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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship and Risk
Book SynopsisThis book embarks on a thought-provoking journey that seeks to illuminate the intricate connections between the dynamic realms of AI, Entrepreneurship and Risk Management.
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LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Indian Values & Samskaras
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Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG The Chernobyl, Fukushima Daiichi and Deepwater Horizon Disasters from a Natural Science and Humanities Perspective
Book SynopsisIn our everyday imaginations we use the laws of nature with their tremendous possibilities of technical progress for the benefit of mankind. The three catastrophes of Chernobyl (26 April 1986), Fukushima Daichii (11 March 2011) and in the Gulf of Mexico, explosion of the drilling platform Deepwater Horizon (20 April 2010), have shaken this world view. Who directed this development? Is it a matter of human error or technical failure? For the answer, approaches from the natural sciences and the humanities are presented.Table of Contents Preface.- . 1 Four selected accident events.- 2 Cause-effect structure and intentional structure.- 3 Space-time structure.- 4 Evaluation and outlook.
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Books on Demand Kosmos, Mensch und Erde: Warum wir auf der Erde
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Books on Demand Hobbes in 60 Minutes
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Books on Demand Satori: The path to understanding
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Salzwasser-Verlag Gmbh Synchronology of the Principal Events in Sacred
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V&R unipress GmbH Romantic Disillusionism and the Sceptical
Book SynopsisNeoplatonic Romanticism and its dark underside from its inception: Romantic Disillusionism
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V&R Unipress The Quantum Relations Principle: Managing Our
Book SynopsisA vision for the sustainable future of our planet
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Verlag Editiones Scholasticae Dispelling the Fog: Critical Essays on Amoris
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Edition Oriflamme Logen, Orden und das Rosenkreuz: Das
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Novas Edicoes Academicas Nausicaa e Bakhtin
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D.K. Printworld The Concept of Sentence and Meaning
Book SynopsisDefinition and sense of the meaning were a great concern for the Indian thinkers. In order to finalize this, they have examined all the components of a communicative unit such as syllables, words, sentences and intentions of the speakers. After this examination, different philosophers, specifically, Mimamsakas, Naiyayikas and Shabdikas have arrived at the conclusion that sentence is an essential component to convey the sense of meaning to the listener. The theory of akhandavakya is based on the indivisible sphota theory and the sentence-meaning is experienced by the concept of pratibha. The division of sentence as per the priority of words occurred on the basis of mutual expectancy by which the intended meaning may be assumed by the listener. The Vakyapadiya of Bhartrihari (sixth century) is a text which elaborately explains the notions on sentence. The book systematically presents the philosophical dimensions of grammatical units. The author has attempted to present the philosophy of language in a Bhartriharian perspective. To substantiate his views, syntactic and semantic thoughts in India are elaborately discussed.
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D.K. Print World Ltd The Bhagavad Gita
Book SynopsisIndisputably one of the world''s best-known books, the Bhagavadgita embodies the quint-essence of classical Upanisadic philosophy, presented in the form of a dialogue between Krsna, the archetypal teacher, and Arjuna, the archetypal human being caught in the grip of a monumental crisis. For anyone like Arjuna who has ever paused to ponder the meaning of life, the work is as relevant today as it was when it was written. By stripping away the manifold biases both subtle and obvious that have colored other commentaries, Guru Nitya has uncovered the perennial philosophy at the heart of this great classic. In an original, easy to understand format, his commentary divides each of the Gita''s eighteen chapters into three sections: the first elucidating the basic concepts involved; the second including Sanskrit text in Roman script along with the English meaning of each word or phrase and Nataraja Guru''s lucid and revolutionary English translation; and the third carrying explanatory notes and comments in the form of a dialogue between a teacher and student.
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Springer, India, Private Ltd Critical Posthumanism and Planetary Futures
Book SynopsisThis volume is a critical exploration of multiple posthuman possibilities in the 21st century and beyond. Due to the global engagement with advanced technology, we are witness to a species-wise blurring of boundaries at the edge of the human. On the one hand, we find ourselves in a digital age in which human identity is being transformed through networked technological intervention, a large part of our consciousness transferred to "smart" external devices. On the other hand, we are assisted---or assailed---by an unprecedented proliferation of quasi-human substitutes and surrogates, forming a spectrum of humanoids with fuzzy borders. Under these conditions, critical posthumanism asks, who will occupy and control our planet: Will the "superhuman" merely serve as another sign under which new regimes of dominance are spread across the earth? Or can we discover or invent technologies of existence to counter such dominance? It is issues such as these which are at the heart of this new volume of explorations of the posthuman. The essays in this volume offer leading-edge thought on the subject, with special emphases on postmodern and postcolonial futures. They engage with questions of subalternity and feminism vis-à-vis posthumanism, dealing with issues of subjugation, dispensability and surrogacy, as well as the possibilities of resistance, ethical politics or subjective transformation from South Asian archives of cultural and spiritual practice. This volume is a valuable addition to the on-going global dialogues on posthumanism, indispensable to those, from across several disciplines, who are interested in postcolonial and planetary futures.Table of ContentsChapter 1. The Critical Turn in Posthumanism and Postcolonial Interventions Debashish Banerji and Makarand Paranjpe.- Part I: Critical Theory: The Posthuman Turn.- Chapter 2. “Posthuman Critical Theory” Rosi Braidotti.- Chapter 3. “The Overhuman” Nandita Biswas Mellamphy.- Chapter 4. “Nietzsche’s Snowden: Tightrope Walking the Posthuman Dispositif” Richard Carlson.- Chapter 5. “Exits to the Posthuman Future: Dreaming with Drones” Arthur Kroker and Marilouise Kroker.- Chapter 6. “‘Synthetik Love Lasts Forever’: Sex Dolls and the (Post?)Human Condition” Prayag Ray.- Part II: Subalternity and Posthumanism.- Chapter 7. “Posthumanism: Through the Postcolonial Lens” Monirul Islam<.- Chapter 8. Two Senses of the Post in Posthuman” Pal Ahluwalia.- Chapter 9. “Information-power: Teletechnology and the Ethics of Human-Animal Difference” Samrat Sengupta.- Chapter 10. “Durga, Supermom, and the Posthuman Mother India” Sucharita Sarkar.- Chapter 11. “Beyond the Mother-machine: Surrogacy and Neo-eugenics in India” Amrita Pande.- Part III: Reconstructions.- Chapter 12. “P2P and Planetary Futures” Jose Ramos, Michel Bauwens and Vasilis Kostakis.- Chapter 13. “Decolonizing the State of Nature: Notes on Political Animism” Federico Luisetti.- Chapter 14. “Spiritual Pragmatics: New Pathways of Transformation for the Posthuman” Ananta Kumar Giri.- Chapter 15. “Have Humans Always Been Posthuman: A Spiritual Genealogy of the Posthuman” Francesca Ferrando.- Chapter 16. “Individuation, Cosmogenesis and Technology: Sri Aurobindo and Gilbert Simondon” Debashish Banerji.
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D.K. Printworld Conditions for Becoming a Democratic State
Book SynopsisThe aim of this book is to achieve a proper theoretical understanding of democracy through philosophical explorations. By these explorations we want to reach some unitary decision on at least three things. The first one involves the concept of democracy. The next one is concerned with the purpose of democracy.
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Aleph Book Company ONE WHO SERVES BECOMES THE MASTER: LIFE LESSONS FROM HAZRAT NIZAMUDDIN
Book SynopsisIndia has produced some of the world''s greatest religiouseaders, sages, saints, philosophers, and spiritual thinkers. They were monks, nuns, and renunciates, nationalists, and reformers. No one religion had a Monopoly on them. They range from Mahavira and Buddha, whoived over 2, 500 years ago, to medieval saintsike Chishti, avvaiyar, and Guru Nanak, to more recent philosophers and religious icons such as Vivekananda, Ramakrishna, saint Teresa, and many others. The spiritual and philosophical heritage theyeft behind is India''s gift to all Indians and the world. In the lifeessons'' series we publish the essential teachings of some of India''s best-known spiritual teachers, along with commentaries and biographical notes. Each book will be a handy companion to help the reader along the difficult pathways ofife. * Nizamuddin Auliya (12381325), also known as Hazrat Nizamuddin, is one of the most revered of the Sufi saints in the subcontinent and the founder of the Chishti nizami order. Born in Badaun in great poverty, he chose to dedicate hisife to the Sufi vision ofove and peace and service to the poor. At the age of twenty, he became a disciple of the Sufi saint known as Baba farid (of ajodhan), and eventually took over as his spiritual successor. Renowned for his simplicity, he emphasises thatove and service to humanity was the way to realize God. Nizamuddin auliya''s religious vision was imbued with a strong sense of plurality. He believed in the unity of mankind and decried all distinctions based on social or economic inequalities. Hisife was marked by a disregard for religious orthodoxy and political hegemony. Heeft an indelible mark on the city where heived and his disciples spread the message of Sufism all over the world. Centuriesater, his teachings continue to inspire his followers who flock to his dargah in Delhi in search of solace and guidance. Edited by Bela Upadhyay, this volume collects together some of Hazrat Nizamuddin''s core teachings.
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Editora Vozes Além do bem e do mal (edição de bolso)
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Books on Demand Om kærlighedens binding: Essay
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Tulip Seminars Love in Action: Encountering Gods Manifold
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Edition Tpw-Tornet Open Doors: Swedenborg Essays
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Double 9 Booksllp The Ebb-Tide: A Trio And Quartette
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Double 9 Books Laughter: An Essay On The Meaning Of The Comic
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Double 9 Books The Imaginary Invalid ( le malade imaginaire)
Book SynopsisThe Imaginary Invalid by Molière is a comedic play that offers a satirical critique of the medical profession and societal hypochondria. This play takes readers on a humorous journey filled with exaggerated characters, witty dialogues, and absurd situations. The story revolves around the character of Argan, a wealthy hypochondriac who is obsessed with his health. Argan's obsession leads him to consult numerous doctors and engage in various medical treatments, much to the amusement of the audience. The play also explores themes of greed, deception, and the power dynamics within familial relationships. Through the clever portrayal of characters and their interactions, he exposes the flaws and pretenses of both the medical profession and individuals who exploit hypochondria for personal gain. Molière's mastery of comedic writing and social commentary make this play a delightful exploration of the follies and foibles of human nature.
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Double 9 Books Lectures From Colombo To Almora
Book SynopsisLectures from Colombo to Almora is a book of lectures delivered by Swami Vivekananda in Sri Lanka and India after his return from the West in 1897. The lectures cover a wide range of topics, but they all share a common theme: the need for India to wake up from its age-long siesta and take its rightful place in the world. Vivekananda's lectures are full of powerful insights and inspiring messages. He calls on Indians to embrace their religious heritage, to use their spiritual insights to solve the problems of the world and to take on the responsibility of leading the world into a new era of peace and harmony. Lectures from Colombo to Almora is a classic work of Indian philosophy and spirituality. It is a must-read for anyone interested in the history and culture of India, or in the teachings of Swami Vivekananda.
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Double 9 Books Book Of Meditations For Every Day In The Year
Book SynopsisIn 'A Journey Within: Meditations for Every Day in the Year,' James Allen invites readers to embark on a transformative expedition of self-discovery and inner peace. With a unique approach to meditation, Allen presents a collection of daily reflections designed to guide individuals toward a deeper understanding of themselves and the world around them. What sets this book apart is its ability to resonate with readers from all walks of life. Through Meditations for Every Day in the Year, readers are encouraged to embark on a daily ritual of self-reflection and introspection. By consistently engaging with Allen's meditations, individuals can cultivate a stronger connection with themselves and develop a sense of inner tranquility that extends beyond the pages of the book. A Journey Within: Meditations for Every Day in the Year is a profound guide that illuminates the path to self-discovery and inner peace.
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Double 9 Books Joy and Power Three Messages with One Meaning
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Motilal Banarsidass, A Course on Theravada Buddhism
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Springer Destiny, the Inward Quest, Temporality and Life
Book Synopsis“There is no greater gift to man than to understand nothing of his fate”, declares poet-philosopher Paul Valery. And yet the searching human being seeks ceaselessly to disentangle the networks of experiences, desires, inward promptings, personal ambitions, and elevated strivings which directed his/her life-course within changing circumstances in order to discover his sense of life. Literature seeks in numerous channels of insight the dominant threads of “the sense of life”, “the inward quest”, “the frames of experience” in reaching the inward sources of what we call ‘destiny’ inspired by experience and temporality which carry it on. This unusual collection reveals the deeper generative elements which form sense of life stretching between destiny and doom. They escape attention in their metamorphic transformations of the inexorable, irreversibility of time which undergoes different interpretations in the phases examining our life. Our key to life has to be ever discovered anew.Table of ContentsINAUGURAL ADDRESS: Anna-Teresa TymienieckaSECTION I: THE SENSE OF LIFEPRESENT ETERNITY: QUESTS OF TEMPORALITY IN THE LITERARY PRODUCTION OF THE <> IN FRANCE (THE WRITINGS OF DOMINIQUE FOURCADE AND EMMANUEL HOCQUARD)Silvia RivaA SENSE OF LIFE IN LANGUAGE LOVE AND LITERATURELawrence KimmelTHE GARDEN THEN AND NOW; SENSE OF LIFE – CONTEMPORARY AND IN GENESISBernadette ProchaskaTHE STREAM OF CONSCIOUSNESS: LITERARY PSYCHOLOGY AS THE FIRST UNIQUELY AMERICAN EXPRESSION OF PHENOMENOLOGY IN WILLIAM JAMES AND HIS SWEDENBORGIAN AND TRANSCENDENTALIST MILIEUEugene TaylorSECTION II: THE INWARD QUESTTHE EVOLUTION OF JUSTICE IN THE ORESTEIAHeidi SilcoxA DOUBLE PHENOMENOLOGICAL SENSE OF THE HYBRID OF FATE AND DESTINY IN COMMUNITY IN ACHEBE’S ARROW AND HEAD’S TREASURESImafedia OkhamafeWHAT MASIE KNEW IN WHAT MASIE KNEWVictor Gerald RivasSTYLE MATTERS: THE LIFE-WORLDS OF ANCIENT LITERATUREDamian StockingJAMES JOYCE’S IVY DAY IN THE COMMITTEE ROOM AND THE FIVE CODES OF FICTIONRaymond WilsonSECTION III: HISTORICITY AND LIFETEMPORALITY IN FITZGERALD’S BABYLON REVISITEDBernadette ProchaskaON THE METAPHYSICAL BRUTISHNESS OF LIFE IN THE LIGHT OF ZOLA’S THE HUMAN BEASTVictor G. Rivas“MAIS PERSONNE NE PARAISSAIT COMPRENDRE” (“BUT NO ONE SEEMED TO UNDERSTAND”): ATHEISM, NIHILISM, AND HERMENEUTICS IN ALBERT CAMUS’ L’ETRANGER / THE STRANGERGeorge HeffernanHISTORICAL DISTORTIONS AND LITERARY DISCLOSURES IN D.M. THOMAS’S THE WHITE HOTELLewis LivesayMORAL SHAPES OF TIME IN HENRY JAMESMeili SteeleSECTION IV: THE LIMITS OF ORDINARY EXPERIENCE“THE LIMITS OF ORDINARY EXPERIENCE”: A PHENOMENOLOGICAL READING OF RAPPACCINI’S DAUGHTERR. Kenneth KirbyGOING BEYOND THE SELF AS THE KNOWLEDGE OF ONESELF AND THE SENSE OF THE UNIVERSEBronislaw BombalaTHE KINDNESS OF STRANGERS: EPIPHANY AND SOCIAL COMMUNION IN PAUL THEROUX’S TRAVEL WRITINGBruce RossEMERSON AFFINITIES: READING RICHARD FORD THROUGH STANLEY CAVELLLawrence F. RhuFAULKNER’S THE SOUND AND THE FURY AS ANTI-ENTROPIC NOVELJerre Collins SECTION V: DESTINY, EXPERIENCE AND TIMEW.B. YEATS, UNITY OF CULTURE, AND THE SPIRITUAL TELOS OF IRELANDR. Kenneth KirbyDOOM, DESTINY, AND GRACE: THE PRODIGAL SON IN MARILYNNE ROBINSON’S HOMERebecca M. PainterMAN’S DESTINY IN TISCHNER’S PHILOSOPHY OF DRAMALeszek PyraTHE SOURCE FORM, AND GOAL OF ART IN ANTON CHEKHOV’S THE SEA GULLRaymond J. Wilson, IIISECTION VI: THE ARTISTIC QUEST VERSUS THE DISCERNMENT OF TRUTH A SHORT STUDY OF THE JAPANESE RENGA: THE TRANS-SUBJECTIVE CREATION OF POETIC ATMOSPHERE: Tadashi OgawaALTERED STATES: THE ARTISTIC QUEST IN THE STONE FLOWER AND LA SYLPHIDEBruce RossTOO MUCH HAPPINESS, TOO MUCH SUFFERING… NEVER ENOUGH REALITY TRANSFORMED BY NARRATIVERebecca PainterTHE PHENOMENOLOGY OF MERLEAU-PONTY AND LITERARY ARTSPiotr MrozREVISITING STEINBECK’S LITTORAL PHENOMENOLOGY: HUSSERLIAN ELEMENTS IN THE LOG FROM THE ‘SEA OF CORTEZ’Gretchen GusichTHE ROLE OF ART IN CAMUS AND SARTREJoanna Handerek STAGING HEIDEGGER: CORPOREAL PHILOSOPHY, COGNITIVE SCIENCE, AND THE THEATERThomas BlakeINDEX OF NAMESPROGRAMS FROM THE 2009 AND 2010 PHENOMENOLOGY AND LITERATURE CONFERENCES
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Springer Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in
Book SynopsisThis volume rethinks the work of Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) on the centenary of his birth, by presenting an overview of the current debates based on Ellul's insights. As one of the most significant twentieth-century thinkers about technology, Ellul was among the first thinkers to realize the importance of topics such as globalization, terrorism, communication technologies and ecology, and study them from a technological perspective. The book is divided into three sections. The first discusses Ellul’s diagnosis of modern society, and addresses the reception of his work on the technological society, the notion of efficiency, the process of symbolization/de-symbolization, and ecology. The second analyzes communicational and cultural problems, as well as threats and trends in early twenty-first century societies. Many of the issues Ellul saw as crucial – such as energy, propaganda, applied life sciences and communication – continue to be so. In fact they have grown exponentially, on a global scale, producing new forms of risk. Essays in the final section examine the duality of reason and revelation. They pursue an understanding of Ellul in terms of the depth of experience and the traditions of human knowledge, which is to say, on the one hand, the experience of the human being as contained in the rationalist, sociological and philosophical traditions. On the other hand there are the transcendent roots of human existence, as well as “revealed knowledge,” in the mystical and religious traditions. The meeting of these two traditions enables us to look at Ellul’s work as a whole, but above all it opens up a space for examining religious life in the technological society. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ellul returns; Helena Mateus Jerónimo, José Luís Garcia and Carl Mitcham.- Part I. Civilization of Technique.- Chapter 1. How The Technological Society Became More Important in the United States than in France; Carl Mitcham.- Chapter 2. The Technological Society: Social Theory, McDonaldization and the Prosumer; George Ritzer.- Chapter 3. Are We Still Pursuing Efficiency? Interpreting Jacques Ellul’s Efficiency Principle; Wha-Chul Son.- Chapter 4. Technological Acceleration and the “Ground Floor of Civilization”; Daniel Cérézuelle.- Chapter 5. Technological System and the Problem of Desymbolization; Yuk Hui.- Chapter 6. Against Environmental Protection? Ecological Modernization as “Technician Ecology”; Isabelle Lamaud.- Part II. Autonomous Technology.- Chapter 7. Propaganda and Dissociation from Truth; Langdon Winner.- Chapter 8. An Unseasonable Thinker: How Ellul Engages Cybercultural Criticism; Andoni Alonso.- Chapter 9. Fukushima: A Tsunami of Technological Order; José Luís Garcia and Helena Mateus Jerónimo.- Chapter 10. From the Contaminated Blood Affair to the Mediator Scandal: Public Health, Political Responsibility and Democracy; Patrick Troude-Chastenet.- Chapter 11. Homo Energeticus: Technological Rationality in the Alberta Tar Sands; Nathan Kowalsky and Randolph Haluza-DeLay.- Part III. Reason and Revelation.- Chapter 12. The Reception of Jacques Ellul’s Thought in French Protestantism; Frédéric Rognon.- Chapter 13. Radically Religious: Ecumenical Roots of the Critique of Technological Society; Jennifer Karns Alexander.- Chapter 14. Truth, Reality and the Ten Commandments: Not for Theology Alone; Virginia W. Landgraf.- Chapter 15. Social Intolerability of the Christian Revelation: A Comparative Perspective on the Works of Jacques Ellul and Peter L. Berger; Andrei Ivan.- Chapter 16. Postmodernity, the Phenomenal Mistake: Sacred, Myth and Environment; Gregory Wagenfuhr.
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Springer Jacques Ellul and the Technological Society in
Book SynopsisThis volume rethinks the work of Jacques Ellul (1912-1994) on the centenary of his birth, by presenting an overview of the current debates based on Ellul's insights. As one of the most significant twentieth-century thinkers about technology, Ellul was among the first thinkers to realize the importance of topics such as globalization, terrorism, communication technologies and ecology, and study them from a technological perspective. The book is divided into three sections. The first discusses Ellul’s diagnosis of modern society, and addresses the reception of his work on the technological society, the notion of efficiency, the process of symbolization/de-symbolization, and ecology. The second analyzes communicational and cultural problems, as well as threats and trends in early twenty-first century societies. Many of the issues Ellul saw as crucial – such as energy, propaganda, applied life sciences and communication – continue to be so. In fact they have grown exponentially, on a global scale, producing new forms of risk. Essays in the final section examine the duality of reason and revelation. They pursue an understanding of Ellul in terms of the depth of experience and the traditions of human knowledge, which is to say, on the one hand, the experience of the human being as contained in the rationalist, sociological and philosophical traditions. On the other hand there are the transcendent roots of human existence, as well as “revealed knowledge,” in the mystical and religious traditions. The meeting of these two traditions enables us to look at Ellul’s work as a whole, but above all it opens up a space for examining religious life in the technological society. Table of ContentsIntroduction: Ellul returns; Helena Mateus Jerónimo, José Luís Garcia and Carl Mitcham.- Part I. Civilization of Technique.- Chapter 1. How The Technological Society Became More Important in the United States than in France; Carl Mitcham.- Chapter 2. The Technological Society: Social Theory, McDonaldization and the Prosumer; George Ritzer.- Chapter 3. Are We Still Pursuing Efficiency? Interpreting Jacques Ellul’s Efficiency Principle; Wha-Chul Son.- Chapter 4. Technological Acceleration and the “Ground Floor of Civilization”; Daniel Cérézuelle.- Chapter 5. Technological System and the Problem of Desymbolization; Yuk Hui.- Chapter 6. Against Environmental Protection? Ecological Modernization as “Technician Ecology”; Isabelle Lamaud.- Part II. Autonomous Technology.- Chapter 7. Propaganda and Dissociation from Truth; Langdon Winner.- Chapter 8. An Unseasonable Thinker: How Ellul Engages Cybercultural Criticism; Andoni Alonso.- Chapter 9. Fukushima: A Tsunami of Technological Order; José Luís Garcia and Helena Mateus Jerónimo.- Chapter 10. From the Contaminated Blood Affair to the Mediator Scandal: Public Health, Political Responsibility and Democracy; Patrick Troude-Chastenet.- Chapter 11. Homo Energeticus: Technological Rationality in the Alberta Tar Sands; Nathan Kowalsky and Randolph Haluza-DeLay.- Part III. Reason and Revelation.- Chapter 12. The Reception of Jacques Ellul’s Thought in French Protestantism; Frédéric Rognon.- Chapter 13. Radically Religious: Ecumenical Roots of the Critique of Technological Society; Jennifer Karns Alexander.- Chapter 14. Truth, Reality and the Ten Commandments: Not for Theology Alone; Virginia W. Landgraf.- Chapter 15. Social Intolerability of the Christian Revelation: A Comparative Perspective on the Works of Jacques Ellul and Peter L. Berger; Andrei Ivan.- Chapter 16. Postmodernity, the Phenomenal Mistake: Sacred, Myth and Environment; Gregory Wagenfuhr.
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Springer Eros in a Narcissistic Culture: An Analysis Anchored in the Life-World
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Springer Human Nature in an Age of Biotechnology: The Case
Book SynopsisNew biotechnologies have propelled the question of what it means to be human – or posthuman – to the forefront of societal and scientific consideration. This volume provides an accessible, critical overview of the main approaches in the debate on posthumanism, and argues that they do not adequately address the question of what it means to be human in an age of biotechnology. Not because they belong to rival political camps, but because they are grounded in a humanist ontology that presupposes a radical separation between human subjects and technological objects.The volume offers a comprehensive mapping of posthumanist discourse divided into four broad approaches—two humanist-based approaches: dystopic and liberal posthumanism, and two non-humanist approaches: radical and methodological posthumanism. The author compares and contrasts these models via an exploration of key issues, from human enhancement, to eugenics, to new configurations of biopower, questioning what role technology plays in defining the boundaries of the human, the subject and nature for each. Building on the contributions and limitations of radical and methodological posthumanism, the author develops a novel perspective, mediated posthumanism, that brings together insights in the philosophy of technology, the sociology of biomedicine, and Michel Foucault’s work on ethical subject constitution. In this framework, technology is neither a neutral tool nor a force that alienates humanity from itself, but something that is always already part of the experience of being human, and subjectivity is viewed as an emergent property that is constantly being shaped and transformed by its engagements with biotechnologies. Mediated posthumanism becomes a tool for identifying novel ethical modes of human experience that are richer and more multifaceted than current posthumanist perspectives allow for.The book will be essential reading for students and scholars working on ethics and technology, philosophy of technology, poststructuralism, technology and the body, and medical ethics.Table of ContentsChapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. A Cartography of the Posthuman.- Chapter 3. The Human Enhancement Debate: For, Against and from Human Nature.- Chapter 4. Towards a Non-Humanist Posthumanism: The Originary Prostheticity of Radical and Methodological Posthumanism.- Chapter 5. From Molar to Molecular Bodies: Posthumanist Frameworks in Contemporary Biology.- Chapter 6. Posthuman Subjectivity: Beyond Modern Metaphysics.- Chapter 7. Technologically Produced Nature: Nature Beyond Schizophrenia and Paranoia.- Chapter 8. New Modes of Ethical Selfhood: Geneticization and Genetically Responsible Subjectivity.- Chapter 9. Conclusion.
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Aatos Editions Meditations
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Swan Charm Publishing The Four Seasons Of Hygge - Enjoy The Present
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State University of New York Press Beyond Elemental Loss
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Independently Published DICCIONARIO CAMUS. Los términos esenciales de la
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North Atlantic Books,U.S. Sikodiwa
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Leibniz Philosophical Essays
Book SynopsisFeatures Leibniz's writings including letters, published papers, and fragments on a variety of philosophical, religious, mathematical, and scientific questions.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Machiavelli Selected Political Writings
Book SynopsisHere are The Prince and the most important of the Discourses newly translated into spare, vivid English. Why a new translation? Machiavelli was never the dull, worthy, pedantic author who appears in the pages of other translations, says David Wootton in his Introduction. In the pages that follow I have done my best to let him speak in his own voice. (And indeed, Wootton's Machiavelli does just that when the occasion demands: renderings of that most problematic of words, virtu, are in each instance followed by the Italian). Notes, a map, and an altogether remarkable Introduction no less authoritative for being grippingly readable, help make this edition an ideal first encounter with Machiavelli for any student of history and political theory.Trade ReviewWootton's Introduction is an excellent piece of work that offers both scholars and students a valuable guide to Machiavelli's texts. --Maurizio Viroli, Princeton UniversityThis text is perfect for providing in a single text a balanced presentation of Machiavelli's work. This works excellently in countering general perceptions of a more severe Machiavelli by those familiar only with The Prince. The selections from the Discourses are well chosen. --Brian Caza, Georgetown CollegeThe Introduction is vibrant, comprehensive and persuasive. Manages to address the needs of undergraduates while constituting an original contribution to contemporary scholarship. Bravo! --Alan Houston, University of California, San Diego
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Hegels Ladder
Book SynopsisA literal commentary on "Die Phanomenologie des Geistes", this study attempts to overthrow the general consensus of opinion that Hegel's "Phenomenology" is not the logical "science" he believed it be. The author seeks to identify an acceptably-continuous chain of argument in the text.Trade Review. . . a magnificent contribution to scholarship on the Phenomenology. What sets this book apart from the rest is Harris’s deep commitment to thinking Hegel in context, even when Hegel's position runs counter to Harris's own cultural and philosophical position. Thus Harris self-effacingly clears away the encrustations of ideology that distorted or undermined Hegel’s influence in the nineteenth century, and the contemporary biases that lead to piecemeal commentaries and salvagings of Hegel in the present day, and opens a window through which Hegel’s thought can appear with perhaps less distortion than at any previous time. This commentary on the Phenomenology is a landmark that will date Hegel scholarship by whether it appeared before or after Harris. --Robert R. Williams, The Review of Metaphysics. . . Harris provides what is without doubt the most thorough, well-researched and thoughtful study of the Phenomenology in English to date. . . . Harris’s commentary is a splendid and quite awe-inspiring achievement--the magnificent fruit of over thirty years of study that will be savoured by future generations of scholars and students for many years to come.--Stephen Hougate, in Radical Philosophy, July 1999Harris reconstructs the elaborate structure of Hegel's treatise and shows clearly that it is a unified work . . . a lucid presentation and rich orchestration of significant structure and detail. . . . A genuine landmark: all work on Hegel’s Phenomenology will be dated by whether it precedes or follows it.--Kenneth R. Westphal, University of New Hampshire
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Identity Personal Identity and the Self
Book SynopsisThis volume collects a number of Perry''s classic works on personal identity as well as four new pieces, The Two Faces of Identity,Persons and Information,Self-Notions and The Self, and The Sense of Identity. Perry's Introduction puts his own work and that of others on the issues of identity and personal identity in the context of philosophical studies of mind and language over the past thirty years.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Meditations Objections and Replies
Book SynopsisThis edition features reliable, accessible translations; useful editorial materials; and a straightforward presentation of the Objections and Replies, including the objections from Caterus, Arnauld, and Hobbes, accompanied by Descartes'' replies, in their entirety. The letter serving as a reply to Gassendi--in which several of Descartes'' associates present Gassendi''s best arguments and Descartes'' replies--conveys the highlights and important issues of their notoriously extended exchange. Roger Ariew''s illuminating Introduction discusses the Meditations and the intellectual environment surrounding its reception.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc The Essential Spinoza
Book SynopsisDesigned to facilitate a reading of Spinoza's "Ethics", this anthology includes the Ethics, and Spinoza's related writings along with two appendices: List of the Propositions from the "Ethics", which traces the development of key themes; and Citations in Proofs, a list of the propositions, corollaries, and scholia in the "Ethics".Trade ReviewAbsolutely magnificent edition! I will be using it in all my introductory courses. . . . I also will use it in my 16th and 17th-century History of Philosophy course. . . . Just a wonderful collection, great translations, good editorial additions as well. Terrific selection! --Abba Lessing, Professor of Philosophy, Lake Forest College
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Broadview Press Ltd The Excellencies of Robert Boyle: The Excellency
Book SynopsisRobert Boyle, one of the most important intellectuals of the seventeenth century, was a gifted experimenter, an exceptionally able philosopher, and a dedicated Christian. In Boyle’s two Excellencies, The Excellency of Theology Compared with Natural Philosophy and About The Excellency and Grounds of the Mechanical Hypothesis, he explains and justifies his new philosophy of science while reconciling it with Christian theology. These pioneering works of early science and theology are now available in a modernized and accessible new edition.This Broadview edition brings spelling and punctuation into line with current conventions and includes notes and references to set the works in their historical and philosophical context. The appendices include works by Boyle’s predecessors in the philosophy of science, other philosophical writings by Boyle, and an appendix of the other figures mentioned in the texts.Trade Review“To the Excellencies of Boyle published here we can add a third—the excellence of J.J. MacIntosh’s more-than-welcome edition that will make these important works accessible to an unprecedented degree. The edition animates the texts in the way that Boyle’s contemporary Richard Baxter thought that ‘his philosophy was the life of his theology (and conversely).’ The introduction, annotations, and appendices alone will be of great value to all those interested not only in Boyle, but also in any of the intellectual figures of the period.” — Thomas Lennon, University of Western Ontario“In his edition, J.J. MacIntosh offers a modernized text of Boyle’s Excellencies, together with a lengthy introduction comprising a discursive biographical account of Boyle, a synopsis of his argument, and an account of the thinkers who influenced him. MacIntosh provides helpful extra headings indicating the content of the different components of the main treatise, and elucidatory footnotes that sometimes give analogous passages from other writings by Boyle and others. At the end appear a series of appendices, notably one giving biographical notes on people mentioned in the text. In all, this edition should do much to make Boyle accessible to a wider audience.” — Michael Hunter, Birkbeck, University of LondonTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Introduction Robert Boyle: A Brief Chronology A Note on the Text: Conventions, Terminology, TranscriptionsThe Excellency of Theology, Compared with Natural Philosophy The Publisher’s Advertisement to the Reader The Author’s Preface The Introduction The First Part: The Positive Reasons for Studying Theology The First Section: The Nobility of Theology’s Object The Second Section: Our Obligation to Study Theology The Third Section: The Advantages Accruing from a Study of Theology The Second Part: A Comparison of the Advantages of Natural Philosophy and Theology The First Section: The Delights and Drawbacks of Natural Philosophy The Second Section: The Practical Goods Resulting from Natural Philosophy and from Theology The Third Section: The Supposed Certainty and Clearness of Physics as Opposed to the Darkness and Uncertainty of Theological Matters The Fourth Section: The Natural Philosopher’s Unjustified Pride of Achievement The Fifth Section: The Value of the Fame that Scientific Attainments Bring The Conclusion About The Excellency and Grounds of the Mechanical HypothesisThe Publisher’s AdvertisementAppendix A: People Mentioned in the Text Appendix B: Boyle’s “Corpuscularianism”Appendix C: Aristotle’s Arguments against the Void Appendix D: The Requisites of a Good Hypothesis Appendix E: Boyle on Fame Appendix F: Future Contingents Appendix G: Moral Demonstrations: Boyle, Smith, and “A Person of Honour”Appendix H: Jonathan Swift’s “Broomstick” and Boyle’s Occasional ReflectionsAppendix I: Coke, Boyle, and Edwards on Testimony Appendix J: A Review of the Excellency and Grounds of the Mechanical Hypothesis (May 1674) Appendix K: John Evelyn to Boyle (20 June 1774)Works Cited Index
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Broadview Press Ltd Basic Issues in Medieval Philosophy: Selected
Book SynopsisIn this important collection, the editors argue that medieval philosophy is best studied as an interactive discussion between thinkers working on very much the same problems despite being often widely separated in time or place. Each section opens with at least one selection from a classical philosopher, and there are many points at which the readings chosen refer to other works that the reader will also find in this collection. There is a considerable amount of material from central figures such as Augustine, Abelard, Duns Scotus, and William of Ockham, as well as extensive texts from thinkers in the medieval Islamic world. Each selection is prefaced by a brief introduction by the editors, providing a philosophical and religious background to help make the material more accessible to the reader.This edition, updated throughout, contains a substantial new chapter on medieval psychology and philosophy of mind, with texts from authors not previously represented such as John Buridan and Peter John Olivi.Trade ReviewBasic Issues in Medieval Philosophy is currently the best textbook on medieval philosophy in any modern language. It is outstanding in its area because the topical approach underlines both the relationship medieval philosophers have with ancient philosophers and the specific debates in which they were engaged among themselves. The selection of texts, some of which have never before been translated, is excellent. Bosley and Tweedale provide us with a decisively philosophical access to philosophy in the Middle Ages that allows the reader to discover a variety of competing views. I can only recommend this fine volume." - Martin Pickave, University of TorontoTable of ContentsPrefaceIntroductionTOPIC I : NECESSITY, CONTINGENCY, AND CAUSATIONIntroductionI.1. Aristotle The four Causes Senses of the Necessary Causation, Chance, and Spontaneity Science and the Accidental I.2. Avicenna Two Kinds of Existents Proof of the Necessary of Existence What is Possible of Existence is Necessary of Existence from something else Characteristics of the Necessary of Existence I.3. AbelardThat God can only do what He does doI.4. Al-Ghazali and Averroes Whether the First Cause is simple About the Natural Sciences I.5. St. Thomas Aquinas How absolute Necessity can exist in Created Things That God does not will other things in a necessary way Difficulties in the Concept of Will I.6. Siger of BrabantCommentary on NecessityI.7. The Condemnation of 1277Extending God’s PowerI.8. Henry of GhentThe Finiteness of the World’s PastI.9. John Duns Scotus Proof of a First Cause The First Cause causes contingently The Omnipotence of God Impossibility Could God make things better than He does? I.10. William of Ockham Essentially ordered Causes Can it be proved that there exists a first productive Cause? Can it be proved that there exists a first conserving Cause? Is God able to do Everything that it is possible for a Creature to do? Can God do things which He neither does do nor will do? Does not being able to do the Impossible belong to God before not being able to be done by Godbelongs to the Impossible? Can God make a better world than this one? TOPIC II : IS THERE AN INFINITELY PERFECT BEING?IntroductionII.1. Aristotle Why there must be an eternal Mover that is not itself in Motion The first Mover has no Size The Principle on which depend the Heavens and Nature II.2. St. AnselmThe Being “a greater than which cannot be thought”II.3. Al-Ghazali and AverroesCan we prove that the First Being is incorporeal?II.4. St. Thomas Aquinas God’s Existence is not self-evident to us The five Ways A Being which just is its own Existence II.5. John Duns Scotus The first efficient Cause has infinite Power The Infinity of the most excellent Being II.6. William of Ockham Why the first efficient Cause cannot be proved to have infinite Power Why it cannot be proven that the most perfect Being is infinite in Perfection Aristotle did not intend to prove the Infinity of the First Cause TOPIC III : COULD THE WORLD BE ETERNALLY EXISTENT?IntroductionIII.1. AristotleDid Motion ever have a Beginning? Will it ever end?III.2. St. Augustine What is Time? How Creatures have always been but are not co-eternal with God III.3. Al-Ghazali and AverroesIs the Doctrine of the “Philosophers” as regards the Production of the World coherent?III.4. Moses Maimonides Arguments of the Mutakallemim purporting to show that the Universe was created out of nothing Different views on the Eternity of the Universe among those who believe God exists That the Universe is eternal has not been proven The view that God has produced the Universe from all Eternity and how it is to be evaluated III.5. St. Thomas Aquinas That it is not necessary for Creatures to have existed always That God could have created an eternal World III.6. Henry of Ghent That a created thing cannot have existed from Eternity Contradictions involved in the view that God makes eternal things III.7. John Duns ScotusArguments on both sides and their RefutationsIII.8. William of OckhamCould God make a World that has existed from Eternity?TOPIC IV: DETERMINISM, FREE WILL, AND DIVINE FOREKNOWLEDGEIntroductionIV.1. AristotleDeterminism and the Truth of future contingent StatementsIV.2. BoethiusHow can God know everything about the Future?IV.3. St. AnselmThe Harmony of Foreknowledge and Free WillIV.4. St. Thomas AquinasDoes God’s Knowledge extend to Future Contingents?IV.5. Siger of BrabantHow Contingency arises in the WorldIV.6. John Duns ScotusHow God can know Future Contingents by knowing His own WillIV.7. William of Ockham Why Scotus’s Solution will not work Propositions in the Present tense but about the Future TOPIC V: IDENTITY AND DISTINCTIONIntroductionV.1. Aristotle Senses of ‘same’ Senses of ‘One’ How the Motion of the Agent is the same as the Motion in the Recipient, yet different V.2. BoethiusSameness and Difference in the TrinityV.3. AbelardHow to have many Persons in one GodV.4. John Duns ScotusQualified and unqualified DistinctionsV.5. William of OckhamNo formal Distinction without Real DistinctionTOPIC VI : UNIVERSALS AND PARTICULARSIntroductionVI.1. PlatoA World based on ArchetypesVI.2. Aristotle Categories and the things there are Universals and Particulars The Problem of Universals Are first Principles Universals? Substance and Universals VI.3. PorphyryThe five “Predicables”VI.4. BoethiusThe “deeper Questions”VI.5. Garlandus CompotistaThe Predicables are just UtterancesVI.6. Abelard The Existence and the Nature of Universals Universals and Signification What Propositions signify VI.7. Avicenna The Nature of Universals The Essences of things VI.8. John Duns Scotus Natures are not of themselves individuated What makes a Substance individual Is a Universal something in things? VI.9. William of Ockham Universals and Distinction The Distinction of First and Second Intentions The Synonymy of Concrete and Abstract Nouns Is a Universal a Singular? Is every Universal a Quality of the Mind? Is a Category made up of things outside the Mind or of Concepts of Things? TOPIC VII : SKEPTICISMIntroductionVII.1. St. Augustine Arguments against Academic Skepticism Internal Knowledge Can we know there is something above Human Reason? VII.2. Henry of GhentKnowledge requires Divine Illumination of the MindVII.3. Siger of BrabantSome Judgments are to be trustedVII.4. John Duns ScotusRefutation of Henry and of Skepticism generallyVII.5. Nicholas of AutrecourtCertainty and the Principle of Non-ContradictionTOPIC VIII : VIRTUE AND REASON, SIN AND SEXIntroductionVIII.1. Aristotle Excellence (Virtue) and the Mean Ethics and Deliberation VIII.2. St. Augustine What is the Supreme Good for Human Beings? The Ultimate Good is not to be found in this Life How Order pervades everything The Works of Reason Why Adultery is evil Lust, a Penalty for the Original Sin VIII.3. Al-Ghazali Hope Fear VIII.4. AbelardWhat Sin and Vice consist inVIII.5. St. Thomas Aquinas Goodness and Badness in outward Acts Is Pleasure bad? Is Enjoyment in the Thought of Fornication a Sin? Why Lechery is a Sin Sex in the Garden of Eden TOPIC IX: THE “DARKNESS WHICH IS BEYOND INTELLECT”IntroductionIX.1. Plotinus The One that is the Source of Being The Intelligence and its Relation to the Soul IX.2. Pseudo-Dionysius the Areopagite The Transcendent Good How God can be called Wisdom The Mystical Theology The Divine Darkness IX.3. John Scotus Eriugena Things that are and things that are not God as Hyper-being God’s Diffusion into all things The Return of the Many to the One The three Motions of the Soul The Indefinability of God The Self-creation of the Divine Darkness Man contains all Creatures The Return of all things to God IX.4. Ibn TufailThe Experience of total Self-annihilationIX.5. Meister Eckhart On the Names of God “God is One” The Intellect perceives God bare of Goodness and Being The “Negation of Negation” The Attraction of the Soul to the One “On Detachment” TOPIC X: BODY, SOUL, AND INTELLECTIntroductionX.1. Aristotle What sort of accounts should we give in psychology? Is there movement in the soul? What type of entity is the soul? What accounts for thinking and knowledge? Is the intellect formed in the process of fetal generation? X.2. Alexander of AphrodisiasOn the IntellectX.3. ThemistiusHow to understand the potential and active intellectsX.4. Avicenna What does Aristotle’s definition of the soul tell us? Is the soul a substance? How do there come to be many individual human souls? Can the soul exist after the body has been destroyed? How does the human intellect come to know abstract essences? How does the intellect think? How does the soul relate to its powers? X.5. Averroes The nature of the material intellect The role of the agent intellect X.6 Siger of Brabant and Thomas Aquinas How does the intellect unite with the body? Why the intellectual soul must be the form of the body Why the Averroists are wrong How Albert and Thomas go wrong X.7 Peter John OliviWhy the human soul cannot be the form of the bodyX.8. John Buridan In what way is the soul an actuality? How many souls does an individual have? Is the soul just its powers? How many powers does the soul have? Can the soul be spread throughout the body? Is the intellect passive as regards its objects? Can what knows something have the character of what it knows? Three theories about the intellect BIOGRAPHIESGLOSSARYSOURCESBIBLIOGRAPHY
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Broadview Press Ltd For the Sake of Argument: How to Do Philosophy
Book SynopsisAcademic philosophy can be puzzling to newcomers. The conventions, terms, and expectations entrenched among philosophers aren’t always clear from the outside. Why are philosophers so preoccupied with finding “the truth”—doesn’t everyone have their own philosophy? Is philosophy so deep and difficult that its literature has to be incomprehensible? What kinds of arguments can there be for a philosophical position? Where does the evidence come from? Why is there so much jargon—wouldn’t it be better to do away with it altogether? What exactly is a “thought experiment,” and how should one be conducted? Best-selling author and retired philosophy professor Robert Martin answers these questions and many more, offering a practical guide to arguing and writing philosophically. Anecdotes, jokes, asides, digressions, oddments, and entertainments are included throughout, providing for an informal and opinionated introduction that doesn’t shy away from the nuts and bolts of philosophical argument. A useful glossary of common philosophical terminology and a guide to Chicago Style citation are included.Trade Review“A unique and wonderful book! Wise and witty in equal measure, it makes the process of thinking and arguing about the fundamental philosophical issues come alive in a way that I have never seen before. Written in a relaxed, informal style and peppered with references to contemporary culture, it will be enjoyed by anyone interested in developing their skills in thinking clearly about the perennial issues of the human condition.” — Paul Boghossian, New York University“Displaying his characteristic informality, wit, charm, good humor, and irreverence, Martin offers insights and provocative suggestions that help improve philosophy students’ ability to think, write, and argue philosophically. They also remind us how to enjoy doing philosophy.” — Mason Cash, University of Central Florida“A practical guide for producing philosophical truth: a how-to manual for clear and effective argumentation, with advice on how and why to avoid the dogma, obscurity, and pretension that often becloud the discipline. Informal, friendly, personal, opinionated, engaging, and funny, this book belongs on the shelf of every philosophy student.” — Sheldon Wein, Saint Mary’s UniversityTable of ContentsPart 0: IntroductionPart 1: Truth Why Truth? Bullshit Beliefs of No Consequence Okay But Remembers We’re Talking about Philosophy Consequences? Part 2: The Right Way to Argue And the Wrong Way to Argue A Social Activity Respect and Open Questions What Not to Imitate Common(s) Ad Hominem Fallacies Part 3: Writing Philosophy Why How Part 4: Good and Bad Writing Clarity The Disvalue of the Obscure Jargon Examples Greening Awful Language Do As I Say, Not As I Do Part 5: How Arguments Work The Basic Structures Deduction Induction Part 6: “That’s Like Arguing”Critiquing Other Kinds of ArgumentsPart 7: Where You Get True Premises: The Obvious True/Justified Premises The Paradox of Justification Maybe Needs No Justification: The Self-Evident Maybe Needs No Justification: Common Sense Maybe Needs No Justification: Evidence of Your Senses Part 8: Where You Get True Premises: Authorities Maybe Needs No Justification: What Authorities Say Authority and Truth Citing Philosophers Citing Other Works Part 9: Where You Get True Premises: Analysis Justifying and Refuting Analyses A Priori Questions about Analysis The Practicality of Argumentation Part 10: The Thought Experiment Imaginary Experiments Philosophical Thought Experiments Part 11: Inference to the Best Explanation The Best Explanation Theory Other Criteria for a Good Explanation Philosophical Inferences to the Best Theoretical Explanation: Some Examples Part 12: AfterwordAppendix 1: Some Very Brief Suggestions about Further ReadingAppendix 2: Forms for Footnotes and BibliographyAppendix 3: Glossary
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