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Taylor & Francis Artificial Intelligence The Case Against Volume 3 Routledge Library Editions Artificial Intelligence
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Taylor & Francis Artificial Intelligence The Case Against Routledge Library Editions Artificial Intelligence
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Taylor & Francis The Intellectual Origins of Modernity
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Taylor & Francis The Routledge Handbook of Metaphysical Grounding
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Taylor & Francis Locke and Leibniz on Substance
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Taylor & Francis Christian NorbergSchulzs Interpretation of Heideggers Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Hegels Metaphysics of God
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Taylor & Francis Gramsci and Foucault A Reassessment
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Taylor & Francis The Ethics of Justice Without Illusions
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Return of the Grasshopper
Book SynopsisIn this sequel to Bernard Suits' timeless classic philosophical work The Grasshopper: Games, Life and Utopia, published in its full and unabridged form for the first time, Suits continues to explore some of our most fundamental philosophical questions, including the value of sport and games, and their relationship to the good life.In Return of the Grasshopper, Suits puts his theoretical cards on the table, exploring the in-depth implications of his definition of utopia, assessing the merits of a gamified philosophy, and explaining how games can provide an existential balm against the fear of death. Perhaps most importantly, for the first time in print, Suits reveals his underlying worldview: that humanity is forever fated to endure a cyclical existence of privation, brought on by material scarcity, and boredom, resulting from material plenitude. An essential companion to The Grasshopper, this edition includes an introductory chapter that puts Suits' life Trade Review'Return of the Grasshopper is a long-awaited and much anticipated addition to our literature. It bears testimony to Suits’ remarkably fertile mind and his twin philosophic gifts for making bold assertions and raising puzzling questions. In this rich collection, Suits does both in a most provocative way.'Scott Kretchmar, Professor Emeritus, Penn State University, USA'This is the book that followers of the Grasshopper need! Return of the Grasshopper expands on Suits’ thoughts on utopia, death, and the good life in fascinating and tantalizing ways. Additionally, López Frías and Yorke’s introduction offers a clear and engaging background to Suits’ life and works.'Christopher Bartel, Professor of Philosophy, Appalachian State University, USA'A must-read for Suits scholars and anyone who was captivated by his whimsical presentation of ideas about games, language, and utopia in The Grasshopper. Suits’ sequel shows, once again, that analytic philosophy can address important questions--and be a lot of fun.'J.S. Russell, Faculty Emeritum, Langara College, Canada and former editor of the Journal of the Philosophy of Sport'No philosopher combines whimsy and profundity as successfully as Suits. This volume is a true gift.'Gwen Bradford, Associate Professor of Philosophy, Department of Philosophy, Rice University, USATable of ContentsIntroduction - Bernard Suits’ Return of the Grasshopper: A Philosophical Context and Novel Directions for Future Research, 1. Return of the Grasshopper, 2. Utopia Lost or Mislaid, 3. Three Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It, 4. Three More Ways to Play a Game Without Knowing It, 5. Life’s a Game and All the Men and Women Merely Players, 6. At Death’s Door, 7. The Smoking Gun, 8. Utopia Found, 9. Utopian Doctors and Lawyers, 10. Lusory Luddites, 11. The Scarcity Machine, 12. The End of the Future, 13. Aesop Revisited, Appendix 1: An Introduction to Grasshopper Soup, Appendix 2: Deconstructionist Digression, Appendix 3: A Perfectly Played Game
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Kant and the Problem of Politics
Book SynopsisThis book examines the significance of Kant's political philosophy in the context of contemporary philosophical and political debates. In the last few decades, Kantian specialists have increasingly manifested a purely exegetic and philological interest in Kant's oeuvre, while contemporary philosophers and scientists tend to use Kant with scant hermeneutical care, thus misrepresenting or misunderstanding his positions. This volume countervails these tendencies by focusing more on specific themes of contemporary relevance in Kant's writings. It looks to Kant's political thought for insight on tackling issues such as freedom of speech, democracy and populism, intergenerational justice, economic inequality, money, poverty, international justice and gender/feminism.Featuring readings by well-known Kant specialists and emerging scholars with unorthodox approaches to Kant's philosophy, the volume fills a significant gap in the existing scholarship on the philosopher and his works. ITable of ContentsIntroductionLuigi Caranti and Alessandro Pinzani1. The practice of sovereignty: Kant on the duties of national and international citizenshipPaul Guyer2. Kant via Rousseau against democracyLuigi Caranti3. A Kantian idea of intergenerational justiceJoel T. Klein4. Taking economic inequality seriously: Kantian viewsNunzio Alì and Alessandro Pinzani5. ‘Money, money, money …’: some reflections on Kant and moneyThomas Mertens6. Kant on social suffering: vulnerability as moral and legal valueNuria Sánchez Madrid7. Transnationalism and popular sovereigntyMacarena Marey8. Autonomy and practical reason in Kant and the feminist criticisms by Benhabib and AllenMonique Huslhof
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Taylor & Francis Ltd An Essay on the Foundations of Geometry
Book SynopsisAn Essay on the Foundations of Geometry was first published in 1897 when Bertrand Russell was 25 years old. It marks his first major foray into analytic philosophy, a movement in which Russell is one of the founding members and figurehead. It provides a brilliant insight into Russell''s early philosophical thought and an engaging and authoritative introduction to the philosophical and logical foundations of geometry - a version of which was fundamental to Einstein''s theory of relativity.Russell explores and introduces the concepts of geometry and their philosophical implications, including a historical overview of geometrical theory, making it an invaluable resource not only for students of philosophy but anyone interested in the origins of the thought of one of the twentieth century''s most important and widely-read philosophers.This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Michael Potter.Table of ContentsForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition Michael Potter, Preface, Introduction: Our Problem Defined by its Relations to Logic, Psychology and Mathematics, 1. A Short History of Metageometry, 2. Critical Account of Some Previous Philosophical Theories of Geometry, 3. The Axioms of Projective Geometry and The Axioms of Metrical Geometry, 4. Philosophical Consequences, Index
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Taylor & Francis Humanism and Terror
Book SynopsisFirst published in France in 1947, Humanism and Terror is a vital work of political philosophy by one of the leading French philosophers of the twentieth century. Attempting to understand what he called the dislocated world that followed immediately after the Second World Warincluding his own, divided FranceMerleau-Ponty asks a fundamental question: how did Marxism and humanism come apart?Through a fascinating reading of Arthur Koestler''s famous novel, Darkness at Noon, an allegory of the Stalinist show trials and purges of the 1930s, Merleau-Ponty weighs up the costs of a regime of permanent revolution and false confessions. His profound and controversial point, however, is that the purges were the inevitable outcome of abandoning crucial subjective elements of Marx's theory of history, with the result that humanism is suspended and government is terror.As we again confront the reality of authoritarianism, political polarisation and curtailing of human Table of ContentsForeword to the Routledge Classics Edition William McBride Author's Preface Part 1: Terror 1. Koestler's Dilemmas 2. Bukharin and the Ambiguity of History 3. Trotsky's Rationalism Part 2: The Humanist Perspective 4. From the Proletarian to the Commissar 5. The Yogi and the Proletarian Conclusion. Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Making of the Good Person
Book SynopsisThis book provides a philosophical assessment of the idea of personhood advanced in popular self-help literature. It also traces, within academic philosophy and philosophical scholarship, a self-help culture where the self is brought forth as an object of improvement and a key to meaning, progress, and profundity. Unlike other academic treatments of the topic of self-help, this book is not primarily concerned with providing a critique of popular self-help and self-transformative practices. Rather, it is concerned with how they work to shape contemporary forms and ideals of moral personhood and are conducive to moral renegotiation and change. The book consists of two parts with somewhat different argumentative strategies. Part 1 consists of an overview and reassessment of popular self-help literature and its sociological and journalistic critics, written from a moral philosophical perspective. Part 2 opens with discussion of the current attraction, among a range of philosopherTrade Review"Hämäläinen’s book is unique in bringing out how popular self-help literature not only reflects but also shapes contemporary forms and ideals of moral personhood, being a place of constant moral renegotiation; an insight bought in dialogue with her clear analysis of philosophical concerns with self-transformation."Anne-Marie S. Christensen, University of Southern DenmarkTable of Contents1. Introduction Part 1: Reading the Self-help Culture 2. What is Self-help? 3. Plural Histories of Self-help 4. Self-help and Governmentality 5. We Have Always Been Governed Part 2: Philosophy as a Self-transformative Practice 6. Transformative Hopes in Philosophy 7. Pierre Hadot – Philosophy as a Spiritual Practice 8. Foucault’s Two Faces? 9. Murdoch’s Platonic Ascent 10. Wittgenstein’s Therapy 11. Cavell’s Ethics of Becoming 12. Ways Forward
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Taylor & Francis The Philosophy of Leibniz
Book SynopsisBertrand Russellâs study of the philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Leibniz is one of his earliest books, providing a fascinating early glimpse of his philosophical brilliance. It remains one of the most important books on this polymathic seventeenth-century thinker and the only book Russell wrote about a major philosopher.Written when Russell was only in his late twenties, it goes far beyond a mere exposition of Leibniz's thought. Celebrated for his invention of the differential calculus and a major figure in the development of rationalist philosophy, Leibniz is hailed by many as the last universal genius. Russell argues that the tension between Leibniz's theological writings for the Hanoverian royalty on the one hand and his philosophical work on the other obscures, in Russell's opinion, Leibniz's greatest gift to philosophy: the view that logic is the start of all philosophy.Exploring Leibniz's contributions to epistemology, substance, space and time, the soul a
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Liminality and the Modern
Book SynopsisThis book provides the history and genealogy of an increasingly important subject: liminality. Coming to the fore in recent years in social and political theory and extending beyond is original use as developed within anthropology, liminality has come to denote spaces and moments in which the taken-for-granted order of the world ceases to exist and novel forms emerge, often in unpredictable ways. Liminality and the Modern offers a comprehensive introduction to this concept, discussing its development and laying out a conceptual and experiential framework for thinking about change in terms of liminality. Applying this framework to questions surrounding the implosion of 'non-spaces', the analysis of major historical periods and the study of political revolution, the book also explores its possible uses in social science research and its implications for our understanding of the uncertainty and contingency of the liquid structures of modern society. Shedding new light on a concepTrade Review'A thorough and penetrating, yet accessible and enjoyable treatment of an emerging master concept for the social sciences. Its challenge to the ruling canon in social theory makes it a must for anthropologists, sociologists and political philosophers, but also relevant for and most useful in history and comparative literature, and science, religion and cultural studies.' - Arpad Szakolczai, University College, Cork, Ireland'It is always a challenge to introduce a volte‐face within one's own discipline, but Thomassen does this with finesse and his book is lively, inviting, well crafted, and accessible to experienced anthropologists and students alike … His book vividly guides anthropologists through some truly exhilarating reflections on what their discipline offers wider social theory today.' – Katherine Swancutt, Journal of the Royal Anthropological InstituteTable of ContentsIntroduction Into Liminality; Part 1 Retrieving Liminality Within the History of Social Thought: From Arnold van Gennep to Victor Turner and Beyond; Chapter 1 Arnold van Gennep; Chapter 2 Arnold van Gennep and his Contemporaries; Chapter 3 Liminality Rediscovered; Chapter 4 Dimensions of Liminality; Part 2 On the Liminal Conditions of the Times in Which We Live; Chapter 5 Liminality in the Transition to Modernity; Chapter 6 Game and Gambling and the Implosion of Liminality; Chapter 7 From Liminal to Liminoid to Limivoid; Chapter 8 Liminal Politics; Chapter 9 By Way of Conclusion;
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Ethics of a Potential Urbanism RPD
Book SynopsisThe Ethics of a Potential Urbanism explores the possible and potential relevance of Giorgio Agamben's political thoughts and writings for the theory and the practice of architecture and urban design. It sketches out the potentiality of Agamben's politics, which can affect change in current architectural and design discourses. The book investigates the possibility of an inoperative architecture, as an ethical shift for a different practice, just a little bit different, but able to deactivate the sociospatial dispositive and mobilize a new theory and a new project for the urban now to come. This particular reading from Agamben's oeuvre suggests a destituent mode of both thinking and practicing of architecture and urbanism that could possibly redeem them from their social emptiness, cultural irrelevance, economic reductionism and proto-avant-garde extravagance, contributing to a renewed critical encounter' with architecture's aesthetic-political function.Trade ReviewThis book offers more than an original contribution to the field; it opens a true debate that can no longer be ignored.Francesco Careri, Roma Tre UniversityThis book examines the relevance of Giorgio Agamben’s political writings for architecture and urban design and carefully guides the reader through Agamben’s fascinating ethical and political vocabulary. The book rethinks notions such as use, productivity, and creation that are, in the design disciplines, often taken for granted. It recognises, perhaps provocatively but convincingly so, in ‘inoperative architecture’ a genuine route towards a political and ethical design practice. This book offers a timely contribution to the debates on the social responsibility of architectural and urban design, and a must-read for scholars interested in the emancipatory and transformative agency of design.Isabelle Doucet, The University of ManchesterFor all those of us concerned with a truly alternative project for architecture, Boano's work is not only enlightening but also timely. His reading of Agamben from an architectural point of view certainly goes beyond proposing the paradox of making philosophy operative by rendering architecture inoperative: it also sheds light on a possible way out of the anti-intellectual trend that pervades contemporary architecture. Instead of a new style or another slogan to feed the industry of architecture, Boano's proposal looks for a renewed ethics which, precisely in a discipline that forgot about this word, will surely open up unexpected and yet amazing new avenues for architectural debate.Francisco Díaz, Professor at the School of Architecture Universidad Católica de Chile and Editor in Chief of ARQ Magazine, Santiago, Chile.The Ethics of a Potential Urbanism is a fascinating attempt to invigorate politically engaged architectural discourse - both as a theory and as a practice. The aim of the book is to use Giorgio Agamben philosophical project focused on an idea of radically emancipatory 'being inoperative' as a project of a new (post-capitalist?) architecture. In a context of architecture and urbanism this perspective opens possibility of a (absolute?) freedom, allowing to reject hyper-pragmatic language of capitalism (but also dated state socialist model - based on Fordist model of production).The book is a promise of new model of community and relationships between language, rules and life.Krzysztof Nawratek, Senior Lecturer in Humanities and Architectural Design, The University of SheffieldHow can architecture deactivate its preoccupations with "the arrogant ego of creative power" and be of use for an urban life without a final destination? This is the question addressed in this most erudite and inventive mobilization of Agamben’s work. Boano takes a major step in rendering inoperative the prevailing suppositions and practices that keep urbanism from being something else, now.Abdoumalique Simone, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic DiversityGiorgio Agamben’s political thought has inspired architecture and planning theory over the last decade. Camillo Boano’s new book is a significant contribution to this debate, and a landmark in the growing literature that focuses on the relationships between architecture, urban design and planning and political philosophy. This original book takes the debate to a new level of erudition while also framing Agamben’s politics in relation to the material space and the contemporary landscape. This book is indeed ground-breaking work that provides an important source for scholars concerned with the encounters between spatial practices and Agamben’s politics.Haim Yacobi, Ben Gurion UniversityTable of Contents1. Introduction: An Architecture Inseparable from its Form, Part I: Agamben’s Burning House, 2. Paradigmatic Spaces: Agamben Spaces, Architecture and Arts, 3. Literal and Artistic Potential Common Grounds, 4. The Taking Place of Possible Inoperative Encounters, Part II: Giorgio Agamben’s Oeuvre, 5. Earlier Works: The Man Without Contents, Stanzas and Language and History, 6. The Coming Politics and Potentialities: The Coming Community, 7. The Homo Sacer project since its inception to Stasis, Part III: Towards an Inoperative Architecture, 8. Paradigms and Dispositifs, 9. Profanation, 10. Potentialities, 11. Inoperativity, 12. Use, 13. Abandoning the Project: The Possibility for a Whatever Architecture
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Metaphysics
Book SynopsisMetaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction is for students who have already completed an introductory philosophy course and need a fresh look at the central topics in the core subject of metaphysics. It is essential reading for any student of the subject. This Fourth Edition is revised and updated and includes two new chapters on (1) Parts and Wholes, and (2) Metaphysical Indeterminacy or vagueness. This new edition also keeps the user-friendly format, the chapter overviews summarizing the main topics, concrete examples to clarify difficult concepts, annotated further reading at the end of each chapter, endnotes, and a full bibliography.Topics addressed include: the problem of universals the nature of abstract entities the problem of individuation the nature of modality identity through time the nature of time the nature of parts and wholes Trade Review"Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction more than merits its fourth edition. It is a valuable text for graduate students and advanced undergraduates . . . . After reading Metaphysics: A Contemporary Introduction, I felt wistful for grand designs, for the majesty of an Aristotle or Spinoza. But I also felt excited by the modern effort to clear the conceptual debris that system builders leave behind. When a book of philosophy elicits such complex feelings, it is a testament to its value." --Dana Delibovi in Teaching Philosophy Table of ContentsPreface to First Edition, Preface to Second Edition, Preface to Third Edition, Preface to Fourth Edition, Introduction, 1 The Problem of Universals I: Metaphysical Realism, 2 The Problem of Universals II: Nominalism, 3 Concrete Particulars I: Substrata, Bundles, and Substances, 4 Propositions and Their Neighbors, 5 The Necessary and the Possible, 6 Causation, 7 The Nature of Time, 8 Concrete Particulars II: Persistence through Time, 9 Concrete Particulars III: Parts and Wholes, 10 Metaphysical Indeterminacy, 11 The Challenge of Anti-Realism, Bibliography, Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Ludwig Klages and the Philosophy of Life
Book SynopsisThis book provides a unique overview of and introduction to the work of the German psychologist and philosopher Ludwig Klages (1872-1956), an astonishing figure in the history of German ideas. Central to intellectual life in turn-of-the-century Munich, he went on to establish a reputation for himself as an original and provocative thinker. Nowadays he is often overlooked, partly because of the absence of an accessible and authoritative introduction to his thought; this volume offers just such a point of entry. With an emphasis on applicability and utility, Paul Bishop reinvigorates the discourse surrounding Klages, providing a neutral and compact account of his intellectual development and his impact on psychology and philosophy.Part 1 offers an overview of Klages's life, visiting the major stations of his intellectual development. Part 2 examines in turn nine major conceptual tools' found in Klages's extensive writings, aiming to clarify Klages's terminology, to demysTrade Review‘Bishop’s skill as a historian shines here, for the level of detail he provides is truly exceptional, especially insofar as it concerns Klages’s intellectual development’ (Configurations)‘Beautiful and accessible … For anyone who seriously studies nineteenth and twentieth-century continental philosophy today, this introduction to Klages is indispensable’ (British Journal for the History of Philosophy)‘With this concise and clearly-written book, [Bishop] ingeniously succeeds in opening a door and offering access to an important, complex, and most influential ? yet almost forgotten ? thinker of the 20th century’ (International Journal of Jungian Studies)Table of ContentsCONTENTSAbbreviationsList of FiguresAcknowledgements Glossary of Klagesian TerminologyPrefacePart 1: LifePart 2: Works and Key IdeasPart 3: For Advanced Readers — Selections from KlagesFurther ReadingNotes
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Routledge Guidebook to Moores Principia
Book SynopsisG.E. Moore's Principia Ethica is a landmark publication in twentieth-century moral philosophy. Through focusing on the origin and evolution of his main doctrines, this guidebook makes it clear that Moore was an innovator whose provocative take on traditional philosophical problems ignited heated debates among philosophers. Principia Ethica is an important text for those attempting to understand and engage with some major philosophical debates in ethics today.The Routledge Guidebook to Moore''s Principia Ethica provides a comprehensive introduction to this historic text, examining key Moorean themes including: ethical non-naturalism the naturalistic fallacy the Open Question Argument moral ontology and epistemology ideal utilitarianism vindictive punishment and organicity moral intuition for epistemic justification in ethics theory of value Ideal fTable of ContentsPreface 1. Life and Work (with Gary Seay) 2. Principia Ethica in Its Context (with Gary Seay) 3. Philosophy of Ethics 4. Moral Language and Thought 5. The Open Question Argument (with Gary Seay) 6. The Naturalistic Fallacy (with Gary Seay) 7. Moral Knowledge 8. Moral Properties and Truths 9. Intrinsic Value 10. Moral Obligation 11. Normative Ethics and Theory of Value Epilogue: The Legacy of G. E. and Principia Ethica. Bibliography Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Elements of Reparation: Truth, Faith, and
Book SynopsisDamage and reparation are central themes of human existence. Melanie Klein, among other pivotal discoveries, noted our capacity for destructiveness towards others and ourselves. More importantly, she accented the centrality of reparation for mental health. Acceptance of the truth, 'inner' and 'outer', is essential to this process.The author goes on to explain the phenomenon of reparation around the themes of truth (aletheia), faith (pistis) and repentance/transformation (metanoia), especially as they appear in the philosophical works of Martin Heidegger and the psychoanalyst Wilfred Bion.He then continues following the phenomenon of metanoia, tracing it sequentially in the works of Melanie Klein, Wilfred Bion, Martin Heidegger, C.G. Jung and R.D. Laing. These thinkers have a surprisingly high degree of reflection upon and import into common, everyday lived experience.Brent Potter's work concludes with a critique of psychiatry, cognitive-behavioral and manualised approaches to psychological distress. He then presents modalities and programs, utilizing a metanoia perspective, that are rising to replace them.The purpose of this book is to reach back, to seek the meaning and ground of the phenomenon of reparation and to understand the elements uncovered in the light of our present-day ways of knowing and being in the world.Trade Review'Whenever ancient Greek thought weaves with psychoanalysis, the impact on the imagination can be fertile. Brent Potter's wonderful journey into this labyrinth produces fresh ideas and new commitments. I found this work exciting, enriching and instructive.'- Thomas Moore, author of Care of the Soul'Searching, penetrating, searing, enriching - this is a book filled with rich discussions exploring our need to damage ourselves and others and our need to repair, transcend, heal, and grow. Brent Potter touches the pulse of our existence, delineates what we are up against, and portrays a creative spirit working on the edge of the possible.'- Michael Eigen, PhD, author of Contact with the Depths, The Birth of Experience, and Faith'Elements of Reparation is a rigorous, cogent and penetrating exploration of a fundamental dynamic in human life: damage and transformation. Brent Potter deftly traverses many highways and byways from ancient Greek thought and mythology through psychoanalysis to humanistic psychology, showing us how awareness is lost and regained.'- Gabor Mate, MD, author of In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters with Addiction'Brent Potter is one of the few psychologists who understands that the relationship between ancient Greek wisdom and modern empiricism is harmonious, provided one has sufficient sensitivity to understand the human condition without being blinded by the distracting flashes of come-and-go data and Big Pharma taxonomy.'- Adrian Laing, author of R.D. Laing: A Life and Rehab Blues: A Novel'Brent Potter's new book is a powerful calling. The concept of "reparation" is lucidly elaborated over an impressively broad range of fields: statistical and epidemiological data, contemporary psychiatry and psychology, therapy and philosophy - all of them linked together in genuine, exciting and illuminating ways. The book is a milestone on the path emerging out of the ever-sharpening crisis in mainstream psychiatry and psychology.'- Konstantin Gemenetzis, MD, existential psychoanalyst, former President of the International Federation of DaseinsanalysisIn Elements of Reparation, Brent Potter covers a huge psychological landscape, from Greek mythology, Freud and Jung, to Heidegger and Bion. He skillfully leads readers through the labyrinth of complex theoretical concepts and ambiguous psychological terms, to shed light on the ageless themes of truth, faith, and transformation. More importantly, he convincingly shows us that these existential phenomenological processes can heal a psyche traumatized by both the inherent condition of life and the contemporary technological culture. For all those who are struggling with suffering and trauma and disappointed in current mental health care, this book offers a very hopeful alternative of healing through openness to and acceptance of life in all its mystery. I highly recommend this book to all mental health professionals.'- Paul T. P. Wong, PhD, Psych. Adjunct Professor, Saybrook University, CaliforniaTable of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ABOUT THE AUTHOR FOREWORD CHAPTER ONE Damage CHAPTER TWO Approaching truth (pistis) CHAPTER THREE Reparation as metanoia CHAPTER FOUR Growing down: early Greek thinking CHAPTER FIVE The decline of psychiatry and 'STEM' psychology CHAPTER SIX Pathmarks on the way to post-medical models CHAPTER SEVEN Conclusion REFERENCES INDEX
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Cambridge University Press Adorno
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy at the New Millennium 48 Royal Institute of Philosophy Supplements Series Number 48
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Tractatus
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Cambridge University Press Robert Nozick Contemporary Philosophy in Focus
Book SynopsisThis is a 2002 introductory volume to Robert Nozick, one of the dominant philosophical thinkers of the current age. It is part of a new series, Contemporary Philosophy in Focus. Each volume in the series will consist of newly commissioned essays that will cover all the major contributions of a preeminent philosopher in a systematic and accessible manner. Robert Nozick is one of the most creative and individual philosophical voices of the last 25 years. His most famous book, Anarchy, State and Utopia (1974), presents the classic defense of the libertarian view that only a minimal state is just. Nozick has also made significant contributions in later publications to such areas as rational choice theory, ethics, epistemology and philosophy of mind. Outside philosophy the book will be of particular interest to professionals and students in political science, law, economics, sociology and psychology.Trade Review"Together, the essays collected in this volume provide a fine tribute to one of the most wide-ranging and imaginative philosophers of our age." The Philosophical ReviewTable of Contents1. Introductions David Schmidtz; 2. The justification of political authority David Miller; 3. Projects and property John T. Sanders; 4. Nozick's libertarian utopia Loren Lomasky; 5. Goals, symbols, principles: Nozick on practical rationality Gerald Gaus; 6. Non-consequentialism and political philosophy Philip Pettit; 7. Nozick on knowledge and skepticism Michael Williams; 8. Nozick on free will Michael Bratman; 9. How to make something of yourself Elijah Millgram; 10. The meanings of life David Schmidtz.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to MerleauPonty Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Hilary Putnam
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Cambridge University Press The Social and Political Thought of Bertrand Russell
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Probability
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Cambridge University Press Heideggers Analytic
Book SynopsisThis 2003 book offers an interpretation of Heidegger's major work, Being and Time. Unlike those who view Heidegger as an idealist, Taylor Carman argues that Heidegger is best understood as a realist. Rigorous, jargon-free and deftly argued this book will be necessary reading for all serious students of Heidegger.Trade Review'… illuminating and clear reading of Heidegger's great work … an excellent book which all serious (and Husserl) scholars should read.' Recensioni a TemaTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. What is fundamental ontology?; 2. The critique of Husserl; 3. Interpreting intentionality; 4. Heidegger's realism; 5. Discourse, expression, truth; 6. Authenticity and asymmetry; References; Index.
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Cambridge University Press On Quine
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Cambridge University Press Making Moral Sense
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Cambridge University Press Husserl and Heidegger on Human Experience
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Cambridge University Press Quine and Davidson on Language Thought and Reality
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophy of F. P. Ramsey
Book SynopsisThis book was the first critical study of Ramsey's work, offering a thorough exposition and interpretation of his ideas, setting the ideas in their historical context, and assessing their significance for contemporary research. The study is intended to complement the reissue of Ramsey's papers edited by Professor Hugh Mellor.Trade ReviewReview of the hardback: 'Sahlin has touched on all the bases not only providing us with an accurate exposition of Ramsey's ideas but with illuminating discussion of their significance.' Isaac Levi, Columbia UniversityTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; 1. Philosophy of probability; 2. Belief and truth; 3. Knowledge; 4. General propositions and causality; 5. Philosophy of science; 6. Logic and mathematics; 7. Ramsey's theorem; 8. Universals; 9. Economics; 10. Bibliographical glimpses; Bibliography of F. P. Ramsey's works; Index.
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Cambridge University Press That Nothing Is Known
Book SynopsisThis volume provides a critical edition of the original text, an English translation, a substantial introduction, and comprehensive annotation.Trade Review"D.F.S. Thomson, with his customary skill as a translator of Latin, catches the spirit and tone, and even renders the word play, of Sanches superbly. Elaine Limbrick, moreover, in her excellent introduction, places Sanches and his significance for the history of Renaissance and early modern philosophy in its proper perspective." 17th Century NewsTable of ContentsPreface; Introduction; Qvod Nihil Scitvr; That Nothing Is Known; Bibliography; Index nominum.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism
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Cambridge University Press JeanPaul Sartre and the Politics of Reason A Theory of History
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Apprenticeship with Russell
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Reading Sartre
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Cambridge University Press Bergson and His Influence
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Cambridge University Press Heidegger Art and Postmodernity
Book SynopsisHeidegger, Art, and Postmodernity offers a radical new interpretation of Heidegger's later philosophy, developing his argument that art can help lead humanity beyond the nihilistic ontotheology of the modern age. Providing pathbreaking readings of Heidegger's 'The Origin of the Work of Art' and his notoriously difficult Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning), this book explains precisely what postmodernity meant for Heidegger, the greatest philosophical critic of modernity, and what it could still mean for us today. Exploring these issues, Iain D. Thomson examines several postmodern works of art, including music, literature, painting and even comic books, from a post-Heideggerian perspective. Clearly written and accessible, this book will help readers gain a deeper understanding of Heidegger and his relation to postmodern theory, popular culture and art.Trade Review'Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity is a fascinating, engaging, and deeply insightful book that will have a revolutionary impact on the understanding of Heidegger's later thought, as well as make important contributions to our understanding of postmodernism, not just in philosophy, but in culture studies more broadly. Thomson's central thesis is that Heidegger's later thought is animated by the development of a distinctively postmodern sensibility. The sense in which his thought is postmodern, however, does not conform to the standard conceptions of postmodernism regnant in current literature. Rather, Heidegger's postmodernism lies in his sense that the late modern technologized epoch in which we live hides within itself the possibility of 'another god', a paradigm shift that takes us beyond the modern into a future we cannot yet envision.' William Blattner, Georgetown University'Iain Thomson has a real knack for getting Heidegger to speak to contemporary concerns. Against the background of Thomson's pathbreaking interpretation of Heidegger's idea of 'ontotheology', the essays in this volume illuminate a sense of 'postmodernity' that responds to the nihilism of modernity's technological paradigm without falling into nostalgia for a single meaning of being. The resulting pluralism is adroitly explored through examples from high art and popular culture in ways that make Heidegger's difficult late works come alive.' Steven Crowell, Rice University'I learned a lot from Iain Thomson's book. He has a masterful grasp of the diverse art forms he discusses and he writes about even the most obscure thinkers with verve and clarity. One can trust his critical evaluations, especially his appreciation of the ontological pluralism that stands at the center of Heidegger's hope for a postmodern understanding of being.' Hubert L. Dreyfus, University of California, Berkeley'… excellent … Thomson's explanations of Heidegger's difficult later works are unfailingly clear, carefully laying out the arguments and explaining all technical terms. Furthermore, the book's organization guides the reader so smoothly through the steps of his discussion that it should make knee-jerk objections about Heideggerian obscurantism much harder to make … After reading his book, I now see some of Heidegger's ideas and writings in a new light … By inspiring and drawing out new ideas, Iain Thomson's book takes its rightful place along with Julian Young's excellent Heidegger's Philosophy of Art as an important piece of scholarship on this topic. In keeping with its own precepts, it does not definitively settle Heidegger's views on this topic once and for all but, like a work of art, opens up new questions and pathways for thought.' Lee Braver, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews'Iain Thomson's Heidegger, Art, and Postmodernity is an exceptional piece of Heidegger scholarship, providing detailed, informative analysis while remaining highly readable … [It] is filled with compelling insights not only about Heidegger, but also about the nature of art, modernity, and humanity's hopes for the future. Thomson has remarked that when one speaks of ontotheology or postmodernity philosophers tend to look for the door. This excellent book will surely change that.' Irene McMullin, Journal of the History of Philosophy'… [Thomson] is a teacher, deeply concerned to impart, passionate about the subject, infectiously fascinating … This book is a circumspect, analytical, often profoundly critical, examination of the key role that art plays in Heidegger's philosophy. [It] convincingly demonstrates, in the most critically efficient terms, that it is not possible for the theoretical discourse of contemporary aesthetics to assimilate Heidegger without disturbing that discourse to its core. Thomson's alternative Heideggerian proposal is that art (more accurately, the 'ontological epiphany' that art elicits) provides one particularly powerful vehicle of awakening for this alternative mode of thinking; for art has the capacity to stimulate the kind of meditative thinking capable of transcending the dominant metaphysical infrastructure of late-modern cognition.' Kieran Cashell, Journal of Critical RealismTable of ContentsIntroduction: Heidegger, art, and postmodernity; 1. Understanding ontotheology, or 'the history that we are'; 2. Heidegger's critique of modern aesthetics; 3. Heidegger's postmodern understanding of art; 4. 'Even better than the real thing'? Postmodernity, the triumph of simulacra, and U2; 5. Deconstructing the hero: the postmodern comic book; 6. The philosophical fugue: understanding the structure and goal of Heidegger's Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning); 7. The danger and the promise of Heidegger, an American perspective; 8. Against conclusions.
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