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The acquisition of self-knowledge is often described as one of the main goals of philosophical inquiry. At the same time, some sort of self-knowledge is often regarded as a necessary condition of ou……続きを見る

Ludwig Wittgenstein famously declared that philosophy “ought really to be written only as a form of poetry,” and he even described the Tractatus as “philosophical and, at the same time, literary.” B……続きを見る

How should we approach the daunting task of renewing the ideal of equality? In this book, Christine Sypnowich proposes a theory of equality centred on human flourishing or wellbeing. She argues that……続きを見る

Why read Kant’s Critique of Judgment today? Does this classic of aesthetic theory still possess the vitality to prompt those of us engaged with art and criticism to think more deeply about issues th……続きを見る

Zwischen Rechtsverständnissen, nach denen es nur juridische, nicht aber moralische Rechte geben kann, und einem individualethischen Ansatz, nach dem Personen moralische Rechte haben, gibt es einen a……続きを見る

Der Vorzug dieser Darstellung eines eigenen Gegenstands bzw. Verteidigung eines eigenen Werts der Philosophie liegt darin, die besondere Stellung und Aufgabe der Philosophie gegenüber den Einzelwiss……続きを見る

Diese Untersuchung setzt bei einer vermeintlichen Selbstverständlichkeit ein, bei der Allgegenwart von Unterschiedenheit. Genauer besehen zeigt sich hier jedoch eine Differenz von Differenz und Unte……続きを見る

Ein freies Wesen - was wir verlangen zu sein - muss jedoch in jedem Gebrauch seiner Freiheit wirklich anders können, als es sich aus freien Stücken tatsächlich verhält. Doch was bedeutet diese Anfor……続きを見る

A brilliant introduction to the philosophical concept of materialism and its relevance to contemporary science and culture In this eye-opening, intellectually stimulating appreciation of a fascinati……続きを見る

The Concept of History reflects on the presuppositions behind the contemporary understanding of history that often remain implicit and not spelled out. It is a critique of the modern understanding o……続きを見る

Hume's Reception in Early America: Expanded Edition brings together the original American responses to one of Britain's greatest men of letters, David Hume. Now available as a single volume paperbac……続きを見る

This volume brings together a number of original articles by leading Leibniz scholars to address the meaning and significance of Leibniz’s notions of compossibility and possible worlds. In order to ……続きを見る

This book explores how far some leading philosophers, from Montaigne to Hume, used Academic Scepticism to build their own brand of scepticism or took it as its main sceptical target. The book offers……続きを見る

Kierkegaard's Theology of Encounter provides a theoretical framework that brings the unity of Kierkegaard's 'middle period' into relief. David Lappano analyses Kierkegaard's writings between 1846 an……続きを見る

Modern philosophy originates during the scientific revolution, and Michael Jacovides provides an engaging account of how this scientific background influences one of the foremost figures of early mo……続きを見る

Seit der Antike haben sich Philosophen sehr aufmerksam und eindringlich mit 'memoria' und 'reminiscentia', mit Gedächtnis und Erinnerung beschäftigt. Erst in der Neuzeit und insbesondere in der Mode……続きを見る

A book that explains a concept beyond the idea of Atheists, Theists as well as Agnostics. 続きを見る

Introduced in 1894 as a treatment for a deadly childhood disease, the diphtheria serum stands as a milestone in pharmaceutical history. Diphtheria Serum as a Technological Object: A Philosophical An……続きを見る

“A clarion call for seeing the world as a whole,” this philosophical bestseller takes readers through history, from the Big Bang through the 21st centuryーnow featuring an afterword with the writer-……続きを見る

The current political climate of uncompromising neoliberalism means that the need to study the logic of our cultureーthat is, the logic of the capitalist systemーis compelling. Providing a rich phil……続きを見る

Metaphysics: 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. ……続きを見る

Béatrice Longuenesse presents an original exploration of our understanding of ourselves and the way we talk about ourselves. In the first part of the book she discusses contemporary analyses of our ……続きを見る

Nietzsche has often been considered a thinker independent of the philosophy of his time and radically opposed to the concerns and concepts of modern and contemporary philosophy. But there is an incr……続きを見る

David Hume (1711-1776) is perhaps best known for his treatises on problems of epistemology, skepticism, and causation. A less familiar side of his intellectual output is his work on legal and politi……続きを見る

Influenced by Kojève's interpretation of Hegel as well as his direct political experience of the second world war, Maurice Merleau-Ponty abandoned the religious and philosophical position he had ass……続きを見る

Native soil was a mid-nineteenth-century Russian reaction against materialism and positivism. It emphasized the need for people to live their lives and develop themselves naturally, so that class di……続きを見る

J.S. Mill's deep interest in French intellectual, political, and social affairs began in 1820 when, in his fourteenth year, he went to France to live for a year with the family of Sir Samuel Bentham……続きを見る

What is it to be modern? How does the world look through the eyes of a modern? Is it possible to bring the sensibility of the non-modern to bear on the world around one? If so, how? The essays in th……続きを見る

These volumes of Mill's letters have been awaited eagerly by all scholars in the field of nineteenth-century studies. They inaugurate most auspiciously the edition of the Collected Works of John Stu……続きを見る

Friedrich Nietzsche is one of the most influential thinkers of the past 150 years and On the Genealogy of Morality (1887) is his most important work on ethics and politics. A polemical contribution ……続きを見る