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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
R1,562 Discovery Miles 15 620 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...

Reconceptualizing Plato's Socrates at the Limit of Education - A Socratic Curriculum Grounded in Finite Human... Reconceptualizing Plato's Socrates at the Limit of Education - A Socratic Curriculum Grounded in Finite Human Transcendence (Hardcover)
James M. Magrini
R4,427 Discovery Miles 44 270 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Bridging the gap between interpretations of "Third Way" Platonic scholarship and "phenomenological-ontological" scholarship, this book argues for a unique ontological-hermeneutic interpretation of Plato and Plato's Socrates. Reconceptualizing Plato's Socrates at the Limit of Education offers a re-reading of Plato and Plato's Socrates in terms of interpreting the practice of education as care for the soul through the conceptual lenses of phenomenology, philosophical hermeneutics, and ontological inquiry. Magrini contrasts his re-reading with the views of Plato and Plato's Socrates that dominate contemporary education, which, for the most part, emerge through the rigid and reductive categorization of Plato as both a "realist" and "idealist" in philosophical foundations texts (teacher education programs). This view also presents what he terms the questionable "Socrates-as-teacher" model, which grounds such contemporary educational movements as the Paideia Project, which claims to incorporate, through a "scripted-curriculum" with "Socratic lesson plans," the so-called "Socratic Method" into the Common Core State Standards Curriculum as a "technical" skill that can be taught and learned as part of the students' "critical thinking" skills. After a careful reading incorporating what might be termed a "Third Way" of reading Plato and Plato's Socrates, following scholars from the Continental tradition, Magrini concludes that a so-called "Socratic education" would be nearly impossible to achieve and enact in the current educational milieu of standardization or neo-Taylorism (Social Efficiency). However, despite this, he argues in the affirmative that there is much educators can and must learn from this "non-doctrinal" re-reading and re-characterization of Plato and Plato's Socrates.

The Peripatetics - Aristotle's Heirs 322 BCE - 200 CE (Hardcover): Han Baltussen The Peripatetics - Aristotle's Heirs 322 BCE - 200 CE (Hardcover)
Han Baltussen
R4,579 Discovery Miles 45 790 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Aristotle's Heirs explores the development of Peripatetic thought from Theophrastus and Strato to the work of the commentator Alexander of Aphrodisias. The book examines whether the internal dynamics of this philosophical school allowed for a unity of Peripatetic thought, or whether there was a fundamental tension between philosophical creativity and the notions of core teachings and canonisation. The book discusses the major philosophical preoccupations of the Peripatetics, interactions with Hellenistic schools of thought, and the shift in focus among Greek philosophers in a changing political landscape. It is the first book of its kind to provide a survey of this important philosophical tradition.

Why I Am so Clever (Paperback, 102 Ed): Friedrich Nietzsche Why I Am so Clever (Paperback, 102 Ed)
Friedrich Nietzsche; Translated by R.J. Hollingdale
R80 R64 Discovery Miles 640 Save R16 (20%) Ships in 5 - 10 working days

'Why do I know a few more things? Why am I so clever altogether?' Self-celebrating and self-mocking autobiographical writings from Ecce Homo, the last work iconoclastic German philosopher Nietzsche wrote before his descent into madness. One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

Locke (Paperback, New Ed): Michael Ayers Locke (Paperback, New Ed)
Michael Ayers
R1,599 Discovery Miles 15 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

John Locke's complex masterpiece, "An Essay of Human Understanding," was a sustained attack on the dogmatism of the day and the last great work of philosophical realism before the onset of idealism. One of the most influential books in the history of thought, it is the most renowned work of the great English philosopher. Originally published in two volumes, this one-volume edition of "Locke" examines the historical meaning and philosophical significance of this work through careful explanations of the context of debate to which it was a decisive contribution. The first volume of this comprehensive work focuses on Locke's "Essay" from the epistemological side, and the second turns to the concepts of Locke's ontology--substance, mode, essence, law, and identity.

George Berkeley (Routledge Revivals) - Eighteenth-Century Responses: Volume II (Paperback): David Berman George Berkeley (Routledge Revivals) - Eighteenth-Century Responses: Volume II (Paperback)
David Berman
R934 Discovery Miles 9 340 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The material reprinted in this two-volume set, first published in 1989, covers the first eighty-five years in responses to George Berkeley's writings. David Berman identifies several key waves of eighteenth-century criticism surrounding Berkeley's philosophies, ranging from hostile and discounted, to valued and defended. The first volume includes an account of the life of Berkeley by J. Murray and key responses from 1711 to 1748, whilst the second volume covers the years between 1745 and 1796. This fascinating reissue illustrates the breadth and diversity of the early reaction to Berkeley's philosophies, and will help students and academics form a clear image of both Berkeley's work and his reputation through the eyes of his contemporaries.

A Hope for Philosophy I - The European Path and Chinese Opportunity (Hardcover): Ye Xiushan A Hope for Philosophy I - The European Path and Chinese Opportunity (Hardcover)
Ye Xiushan; Contributions by Jian Du
R3,759 Discovery Miles 37 590 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Initiates a dialogue spanning time and space between Chinese philosophy and European philosophy. A discussion of European philosophy from a Chinese perspective and Chinese philosophy from a European perspective. Integrates history and logic in a powerful way.

Mortals and Others (Hardcover): Bertrand Russell Mortals and Others (Hardcover)
Bertrand Russell
R3,105 Discovery Miles 31 050 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.

The Great Philosophers: Plato (Paperback): Bernard Williams The Great Philosophers: Plato (Paperback)
Bernard Williams
R192 R158 Discovery Miles 1 580 Save R34 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

'Courage is knowing what not to fear' Plato 'One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors' Without the work of Plato, western thought is, quite literally, unthinkable. No single influence has been greater, in every age and in every philosophic field. Even those thinkers who have rejected Plato's views have found themselves working to an agenda he set. Yet between the neo-platonist interpretations and the anti-platonist reactions, the stuff of 'Platonism' proper has often been obscured. The philosopher himself has not necessarily helped in the matter: at times disconcertingly difficult, at other disarmingly simple, Plato can be an elusive thinker, his meanings hard to pin down. His dialogues are complex and often ironically constructed and do not simply expand his views - which in any case changed and developed over a long life. In this lucid and exciting introductory guide, Bernard Williams takes his reader back to first principles, re-reading the key texts to reveal what the philosopher actually said. The result is a rediscovered Plato: often unexpected, always fascinating and rewarding.

Routledge Library Editions: Aristotle (Hardcover): Various Routledge Library Editions: Aristotle (Hardcover)
Various
R19,052 Discovery Miles 190 520 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Reissuing works originally published between 1938 and 1993, this set offers a range of scholarship covering Aristotle's logic, virtues and mathematics as well as a consideration of De Anima and of his work on physics, specifically light. The first two books are in themselves a pair, which investigate the philosopher's life and his lost works and development of his thought.

Psyche, Culture, World - Excursions in Existentialism and Psychoanalytic Philosophy (Paperback): Jon Mills Psyche, Culture, World - Excursions in Existentialism and Psychoanalytic Philosophy (Paperback)
Jon Mills
R1,002 Discovery Miles 10 020 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

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
R1,209 Discovery Miles 12 090 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.

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals) - From Early Times to the Hellenistic Age (Paperback): Frank... Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World (Routledge Revivals) - From Early Times to the Hellenistic Age (Paperback)
Frank Vatai
R1,569 Discovery Miles 15 690 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Intellectuals in Politics in the Greek World, first published in 1984, was the first comprehensive study of this recurrent theme in political sociology with specific reference to antiquity, and led to significant revaluation of the role of intellectuals in everyday political life. The term 'intellectual' is carefully defined, and figures as diverse as Pythagoras, Plato and Aristotle; Isocrates, Heracleides of Ponteius and Clearchus of Soli are discussed. The author examines the difference between the success of an intellectual politician, like Solon, and the failure of those such as Plato who attempted to mould society to abstract ideals. It is concluded that, ultimately, most philosophers were conspicuously unsuccessful when they intervened in politics: citizens regarded them as propagandists for their rulers, while rulers treated them as intellectual ornaments. The result was that many thinkers retreated to inter-scholastic disputation where the political objects of discussion increasingly became far removed from contemporary reality.

A Materialist Theory of the Mind (Paperback): D.M. Armstrong A Materialist Theory of the Mind (Paperback)
D.M. Armstrong; Foreword by Peter Anstey
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 9 - 15 working days

D. M. Armstrong's A Materialist Theory of the Mind is widely known as one of the most important defences of the view that mental states are nothing but physical states of the brain. A landmark of twentieth-century philosophy of mind, it launched the physicalist revolution in approaches to the mind and has been engaged with, debated and puzzled over ever since its first publication over fifty years ago. Ranging over a remarkable number of topics, from behaviourism, the will and knowledge to perception, bodily sensation and introspection, Armstrong argues that mental states play a causally intermediate role between stimuli, other mental states and behavioural responses. He uses several illuminating examples to illustrate this, such as the classic case of pain. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new Foreword by Peter Anstey, placing Armstrong's book in helpful philosophical and historical context.

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
R1,173 Discovery Miles 11 730 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

The Meaning of Thought (Hardcover): Gabriel The Meaning of Thought (Hardcover)
Gabriel
R604 Discovery Miles 6 040 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

From populist propaganda attacking knowledge as 'fake news' to the latest advances in artificial intelligence, human thought is under unprecedented attack today. If computers can do what humans can do and they can do it much faster, what's so special about human thought? In this new book, bestselling philosopher Markus Gabriel steps back from the polemics to re-examine the very nature of human thought. He conceives of human thinking as a 'sixth sense', a kind of sense organ that is closely tied our biological reality as human beings. Our thinking is not a form of data processing but rather the linking together of images and imaginary ideas which we process in different sensory modalities. Our time frame expands far beyond the present moment, as our ideas and beliefs stretch far beyond the here and now. We are living beings and the whole of evolution is built into our life story. In contrast to some of the exaggerated claims made by proponents of AI, Gabriel argues that our thinking is a complex structure and organic process that is not easily replicated and very far from being superseded by computers. With his usual wit and intellectual verve, Gabriel combines philosophical insight with pop culture to set out a bold defence of the human and a plea for an enlightened humanism for the 21st century. This timely book will be of great value to anyone interested in the nature of human thought and the relations between human beings and machines in an age of rapid technological change.

Edward Carpenter (Routledge Revivals) - In Appreciation (Paperback): Gilbert Beith Edward Carpenter (Routledge Revivals) - In Appreciation (Paperback)
Gilbert Beith
R1,380 Discovery Miles 13 800 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
R1,652 Discovery Miles 16 520 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.

Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback): Mohammad Azadpur Analytic Philosophy and Avicenna - Knowing the Unknown (Paperback)
Mohammad Azadpur
R1,192 Discovery Miles 11 920 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.

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
R1,043 Discovery Miles 10 430 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.

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
R1,028 Discovery Miles 10 280 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

Descartes - The Project of Pure Enquiry (Hardcover): Bernard Williams Descartes - The Project of Pure Enquiry (Hardcover)
Bernard Williams; Foreword by John Cottingham
R3,112 Discovery Miles 31 120 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Descartes has often been called the 'father of modern philosophy'. His attempts to find foundations for knowledge, and to reconcile the existence of the soul with the emerging science of his time, are among the most influential and widely studied in the history of philosophy. This is a classic and challenging introduction to Descartes by one of the most distinguished modern philosophers. Bernard Williams not only analyzes Descartes' project of founding knowledge on certainty, but uncovers the philosophical motives for his search. With acute insight, he demonstrates how Descartes' Meditations are not merely a description but the very enactment of philosophical thought and discovery. Williams covers all of the key areas of Descartes' thought, including God, the will, the possibility of knowledge, and the mind and its place in nature. He also makes profound contributions to the theory of knowledge, metaphysics and philosophy generally. With a new foreword by John Cottingham.

Social Ends and Political Means (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover): Ted Honderich Social Ends and Political Means (Routledge Revivals) (Hardcover)
Ted Honderich
R3,240 Discovery Miles 32 400 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
R595 Discovery Miles 5 950 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.

Humanist Essays (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback): Gilbert Murray Humanist Essays (Routledge Revivals) (Paperback)
Gilbert Murray
R1,202 Discovery Miles 12 020 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

First published in 1964, this is a short collection of both literary and philosophical essays. Whilst two essays consider Greek literature written at the point at which the Athenian empire was breaking apart, another group explore the background from which Christianity arose, considering Paganism and the religious philosophy at the time of Christ. These, in particular, display Gilbert Murray's 'profound belief in ethics and disbelief in all revelational religions' as well as his conviction that the roots of our society lie within Greek civilization. Finally, there is an interesting discussion of Order and the motives of those who seek to overthrow it.

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