfaltet und dokumentiert. Im ersten Teil des Buches wird das Konzept des beruflichen Wissens entfaltet, im zweiten Teil werden empirische Ergebnisse aus COMET-Projekten dokumentiert, an denen das in unterschiedlichen Berufen vermittelte berufliche Wissen abgelesen werden kann.Es gibt seit Jahrzehnten eine verwirrende Diskussion über das berufliche Wissen. Die KMK hat 1991 mit der Leitidee der beruflichen Gestaltungskompetenz ein neues Konzept für die berufliche Bildung vereinbart. Offen blieb, auf welchem beruflichen Wissen diese neue Leitidee basieren solle. Es fehlte bisher eine originäre berufspädagogische Begründung für das der beruflichen Gestaltungskompetenz zugrunde liegende berufliche Wissen.Table of Contents
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Das Bekennerschreiben: Eine
Book SynopsisDiese Studie untersucht das Bekennerschreiben des Hanau-Attentäters mit der Interpretationstechnik der objektiven Hermeneutik. Methodisch kontrolliert generiert sie Einsichten in die Erzeugungsbedingungen des Bekennerschreibens, wie es bereits gesellschaftlich präformiert vorliegt. Die Forschung geht der Frage nach, ob das Attentat in Hanau und die dahinterliegende rechtsextremistische Gesinnung auf einen Einzelfall reduziert werden kann oder ob beide Phänomene bereits gesellschaftlich präformiert vorliegen. Diesen Punkt transzendiert die Analyse, indem sie aus dem konkret vorliegenden Bekennerschreiben den Prämissen der objektiven Hermeneutik folgend Strukturmerkmale und Mentalitäten des „Neuen Rechten Milieus” abstrahiert und empirisch fundiert.Table of ContentsRelevanz der objektiv-hermeneutischen Analyse des Bekennerschreibens.- Forschungsstand über Rechtsextremismus und Radikalismus.- Objektive Hermeneutik als Interpretationsmethode.- Formstruktur und Analyse des Bekennerschreibens.-Diskussion der zentralen Studienbefunde.- Fazit und Ausblick.
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Springer Verlag GmbH Nietzsche und Schopenhauer (Vorlesungen)
Book SynopsisDer vorliegende Band dokumentiert Schlicks fast vier Jahrzehnte währende, auf den ersten Blick immer noch überraschende und von der Forschung bisher nicht beachtete Beschäftigung mit Leben und Werk von Friedrich Nietzsche. Im Rahmen der um die Wende zum 20. Jahrhundert einsetzenden universitären Nietzsche-Rezeption stehend, hatte die Begegnung mit Nietzsches Schriften eine geistige Auseinandersetzung zur Folge, wie sie in dieser Form und in diesem Umfang in Schlicks Denken einmalig ist. Denn abgesehen von Kant oder Mach hat sich Schlick mit keinem anderen Philosophen so intensiv über einen längeren Zeitraum hinweg auseinandergesetzt. Neben der erstmals im Rostocker Wintersemester 1912/13 gehaltenen Nietzsche-Vorlesung und einer dazugehörigen, im Nachlass überlieferten Vorarbeit enthält dieser Band auch den ersten Teil der zunächst im Sommersemester 1919 gehaltenen Vorlesung „Schopenhauer und Nietzsche“.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Action Research in Action
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Hardpress Publishing Mill and Carlyle an Examination of Mr John Stuart Mills Doctrine of Causation in Relation to Moral Freedom With an Occasional Discourse on Sauerteig by Smelfungus 1
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Ediciones Ctedra La teoría del conocimiento de Kant
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Ediciones Ctedra La Dialectica De Hegel Hegels Dialect Teorema
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Ediciones Ctedra El giro hermeneutico The Hermeneutic Turn
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Universidad Autonoma Metropolitana Cuajimalpa Lo a priori constitutivo historia y prospectiva
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Clarendon Press Being Known
Book SynopsisBeing Known is a response to a philosophical challenge which arises for every area of thought. The challenge is one of reconciling our conception of truth in an area with the means by which we think we come to know truth about that area. Meeting the challenge may require a revision of our conception of truth in that area; or a revision of our theory of knowledge for that area; or a revision in our conception of the relations between the two. Christopher Peacocke presents a framework for addressing the challenge, a framework which links both the theory of knowledge and the theory of truth with the theory of concept-possession. It formulates a set of constraints and a general form of solution for a wide range of topics. He goes on to propose specific solutions within this general form for a series of classically problematic subjects: the past; metaphysical necessity; the intentional contents of our own mental states; the self; and freedom of the will. Being Known will interest anyone conTrade Reviewimpressively crafted forays into metaphysics, philosophy of language, philosophy of mind, and philosophy of logic. This kind of work, however, inevitably invites different readers to pick different fruits. There are many nourishing fruits here that are ripe for picking, not just this season but for many seasons to come. * Mind, vol. 110, no. 440 *Peacecocke's book deserves admiration both for its bold architectonic and for its subtle treatments of numerous special topics. * Mind, vol. 110, no. 440 *Table of Contents1. The Integration Challenge ; 2. Truth, Content, and the Epistemic ; 3. The Past ; 4. Necessity ; 5. Self-knowledge and Intentional Content ; 6. Self-knowledge and Illusions of Transcendence ; 7. Freedom ; 8. Concluding Remarks ; Bibliography ; Index
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Clarendon Press Aristotle on Perception Clarendon Aristotle Series
Book SynopsisStephen Everson presents a comprehensive new study of Aristotle''s account of perception and related mental capacities. Recent debate about Aristotle''s theory of mind has focused on this account, which is Aristotle''s most sustained and detailed attempt to describe and explain the behaviour of living things. Everson places it in the context of Aristotle''s natural science as a whole, showing how he applies the explanatory tools developed in other works to the study of perceptual cognition. Everson demonstrates that, contrary to the claims of many recent scholars, Aristotle is indeed concerned to explain perceptual activity as the activity of a living body, in terms of material changes in the organs which possess the various perceptual capacities. By emphasizing the unified nature of the perceptual system, Everson is able to explain how Aristotle accounts for our ability to perceive not only such things as colours and sounds but material objects in our environment. This rich and broad-ranging book will be essential reading not only for students of Aristotle''s theory of mind but for all those concerned to understand the explanatory principles of his natural science. ''No part of Aristotle''s psychological theory has been of greater interest to scholars over the past few years than his account of perception. . . . this excellent book . . . will appeal to Aristotelian scholars and philosophers of mind alike . . . Everson manifests a thorough understanding of much of the literature on Aristotle''s psychological theory and displays a talent for offering sophisticated arguments that are informed by the conceptual possibilities demarcated in both ancient and modern philosophy . . . Everson has presented a rich and insightful critique of a thesis which has had significant impact upon contemporary discussions of Aristotle''s psychological theory. Further, in offering ths critique, he has avoided many of the snares and entanglements to which others have fallen prey.'' John E. Sisko, Oxford Studies in Ancient PhilosophyTrade ReviewHis treatment of perception as one case of Aristotle's general explanation of natural change, including mental changes, is a very fruitful one. * Richard Wallace, Greece and Rome *although it is a tough read, it is rich and rewarding. * Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal *E's discussion is philosophically refined: and his reader is expected to have a nodding acquantaince with various notions in contemporary philosophical psychology ... The book is good enough to deserve detailed criticism. Indeed, I am not sure that I have read a better book on Aristotle's psychology. I enjoyed it, and I learned from it. It is rare that such things can be said about a book on ancient philosophy. * Jonathan Barnes, The Classical Review *Spiritualists and materialists alike will learn from reading this book. * Allan Siverman, Ancient Philosophy 19, 1999 *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; 1. PERCEPTION AND ITS PROPER OBJECTS; 2. PERCEPTUAL CHANGE AND MATERIAL CHANGE; 3. PROPER SENSIBLES AND SECONDARY QUALITIES; 4. THE PERCEPTUAL SYSTEM; 5. PERCEPTUAL CONTENT; 6. PERCEPTION AND MATERIAL EXPLANATION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES.
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Clarendon Press History as ReEnactment
Book SynopsisA central motif of R. G. Collingwood''s philosophy of history is the idea that historical understanding requires a re-enactment of past experience. However, there have been sharp disagreements about the acceptability of this idea, and even its meaning. This book aims to advance the critical discussion in three ways: by analysing the idea itself further, concentrating especially on the contrast which Collingwood drew between it and scientific understanding; by exploring the limits of its applicability to what historians ordinarily consider their proper subject-matter; and by clarifying the relationship between it and some other key Collingwoodian ideas, such as the place of imagination in historical inquiry, the sense in which history deals with the individual, the essential perspectivity of historical judgement, and the importance of narrative and periodization in historical thinking. Professor Dray defends Collingwood against a good deal of recent criticism, while pointing to ways in Trade ReviewDray is a very careful writer, and his analysis of Collingwood's philosophy of history is unparalleled in its scope and in its balance. Dray is also a very clear writer, and the book is well organized ... this is a fine study, perhaps the single best account of the pertinent ideas of this century's most eminent philosopher of history. * Rex Martin, American Historical Review *It is something of an event then, to have his new work, the culmination of a lifetime of thought, appear in his retirement. As one would expect, it is a deeply considered book, lucidly written, and scrupulously fair to all parties. ... a sound and serious philosophical commentary, and anyone interested in either Collingwood or the philosophy of history should consider joining the dialogue and will learn much in the process. * Canadian Journal of History, April 1997 *Table of Contents1. History and Philosophy ; 2. Re-enactment and Understanding ; 3. Re-enactment and Laws ; 4. Intellect, Rationality, Feeling ; 5. The Physical and the Social ; 6. The Historical Imagination ; 7. The Ideality of History ; 8. The Perspectivity of History ; Epilogue ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE C
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Oxford University Press Reflections on Meaning
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Oxford University Press, USA Humes Enlightenment Tract The Unity and Purpose of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
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