Philosophical traditions and schools of thought

Edmund Husserl, founder of the phenomenological movement, is usually read as an idealist in his metaphysics and an instrumentalist in his philosophy of science.

Christine Buci-Glucksmann's The Madness of Vision is one of the most influential studies in phenomenological aesthetics of the baroque.

In Prophetic Politics, Philip J.

Dead Letters to Nietzsche examines how writing shapes subjectivity through the example of Nietzsche's reception by his readers, including Stanley Rosen, David Farrell Krell, Georges Bataille, Laurence Lampert, Pierre Klossowski, and Sarah Kofman.

Classical phenomenology has suffered from an individualist bias and a neglect of the communicative structure of experience, especially the phenomenological importance of the addressee, the inseparability of I and You, and the nature of the alternation between them.

Examining select high points in the speculative tradition from Plato and Aristotle through the Middle Ages and German tradition to Dewey and Heidegger, Placing Aesthetics seeks to locate the aesthetic concern within the larger framework of each thinker's philosophy.

Philosophical Perspectives: Essays on Reality, Knowledge, and Morality is a collection of essays on foundational questions that shape our lives as rational creatures and moral agents.

There are two common responses to skepticism, the epistemological claim that knowledge is at least non-existent and perhaps also unachievable, and both are to be avoided.

This collection is the first extended investigation of the relation between time and memory in Maurice Merleau-Ponty's thought as a whole and the first to explore in depth the significance of his concept of institution.

Seminar paper from the year 2020 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy of the 17th and 18th Centuries, grade: 1,0, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, language: English, abstract: In this paper the author would like to compare the epistemology of Rene Descartes and John Locke.

Simple Taoism is designed to help the reader understand what Taoism is about and to help apply its best aspects to everyday living.

Now available in a gorgeous hardcover slipcase edition, this "e;object d'art"e; will be sure to add grace and elegance to tea shelves, coffee tables and bookshelves.

Discover global perspectives on happiness through this series of essays.

Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.

Discover extraordinary mindfulness through whole-body Vipassana meditationBeyond the Breath is one of the first books to give a complete overview and description of sensation based vipassana meditationthe form of mediation believed to have been used by the Buddha 2,500 years ago.

Discover global perspectives on happiness through this series of essays.

The Gold Pavilion: Taoist Ways to Peace, Health, and Long Life is a step-by-step instruction of Taoist meditation from ancient China.

Written over a century ago when Japan was abandoning its rich traditions to embrace the hysteria of colonization, this classic written by Okakura Kakuzo helped preserve the masterpieces of Japanese art and culture by illuminating the spirit of the Japanese Tea Masters.

When Jack Karouac wrote about Zen in Dharma Bums he was echoing the sentiments of the Beat generation, who found in Zen credence for a way of life unencumbered by the limits of "e;square"e; society.

This collection of Zen essays by the author of Zen Flesh, Zen Bones offers an enlightening perspective on a variety of topics.

Oriental Fortune Telling brings to the Western reader a novel way of using cards, dice, coins, and "e;subconscious"e; numbers to arrive at modern interpretations of a fortune telling school that has existed in Asia for more than three thousand years.

The widespread influence of Buddhism is due in part to the skill with which a way of liberation was refined by it's teachers and became accessible to people of diverse cultures.

Japanese Culture: The Religious and Philosophical Foundations takes readers on a thoroughly researched and extremely readable journey through Japan's cultural history.

In The Birth of Sense, Don Beith proposes a new concept of generative passivity, the idea that our organic, psychological, and social activities take time to develop into sense.

Phenomenology has played a decisive role in the emergence of the discourse of place, now indispensable to many disciplines in the humanities and social sciences, and the contribution of Merleau-Ponty's thought to architectural theory and practice is well established.

Wissenschaftlicher Aufsatz aus dem Jahr 2021 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 20.

One of the outstanding thinkers of our time offers in this book his final words to posterity.

This novel volume examines Chinese and Indian mindful movements (such as tai chi, qigong, Daoist meditation, and hatha yoga) to demonstrate how the contemplative practices of the body and mind can amount to a form of transformative philosophy through ways of thinking, knowing, and doing.

This English translation of Gebser's major work, Ursprung und Gegenwart (Stuttgart, Deutsche Verlag, 1966), offers certain fundamental insights which should be beneficial to any sensitive scientist and makes it available to the English-speaking world for the recognition it deserves.

For more than two thousand years, philosophers and theologians have wrestled with the irreconcilable opposition between Greek rationality (Athens) and biblical revelation (Jerusalem).

This volume brings together for the first time all the writings of John Stuart Mill and Harriet Taylor Mill on equality between the sexes, including John Stuart Mill's The Subjection of Women, a classic in the history of the women's rights movement since its publication one hundred years ago.

In analyzing evidence indicating that K'ung-ts'ung-tzu was a forgery, Yoav Ariel questions current views of the Confucian school in the time between the Sage's death in the fifth century B.

In the field of philosophy, Plato's view of rhetoric as a potentially treacherous craft has long overshadowed Aristotle's view, which focuses on rhetoric as an independent discipline that relates in complex ways to dialectic and logic and to ethics and moral psychology.

Over the last two decades, scholarship on Kant and modern German philosophy has become increasingly focused on understanding their historical roots.

Over the last two decades, scholarship on Kant and modern German philosophy has become increasingly focused on understanding their historical roots.

Flattery in Seneca the Younger explores the discourse of flattery in Seneca's philosophical texts, and analyses the extent to which Seneca developed a theory of adulation.

Flattery in Seneca the Younger explores the discourse of flattery in Seneca's philosophical texts, and analyses the extent to which Seneca developed a theory of adulation.

Lois Lane knows that Superman can fly, but she does not know that Clark Kent can fly.

Lois Lane knows that Superman can fly, but she does not know that Clark Kent can fly.

Kant's Reason develops a novel interpretation of Kant's conception of reason and its philosophical significance.

The Metaphysics of Practice brings together Wilfrid Sellars's writings on topics to do with action, community, and obligation: published essays, manuscripts, and correspondence.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Philosophie des 19.

Kant's Reason develops a novel interpretation of Kant's conception of reason and its philosophical significance.

In 2008, the Chinese government cracked down on protests throughout Tibet, and journalist Amy Yee found herself covering a press conference with the Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, his exile home in India.

Confucianism has been a foundational component of East Asian culture, religion, society, and government for millennia, and its visibility and significance have continued to expand in recent decades.

Confucianism has been a foundational component of East Asian culture, religion, society, and government for millennia, and its visibility and significance have continued to expand in recent decades.

Designed for students in Christian colleges and seminaries, An Introduction to Philosophy surveys the four main areas of philosophy - logic, metaphysics, epistemology, and ethics - in an accessible and engaging manner.

Felix Ravaisson's French Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century is one of the most influential and pivotal texts of modern French thought.

Hobbes's Philosophy of Religion presents a new scholarly interpretation of Hobbes's treatment of religious speech and practice.

Modality: A History provides readers a sweeping study of the history of philosophical work on modal concepts.