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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 Wissen, Sprache und Wirklichkeit: Arbeiten zum
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsI. Sprache und Semantik l.- Lesen und Lesbarkeit: das Problem der syntaktischen Komplexität.- Syntaktische Tiefe.- Relationale Semantik.- Prospektive Ambiguität.- Schluß.- Lesen, Verstehen und begriffliche Situationen.- Begriffliche Strukturen.- Ein begriffliches Universum.- Die semantische Analyse von Verben auf der Grundlage begrifflicher Situationen.- Weil und die Begriffe der Verursachung.- 1 „Materiale“ Ursachen.- 2 „Formale“ Ursachen.- 3 „Wirkursachen“.- 4 Zweckursachen.- 5 Schlußbemerkungen.- Zeichen — Kommunikation — Sprache.- Sprache als zweckorientiertes Verhalten: zur Entwicklungsgeschichte.- Zweck und negative Rückkopplung.- Lernen und Repräsentation.- Die Kommunikationssituation.- Ein möglicher Ursprung der Kooperation.- Zeichen, Symbole und Sprache.- Schlußfolgerungen.- Anpassung und Überlebensfähigkeit.- Über den Begriff der Interpretation.- II. Die Erkenntnistheorie des radikalen Konstruktivismus.- Piaget und die Erkenntnistheorie des radikalen Konstruktivismus.- Schwierigkeiten der Interpretation.- Das Dilemma des Realismus.- Das Konstrukt des „Objekts“.- Die Bausteine der Konstruktion.- Die Umwelt als schwarzer Kasten.- Wissen und Äquilibration.- Schluß.- Die Konstrukte der Identität, oder: die Kunst, Unterschiede zu übergehen.- Bemerkungen zur epistemologischen Revolution.- Wissen in der Sicht des radikalen Konstruktivismus.- Probleme des Lernens.- Probleme des Lehrens.- Probleme des Wissens.- Schlußbemerkungen.- Die Begriffe der Anpassung und Viabilität in einer radikal konstruktivistischen Erkenntnistheorie.- Kybernetik, Erfahrung und der Begriff des Ich.- Kybernetik und Lernen.- Rückkoppelung und Selbststeuerung.- Lernen als induktiver Prozeß.- Die Konstruktion des Wissens durch das Subjekt.- Regularitäten, Regeln und Erklärungen.- Die Nützlichkeit „schwarzer Kästen“.- Beobachter und Beobachtetes.- Piaget in kybernetischer Sicht.- Die Konstruktion permanenter Objekte.- Die Herstellung von,„Gleichheit“.- Assimilation und Akkomodation.- Schemata und begriffliche Strukturen.- Die Mehrdeutigkeit des Begriffs der „Gleichheit“.- Äquivalenz und Kontinuität.- Das Problem der Realität.- Einige grundlegende Konstrukte.- Die Konstruktion des Ich.- Das sich selbst beobachtende Icb.- Das Icb als visuelles Perzept.- Ebenen der Icb-Wahrnehmung.- Das Bild im Spiegel.- Die kybernetische Metapher.- Eine Epistemologie für kognitive Systeme.- Der Begriff der Äquilibration in einer konstruktivistischen Erkenntnistheorie.- Einführung in den radikalen Konstruktivismus.- Rückkopplung, Induktion und Erkenntnistheorie.- Regelung und Regler.- Kognitive Entwicklung.- Die Rolle des Wissens.- Kommunikation.- Schluß.- Danksagung.- Piagets Konstruktivismus — eine Interpretation.- Die Konstruktion der Erkenntnis.- Die Konstruktion der Wirklichkeit.- Die Begriffe der Wahrheit und Objektivität.- Schlußbemerkungen.- Übersetzungen.- Dank.- III. Untersuchungen zum Zahlbegriff.- Ein Bewußtseins-Modell der begrifflichen Konstruktion von Einheiten und Zahlen.- Danksagung.- „Subitizing“ Die Rolle figuraler Muster in der Entwicklung von Zahlbegriffen.- Wörter und Bedeutungen.- Zahlwörter ohne Zahlen.- Räumliche Konfiguration.- Temporale Muster.- Das Problem der Mächtigkeit.- Die Erfahrung von Einheiten, die aus Einheiten bestehen.- Die Erfahrung numerischer Relationen.- Zusammenfassung und Schlußbemerkungen.- Danksagung.- Lernen als konstruktive Tätigkeit.- Schlußbemerkungen.- Zitierte Literatur.- Namenverzeichnis.- SachWortverzeichnis.
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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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J.B. Metzler Das Denken des falschen Denkens denken
Book Synopsis.- Prolog: Vom Verdruss und Spiel des Scheins..- Einleitung..- Verzeichnis der Autorinnen und Autoren..- Siglen..- I Epistemische Negativität vor der Kritik der reinen Vernunft..- Irrtum bei Crusius – vermeintliche und wahre Gewißheit..- Georg Friedrich Meier, the Question of Prejudice and the Reappraisal of the ‘Negative’ in Knowledge..- Der Irrtum in Kants Inauguraldissertation. Eine metaphysische Vorurteilskritik zur Propädeutik der Metaphysik..- II Epistemische Negativität in der Kritik der reinen Vernunft..- Irrtum, Metaphysik und Merkmale der Wissenschaftlichkeit bei Kant..- Die Vollständigkeit der kantischen Urteilstafel. Zum apperzeptionslogischen Beweis des ‚Reichschen Theorems‘..- Kant on infinite judgments, mathematical objects, things, and the world..- Kant über die Möglichkeit von nicht-objektiv gültigen Urteilen..- Die Rolle der negativen Gegenständlichkeit in der relationalen Ontologie von Kant..- Negativität, Alltagswahrnehmung und disjunktive Urteilsformen..- Ästhetische Ideen. Dimensionen des Negativen in Kants (klassischer) Auffassung des Kunstwerkes..- Der negative Glaube..- Schlangenwindungen der Vernunft. Kant über Irrtum und Selbstlüge..- Der Unterschied von Überredung und Überzeugung..- Die ‚Monadologie‘ handelt von nichts (Erkennbarem). Zu Kants Leibniz-Kritik aufgrund der Amphibolie der Reflexionsbegriffe..- Falsum index sui. Warum Kants transzendentale Logik eine eigene Logik des Scheins enthalten muss..- Regulatives und relativiertes Apriori. Skizzen zu einer Geschichte des Apriori von Kant bis Reichenbach und Carnap..- III Epistemische Negativität nach der Kritik der reinen Vernunft..- Hegels Transformation der Kantischen Oppositionsbegriffe in Prinzipien der objektiven Reflexionslogik..- Vorurteilsfreie sinnliche Gewissheit. Die produktive Aufnahme der Vorurteilstheorie Kants und die Rolle der Negativität in Hegels Anerkennungsdialektik..- „Äußerlichkeit des Begriffs“. Bleibende Nichtidentität in Hegels Realphilosophie..- Epilog. Wie die Naturwissenschaft Nein sagt. Oder: Warum schimpft Richard Feynman?.
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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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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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Anthropos Editorial Los lenguajes del smbolo
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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
Book SynopsisPaul Horwich, one of the world''s most distinguished philosophers, develops in this book his highly original deflationary conception of language. His main aim in Reflections on Meaning is to explain how mere noises, marks, gestures, and mental symbols are able to capture the world - that is, how words and sentences (in whatever medium) come to mean what they do, to stand for certain things, to be true or false of reality. His answer is an innovative development of Wittgenstein''s idea that the meaning of a term is nothing more than its use.Trade ReviewThis lucid, closely argued, and stimulating book offers Horwich's latest formulation and defence of his Use Theory of Meaning . . . there is a great deal of interesting and nuanced argument on almost every page of this thought-provoking book, including detailed responses to important semantic theorists such as Chomsky, Davidson, Dummett, Fodor, Grice, Kripke, Putnam, and Quine. For anyone interested in the prospects for a use-based theory of meaning, or a naturalistic reduction of semantics, or who wants a clear sense of current issues at the cutting-edge of philosophy of language, Horwich's book is required reading. * David Macarthur, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *Table of ContentsPreface ; 1. The Space of Issues and Options ; 2. A Use Theory of Meaning ; 3. The Pseudo-Problem of Error ; 4. The Sharpness of Vague Terms ; 5. Norms of Truth and Meaning ; 6. Meaning Constitution and Epistemic Rationality ; 7. Meaning and its Place in the Faculty of Language ; 8. Deflating Compositionality
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Oxford University Press, USA Humes Enlightenment Tract The Unity and Purpose of an Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding
Book SynopsisHume''s Enlightenment Tract is the first full book-length study for forty years of David Hume''s Enquiry concerning Human Understanding. The Enquiry has, contrary to its author''s expressed wishes, long lived in the shadow of its predecessor, A Treatise of Human Nature. Stephen Buckle presents the Enquiry in a fresh light, and aims to raise it to its rightful position in Hume''s work and in the history of philosophy. He argues that the Enquiry is not, as so often assumed, a mere collection of watered-down extracts from the earlier work. It is, rather, a coherent work with a unified argument; and, when this argument is grasped as a whole, the Enquiry shows itself to be the best introduction to the lineaments of its author''s general philosophy. Buckle offers a careful guide through the argument and structure of the work. He shows how the central sections of the Enquiry offer a critique of the dogmatic empiricisms of the ancient world (Stoicism, Epicureanism, and Aristotelianism), and set in place an alternative conception of human powers based on the sceptical principles of habit and probability. These principles are then put to work, to rule out philosophy''s metaphysical ambitions and their consequences: religious systems and their attendant conception of human beings as semi-divine rational animals. Hume''s scepticism, experimentalism, and naturalism are thus shown to be different aspects of the one unified philosophy - a sceptical version of the Enlightenment vision.Trade ReviewReview from previous edition Hume's Enlightenment Tract is a masterpiece in the history of philosophy. Buckle is not only fully in command of the text he is studying, but of the context both ancient and modern. He also brings into his discussions some of the best scholarship of recent years in early modern philosophy. The book is written in a provocative and stimulating way and, whether one agrees or disagrees with its main contentions, one is sure to come away from reading it highly motivated to go back to Hume's own book and reconsider it in the light of Hume's widest philosophical concerns. * John P. Wright, Australasian Journal of Philosophy *Buckle's work is undoubtedly an important addition to the recent growth in scholarly writing on the Enquiry ... the only single-author work to offer both a critical overview of the Enquiry, a systematic general interpretation, and a section-by-section commentary on its contents... He succeeds in the important task of establishing the Enquiry as an independently significant philosophical work, central to the interpretation of Hume's thinking as a whole, and his book should help ensure that the work remains at the forefront of the new critical thinking about Hume's epistemology. * Paul Stanistreet, Journal of Scottish Philosophy *Table of Contents1. APPROACHING THE TEXT ; 2. THE ARGUMENT ; 3. CONCLUSION
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