This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems.
This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems.
The book aims to provide a contemporary individual with an extensive but focused set of examples of kitsch in non-artistic spheres to create theoretical and practical backgrounds for conscious recognition of kitsch in fields like psychology, education, politics, law, religion, terrorism, television, or journalism.
The book aims to provide a contemporary individual with an extensive but focused set of examples of kitsch in non-artistic spheres to create theoretical and practical backgrounds for conscious recognition of kitsch in fields like psychology, education, politics, law, religion, terrorism, television, or journalism.
This book investigates dispositions in grammatical-normative terms through a contrast between a naturalized paradigm and a Wittgenstein-inspired perspective.
This book investigates dispositions in grammatical-normative terms through a contrast between a naturalized paradigm and a Wittgenstein-inspired perspective.
This edited volume presents an innovative perspective on conversation and is the first book to deal with the epistemic aspects of conversation or dialogue.
This edited volume presents an innovative perspective on conversation and is the first book to deal with the epistemic aspects of conversation or dialogue.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Islamic ethical issues within a wide spectrum of philosophy of science topics, examining the development of the model of moral inclusiveness in economics, science and society from ontological, epistemological and analytical perspectives.
This handbook provides a comprehensive overview of Islamic ethical issues within a wide spectrum of philosophy of science topics, examining the development of the model of moral inclusiveness in economics, science and society from ontological, epistemological and analytical perspectives.
This book explores African philosophic sagacity, or wisdom philosophy, as proposed by Odera Oruka in his "e;Four Trends in Current African Philosophy"e; (1981), which he later expanded to six trends (1998).
This book explores African philosophic sagacity, or wisdom philosophy, as proposed by Odera Oruka in his "e;Four Trends in Current African Philosophy"e; (1981), which he later expanded to six trends (1998).
Approaching the Qur'an presents brilliant translations of the short, hymnic chapters, or Suras, associated with the first revelations to the Prophet Muhammad.
This book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism ('No-Self Physicalism') can offer an internally coherent and comprehensive philosophical worldview.
This book addresses a wide range of aspects of the study of language in a variety of domains such as cognition, change, acquisition, structure, philosophy, politics, and education.
This book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism ('No-Self Physicalism') can offer an internally coherent and comprehensive philosophical worldview.
This book addresses a wide range of aspects of the study of language in a variety of domains such as cognition, change, acquisition, structure, philosophy, politics, and education.
This books delineates the seismic shifts of the twentieth century humanities by way of a close examination of the dynamic landscape of modern language, criticism and philosophy.
This books delineates the seismic shifts of the twentieth century humanities by way of a close examination of the dynamic landscape of modern language, criticism and philosophy.
Today, English is the global lingua franca and competent English communication skills should be one of the rights of all educated individuals irrespective of any socio-cultural limits.
Today, English is the global lingua franca and competent English communication skills should be one of the rights of all educated individuals irrespective of any socio-cultural limits.
Mathematical Linguistics introduces the mathematical foundations of linguistics to computer scientists, engineers, and mathematicians interested in natural language processing.
Philosophy and law are separate disciplines, but they deal with many of the same issues-from the meaning of equality and liberty, the nature of knowledge, reasoning, and mental states, to the indeterminacy of language, causation, free will, luck, and personal identity.
This book is the first to provide a comprehensive survey of the computational models and methodologies used for studying the evolution and origin of language and communication.
This book looks closely at three first-order reflexive emotions—shame, humor and humility—that are shown to be not only exclusively human, but definitive of major aspects of human selfhood, agency and normativity.
This book looks closely at three first-order reflexive emotions—shame, humor and humility—that are shown to be not only exclusively human, but definitive of major aspects of human selfhood, agency and normativity.
Die Sprache bildet die Welt nicht einfach ab, sondern gibt dem, was uns in der Erfahrung begegnet und was wir denkend erfassen, jeweils einen bestimmten Sinn und damit eine bestimmte Gestalt.
Die Feststellung einer Wiederkehr religiöser Erscheinungsformen und Deutungsmuster prägt die wissenschaftliche und gesellschaftliche Debatte am Beginn des 21.
Merleau-Ponty escribio en su obra madura e inconclusa Lo visible y lo invisible que nadie habia superado a Proust en la instauracion de las relaciones entre lo visible y lo invisible, "e;en la descripcion de una idea que no es lo contrario de lo sensible, sino su doblez y profundidad"e;.
'Tawada's strange, exquisite book toys with ideas of language, identity and what it means to own someone else's story or one's own' The New Yorker on Tawada's Memoirs of a Polar BearAre you formed by your mother tongue?
First published in 1985, Principles of Language and Mind presents a systematic and original account of the principles which enable us to understand the origin, primary functions, and later development of human language.
This book pursues an investigation at the intersection of philosophy of physics and philosophy of language, and offers a critical analysis of rival explanations of the semantic facts of quantum mechanics.
