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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Heidegger
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Cambridge University Press Reading Sartre
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Cambridge University Press Robert Nozick
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Cambridge University Press Donald Davidson
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Cambridge University Press Heidegger Off the Beaten Track
Book SynopsisThis collection of texts (originally published in German under the title Holzwege) is Heidegger's first post-war book and contains some of the major expositions of his later philosophy. Of particular note are 'The Origin of the Work of Art', perhaps the most discussed of all of Heidegger's essays, and 'Nietzsche's Word 'God is Dead',' which sums up a decade of Nietzsche research. Although translations of the essays have appeared individually in a variety of places, this is the first English translation to bring them all together as Heidegger intended. The text is taken from the last edition of the work, which contains the author's final corrections together with important marginal annotations that provide considerable insight into the development of his thought. This fresh and accurate new translation will be an invaluable resource for all students of Heidegger, whether they work in philosophy, literary theory, religious studies, or intellectual history.Trade Review"'To enter upon this path is the strength, and to remain on it the feast of thought': Heidegger's own words are a perfect description of Off the Beaten Track." The New York SunTable of ContentsThe Origin of the Work of Art (1935–6); The Age of the World Picture (1938); Hegel's Concept of Experience (1942–3); Why Poets? (1946); Anaximander's Saying (1946).
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Tractatus
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Probability
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Cambridge University Press Hilary Putnam
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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 The Cambridge Companion to Heidegger
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Cambridge University Press Quine and Davidson on Language Thought and Reality
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Cambridge University Press The Political Philosophy of Needs
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Einstein Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Acceptable Premises An Epistemic Approach to an Informal Logic Problem
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Cambridge University Press Gilles Deleuze
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to LéviStrauss
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Cambridge University Press Searle and Foucault on Truth
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Cambridge University Press Alvin Plantinga
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Popper
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Cambridge University Press Leo Strauss and the TheologicoPolitical Problem
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Cambridge University Press Boulez Music and Philosophy 27 Music in the Twentieth Century Series Number 27
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Cambridge University Press Luce Irigaray and the Philosophy of Sexual Difference
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Apprenticeship with Russell
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Cambridge University Press Social Philosophy after Adorno
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Cambridge University Press Wittgensteins Philosophical Investigations an Introduction Cambridge Introductions to Key Philosophical Texts
Book SynopsisIn this new introduction to a classic philosophical text, David Stern examines Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations. He gives particular attention to both the arguments of the Investigations and the way in which the work is written, and especially to the role of dialogue in the book. While he concentrates on helping the reader to arrive at his or her own interpretation of the primary text, he also provides guidance to the unusually wide range of existing interpretations, and to the reasons why the Investigations have inspired such a diversity of readings. Following closely the text of the Investigations and meant to be read alongside it, this survey is accessible to readers with no previous background in philosophy. It is well-suited to university-level courses on Wittgenstein, but can also be read with profit by students in other disciplines.Table of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Philosophical Investigations §§1-693: an elementary exposition; 2. From the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations: two prefaces; 3. The opening of the Philosophical Investigations: the motto; 4. The critique of referential theories of meaning and the paradox of ostension: §§1-64; 5. The critique of rule-based theories of meaning and the paradox of explanation: §§65-133; 6. The critique of rule-based theories of meaning and the paradoxes of rule-following: §§134-242; 7. The critique of a private language and the paradox of inner ostension: §§243-315; Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Mary Shepherd
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Cambridge University Press Hegels Century
Book SynopsisHegel's Century explores the development of 19th-century German philosophy in the wake of Hegel. Jon Stewart shows how Hegel's concepts of alienation and recognition were appropriated by both the first and the second generation of his students, and demonstrates how these concepts constituted a broader cultural phenomenon.
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Cambridge University Press Simone de Beauvoir
Book SynopsisTracing her intellectual development from her university years, when she was trained in a Cartesian and neo-Kantian philosophical tradition, to her final decade, during which she was recognised as having inspired the emerging strands of late twentieth-century feminism, Beauvoir is shown to have been among the most influential philosophical voices of the mid twentieth century. Countering the recent trend to read her in isolation from Sartre, she is shown to have both adopted, adapted, and influenced his philosophy, most importantly through encouraging him to engage with Hegel and to consider our relations with others. The Second Sex is read in the light of her existentialist humanism and ultimately faulted for having succumbed too uncritically to the masculine myth that it is men who are solely responsible for society''s intellectual and cultural history.Table of Contents1. Beauvoir before Sartre; 2. Sartre and the discovery of Hegel; 3. The Second Sex; 4. Autobiography and politics; 5. Beauvoir's impact.
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Cambridge University Press Susan Stebbing
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Cambridge University Press Kants Late Philosophy of Nature
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Cambridge University Press Kant on Freedom
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Carnap
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Cambridge University Press Kuhns The Structure of Scientific Revolutions at 60
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Cambridge University Press Heideggers Interpretation of Kant
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Cambridge University Press Resistance to Evidence
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Cambridge University Press The Philosophy of Evolutionary Theory
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Cambridge University Press Heidegger on Ethics
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Cambridge University Press The Realistic Empiricism of Mach James and Russell Neutral Monism Reconceived
Book SynopsisIn the early twentieth century, Ernst Mach, William James, and Bertrand Russell founded a philosophical and scientific movement known as 'neutral monism', based on the view that minds and physical objects are constructed out of elements or events which are neither mental nor physical, but neutral between the two. This movement offers a unified scientific outlook which includes sensations in human experience and events in the world of physics under one roof. In this book Erik C. Banks discusses this important movement as a whole for the first time. He explores the ways in which the three philosophers can be connected, and applies their ideas to contemporary problems in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy of science - in particular the relation of sensations to brain processes, and the problem of constructing extended bodies in space and time from particular events and causal relations.Table of ContentsIntroduction. An overview of realistic empiricism; 1. Mach: physical elements; 2. Mach: philosophy of psychology; 3. William James' direct realism: a reconstruction; 4. Russell's neutral monism: 1919–27; 5. Enhanced physicalism; 6. The problem of extension: a constructivist program; Appendix. An outline of realistic empiricism.
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Cambridge University Press The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy
Book SynopsisThe problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. The contributors to this book provide a critical, up-to-date and original overview of the contemporary debate on the problem of universals.Table of ContentsIntroduction Gabriele Galluzzo and Michael J. Loux; 1. An exercise in constituent ontology Michael J. Loux; 2. Against ontological structure Peter Van Inwagen; 3. In defense of substantial universals E. J. Lowe; 4. A kind farewell to Platonism: for an Aristotelian understanding of kinds and properties Gabriele Galluzzo; 5. Universals in a world of particulars John Heil; 6. Is trope theory a divided house? Robert K. Garcia; 7. Tropes and the generality of laws Sophie Gibb; 8. On the origins of order: non-symmetric or only symmetric relation? Fraser MacBride; 9. States of affairs and the relation regress Anna-Sofia Maurin.
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Heidegger
Book SynopsisIncluding essays by internationally prominent scholars, this book interprets central themes from the full range of Heidegger's thought, his own interpretations of poets and philosophers, such as Rilke and Nietzsche, and influential critical interpretations of his philosophy by thinkers such as Rorty, Derrida and Lévinas.Trade Review'… in rethinking, re-articulating and re-orienting the inheritance of Heidegger's thought, the authors have put together an excellent collection of masterly essays, [one] that is characterized throughout by an intense critical and specialist engagement with Heidegger's oeuvre. Heidegger scholars will find much that is relevant to the persistent, continuing philosophical discussions on Heidegger.' Philosophy in ReviewTable of ContentsNotes on contributors; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Method of citation and bibliography of Heidegger's works; Part I. Interpreting Heidegger's Philosophy: 1. Heidegger's hermeneutics: towards a new practice of understanding Holger Zaborowski; 2. Facticity and Ereignis Thomas Sheehan; 3. The null basis-being of a nullity, or between two nothings - Heidegger's uncanniness Simon Critchley; 4. Freedom Charles Guignon; 5. Ontotheology Iain Thomson; Part II. Interpreting Heidegger's Interpretation: 6. Being at the beginning: Heidegger's interpretation of Heraclitus Daniel O. Dahlstrom; 7. Being-affected: Heidegger, Aristotle, and the pathology of truth Josh Hayes; 8. Heidegger's interpretation of Kant Stephan Käufer; 9. The death of God and the life of being: Heidegger's confrontation with Nietzsche Tracy Colony; 10. Heidegger's poetics of relationality Andrew Mitchell; Part III. Interpreting Heidegger's Critics: 11. Analyzing Heidegger: a history of analytic reactions to Heidegger Lee Braver; 12. Lévinas and Heidegger: a strange conversation Wayne Froman; 13. Derrida's reading of Heidegger Françoise Dastur.
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Cambridge University Press Boulez Music and Philosophy 27 Music in the Twentieth Century Series Number 27
Book SynopsisWhile acknowledging that Pierre Boulez is not a philosopher, and that he is wary of the potential misuse of philosophy with regard to music, this study investigates a series of philosophically charged terms and concepts which he uses in discussion of his music. Campbell examines significant encounters which link Boulez to the work of a number of important philosophers and thinkers, including Adorno, LÃvi-Strauss, Eco and Deleuze. Relating Boulez's music and ideas to broader currents of thought, the book illuminates a number of affinities linking music and philosophy, and also literature and visual art. These connections facilitate enhanced understanding of post-war modernist music and Boulez's distinctive approach to composition. Drawing on a wide range of previously unpublished documentary sources and providing musical analysis of a number of key scores, the book traces the changing musical, philosophical and intellectual currents which inform Boulez's work.Table of Contents1. Preparing the ground; 2. Early influences and movements; 3. Dialectic, negation and binary oppositions; 4. Boulez, Adorno and serial critique; 5. Deduction and the scientific model; 6. Serialism and structuralism; 7. Post-structuralist encounters; 8. Boulez, difference and repetition; 9. Expanding the virtual; 10. Continuity and discontinuity of space and time; Conclusion; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press Darwins Argument by Analogy
Book SynopsisThis book sets out an original perspective on the argument for one of the most important theories in the history of science: Charles Darwin's theory of natural selection. The book will appeal to students, scholars and scientists interested in Darwin's On the Origin of Species.Trade Review'Darwin's comparison between natural and artificial selection is not 'just a metaphor.' It exemplifies a figure of argumentation that goes back to ancient Greek mathematics: proportional analogy. The implications of this fact, spelled out by the distinguished co-authors of Darwin's Argument by Analogy, are sure to change Darwin studies, both historical and philosophical, for good.' David J. Depew, University of Iowa'… an event in Darwin scholarship …' David Depew, Metascience'This original, thoughtful, and thought-provoking book examines one of the most debated arguments in the history of biology … the book is an exemplary work of history and philosophy of science.' S. Andrew Inkpen, Metascience'… best explains Darwin's overall argument strategy in the Origin, but they also contend that it provides insight into 'the broader historiographical, philosophical, and socio-economic themes and issues' associated with Darwin and his research.' Andrea Sullivan-Clarke, MetascienceTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Analogy in classical Greece; 2. Analogy in the background to the Origin; 3. Darwin's analogical theorising before the Origin; 4. The 'one long argument' of the Origin; 5. An analysis of Darwin's argument by analogy; 6. Darwin's use of metaphor in the Origin; 7. Rebuttals of the revisionists; 8. Wider issues concerning Darwinian science.
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Cambridge University Press Interpreting Cassirer
Book SynopsisThis is the first comprehensive volume in English on Cassirer's philosophy for over seventy years. Containing eleven essays by leading Cassirer scholars, it addresses all the key aspects of Cassirer's multi-faceted thought and situates them in the wider context of his philosophy of culture.Table of ContentsIntroduction; I. Cassirer's Philosophy of Culture: The Interaction between Language and the other Symbolic Forms Robert Leib; 2. The Status of Art in Cassirer's System of Culture Samantha Matherne; 3. Being in Time: History as an Expression and Interpretation of Human Culture Anne Pollok; 4. Science as a Symbolic Form: Ernst Cassirer's Culture of Reason Massimo Ferrari; 5. Quantum Mechanics as the Ultimate Mode of Symbol Formation: The Final Stage of Cassirer's Philosophy of Physical Science Thomas Ryckman; 6. Spirit in the Age of Technical Production Nicolas de Warren; 7. Political Myth and the Problem of Orientation: Reading Cassirer in Times of Cultural Crisis Simon Truwant; II. Cassirer's Philosophy of Consciousness: 8. Rethinking Representation: Cassirer's Philosophy of Human Perceiving, Thinking, and Understanding Martina Plümacher; 9. Cassirer's Philosophy of Mind: From Consciousness to 'Objective Spirit' Guido Kreis; III: Cassirer's Philosophical Method: 10. Cassirer's Phenomenological Affinities Daniel D. Dahlstrom; 11.Cassirer's Place in Today's Philosophical Landscape: 'Synthetic Philosophy', Transcendental Idealism, Cultural Pluralism Sebastian Luft.
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Cambridge University Press Hegels Ontology of Power
Book SynopsisRecent attempts to revitalize Hegel''s social and political philosophy have tended to be doubly constrained: firstly, by their focus on Hegel''s Philosophy of Right; and secondly, by their broadly liberal interpretive framework. Challenging that trend, Arash Abazari shows that the locus of Hegel''s genuine critical social theory is to be sought in his ontology specifically in the ''logic of essence'' of the Science of Logic. Mobilizing ideas from Marx and Adorno, Abazari unveils the hidden critical import of Hegel''s logic. He argues that social domination in capitalism obtains by virtue of the illusion of equality and freedom; shows how relations of opposition underlie the seeming pluralism in capitalism; and elaborates on the deepest ground of domination, i.e. the totality of capitalist social relations. Overall, his book demonstrates that Hegel''s logic can and should be read politically.Trade Review'This is a highly welcome and innovative study of Hegel's theory of society. Arash Abazari elegantly succeeds in explaining the critical potential of Hegel's logic as social theory. In going beyond the claims of the Philosophy of Right, his book adroitly sets out sophisticated new accounts of Hegel's contribution to the ideas of power and social totality. And it effectively challenges the communitarian-pragmatist interpretations that have largely dominated the field of Hegel studies over recent decades.' Brian O'Connor, University College Dublin'This book is a penetrating and highly original attempt to think with Hegel, against Hegel. Arash Abazari argues that Hegel's most profound contribution to social theory lies not in his conception of institutionally mediated freedom, but in 'the logic of essence', out of which Abazari extracts a theory of power and social totality which he then uses to shed new light on later radical social theories such as those of Marx and Adorno. A fascinating and trenchantly argued work.' Todd Hedrick, Michigan State UniversityTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. Illusion or semblance; 1.1 'Socially necessary illusion' in Adorno; 1.2 Semblance in the logic; 1.3 The dialectic of semblance; 1.4 The logic of ideology in Marx; 2. Opposition; 2.1 The fundamentality of opposition; 2.2 The dialectic of the determinations of reflection; 2.3 Opposition as domination; 2.4 …and the logical proof for it; 2.5 The 'truth' of diversity in opposition; 2.6 Opposition between capital and labor; 2.7 …and between genders; 2.8 Conclusion; 3. Totality; 3.1 Society as totality in Adorno; 3.2 Two misconceptions of totality; 3.3 Actuality; 3.4 The critique of Spinoza's substance; 3.5 Substance as absolute power; 3.6 The 'spell' of totality; 4. Capital as totality; 4.1 The critique of methodological individualism; 4.2 Capital as the dialectical unity of circulation and production; 4.3 The circuit of capital; 4.4 The reproduction of capital; 4.5 The power of capital; 5. The necessity of totality; 5.1 The preliminaries; 5.2 The critique of the cosmological proof; 5.3 The dialectic of necessity and contingency in the logic; 5.4 …and in capitalism; 5.5 The illusion and contingency of freedom; 5.6 The critique of pluralism; Conclusion: the failed transition to the realm of genuine freedom; Works cited; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Wittgenstein on Forms of Life
The question of what Wittgenstein meant by ''forms of life'' has attracted a great deal of attention in the literature, yet it is an expression that Wittgenstein himself employs on only a relatively small number of occasions, and that he does not explicitly define. This Element gives a description of this concept that also explains Wittgenstein''s reluctance to say much about it. A short historical introduction examines the origins and uses of the term in Wittgenstein''s time. The Element then presents a survey of Wittgenstein''s employment of it, and an overview of the literature. Finally, the Element offers a methodological reading of this notion, interpreting it as a conceptual tool in Wittgenstein''s wider inquiries into the workings of our language.
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Cambridge University Press Nietzsche on Tragedy
The first comprehensive study of Nietzsche's earliest book, The Birth of Tragedy (1872), this important book has been revived for a new generation of readers of Nietzsche, German philosophy and history of philosophy. It is presented in a fresh twenty-first-century series livery and includes a specially commissioned new preface.
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Cambridge University Press Peirce and the Conduct of Life
Book SynopsisRichard Atkins presents an examination of Peirce's theories of sentiment and instinct, his defence of the rational acceptability of religious belief, his analysis of self-controlled action, and his pragmatic account of practical ethics. Essential for those interested in American philosophy, pragmatism, the philosophy of religion, the philosophy of action, and ethics.Trade Review'… it is a review of contemporary Peirce scholarship as scholars argue about the correct interpretation of Peirce's often ambiguous texts.' The Review of Metaphysics'… this is a valuable and important book that should appeal to a variety of readers, not only Peirce scholars, but readers interested more generally in pragmatism, ethics, and the philosophy of religion.' The New England QuarterlyTable of ContentsAcknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; 1. Peirce's 'paradoxical irradiations' and James's The Will to Believe; 2. A defense of Peirce's sentimental conservatism; 3. Heeding the call of one's savior; 4. On becoming welded into the universal continuum; 5. Self-control and moral responsibility; 6. Peirce and practical ethics; Bibliography.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge History of Philosophy 19452015
Book SynopsisWorld-renowned experts explain the most important developments in philosophical thought and practice from 1945 to 2015, covering the analytic, comparative, and Continental schools and exploring major and rising topics of interest. This accessible and authoritative guide to contemporary philosophy will interest students and scholars of all levels.
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