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Introduction to New Realism (Hardcover): Maurizio Ferraris Introduction to New Realism (Hardcover)
Maurizio Ferraris
R2,964 Discovery Miles 29 640 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Introduction to New Realism provides an overview of the movement of contemporary thought named New Realism, by its creator and most celebrated practitioner, Maurizio Ferraris. Sharing significant concerns and features with Speculative Realism and Object Oriented Ontology, New Realism can be said to be one of the most prescient philosophical positions today. Its desire to overcome the postmodern antirealism of Kantian origin, and to reassert the importance of truth and objectivity in the name of a new Enlightenment, has had an enormous resonance both in Europe and in the US. Introduction to New Realism is the first volume dedicated to exposing this continental movement to an anglophone audience. Featuring a foreword by the eminent contemporary philosopher and leading exponent of Speculative Realism, Iain Hamilton Grant, the book begins by tracing the genesis of New Realism, and outlining its central theoretical tenets, before opening onto three distinct sections. The first, 'Negativity', is a critique of the postmodern idea that the world is constructed by our conceptual schemas, all the more so as we have entered the age of digitality and virtuality. The second thesis, 'positivity', proposes the fundamental ontological assertion of New Realism, namely that not only are there parts of reality that are independent of thought, but these parts are also able to act causally over thought and the human world. The third thesis, 'normativity,' applies New Realism to the sphere of the social world. Finally, an afterword written by two young scholars explains in more detail the relationship between New Realism and other forms of contemporary realism.

Ludwig Wittgenstein - The Meaning of Life (Paperback): Joaquín Jareño-Alarcón Ludwig Wittgenstein - The Meaning of Life (Paperback)
Joaquín Jareño-Alarcón
R944 Discovery Miles 9 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Offers new insights into how Ludwig Wittgenstein understood matters concerning the meaning of life. Widely considered one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century, Ludwig Wittgenstein was deeply interested in the significance of religion and ethics. Although he did not systematically examine religion and the meaning of life in his major published works, Wittgenstein professed that he would at times explore fundamental issues from a religious perspective. Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Meaning of Life is the first compilation of private letters, remarks, and notes regarding Wittgenstein's thoughts and attitudes on ethics, religion, goodness, value, and moral action. With an academic approach, author Joaquín Jareño Alarcón reveals the significance of religion and ethics in Wittgenstein’s personal experience, corroborates the permanent tension between Wittgenstein and religion, highlights Wittgenstein’s preoccupation with the basic questions addressed by religious discourse, and more. Chronologically organized texts are accompanied by detailed commentary to illustrate how Wittgenstein’s interests in religion and ethics were reflected throughout his personal and intellectual evolution. Articulates Wittgenstein’s ethical point of view on religion Features a wide range of primary sources, such as personal commentaries, annotations, lecture notes, and diary entries Includes testimony of friends, students, and others with close ties to Wittgenstein Presents a balanced view of what Wittgenstein wrote and the recollections of others in his circle Discusses how the principal intention of Tractatus is to demonstrate the relevance of matters concerning religion and the meaning of life Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Meaning of Life is essential reading for postgraduate and senior researchers, as well as advanced philosophy students and non-specialists interested in Wittgenstein’s more humanistic writings and his engagement with religion and ethics.

Psychological Index; an Annual Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects; 20 (Hardcover): Anonymous Psychological Index; an Annual Bibliography of the Literature of Psychology and Cognate Subjects; 20 (Hardcover)
Anonymous
R825 Discovery Miles 8 250 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021): Cynthia D. Coe The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
Cynthia D. Coe
R5,904 Discovery Miles 59 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume examines the complex dialogue between German Idealism and phenomenology, two of the most important movements in Western philosophy. Twenty-four newly authored chapters by an international group of well-known scholars examine the shared concerns of these two movements; explore how phenomenologists engage with, challenge, and critique central concepts in German Idealism; and argue for the continuing significance of these ideas in contemporary philosophy and other disciplines. Chapters cover not only the work of major figures such as Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty, but a wide range of philosophers who build on the phenomenological tradition, including Fanon, Gadamer, and Levinas. These essays highlight key themes of the nature of subjectivity, the role of intersubjectivity, the implications for ethics and aesthetics, the impact of time and history, and our capacities for knowledge and understanding. Key features: * Critically engages two of the major philosophical movements of the last 250 years * Draws on the insights of those movements to address contemporary issues in ethics, theory of knowledge, and political philosophy * Expands the range of idealist and phenomenological themes by considering them in the context of gender, postcolonial theory, and environmental concerns, as well as their global reach * Includes new contributions from prominent, international scholars in these fields This Handbook is essential reading for all scholars and advanced students of phenomenology and German Idealism. With chapters on Beauvoir, Sartre, Scheler, Schutz, Stein, and Ricoeur, The Palgrave Handbook of German Idealism and Phenomenology is also ideal for scholars researching these important figures in the history of philosophy.

Word (Hardcover): Daniel Patrick Piskorski Word (Hardcover)
Daniel Patrick Piskorski
R823 Discovery Miles 8 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Manual de Logica - (Primer Cuaderno) (Hardcover): Adalberto Garcia De Mendoza Manual de Logica - (Primer Cuaderno) (Hardcover)
Adalberto Garcia De Mendoza
R741 Discovery Miles 7 410 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"La vieja y tradicional Logica de Aristoteles y Bacon ya no satisface a este mundo nuevo de la Cultura. En esta encontramos, ya no el mundo del "ser" sino fundamentalmente el mundo del "devenir"; ya no la ley "necesaria," sino la finalidad "contingente," ya no la simplicidad cuantitativa o cualitativa, sino el complejo biologico y espiritual" -Dr. Adalberto Garcia de Mendoza

Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices. or, Salve for Believers and Unbelievers Sores. Being a Companion for Those That... Precious Remedies Against Satan's Devices. or, Salve for Believers and Unbelievers Sores. Being a Companion for Those That Are in Christ, or out of Christ; That Fight or Neglect Ordinances, Under a Pretence of Living Above Them; That Are Growing (in... (Hardcover)
Thomas 1608-1680 Brooks
R958 Discovery Miles 9 580 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Augustine and Roman Virtue (Hardcover): Brian Harding Augustine and Roman Virtue (Hardcover)
Brian Harding
R4,900 Discovery Miles 49 000 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This work offers a radical new interpretation of Augustine and of a central aspect of medieval thought as a whole.Augustine and Roman Virtue seeks to correct what the author sees as a fundamental misapprehension in medieval thought, a misapprehension that fuels further problems and misunderstandings in the historiography of philosophy. This misapprehension is the assumption that the development of certain themes associated with medieval philosophy is due, primarily if not exclusively, to extra-philosophical religious commitments rather than philosophical argumentation, referred to here as the 'sacralization thesis'.Brian Harding explores this problem through a detailed reading of Augustine's "City of God" as understood in a Latin context, that is, in dialogue with Latin writers, such as Cicero, Livy, Sallust and Seneca. The book seeks to revise a common reading of Augustine's critique of ancient virtue by focusing on that dialogue, while showing that his attitude towards those authors is more sympathetic, and more critical, than one might expect. Harding argues that the criticisms rest on sympathy and that Augustine's critique of ancient virtue thinks through and develops certain trends noticeable in the major figures of Latin philosophy.

The Threat of Solipsism - Wittgenstein and Cavell on Meaning, Skepticism, and Finitude (Hardcover): Jonadas Techio The Threat of Solipsism - Wittgenstein and Cavell on Meaning, Skepticism, and Finitude (Hardcover)
Jonadas Techio
R3,809 Discovery Miles 38 090 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Much attention has been paid to Wittgenstein's treatment of solipsism and to Cavell's treatment of skepticism. But comparatively little has been made of the striking connections between the early Wittgenstein's view on the truth of solipsism and Cavell's view on the truth of skepticism, and how that relates to the claim that the later Wittgenstein sees privacy as a constant human possibility. This book offers close readings of representative writings by both authors and argues that an adequate understanding of solipsism and skepticism requires taking into account a set of underlying difficulties related to a disappointment with finitude which might ultimately lead to the threat of solipsism. That threat is further interpreted as a wish not to bear the burden of having to constantly negotiate and nurture the fragile connections with the world and others which are the conditions of possibility for finite beings to achieve meaning and community. By presenting Wittgenstein's and Cavell's responses in an order which reflects the chronology of their writings, the result is a cohesive articulation of some under-appreciated aspects of their philosophical methodologies which has the potential of reorienting our entire reading of their work.

The Form of Truth - Hegel's Philosophical Logic (Hardcover): Elena Ficara The Form of Truth - Hegel's Philosophical Logic (Hardcover)
Elena Ficara
R3,810 Discovery Miles 38 100 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This book is a consideration of Hegel's view on logic and basic logical concepts such as truth, form, validity, and contradiction, and aims to assess this view's relevance for contemporary philosophical logic. The literature on Hegel's logic is fairly rich. The attention to contemporary philosophical logic places the present research closer to those works interested in the link between Hegel's thought and analytical philosophy (Stekeler-Weithofer 1992 and 2019, Berto 2005, Rockmore 2005, Redding 2007, Nuzzo 2010 (ed.), Koch 2014, Brandom 2014, 1-15, Pippin 2016, Moyar 2017, Quante & Mooren 2018 among others). In this context, one particularity of this book consists in focusing on something that has been generally underrated in the literature: the idea that, for Hegel as well as for Aristotle and many other authors (including Frege), logic is the study of the forms of truth, i.e. the forms that our thought can (or ought to) assume in searching for truth. In this light, Hegel's thinking about logic is a fundamental reference point for anyone interested in a philosophical foundation of logic.

Thomas Aquinas & John Duns Scotus - Natural Theology in the High Middle Ages (Hardcover): Alex Hall Thomas Aquinas & John Duns Scotus - Natural Theology in the High Middle Ages (Hardcover)
Alex Hall
R5,217 Discovery Miles 52 170 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Thomas Aquinas and John Duns Scotus are arguably the most celebrated representatives of the 'Golden Age' of scholasticism. Primarily, they are known for their work in natural theology, which seeks to demonstrate tenets of faith without recourse to premises rooted in dogma or revelation. Scholars of this Golden Age drew on a wealth of tradition, dating back to Plato and Aristotle, and taking in the Arabic and Jewish interpretations of these thinkers, to produce a wide variety of answers to the question 'How much can we learn of God?' Some responded by denying us any positive knowledge of God. Others believed that we have such knowledge, yet debated whether its acquisition requires some action on the part of God in the form of an illumination bestowed on the knower. Scotus and Aquinas belong to the more empirically minded thinkers in this latter group, arguing against a necessary role for illumination. Many scholars believe that Aquinas and Scotus exhaust the spectrum of answers available to this circle, with Aquinas maintaining that our knowledge is quite confused and Scotus that it is completely accurate. In this study, Alexander Hall argues that the truth about Aquinas and Scotus lies somewhere in the middle. Hall's book recommends itself to the general reader who is looking for an overview of this period in Western philosophy as well as to the specialist, for no other study on the market addresses this long-standing matter of interpretation in any detail.

Platonism Unveil'd, or, An Essay Concerning the Notions and Opinions of Plato ... in Two Parts (Hardcover): Matthieu D Ca... Platonism Unveil'd, or, An Essay Concerning the Notions and Opinions of Plato ... in Two Parts (Hardcover)
Matthieu D Ca 1699 Souverain
R790 Discovery Miles 7 900 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Husserl's Phenomenology - Knowledge, Objectivity and Others (Hardcover, New): Kevin Hermberg Husserl's Phenomenology - Knowledge, Objectivity and Others (Hardcover, New)
Kevin Hermberg
R5,212 Discovery Miles 52 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Kevin Hermberg's book fills an important gap in previous Husserl scholarship by focusing on intersubjectivity and empathy (i.e., the experience of others as other subjects) and by addressing the related issues of validity, the degrees of evidence with which something can be experienced, and the different senses of 'objective' in Husserl's texts. Despite accusations by commentators that Husserl's is a solipsistic philosophy and that the epistemologies in Husserl's late and early works are contradictory, Hermberg shows that empathy, and thus other subjects, are related to one's knowledge on the view offered in each of Husserl's Introductions to Phenomenology. Empathy is significantly related to knowledge in at least two ways, and Husserl's epistemology might, consequently, be called a social epistemology: (a) empathy helps to give evidence for validity and thus to solidify one's knowledge, and (b) it helps to broaden one's knowledge by giving access to what others have known. These roles of empathy are not at odds with one another; rather, both are at play in each of the Introductions (if even only implicitly) and, given his position in the earlier work, Husserl needed to expand the role of empathy as he did. Such a reliance on empathy, however, calls into question whether Husserl's is a transcendental philosophy in the sense Husserl claimed.

Role of Death in Life (Paperback, 15th ed.): John Behr Role of Death in Life (Paperback, 15th ed.)
John Behr
R1,102 R893 Discovery Miles 8 930 Save R209 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Sade's Philosophical System in its Enlightenment Context (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Henry Martyn Lloyd Sade's Philosophical System in its Enlightenment Context (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Henry Martyn Lloyd
R2,330 Discovery Miles 23 300 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book connects the philosophy of the Marquis de Sade-one of the most notorious, iconic, and yet poorly-understood figures within the history of European thought-with the broader themes of the Enlightenment. Rather than seeing himself as a mere pornographer, Sade understood himself as continuing the progressive tradition of French Enlightenment philosophy. Sade aspired to be a philosophe. This book uses intellectual history and the history of philosophy to reconstruct Sade's philosophical 'system' and its historical context. Within the period's discourse of sensibility Sade draws on the philosophical and the literary to form a relatively sophisticated 'system' which he deploys to critically engage with the two major strands of eighteenth-century ethical theory: the moral sense and natural law traditions. This work is of interest to: 'Continental' Philosophy, Critical Theory, French Studies, the History of Eighteenth-Century Philosophy, Literary Studies, the History of Moral Philosophy, and Enlightenment Studies.

McDowell and Hegel - Perceptual Experience, Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018): Federico Sanguinetti, Andre J. Abath McDowell and Hegel - Perceptual Experience, Thought and Action (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
Federico Sanguinetti, Andre J. Abath
R3,537 Discovery Miles 35 370 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This book presents a comprehensive and detailed exploration of the relationship between the thought of G.W.F. Hegel and that of John McDowell, the latter of whom is widely considered to be one of the most influential living analytic philosophers. It serves as a point of entry in McDowell's and Hegel's philosophy, and a substantial contribution to ongoing debates on perceptual experience and perceptual justification, naturalism, human freedom and action. The chapters gathered in this volume, as well as McDowell's responses, make it clear that McDowell's work paves the way for an original reading of Hegel's texts. His conceptual framework allows for new interpretive possibilities in Hegel's philosophy which, until now, have remained largely unexplored. Moreover, these interpretations shed light on various aspects of continuity and discontinuity between the philosophies of these two authors, thus defining more clearly their positions on specific issues. In addition, they allow us to see Hegel's thought as containing a number of conceptual tools that might be useful for advancing McDowell's own philosophy and contemporary philosophy in general.

The Republic (Hardcover): Plato The Republic (Hardcover)
Plato
R844 Discovery Miles 8 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The Republic is a dialogue by Plato in which the famous Athenian philosopher examines the nature of an ideal society. The insights are profound and timeless. A landmark of Western literature, The Republic is essential reading for philosophy students.

Franz Brentano's Philosophy After One Hundred Years - From History of Philosophy to Reism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020): Denis... Franz Brentano's Philosophy After One Hundred Years - From History of Philosophy to Reism (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2020)
Denis Fisette, Guillaume Frechette, Hynek Janousek
R3,559 Discovery Miles 35 590 Ships in 10 - 15 working days

This volume brings together contributions that explore the philosophy of Franz Brentano. It looks at his work both critically and in the context of contemporary philosophy. For instance, Brentano influenced the phenomenology of Edmund Husserl, the theory of objects of Alexius Meinong, the early development of the Gestalt theory, the philosophy of language of Anton Marty, the works of Carl Stumpf in the psychology of tone, and many others. Readers will also learn the contributions of Brentano's work to much debated contemporary issues in philosophy of mind, ontology, and the theory of emotions. The first section deals with Brentano's conception of the history of philosophy. The next approaches his conception of empirical psychology from an empirical standpoint and in relation with competing views on psychology from the period. The third section discusses Brentano's later programme of a descriptive psychology or "descriptive phenomenology" and some of his most innovative developments, for instance in the theory of emotions. The final section examines metaphysical issues and applications of his mereology. His reism takes here an important place. The intended readership of this book comprises phenomenologists, analytic philosophers, philosophers of mind and value, as well as metaphysicians. It will appeal to both graduate and undergraduate students, professors, and researchers in philosophy and psychology.

Aristotle Re-Interpreted - New Findings on Seven Hundred Years of the Ancient Commentators (Hardcover): Richard Sorabji Aristotle Re-Interpreted - New Findings on Seven Hundred Years of the Ancient Commentators (Hardcover)
Richard Sorabji
R6,550 Discovery Miles 65 500 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

This volume presents collected essays - some brand new, some republished, and others newly translated - on the ancient commentators on Aristotle and showcases the leading research of the last three decades. Through the work and scholarship inspired by Richard Sorabji in his series of translations of the commentators started in the 1980s, these ancient texts have become a key field within ancient philosophy. Building on the strength of the series, which has been hailed as 'a scholarly marvel', 'a truly breath-taking achievement' and 'one of the great scholarly achievements of our time' and on the widely praised edited volume brought out in 1990 (Aristotle Transformed) this new book brings together critical new scholarship that is a must-read for any scholar in the field. With a wide range of contributors from across the globe, the articles look at the commentators themselves, discussing problems of analysis and interpretation that have arisen through close study of the texts. Richard Sorabji introduces the volume and himself contributes two new papers. A key recent area of research has been into the Arabic, Latin and Hebrew versions of texts, and several important essays look in depth at these. With all text translated and transliterated, the volume is accessible to readers without specialist knowledge of Greek or other languages, and should reach a wide audience across the disciplines of Philosophy, Classics and the study of ancient texts.

American Medical Botany ?being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical... American Medical Botany ?being a Collection of the Native Medicinal Plants of the United States, Containing Their Botanical History and Chemical Analysis, and Properties and Uses in Medicine, Diet and the Arts /by Jacob Bigelow.; v. 3 (Hardcover)
Jacob Bigelow
R823 Discovery Miles 8 230 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Early Responses to Hume's Life and Reputation - Volumes 9 and 10 (Hardcover, Annotated edition): James Fieser Early Responses to Hume's Life and Reputation - Volumes 9 and 10 (Hardcover, Annotated edition)
James Fieser
R19,373 Discovery Miles 193 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

During the latter half of his life, David Hume (1711-1776) achieved international celebrity status as a great philosopher and historian. The sceptical and anti-religious bent of his works generated hundreds of critical responses, many of which were scholarly commentaries. Other writers, though, focused less on Hume's specific publications and more on his reputation as a famous public figure. Wittingly or unwittingly, Hume was involved in many controversies: the attempts to excommunicate him from the Church of Scotland; his paradoxically close association with several Scottish clergymen; his quarrel with Jean Jacques Rousseau; his approach to his own death. Hume's enemies attacked his public character while his allies defended it. Friends and foes alike recorded anecdotes about him which appeared after his death in scattered periodicals and books. Hume's biographers have drawn liberally on this material, but in most cases the original sources are only summarized or briefly quoted. This set presents dozens of these biographically-related discussions of Hume in their most complete form, reset, annotated and introduced by James Fieser. The editor also provides the most detailed bibliographies yet compiled of Hume's writings and the early responses to them. These two volumes form the final part of the major "Early Responses to Hume" series, and they conclude with an index to the complete ten-volume collection. Like earlier sets in the series, these books should be welcomed by historians and Hume scholars all over the world, and research libraries should see them as important additions to holdings on the Scottish Enlightenment.

John Locke (Hardcover): Eric Mack John Locke (Hardcover)
Eric Mack
R5,211 Discovery Miles 52 110 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Locke (1632-1704), one of the great philosophers, is probably best known for his contributions to political thought. In this outstanding volume, Professor Eric Mack of Tulane University explains Locke's philosophical position, placing it in the tumultuous political and religious context of 17th century England. For Locke, entering into political society did not involve giving up one's natural rights, but rather transferring to governmental authority the job of protecting those rights. In this rigorous critical analysis, Mack argues that Locke provides an impressive - if not decisive - philosophical case for the view that individuals have natural rights to life, liberty and property, despite the existence or actions of any political authority.>

Inheritance in Psychoanalysis (Paperback): Joel Goldbach, James A. Godley Inheritance in Psychoanalysis (Paperback)
Joel Goldbach, James A. Godley
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Unmaking The Making of Americans - Toward an Aesthetic Ontology (Paperback): E.L. McCallum Unmaking The Making of Americans - Toward an Aesthetic Ontology (Paperback)
E.L. McCallum
R843 Discovery Miles 8 430 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
The Parthenon and Liberal Education (Paperback): Geoff Lehman, Michael Weinman The Parthenon and Liberal Education (Paperback)
Geoff Lehman, Michael Weinman
R802 Discovery Miles 8 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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