This book explores in detail the relation between ontology and ethics in the early work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, notably the Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus and, to a lesser extent, the Notebooks 1914-1916.
This book follows postwar Germany''s leading philosopher and social thinker, Jürgen Habermas, through four decades of German political and constitutional struggles.
James Doull's remarkable legacy as a teacher, scholar, and thinker has left behind a profound and challenging examination of the philosophical and historical roots of contemporary thought and politics.
As a major member of the New York School, Barnett Newman is celebrated for his radical explorations of color and scale and, as a precursor to the Minimalist movement, for his significant contribution to the development of twentieth-century American art.
In »Freiheit und Form« von 1916 unternimmt Cassirer den Versuch, den Aufbau der deutschen Geistesgeschichte und das Verhältnis ihrer einzelnen bestimmenden Momente anhand der großen repräsentativen Entwicklungslinien zu erhellen und durchsichtig zu machen.
A founder of modern analytic philosophy and one of the most important logicians of the twentieth century, Bertrand Russell has influenced generations of philosophers.
Der berühmte Vortrag Die Bedeutung des Protestantismus für die Entstehung der modernen Welt (1906/1911) sowie weitere Texte zur Kulturbedeutung von Luthertum und Calvinismus aus der gleichen Zeit werden hier in einer textkritischen Edition vorgelegt.
Presenting a comprehensive portrayal of the reading of Chinese and Buddhist philosophy in early twentieth-century German thought, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought examines the implications of these readings for contemporary issues in comparative and intercultural philosophy.
Building on Monica Hanaway's previous publications, this timely volume considers the benefits of bringing an existential approach to psychotherapy, coaching, supervision and leadership, particularly in times of crisis.
As the methodology for coaching supervision has grown and developed in recent years, so too has the need for comprehensive engagement with the needs of supervisees.
Taking its cue from contemporary western debates on presence in the social sciences and the humanities, this volume focuses on 'presence' both as everyday experience and as an experience of intense moments.
Anliegen dieses Buches ist es, den Unterschied zwischen Verstehen und Erklären verständlich zu machen und in die Hermeneutik als Lehre des Verstehens einzuführen.
In der Entwicklungsgeschichte der Philosophie Hegels klafft zwischen den Jenaer Jahren der Grundlegung (1801-1806) und den Heidelberger und Berliner Jahren der Entfaltung (1816-1831) eine Lücke von einem Jahrzehnt: die beiden Bamberger Jahre (1807-1808), deren wenige Texte bereits in den Bänden 5 und 12 der »Gesammelten Werke« ediert sind, und vor allem die Nürnberger Jahre, in denen Hegel am Gymnasium Rektor und Professor der philosophischen Vorbereitungswissenschaften war (1808-1816).
Vier namhafte Philosophinnen und Philosophen (ergänzt durch zwei Beiträge der Herausgeber) erörtern in diesem Band eines der Leitprinzipien des philosophischen Diskurses der Moderne.
The Hungarian emigre Imre Lakatos (1922-1974) earned a worldwide reputation through the influential philosophy of science debates involving Thomas Kuhn, Paul Feyerabend, and Sir Karl Popper.
Why democracy is the best way of deciding how decisions should be madePragmatism and its consequences are central issues in American politics today, yet scholars rarely examine in detail the relationship between pragmatism and politics.
Religious poetry has often been regarded as minor poetry and dismissed in large part because poetry is taken to require direct experience; whereas religious poetry is taken to be based on faith, that is, on second or third hand experience.
This book provides a critical introduction to Heidegger's impact on psychiatry and psychology, and has a focus on the application of his philosophy to psychiatry.
Angeregt von Freunden und Kollegen, legte Ernst Cassirer 1944 im amerikanischen Exil mit dem Essay on Man eine komprimierte und zugleich uberarbeitete Fassung seiner Kulturphilosophie vor, in der er die dreibandige Philosophie der symbolischen Formen in ihren Hauptgedanken fortfuhrt.