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Diamond-encrusted, alligator-skin handbags. Eighteen-course feasts. Yachts the length of city blocks. In the twenty-first century, many point to such conspicuous consumption as reflecting the moral ……続きを見る

William James' "Pragmatism" is a collection of lectures that were delivered at the Lowell Institute in Boston in November and December, 1906, and in January, 1907, at Columbia University, in New Yor……続きを見る

The idea that mathematics is reducible to logic has a long history, but it was Frege who gave logicism an articulation and defense that transformed it into a distinctive philosophical thesis with a ……続きを見る

Originally delivered as a set of lectures at Manchester College "On the Present Situation in Philosophy," "A Pluralistic Universe" is a classic of philosophical thought. In it, William James explore……続きを見る

The Dramatic History of Iraq in One Concise Volume The destinies of Iraq and America will be tightly intertwined into the foreseeable future due to the U.S. incursion into this complex, perplexing d……続きを見る

This entire literary endeavor to separate Biblical literalism from observable reality was prompted by the fact that one supposedly erudite scholar managed to propound on American National Public Rad……続きを見る

This work is an examination of teleological attributions i.e. ascriptions of proper functions and natural ends) to the features and behavior of living things with a view to understanding their appli……続きを見る

This book explores Sartre’s engagement with the Cuban Revolution. In early 1960 Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir accepted the invitation to visit Cuba and to report on the revolution. They ar……続きを見る

A profoundly influential figure in American psychology, William James (1842–1910) was also a philosopher of note, who used Charles S. Peirce's theories of pragmatism as a basis for his own conceptio……続きを見る

Negli anni che precedono la pubblicazione del saggio sul Pragmatismo (1907), William James iniziò uno scambio epistolare con il filosofo polacco Wincenty Lutoslawski, che gli raccontò la sua esperie……続きを見る

This book investigates intersections between the philosophy of nature and Hellenism in British and German Romanticism, focusing primarily on five central literary/philosophical figures: Friedrich Sc……続きを見る

This hilarious cast of star philosophers will make you laugh while you think as they explore the moral conundrums, ridiculous paradoxes, and wild implications of Saturday Night Live Comedian-philoso……続きを見る

This Element critically surveys the full range of G. E. Moore's ethical thought, including: (1) his rejection of naturalism in favor of the view that 'good' designates a simple, indefinable property……続きを見る

A new reading of The Prince, arguing that the classic text is neither a scientific treatise on politics nor a patriotic tract but rather an artful, elaborated critique of the dominant religion of hi……続きを見る

The leading interpretations of The Prince focus on Machiavelli's historical context, but they give little attention to the source on which the moral and political thought of Machiavelli's sixteenth ……続きを見る

This Element examines the many facets of ethical realism and the issues at stake in metaethical debates about itーboth between realism and non-realist alternatives, and between different versions of……続きを見る

La filosofía es cuestión de los griegos. Nuestra investigación comienza con el proceso histórico que dio origen a la filosofía partiendo de la consideración de la palabra, de su inscripción en el le……続きを見る

Zu seinen Lebzeiten war Kurt Gödel außerhalb der Fachwelt der Mathematiker, Philosophen und theoretischen Physiker kaum bekannt. Zu Beginn seiner Karriere schuf er beeindruckende Arbeiten zur Vollst……続きを見る

From bookshelves overflowing with self-help books to scholarly treatises on neurobiology to late-night infomercials that promise to make you happier, healthier, and smarter with the acquisition of j……続きを見る

Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bat……続きを見る

William Penn (October 14, 1644 July 30, 1718) was an English real estate entrepreneur, philosopher, and founder of Pennsylvania (or Penns woods), as well as the man who designed the plan for the ci……続きを見る

This book examines the use, principally in economics, of the concept of the invisible hand, centering on Adam Smith. It interprets the concept as ideology, knowledge, and a linguistic phenomenon. It……続きを見る

The search for happiness has been an enduring quest for us all. The greatest minds from history--Plato, Aristotle, Epicurus, Rousseau, Kant, Mill, Gandhi, Einstein and many othersーall confirm that ……続きを見る

Great ideas often develop gradually after studying a problem at length--but not always. Sometimes, an insight hits like a bolt from the blue. For Archimedes, clarity struck while he was taking a bat……続きを見る

This volume presents fourteen of William E. Mann's essays on three prominent figures in late Patristic and early medieval philosophy: Augustine, Anselm, and Peter Abelard. The essays explore some of……続きを見る

The Meaning of Truth by the American philosopher and psychologist ,William James.This book is a theory of truth within the philosophies of pragmatism.It is the common features of the theories are a ……続きを見る

Es gibt eine Wiederentdeckung zu machen: William Hazlitt (1778–1830), Journalist und Schriftsteller, Zeitgenosse der englischen Romantiker, eng befreundet mit den berühmten Dichtern Coleridge und Wo……続きを見る

What is an Age and why is the Age of Aquarius any different than any other Age? In order to understand the Aquarian Age and what it means to humanity we need to understand and reconcile the Ages tha……続きを見る

The French author Michel de Montaigne is widely regarded as the founder and greatest practitioner of the personal essay. A member of the minor aristocracy, he worked as a judicial investigator, serv……続きを見る

In William Ralph Inge's book 'The Idea of Progress,' readers are taken on a thought-provoking journey through the concept of progress and its impact on society. Written in a reflective and introspec……続きを見る