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Beyond Speech - Pornography and Analytic Feminist Philosophy (Hardcover): Mari Mikkola Beyond Speech - Pornography and Analytic Feminist Philosophy (Hardcover)
Mari Mikkola
R3,648 Discovery Miles 36 480 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This collection of eleven new essays contains the latest developments in analytic feminist philosophy on the topic of pornography. While honoring early feminist work on the subject, it aims to go beyond speech act analyses of pornography and to reshape the philosophical discourse that surrounds pornography. A rich feminist literature on pornography has emerged since the 1980s, with Rae Langton's speech act theoretic analysis dominating specifically Anglo-American feminist philosophy on pornography. Despite the predominance of this literature, there remain considerable disagreements and precious little agreement on many key issues: What is pornography? Does pornography (as Langton argues) constitute women's subordination and silencing? Does it objectify women in harmful ways? Is pornography authoritative enough to enact women's subordination? Is speech act theory the best way to approach pornography? Given the deep divergences over these questions, the first goal of this collection is to take stock of extant debates in order to clarify key feminist conceptual and political commitments regarding pornography. This volume further aims to go beyond the prevalent speech-acts approach to pornography, and to highlight novel issues in feminist pornography-debates, including the aesthetics of pornography, trans* identities and racialization in pornography, and putatively feminist pornography.

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I - Exploring and Evaluating the Debate (Hardcover): William J. Abraham Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I - Exploring and Evaluating the Debate (Hardcover)
William J. Abraham
R3,678 Discovery Miles 36 780 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Divine Agency and Divine Action, Volume I lays the groundwork for a constructive contribution to the contemporary debate regarding divine action. Noted scholar, William J. Abraham argues that the concept of divine action is not a closed concept-like knowledge-but an open concept with a variety of context-dependent meanings. The volume charts the history of debate about divine action among key Anglophone philosophers of religion, and observes that they were largely committed to this erroneous understanding of divine action as a closed concept. After developing an argument that divine action should be understood as an open, fluid concept, Abraham engages the work of William Alston, Process metaphysics, quantum physics, analytic Thomist philosophy of religion, and the theology of Kathryn Tanner. Abraham argues that divine action as an open concept must be shaped by distinctly theological considerations, and thus all future work on divine action among philosophers of religion must change to accord with this vision. Only deep engagement with the Christian theological tradition will remedy the problems ailing contemporary discourse on divine action.

The Construction of Logical Space (Hardcover): Agustin Rayo The Construction of Logical Space (Hardcover)
Agustin Rayo
R2,743 Discovery Miles 27 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Our conception of logical space is the set of distinctions we use to navigate the world. In The Construction of Logical Space Agustin Rayo defends the idea that one's conception of logical space is shaped by one's acceptance or rejection of 'just is'-statements: statements like 'to be composed of water just is to be composed of H2O', or 'for the number of the dinosaurs to be zero just is for there to be no dinosaurs'. The resulting picture is used to articulate a conception of metaphysical possibility that does not depend on a reduction of the modal to the non-modal, and to develop a trivialist philosophy of mathematics, according to which the truths of pure mathematics have trivial truth-conditions.

Relativism and Monadic Truth (Hardcover): Herman Cappelen, John Hawthorne Relativism and Monadic Truth (Hardcover)
Herman Cappelen, John Hawthorne
R883 Discovery Miles 8 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Relativism has dominated many intellectual circles, past and present, but the twentieth century saw it banished to the fringes of mainstream analytic philosophy. Of late, however, it is making something of a comeback within that loosely configured tradition, a comeback that attempts to capitalize on some important ideas in foundational semantics. Relativism and Monadic Truth aims not merely to combat analytic relativism but also to combat the foundational ideas in semantics that led to its revival. Doing so requires a proper understanding of the significance of possible worlds semantics, an examination of the relation between truth and the flow of time, an account of putatively relevant data from attitude and speech act reporting, and a careful treatment of various operators. Throughout, Herman Cappelen and John Hawthorne contrast relativism with a view according to which the contents of thought and talk are propositions that instantiate the fundamental monadic properties of truth simpliciter and falsity simpliciter. Such propositions, they argue, are the semantic values of sentences (relative to context), the objects of illocutionary acts, and, unsurprisingly, the objects of propositional attitudes.

The Significance of Religious Experience (Hardcover): Howard Wettstein The Significance of Religious Experience (Hardcover)
Howard Wettstein
R2,634 Discovery Miles 26 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is collection of published and unpublished essays on the philosophy of religion by Howard Wettstein, who is a widely respected analytic philosopher. Over the past twenty years, Wettstein has attempted to reconcile his faith with his philosophy, and he brings his personal investment in this mission to the essays collected here. Influenced by the work of George Santayana, Wittgenstein, and A.J. Heschel, Wettstein grapples with central issues in the philosophy of religion such as the relationship of religious practice to religious belief, what is at stake in the debate between atheists and theists, and the place of doctrine in religion. His discussions draw from Jewish texts as well as Christianity, Islam, and classical philosophy. The challenge Wettstein undertakes throughout the volume is to maintain a philosophical naturalism while pursuing an encounter with God and traditional religion. In the Introduction to this volume, Wettstein elucidates the uniting themes among the collected essays.

The American Pragmatists (Hardcover): Cheryl Misak The American Pragmatists (Hardcover)
Cheryl Misak
R2,090 Discovery Miles 20 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Cheryl Misak presents a history of the great American philosophical tradition of pragmatism, from its inception in the Metaphysical Club of the 1870s to the present day. She identifies two dominant lines of thought in the tradition: the first begins with Charles S. Peirce and Chauncey Wright and continues through to Lewis, Quine, and Sellars; the other begins with William James and continues through to Dewey and Rorty. This ambitious new account identifies the connections between traditional American pragmatism and twentieth-century Anglo-American philosophy, and links pragmatism to major positions in the recent history of philosophy, such as logical empiricism. Misak argues that the most defensible version of pragmatism must be seen and recovered as an important part of the analytic tradition.

Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation - Philosophical Essays Volume 2 (Hardcover, New edition): Donald Davidson Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation - Philosophical Essays Volume 2 (Hardcover, New edition)
Donald Davidson
R3,822 Discovery Miles 38 220 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Now in a new edition, this volume updates Davidson's exceptional Inquiries into Truth and Interpretation (1984), which set out his enormously influential philosophy of language. The original volume remains a central point of reference, and a focus of controversy, with its impact extending into linguistic theory, philosophy of mind, and epistemology. Addressing a central question--what it is for words to mean what they do--and featuring a previously uncollected, additional essay, this work will appeal to a wide audience of philosophers, linguists, and psychologists.

Modal Logic as Metaphysics (Hardcover): Timothy Williamson Modal Logic as Metaphysics (Hardcover)
Timothy Williamson
R1,921 Discovery Miles 19 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Are there such things as merely possible people, who would have lived if our ancestors had acted differently? Are there future people, who have not yet been conceived? Questions like those raise deep issues about both the nature of being and its logical relations with contingency and change. In Modal Logic as Metaphysics, Timothy Williamson argues for positive answers to those questions on the basis of an integrated approach to the issues, applying the technical resources of modal logic to provide structural cores for metaphysical theories. He rejects the search for a metaphysically neutral logic as futile. The book contains detailed historical discussion of how the metaphysical issues emerged in the twentieth century development of quantified modal logic, through the work of such figures as Rudolf Carnap, Ruth Barcan Marcus, Arthur Prior, and Saul Kripke. It proposes higher-order modal logic as a new setting in which to resolve such metaphysical questions scientifically, by the construction of systematic logical theories embodying rival answers and their comparison by normal scientific standards. Williamson provides both a rigorous introduction to the technical background needed to understand metaphysical questions in quantified modal logic and an extended argument for controversial, provocative answers to them. He gives original, precise treatments of topics including the relation between logic and metaphysics, the methodology of theory choice in philosophy, the nature of possible worlds and their role in semantics, plural quantification compared to quantification into predicate position, communication across metaphysical disagreement, and problems for truthmaker theory.

Wittgenstein's Tractatus, A Student's Edition (Paperback, A Student's ed.): Duncan Richter Wittgenstein's Tractatus, A Student's Edition (Paperback, A Student's ed.)
Duncan Richter
R999 Discovery Miles 9 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
A Baby Boomer's Last Stand - The Prologue (Hardcover): Jon Alexander Young A Baby Boomer's Last Stand - The Prologue (Hardcover)
Jon Alexander Young
R981 Discovery Miles 9 810 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
How to Analyze People - How to Read and Influence People with the Ultimate Guide to Reading Body Language and Nonverbal... How to Analyze People - How to Read and Influence People with the Ultimate Guide to Reading Body Language and Nonverbal Communication - (Hardcover)
Tony Brain
R785 Discovery Miles 7 850 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
How to Analyze People - How to Read and Influence People with the Ultimate Guide to Reading Body Language and Nonverbal... How to Analyze People - How to Read and Influence People with the Ultimate Guide to Reading Body Language and Nonverbal Communication - (Hardcover)
Tony Brain
R715 Discovery Miles 7 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Analytic Philosophy of Clinical and Community Medicine (Hardcover): Lucien Karhausen Analytic Philosophy of Clinical and Community Medicine (Hardcover)
Lucien Karhausen
R1,075 Discovery Miles 10 750 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Problem of Plurality of Logics - Understanding the Dynamic Nature of Philosophical Logic (Hardcover): Pavel Arazim The Problem of Plurality of Logics - Understanding the Dynamic Nature of Philosophical Logic (Hardcover)
Pavel Arazim
R3,236 Discovery Miles 32 360 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

As the foundation of our rationality, logic has traditionally been considered fixed, stable and constant. This conception of the discipline has been challenged recently by the plurality of logics and in this book, Pavel Arazim extends the debate to offer a new view of logic as dynamic and without a definite, specific shape. The Problem of Plurality of Logics examines the origins of our standard view of logic alongside Kant's theories, the holistic view, the issue of logic's pragmatic significance and Robert Brandom's logical expressivism. Arazim then draws on proof-theoretical approaches to present a convincing argument for a dynamic version of logical inferentialism, which opens space for a new freedom to modify our own logic. He explores the scope, possibilities and limits of this freedom in order to highlight the future paths logic could take, as a motivation for further research. Marking a departure from logical monism and also from the recent doctrine of logical pluralism in its various forms, this book addresses current debates concerning the expressive role of logic and contributes to a lively area of discussion in analytic philosophy.

Wicca For Beginners - The Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Magic, Rituals, Witchcraft, and Living a Magical Life (Hardcover): Amy White Wicca For Beginners - The Guide to Wiccan Beliefs, Magic, Rituals, Witchcraft, and Living a Magical Life (Hardcover)
Amy White
R570 R519 Discovery Miles 5 190 Save R51 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Guided Meditation for Anxiety - and Kundalini Awakening - 2 in 1 - Align Your Chakras, Awaken Your Third Eye, Reduce Stress and... Guided Meditation for Anxiety - and Kundalini Awakening - 2 in 1 - Align Your Chakras, Awaken Your Third Eye, Reduce Stress and Anxiety, Find Inner Peace, and Heal Your Soul (Hardcover)
Kaizen Mindfulness Meditations
R506 R469 Discovery Miles 4 690 Save R37 (7%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Chakras - For Beginners - How to Awaken and Balance Your Chakras and Heal Yourself with Chakra Healing, Reiki Healing and... Chakras - For Beginners - How to Awaken and Balance Your Chakras and Heal Yourself with Chakra Healing, Reiki Healing and Guided Meditation (Empath, Third Eye) (Hardcover)
Amy White
R592 R537 Discovery Miles 5 370 Save R55 (9%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Purposehood - Transform Your Life, Transform the World (Hardcover): Ammar Charani Purposehood - Transform Your Life, Transform the World (Hardcover)
Ammar Charani
R738 Discovery Miles 7 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Valerius Terminus - of the Interpretation of Nature (Hardcover): Francis Bacon Valerius Terminus - of the Interpretation of Nature (Hardcover)
Francis Bacon
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Third Eye - Simple Techniques to Awaken Your Third Eye Chakra With Guided Meditation, Kundalini, and Hypnosis (psychic... Third Eye - Simple Techniques to Awaken Your Third Eye Chakra With Guided Meditation, Kundalini, and Hypnosis (psychic abilities, spiritual enlightenment) (Hardcover)
Amy White
R621 R559 Discovery Miles 5 590 Save R62 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Knowledge, Number and Reality - Encounters with the Work of Keith Hossack (Hardcover): Nils Kurbis, Bahram Assadian, Jonathan... Knowledge, Number and Reality - Encounters with the Work of Keith Hossack (Hardcover)
Nils Kurbis, Bahram Assadian, Jonathan Nassim
R3,083 Discovery Miles 30 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Throughout his career, Keith Hossack has made outstanding contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and the philosophy of mathematics. This collection of previously unpublished papers begins with a focus on Hossack's conception of the nature of knowledge, his metaphysics of facts and his account of the relations between knowledge, agents and facts. Attention moves to Hossack's philosophy of mind and the nature of consciousness, before turning to the notion of necessity and its interaction with a priori knowledge. Hossack's views on the nature of proof, logical truth, conditionals and generality are discussed in depth. In the final chapters, questions about the identity of mathematical objects and our knowledge of them take centre stage, together with questions about the necessity and generality of mathematical and logical truths. Knowledge, Number and Reality represents some of the most vibrant discussions taking place in analytic philosophy today.

Four Views on the Axiology of Theism - What Difference Does God Make? (Hardcover): Kirk Lougheed Four Views on the Axiology of Theism - What Difference Does God Make? (Hardcover)
Kirk Lougheed
R3,408 Discovery Miles 34 080 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For centuries, philosophers have addressed the ontological question of whether God exists. Most recently, philosophers have begun to explore the axiological question of what value impact, if any, God's existence has (or would have) on our world. This book brings together four prestigious philosophers, Michael Almeida, Travis Dumsday, Perry Hendricks and Graham Oppy, to present different views on the axiological question about God. Each contributor expresses a position on axiology, which is then met with responses from the remaining contributors. This structure makes for genuine discussion and developed exploration of the key issues at stake, and shows that the axiological question is more complicated than it first appears. Chapters explore a range of relevant issues, including the relationship between Judeo-Christian theism and non-naturalist alternatives such as pantheism, polytheism, and animism/panpsychism. Further chapters consider the attitudes and emotions of atheists within the theism conversation, and develop and evaluate the best arguments for doxastic pro-theism and doxastic anti-theism. Of interest to those working on philosophy of religion, theism and ethics, this book presents lively accounts of an important topic in an exciting and collaborative way, offered by renowned experts in this area.

Groups, Norms and Practices - Essays on Inferentialism and Collective Intentionality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Ladislav Koren,... Groups, Norms and Practices - Essays on Inferentialism and Collective Intentionality (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Ladislav Koren, Hans Bernhard Schmid, Preston Stovall, Leo Townsend
R1,540 Discovery Miles 15 400 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This edited volume examines the relationship between collective intentionality and inferential theories of meaning. The book consists of three main sections. The first part contains essays demonstrating how researchers working on inferentialism and collective intentionality can learn from one another. The essays in the second part examine the dimensions along which philosophical and empirical research on human reasoning and collective intentionality can benefit from more cross-pollination. The final part consists of essays that offer a closer examination of themes from inferentialism and collective intentionality that arise in the work of Wilfrid Sellars. Groups, Norms and Practices provides a template for continuing an interdisciplinary program in philosophy and the sciences that aims to deepen our understanding of human rationality, language use, and sociality.

Bergsonism and the History of Analytic Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022): Andreas Vrahimis Bergsonism and the History of Analytic Philosophy (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Andreas Vrahimis
R3,407 Discovery Miles 34 070 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

During the first quarter of the twentieth century, the French philosopher Henri Bergson became an international celebrity, profoundly influencing contemporary intellectual and artistic currents. While Bergsonism was fashionable, L. Susan Stebbing, Bertrand Russell, Moritz Schlick, and Rudolf Carnap launched different critical attacks against some of Bergson's views. This book examines this series of critical responses to Bergsonism early in the history of analytic philosophy. Analytic criticisms of Bergsonism were influenced by William James, who saw Bergson as an 'anti-intellectualist' ally of American Pragmatism, and Max Scheler, who saw him as a prophet of Lebensphilosophie. Some of the main analytic objections to Bergson are answered in the work of Karin Costelloe-Stephen. Analytic anti-Bergsonism accompanied the earlier refutations of idealism by Russell and Moore, and later influenced the Vienna Circle's critique of metaphysics. It eventually contributed to the formation of the view that 'analytic' philosophy is divided from its 'continental' counterpart.

Lonergan, Meaning and Method - Philosophical Essays (Hardcover): Andrew Beards Lonergan, Meaning and Method - Philosophical Essays (Hardcover)
Andrew Beards
R4,076 Discovery Miles 40 760 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bernard Lonergan (1904-84) is acknowledged as one of the most significant philosopher-theologians of the 20th century. Lonergan, Meaning and Method in many ways complements Andrew Beards' previous book on Lonergan, Insight and Analysis (Bloomsbury, 2010). Andrew Beards applies Lonergan's thought and brings it into critical dialogue and discussion with other contemporary philosophical interlocutors, principally from the analytical tradition. He also introduces themes and arguments from the continental tradition, as well as offering interpretative analysis of some central notions in Lonergan's thought that are of interest to all who wish to understand the importance of Lonergan's work for philosophy and Christian theology. Three of the chapters focus upon areas of fruitful exchange and debate between Lonergan's thought and the work of three major figures in current analytical philosophy: Nancy Cartwright, Timothy Williamson and Scott Soames. The discussion also ranges across such topics as meaning theory, metaphilosophy, epistemology, philosophy of science and aesthetics.

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