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Taylor & Francis Religious Literacies in Educational Contexts
Book SynopsisReligious Literacies in Educational Contexts: Interdisciplinary Perspectives provides an overview of current scholarship on religious literacy and its practical applications in public life.As an emerging, interdisciplinary field, religious literacy is vital in understanding how diverse religious beliefs shape social and political landscapes. This volume aims to deepen the conversation among scholars and practitioners by offering actionable recommendations for promoting religious literacy in educational contexts. Key questions addressed include: What does religious literacy mean in different contexts? Why is religious literacy important today? How can educators and scholars foster religious literacy in public settings? This book provides an exploration of these questions as the authors offer an overview of the current scholarship on religious literacy along with its applications in the classroom for both scholars and practitioners.This book is designed for scholars, educators, and practitioners interested in the intersecting fields of religion, education, and public life highlighting the significance of religious literacy in various disciplines and contemporary issues by providing readers with insights and strategies to enhance their understanding and teaching of religious diversity.
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Austin Macauley Publishers Disbelief in God
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Literary Translation Language and Thought
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Cambridge University Press The Pragmatic Enlightenment
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Cambridge University Press Thinking the Unconscious NineteenthCentury German
Book SynopsisSince Freud's earliest psychoanalytic theorization around the beginning of the twentieth century, the concept of the unconscious has exerted an enormous influence upon psychoanalysis and psychology, and literary, critical and social theory. Yet, prior to Freud, the concept of the unconscious already possessed a complex genealogy in nineteenth-century German philosophy and literature, beginning with the aftermath of Kant's critical philosophy and the origins of German idealism, and extending into the discourses of romanticism and beyond. Despite the many key thinkers who contributed to the Germanic discourses on the unconscious, the English-speaking world remains comparatively unaware of this heritage and its influence upon the origins of psychoanalysis. Bringing together a collection of experts in the fields of German Studies, Continental Philosophy, the History and Philosophy of Science, and the History of Psychoanalysis, this volume examines the various theorizations, representationsTrade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'From 'Discovering' to 'Thinking the Unconscious': this book offers an enlightening contribution to this still demanding and paradoxical task.' Ludger Lütkehaus, University of FreiburgReview of the hardback: 'While the conceit that Freud discovered – or invented – the unconscious, has long been dispatched, this collection explores in fascinating detail the tangled roots of the concept in the works of Leibniz and Kant and traces its surprising ramifications through the thought of the German Romantics and their successors. The authors reveal how the early constructions of the unconscious differ from that of Freud and brilliantly trouble complainant attitudes about figures (e.g., Goethe, Nietzsche) around whom the dust of opinion has long settled.' Robert J. Richards, University of Chicago and author of The Romantic Conception of Life: Science and Philosophy in the Age of GoetheReview of the hardback: 'Focusing on the crucible of German intellectual history in the long nineteenth century, this volume assembles expert accounts of how the concept, or complex, of the unconscious was thought and wrought before Freud. Significant new readings of canonical figures from Goethe to Nietzsche are complemented by judicious assessments of less familiar thinkers who helped shape this key term for modernity. Across the genealogical networks of philosophy, psychology, and literature, the vicissitudes of thinking the unconscious are explored with impressive erudition and an apt sense of the elusive and contested character of the subject.' Andrew Webber, University of CambridgeReview of the hardback: '[This] is a dependable guide to particular historical examples of thinking about the unconscious in their respective contexts: that is its considerable virtue.' David Midgley, Modern Language ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: thinking the unconscious Angus Nicholls and Martin Liebscher; 1. The unconscious from the Storm and Stress to Weimar classicism: the dialectic of time and pleasure Paul Bishop; 2. The philosophical significance of Schelling's conception of the unconscious Andrew Bowie; 3. The scientific unconscious: Goethe's post-Kantian epistemology Angus Nicholls; 4. The hidden agent of the self: towards an aesthetic theory of the non-conscious in German romanticism Rüdiger Görner; 5. The real essence of human beings: Schopenhauer and the unconscious will Christopher Janaway; 6. Carl Gustav Carus and the science of the unconscious Matthew Bell; 7. Eduard von Hartmann's Philosophy of the Unconscious Sebastian Gardner; 8. Gustav Theodor Fechner and the unconscious Michael Heidelberger; 9. Friedrich Nietzsche's perspectives on the unconscious Martin Liebscher; 10. Freud and nineteenth-century philosophical sources on the unconscious Günter Gödde; Epilogue: the 'optional' unconscious Sonu Shamdasani.
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Cambridge University Press Heat Pneuma and Soul in Ancient Philosophy and
Book SynopsisAncient theories of the soul were influenced decisively by general assumptions about basic properties of living things, especially 'heat' and 'breath' (pneuma). This volume considers the relationship of the notions of heat, breath (pneuma), and soul in ancient Greek philosophy and science from the Presocratics to Aristotle.Trade Review'Ultimately, the volume makes a fine case for a collection of essays examining heat, pneuma, and soul through Aristotle, and it ably advances the scholarly discussion on them.' Rhodes Pinto, Stanford UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction. Ancient philosophy and science at the crossroads of metaphysics and medicine Colin Guthrie King; Heat, pneuma and soul in the medical tradition Hynek Bartoš; Part I. Early Greek Philosophy and Medicine: 1. Fire, heat and motive force in early Greek philosophy and medicine Gábor Betegh; 2. Parmenides on the soul Shaul Tor; 3. The spirit in the flesh: Empedocles on embodied soul Simon Trépanier; 4. Out of thin air? Diogenes on causal explanation Bryan C. Reece; 5. Soul, life and nutrition in the Timaeus Thomas K. Johansen; 6. De spiritu on heat and its roles in the formation, composition and activities of animals Orly Lewis; Part II. Aristotle: 7. Heat, meteorology and spontaneous generation Malcolm Wilson; 8. Aristotle on 'the nature in the pneuma' and the first body Karel Thein; 9. Aristotle on the powers of thermic equilibrium Tiberiu Popa; 10. Why animals must keep their cool: Aristotle on the need for respiration (and other forms of cooling) James G. Lennox; 11. Soul's tools Jessica Gelber; 12. When life imitates art: vital locomotion and Aristotle's craft analogy Patricio Fernandez and Jorgé Mittelmann; 13. Blood, πνεῦμα, or something more solid? Aristotle on the material structure of perceptual apparatus Robert Roreitner; 14. The pathological role of pneuma in Aristotle Patrick Macfarlane.
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsches Ethics
Book SynopsisThis Element discusses Nietzsche's ethics in his late works, from 1886 onwards. Explaining the basics of his ethical theory and exploring his goals in writing a history of Christian morality, it also takes a broader look, respectively, at Nietzsche's wider philosophy in light of his ethics.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Nietzsche's ethics in outline; 2. Christian morality; 3. The square circle: Nietzsche's two conflicting strategies; 4. Morality, history and genealogy; 5. Nietzsche's history: the plot; 6. Does the history achieve its goals?; 7. Nietzsche beyond Nietzsche's ethics; Conclusion. The future of Nietzschean ethics?; Bibliography; Acknowledgements.
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophical Project of Carnap and Quine
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Cambridge University Press A History of Western Philosophy of Music
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsches Thus Spoke Zarathustra
Book SynopsisNietzsche regarded Thus Spoke Zarathustra as his most important philosophical contribution. It is also the only place where he elaborates his concepts of the superhuman and the eternal recurrence of the same. In this Critical Guide, an international group of distinguished scholars analyze the philosophical ideas in this famous book.
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Cambridge University Press Heidegger on Logic
Book SynopsisHeidegger on Logic is for those investigating the relationship between metaphysics and logic generally and, in particular, the approach to this investigation advanced by the twentieth-century German philosopher, Martin Heidegger. The book will be of value to scholars working in philosophy, the history of ideas, and German studies.
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Cambridge University Press A Philosopher Looks at Human Beings
Book SynopsisWhy do we think ourselves superior to all other animals? Are we right to think so? In this book, Michael Ruse explores these questions in religion, science and philosophy. Some people think that the world is an organism - and that humans, as its highest part, have a natural value (this view appeals particularly to people of religion). Others think that the world is a machine - and that we therefore have responsibility for making our own value judgements (including judgements about ourselves). Ruse provides a compelling analysis of these two rival views and the age-old conflict between them. In a wide-ranging and fascinating discussion, he draws on Darwinism and existentialism to argue that only the view that the world is a machine does justice to our humanity. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The status of humans; 2. Mechanism versus organicism; 3. Darwinian evolution; 4. Mechanism and human nature; 5. Organicism and human nature; 6. The problem of progress; 7. Morality for the organicist; 8. Morality for the mechanist; Epilogue.
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Cambridge University Press Immortality in Ancient Philosophy
Book SynopsisImmortality was central to ancient philosophical reflections on the soul, happiness, value and divinity. Conceptions of immortality flowed into philosophical ethics and theology, and modern reconstructions of ancient thought in these areas sometimes turn on the interpretation of immortality. This volume brings together original research on immortality from early Greek philosophy, such as the Pythagoreans and Empedocles, to Augustine. The contributors consider not only arguments concerning the soul''s immortality, but also the diverse and often subtle accounts of what immortality is, both in Plato and in less familiar philosophers, such as the early Stoics and Philo of Alexandria. The book will be of interest to all those interested in immortality and divinity in ancient philosophy, particularly scholars and advanced students.Trade Review'… the research and insights are of a consistently high quality … the volume will find a welcome place among other scholarly treatments of immortality and divinity … Recommended.' F. A. Grabowski, ChoiceTable of ContentsIntroduction A. G. Long; 1. The soul and the celestial afterlife in Greek philosophy before Plato Simon Trépanier; 2. Pythagorean immortality of the soul? Phillip Sidney Horky; 3. The philosopher's reward: Contemplation and immortality in Plato's dialogues Suzanne Obdrzalek; 4. Pre-existence, life-after-death, and atemporal beings in Plato's Phaedo Catherine Rowett; 5. The immortal and the imperishable in Aristotle, early Stoicism and Epicureanism A. G. Long; 6. Socrates and the symmetry argument James Warren; 7. Immortality in Philo of Alexandria Sami Yli-Karjanmaa; 8. Plotinus on immortality and the problem of personal identity Lloyd P. Gerson; 9. Truth and immortality in Augustine's Soliloquies and De Immortalitate Animae, Sebastian Gertz.
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Cambridge University Press Kant and the Supposed Right to Lie
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Cambridge University Press Wittgenstein on Private Language Sensation and Perception
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Cambridge University Press A Philosopher Looks at Sport
Book SynopsisWhy is sport so important among participants and spectators when its goals seem so pointless? Stephen Mumford''s book introduces the reader to a host of philosophical topics found in sport, and argues that sports activities reflect diverse human experiences - including important values that we continue to contest. The author explores physicality, competition, how sport is best defined, ethics in sport, and issues of inclusion such as disability sports, the gender divide, and transgender athletes. His book is written for anyone who is thoughtful, a sports enthusiast, or both, and will deepen our understanding of sport and its place in our lives. This new series offers short and personal perspectives by expert thinkers on topics that we all encounter in our everyday lives--Trade Review'…thoughtful and intelligently written.' Houman Barekat, TLS'Mumford has written an interesting book. It is well written and well-argued and has good examples and cases to illustrate key points. It is furthermore a non-technical and relatively short book. This is a good place to start for people interested in deeper aspects of sports than one finds in the media and in superficial literature.' Gunnar Breivik, idrottsforum.orgTable of Contents1. Physicality; 2. Competition; 3. Definition; 4. Spectacle; 5. Ethics; 6. Inclusion.
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John Wiley & Sons Inc The Hunger Games and Philosophy
Book SynopsisA philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins''s New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss Everdeen is the girl who was on fire, but she is also the girl who made us think, dream, question authority, and rebel. The post-apocalyptic world of Panem''s twelve districts is a divided society on the brink of war and struggling to survive, while the Capitol lives in the lap of luxury and pure contentment. At every turn in the Hunger Games trilogy, Katniss, Peeta, Gale, and their many allies wrestle with harrowing choices and ethical dilemmas that push them to the brink. Is it okay for Katniss to break the law to ensure her family''s survival? Do ordinary moral rules apply in the Arena? Can the world of The Hunger Games shine a light into the dark corners of our world? Why do we often enjoy watching others suffer? How can we distinguish between what''s Real and Not Real? This book draws on some of history'Table of ContentsAcknowledgments: “It’s Like the Bread. How I Never Get Over Owing You for That.” ix Introduction: Let The Hunger Games and Philosophy Begin! 1 Part One “Having An Eye for Beauty Isn’t Necessarily a Weakness”: The Art of Resisting the Capitol 1. “The Final Word on Entertainment”: Mimetic and Monstrous Art in the Hunger Games 8Brian McDonald 2. “Somewhere between Hair Ribbons and Rainbows”: How Even the Shortest Song Can Change the World 26Anne Torkelson 3. “I Will Be Your Mockingjay”: The Power and Paradox of Metaphor in the Hunger Games Trilogy 41Jill Olthouse Part Two “We’re Fickle, Stupid Beings”: Hungering For Morality in An Immoral World 4. “The Odds Have Not Been Very Dependable of Late”: Morality and Luck in the Hunger Games Trilogy 56George A. Dunn 5. The Joy of Watching Others Suffer: Schadenfreude and the Hunger Games 75Andrew Shaffer 6. “So Here I Am in His Debt Again”: Katniss, Gifts, and Invisible Strings 90Jennifer Culver Part Three “I am as Radiant as the Sun”: The Natural, The Unnatural, and Not-so-weird Science 7. Competition and Kindness: The Darwinian World of the Hunger Games 104Abigail Mann 8. “No Mutt Is Good”—Really? Creating Interspecies Chimeras 121Jason T. Eberl Part Four “Peeta Bakes. I Hunt.”: What Katniss Can Teach us About Love, Caring, and Gender 9. Why Katniss Chooses Peeta: Looking at Love through a Stoic Lens 134Abigail E. Myers 10. “She Has No Idea. The Effect She Can Have.”: Katniss and the Politics of Gender 145Jessica Miller 11. Sometimes the World Is Hungry for People Who Care: Katniss and the Feminist Care Ethic 162Lindsey Issow Averill Part Five “As Long as You Can Find Yourself, You’ll Never Starve”: How to Be Yourself When It’s All a Big Show 12. Why Does Katniss Fail at Everything She Fakes? Being versus Seeming to Be in the Hunger Games Trilogy 178Dereck Coatney 13. Who Is Peeta Mellark? The Problem of Identity in Panem 193Nicolas Michaud Part Six “Here’s Some Advice. Stay Alive.”: A Tribute’s Guide to the Morality and Logic of Warfare 14. “Safe to Do What?”: Morality and the War of All against All in the Arena 206Joseph J. Foy 15. Starting Fires Can Get You Burned: The Just-War Tradition and the Rebellion against the Capitol 222Louis Melançon 16. The Tribute’s Dilemma: The Hunger Games and Game Theory 235Andrew Zimmerman Jones Part Seven “It Must Be Very Fragile if a Handful of Berries Can Bring It Down”: The Political Philosophy of Coriolanus Snow 17. Discipline and the Docile Body: Regulating Hungers in the Capitol 250Christina Van Dyke 18. “All of This Is Wrong”: Why One of Rome’s Greatest Thinkers Would Despise the Capitol 265Adam Barkman 19. Class Is in Session: Power and Privilege in Panem 277Chad William Timm Contributors: Our Resistance Squadron 291 Index: “A List in My Head of Every Act of Goodness I’ve Seen Someone Do” 297
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd This Is Modern Philosophy
Book SynopsisProvides students and general readers with a basic understanding of the central concepts, issues, and thinkers of the early modern era of philosophy Is there a world that exists apart from ourselves? If an external world exists, what is its nature? Can an external world based on evidence from our sense perception be known? How do such questions arise? Is it even possible for them to be answered? This is Modern Philosophy: An Introduction surveys how philosophers from the late sixteenth century to the early nineteenth century investigated central metaphysical and epistemological issues. Focusing on six key philosophers, this accessible volume provides readers with a solid and balanced appreciation of how philosophy was done in the Modern period. Each chapter explores the views of a particular thinkerRené Descartes, Thomas Hobbes, George Berkeley, David Hume, Immanuel Kant, and Lady Mary Shepherdwith special attention paid to their engagement with The Problem ofTable of ContentsAcknowledgements vii Introduction 1 I.1 Knowledge as Scientia 2 I.2 Ideas, Propositions, and Beliefs 5 I.3 The idea of a Modern Philosophy Course 11 I.4 Rationalism and Empiricism 12 I.5 Some Other “isms” of the Period 14 I.6 The Problem of the External World 16 1 René Descartes 21 1.1 Descartes’s First Principle 21 1.2 Preliminaries on Ideas and the Ontology 39 1.3 Clarity and Distinctness: A Model Based on Simple Natures 51 1.4 The Idea of the Infinite Being: A Proof for God’s existence 57 1.5 Why God, Creator of Descartes’s Mind, Cannot be Understood as Being a Deceiver 64 1.6 The Problem of the External World Continued: The Case for a Material World 68 Reference 74 2 Thomas Hobbes 75 2.1 Hobbes’s Materialism 75 2.2 Hobbes’s View of Mind 77 2.3 Concept-Pairs 83 2.4 A Body Cannot be the Origin of Its Own Motion 88 2.5 A Proof for the Existence of an External World 90 Reference 91 3 George Berkeley 92 3.1 Berkeley’s Rejection of a Material World 92 3.2 Abstraction versus Exclusion 94 3.3 Objects are Collections of Ideas 101 3.4 The Problem of the External World Answered: The Omni-perceiver 134 3.5 Possible Common Ground 143 4 David Hume 147 4.1 Hume on Impressions and Ideas 148 4.2 The Idea of Cause and Effect 152 4.3 Object and Existence 156 4.4 Unity and Identity 159 4.5 Constancy, Coherence, Continued Existence, and Distinct Existence 161 5 Immanuel Kant 167 5.1 Kant’s Critical Period 167 5.2 Knowledge: Preliminaries 169 5.3 Transcendental Philosophy 171 5.4 Two Distinctions and the Category of Synthetic a priori Propositions 175 5.5 The External World 192 References 202 6 Lady Mary Shepherd 203 6.1 Cause and Effect, and a Proof of the External World 203 6.2 Hume and The Problem of the External World 205 6.3 Consciousness and Sensation 206 6.4 A Commonsense Reading 227 References 230 Epilogue 232 Index 239
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Connecting Virtues Advances in Ethics
Book SynopsisConnecting Virtues examines the significant advances within the fast-growing field of virtue theory and shows how research has contributed to the current debates in moral philosophy, epistemology, and political philosophy. Includes groundbreaking chapters offering cutting-edge research on the topic of the virtues Provides insights into the application of the topic of virtue, such as the role of intellectual virtues, virtuous dispositions, and the value of some neglected virtues for political philosophy Examines the relevance of the virtues in the current debates in social epistemology, the epistemology of education, and civic education Features work from world-leading and internationally recognized philosophers working on the virtues today Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii Introduction 1MICHEL CROCE AND MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA Part 1: Moral Philosophy 13 1 Utrum sit una tantum vera enumeratio virtutum moralium 15SOPHIE GRACE CHAPPELL 2 Generosity: A Preliminary Account of a Surprisingly Neglected Virtue 23CHRISTIAN B. MILLER 3 An Eye on Particulars with the End in Sight: An Account of Aristotelian Phronesis 51MARIA SILVIA VACCAREZZA 4 Honesty as a Virtue 67ALAN T. WILSON Part 2: Epistemology 85 5 Virtue Epistemology, Enhancement, and Control 87J. ADAM CARTER 6 Epistemic Paternalism and the Service Conception of Epistemic Authority 107MICHEL CROCE 7 Neuromedia and the Epistemology of Education 129DUNCAN PRITCHARD 8 Epistemic Vice and Motivation 151ALESSANDRA TANESINI Part 3: Political Philosophy 169 9 Senses of Humor as Political Virtues 171PHILLIP DEEN 10 Citizens’ Political Prudence as a Democratic Virtue 187VALERIA OTTONELLI 11 Hope as a Democratic Civic Virtue 205NANCY E. SNOW Index 225
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd The Philosophy of Philosophy
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsPreface to the Second Edition xi Preface to the First Edition xxx Acknowledgments xxxiii Part I 1 Introduction 3 1 The Linguistic Turn and the Conceptual Turn 12 2 Taking Philosophical Questions at Face Value 25 3 Metaphysical Conceptions of Analyticity 50 4 Epistemological Conceptions of Analyticity 75 5 Knowledge of Metaphysical Modality 136 6 Thought Experiments 181 7 Evidence in Philosophy 210 8 Knowledge Maximization 249 Afterword Must Do Better 280 Appendix 1 Modal Logic within Counterfactual Logic 295 Appendix 2 Counterfactual Donkeys 307 Part II 311 9 Widening the Picture 313 9.1 How Did We Get Here from There? The Transformation of Analytic Philosophy 313 9.2 Abductive Philosophy 351 9.3 Model-Building in Philosophy 372 9.4 Morally Loaded Cases in Philosophy 386 9.5 Reply to Dennett and Kuznetsov on Abductive Philosophy 401 9.6 Reply to Kuznetsov and Stoljar on Model-Building in Philosophy 404 10 Experimental Philosophy 406 10.1 Reply to Weinberg 406 10.2 Philosophical Expertise and the Burden of Proof 413 10.3 On Joshua Alexander’s Experimental Philosophy: An Introduction 431 10.4 Philosophical Criticisms of Experimental Philosophy 440 10.5 Reply to Dennett, Knobe, and Kuznetsov on “Philosophical Intuitions” 464 11 Naturalism 467 11.1 Reply to Kornblith 467 11.2 Reply to Stalnaker 471 11.3 Reply to Bianchi 481 11.4 What is Naturalism? 484 11.5 The Unclarity of Naturalism 488 11.6 On Penelope Maddy’s What Do Philosophers Do? Skepticism and the Practice of Philosophy 491 12 Concepts, Understanding, Analyticity 497 12.1 Reply to Jackson 497 12.2 Reply to Boghossian 502 12.3 Reply to Peacocke 512 12.4 Reply to Mišc¡evic´ 520 12.5 Reply to Smokrovic´ 529 12.6 Reply to Trobok 533 13 Wittgensteinian Approaches 538 13.1 Reply to Moore 538 13.2 Reply to Horwich 543 13.3 Reply to Frascolla 553 13.4 Reply to Marconi 556 13.5 Reply to Tripodi 560 13.6 On Paul Horwich’s Wittgenstein’s Metaphilosophy 563 14 Miscellany 569 14.1 Reply to Ichikawa 569 14.2 Reply to Martin 575 14.3 On Robert Brandom’s Reason in Philosophy: Animating Ideas 579 14.4 On Peter Unger’s Empty Ideas: A Critique of Analytic Philosophy 586 14.5 Plato Goes Pop 591 14.6 Popular Philosophy and Populist Philosophy 595 Bibliography 598 Index 619
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd A Companion to Hobbes
Book SynopsisOffers comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes's thought, providing readers withdifferent ways of understanding Hobbes as a systematic philosopher As one of the founders of modern political philosophy,Thomas Hobbes is best known forhisideasregarding the nature of legitimate government and the necessity of society submitting to the absolute authority of sovereign power. Yet Hobbesproduced a wide range of writings,from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted togeometry, optics,morality,and religion.Hobbes viewed himself aspresentingaunified method for theoretical and practical sciencean interconnectedsystem of philosophythat providesmany entry points into his thought. A Companion to Hobbesisanexpertly curatedcollection of essaysoffering close textualengagementwiththe thought of Thomas Hobbesin his major workswhile probinghisideasregarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more.TheCTable of ContentsNotes on Contributors viii Introduction: The Presentation and Structure of Thomas Hobbes's Philosophy 1Marcus P. Adams Abbreviations for Citations to Hobbes's Works 20 Part I First Philosophy, Mathematics, and Natural Philosophy 23 1 Hobbes's Unified Method for Scientia 25Helen Hattab 2 The Stoic Roots of Hobbes's Natural Philosophy and First Philosophy 45Geoffrey Gorham 3 Hobbesian Mathematics and the Dispute with Wallis 57Douglas Jesseph 4 Explanations in Hobbes's Optics and Natural Philosophy 75Marcus P. Adams Part II Human Nature and Morality 91 5 "A Most Useful Economy": Hobbes on Linguistic Meaning and Understanding 93R. W. McIntyre 6 Hobbes’s Theory of the Good: Felicity by Anticipatory Pleasure 109Arash Abizadeh 7 In search of "A Constant Civill Amity": Hobbes on Friendship and Sociability 125Gabriella Slomp 8 Hobbes on Power and Gender Relations 139Sandra Leonie Field 9 The State of Nature as a Continuum Concept 156S. A. Lloyd 10 Hobbes's Minimalist Moral Theory 171Michael J. Green Part III Civil Philosophy 185 11 Hobbesian Persons and Representation 187Mónica Brito Vieira 12 Hobbes's Account of Authorizing a Sovereign 203Rosamond Rhodes 13 The Strength and Significance of Subjects' Rights in Leviathan 221Eleanor Curran 14 Hobbes on Sovereignty and Its Strains 236Tom Sorell 15 Hobbes on International Ethics 252Johan Olsthoorn Part IV Religion 269 16 Against Philosophical Darkness: A Political Conception of Enlightenment 271Luc Foisneau 17 Hobbes on Submission to God 287Michael Byron 18 Thomas Hobbes and the Christian Commonwealth 303Jeffrey Collins 19 Hobbes and Toleration 318Johann Sommerville 20 Hobbes, Rome's Enemy 332Franck Lessay 21 Hobbes and the Papal Monarchy 348Patricia Springborg Part V Controversies and Reception 365 22 Body and Space in Hobbes and Descartes 367Edward Slowik 23 Hobbes's Mechanical Philosophy and Its English Critics 381John Henry 24 Cudworth as a Critic of Hobbes 398Stewart Duncan 25 Cavendish and Hobbes on Causation 413Marcy P. Lascano 26 Striving, Happiness, and the Good: Spinoza as Follower and Critic of Hobbes 431Justin Steinberg 27 Hobbes and Astell on War and Peace 448Jacqueline Broad 28 Hobbes and Hume on Human Nature: "Much of a Dispute of Words?" 463Alexandra Chadwick 29 He Shows "Genius" and Is "More Useful than Pufendorf": Kant's Reception of Hobbes 478Howard Williams 30 Catharine Macaulay and the Reception of Hobbes During the Eighteenth Century 492Karen Green Index 505
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John Wiley & Sons A Companion to Public Philosophy
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John Wiley & Sons Inc Philosophy For Dummies
Book SynopsisTable of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part 1: What Is Philosophy, Anyway? 5 Chapter 1: Great Thinkers, Deep Thoughts 7 Chapter 2: Philosophy as an Activity 17 Chapter 3: The Love of Wisdom 25 Part 2: How Do We Know Anything? 39 Chapter 4: Belief, Truth, and Knowledge 41 Chapter 5: The Challenge of Skepticism 57 Chapter 6: The Amazing Reality of Basic Beliefs 73 Part 3: What Is the Good? 89 Chapter 7: What’s Good? 91 Chapter 8: Happiness, Excellence, and the Good Life 105 Chapter 9: Ethical Rules and Moral Character 125 Part 4: Are We Ever Really Free? 139 Chapter 10: Fate, Destiny, and You 141 Chapter 11: Standard Views of Freedom 153 Chapter 12: Doing: Human Agency in the World 163 Part 5: The Incredible, Invisible You 169 Chapter 13: What Is a Person? 171 Chapter 14: The Case for Materialism 183 Chapter 15: The Case for Dualism 193 Part 6: What’s the Deal with Death? 203 Chapter 16: From Dust to Dust: Fear and the Void 205 Chapter 17: Philosophical Consolations on Death 213 Chapter 18: Is There Life after Death? 225 Part 7: Is There a God? 245 Chapter 19: Two Worldviews 247 Chapter 20: Theistic Visions 257 Chapter 21: The Problem of Evil 277 Part 8: The Meaning of Life 295 Chapter 22: What Is the Meaning of Life? 297 Chapter 23: Pascal’s Wager: Betting Your Life 309 Chapter 24: Success and Happiness in Life 323 Part 9: The Part of Tens 339 Chapter 25: Ten Great Philosophers 341 Chapter 26: Ten Great Questions 353 Index 365
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Palgrave Macmillan Encounters in Performance Philosophy
Book SynopsisPART I: BEGINNINGS Preface; Laura Cull and Alice Lagaay PART II: WHAT IS PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY? 1. Performance Philosophy - Staging a New Field; Laura Cull 2. Performing the Impossible - in Philosophy; Alice Lagaay in conversation with Alice Koubova PART III: ON THE STAGE 3. The Problem of the Ground: Martin Heidegger and Site-Specific Performance; Martin Puchner 4. The Face and the Profile; Denis Guenoun PART IV: ON THE ACTOR 5. On 'Bodies of Knowledge': Conceptualizing the Art of Acting; Freddie Rokem 6. The Most Mimetic Animal: An Attempt to Deconstruct the Actor's Body; Esa Kirkkopelto PART V: ON THE BODY IN/OF PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY 7. The Theatre of the Virtual. How to Stage Potentialities with Merleau-Ponty; Emmanuel Alloa 8. Staging Philosophy: Toward a Performance of Immanent Expression; Arno Bohler 9. The Gymnastics of Thought: Elsa Gindler's Networks of Knowledge; Katja Rothe PART VI: ON PERFORMATIVITY AND LANGUAGE 10. Connecting Performance and Performativity. Does it workTrade Review“Encounters in Performance Philosophy covers a wide range of theorists, in a variety of methods and from different disciplinary perspectives. … Encounters in Performance Philosophy is a volume that not only records an already existing body of deeply vital and thoughtful practices. It also paves the way for forms of research able to incorporate process and novelty through an actual nomadism unencumbered by hubristic prescription.” (Nik Wakefield, Contemporary Theatre Review, Vol. 25 (4), October, 2015)Table of ContentsPART I: BEGINNINGS Preface; Laura Cull and Alice Lagaay PART II: WHAT IS PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY? 1. Performance Philosophy - Staging a New Field; Laura Cull 2. Performing the Impossible - in Philosophy; Alice Lagaay in conversation with Alice Koubova PART III: ON THE STAGE 3. The Problem of the Ground: Martin Heidegger and Site-Specific Performance; Martin Puchner 4. The Face and the Profile; Denis Guenoun PART IV: ON THE ACTOR 5. On 'Bodies of Knowledge': Conceptualizing the Art of Acting; Freddie Rokem 6. The Most Mimetic Animal: An Attempt to Deconstruct the Actor's Body; Esa Kirkkopelto PART V: ON THE BODY IN/OF PERFORMANCE PHILOSOPHY 7. The Theatre of the Virtual. How to Stage Potentialities with Merleau-Ponty; Emmanuel Alloa 8. Staging Philosophy: Toward a Performance of Immanent Expression; Arno Bohler 9. The Gymnastics of Thought: Elsa Gindler's Networks of Knowledge; Katja Rothe PART VI: ON PERFORMATIVITY AND LANGUAGE 10. Connecting Performance and Performativity. Does it work?; Sybille Kramer 11. Downscaling Lamentation: On Trope and Fratricide; Nimrod reitman PART VII: ON TRAGEDY 12. Thinking About Philosophy and Drama Today: Three Proposals; Paul A. Kottman 13. After Tragedy; Jean-Luc Nancy PART VIII: ENDINGS 14. The Last Human Venue - Closing Time; Alan Read
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Palgrave Pivot Psychology and Philosophy of Abstract Art
Book SynopsisPreface.- Chapter 1. Defining Two-Dimensional Abstract Art.- Chapter 2. Theorising Perception.- Chapter 3. Expanding Theoretical Complexity.- Chapter 4. Perceptual Content, Process and Categorial Ontologies.- Chapter 5. Mapping Sentence and Partial Order Mereology for Perceiving Abstract Art.Table of ContentsPreface.- Chapter 1. Defining Two-Dimensional Abstract Art.- Chapter 2. Theorising Perception.- Chapter 3. Expanding Theoretical Complexity.- Chapter 4. Perceptual Content, Process and Categorial Ontologies.- Chapter 5. Mapping Sentence and Partial Order Mereology for Perceiving Abstract Art.
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Palgrave Macmillan Intermedial Praxis and Practice as Research
Book SynopsisNominated for the TaPRA Early Career Research Prize 2018In this book, Jo Scott shares writing and documentation from her practice as research (PaR) project, which explored and analysed a mode of performance she developed, called live intermediality.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Chapter 1. Live Intermedial Practice and its Lineage.- Chapter 2. Research Methodology and the Developing Praxis.- Chapter 3. Intermediality in Live Intermedial Practice.- Chapter 4. The Performer-Activator in Live Intermedial Practice.- Chapter 5. Event-making in Live Intermedial Practice.- Conclusion.
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Taylor & Francis Collected Works of John Stuart Mill
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Taylor & Francis The Rise of Analytic Philosophy 1879â1930
Book SynopsisIn this book Michael Potter offers a fresh and compelling portrait of the birth of modern analytic philosophy, viewed through the lens of a detailed study of the work of the four philosophers who contributed most to shaping it: Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, Ludwig Wittgenstein, and Frank Ramsey. It covers the remarkable period of discovery that began with the publication of Frege's Begriffsschrift in 1879 and ended with Ramsey's death in 1930. Potterâone of the most influential scholars of this period in philosophyâpresents a deep but accessible account of the break with absolute idealism and neo-Kantianism, and the emergence of approaches that exploited the newly discovered methods in logic. Like his subjects, Potter focusses principally on philosophical logic, philosophy of mathematics, and metaphysics, but he also discusses epistemology, meta-ethics, and the philosophy of language. The book is an essential starting point for any student attempting to understand the workTrade Review"The book is an impressive achievement, and it will be an important contribution to the literature on Frege, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ramsey, and the history of early analytic philosophy. I thoroughly enjoyed reading it and learned a lot from it. It is not only a state-of-the-art contribution to scholarship but will also be a valuable textbook for courses on the history of early analytic philosophy, or on the work of one or more of the four philosophers discussed."--David G. Stern, University of Iowa, USA"This book is a significant contribution to studies in the history of analytic philosophy and will benefit upper-level undergraduates studying this material for the first time, as well as active researchers in the area."--James Levine, Trinity College Dublin, IrelandTable of ContentsIntroductionPart I Frege Biography Logic before 1879 Begriffsschrift I: Foundations of logic Begriffsschrift II: Propositional logic Begriffsschrift III: Quantification Begriffsschrift IV: Identity Begriffsschrift V: The ancestral Early philosophy of logic The Hierarchy Grundlagen I: The context principle Grundlagen II: Arithmetical truth Grundlagen III: Numbers Grundlagen IV: The formal project Sense and reference I: Singular terms Sense and reference II: Sentences Sense anad references III: Concept-words Grundgesetze I: Types Grundgesetze II: Extensions The Frege-Hilbert correspondence Later writings Frege's Legacy Part II Russell Biography Bradley Geometry McTaggart German Mathematics Whitehead Moore Leibniz Peano Early logicism Denoting concepts The contradiction On denoting Truth Types Middle logicism Acquaintance Matter Pre-war judgement Facts Late logicism Post-war judgement Neutral monism Russell’s legacy III Wittgenstein Biography Facts Pictures Propositions Sense Wittgenstein’s concept-script Objects Identity Solipsism Ordinary language Minds Logic The metaphysical subject Arithmetic Science Ethics The mystical The legacy of the Tractatus IV Ramsey Biography Truth Knowledge The foundations of mathematics I: Types The foundations of mathematics II: Logicism Universals Degrees of belief Facts and propositions Last papers Ramsey’s legacy Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Rousseauian Mind
Book SynopsisJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778) is a major figure in Western Philosophy and is one of the most widely read and studied political philosophers of all time. His writings range from abstract works such as On the Social Contract to literary masterpieces such as The Reveries of the Solitary Walker as well as immensely popular novels and operas. The Rousseauian Mind provides a comprehensive survey of his work, not only placing it in its historical context but also exploring its contemporary significance. Comprising over forty chapters by a team of international contributors the Handbook covers: The predecessors and contemporaries to Rousseau's work The major texts of the ''system'' Autobiographical texts including Confessions, Reveries of the Solitary Walker and Dialogues Rousseau's political science The successors to Rousseau's workTrade Review"At last a collection of essays as wide-ranging as the mind of Rousseau. In forty-four chapters, it covers his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors; his theoretical, autobiographical and even musical writings. A most useful companion for the scholar and student alike." Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University, USA "Students and other informed readers will find here clear, carefully-argued articles presenting Rousseau’s texts and offering an overview of the writer’s relations with predecessors and contemporaries. Modern interpretations are fully and judiciously presented. The book is fresh, up to date and comprehensive." Michael O' Dea, University of Lyon, France 'At last a collection of essays as wide-ranging as the mind of Rousseau. In forty-four chapters, it covers his predecessors, contemporaries, and successors; his theoretical, autobiographical and even musical writings. A most useful companion for the scholar and student alike.' Arthur Melzer, Michigan State University, USA 'Students and other informed readers will find here clear, carefully-argued articles presenting Rousseau’s texts and offering an overview of the writer’s relations with predecessors and contemporaries. Modern interpretations are fully and judiciously presented. The book is fresh, up to date and comprehensive.' Michael O' Dea, University of Lyon, France Table of ContentsList of Contributors. Abbreviations. Introduction, Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace. Part I. Predecessors and contemporaries. 1. Rousseau’s Socratic ‘Sentimentalism’, Eve Grace. 2. Rousseau’s Debt to Plutarch, Rebecca Kingston. 3. Rethinking the Source of Evil in Rousseau’s Confessions, Anselm Lam. 4. Rousseau and Machiavelli, Vickie Sullivan. 5. ‘Men as they are and laws as they can be’: Legitimacy and the State of Nature in Rousseau and Hobbes, Susan Shell. 6. John Locke’s Influence on Rousseau, Lee Ward . 7. Rousseau and Leibniz: Genealogy vs. Theodicy, Christophe Litwin. 8. Rousseau and Fénelon, Ryan Hanley. 9. Virtue and the Ancient City: Rousseau’s Debt to Montesquieu, Andrea Radasanu. 10. Rousseau and Diderot: Materialism and its Discontents, Celine Spector. 11. Rousseau and Hume: The Philosophical Quarrel, Dennis Rasmussen. 12. Rousseau and Adam Smith on Sincerity and Authenticity, John McHugh. 13. How Would Rousseau Have Answered the Scots? Mark Hulliung. Part II. The Major Texts of the "System". 14. The Discourse on the Arts and Sciences , Jeff Black. 15. Discourse on the Origin Inequality, Christopher Kelly. 16. Emile; or On Education, John Scott. 17. On the Social Contract, Matthew Simpson. Part III. Autobiographical Texts. 18. Rousseau’s Confessions: A Pattern for Living, Laura Field. 19. Reflecting on the Outlaw: Rousseau Judge of Jean-Jacques in Light of the Greek Tragedians, Jean-François Perrin (translated by Eve Grace and Christopher Kelly). 20. To Walk, To Dream, To Philosophize, Pierre Manent (translated by Christopher Kelly and Eve Grace. Part IV. Nature, Reason, and Society. 21. Rousseau’s Responses to Human Progress, Timothy O’Hagan. 22. Rousseau and Sciences, Christophe Van Staen. 23. From Nature to Society, Daniel Cullen. 24. Moral Motivation and Rhetoric, Denise Schaeffer. 25. Contradictions: Thought at Risk, Claude Habib. 26. On the Naturalness of Friendship and Family, John Warner. 27. Rousseau on Music: A Case of Nature vs. Nature and convention in music, Jacqueline Waeber. 28. Inequality, Robin Douglass. 29. Cosmopolitanism versus Patriotism, Matthew Mendham. Part V. Squaring the Circle: Rousseau’s Political Science. 30. Rousseau’s Political Science, Joseph Reisert. 31. Rousseau’s Political Economy, Geneviève Rousselière. 32. Rousseau’s Legislative Reveries, Pamela Jensen. 33. Rousseau’s Place in the Civil Religion Tradition, Ronald Beiner. 34. The Political Possibilities of the Faith of the Savoyard Vicar, Kimberley Burns. 35. Who Needs Civil Religion? Mira Morgenstern. Part VI. In conversation with successors. 36. Rousseau and Kant: Imitation, Genius, and Scandal, Jeremiah Alberg. 37. Self-Unity, Culture and Aesthetic Education: Prolegomena to Schiller’s Rousseauian Mind, Richard Velkley. 38. The Economics of Philosophical Anthropology: Hegel versus Rousseau, Paul Cantor. 39. Rousseau and Tocqueville, Matthew Maguire. 40. Rousseau, Derrida and Imitative Novelty, Wang Wei. VII. Rousseau applied today. 41. Rousseau and Feminism, Eileen Hunt Botting. 42. Rousseau and Public Intellectuals, Jonathan Marks. 43. Rousseau and Environmentalism, Zev Trachtenberg. 44. External Relations, International relations: Rousseau on War and the Law of War, Blaise Bachofen. Conclusion. Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Philosophy of Psychiatry
Book SynopsisThis is the first introductory textbook of its kind devoted to philosophy of psychiatry, offering a thorough and accessible investigation of the conceptual and philosophical problems at the heart of psychiatric practice and research. While it applies some of the long-standing concerns of philosophy to the mental health professions, it also investigates philosophical problems and issues that have arisen more recently from careful examination of psychiatric phenomena. Divided into two parts, Philosophy of Psychiatric Practice and Research and Philosophy and Psychopathology, the book's 12 chapters cover topics like the ontological status of mental illness, philosophical issues in diagnosis, the role of culture in psychiatry and the relationship between mental illness and personal identity, as well as explore foundational problems in studying well-known psychopathologies like schizophrenia, depression and addiction. All chapters include initial overviews and Table of Contents1. Introduction: What is philosophy of psychiatry and why is it important? 2. What is mental illness? 3. Psychiatric diagnosis and the medical model 4. Mental illness, moral responsibility and the boundaries of the person 5. Religion, culture, pathology 6. Scientific explanation in psychiatry 7. Schizophrenia 8. Hearing Voices 9. Delusion 10. Depression 11. Addiction 12. The Future of Philosophy of Psychiatry
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Pierre Legendre Lessons III God in the Mirror
Book SynopsisIn the context of our increasingly global legal order, Pierre Legendre's God in the Mirror reconsiders the place of law within the division of existing bodies of knowledge. Navigating the texts of Ovid, Augustine, Roman jurists, medieval canon lawyers, Freud, Lacan, the notebooks of Leonardo de Vinci, and the paintings of Magritte, this third volume of Pierre Legendre's Lessons focuses on the relation of the subject to the institution of images. Legendre tracks the origins and vicissitudes of the specular metaphor within western history, carrying out a critique of its dependence on the discourse of the Imago Dei. A crucial landmark within Legendre's ongoing reconsideration of a medieval revolution of interpretation', this book dissociates the western normative tradition from its mythic foundation, separating theology and law. It thereby documents the advent of modern rational doubt, as a new legal foundation or ground: one that, for Legendre, was not only a revoTable of ContentsPrologue. To fabricate man so that he resembles man: The question of images and the reproduction of humanity Chapter 1. The constitutive alienation of the subject: Prolegomena to every theory of the image Chapter 2. The relational nature of identity and society: Remarks on the deployment of the mythological function Aside Chapter 3. ‘Id efficit, quod figurat’ (The efficient is the symbol): Social constitution of the word and the normative emergence of images Conclusion. The link of the image: link to the foundations of the image
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Taylor & Francis Free Will The Basics
The issue of whether humans are free to make their own decisions has long been debated, and it continues to be controversial today. In Free Will: The Basics Meghan Griffith provides a clear and accessible introduction to this important but challenging philosophical problem. She addresses the questions central to the topic including: Does free will exist, or is it illusory? Can we be free even if everything is determined by a chain of causes? If our actions are not determined, does this mean they are just random or a matter of luck? In order to have the kind of freedom required for moral responsibility, must we have alternatives? What can recent developments in science tell us about the existence of free will? These questions are discussed without prejudicing one view over others, and all technical terminology is clearly explained.This second edition has been revised and updated throughout, with the addition
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Taylor & Francis Deconstructing Radical Orthodoxy
Book SynopsisRadical Orthodoxy is the most influential theological development in a generation. Many have been bewildered by the range and intensity of the writings which constitute this movement. This book spans the breadth of the history of thought discussed by Radical Orthodoxy, tackling the accuracy of the historical narratives on which their position depends. The distinguished contributors examine the history of thought as presented by the movement, offering a series of critiques of individual Radical Orthodox 'readings' of key thinkers. Contributors: Eli Diamond, Wayne J. Hankey, Todd Breyfogle, John Marenbon, Richard Cross, Neil G. Robertson, Douglas Hedley, David Peddle, Steven Shakespeare, George Pattison, and Hugh Rayment-Pickard.Trade Review’... the collective impact of these essays, if even half of the conclusions are correct, is devastating for Radical Orthodoxy as a movement. This work must thus feature as essential reading in the task of critically assessing Milbank and al.'s work.’ Theological Book Review ’The contributors offer careful counter-readings of many of the main figures in the metanarrative of Radical Oxthodoxy.’ TheologyTable of ContentsContents: Introduction; Catherine Pickstock, Plato and the unity of divinity and humanity: liturgical or philosophical?, Eli Diamond; Philosophical religion and the neoplatonic turn to the subject, Wayne J. Hankey; Is there room for political philosophy in postmodern critical Augustinianism?, Todd Breyfogle; Aquinas, radical orthodoxy and the importance of truth, John Marenbon; Duns Scotus and Suárez at the origins of modernity, Richard Cross; Milbank and modern secularity, Neil G. Robertson; Radical orthodoxy and apocalyptic difference: Cambridge Platonism, and Milbank's romantic Christian cabbala, Douglas Hedley; Theology, social theory and dialectic: a consideration of Milbank's Hegel, David Peddle; Better well hanged than ill wed? Kierkegaard and radical orthodoxy, Steven Shakespeare; After transubstantiation: blessing, memory, solidarity and hope, George Pattison; Derrida and nihilism, Hugh Rayment-Pickard; Bibliography; Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Magisterial Imagination
Book SynopsisThis work brings together Max Lemer''s extended and enduring essays on Aristotle, Niccolb Machiavelli, Alexis de Tocqueville, John Stuart Mill, Thorstein Veblen, and Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. Combining biography and interpretation, Lerner insightfully examines a cluster of thinkers who helped shape his own influential work in political theory and civilizational analysis. Viewed collectively, these essays show Turner''s method and mind at their best.Like Lerner himself, the masters were tough-minded realists philosophers who saw human experience in all of its variety as central to study. Less inclined to metaphysical speculation, they wrestled with the real concerns and circumstances of therr times but always within the larger context of ultimate meaning and consequence. Lerner eloquently introduces each philosopher and his work, but he also provides his own criticism and commentary. Complicated subjects are clearly presented, and cross-disciplinary analysis enhances the readTable of ContentsAristotle -- Niccolao Macchiavelli -- Alexis de Tocqueville -- John Stuart Mi -- Thorstein Veblen -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Hero in History
Book SynopsisThe interaction of the individual in history and politics has posed major theoretical questions of historical analysis for the past two centuries: is social destiny shaped by forces beyond the power of the individual, or can the future be mastered by collective effort under the outstanding leadership of heroic men and women? In this classic study, a major philosopher and social theorist of the twentieth century offers a searching examination of the conditions under which individuals make choices that significantly alter the course of historical events and presents a scathing critique of various forms of social determinism that deny the individual freedom of action or a decisive role in history.The myth of the hero as the savior of the tribe or nation, as Hook notes, is older than written history. Until the ninteenth century, the hero functioned not merely as a cult figure but as a principle of historical explanation, a key to the rise and fall of countries and even of cultures. The exaTable of ContentsI. The Hero as Event Problem 1. Leadership in the Modern World. 2. The Cultivation of the Hero. 3. The Hero as a Child of Crisis. 4. The Hero and the Philosopher of History. 5. Psychological Roots of Hero-Interest. II. The Heroes of Thought, 1. Literature, Music, and Painting. 2. Philosophy and Science. 3. Religion. 4. The Historical Hero. III. The Influences of Monarchs, 1. The Character of Rulers and Historical Conditions. 2. Some Striking Correlations. 3. Royalty by Right of Gametes. 4. Interpretations of Wood’s Findings. IV. Social Deterimism 1. The Hegelian World-Spirit. 2. The Common Assumptions of Determinism. 3. The Spencerian Formula. V. Social Deterimism, V I. The Framework of Heroic Action, 1. The Heritage of Social Determinism. 2. Heroic Action and Historical Alternatives. 3. The Hero as Puppet. VII. If in History 1. Drouet’s Cart and the Fall of France. 2. The Invasion of England. 3. The Persian Victory at Marathon. 4. Winston Churchill on Lee’s Victory at Gettysburg. 5. The Fanciful If and Scientific If . 6. The Hazards of Prophecy. VIII. The contingent and the Unforseen, 1. The Variety of Historical Perspectives. 2. The Meanings of Contingency. 3. The Limits of Contingency. 4. The Lost Chances of History. IX. The Eventful Man and the Event Making man X. The Russian Revolution 3. Lenin as an Eventful Man or Historical Hero. 4. A World Without Lenin. 5. Lenin’s Political Portrait. XI. The hero and Democracy x. Can a Democracy Trust Heroes? 2. The Hero as a Demagogue. 3. Heroes and Delegated Powers. 4. The Democratic Philosophy of the Hero. 5. The Critics of Democracy: Mosca, Pareto, and Michels. XII. Law , Freedom , and Human Action. The Scope of Historical Laws. 2. Degrees of Social Necessity. 3. Responsibility and Freedom. 4. The Alternatives Before Us
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Taylor & Francis Imagination and the Imaginary
Book SynopsisThe concept of the imaginary is pervasive within contemporary thought, yet can be a baffling and often controversial term. In Imagination and the Imaginary, Kathleen Lennon explores the links between imagination - regarded as the faculty of creating images or forms - and the imaginary, which links such imagery with affect or emotion and captures the significance which the world carries for us.Beginning with an examination of contrasting theories of imagination proposed by Hume and Kant, Lennon argues that the imaginary is not something in opposition to the real, but the very faculty through which the world is made real to us. She then turns to the vexed relationship between perception and imagination and, drawing on Kant, Merleau-Ponty and Sartre, explores some fundamental questions, such as whether there is a distinction between the perceived and the imagined; the relationship between imagination and creativity; and the role of the body in perception and imagination. Trade Review"...I take Lennon’s book to be an important addition to the philosophical literature, and she helps to advance our understanding of some difficult and often contested philosophical ter-rain. In the course of synthesizing a vast interdisciplinary collection of works relating to the imaginary, she presents a clear and careful picture of the imaginary and its role in our experience of the world." - Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College, Mind"Kathleen Lennon's new monograph joins a growing number of studies reclaiming the imagination from the dominance of a rationalist positivism. It marks the steps that have brought us toward modern concepts of the imagination, the Imaginary, and both body and social imaginaries… The book's strength is the clarity of the conceptual history it lays out as it illuminates the complexity and conceptual resonances of "the imaginary texture of real" (p. 3). " - Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Pennsylvania State University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"At once accessible and substantial, Lennon's book ranges productively from Kant to Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, and on to psychoanalysis and critical social theory. Especially fruitful is the exploration of the common ground between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, a heritage that is too easily forgotten today, and the very productive links between the imaginary and affect, which make a strong contribution to contemporary debates on the affective turn." - Charles Shepherdson, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA"...I take Lennon’s book to be an important addition to the philosophical literature, and she helps to advance our understanding of some difficult and often contested philosophical ter-rain. In the course of synthesizing a vast interdisciplinary collection of works relating to the imaginary, she presents a clear and careful picture of the imaginary and its role in our experience of the world." - Amy Kind, Claremont McKenna College, Mind"Kathleen Lennon's new monograph joins a growing number of studies reclaiming the imagination from the dominance of a rationalist positivism. It marks the steps that have brought us toward modern concepts of the imagination, the Imaginary, and both body and social imaginaries… The book's strength is the clarity of the conceptual history it lays out as it illuminates the complexity and conceptual resonances of "the imaginary texture of real" (p. 3). " - Jennifer A. Wagner-Lawlor, Pennsylvania State University, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews"At once accessible and substantial, Lennon's book ranges productively from Kant to Sartre and Merleau-Ponty, and on to psychoanalysis and critical social theory. Especially fruitful is the exploration of the common ground between phenomenology and psychoanalysis, a heritage that is too easily forgotten today, and the very productive links between the imaginary and affect, which make a strong contribution to contemporary debates on the affective turn." - Charles Shepherdson, University at Albany - State University of New York, USA"Kathleen Lennon’s book Imagination and the Imaginary introduces the essentials on the history of the modern concept of imagination within phenomenology, supplemented by psychoanalysis and postmodern theories. Lennon provides a thorough examination of the different ways in which imagination, the imaginary, and the imaginings of the world have been articulated, and her book ought to be a primary steppingstone in any exploration of these concepts." - Anders Essom-Stenz and Tone Roald, University of Copenhagen Table of Contents1. The Disenchanted World and the World of Experience 2. Imagination and Perception: The Productive and Reproductive Imagination 3. Imagination and Perception: The Absent Present and Bodily Synthesis 4. An 'Affective Logic' 5. Imaginary Institution(s) 6. Imaginary Selves 7. Bodily Imaginaries and the Flesh of Existence Afterword. Index
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Taylor & Francis Philosophy for Everyone
Book SynopsisPhilosophy for Everyone begins by explaining what philosophy is before exploring the questions and issues at the foundation of this important subject.Key topics in this new edition and their areas of focus include: Moral philosophy â the nature of our moral judgments and reactions, whether they aim at some objective moral truth, or are mere personal or cultural preferences; and the possibility of moral responsibility given the sorts of things that cause behavior; Political philosophy â fundamental questions about the nature of states and their relationship to the citizens within those states Epistemology â what our knowledge of the world and ourselves consists in, and how we come to have it; and whether we should form beliefs by trusting what other people tell us; Philosophy of mind â what it means for something to have a mind, and how minds should be understood and explained; Philosophy of science â foundational conceptual issTrade ReviewPraise for the First Edition: 'Philosophy for Everyone is an accessible introduction to some of the most fundamental topics in philosophy with a contemporary twist. It exemplifies the virtues of treating philosophy as an activity that anyone can engage in.' - Michael P. Lynch, University of Connecticut, USA 'Readers wishing to gain some initial understanding of what philosophers do and how they do it will find nothing better than this clear and comprehensive introduction to the field.' - Ram Neta, University of North Carolina, USA Table of ContentsWhat is Philosophy? What is Knowledge? And Do We Have Any? Minds, Brains and Computers Morality: Objective, Relative or Emotive? Should You Believe What You Hear? Are Scientific Theories True? Time Travel and Philosophy Free Will Political Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Habit and the History of Philosophy
Book SynopsisFor Aristotle, habit was a fundamental aspect of human nature; and for William James, it was the enormous flywheel of society. In both the history of philosophy and contemporary research, it is acknowledged as a fundamental topic in ethics, moral psychology, philosophy of action, and phenomenology.This major volume, written by a team of international contributors, is an outstanding collection that offers a thorough and diverse philosophical exploration of habit from the classical period to the modern day. Carefully edited to reflect the breadth of the subject, its 18 chapters are divided into four clear parts: Habit and Ancient Philosophy Habit and Early Modern Philosophy Habit and Modern Philosophy Contemporary Perspectives on Habit. Key topics, debates, and figures are covered such as the emotions, perception, free will, William James, John Dewey, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, John McDowell, and Hubert Dreyfus.HabTable of ContentsIntroduction Jeremy Dunham and Komarine Romdenh-Romluc Part 1: Habit and Ancient Philosophy 1. Socrates on Habituation and Politics: Plato’s Gorgias 509c6-510a4 Leo Catana 2. Guided Practice Makes Perfect Habituation into Full Virtue in Aristotle’s Ethics Karen Margrethe Nielsen 3. Aristotle on the nature of ethos and ethismos Margaret Hampson 4. Making Progress: Epictetus on Habituation John Sellars Part 2: Habit and Early Modern Philosophy 5. Forming the Habit of Thinking Well: Descartes’ Reshaping of the Act of Reasoning Elodie Cassan 6. Habit in Hartley’s Reconciling Project: Between Christian Morality and the Usual Course of Nature Catherine Dromelet 7. Habit and Will in Eighteenth-Century British Philosophy John Wright 8. Kant’s Account of Intellectual Habit and Moral Education Carl Hildebrand Part 3: Habit and Modern Philosophy 9. The Dispositional Account of Habits and Explanation of Moral Action in F.H. Bradley Dina Babushkina 10. Phenomenology as Vocation – A Project Instituted and Habituated by the Will Sara Heinämaa 11. Personal Acts, Habit, and Embodied Agency in Merleau-Ponty’s Phenomenology of Perception Justin White 12. Deleuze on Habit and Time; or, How to Get, and How not to Get, from Hume to Bergson Mark Sinclair Part 4: Contemporary Perspectives on Habit 13. Habit and the Spiritual Life: Perspectives from Christian Mysticism and the Philosophy of Religion Simone Kotva 14. Are habits inherited? A possible epigenetic route from Charles Darwin to the contemporary debate Mariagrazia Portera and Mauro Mandrioli 15. The Discourse Ecology Model: Changing the World One Habit at a Time Susan Notess 16. Habit and Practice Clare Carlisle 17. Habit-Formation: What’s in a Perspective? Will Hornett 18. Habits in Perception: A Diachronic Defence of Hyperinferentialism Cathy Legg. Index
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