Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

The only book to cover the evolution of one of the most important areas of philosophyThe birth of the Enlightenment heralded a new reverence for the power of reason.

This book explores the problem of time and immanence for phenomenology in the work of Edmund Husserl, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, and Jacques Derrida.

Da man denn also von mir die Zusammenstellung der Hauptpunkte verlangt - das Verlangen ist berechtigt.

First published in 1937, this book presents itself as a philosophic dialogue, starting with the diversity of men's ideas about Good.

Ten leading scholars introduce all the important aspects of Aquinas'' thought.

While he is more commonly known for his Trinitiarian works and theology, this study assesses mid-fourth-century bishop Hilary of Poitiers' view of the human condition.

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In this controversial manifesto, Jean-Michel Rabat addresses current anxieties about the future of literary and cultural theory and proposes that it still has a crucial role to play.

The issue of a logic foundation for African thought connects well with the question of method.

In each of Plato's "e;dialogues of definition"e; (Euthyphro, Laches, Meno, Charmides, Lysis, Republic I, Hippias Major), Socrates motivates philosophical discussion by posing a question of the form "e;What is F-ness?

Sixteen leading scholars introduce and explain the many facets of Plotinus'' ''Neoplatonism''.

This volume examines the limitations of mathematical logic and proposes a new approach to logic intended to overcome them.

The topic of certitude is much debated today.

This book offers a new way of approaching Schopenhauer by investigating the links between his philosophical practice and his aesthetics.

With Western cultures becoming more pluralistic, the question of "e;truth"e; in politics has become a game of interpretations.

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Byzantinists entered the study of emotion with Henry Maguire's ground-breaking article on sorrow, published in 1977.

Richard Rorty is one of the most influential, controversial and widely-read philosophers of the twentieth century.

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This book uses the conceptual tools of philosophy to shed light on digital media and on the way in which they bear upon our existence.

This exciting new Handbook offers a comprehensive overview of the contemporary state of the field in feminist philosophy.

In these essays, distinguished philosopher Philip Kitcher argues for a reconstruction of philosophy along the lines of classical Pragmatism

The first volume on Schelling in English exploring the study of the history of philosophy and core systematic philosophical issues.

This book gathers international and interdisciplinary work on youth studies from the Global South, exploring issues such as continuity and change in youth transitions from education to work; contemporary debates on the impact of mobility, marginalization and violence on young lives; how digital technologies shape youth experiences; and how different institutions, cultures and structures generate a diversity of experiences of what it means to be young.

Part of a series aimed at introducing readers to the intricacies of contemporary debates concerning fundamental political issues.

Americans have long been enthralled by visions of the apocalypse.

As a philosopher, Richard McKeon spent his career developing Pragmatism in a new key, specifically by tracing the ways in which philosophic problems arise in fields other than philosophy-across the natural and social sciences and aesthetics-and showed the ways in which any problem, pushed back to its beginning or taken to its end, is a philosophic problem.

The New Yearbook for Phenomenology and Phenomenological Philosophy provides an annual international forum for phenomenological research in the spirit of Husserl's groundbreaking work and the extension of this work by such figures as Scheler, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty and Gadamer.

In this text Stacey traces the formative impact of Seneca''s political philosophy upon medieval and Renaissance thinking about princely government.

An edition of Hume''s profoundly influential work together with some of his other writings.

La obra demuestra que la Ilustración radical, lejos ser un suceso periférico, constituye una parte vital e integral del fenómeno más amplio y tuvo mayor cohesión internacionalmente que la tendencia dominante de la Ilustración.

This book presents the syllabus of Hu Shih's course on the History of Chinese Thought, which he taught at Harvard University from 1944 to 1945, and has been transcribed from his (more than 1500) hand-written notes.

Roman Stoicism, first published in 1911, offers an authoritative introduction to this fascinating chapter in the history of Western philosophy, which throughout the 20th century has been rediscovered and rehabilitated among philosophers, theologians and intellectual historians.

One of the first things to strike the reader of Wittgenstein's writings is the unique power of his style.

A luxury, keep-sake edition of an ancient Chinese scripture This ancient text, fundamental to Taoism, has become a source of inspiration and guidance for millions in modern society.

This book provides a new perspective for examining the Native policies of the late nineteenth century.

Der iconic turn verstand sich weitgehend als Antithese zu einer bildervergessenen philosophischen Tradition.

Friedrich Nietzsche's intellectual autobiography Ecce Homo has always been a controversial book.

Renaissance writers habitually drew upon the idioms and images of the schoolroom in their depictions of emotional experience.

Robert Brandom's rationalist philosophy of language, expounded in his highly influential Making It Explicit, has been the subject of intense scrutiny and debate, establishing him as one of the leading philosophers of his generation.