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Wer verspürt nicht Endzeitmelancholie, wenn liebgewonnene Traditionen verschwinden und den sprichwörtlichen Bach hinuntergehen? In neun prägnanten Einzelbetrachtungen und einem übergreifenden Essay ……続きを見る

Nietzsche, the philosopher seemingly opposed to everyone, has met with remarkably little opposition himself. He remains what he wanted to be- the limit-philosopher of a modernity that never ends. In……続きを見る

Phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodology have many adherents and practitioners throughout the world. The international character of interest in these two areas is exemplified by the papers in……続きを見る

Organized topically rather than historically, this book provides an excellent introduction to the subject of African Philosophy. Samuel Oluoch Imbo synthesizes the ideas of key African philosophers ……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

Since prefaces, for the most part, are written after a book is done, yet face the reader before he gets to it, it is perhaps not surprising that we usually find ourselves addressed by a more chasten……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

Die hier 〈deutscher Empirismus〉 genannte Tradition umfasst als Schlüsselfiguren Wilhelm Dilthey und Hermann Cohen. Das Empirische am 〈deutschen Empirismus〉 liegt nicht in den „Sinnesdaten“, sond……続きを見る

What is the philosophy of religion? How can we distinguish it from theology on the one hand and the psychology/sociology of religious belief on the other? What does it mean to describe God as 'etern……続きを見る

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2017 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Epochenübergreifende Abhandlungen, Note: 2,0, FernUniversität Hagen (Philosophisches Institut), Veranstaltung: Praktische Kulturphilosoph……続きを見る

Serendipities is an iconoclastic, dazzlingly erudite and witty demonstration, by one of the world's most brilliant thinkers, of how myths and lunacies can produce historical developments of no small……続きを見る

Wilhelm von Humboldt hat sich nicht im eigentlichen Sinne als Philosoph verstanden; seine Forschungen, wie die auf den Feldern der Bildung und Sprache, führten ihn indes immer wieder auf philosophis……続きを見る

This book examines the most important Czech women philosophers and scientists. It highlights the lives and achievements of a group that has often not received the recognition they deserve. Chapters ……続きを見る

Certain questions have recurred throughout the history of philosophy. They are the big questionsーabout happiness and the good life, the limits of knowledge, the ultimate structure of reality, the n……続きを見る

Hannah Arendt and the History of Thought, edited by Daniel Brennan and Marguerite La Caze, enrichens and deepens scholarship on Arendt’s relation to philosophical history and traditions. Some contri……続きを見る

In his unmistakable style, Friedrich Nietzsche approached the issue of all classes of values, not only the moral ones. The author presents Nietzsche as a philosopher of values par excellence by anal……続きを見る

A philosophical miscellany, as diverting as it is instructive, centred on an eclectic sequence of themes, ranging from advice to ageing, from backbiting to bigotry, from freedom to friendship, and f……続きを見る

Das ökologische Denken Humboldts wird in drei Textauszügen vor Augen geführt: anhand einer frühen Reise des jungen Humboldt, seiner großen Reise in die amerikanischen Tropen und schließlich seiner R……続きを見る

Certain questions have recurred throughout the history of philosophy. They are the big questionsーabout happiness and the good life, the limits of knowledge, the ultimate structure of reality, the n……続きを見る

The Estonian philosopher of science Rein Vihalemm (1938–2015) left two prominent and fruitful philosophical-methodological legacies that continue to captivate philosophers of science: a methodologic……続きを見る

Barely acknowledged in his lifetime, the New Science of Giambattista Vico (1668-1744) is an astonishingly perceptive and ambitious attempt to decipher the history, mythology and laws of the ancient ……続きを見る

In this volume--the first, focused study of Hume on time and identity--Baxter focuses on Hume’s treatment of the concept of numerical identity, which is central to Hume's famous discussions of the e……続きを見る

One of the guiding thoughts throughout this work is that G. W. F. Hegel is the philosopher of the modern age, that subsequent phil osophers, whether or not they have read his works, must take their ……続きを見る

Leviathan invests the sovereign with nearly absolute power, and that vast sovereign has drawn the reader's eye for 350 years. Yet Hobbes has much to say about subjects as well, and he articulates a ……続きを見る

Now available in English for the first time, The Visibility of the Image explores the development of an influential aesthetic tradition through the work of six figures. Analysing their contribution ……続きを見る

Da sempre raccolgo e archivio frasi e pensieri che mi piacciono e che mi servono per l’attività di formatore aziendale ed anche per un interesse personale. Nei precedenti libri che ho pubblicato ho ……続きを見る

THE CRITIQUE OF PURE REASON by Immanuel Kant Synopsis The Critique of Pure Reason is written by Immanuel Kant, a German philosopher who contributed to modern philosophy. Sequels to this book are fol……続きを見る

Viele überlieferte Gewissheiten aus den Traditionen von "Aufklärung" und "Moderne" sind brüchig geworden – es scheint, als ob sich unser gewohntes Weltbild gerade auflöst. Andererseits haben wir den……続きを見る

«Dove mai avrà termine, dove mai placata cesserà la furia di Ate?» L’interrogativo angoscioso di Eschilo non smette di risuonare dopo migliaia di anni. Abbiamo forse dimenticato il nome della funest……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