|
Showing 1 - 25 of
25 matches in All Departments
The most widely read anthology for the study of modern philosophy,
this volume provides key works of philosophers and other leading
thinkers of the period, chosen to enhance the reader's
understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the
natural sciences of the time. The third edition incorporates
important contributions of women and minority thinkers into the
canon of the modern period, while retaining all of the material of
the previous edition. Included are works by Princess Elisabeth,
Margaret Cavendish Duchess of Newcastle, Lady Anne Conway, Anton
Wilhelm Amo, Lady Damaris Masham, Lady Mary Shepherd, and Emilie
Marquise Du Chatelet.
During the last twenty years, Kant's theory of biology has
increasingly attracted the attention of scholars and developed into
a field which is growing rapidly in importance within Kant studies.
The volumepresents fifteen interpretative essays written by experts
working in the field, covering topics from seventeenth- and
eighteenth-century biological theories, the development of the
philosophy of biology in Kant's writings, the theory of organisms
in Kant's Critique of the Power of Judgment, and current
perspectives on the teleology of nature.
During the last twenty years, Kanta (TM)s theoryof biology
increasinglyattracted the attention of scholars and has developed
into a fieldwhich is itself growing rapidly in importance within
Kant studies. Thevolume Kanta (TM)s Theory of Biology presents 15
interpretative essayswritten by important philosophers working in
the field, coveringtopics from seventeenth- and eighteenth-century
biological theories, the development of the philosophy of biology
in Kanta (TM)s writings, theteleology of nature in Kanta (TM)s
Critique of the Power of Judgment, andcurrent perspectives on the
teleology of nature. Extensive collected volume Highly debated
field of philosophy 15 authoritative authors Historical in-depth
studieson topical subjects
An interdisciplanary collection of essays focused on Kant's work on
the concept of community. The concept of community plays a central
role in Kant's theoretical philosophy, his practical philosophy,
his aesthetics, and his religious thought. Kant uses community in
many philosophical contexts: the category of community introduced
in his table of categories in the Critique of Pure Reason; the
community of substances in the third analogy; the realm of ends as
an ethical community; the state and the public sphere as political
communities; the sensus communis of the Critique of Judgment; and
the idea of the church as a religious community in Religion within
the Boundaries of Mere Reason. Given Kant's status as a systematic
philosopher, volume editorsPayne and Thorpe maintain that any
examination of the concept of community in one area of his work can
be understood only in relation to the others. In this volume, then,
scholars from different disciplines -- specializing in various
aspects of and approaches to Kant's work -- offer their
interpretations of Kant on the concept of community. The various
essays further illustrate the central relevance and importance of
Kant's conception of community to contemporary debates in various
fields. Charlton Payne is postdoctoral fellow at Plattform
Weltregionen und Interaktionen, Universitat Erfurt, Germany. Lucas
Thorpe is Assistant Professor in the Department of Philosophy
atBogazici University, Turkey. Contributors: Ronald Beiner, Jeffrey
Edwards, Michael Feola, Paul Guyer, Jane Kneller, Beatrice
Longuenesse, Jan Mieszkowski, Onora O'Neill, Charlton Payne, Susan
M. Shell, Lucas Thorpe, Eric Watkins, Allen W. Wood
This thoughtful abridgment makes an ideal introduction to Kant's
Critique of Pure Reason . Key selections include: the Preface in B,
the Introduction, the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Second Analogy,
the Refutation of Idealism, the first three Antinomies, the
Transcendental Deduction in B, and the Canon of Pure Reason. A
brief introduction provides biographical information, descriptions
of the nature of Kant's project and of how each major section of
the Critique contributes to that project. A select bibliography and
index are also included.
Designed for the semester or quarter course that is often called
'The Rationalists', this anthology is a slightly revised and
expanded version of the relevant sections of Modern Philosophy: An
Anthology of Primary Sources. It contains the complete text of
Descarte's Meditations and Leibniz's Monadology and substantial
selections from Spinoza's Ethics, along with other key texts of the
period -- in whole or in part -- which enhance the reader's
understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the
natural science of the time.
Designed for the semester or quarter course that is often called
'The Empiricists', this anthology is a slightly revised and greatly
expanded version of the relevant sections of Modern Philosophy: An
Anthology of Primary Sources. It contains a substantial abridgement
of Locke's Essay, complete texts of Berkeley's Dialogues and
Principles, and Hume's Inquiry, along with other key texts of the
period -- in whole or in part -- which enhance the reader's
understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the
natural science of the time.
Designed for the semester or quarter course that is often called
'The Rationalists', this anthology is a slightly revised and
expanded version of the relevant sections of Modern Philosophy: An
Anthology of Primary Sources. It contains the complete text of
Descarte's Meditations and Leibniz's Monadology and substantial
selections from Spinoza's Ethics, along with other key texts of the
period -- in whole or in part -- which enhance the reader's
understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the
natural science of the time.
Designed for the semester or quarter course that is often called
'The Empiricists', this anthology is a slightly revised and greatly
expanded version of the relevant sections of Modern Philosophy: An
Anthology of Primary Sources. It contains a substantial abridgement
of Locke's Essay, complete texts of Berkeley's Dialogues and
Principles, and Hume's Inquiry, along with other key texts of the
period -- in whole or in part -- which enhance the reader's
understanding of modern philosophy and its relationship to the
natural science of the time.
This thoughtful abridgment makes an ideal introduction to Kant's
Critique of Pure Reason . Key selections include: the Preface in B,
the Introduction, the Transcendental Aesthetic, the Second Analogy,
the Refutation of Idealism, the first three Antinomies, the
Transcendental Deduction in B, and the Canon of Pure Reason. A
brief introduction provides biographical information, descriptions
of the nature of Kant's project and of how each major section of
the Critique contributes to that project. A select bibliography and
index are also included.
Focusing on the period of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to
Plotinus, "Philosophy of the Ancients" is a lucid, up-to-date
introduction to the study of the classic Greek and Roman
philosphers. This volume offers the reader a broad range of
coverage of ancient philosophy, while the major emphasis of each
philospher are distilled so as to afford meaning and insight. From
the pre-Socratics through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to the
Stoics, Epicurus, Neoplatonism, and finally Plotinus the student
will find a presentation of the salient features of these
philosophers. Since our philosophical understanding today should be
based on an awareness of the antecedents of our philosophical
ideas, Friedo Ricken concentrates in his work on the questions,
concepts, and claims from the ancient period that are also
indispensable for contemporary philosophy.
Focusing on the period of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to
Plotinus, "Philosophy of the Ancients" is a lucid, up-to-date
introduction to the study of the classic Greek and Roman
philosphers. This volume offers the reader a broad range of
coverage of ancient philosophy, while the major emphasis of each
philospher are distilled so as to afford meaning and insight. From
the pre-Socratics through Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle to the
Stoics, Epicurus, Neoplatonism, and finally Plotinus the student
will find a presentation of the salient features of these
philosophers. Since our philosophical understanding today should be
based on an awareness of the antecedents of our philosophical
ideas, Friedo Ricken concentrates in his work on the questions,
concepts, and claims from the ancient period that are also
indispensable for contemporary philosophy.
This book is an excellent introduction to philosophical
anthropology for students in a variety of disciplines, with
emphasis on developing issues and problems with a phenomenological
method, rather than presenting its material within a formal
historical framework
This book focuses on the unity, diversity, and centrality of the
notion of law as it is employed in Kant's theoretical and practical
philosophy. Eric Watkins argues that, by thinking through a number
of issues in various historical, scientific, and philosophical
contexts over several decades, Kant is able to develop a univocal
concept of law that can nonetheless be applied to a wide range of
particular cases, despite the diverse demands that these contexts
give rise to. In addition, Watkins shows how Kant comes to view
both the generic conception of law which he develops and its
different particular instances as crucial components of his
systematic philosophy as a whole. This volume's new and unified
account of a major current running through Kant's work will be
important for scholars interested in numerous aspects of his
philosophy, from the theoretical and abstract to the practical and
empirical.
This book focuses on the unity, diversity, and centrality of the
notion of law as it is employed in Kant's theoretical and practical
philosophy. Eric Watkins argues that, by thinking through a number
of issues in various historical, scientific, and philosophical
contexts over several decades, Kant is able to develop a univocal
concept of law that can nonetheless be applied to a wide range of
particular cases, despite the diverse demands that these contexts
give rise to. In addition, Watkins shows how Kant comes to view
both the generic conception of law which he develops and its
different particular instances as crucial components of his
systematic philosophy as a whole. This volume's new and unified
account of a major current running through Kant's work will be
important for scholars interested in numerous aspects of his
philosophy, from the theoretical and abstract to the practical and
empirical.
Today we consider ourselves to be free and equal persons, capable
of acting rationally and autonomously in both practical (moral) and
theoretical (scientific) contexts. The essays in this volume show
how this conception was first articulated in a fully systematic
fashion by Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century. Twelve leading
scholars shed new light on Kant's philosophy, with each devoting
particular attention to at least one of three aspects of this
conception: autonomy, freedom, and personhood. Some focus on
clarifying the philosophical content of Kant's position, while
others consider how his views on these issues cohere with his other
distinctive doctrines, and yet others focus on the historical
impact that these doctrines had on his immediate successors and on
our present thought. Their essays offer important new perspectives
on some of the most fundamental issues that we continue to confront
in modern society.
Though Kant is best known for his strictly philosophical works in
the 1780s, many of his early publications in particular were
devoted to what we would call 'natural science'. Kant's Universal
Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (1755) made a significant
advance in cosmology, and he was also instrumental in establishing
the newly emerging discipline of physical geography, lecturing on
it for almost his entire career. In this volume Eric Watkins brings
together new English translations of Kant's first publication,
Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces (1746-9), the
entirety of Physical Geography (1802), a series of shorter essays,
along with many of Kant's most important publications in natural
science. The volume is rich in material for the student and the
scholar, with extensive linguistic and explanatory notes, editorial
introductions and a glossary of key terms.
This volume provides English translations of texts that form the
essential background to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Presenting
the projects of Kant's predecessors and contemporaries in
eighteenth-century Germany, it enables readers to understand the
positions that Kant might have identified with 'pure reason', the
criticisms of pure reason that had developed prior to Kant's, and
alternative attempts at synthesizing empiricist elements within a
rationalist framework. The volume contains chapters on Christian
Wolff, Martin Knutzen, Alexander Baumgarten, Christian Crusius,
Leonhard Euler, Johann Lambert, Marcus Herz, Johann Eberhard, and
Johann Tetens. Each chapter includes a brief introduction that
provides succinct biographical and bibliographical information on
these authors, a concise account of their projects, and information
on the importance of these projects to Kant's First Critique.
Extensive references to the First Critique, brought together in a
concordance, highlight the potential relevance of each text.
This is a book about Kant's views on causality as understood in
their proper historical context. Specifically, Eric Watkins argues
that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in
eighteenth-century Germany helps one to see how the critical Kant
argued for causal principles that have both metaphysical and
epistemological elements. On this reading Kant's model of causality
does not consist of events, but rather of substances endowed with
causal powers that are exercised according to their natures and
circumstances. This innovative conception of Kant's view of
causality casts a light on Kant's philosophical beliefs in general,
such as his account of temporality, his explanation of the
reconciliation of freedom and determinism, and his response to the
skeptical arguments of Hume.
This is a book about Kant's views on causality as understood in
their proper historical context. Specifically, Eric Watkins argues
that a grasp of Leibnizian and anti-Leibnizian thought in
eighteenth-century Germany helps one to see how the critical Kant
argued for causal principles that have both metaphysical and
epistemological elements. On this reading Kant's model of causality
does not consist of events, but rather of substances endowed with
causal powers that are exercised according to their natures and
circumstances. This innovative conception of Kant's view of
causality casts a light on Kant's philosophical beliefs in general,
such as his account of temporality, his explanation of the
reconciliation of freedom and determinism, and his response to the
skeptical arguments of Hume.
This volume of previously unpublished essays examines the place of the sciences within Kant's philosophical system. The twelve contributors address Kant's views on physics, psychology, cosmology, chemistry, anthropology, and biology, as well as the relationship between his distinctive metaphysical system and science in general. Taken as a whole, they raise fundamental questions about Kant's conceptions of science and how it fits into his systematic philosophy, and will encourage new discussions about the driving forces of his thought.
This book is an excellent introduction to philosophical
anthropology for students in a variety of disciplines, with
emphasis on developing issues and problems with a phenomenological
method, rather than presenting its material within a formal
historical framework
Though Kant is best known for his strictly philosophical works in
the 1780s, many of his early publications in particular were
devoted to what we would call 'natural science'. Kant's Universal
Natural History and Theory of the Heavens (1755) made a significant
advance in cosmology, and he was also instrumental in establishing
the newly emerging discipline of physical geography, lecturing on
it for almost his entire career. In this volume Eric Watkins brings
together new English translations of Kant's first publication,
Thoughts on the True Estimation of Living Forces (1746 1749), the
entirety of Physical Geography (1802), a series of shorter essays,
along with many of Kant's most important publications in natural
science. The volume is rich in material for the student and the
scholar, with extensive linguistic and explanatory notes, editorial
introductions and a glossary of key terms."
This volume provides English translations of texts that form the
essential background to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason. Presenting
the projects of Kant's predecessors and contemporaries in
eighteenth-century Germany, it enables readers to understand the
positions that Kant might have identified with 'pure reason', the
criticisms of pure reason that had developed prior to Kant's, and
alternative attempts at synthesizing empiricist elements within a
rationalist framework. The volume contains chapters on Christian
Wolff, Martin Knutzen, Alexander Baumgarten, Christian Crusius,
Leonhard Euler, Johann Lambert, Marcus Herz, Johann Eberhard, and
Johann Tetens. Each chapter includes a brief introduction that
provides succinct biographical and bibliographical information on
these authors, a concise account of their projects, and information
on the importance of these projects to Kant's First Critique.
Extensive references to the First Critique, brought together in a
concordance, highlight the potential relevance of each text.
Today we consider ourselves to be free and equal persons, capable
of acting rationally and autonomously in both practical (moral) and
theoretical (scientific) contexts. The essays in this volume show
how this conception was first articulated in a fully systematic
fashion by Immanuel Kant in the eighteenth century. Twelve leading
scholars shed new light on Kant's philosophy, with each devoting
particular attention to at least one of three aspects of this
conception: autonomy, freedom, and personhood. Some focus on
clarifying the philosophical content of Kant's position, while
others consider how his views on these issues cohere with his other
distinctive doctrines, and yet others focus on the historical
impact that these doctrines had on his immediate successors and on
our present thought. Their essays offer important new perspectives
on some of the most fundamental issues that we continue to confront
in modern society.
|
You may like...
Hampstead
Diane Keaton, Brendan Gleeson, …
DVD
R66
Discovery Miles 660
Southpaw
Jake Gyllenhaal, Forest Whitaker, …
DVD
R99
R24
Discovery Miles 240
Ab Wheel
R209
R149
Discovery Miles 1 490
|