This book argues there can be no theory of ethics and that any attempt at such a theory ends up distorting the moral phenomena that it is supposed to explain.
This collection of chapters, written by prominent scholars in their respective fields, re-examines the nature of self-awareness in both Western and Eastern philosophy, inquires into its diverse and variable modes, and significantly broadens the framework of its analysis.
This book, Multidisciplinary Knowledge Production and Research Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Language, Literature and Religion, contributes to the polemical conversations about existing architectures of knowledge and research practices in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa.
Using an innovative multidisciplinary approach which is deeply invested in posthumanist thought, this book demonstrates how reading science fiction shapes the way we engage with lived environments.
Tantra – der direkte Weg zur spirituellen BefreiungDer spirituelle Lehrer und Sanskritgelehrte Hareesh Christopher Wallis legt mit Licht auf Tantra erstmals eine leicht zugängliche Einführung in die Philosophie und Praxis des klassischen Tantra vor.
In 2021, a previously unknown treatise by Porphyry of Tyre, which has been preserved in a Syriac translation, was made available to historians of philosophy: Porphyry, On Principles and Matter (De Gruyter, 2021).
The Critique of Practical Reason: Theory of Moral Reasoning is Kant's rigorous examination of the foundations of morality, arguing that ethical action must arise not from inclination, consequence, or external authority, but from the autonomy of rational will.
This book traces the origin and evolvement of two Chinese characters "e;wenxue"e;(literature) by using the methods of conceptual history and historical and cultural semantics, and by taking the evolution and changes of the concept of the these two characters and their interpretations in the west as a window, and re-examining the contemporary morphology of concept evolution in the historical context of concept generation and development to discover the historical and cultural connotations hidden behind the characters, so as to embark on a vivid journey to explore the history of literary thought, discipline and culture.
This insightful book is the first edited book volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life's meaning from the, largely under-explored, African perspective.
This insightful book is the first edited book volume in the literature to concern itself, primarily, with the question of life's meaning from the, largely under-explored, African perspective.
This book offers a first glimpse into contemporary African Philosophical thought, which covers issues related to the mind-body relationships, the problem of consciousness, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the meaning of life and other topics.
Sofern es im phänomenologischen Sinne nur Sein geben kann, wenn es Erscheinen gibt, ist unsere Seinserfahrung an eine originär leibliche Subjektivität gebunden, welche als Lebenserprobung jeder Seinsbegegung transzendental vorausliegt.
An ideal resource for teens and young adults interested in incorporating a yoga practice into their lives, this book answers readers' questions about the origins, benefits, and potential risks of yoga and offers practical advice for getting started.
Volume XXI Special Issue, 2023Part 1: Phenomenological Perspectives on Aesthetics and ArtPart 2: Heidegger and Contemporary French PhilosophyAim and Scope: 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 Reinach, Scheler, Stein, Heidegger, Sartre, Levinas, Merleau-Ponty and Gadamer.
This extended new edition offers a multifaceted insight into a period of intellectual history in the West in which the balance between speculative theories and experiential science was reset.
This book begins with the distinction between the so-called lived body or felt body (Leib) and the physical body (Korper), tracing the conceptual history of this distinction through key figures in philosophical and social thoughts and articulating a theory of the lived body that draws on the New Phenomenology developed by Hermann Schmitz.
According to bestselling historian Yuval Noah Harari, today's average American has their foot in three ideological camps: nationalism, free market capitalism, and humanism.
Heinrichs "goldene Kette des Seienden" ist ein umfangreiches, aus 10 Büchern bestehendes Werk, das sich nach einem im Mittelalter bewährten enzyklopädischen Muster von Gott bis zum Menschen und seiner Seele über den Himmel, die Atmosphäre und die drei Bereiche der irdischen Welt (Mineralien, Pflanzen, Tiere) erstreckt.
Abortion and Reproductive Rights in Slovenia: A Case of Resistance provides a detailed and in-depth analysis of the situation of sexual and reproductive rights in Slovenia.
This book, Multidisciplinary Knowledge Production and Research Methods in Sub-Saharan Africa: Language, Literature and Religion, contributes to the polemical conversations about existing architectures of knowledge and research practices in postcolonial sub-Saharan Africa.
This book offers a first glimpse into contemporary African Philosophical thought, which covers issues related to the mind-body relationships, the problem of consciousness, the ethics of artificial intelligence, the meaning of life and other topics.
In the midst of a pandemic, the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Sociology (in collaboration with its Interdisciplinary Center for Socio-Legal Analyses as well as the Polish Sociological Association) organized a series of Master Lectures.
This book argues there can be no theory of ethics and that any attempt at such a theory ends up distorting the moral phenomena that it is supposed to explain.
This extended new edition offers a multifaceted insight into a period of intellectual history in the West in which the balance between speculative theories and experiential science was reset.
Using an innovative multidisciplinary approach which is deeply invested in posthumanist thought, this book demonstrates how reading science fiction shapes the way we engage with lived environments.
In the midst of a pandemic, the Jagiellonian University's Institute of Sociology (in collaboration with its Interdisciplinary Center for Socio-Legal Analyses as well as the Polish Sociological Association) organized a series of Master Lectures.
Für die so unwahrscheinliche Verwirklichung der Utopie Platons, Staatslenker sollten Philosophen und Philosophen sollten Staatslenker sein, gibt der römische Schriftsteller und Politiker Lucius Annaeus Seneca eines der außergewöhnlichsten wie einflussreichsten Beispiele in der Geschichte der abendländischen Kultur.
