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Books > Philosophy > Western philosophy > Modern Western philosophy, c 1600 to the present > Western philosophy, from c 1900 -

Wittgenstein and Scientism (Hardcover): Jonathan Beale, Ian James Kidd Wittgenstein and Scientism (Hardcover)
Jonathan Beale, Ian James Kidd
R3,911 Discovery Miles 39 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wittgenstein criticised prevailing attitudes toward the sciences. The target of his criticisms was 'scientism': what he described as 'the overestimation of science'. This collection is the first study of Wittgenstein's anti-scientism - a theme in his work that is clearly central to his thought yet strikingly neglected by the existing literature. The book explores the philosophical basis of Wittgenstein's anti-scientism; how this anti-scientism helps us understand Wittgenstein's philosophical aims; and how this underlies his later conception of philosophy and the kind of philosophy he attacked. An outstanding team of international contributors articulate and critically assess Wittgenstein's views on scientism and anti-scientism, making Wittgenstein and Scientism essential reading for students and scholars of Wittgenstein's work, on topics as varied as the philosophy of mind and psychology, philosophical practice, the nature of religious belief, and the place of science in modern culture. Contributors: Jonathan Beale, William Child, Annalisa Coliva, David E. Cooper, Ian James Kidd, James C. Klagge, Daniele Moyal-Sharrock, Rupert Read, Genia Schoenbaumsfeld, Severin Schroeder, Benedict Smith, and Chon Tejedor.

Volume 19, Tome VI: Kierkegaard Bibliography - Figures A to H (Hardcover): Peter Sajda, Jon Stewart Volume 19, Tome VI: Kierkegaard Bibliography - Figures A to H (Hardcover)
Peter Sajda, Jon Stewart
R4,220 Discovery Miles 42 200 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The long tradition of Kierkegaard studies has made it impossible for individual scholars to have a complete overview of the vast field of Kierkegaard research. The large and ever increasing number of publications on Kierkegaard in the languages of the world can be simply bewildering even for experienced scholars. The present work constitutes a systematic bibliography which aims to help students and researchers navigate the seemingly endless mass of publications. The volume is divided into two large sections. Part I, which covers Tomes I-V, is dedicated to individual bibliographies organized according to specific language. This includes extensive bibliographies of works on Kierkegaard in some 41 different languages. Part II, which covers Tomes VI-VII, is dedicated to shorter, individual bibliographies organized according to specific figures who are in some way relevant for Kierkegaard. The goal has been to create the most exhaustive bibliography of Kierkegaard literature possible, and thus the bibliography is not limited to any specific time period but instead spans the entire history of Kierkegaard studies.

Psyche, Culture, World - Excursions in Existentialism and Psychoanalytic Philosophy (Paperback): Jon Mills Psyche, Culture, World - Excursions in Existentialism and Psychoanalytic Philosophy (Paperback)
Jon Mills
R984 Discovery Miles 9 840 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

- highly refined scholarship; this book could become a long-term classic - author is recognized authority in the fields of both psychoanalysis and philosophy

Wittgenstein on Sensation and Perception (Hardcover): Michael Hymers Wittgenstein on Sensation and Perception (Hardcover)
Michael Hymers
R4,355 Discovery Miles 43 550 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book offers two novel claims about Wittgenstein's views and methods on perception as explored in the Philosophical Investigations. The first is an interpretive claim about Wittgenstein: that his views on sensation and perception, including his critique of private language, have their roots in his reflections on sense-datum theories and on what Hymers calls the misleading metaphor of phenomenal space. The second is a major philosophical claim: that Wittgenstein's critique of the misleading metaphor of phenomenal space is of ongoing relevance to current debates concerning first-person authority and the problem of perception because we are still tempted to draw inferences about the phenomenal that only apply to the physical. Many contemporary discussions of these topics are thus premised on the very confusions Wittgenstein sought to dispel. This book will appeal to Wittgenstein scholars who are interested in the Philosophical Investigations and to philosophers of perception who may think that Wittgenstein's views are mistaken, irrelevant, or already adequately appreciated.

Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback): Michael P. Wolf Philosophy of Language - 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments (Paperback)
Michael P. Wolf
R1,130 Discovery Miles 11 300 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers readers a collection of 50 short chapter entries on topics in the philosophy of language. Each entry addresses a paradox, a longstanding puzzle, or a major theme that has emerged in the field from the last 150 years, tracing overlap with issues in philosophy of mind, cognitive science, ethics, political philosophy, and literature. Each of the 50 entries is written as a piece that can stand on its own, though useful connections to other entries are mentioned throughout the text. Readers can open the book and start with almost any of the entries, following themes of greatest interest to them. Each entry includes recommendations for further reading on the topic. Philosophy of Language: 50 Puzzles, Paradoxes, and Thought Experiments is useful as a standalone textbook, or can be supplemented by additional readings that instructors choose. The accessible style makes it suitable for introductory level through intermediate undergraduate courses, as well as for independent learners, or even as a reference for more advanced students and researchers. Key Features: Uses a problem-centered approach to philosophy of language (rather than author- or theory-centered) making the text more inviting to first-time students of the subject. Offers stand-alone chapters, allowing students to quickly understand an issue and giving instructors flexibility in assigning readings to match the themes of the course. Provides up-to-date recommended readings at the end of each chapter, or about 500 sources in total, amounting to an extensive review of the literature on each topic.

The Analysis of Mind (Hardcover): Bertrand Russell The Analysis of Mind (Hardcover)
Bertrand Russell; Introduction by Thomas Baldwin
R3,849 Discovery Miles 38 490 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A classic work from early in Russell's career and his major engagement with the nature of the mind Set the path for much of his subsequent philosophical beliefs about mind and consciousness Revised and updated Introduction by Thomas Baldwin places the book in helpful historical and philosophical context

Modernity and Crisis in the Thought of Michel Foucault - The Totality of Reason (Hardcover): Matan Oram Modernity and Crisis in the Thought of Michel Foucault - The Totality of Reason (Hardcover)
Matan Oram
R4,196 Discovery Miles 41 960 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Few studies of Foucault have examined his thought from a sustained interdisciplinary perspective. Through the interpretative prism of the concept of the 'Totality of Reason', this book suggests an original analytical reading of Foucault's thought. This book addresses Foucault's characterizations of the Enlightenment, asking whether the developmental history of the modern conception of knowledge - from the Renaissance to the Enlightenment - warrants the conclusion he draws. From the perspective of a critical evaluation of Foucault's thesis on 'the crisis of modernity', the book examines whether Foucault, the philosophical and social critic, truly belongs to those intellectual trends known as a 'deconstruction' and 'post-modernism' that advocate a wholesale rejection of the project of modernity, demonstrating how a classification of this kind contributes to an impoverishment of our understanding of Foucault's thought. This book will attract the attention of readers interested in Foucault, and what is broadly perceived to be the 'crisis of modernity'. It will appeal to scholars and advanced students of sociology, political philosophy and political science, psychology, philosophy, interdisciplinary studies and cultural studies.

In the Presence of Schopenhauer (Paperback): Houellebecq In the Presence of Schopenhauer (Paperback)
Houellebecq
R225 Discovery Miles 2 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The work of Michel Houellebecq - one of the most widely read and controversial novelists of our time - is marked by the thought of Schopenhauer. When Houellebecq came across a copy of Schopenhauer's Aphorisms in a library in his mid-twenties, he was bowled over by it and he hunted down a copy of his major philosophical work, The World as Will and Representation. Houellebecq found in Schopenhauer - the radical pessimist, the chronicler of human suffering, the lonely misanthrope - a powerful conception of the human condition and of the future that awaits us, and when Houellebecq's first writings appeared in the early 1990s, the influence of Schopenhauer was everywhere apparent. But it was only much later, in 2005, that Houellebecq began to translate and write a commentary on Schopenhauer's work. He thought of turning it into a book but soon abandoned the idea and the text remained unpublished until 2017. Now available in English for the first time, In the Presence of Schopenhauer is the story of a remarkable encounter between a novelist and a philosopher and a testimony to the deep and enduring impact of Schopenhauer's philosophy on one of France's greatest living writers.

The Existential Importance of the Penis - A Guide to Understanding Male Sexuality (Paperback): Daniel N Watter The Existential Importance of the Penis - A Guide to Understanding Male Sexuality (Paperback)
Daniel N Watter
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The first of its kind, this book applies existential principles to sexual problems, providing clinicians with the tools to understand male sexuality more deeply. Alighting from the existential psychotherapy tenets of Irvin D. Yalom, Watter introduces the notion that the penis is a conduit for male emotion, and hence regulates their ability to form and experience intimate relationships. Subsequent chapters explore an existential view of male sexual dysfunction, non-sexual trauma, hypersexuality, changing bodies through illness, age, and injury, and examines badly behaved men to understand the meaning of certain behaviors. This book will be an invaluable resource for sex therapists, marriage and family therapists, psychologists, and social workers in practice and in training, assisting them to develop the therapeutic skills that will improve their understanding of men's psychological experience.

Nothingness - Philosophical Insights into Psychology (Hardcover): Jytte Bang Nothingness - Philosophical Insights into Psychology (Hardcover)
Jytte Bang
R3,915 Discovery Miles 39 150 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book addresses nothingness as not only the intangible presence of an emotional, cultural, social, or even political void that is felt on an existential level, but has some solid foundations in reality. The death of a loved one, the social isolation of an individual, or the culture shock one may experience in another country are examples of situations in which an external sense of absence mirrors an internal psychological and philosophical sense of nothingness. Not much has been explicitly written on nothingness in the history of psychology. On the other hand, nothingness seems to be implicitly embedded in many scholars' work. This duality of explicitly and implicitly expressed ideas about nothingness reveals how psychology finds inspiration in philosophy, and vice versa. The book aims to illustrate how the concept of the presence of absence-nothingness-fills a void in contemporary psychological theorizing.

Real Space - The fate of physical presence in the digital age, on and off planet (Paperback): Paul Levinson Real Space - The fate of physical presence in the digital age, on and off planet (Paperback)
Paul Levinson
R1,532 Discovery Miles 15 320 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Is planet earth the end of the line, or is space itself the next stop?
Cyberspace. It's incredible, taking us to any part of the planet we want to visit. But as Paul Levinson shows in his brilliant new book, when it comes to transport, we're still stuck in the past, preferring to take our bodies with us. Whether it's trains, yachts, scooters or pogo-sticks, we're compelled to keep moving, our movements curtailed only by the earth itself. In our imaginations however, we soar way past the limits of current technology.
With a lucid but reflective style that takes in everything from robots and science fiction to religion and philosophy, Paul Levinson asks why there is a deep seated human desire to know what's 'out there'. Why, after getting a man on the moon, did the US space program develop so slowly? In a world where space is constantly repackaged, how do we know what real space is? Is our desire to get into space natural, or a religious craving, and is it a modern phenomenon, or did our ancestors also dream of escaping the clutches of Mother Earth?
Jam-packed with exciting, innovative, even revolutionary thinking about our future, Realspace is essential reading for everyone who has ever sat at their desk, gazed into the distance and imagined boarding a space shuttle...

Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback): Mohammad Azadpur Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback)
Mohammad Azadpur
R1,141 Discovery Miles 11 410 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This work engages in a constructive, yet subtle, dialogue with the nuanced accounts of sensory intentionality and empirical knowledge offered by the Islamic philosopher Avicenna. This discourse has two main objectives: (1) providing an interpretation of Avicenna's epistemology that avoids reading him as a precursor to British empiricists or as a full-fledged emanatist and (2) bringing light to the importance of Avicenna's account of experience to relevant contemporary Anglo-American discussions in epistemology and metaphysics. These two objectives are interconnected. Anglo-American philosophy provides the framework for a novel reading of Avicenna on knowledge and reality, and the latter, in turn, contributes to adjusting some aspects of the former. Advancing the Avicennian perspective on contemporary analytic discourse, this volume is a key resource for researchers and students interested in comparative and analytic epistemology and metaphysics as well as Islamic philosophy.

C. D. Broad: Key Unpublished Writings - Key Unpublished Writings (Paperback): C.D. Broad C. D. Broad: Key Unpublished Writings - Key Unpublished Writings (Paperback)
C.D. Broad; Edited by Joel Walmsley; Foreword by Simon Blackburn
R888 Discovery Miles 8 880 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A wide-ranging and important collection of Broad's unpublished writings, shedding new light on his work Includes writings on topics that are not found in any of Broad's published work Broad is increasingly recognized as having made important contributions to philosophy of science, philosophy of mind and metaphysics that were overlooked in his own time Helpful introductions to each section set Broad's thought in context and includes a new foreword by Simon Blackburn

A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy - From the Holocaust to Contemporary Practices (Paperback): Elizabeth Hlavek A Meaning-Based Approach to Art Therapy - From the Holocaust to Contemporary Practices (Paperback)
Elizabeth Hlavek
R1,009 Discovery Miles 10 090 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

* This book has two main goals: to contextualize the phenomena of Holocaust artwork for the field of art therapy, and use that cannon of artwork to support the inclusion of logotherapy into art therapy theory and practice * Built on three sections of the author's doctoral work: theory, research, and practice * Themes are presented in practice in the third section can be used to guide clients in art therapy practice within the existential philosophy of logotherapy, which emphasizes meaning making to facilitate healing and personal growth

A Defence of Nihilism (Paperback): James Tartaglia, Tracy Llanera A Defence of Nihilism (Paperback)
James Tartaglia, Tracy Llanera
R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This book offers a philosophical defence of nihilism. The authors argue that the concept of nihilism has been employed pejoratively by almost all philosophers and religious leaders to indicate a widespread cultural crisis of truth, meaning, or morals. Many religious believers think atheism leads to moral chaos (because it leads to nihilism), and atheists typically insist that we can make life meaningful through our own actions (thereby avoiding nihilism). In this way, both sides conflate the cosmic sense of meaning at stake with a social sense of meaning. This book charts a third course between extremist and alarmist views of nihilism. It casts doubt on the assumption that nihilism is something to fear, or a problem which human culture should overcome by way of seeking, discovering, or making meaning. In this way, the authors believe that a revised understanding of nihilism can help remove a significant barrier of misunderstanding between religious believers and atheists. A Defence of Nihilism will be of interest to scholars and students in philosophy, religion, and other disciplines who are interested in questions surrounding the meaning of life.

Lacan in the End Times - In the Name of the Absent Father (Paperback): Rob Weatherill Lacan in the End Times - In the Name of the Absent Father (Paperback)
Rob Weatherill
R1,024 Discovery Miles 10 240 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Brings together philosophy, psychoanalysis and religious elements. Examines current 'crisis' in mental health and social stability. Unique in its contradictory orientation towards Christianity. Zizek, Baudrillard, Levinas and Steiner are strong influences on the author. Likely to appeal to academic followers of Jordan Peterson.

Return of the Grasshopper - Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium (Paperback): Bernard Suits Return of the Grasshopper - Games, Leisure and the Good Life in the Third Millennium (Paperback)
Bernard Suits; Edited by Christopher C. Yorke, Francisco Javier Lopez Frias
R1,151 Discovery Miles 11 510 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The sequel to Bernard Suits' classic book on the philosophy of games and sport The Grasshopper, published in full for the first time Suits is one of the most influential philosophers of all time in the philosophy of sport and games, a staple of all reading lists for courses on this topic Return of the Grasshopper includes clues intended by Suits to help the reader to unlock the riddles posed in the original The Grasshopper, so it's an essential companion to that classic book In Return of the Grasshopper, Suits goes further in his exploration of existential and political themes Includes introductory chapters that put Suits' life and work in context, examining the key themes he addresses in both The Grasshopper and Return of the Grasshopper

Prince and the Wolf: Latour and Harman at the LSE, The (Paperback): Bruno Latour, Graham Harman Prince and the Wolf: Latour and Harman at the LSE, The (Paperback)
Bruno Latour, Graham Harman
R301 R271 Discovery Miles 2 710 Save R30 (10%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The Prince and the Wolf contains the transcript of a debate which took place on 5th February 2008 at the London School of Economics (LSE) between the prominent French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher Bruno Latour and the Cairo-based American philosopher Graham Harman. The occasion for the debate was the impending publication of Harman's book, Prince of Networks: Bruno Latour and Metaphysics. During the discussion, Latour (the 'Prince') compared the professional philosophers who have pursued him over the years to a pack of wolves. The Prince and the Wolf is the story of what happens when the wolf catches up with the prince. Latour and Harman engage in brisk and witty conversation about questions that go to the heart of both metaphysics and research methodology: What are objects? How do they interact? And best how to study them?

Mortals and Others (Hardcover): Bertrand Russell Mortals and Others (Hardcover)
Bertrand Russell
R3,045 Discovery Miles 30 450 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Between 1931 and 1935, Bertrand Russell contributed some 156 essays to the literary pages of the American newspaper New York American. These were often fun, humorous observations on the very real issues of the day, such as the Depression, the rise of Nazism and Prohibition, to more perennial themes such as love, parenthood, education and friendship. Available for the first time in the Routledge Classics series in a single volume, this pithy, provocative and often-personal collection of essays brings together the very best of Russell's many contributions to the New York American, and proves just as engaging for today's readers as they were in the 1930s.

Pluriverse (Routledge Revivals) - An Essay in the Philosophy of Pluralism (Paperback): Benjamin Paul Blood Pluriverse (Routledge Revivals) - An Essay in the Philosophy of Pluralism (Paperback)
Benjamin Paul Blood
R1,187 Discovery Miles 11 870 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Pluriverse, the final work of the American poet and philosopher Benjamin Paul Blood, was published posthumously in 1920. After an experience of the anaesthetic nitrous oxide during a dental operation, Blood came to the conclusion that his mind had been opened, that he had undergone a mystical experience, and that he had come to a realisation of the true nature of reality. This title is the fullest exposition of Blood's esoteric Christian philosophy-cum-theology, which, though deemed wildly eccentric by commentators both during his lifetime and later in the twentieth century, was nonetheless one of the most influential sources for American mystical-empiricism. In particular, Blood's thought was a major inspiration for William James, and can be seen to prefigure the latter's concept of Sciousness directly.

Edward Carpenter (Routledge Revivals) - In Appreciation (Paperback): Gilbert Beith Edward Carpenter (Routledge Revivals) - In Appreciation (Paperback)
Gilbert Beith
R1,354 Discovery Miles 13 540 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Edward Carpenter: In Appreciation, first published in 1931, presents a collection of tributes to and reminiscences about the renowned socialist poet, pioneering gay rights activist, environmentalist and political thinker. Embroiled in controversy with prominent figures of all political persuasions in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Carpenter's vision of sexual freedom, democracy and an end to commercialism was maintained with integrity over the course of his whole life. These portraits and anecdotes testify to a man of both determination and warmth, whose writings, though inspirational for many up to the 1960s, are seldom read today.

The Concept of Prayer (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): D.Z. Phillips The Concept of Prayer (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
D.Z. Phillips
R1,621 Discovery Miles 16 210 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Many contemporary philosophers assume that, before one can discuss prayer, the question of whether there is a God or not must be settled. In this title, first published in 1965, D. Z. Phillips argues that to understand prayer is to understand what is meant by the reality of God. Beginning by placing the problem of prayer within a philosophical context, Phillips goes on to discuss such topics as prayer and the concept of talking, prayer and dependence, superstition and the concept of community. This is a fascinating reissue that will be of particular value to students with an interest in the philosophy of religion, prayer and religious studies more generally.

Social Ends and Political Means (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Ted Honderich Social Ends and Political Means (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Ted Honderich
R3,177 Discovery Miles 31 770 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Leading British, American and European philosophers contribute to this collection of essays, first published in 1976, in political philosophy. They are essays which have to do in different ways with better societies than the ones we have, and with ways of getting them. They exemplify what can fairly be called real political philosophy. Its past makers have been Plato, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Hegel, Mill and Marx, and it consists in advocacy of certain social ends and of certain means, rather than uncommitted inquiry or comment. The advocacy is of a kind, of course, which depends on analysis and argument. The book will be of interest not only to those who are primarily concerned with philosophy, but students of politics as well.

An Enquiry into Moral Notions (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): John Laird An Enquiry into Moral Notions (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
John Laird
R583 Discovery Miles 5 830 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1935, this book compares and examines what John Laird termed the 'three most important notions in ethical science': the concepts of virtue, duty and well-being. Laird poses the question of whether any one of these three concepts is capable of being the foundation of ethics and of supporting the other two. This is an interesting reissue, which will be of particular value to students researching the philosophy of ethics and morality.

Philosophy on Fieldwork - Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis (Paperback): Nils Bubandt, Thomas Schwarz Wentzer Philosophy on Fieldwork - Case Studies in Anthropological Analysis (Paperback)
Nils Bubandt, Thomas Schwarz Wentzer
R1,169 Discovery Miles 11 690 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Expert-authored chapters that each demonstrate how the ideas of an influential philosopher can be applied to anthropological fieldwork. This book provides a template for how philosophy and anthropology, as disciplines, can inform and illuminate one another.

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