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Cambridge University Press Durkheims Philosophy Lectures
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Cambridge University Press Community Solidarity and Belonging
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Cambridge University Press Community Solidarity and Belonging
Book SynopsisCommunities can be of different kinds, and exist at different levels in society. This book systematically explores the relationship between the state, and communities existing at local, national and global levels. It will be of interest to students of political theory, philosophy and international relations.Trade Review'Andrew Mason has written an illuminating and wonderfully stimulating book about important and difficult issues. Students of political thoery, philosophy, and international relations should read it not merely with interest, but with profit.' Richard Dagger, Arizona State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Community and its Value: 1. The nature of community; 2. The value of community; Part II. Political Community in a Culturally Diverse Society: 3. Liberal political community and illiberal minorities; 4. Republican political community; 5. National community: the benefits of a sense of belonging together; 6. Multicultural education for an inclusive political community; Part III. Political Community and the Limits of Global Community: 7. The ideal of global community and the principle of non-intervention; 8. Political communities, global solidarity and the state system; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press New Essays in the Legal and Political Theory of Property
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Cambridge University Press Ethics out of Economics
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Cambridge University Press Ethics out of Economics
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Cambridge University Press The Ethics of Medical Research on Humans
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Cambridge University Press C Comp Medieval Jewish Philosophy Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Rawls
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Cambridge University Press Ulysses Unbound
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Cambridge University Press The Innovations of Idealism
Book SynopsisThis collection of essays offers an original interpretation of the tradition of German Idealist thought. This collection will be of special interest to students of German philosophy, literary theory and the history of ideas.Trade Review'In effect the book constitutes an elaborate defense of the hermeneutical approach to philosophy through its carefully crafted elaboration of how hermeneutical thought grows out of the project of idealism. One of its real strengths is its development of certain key ideas in Hegelian thought and its attempt to take Hegel seriously while nonetheless avoiding his mistakes. In Bubner's interpretation hermeneutical thought thus completes the idealist project in a way analogous to that in which Hegel claimed to have completed the projects of his idealist predecessors … It has few counterparts in either the German or English language literature on the subject. It is far more philosophically sophisticated than the older intellectual histories of the subject.' Terry Pinkard, Northwestern University and author of Hegel: A BiographyTable of ContentsPart I. System: 1. Schelling's discovery and Schleiermacher's appropriation of Plato; 2. Aristotle and Schelling on the question of God; 3. Hegel's science of logic: the completion or the sublation of metaphysics?; 4. Hegel's political anthropology; Part II. History: 5. Transcendental philosophy and the problem of history; 6. Hegel's concept of phenomenology; 7. Rousseau, Hegel and the dialectic of enlightenment; 8. Closure and the understanding of history; Part III. Aesthetics: 9. From Fichte to Schlegel; 10. The dialectical significance of romantic irony; 11. Is there a hegelian theory of aesthetic experience?; 12. Hegel and Goethe.
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Cambridge University Press Ward Ethics
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Cambridge University Press Ulysses Unbound
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Cambridge University Press The Tasks of Philosophy Volume 1
Book SynopsisThis volume, first published in 2006, presents a collection of classic essays by Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most creative and important philosophers working today. It will appeal to a wide range of readers, especially those with an interest in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and theology.Trade Review'MacIntyre moved effortlessly from one subject to another without ever sinking into the unpalatable technical jargon that dominates academic writing today, proving that he is both a talented critical exponent and a highly original thinker.' The Times Literary Supplement'… as crisp and coruscating as everything else he writes …' ProspectTable of ContentsIntroduction; Part I. Defining a Philosophical Stance: 1. Epistemological crises, dramatic narrative and the philosophy of science; 2. Colors, cultures, and practices; 3. Moral relativism, truth and justification; 4. Hegel on faces and skulls; 5. What is a human body?; 6. Moral philosophy and contemporary social practice: what holds them apart?; Part II. The Ends of Philosophical Enquiry: 7. The ends of life, the ends of philosophical writing; 8. First principles, final ends and contemporary philosophical issues; 9. Philosophy recalled to its tasks: a Thomistic reading of Fides et Ratio; 10. Truth as a good: a reflection on Fides et Ratio.
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Cambridge University Press What Philosophers Know Case Studies in Recent Analytic Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Inductive Reasoning
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Cambridge University Press Body Consciousness A Philosophy Of Mindfulness
Book SynopsisContemporary culture increasingly suffers from problems of attention, over-stimulation, and stress, and a variety of personal and social discontents generated by deceptive body images. This book argues that improved body consciousness can relieve these problems and enhance one's knowledge, performance, and pleasure. The body is our basic medium of perception and action, but focused attention to its feelings and movements has long been criticised as a damaging distraction that also ethically corrupts through self-absorption. In Body Consciousness, Richard Shusterman refutes such charges by engaging the most influential twentieth-century somatic philosophers and incorporating insights from both Western and Asian disciplines of body-mind awareness. Rather than rehashing intractable ontological debates on the mind-body relation, Shusterman reorients study of this crucial nexus towards a more fruitful, pragmatic direction that reinforces important but neglected connections between philosophTrade Review'In this beautifully written book, Shusterman articulates his unique conception of somaesthetics, in which reflective bodily awareness is presented as a means for self-cultivation … deeply insightful and highly original … a compelling and highly nuanced account of what bodily consciousness is, how it is possible, and how it can contribute to individual and communal flourishing.' Mark Johnson, University of Oregon'Ever since Plato disdained the base materiality of the body in favor of the purity of ideal forms, Western philosophy has struggled to incorporate the corporeal. A number of 20th-century figures, among them Dewey, Merleau-Ponty, de Beauvoir, Wittgenstein and Foucault, resisted the tradition to raise fundamental questions about the somatic moment in all thought. Carefully reconstructing their arguments and drawing on his own experience as a leading Pragmatist philosopher and trained body therapist, Richard Shusterman makes a compelling case for the centrality of somaesthetics in both the theories and practices of our age.' Martin Jay, University of California, Berkeley'Shusterman's pragmatist philosophy, like William James's a century earlier, succeeds in connecting diversities of experiences while maintaining their differences in a dynamic and fertile tension … Against a society that glorifies certain models of good looks, against the conformism of advertised images ... Shusterman seeks to liberate the notion of self-use from its dominant competitive context …' David Zerbib, Le Monde'This welcome book is the crowning achievement of Richard Shusterman's work in somaesthetics, demonstrating how the body can be a site of increased knowledge, sharpened perception, and practical discipline that improves lived experience. Critically engaging somatic philosophers such as Foucault, Merleau-Ponty, Beauvoir, Wittgenstein, James and Dewey, Body Consciousness is a must-read for those who don't want merely to learn more about human embodiment, but also to change it.' Shannon Sullivan, Pennsylvania State University'Another book on the body, but not a book like the others … Richard Shusterman inaugurates, in his latest book, a new and special turning point … [he] does not focus on the body's most sensationalist exploitations … but, on the contrary, on the active body in all its humanity and individuality.' Barbara Formis, Art Press'If Body Consciousness may be initially hard going to the non-philosopher, it's worth the effort, if only for how successfully it communicates the message that philosophy can be a practical, hands-on, in-the-world activity with lessons for all of us.' Metapsychology'Body Consciousness, like Shusterman's other works on aesthetics, is an important contribution to the development of a more adequate theory of mind-body as a unity. It is valuable in building a foundation for the development of a more sophisticated and philosophically adequate sociology of the body.' Body and Society'Richard Shusterman's thoughtful and deeply introspective book … is a catalyzing investigation into the corporeal views of western philosophy - an area of thought frequently overshadowed by contemporary philosophical emphases on linguistics and the contextually determined structure of thought. His essential concern, which he revisits throughout the book, is that philosophy, as a discipline, needs to return to its earliest ambition of examining less how we think than how to live. … [His] attention to somaesthetics - to our breathing, heart rate, posture and perception - in order to become more aware of our internal state before it is unconsciously externalized via our actions, is important, indeed essential to healthy living.' International Journal of Education and the Arts'Shusterman's use of soma in place of body, and its application in the cultivation of aesthetic values, necessary for a sound social structure lacking in the contemporary Western Culture vitiated by the overemphasis on media and information sciences triggered by the materialist world views so influential in the present generation, are certainly most valuable. His suggestion for extending the scope of aesthetics from its traditionally philosophical and critical treatments of the beauty in art and nature to exploration of beauty in somatic practices are warmly welcomed.' Journal of Comparative Literature and Aesthetics'Body Consciousness is virtuosic. Shusterman deals deftly with all these writers, who represent not only disparate traditions of thought but different styles of philosophical writing and, therefore, different challenges.' Fred Everett Maus, University of Virginia'Richard Shusterman's significant contribution to a philosophy of the body … will be appreciated by anyone interested in understanding the roots of body consciousness and its problematic treatment by past philosophers. It will be appreciated by those interested in the possibilities of a better humanity through somaesthetic awareness. For music educators, it offers us a chance to consider the embodied experience of music.' Kimberly Powell, Pennsylvania State University'This is the kind of book that wakes me in the middle of the night with ideas, inspired to wonder, quibble, and write.' Roberta Lamb, Queen's UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Somaesthetics and care of the self: the case of Foucault; 2. The silent, limping body of philosophy: somatic attention deficit in Merleau-Ponty; 3. Somatic subjectivities and somatic subjugation: Beauvoir on gender and ageing; 4. Wittgenstein's somaesthetics: explanation and melioration in philosophy of mind, art, and politics; 5. Deeper into the storm center: the somatic philosophy of William James; 6. Redeeming somatic reflection: John Dewey's philosophy of body-mind.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Paul Tillich
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Cambridge University Press Christ and Horrors
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Cambridge University Press Evidence and Evolution The Logic Behind The Science
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Cambridge University Press Jesus and Philosophy New Essays
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Cambridge University Press Political Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
Book SynopsisLeo Strauss was a central figure in the twentieth century renaissance of political philosophy. The essays of The Cambridge Companion to Leo Strauss provide a comprehensive and non-partisan survey of the major themes and problems that constituted Strauss's work. These include his revival of the great 'quarrel between the ancients and the moderns,' his examination of tension between Jerusalem and Athens, and most controversially his recovery of the tradition of esoteric writing. The volume also examines Strauss's complex relation to a range of contemporary political movements and thinkers, including Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Max Weber, Carl Schmitt, and Gershom Scholem, as well as the creation of a distinctive school of 'Straussian' political philosophy.Trade Review"This collection of essays is learned, well argued, intelligent, and written by fine scholars from departments of philosophy and political science who are clearly independent thinkers...For those who are interested in Strauss's critique of modernity, or the nature of his debt to Heidegger, or his Spinozistic tendencies, this volume offers a very good place to start, especially for insiders." Perspectives on Politics, John R. Wallach, Hunter College and The Graduate Center, CUNYTable of Contents1. Introduction: Leo Strauss today Steven B. Smith; 2. Leo Strauss: the outlines of a life Steven B. Smith; 3. Leo Strauss and the theologico-political predicament Leora Batnitsky; 4. Strauss's recovery of esotericism Laurence Lampert; 5. Strauss's return to pre-modern thought Catherine Zuckert; 6. Leo Strauss and the problem of the modern Stanley Rosen; 7. The medieval Arabic enlightenment Joel Kraemer; 8. 'To spare the vanquished and crush the arrogant': Leo Strauss's lecture on 'German nihilism' Susan Shell; 9. Leo Strauss's qualified embrace of liberal democracy William A. Galston; 10. Strauss and social science Nasser Behnegar; 11. The complementarity of political philosophy and liberal education in the thought of Leo Strauss Timothy Fuller; 12. Straussians Michael Zuckert.
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Cambridge University Press Informal Logic A Pragmatic Approach
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Cambridge University Press Normative Jurisprudence An Introduction Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
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Cambridge University Press languageinthebrain
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Cambridge University Press How Modernity Forgets
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Cambridge University Press Kant and Philosophy of Science Today 63 Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements Series Number 63
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Cambridge University Press Politics in Dark Times
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Cambridge University Press Early Development of Body Representations 13 Cambridge Studies in Cognitive and Perceptual Development Series Number 13
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Cambridge University Press Deontic Logic and Legal Systems Cambridge Introductions to Philosophy and Law
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Cambridge University Press Kants Observations and Remarks
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Cambridge University Press The Foundations of Mathematics in the Theory of Sets 82 Encyclopedia of Mathematics and its Applications Series Number 82
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Cambridge University Press Lectures on Anthropology
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Cambridge University Press Margaret Cavendish Observations upon Experimental Philosophy Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Book SynopsisThis is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and the philosophical problem of induction.Trade Review'Hacking's book excels … especially in the practical, concrete examples. It uses minimal mathematics and presumes no acquaintance with symbolic logic. It is well suited for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in inductive logic or related areas (such as philosophy of science or methodology courses in particular empirical sciences). The book gives a nice introduction to inductive logic.' Harry Gensler, The Times Higher Education Supplement'This is, as intended, a very introductory text in probability and inductive logic.' Zentralblatt für MathematikTable of ContentsPart I. Logic: 1. Logic; 2. What is inductive logic?; Part II. How to Calculate Probabilities: 3. The gambler's fallacy; 4. Elementary probability; 5. Conditional probability; 6. Basic laws of probability; 7. Bayes' rule; Part III. How to Combine Probabilities and Utilities: 8. Expected value; 9. Maximizing expected value; 10. Decision under uncertainty; Part IV. Kinds of Probability: 11. What do you mean?; 12. Theories about probability; Part V. Probability as a Measure of Belief: 13. Personal probabilities; 14. Coherence; 15. Learning from experience; Part VI. Probability as Frequency: 16. Stability; 17. Normal approximations; 18. Significance; 19. Confidence and inductive behaviour; Part VII. Probability Applied to Philosophy: 20. The philosophical problem of induction; 21. Learning from experience as an evasion of the problem; 22. Inductive behaviour as an evasion of the problem.
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Probability and Inductive Logic
Book SynopsisThis is an introductory 2001 textbook on probability and induction written by one of the world's foremost philosophers of science. It offers a comprehensive course covering all basic definitions of induction and probability, and considers such topics as decision theory, Bayesianism, frequency ideas, and the philosophical problem of induction.Trade Review'Hacking's book excels … especially in the practical, concrete examples. It uses minimal mathematics and presumes no acquaintance with symbolic logic. It is well suited for graduate or advanced undergraduate courses in inductive logic or related areas (such as philosophy of science or methodology courses in particular empirical sciences). The book gives a nice introduction to inductive logic.' Harry Gensler, The Times Higher Education Supplement'This is, as intended, a very introductory text in probability and inductive logic.' Zentralblatt für MathematikTable of ContentsPart I. Logic: 1. Logic; 2. What is inductive logic?; Part II. How to Calculate Probabilities: 3. The gambler's fallacy; 4. Elementary probability; 5. Conditional probability; 6. Basic laws of probability; 7. Bayes' rule; Part III. How to Combine Probabilities and Utilities: 8. Expected value; 9. Maximizing expected value; 10. Decision under uncertainty; Part IV. Kinds of Probability: 11. What do you mean?; 12. Theories about probability; Part V. Probability as a Measure of Belief: 13. Personal probabilities; 14. Coherence; 15. Learning from experience; Part VI. Probability as Frequency: 16. Stability; 17. Normal approximations; 18. Significance; 19. Confidence and inductive behaviour; Part VII. Probability Applied to Philosophy: 20. The philosophical problem of induction; 21. Learning from experience as an evasion of the problem; 22. Inductive behaviour as an evasion of the problem.
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Cambridge University Press Phenomenal Consciousness
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Cambridge University Press Evolution and the Human Mind
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Cambridge University Press The Soul of Nietzsches Beyond Good and Evil
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Cambridge University Press Donald Davidson
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology
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Cambridge University Press Living Without Free Will
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Cambridge University Press Language and Religion A Journey into the Human Mind
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Cambridge University Press Literal Meaning
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Cambridge University Press The Divine Sense
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Cambridge University Press An Introduction to Classical Islamic Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology Cambridge Companions to Religion
Book SynopsisPostmodernity allows for no absolutes and no essence. Yet theology is concerned with the absolute, the essential. How then does theology sit within postmodernity? Is postmodern theology possible, or is such a concept a contradiction in terms? Should theology bother about postmodernism or just get on with its own thing? Can it? Theologians have responded in many different ways to the challenges posed by theories of postmodernity. In this introductory 2003 guide to a complex area, editor Kevin J. Vanhoozer addresses the issue head on in a lively survey of what 'talk about God' might mean in a postmodern age, and vice versa. The book then offers examples of different types of contemporary theology in relation to postmodernity, while the second part examines the key Christian doctrines in postmodern perspective. Leading theologians contribute to this clear and informative Companion, which no student of theology should be without.Trade Review'… the outline of various types of post-modern theology, including 'post-liberalism', 'radical orthodoxy' and the impact of post-modern thought on feminist theology is interesting.' Christian Marketplace'This much-needed volume is a valuable guide through the often-murky waters of postmodern theology.' Calvin Theological Journal'… arguably the most significant collection … It gathers together contributions from leading Christian theologians and philosophers of religion - including Venhoozer himself, Graham Ward and Mary McClintock Fulkerson - to consider the challenges and opportunities offered by postmodernity to theology … This collection seems to be predominantly aimed at students of theology and the philosophy of religion … but there is much here to think about for anyone working in the fields of continental philosophy of religion and theology … Graham Ward's 'Deconstructive Theologies' offers a characteristically penetrating account of the promise and threat of deconstruction for theology … Mary McClintock Fulkerson is given the unenviable task of surveying Feminist theologies in one short essay but she effortlessly meets it in a clear and constructive account which will serve as an excellent introduction to students entering this rich and varied field for the first time … Kevin Vanhoozer's own excellent contribution explores the impact of postmodern thought and Derridean deconstruction in particular on scriptural exigesis … I hope it goes without saying that Postmodern Theology is an extremely significant contribution and - despite my reservations - arguably the only really indispensable publication in the field for teachers and students this year.' Year's Work in Critical and Cultural TheoryTable of ContentsPreface; Part I. Types of Postmodern Theology: 1. Theology and the condition of postmodernity: a report on knowledge (of God) Kevin J. Vanhoozer; 2. Anglo-American postmodernity Nancey Murphy, Brad J. Kallenberg; 3. Postliberal theology George Hunslinger; 4. Postmetaphysical theology Thomas Carlson; 5. Deconstructive theology Graham Ward; 6. Reconstructive theology David Ray Griffin; 7. Feminist theology Mary McClintock Fulkerson; 8. Radical orthodoxy Steve Long; Part II. Christian Doctrine in Postmodern Perspective: 9. Scripture and tradition Kevin J. Vanhoozer; 10. Theological method Dan Stiver; 11. Trinity David Cunningham; 12. God and world Philip Clayton; 13. The human person John Webster; 14. Christology and salvation Walter Lowe; 15. Holy Spirit and Christian spirituality David Ford; 16. Ecclesiology Stanley Grenz.
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