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The task before us, in a nutshell, my fellow humans, is the clear and present danger of finding out, who we really are. That is the impossible feat I have given this poor creature, V. Virom, and eac……続きを見る

Expertise, Pedagogy and Practice takes as its focus recent work on situated and embodied cognition, the concepts of expertise, skill and practice, and contemporary pedagogical theory. This work has ……続きを見る

This collection of original essays brings together a world-class lineup of philosophers to provide the most comprehensive critical treatment of Ted Honderich’s philosophy, focusing on three major ar……続きを見る

Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason is a key element of the system of philosophy which Kant introduced with his Critique of Pure Reason, and a work of major importance in the history of We……続きを見る

Few philosophers have had as much influence as Hegel. When he died in 1831, he not only dominated German philosophy, but also left his mark on the study of religion and art, on historical studies, a……続きを見る

The more complex a human action is, the greater the need to formulate a plan of action, devise a method of implementation, and evaluate its execution. Such preparation is called design or planning, ……続きを見る

In Nietzsche's Search for Philosophy: On the Middle Writings Keith Ansell-Pearson makes a novel and thought-provoking contribution to our appreciation of Nietzsche's neglected middle writings. These……続きを見る

Die Philosophie des 19. Jahrhunderts in 13 Porträts: beginnend mit Kant und dem deutschen Idealismus – Fichte, Schelling und Hegel – über deren radikale Nachfolger und kritische Fortführer – Schopen……続きを見る

Foucault's intellectual indebtedness to Nietzsche is apparent in his writing, yet the precise nature, extent, and nuances of that debt are seldom explored. Foucault himself seems sometimes to claim ……続きを見る

Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) is widely acknowledged as one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His work continues to have a significant influence on philosophy, cultural criticism……続きを見る

Kant stated that there are three mental faculties: cognition, feeling, and desire. The faculty of feeling has received the least scholarly attention, despite its importance in Kant's broader thought……続きを見る

`The truth will set you free' is a maxim central to both theories and practices of resistance. Nonetheless, it is a claim that has come under fire from an array of critical perspectives in the secon……続きを見る

Aesthetic Violence and Women in Film is a highly readable and timely analysis of the intersection of two recent cinematic trends in martial arts films: aesthetic violence and warrior women. Joseph K……続きを見る

The Critique of Pure Reason is Kant's acknowledged masterpiece, in which he tackles the question of how we can possibly have knowledge that does not rest on experience (a priori knowledge). The firs……続きを見る

El reconegut llibre d’aforismes d’un dels grans pensadors del segle XX, fins ara inèdit en català. El filòsof romanès Emil Cioran va publicar El crepuscle dels pensaments l’any 1940, quan ja vivia a……続きを見る

Fundamentalisten – das sind immer die Anderen. Also diejenigen, die ihre Überzeugungen nicht der Diskussion, dem Zweifel aussetzen wollen und die Mitmenschen zu einer Lebensführung nach ihren Vorste……続きを見る

Kritische Theorie hat zu Freud ein ambivalentes Verhältnis. Sie will die Psychoanalyse für die Gesellschaftstheorie fruchtbar machen, kritisiert aber zugleich Freuds Überzeugungen zum ewigen Wesen d……続きを見る

'Graphologie hatte mich bereits als Kind interessiert, und Joseph Roth, der in meinem Elternhaus verkehrte und ebenfalls graphologisch interessiert und tätig war, hat mich darin bestärkt, sodaß es s……続きを見る

It may be useful that there should be some record of an education which was unusual and remarkable John Stuart Mill (1806-73), philosopher, economist, and political thinker, was the most prominent f……続きを見る

The Rise and Fall of Scottish Common Sense Realism examines the ways in which five Scottish philosophers - Lord Kames (1696-1782), Thomas Reid (1710-1796), Dugald Stewart (1753-1828), Sir William Ha……続きを見る

The concepts of particular and universal have become so familiar that their significance has become difficult to discern, like coins that have been passed back and forth too many times, worn smooth ……続きを見る

Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers – thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emo……続きを見る

An accessible, definitive student introduction to geographical thought, this book takes a unique approach that encompasses environmental, historical and social perspectives. Now in its fifth edition……続きを見る

This book reads a series of Godard films as interventions in contemporary debate about the language of difference. Godard has something he wants both to preserve (singularity) and destroy (visual an……続きを見る

Anarchism is by far the least broadly understood ideology and the least studied academically. Though highly influential, both historically and in terms of recent social movements, anarchism is regul……続きを見る

Karl Marx is one of the most influential philosophers of all time, whose theories have shaped and directed political, economic, and social thought for 150 years. Considering Marx's life and impact, ……続きを見る

Thomas Paine (1737-1809) was England's greatest revolutionary: no other reformer was as actively involved in events of the scale of the American and French Revolutions, and none wrote such best-sell……続きを見る

Dieses eBook: "Lebenssucher" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen. Aus dem Buch: "Daraufhin begann er, die erste kleine Enttä……続きを見る

The aim of Ethics and Self-Cultivation is to establish and explore a new ‘cultivation of the self’ strand within contemporary moral philosophy. Although the revival of virtue ethics has helped reint……続きを見る

This volume contains the key philosophical writings of maverick Enlightenment philosopher André-Pierre Le Guay de Prémontval (1716-1764). Prémontval was a prolific member of the Berlin Academy of Sc……続きを見る