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John Wiley & Sons Inc Atheism For Dummies
Book SynopsisThe easy way to understand atheism and secular philosophy For people seeking a non-religious philosophy of life, as well as believers with atheist friends, Atheism For Dummies offers an intelligent exploration of the historical and moral case for atheism.Table of ContentsIntroduction 1 Part I: Understanding What Atheism Is 7 Chapter 1: Meeting Atheism 9 Chapter 2: Unweaving the Rainbow of Disbelief 19 Chapter 3: Recognizing What Atheists Do and Don’t Believe — and Why 37 Part II: Following Atheism through the Ages 63 Chapter 4: Finding Atheism in the Ancient World 65 Chapter 5: Going Medieval 79 Chapter 6: Enlightening Strikes 91 Chapter 7: Opening a Golden Age of Freethought 107 Chapter 8: Growing Up in the Tumultuous 20th Century 121 Chapter 9: Voicing a New Atheism, and a New Humanism, for the 21st Century 145 Part III: Reading the Great Works of Atheism 169 Chapter 10: Uncovering Lost, Secret, Censored, and Forbidden Works 171 Chapter 11: Sampling Important Works: Deep Thoughts, Big Thinkers 183 Chapter 12: Laughing in Disbelief: Challenging the Divine with Humor 203 Chapter 13: Reawakening Passionate Disbelief: Key Works of the 21st Century 217 Part IV: Living a Full Life without Belief in God 233 Chapter 14: Getting Personal with Atheism Today 235 Chapter 15: Being Good with or without God 253 Chapter 16 : Seeing the World Naturally 275 Chapter 17: Being an Atheist in a Religious World 291 Chapter 18: Getting the Best of Religion and Leaving the Rest 311 Part V: The Part of Tens 327 Chapter 19: Ten Surprising Things about Atheists and Other Nonbelievers 329 Chapter 20: Ten (Plus One) Famous People You May Not Know are Nonbelievers 335 Chapter 21: Ten Fun and Easy Ways to Explore Atheism 343 Index 351
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Marxs Concept of Man
Book SynopsisBorn in Frankfurt-am-Main, Erich Fromm (1900-1980) studied sociology and psychoanalysis. In 1933, he emigrated as a member of the Frankfurt School of social thinkers to the United States, moved to Mexico in 1950, and spent his twilight years between 1974 and 1980 in Switzerland. His books Fear of Freedom (1941) and The Art of Loving (1956) made him famous. Other well-known books are Marx's Concept of Man, Beyond the Chains of Illusion, and The Essential Fromm.Table of ContentsPreface Part I: Marx's Concept of Man, Erich Fromm 1. The Falsification of Marx's Concepts 2. Marx's Historical Materialism 3. The Problem of Consciousness, Social Structure and the Use of Force 4. The Nature of Man 5. Alienation 6. Marx's Concept of Socialism 7. The Continuity in Marx's Thought 8. Marx, The Man Part II: Economic and Philosophical Manuscripts, Karl Marx Translator's Note Preface First Manuscript: Alienated Labour Second Manuscript: The Relationship of Private Property Third Manuscript: Private Property and Labour Private Property and Communism Needs, Production and Division of Labour Money Critique of Hegel's Dialectic and General Philosophy From German Ideology Preface to a Contribution to the Critique of Political Economy Introduction to the Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Law. Critique of Religion Reminiscences of Marx, Paul Lafargue Jenny Marx to Joseph Weydemeyer Karl Marx, Eleanor Marx-Aveling Confession, Karl Marx Karl Marx's Funeral, Frederick Engels Afterword, Erich Fromm
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Read Books An Essay on Metaphysics
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc Observations Upon Experimental Philosophy:
Book Synopsis"Margaret Cavendish's philosophical work is at last taking its rightful place in the history of seventeenth-century thought, but her writings are so voluminous and wide-ranging that introducing her work to students has been difficult—at least until this volume came along. This carefully edited abridgment of Observations upon Experimental Philosophy will be indispensable for making Cavendish's fascinating ideas accessible to students. Marshall's Introduction provides a helpful overview of themes in Cavendish's natural philosophy, and the footnotes contain useful background information about some of the texts and philosophers that Cavendish mentions. The additional selections from Descartes, Hobbes, Boyle, and Hooke also help contextualize Cavendish's views." —Deborah Boyle, College of CharlestonTrade Review"An excellent introduction to an interesting but neglected voice in early-modern philosophy. Though her views don't fit neatly into the standard story of the development of natural philosophy in the period, Margaret Cavendish very much deserves to be read and appreciated for the alternatives she presents to what became the dominant picture. Marshall's Introduction and selection of texts allow the student to appreciate the diversity of views available at that crucial moment when the philosophical canon was being formed." —Daniel Garber, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsEditor's Introduction Life and Works Natural Philosophy Other Works, Other Themes Reading Cavendish Today A Note on This Edition Observations upon Experimental PhilosophyChapters 1-3, 5, 15-17, 19-21, 25-26, 31, 35-17Further Observations upon Experimental PhilosophyChapters 2-3, 5-8, 10-11, 13-15Selections from the Writings of Cavendish's Contemporaries From The Principles of Philosophy, by Rene Descartes From Leviathan, by Thomas Hobbes From The Usefulness of Experimental Philosophy, By Robert Boyle From Micrographic, by Robert Hooke From The Excellence and Grounds of the Mechanical Natural Philosophy, by Robert Boyle Bibliography Index
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St Martin's Press Upside down a Primer for the LookingGlass World
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Akasha Classics The Prince
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Krishna Books Incorporated The Perfection of Yoga
Book SynopsisThe word "yoga" has varied connotations, from ascetics in caves to holistic exercise. Many are unfamiliar with its philosophy. Yoga was traditionally practiced in India, and misconceptions persist. The essence of yoga is explained in the Bhagavad-gita by Krishna.
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St Augustine's Press Summa Philosophica
Book SynopsisNext to the Socratic Method, the best method for organizing a logical debate over a controversial philosophical or theological issue is the method St. Thomas Aquinas uses in the Summa Theologiae. As the charm of the Socratic dialogue is its dramatic length, its uncertainty, and the psychological dimension of a clash between live characters, so the charm of the Summa method is the opposite: its condensation and its impersonality, objectivity, simplicity, directness, and logical clarity. Beginning philosophy students pick up both methods very quickly, and write adept imitations of them. It’s both profitable and fun to do it. Yet professionally philosophers have not followed these tried-and-true roads. Why not? Probably it is pride, the refusal to stoop to conquer, the confusion of “stooped” with “stupid.” Peter Kreeft has written over a dozen books of Socratic dialogues, and readers like them – they like the form, or format, irrespective of the content. There is no reason that the Summa format cannot produce the same results. It is a very simple five-step procedure: (1) the formulation of the question; (2) the opponent’s leading objections to your answer or thesis, formulated as clearly and fairly and strongly as possible; (3) a short argument from some recognized past authority for your thesis; (4) your own longer, original argument; and (5) a refutation of each objection, “deconstructing” it and showing how and where it went wrong . . . all in one or two pages, severely condensed, clear and simple (and therefore usually in syllogisms, the clearest and simplest and most direct form of logical argument). Kreeft has taken 110 of the most important and most often argued-about questions in each major division of philosophy and applied this method to it. The answers usually match common sense (and therefore Aristotle’s philosophy and Aquinas’s theology). At the very least, this is a useful philosophical reference book for arguments; not necessarily the elaborate and artificial arguments that might occur to contemporary “analytic” philosophers, but the arguments ordinary people would give, and still give on both sides of these great questions. Why no one has written such a book before is mind-boggling. We fully expect that many readers of this book will imitate it, as Kreeft has imitated Aquinas. This book is pregnant with many children.Table of ContentsIntroduction: why this book?The Ten Divisions of Philosophy:I. Logic and methodologyII. MetaphysicsIII. Natural TheologyIV. CosmologyV. Philosophical AnthroplogyVI. EpistemologyVII. General EthicsVIII. Applied EthicsIX. Political PhilosophyX. AestheticsAddenda: Ten Extensions of Philosophy
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St Augustine's Press Jerusalem, Athens, and Rome – Essays in Honor of
Book SynopsisJames V. Schall, S.J., is unquestionably one of the wisest Catholic political thinkers of our time. For more than forty years, Fr. Schall has been an unabashed practitioner of what he does not hesitate to call Roman Catholic political philosophy. A prolific writer and renowned teacher at Georgetown University, Fr. Schall has helped to educate two generations of Catholic thinkers. The present volume brings together seventeen essays by noted scholars in honor of Fr. Schall. It is a testimony to Fr. Schall’s erudition and influence that the authors of these essays did not have the privilege of directly studying under him. Rather, they are the indirect but grateful beneficiaries of “Another Sort of Learning,” one that Fr. Schall tirelessly defends and practices. An appendix lists all the books Schall has written. Contributors include Marc Guerra, J. Brian Benestad, Francis Canavan, S.J., Kenneth Grasso, Thomas Hibbs, John Hittinger, Mary Keys, Robert Kraynak, Douglas Kries, Rev. Matthew Lamb, Peter Augustine Lawler, Frederick Lawrence, Daniel Mahoney, Graham McAleer, Michael Novak, Tracey Rowland, and Paul Seaton
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Columbia University Press Strange Wonder
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewOne of the most gripping and timely accounts of Continental Philosophy... The reader can only come to the end of this book astonished. -- Catherine Keller Modern Theology In all, the book offers a new understanding of an influential sector of twentieth-century philosophy. -- Jonathan Malesic Journal of the American Academy of Religion ...passionately argued and engagingly written. -- Paul A. Macdonald Jr. Scottish Journal of Theology a fun read. -- George Pattison Reviews in Religion and TheologyTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction: Wonder and the Births of Philosophy 1. Repetition: Martin Heidegger 2. Openness: Emmanuel Levinas 3. Relation: Jean-Luc Nancy 4. Decision: Jacques Derrida Postlude: Possibility Notes Bibliography Index
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Collective Ink Other Side of Virtue, The – Where our virtues
Book SynopsisThe Celts, the old Norse and Germanic people, the Greeks of the time of Homer and Hesiod, and other ancient heroic societies are popularly believed to be tribal warrior cultures, where the light of civilisation had not yet dawned. In fact, this is far from the case. Many of our own most fundamental ideas about politics, justice, friendship, true love, the good life, and especially the notion of Virtue itself, come from their world. To them, virtue had nothing to do with purity, nor modesty, nor God-given laws, nor sin and guilt, nor with any Sunday-school pretentiousness.Rather, it originally meant 'excellence' and 'greatness of soul'. It was tied to more assertive qualities like strength and courage, and to social qualities like friendship. It was also connected to spiritual principles like the nature of the soul, the hope for immortality, and even the pursuit of happiness itself. Using ancient heroic epics and sagas like "Beowulf", the "Illiad" and "Odyssey", the "Eddas", the "Tain Bo Cuailnge", and literature inspired by them including the works of the Renaissance and Romanticism, Shakespeare, Tolkien, and J.K. Rowling, this book explains the world-view that gave birth to our virtues. In that world-view, life involves inevitable confrontations with inexplicable events like fortune, nature, other people, and death itself. However, the good life itself becomes possible when we face them and respond to them. Finally, the book calls for a revival of heroic and classical virtue in our time.Trade ReviewThis is one of the most important books you can read. 'The Other Side of Virtue' explores territory that is vitally important to understand at this critical time in our history. Reading it will deepen your soul. It might seem strange to recommend cheating when discussing a book on virtues and ethics, but let me say this: this is one of the most important books you can read, but if you doubt this, turn to the very last two pages of the book and read the final passage marked 'The Messenger'. Better still, start at the beginning and let the book deepen your soul and broaden your understanding. Philip Carr-Gomm, Author of "Sacred Places", Chief of the Order of Bards, Ovates and Druids [selected] The Other Side of Virtue is a bold reviving of the deepest ethics of past heroic societies, of spirited people living in a world of ultimate immensities, crafting lives of intrinsic value and meaning. This is a book full of fascinating insights and well worth the interest of readers concerned with the ethical dilemmas of the modern world. It is filled with arresting insights, unexpected turns of analysis, and the kind of rich analytic context that will more than repay the efforts made by its readers. It has given me much to think about, and much to re-think. Gus DiZerega, Professor of Political Science, St. Lawrence University; author of Pagans and Christians, and Of Fish and Men
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The University of Chicago Press A Fragile Life
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The University of Chicago Press Why We Need Ordinary Language Philosophy
Book SynopsisArgues for the solution provided by ordinary language philosophy - a philosophy that trusts and utilizes the everyday use of language and the clarity of meaning it provides - and in doing so offers a major contribution to the philosophy of language and twentieth- and twenty-first-century philosophy as a whole.Trade Review"Sandra Laugier's book is already quite influential in France and Italy, and it has drawn a renewed interest in language conceived not only as a cognitive capacity but also as used, and meant, as part of our form of life. This translation is very welcome, even indispensable, and could change the perspective on philosophy of language as well as on the analytic/continental divide." (Stanley Cavell, Harvard University)"
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The University of Chicago Press Socrates Second Sailing On Platos Republic
Book SynopsisIn this section-by-section commentary, Benardete argues that Plato's Republic is a holistic analysis of the beautiful, the good, and the just. This book provides a fresh interpretation of the Republic and a new understanding of philosophy as practised by Plato and Socrates.
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Indiana University Press A General Introduction to the Semiotic of Charles
Book SynopsisPresents a systematic account of Peirce's theory, including the role of semiotic in the system of sciences, with an analysis of its three main branches - grammar, critical logic, and universal rhetoric.Table of ContentsPreface1. The Discipline of Semeiotic2. Semeiotic Grammar3. Critical Logic4. Universal RhetoricNotesReferencesIndex
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Univocal Publishing LLC Dictionary of Non-Philosophy
Book SynopsisIn The Dictionary of Non-Philosophy, the French thinker François Laruelle does something unprecedented for philosophers: he provides an enormous dictionary with a theoretical introduction, carefully crafting his thoughts to explain the numerous terms and neologisms that he deems necessary for the project of non-philosophy. With a collective of thinkers also interested in the project, Laruelle has taken up the difficult task of creating an essential guide for entering into his non-standard, non-philosophical terrain. And for Laruelle, even the idea of a dictionary and what a dictionary is become material for his non-philosophical inquiries. As his opening note begins, “Thus on the surface and within the philosophical folds of the dictionary, identity and its effect upon meaning are what is at stake.”
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Univocal Publishing LLC Mad Like Artaud
Book SynopsisThose who are mad like Antonin Artaud, are they just as mad as he was? Madness, like the plague, is contagious, and everyone, from his psychiatrists to his disciples, family, and critics, everyone who gets close to Artaud, seems to participate in his delirium. Sylvère Lotringer explores various embodiments of this shared delirium through what Artaud called “mental dramas”—a series of confrontations with his witnesses or “persecutors” where we uncover the raw delirium at work, even in Lotringer himself. Mad Like Artaud does not intend to add one more layer of commentary to the bitter controversies that have been surrounding the cursed poet’s work since his death in 1948, nor does it take sides among the different camps who are still haggling over his corpse. This book speaks of the site where “madness” itself is simmering. Trade Review"A fascinating book, and truly a superbly written one as well." —The Wonderful World of TamTam Books
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Univocal Publishing LLC The Man Who Walked in Color
Book SynopsisFor Georges Didi-Huberman, artist James Turrell is an inventor of impossible spaces and unthinkable sites, of aporias, of fables. Creator of some of the most fascinating works of the late twentieth and early twenty-first century, Turrell uses as his medium the most elemental material of sight and art: light. One crucial aspect of his work is the fabulation of place and vision with its foundation deep in history. Didi-Huberman takes the reader on a journey between the impossible limit of the horizon and the arrival into a site of reverie and light, from the story of Exodus to the Pala d’Oro of San Marco’s Basilica in Venice, through art history and the origins of religious worship, finally plunging into Turrell’s cadmium dust and light, into the Painted Desert of his installation Roden Crater. For the esteemed art historian, Turrell’s artistic practice becomes the equivalent of walking along endless pathways in the desert, in “minuscule cathedrals where man discovers himself walking in color.”Trade Review"Burk’s translation of Didi-Huberman’s The Man Who Walked in Color allows the flesh of words to express the flesh of colour and light, the solidity and volume of fabled spaces, and the quickness and the obdurateness of material objects and surfaces. Beautifully produced, this book is an elegant visual complement to the original Minuit edition of Didi-Huberman’s essay."—French Studies"In his slim but densely structured philosophical study, which takes the form of an extended fable, Georges Didi-Huberman explores the visionary quality of Turrell’s work in both its spiritual and phenomenological dimensions."—Leonardo Reviews
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Zone Books A Dream Interpreted within a Dream: Oneiropoiesis
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Dover Publications Inc. Experience and Nature
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Random House Publishing Group The Choice
Book SynopsisChoice! The key is Choice. You have options. You need not spend your life wallowing in failure, ignorance, grief, poverty, shame, and self-pity. But, hold on! If this is true then why have so many among us apparently elected to live in that manner? The answer is obvious. Those who live in unhappy failure have never exercised their options for a better way of life because they have never been aware that they had any Choices !
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University of California Press Observations on the Feeling of the Beautiful and
Book SynopsisWhen originally published in 1960, this was the first complete English translation since 1799 of Kant's early work on aesthetics. More literary than philosophical, "Observations" shows Kant as a man of feeling rather than the dry thinker he often seemed to readers of the three "Critiques".Table of ContentsTRANSLATOR'S INTRODUCTION NOTE ON THE TRANSLATION OBSERVATIONS ON THE FEELING OF THE BEAUTIFUL AND SUBLIME SECTION ONE: Of the Distinct Objects of the Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime SECTION Two: Of the Attributes of the Beautiful and Sublime in Man in General SECTION THREE : Of the Distinction of the Beautiful and Sublime in the Interrelations of the Two Sexes SECTION FOUR: Of National Characteristics, so far as They Depend upon the Distinct Feeling of the Beautiful and Sublime TRANSLATOR'S NOTES
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Taylor & Francis The Shorter Logical Investigations
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Taylor & Francis Gramsci and Trotsky in the Shadow of Stalinism
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Words and Things An Examination of and an Attack
Book SynopsisWhen Ernest Gellner was his early thirties, he took it upon himself to challenge the prevailing philosophical orthodoxy of the day, Linguistic Philosophy. Finding a powerful ally in Bertrand Russell, who provided the foreword for this book, Gellner embarked on the project that was to put him on the intellectual map. The first determined attempt to state the premises and operational rules of the movement, Words and Things remains philosophy''s most devastating attack on a conventional wisdom to this day.Trade Review'I find myself in very close agreement with Mr. Gellner's doctrines as set forth in this book.' - Bertrand Russell
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Taylor & Francis The Provocation of Levinas Rethinking the Other Warwick Studies in Philosophy and Literature
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Taylor & Francis Herbert Marcuse A Critical Reader
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Taylor & Francis Deconstruction and the Possibility of Justice
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Cambridge University Press Hope and Christian Ethics
Book SynopsisThe theological virtue of hope has long been neglected in Christian ethics. However, as social, civic and global anxieties mount, the need to overcome despair has become urgent. This book proposes the theological virtue of hope as a promising source of rejuvenation. Theological hope sustains us from the sloth, presumption and despair that threaten amid injustice, tragedy and dying; it provides an ultimate meaning and transcendent purpose to our lives; and it rejoices and refreshes us ''on the way'' with the prospect of eternal beatitude. Rather than degrading this life and world, hope ordains earthly goods to our eschatological end, forming us to pursue social justice with a resilience and vitality that transcend the cynicism and disillusionment so widespread at present. Drawing on Thomas Aquinas and virtue ethics, the book shows how the virtue of hope contributes to human happiness in this life and not just the next.Trade Review'David Elliot's excellent new monograph takes up a neglected topic - the theological virtue of hope - and elegantly defends it from various contemporary criticisms and misunderstandings. What Elliot shows us is that we actually cannot do without the crucial hinge of hope in any richly-reflective ethics of virtue; and he draws deeply on both ancient and modern sources to prove it. Thought-provoking and illuminating by turns, and beautifully written too, this book can be recommended to all students of ethics who seek to understand how to resist the contemporary forces of cynicism and despair.' Sarah Coakley, Norris-Hulse Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge'Faith and love have always played a central part in Christian theology, but the theological virtue of hope has been relatively neglected. David Elliot shows how much we have to learn from a focused study of hope understood in Aquinas' terms as a theological virtue. The other-worldly orientation of hope might suggest that it has little relevance for our worldly lives, but he argues that hope is the only effective remedy for the many forms of presumption and despair that undermine our personal and public lives. Elliot develops this argument through subtle, detailed examinations of these vices as they manifest themselves through cynicism, apathy, worldliness, and false self-sufficiency, drawing on the full range of Christian reflection on the virtues while engaging contemporary moral philosophers such as Phillipa Foot, Rosalind Hursthouse, and Richard Rorty. This book reflects considerable philosophical sophistication and theological depth, and it will set a benchmark for studies in virtue ethics for many years to come.' Jean Porter, John A. O'Brien Professor of Theology, University of Notre Dame, Indiana'In this lyrical yet learned essay on hope, David Elliot redeems this neglected virtue from too many years in the shadows. Hope brings good news to an age that desperately needs it, bridging the 'eudaimonia gap'. Deftly delineating the contours of theological hope in relation to the opposed vices of presumption and despair, Hope and Christian Ethics offers up a fresh Thomistic portrait of the virtue, spiced by spirited exchanges with a host of promoters and detractors, past and present.' Jennifer Herdt, Gilbert Stark Professor of Christian Ethics, Yale University, Connecticut'David Elliot offers a penetrating account of hope rooted in the thought of Aquinas that would impress even the most ardent Thomist. Yet he capaciously engages a great breadth of the Western intellectual tradition from the Greeks and Romans, through Nietzsche, to contemporary scholars including John Bowlin, Jeffrey Stout, and Timothy Jackson. He manages to recover long-neglected resources from the tradition on hope - such as despair, presumption, and worldliness - in a manner both intellectually robust and readily practically applicable. On top of all this Elliot writes simply exquisite prose. With this book Elliot joins Josef Pieper in setting the standard for scholarship on hope.' William C. Mattison III, University of Notre Dame, IndianaTable of Contents1. The Eudaimonia gap; 2. The theological virtue of hope in Aquinas; 3. Rejoicing in hope; 4. Presumption and moral reform; 5. Despair and consolation; 6. The problem of worldliness; 7. Hope and the Earthly City; Bibliography; Notes; Index.
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Hackett Publishing Co, Inc A History of Philosophy in America Volume 2
Book SynopsisIncludes such contents as: The Absolute Immigrates to America - The St Louis Hegelians; The Evolutionary Controversy; Charles Sanders Peirce; William James, the Tough-Minded - An Appraisal; Josiah Royce; George Santayana - The Exile at Home; Dewey - Battling Against Dualisms; C I Lewis: Conceptualistic Pragmatism; Epilogue; and, Index.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Epicurean Tradition
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Harvard University Press Force and Freedom
Book SynopsisRipstein gives a comprehensive yet accessible account of Kant's political philosophy. In addition to providing a clear and coherent statement of the most misunderstood of Kant's ideas, Ripstein also shows that Kant's views remain conceptually powerful and morally appealing today.Trade ReviewOne sunny spring day nearly forty years ago, I was sitting in an open air café in Ithaca, New York, having coffee with Hans-Georg Gadamer… Gadamer said that the biggest single lacuna in Kant studies was the absence of a really good book on Kant’s Rechtslehre. It ought to be a book, he declared, that did not start out from Kantian ethics, but instead expounded Kant’s theory of human rights, law and politics authentically, solely on the ground of Kant’s concept of Recht: external freedom according to universal law… Until now, however, I have never found the book Gadamer thought so badly needed to be written. But this book finally appears to be it. -- Allen Wood * Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *There can be little doubt that this is the book against which all other interpretations of Kant’s legal and political theory will be measured. -- Andrew Botterell * Canadian Journal of Political Science *Force and Freedom is arguably the best book ever written on Kant’s legal and political philosophy. -- Jon Mandle * Dialogue *A prominent feature of the landscape in moral philosophy and its history during the past forty years has been the simultaneous flowering of scholarship on Kant, alongside Kantian approaches to contemporary ethical theory. Kant’s legal and political philosophies have fared less well, however. With some notable exceptions, they have attracted less sustained scholarly interest and inspired nothing like the contributions to current debates of Kantian moral philosophers such as Herman, Hill, and Korsgaard. Arthur Ripstein’s Force and Freedom goes a long way to redressing this imbalance. It provides both a beautifully clear and insightful interpretation of the relevant Kantian texts as well as a sympathetic and forceful presentation of their central claims and arguments as Ripstein interprets them. It is a remarkable achievement. -- Stephen Darwall * Legal Theory *This is one of the best books on Kant’s legal philosophy to appear to date. It is both an outstanding commentary on Kant and an important work of legal-political philosophy with much contemporary relevance. What is perhaps most impressive about this book is how much unity it uncovers in Kant’s legal and political thought. -- Martin J. Stone, Benjamin N. Cardozo School of LawThis masterful treatment of Kant’s legal and political philosophy gets to the heart of Kant’s endeavor and its virtues with wonderful clarity—a terrific achievement. We learn from Ripstein both how Kant’s legal and political philosophy is best understood and how this philosophy can be defended and employed in ongoing philosophical debates. I regard this as the very best kind of approach to the history of philosophy. -- A. John Simmons, University of VirginiaTable of Contents* Preface * Acknowledgment *1. Kant on Law and Justice *2. The Innate Right of Humanity *3. Private Right I: Acquired Rights *4. Private Right II: Property *5. Private Right III: Contract and Consent *6. Three Defects in the State of Nature *7. Public Right I: Giving Laws to Ourselves *8. Public Right II: Roads to Freedom *9. Public Right III: Redistribution and Equality of Opportunity *10. Public Right IV: Punishment *11. Public Right V: Revolution and the Right of Human Beings as Such * Appendix "A Postulate Incapable of Further Proof"
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Harvard University Press From Frege to Godel A Source Book in
Book SynopsisGathered together here are the fundamental texts of the great classical period in modern logic. A complete translation of Gottlob Frege’s Begriffsschrift—which opened a great epoch in the history of logic by fully presenting propositional calculus and quantification theory—begins the volume, which concludes with papers by Herbrand and by Gödel.Trade ReviewIt is difficult to describe this book without praising it… [From Frege to Gödel] is, in effect, the record of an important chapter in the history of thought. No serious student of logic or foundations of mathematics will want to be without it. * Review of Metaphysics *There can be no doubt that the book is a valuable contribution to the logical literature and that it will certainly spread the knowledge of mathematical logic and its history in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. -- Andrzej Mostowski * Synthese *Jean van Heijenoort’s Source Book in Mathematical Logic offers a judicious selection of articles, lectures and correspondence on mathematical logic and the foundations of mathematics, covering the whole of the single most fertile period in the history of logic, namely from 1879 (the year of Frege’s epochmaking discovery/invention of modern mathematical logic) to 1931 (the year of Gödel’s epoch-ending incompleteness theorem). All the translations are impeccable. Each piece is introduced by an expository article and additionally furnished with a battery of supplementary technical, historical, and philosophical comments in the form of additional footnotes. The collection as a whole allows one to relive each of the crucial steps in this formative period in the history of logic, from Frege’s introduction of the Begriffsschrift, to the discovery of Russell’s paradox (including Frege’s heroic and heartbreaking letter of congratulation to Russell), the development of axiomatic set theory, the program of Russell and Whitehead’s Principia Mathematica, Brouwer’s intuitionism, Hilbert’s proof theory, to the limitative theorems of Skolem and Gödel, to mention only a few of the highlights. Anyone with a serious interest in the history or philosophy of logic will want to own this volume. -- James Conant, University of ChicagoFor more than three decades this outstanding collection has been the authoritative source of basic texts in mathematical logic in the English language; it remains without peer to this day. -- Michael Detlefson, University of Notre DameYear in, year out, I recommend this book enthusiastically to students and colleagues for sources in the history and philosophy of modern logic and the foundations of mathematics; I use my own copy so much, it is falling apart. -- Solomon Feferman, Stanford UniversityA Bible for historians of logic and computer science, this invaluable collection will profit anyone interested in the interplay between mathematics and philosophy in the early decades of the twentieth century. It provides a unique and comprehensive way to appreciate how modern mathematical logic unfolded in the hands of its greatest founding practitioners. -- Juliet Floyd, Boston UniversityFrom Frege to Gödel is the single most important collection of original papers from the development of mathematical logic—an invaluable source for all students of the subject. -- Michael Friedman, University of IndianaMeticulously edited, with excellent translations and helpful introductory notes, From Frege to Gödel is an indispensable volume for anyone interested in the development of modern logic and its philosophical impact. -- Warren Goldfarb, Harvard UniversityFrom Frege to Gödel lays out before our eyes the turbulent panorama in which modern logic came to be. -- W. D. Hart, University of Illinois at ChicagoThe outstanding quality of the translations and introductions still make this source book the most important reference for the history of mathematical logic. -- Paolo Mancosu, University of California, BerkeleyIf there is one book that every philosopher interested in the history of logic should own, not to mention all the philosophers who pretend they know something about the history of logic, From Frege to Gödel is that book. -- Hilary Putnam, Harvard UniversityTable of Contents1. Frege (1879). Begriffsschrift, a formula language, modeled upon that of arithmetic, for pure thought 2. Peano (1889). The principles of arithmetic, presented by a new method 3.Dedekind (1890a). Letter to Keferstein Burali-Forti (1897 and 1897a). A question on transfinite numbers and On well-ordered classes 4.Cantor (1899). Letter to Dedekind 5.Padoa (1900). Logical introduction to any deductive theory 6,Russell (1902). Letter to Frege 7.Frege (1902). Letter to Russell 8.Hilbert (1904). On the foundations of logic and arithmetic 9.Zermelo (1904). Proof that every set can be well-ordered 10.Richard (1905). The principles of mathematics and the problem of sets 11.Konig (1905a). On the foundations of set theory and the continuum problem 12.Russell (1908a). Mathematical logic as based on the theory of types 13.Zermelo (1908). A new proof of the possibility of a well-ordering 14.Zermelo (l908a). Investigations in the foundations of set theory I Whitehead and Russell (1910). Incomplete symbols: Descriptions 15.Wiener (1914). A simplification of the logic of relations 16.Lowenheim (1915). On possibilities in the calculus of relatives 17.Skolem (1920). Logico-combinatorial investigations in the satisfiability or provability of mathematical propositions: A simplified proof of a theorem by L. Lowenheim and generalizations of the 18.theorem 19.Post (1921). Introduction to a general theory of elementary propositions 20.Fraenkel (1922b). The notion "definite" and the independence of the axiom of choice 21.Skolem (1922). Some remarks on axiomatized set theory 22.Skolem (1923). The foundations of elementary arithmetic established by means of the recursive mode of thought, without the use of apparent variables ranging over infinite domains 23.Brouwer (1923b, 1954, and 1954a). On the significance of the principle of excluded middle in mathematics, especially in function theory, Addenda and corrigenda, and Further addenda and corrigenda von Neumann (1923). On the introduction of transfinite numbers Schonfinkel (1924). On the building blocks of mathematical logic filbert (1925). On the infinite von Neumann (1925). An axiomatization of set theory Kolmogorov (1925). On the principle of excluded middle Finsler (1926). Formal proofs and undecidability Brouwer (1927). On the domains of definition of functions filbert (1927). The foundations of mathematics Weyl (1927). Comments on Hilbert's second lecture on the foundations of mathematics Bernays (1927). Appendix to Hilbert's lecture "The foundations of mathematics" Brouwer (1927a). Intuitionistic reflections on formalism Ackermann (1928). On filbert's construction of the real numbers Skolem (1928). On mathematical logic Herbrand (1930). Investigations in proof theory: The properties of true propositions Godel (l930a). The completeness of the axioms of the functional calculus of logic Godel (1930b, 1931, and l931a). Some metamathematical results on completeness and consistency, On formally undecidable propositions of Principia mathematica and related systems I, and On completeness and consistency Herbrand (1931b). On the consistency of arithmetic References Index
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Postcolonial African Philosophy
Book SynopsisPostcolonial African Philosophy: A Critical Reader sets out a timely and powerful agenda for contemporary African, Afro-Caribbean, and African American philosophy.Trade Review"We are indeed blessed to have Eze's up-to-date and magnificent anthology. It brings together some of the most stimulating texts of African philosophy. Its ambitious effort will serve well all those interested in African Studies and students and professionals of philosophy in general." V. Y. Mudimbe, Stanford University " Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze has assembled a collection of essays that will be a most substantial contribution to making the case for African philosophy. Not just by the persuasiveness of each argument, but, as well, by virtue of each person who contributes to the effort. One important effect will be to further the development of African philosophy by moving the discussion well beyond the potential danger of confinement within improper conceptions of raciality not simply by attacking racialized thought, but via the constitutive activities of the contributors. This collection is, then, to be read and pondered in a number of respects in order to appreciate fully the very important contribution it is. " Professor Lucius Outlaw, Haverford CollegeTable of ContentsIntroduction: Philosophy and the (post) Colonial: Emmanuel Chuckwudi Eze (Bucknell University). 1. Philosophy, Culture and Technology in the Postcolonial: Kwame Gyekye (University of Ghana). 2. Is Modern Science a European System of Knowledge?: Sandra Harding (University of Delaware). 3. African Philosophy and Modernity: Peter Amato (Fordham University). 4. The Color of Reason: The Idea of Race in Kant's Anthropology: Emmanuel Chukwudi Eze (Bucknell University). 5. The Critique of Eurocentrism and the Practice of African Philosophy: Tsenay Serequeberhan (Simmons College). 6. Critic of Boers or Africans? Arendt's Treatment of South Africa in Origins of Totalitarianism: Gail Presby (Marist College). 7. African Philosophy's Challenge to Continental Philosophy: Robert Bernasconi (Memphis University). 8. Understanding African Philosophy from a Non-African Point of View: An Exercise in Cross-Cultural Philosophy: Richard Bell (College of Wooster). 9. Alterity, Dialogue, and African Philosophy: Bruce Janz (Augustana University College). 10. Tragic Dimensions of our Neocolonial 'Postcolonial World': Lewis Gordon (Purdue University). 11. Honor, Eunuchs, and the Postcolonial Subject: Leonard Harris (Purdue University). 12. Post-Philosophy and the Post-Colonial: John Pittman (John Jay College of Criminal Justice). 13. African Philosophy and the Post-Colonial: Some Misleading Abstractions about 'Identity': D. A. Masolo (Antioch College). 14. Democracy and Consensus in African Traditional Politics: A Plea for Non-Party Polity: Kwasi Wiredu (University of South Florida). 15. Of the Good use of Tradition: Keeping the Critical Perspective in African Philosophy: Jean-Marie Makang (University of Maryland). 16. Toward a Critical Theory of African (Post) Colonial Identities: Emmanuel Chuckwudi Eze (Bucknell University). Bibliography.
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John Wiley and Sons Ltd Wittgensteins Place in TwentiethCentury Analytic
Book Synopsis* Provides unique survey of analytic philosophy* Authoritative assessment of Wittgenstein, his achievements and influence* The culmination of 20 years of scholarship* The epilogue. .Trade Review"A mojor contribution to the history of analytic philosophy, this substantial volume delivers even more than the title promises" David G Stern, The Philosophical ReviewTable of ContentsPreface ix Acknowledgements xii List of Abbreviations xiv Chapter 1 The Background 1 1 The origins of analytic philosophy 1 2 The problem-setting context of the Tractatus 12 Chapter 2 The Achievement of the Tractatus 22 1 Unquestioned legacy 22 2 Criticisms of Frege and Russell 26 3 The metaphysical picture of the relation of thought, language and reality 29 4 The positive account of the propositions of logic 32 5 The critique of metaphysics and the conception of future philosophy as analysis 35 Chapter 3 The Impact of the Tractatus: The Vienna Circle 39 1 The Vienna Circle 39 2 Philosophy, analysis, and the scientific world-view 42 3 The demolition of metaphysics 44 4 Necessary propositions, conventionalism and consistent empiricism 45 5 The principle of verification 50 6 The unity of science 59 Chapter 4 The Inter-war Years: Cambridge and Oxford 67 1 Cambridge between the wars 67 2 Wittgenstein in Cambridge 76 3 Oxford between the wars 87 Chapter 5 The Achievement of the Investigations 97 1 The hedgehog and the fox 97 2 The repudiation of analysis 103 3 The nature of philosophy 110 4 Metaphysics 117 5 Philosophy of language and the unity of the Investigations 123 6 Philosophical psychology 130 Chapter 6 Wittgenstein’s Impact upon Post-war Analytic Philosophy 137 1 Publications and pupils 138 2 Philosophy at Oxford, 1945-70 148 3 Wittgenstein and post-war philosophy at Oxford 162 Chapter 7 Post-positivism in the United States and Quine’s Apostasy 183 1 The logical positivists in America 183 2 Quine and Wittgenstein: similarity amidst differences 189 3 Quine and logical empiricism: the end of analytic philosophy? 193 4 Quine’s progress 196 5 Quine and Wittgenstein: differences beneath similarities 207 Chapter 8 The decline of Analytic Philosophy 228 1 The critical backlash 228 2 Criticisms of Wittgenstein 239 3 The aftermath 264 Notes 274 Index 334
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Princeton University Press A Philosophy of Culture The Scope of Holistic
Book SynopsisOffers a reconsideration of the philosophy of culture in the twentieth century. This book defends the holistic view that scientific belief is tested by experience but that such testing is rightly applied to systems or conjunctions of beliefs, not isolated beliefs.Trade Review"White's picture of pragmatism is distinctive, original, and highly relevant in contemporary philosophy. The new book will be of interest both for systematic philosophers working on philosophy of language, philosophy of science, philosophy of law, or ethics, and for historians of philosophy studying American pragmatism and its influence in twentieth-century thought."—S. Pihlström, Transactions of the Charles S. Peirce Society"This book has a number of signal virtues. First of all, it is extremely well written with an admirable sense for the telling detail. Second, it covers a wide range of topics and authors, many of them not well known today. Third, it is idea-driven history, a discussion shaped so as to make a free-standing philosophical point rather than a mere narrative."—Raymond Geuss, Cambridge University, author of Public Goods, Private Goods and History and Illusion in Politics"In this fine work, Morton White documents what he describes as the gradual defeat of classical rationalism at the hands of a doctrine he calls 'holistic pragmatism' in the twentieth century. This doctrine holds that all our beliefs are subject to the test of experience, and that they all face this test not individually but as a corporate body in the way that has become familiar as the Duhem-Quine thesis. What is special about White's account is his extension of this thesis to the moral realm, an extension he here recounts with primary reference to his differences with Quine. The broad sweep of White's treatment is intended to exemplify as well as to promote the philosophical analysis of fundamental beliefs in the several departments of civilization and so to expand the scope of such analysis beyond its recent preoccupation with logic, mathematics, and science. In this laudable enterprise, White succeeds beyond doubt, thereby performing an invaluable service both to philosophy and to the comprehensive study of culture."—Israel Scheffler, Harvard UniversityTable of ContentsPrologue ix Chapter I: 1 Holistic Pragmatism and the Philosophy of Culture 1 Chapter II: William James:Psychologist and Philosopher of Religion Chapter III: John Dewey's Philosophy of Ar 24 Chapter IV: The Dualisms of Earlier Pragmatism 44 Chapter V: Early Epistemological Holism and the Dualisms of Logical Empiricism 54 Chapter VI: Holistic Pragmatism and Natural Science: Tarski and Quine 66 Chapter VII: Holistic Pragmatism and the Philosophy of History 77 Chapter VIII: Philosophy of Ar as Philosophy of Language: Nelson Goodman 108 Chapter IX: Rule,Ruling,and Prediction in the Law: Har v. Holmes 126 Chapter X: Holistic Pragmatism,Ethics,and Rawls's Theory of Justice 153 Chapter XI: Philosophy as Philosophy of Culture 178 Index 189
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Harvard University Press Philosophy of Logic Second Edition
Book SynopsisWith customary incisiveness, Quine presents logic as the product of truth and grammar but argues against the doctrine that the logical truths are true because of grammar or language. Rather, in presenting a general theory of grammar and discussing the boundaries and possible extensions of logic, he argues that logic is not a mere matter of words.Trade ReviewQuine has few if any equals as an expositor of logic… The field in which he has made himself preeminent is that of the philosophy of logic, to which…Philosophy of Logic is a short but brilliant introduction. * Times Literary Supplement *By virtue of intellectual power, range and fertility of ideas and brilliance of presentation, Quine is the most distinguished and influential of living philosophers. * London Review of Books *Quine pursues his philosophical vision with an uncompromising consistency of purpose that makes his doctrines impossible to ignore. You either go with him or define your position in reaction to his. And this is one mark of a great philosopher. * Journal of Philosophy *Table of Contents1. Meaning and Truth Objection to propositions Propositions as information Diffuseness of empirical meaning Propositions dismissed Truth and semantic ascent Tokens and eternal sentences 2. Grammar Grammar by recursion Categories Immanence and transcendence Grammarian's goal reexamined Logical grammar Redundant devices Names and functors Lexicon, particle, and name Criterion of lexicon Time, events, adverbs Attitudes and modality 3. Truth Truth and satisfaction Satisfaction by sequences Tarski's definition of truth Paradox in the object language Resolution in set theory 4. Logical Truth In terms of structure In terms of substitution In terms of models Adequacy of substituteon
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Columbia University Press Recognition or Disagreement
Book SynopsisAxel Honneth is known for his critique of modern society centered on a concept of recognition. Jacques Rancière has advanced a theory of modern politics based on disagreement. In a rare dialogue, these philosophers explore the affinities and tensions between their perspectives to provoke new ideas for social and political change.Trade ReviewWhen two hard stones are rubbed against each other, it produces sparks and light: this is what happens with this encounter 'in the real' between two major 'critical' philosophers of our time, both committed to democratizing democracy but addressing its current limits from opposite angles. A synthesis is not possible, though a commuting is immensely fruitful in order to elaborate one's own choices. The conversation is perfectly staged and commented upon by the editors. This book will be a point of reference. -- Etienne Balibar, author of Violence and Civility: On the Limits of Political Philosophy What form should critical theory take today? This is the question at stake in this encounter between two influential social and political philosophers. The editors expertly situate this dialogue within the terrain of contemporary critical theory, producing a text that will spark new conversations in the field. -- David Owen, author of Nietzsche's Genealogy of Morality After repeated failed efforts over the preceding decades to manufacture a debate or force an encounter between the putative representatives of German critical theory and French post-structuralism, this book may be the first to succeed at staging a genuine engagement between two preeminent figures in contemporary critical thought. This mise en scene ultimately produces its own mesentente-since each author says 'equality' and 'recognition' yet there is never the same understanding-but perhaps that is the book's greatest strength: to bring this dis-agreement into animacy, to attempt the distorting translation of these untranslatable terms, and in the process to allow the reader to experience the power of Honneth and Ranciere's thought. -- Samuel A. Chambers, author of Bearing Society in Mind: Theories and Politics of the Social Formation This timely and important book brings together for the first time two of the leading practitioners of what can be termed 'critical theory,' the borderland where critical approaches to social and political theory, philosophy, and other fields as dispersed as history, aesthetics, and psychology meet. In so doing, Recognition or Disagreement will help to revive critical theory as a politically engaged and philosophically rigorous intellectual endeavor that extends across disciplines, approaches, and traditions, and to renew the long but disjointed dialogue between German and French approaches to the field. It is a major contribution. -- James Ingram, author of Radical Cosmopolitics: The Ethics and Politics of Democratic Universalism In this fascinating and groundbreaking exchange, the eminent thinkers Axel Honneth and Jacques Ranciere discuss the differences between their respective paradigms of recognition and disagreement. Is social struggle driven by the desire for inclusion within established democratic forms or by a more radical impulse to challenge the legitimacy of the dominant order itself? Is the task of the theorist to reveal hidden forms of social suffering or to bear witness to the agency of the oppressed in the fight for equality? As well as clarifying their differences, the thinkers converge on the shared conviction that the experience of injustice must be of paramount concern for political theorizing rather than, as is more often the case nowadays, being regarded as a surprising deviation from the norm of justice. For anyone interested in the continuing encounter between French and German critical theory, this is an indispensable and thought-provoking read. -- Lois McNay, author of Bearing Society in Mind: Theories and Politics of the Social FormationTable of ContentsPart I. Setting the Stage 1. Jacques Ranciere and Axel Honneth: (Two?) Critical Approaches to the Political, by Katia Genel 2. Between Honneth and Ranciere: Problems and Potentials of a Contemporary Critical Theory of Society, by Jean-Philippe Deranty Part II. A Critical Encounter 3. Critical Questions: On the Theory of Recognition, by Jacques Ranciere 4. Remarks on the Philosophical Approach of Jacques Ranciere, by Axel Honneth 5. A Critical Discussion Part III. The Method of Critical Theory: Propositions 6. The Method of Equality: Politics and Poetics, by Jacques Ranciere 7. Of the Poverty of Our Liberty: The Greatness and Limits of Hegel's Doctrine of Ethical Life, by Axel Honneth Notes Bibliography Index
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Princeton University Press EitherOr Part II
Book SynopsisA reflective presentation of aspects of the "either," the esthetic view of life. It offers a collection of sardonic aphorisms that include essays on Mozart, modern drama, and boredom; and "The Seducer's Diary".Trade Review"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library Journal
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Harvard University Press Pragmatism and The Meaning of Truth
Book SynopsisPragmatism is the most famous single work of American philosophy. Its sequel, The Meaning of Truth, is its imperative and inevitable companion. The definitive texts of both works by William James are here available for the first time in one volume, with an introduction by the distinguished contemporary philosopher A. J. Ayer.Table of ContentsIntroduction by A. J. Ayer Pragmatism Notes The Meaning of Truth Notes Index
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Harvard University Press Varieties of Presence
Book SynopsisThe world shows up for us, but, as Alva Noë contends in his latest exploration of the problem of consciousness, it doesn’t show up for free. We must show up, too, and bring along what knowledge and skills we’ve cultivated. As with a painting in a gallery, the world has no meaning—no presence to be experienced—apart from our able engagement with it.Trade ReviewThere is nothing quite like this book available. Noë is a highly original thinker and very bold in the way he propounds his views, which range widely over topics in the theory of perception and cognition. He is selling a new way of thinking about perception and thought—and doing it very much in his own way. This book is extremely interesting and will be a source of ideas for readers with various interests. -- Paul Snowdon, University College LondonBy making present the philosophy in art and the art in philosophy, Noë reveals the many ways the world shows up for us thanks to our consciousness being a kind of skillful understanding. Philosophers especially, but also artists, historians, and scientists, will find new insights on every page of this passionate and profound reflection on human experience. -- Evan Thompson, University of Toronto
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Princeton University Press Works of Love
Book SynopsisThe various kinds and conditions of love are a common theme for Kierkegaard, beginning with his early "Either/Or", through "The Diary of the Seducer" and Judge William's eulogy on married love, to his last work, on the changelessness of God's love. This work presents an analysis of the forms and sources of love.Trade Review"The definitive edition of the Writings. The first volume ... indicates the scholarly value of the entire series: an introduction setting the work in the context of Kierkegaard's development; a remarkably clear translation; and concluding sections of intelligent notes."--Library JournalTable of ContentsHistorical IntroductionLove's Hidden Life and Its Recognition by Its Fruits5You Shall Love17You Shall Love the Neighbor44You Shall Love the Neighbor61Romans 13:10. Love Is the Fulfilling of the Law91Love Is a Matter of Conscience135Our Duty to Love the People We See154Our Duty to Remain in Love's Debt to One Another175Love Builds Up209Love Believes All Things - and Yet Is Never Deceived225Love Hopes All Things - and Yet Is Never Put to Shame246Love Does Not Seek Its Own264Love Hides a Multitude of Sins280Love Abides300Mercifulness, a Work of Love Even If It Can Give Nothing and Is Able to Do Nothing315The Victory of the Conciliatory Spirit in Love, Which Wins the One Overcome331The Work of Love in Recollecting One Who Is Dead345The Work of Love in Praising Love359Conclusion375Supplement387Key to References388Original Title Pages of Works of Love, First and Second Series390Selected Entries from Kierkegaard's Journals and Papers Pertaining to Works of Love395Editorial Appendix489Acknowledgments491Collation of Works of Love in the Danish Editions of Kierkegaard's Collected Works493Notes499Bibliographical Note529Index531
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Princeton University Press Utopophobia
Book SynopsisTrade Review"The publication of Utopophobia is a major event . . . the book is written in a crystal clear and yet almost poetic style. . . . It provides the most careful and extensive defence of ideal theory to date."---Jacob Barrett, Mind"Utopophobia is a monumental achievement."---Zofia Stemplowska, Phil Studies"Masterful . . . fascinating and delightfully heretical."---Nic Southwood, Phil Studies"David Estlund is a leading political philosopher….he further cements himself as a crucial figure in ideal theory. … This book stakes out clear territory for the value of ideal theory against the challenge brought by nonideal theorists. …an impressive piece of philosophy."---Ryan Muldoon, Review of Politics
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Princeton University Press A Modern Legal Ethics
Book SynopsisProposes a renovation of legal ethics, one that contributes to ethical thought generally. This title reinterprets the positive law governing lawyers to identify fidelity as its organizing ideal. It asks what it is like - not psychologically but ethically - to practice law subject to the self-effacement that fidelity demands.Trade Review"[An] ambitious, original, and theoretically elegant book."--David Luban, Ethics "A Modern Legal Ethics is an intellectual whirlwind, sweeping from Aristotle and Kant to contemporary debates about impartial moral theory to the details of the Model Rules... What is most engaging is the question that drives Markovits throughout: is it possible for an adversary advocate today to have integrity?"--Benjamin C. Zipursky, Yale Law Journal "Markovits has given us in A Modern Legal Ethics a profound, provocative, and closely argued philosophical treatment of his subject."--Robert E. Rodes, Jr., American Journal of Jurisprudence "In a refreshing break from the positivist battle over the moral function of lawyers in an adversary system of adjudication, A Modern Legal Ethics investigates whether it is even possible for lawyers to occupy an ethical role in modern society... This unique perspective on the legal profession is informed by a combination of legal literature and political philosophy that is sure to capture the attention of academics and practicing lawyers alike."--Harvard Law Review "What makes lawyers unhappy is books like this one."--Monroe H. Freedman and Abbe Smith, Michigan Law Review "Markovits' work is an intelligent and thorough investigation of the possibility for lawyers to escape the criticism that they are often serving injustice rather than justice."--Norbert Campagna, Ethical Perspectives "In this complex and thought-provoking work, Markovits makes an original and substantial contribution to the field of professional legal ethics."--Tim Murphy, International Journal of Law in ContextTable of ContentsAcknowledgments xi Introduction 1 Part I Adversary Advocacy Chapter 1: The Wellsprings of Legal Ethics 25 Chapter 2: The Lawyerly Vices 44 Chapter 3: The Seeds of a Lawyerly Virtue 79 Part II Integrity Chapter 4: Introducing Integrity 103 Chapter 5: An Impartialist Rejoinder? 118 Chapter 6: Integrity and the First Person 134 Part III Comedy or Tragedy? Chapter 7: Integration through Role 155 Chapter 8: Lawyerly Fidelity and Political Legitimacy 171 Chapter 9: Tragic Villains 212 Postscript 247 Notes 255 Index of Cases Cited 341 Index of Model Rules and Other Authorities 347 Index of Subjects 351
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