Western philosophy from c 1800

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringPoststructuralism challenges traditional ways of thinking about human beings and our relation to the world.

Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'.

La revuelta de Deleuze (1925-1995) consiste en poner a la multiplicidad y la diferencia como fuente genética de todo lo que existe, frente a una larga tradición que la ha buscado en la unidad y la identidad.

Martin Heidegger, considered by some to be the greatest charlatan ever to claim the title of 'philosopher', by some as an apologist for Nazism, and by others as an acknowledged leader in continental philosophy, is probably the most divisive thinker of the twentieth century.

French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with political, religious, and literary debates, as well as with epistemological and scientific ones.

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon.

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'When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect .

This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jurgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union.

Aforismos y relatos muy breves de orden ético y espiritual que obtienen su inspiración de múltiples filosofías de vida, procedentes de las regiones más diversas del planeta.

'When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect .

Pragmatism - William James - A profoundly influential figure in American psychology, William James (1842-1910) was also a philosopher of note who adopted Charles S.

"Los que quieran, los que tengan en el corazón profundamente anclada la preocupación por el porvenir de la cultura, tienen que declarar la guerra a la política, porque la vida pública, en su forma más característica, que es la política, invade todos los ámbitos y reduce la vida privada, reduce el silencio creador de la soledad íntima, reduce la conversación fecunda y profunda entre dos amigos, lo reduce a un hilillo que apenas si cuenta ya en nuestra existencia turbulenta de plaza pública y de hall de gran hotel".

Was träumt eine künstliche Intelligenz?

Few would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a major cultural icon.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

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Benedict de Spinoza (1632-77) was at once the father of the Enlightenment and the last sad guardian of the medieval world.

Leaves of Grass Walt Whitman - Leaves of Grass is a poetry collection by the American poet Walt Whitman.

Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century.

Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G.

En 1831, Heine decidió exiliarse a Francia, al sentir que en Alemania el clima se volvía cada vez más asfixiante para él.

The Heart of Mid-Lothian Complete Walter Scott - The Heart of Midlothian is the seventh of Sir Walter Scott's Waverley Novels.

Existentialism was one of the leading philosophical movements of the twentieth century.

Georg Lukács' "Geschichte und Klassenbewusstsein" ist ein Werk mit einer geradezu überzeitlichen Wirkung.

Unsere Ängste bestimmen unser Schicksal.

Este texto trata de revisar críticamente las fuentes documentales relativas a la cuestión histórica de cómo surgió el neokantismo y qué condujo o contribuyó a su expansión.

1927 begann Walter Benjamin anlässlich eines mehrmonatigen Paris-Aufenthalts mit seinen Überlegungen zu den Pariser Passagen, seinem ambitioniertesten, als Geschichtsphilosophie des 19.

Simon Critchley's Very Short Introduction shows that Continental philosophy encompasses a distinct set of philosophical traditions and practices, with a compelling range of problems all too often ignored by the analytic tradition.

The philosophy of Friedrich Nietzsche (1844-1900) was almost wholly neglected during his sane life, which came to an abrupt end in 1889.

Siddhartha Hermann Hesse - Siddhartha, die Legende von der Selbstbefreiung eines jungen Menschen aus familiärer und gesellschaftlicher Fremdbestimmung zu einem selbständigen Leben, zeigt, dass Erkenntnis nicht durch Lehren zu vermitteln ist, sondern nur durch eigene Erfahrung erworben werden kann.

Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) is one of the most famous and important philosophers of the twentieth century.

Originating in the pioneering work of Gottlob Frege, Bertrand Russell, G.

Eine kafkaeske Erzählung in fünf Puzzlestücken.

La obra de Jean-Jacques Rousseau se caracteriza tanto por su vastedad como por su sorprendente variedad.

From the author of Straw Dogs, John Gray's Gray's Anatomy is a pugnacious and brilliantly readable collection of essays from across his career.

 1927 begann Walter Benjamin anlässlich eines mehrmonatigen Paris-Aufenthalts mit seinen Überlegungen zu den Pariser Passagen, seinem ambitioniertesten, als Geschichtsphilosophie des 19.

Zur Grundlage des Buches Die Archetypenlehre bildet die Basis dessen, was sich als sogenannte 'Astrologie' herauskristallisiert hat.

Born in 1926 in France, Foucault is one of those rare philosophers who has become a cult figure.

Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951) was an extraordinarily original philospher, whose influence on twentieth-century thinking goes well beyond philosophy itself.

En sobre el no ser Gorgias argumenta que: (i) na da es, (ii) incluso si es no es cognoscible, (iii) incluso si es cognosible no es comunicable.

Husserl geht es auch in diesem 1935 gehaltenen Vortrag um das große Thema der Legitimation der Geisteswissenschaften gegenüber den Naturwissenschaften.

Ausgehend vom philosophischen Selbstmord des 19.

This book gives a clear and readable overview of the philosophical work of Jurgen Habermas, the most influential German philosopher alive today, who has commented widely on subjects such as Marxism, the importance and effectiveness of communication, the reunification of Germany, and the European Union.

Flora Tristan vivió mil vidas en una, habitó mil mundos sin pertenecer por completo a ninguno.

Jacques Derrida, the French philosopher, developed his critical technique known as 'deconstruction'.

Intentionality - the relationship between conscious states and their objects - is one of the most discussed topics in contemporary debates in philosophy of mind, cognitive neuroscience and the study of consciousness.

What happens when the world around us feels fragmented?

Deleuze's relationship with theology is a complex one.