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La bilancia della ragione riunisce quattro saggi di Marcelo Dascal, per la prima volta pubblicati in italiano. Centrale nella proposta teorica di Dascal è la delineazione della morfologia e del ruol……続きを見る

Philosophical questions surrounding skill and expertise can be traced back as far as Ancient Greece, China, and India. In the twentieth century, skilled action was an important factor in the work of……続きを見る

Douglas B. Rasmussen and Douglas J. Den Uyl maintain that a realist turnーnamely, one in which the natural order is the basis for individual rightsーis needed to bring about a proper understanding a……続きを見る

How do we transmit or distribute knowledge, as distinct from generating or producing it? In this book John Greco examines the interpersonal relations and social structures which enable and inhibit t……続きを見る

Bergson deutet die gesamte Wirklichkeit aus der metaphysischen Einheit des Lebens und entwirft auf dieser Grundlage eine neue intuitive Erkenntnistheorie, Psychologie, Naturphilosophie, Ethik und Re……続きを見る

This book presents different aspects of intercultural communication research as they connect to and intersect with sub-disciples such as media studies, communication education, international communi……続きを見る

This book suggests that to know how Wittgenstein’s post-Tractarian philosophy could have developed from the work of Kant is to know how they relate to each other. The development from the latter to ……続きを見る

Philosophy has traditionally engaged the problem of why there is something rather than nothing as a normal causal question. Such an approach, Hunter Brown proposes in Grace and Philosophy, does not ……続きを見る

The aim of this book is a recovery of interest in the experience of meaning. Jan Zwicky defends the claim that we experience meaning in the apprehension of wholes and their internal structural relat……続きを見る

Humans have long been captivated by mythology and theorized about the lessons embedded in their tales. In The Ancient Mythology of Modern Science, Gregory Schrempp brings a mythologist's critical ey……続きを見る

There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on behavior. But are there epistemic constraints on belief? Are there any requirements arising from intellectual considerations alone? Thi……続きを見る

From David Hume’s famous puzzle about "the missing shade of blue," to current research into the science of colour, the topic of colour is an incredibly fertile region of study and debate, cutting ac……続きを見る

Focused on the life and work of Francis Huxley (1923–2016), this book offers an exploration of the search to understand the human condition, one which is simultaneously biographical, philosophical, ……続きを見る

Des dels primers desenvolupaments del pensament, la humanitat creia que algunes coincidències importants eren signes amb els quals un nivell superior, filosòfic o diví, volia parlar amb els homes. E……続きを見る

F.W.J. Schelling (1775-1854) stands alongside J.G. Fichte and G.W.F. Hegel as one of the great philosophers of the German idealist tradition. The Schelling Reader introduces students to Schelling's ……続きを見る

This book offers an integrated historical and philosophical examination of the origin of genetics. The author contends that an integrated HPS analysis helps us to have a better understanding of the ……続きを見る

Le scienze cognitive delle religioni sono l’insieme degli studi che esaminano il fenomeno religioso in quanto contenuto mentale. Le scienze cognitive delle religioni si alimentano dei contributi del……続きを見る

The world is swimming in misinformation. Conflicting messages bombard us every day with news on everything from politics and world events to investments and alternative health. The daily paper, nigh……続きを見る

A luminous guide to how the radical new science of counterfactuals can reveal that the scope of the universe is greater, and more beautiful, than we ever imagined There is a vast class of things tha……続きを見る

What does it mean to be an expert? What sort of authority do experts really have? And what role should they play in today's society? Addressing why ever larger segments of society are skeptical of w……続きを見る

Concepts stand at the centre of human cognition. We use concepts in categorizing objects and events in the world, in reasoning and action, and in social interaction. It is therefore not surprising t……続きを見る

Dangerous Art takes up the problem of judging works of art using moral standards. When we think that a work is racist, or morally dangerous, what do we mean? James Harold approaches the topic from t……続きを見る

Filosofía con diferencia: Tus sentimientos y su derecho a existir Pensamientos filosóficos sobre el miedo, la ira, la tristeza, el odio, la felicidad, el estrés, los celos, y compañía ¿Quieres enten……続きを見る

Some of the most problematic human behaviors involve vices of the mind such as arrogance, closed-mindedness, dogmatism, gullibility, and intellectual cowardice, as well as wishful or conspiratorial ……続きを見る

Le principe de toutes les théories de Berkeley, principe qu’il aperçoit et formule avec une lucidité singulièrement précoce, c’est que l’esprit humain est encombré d’idées abstraites confuses, d’où ……続きを見る

"When we do our utmost to conceive the existence of external bodies, we are all the while only contemplating our own ideas. But the mind taking no notice of itself, is deluded to think it can and do……続きを見る

"Wenn wir das Aeusserste versuchen, um die Existenz äusserer Körper zu denken, so betrachten wir doch immer nur unsere eigenen Ideen. Indem aber der Geist von sich selbst dabei keine Notiz nimmt, so……続きを見る

Most of us experience the world through competing perspectives. A job or a religion seems important and fulfilling when looked at in one way, but from a different angle they seem tedious or ridiculo……続きを見る

This monograph offers a critical introduction to current theories of how scientific models represent their target systems. Representation is important because it allows scientists to study a model t……続きを見る

John Kulvicki offers an account of the many ways in which pictures can be meaningful which is inspired by the philosophy of language. Pictures are important parts of communicative acts, along with l……続きを見る