At the heart of the seventeenth century and the beginnings of the eighteenth century, John Locke, the great English philosopher, was founded by his famous author, "An article in Human Understanding", pillars of modern thought about the nature and origins of knowledge, stressing the importance of sensory experience as a basic source of knowledge.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) are enabling the construction of "e;digital ghosts"e;: algorithmic reconstructions of deceased individuals based on patterns of interaction in their text messages, social media posts, and other personal data.
Greentopia: Utopian Thought in the Anthropocene provides new ways of imagining the future interface between society and non-human nature and brings into focus the possibility of a peaceful coexistence.
Practical Thought: Essays on Reasons, Intuition, and Action presents a selection of Jonathan Dancy's most important philosophical essays since the late 1970s, focusing on the central themes of his work: metaethics, moral metaphysics, the theory of motivation, and the British Intuitionists.
Greentopia: Utopian Thought in the Anthropocene provides new ways of imagining the future interface between society and non-human nature and brings into focus the possibility of a peaceful coexistence.
Der vorliegende Band enthält eine Sammlung von Aufsätzen zum Thema Leihmutterschaft aus Blickrichtungen verschiedener Disziplinen, die allesamt jeweils an den aktuellen Forschungsstand anknüpfen.
¿Por qué la mayoría de los humanos dejan que sus tendencias instintivas se desarrollen libremente sin contar con sus facultades superiores para dominarlas y orientarlas, o bien arremeten contra ellas para aniquilarlas como si fueran enemigas de su evolución?
Animal fantástico común a todas las mitologías, que también encontramos en la iconografía cristiana, el dragón no es una lejana ficción: es el símbolo de las fuerzas instintivas del ser humano.
La suerte juega un papel importante en la determinación de nuestros juicios de responsabilidad y nos obliga, a menudo, a reflexionar sobre nuestras nociones de moralidad.
Disability Justice in Public Health Emergencies is the first book to highlight contributions from critical disability scholarship to the fields of public health ethics and disaster ethics.
David Brooks ha construido una brillante carrera como articulista en The New York Times, allí, con su implacable ingenio, ha enriquecido nuestras mañanas con sorprendentes historias narradas con humor y sabiduría.
El mundo entero pone la cuestión del alimento en primer lugar, todos procuran resolver esta cuestión de forma prioritaria, trabajan y hasta se pelean para ello.
This volume brings together two philosophical research areas that have been subject to increased attention: work regarding the unique character of having an experience and studies on the nature and powers of imagination.
The unifying theme in this volume is the President: political leader, relations with Congress, intelligence user, economist, communicator and guardian of national security.
This book appears at a time of intense debate on how states should respond to refugees: some philosophers argue states are not necessarily obligated to admit a single refugee, others argue states should continually admit refugees until the point of societal collapse.
"«Si hay tantas ""verdades"" diferentes y contradictorias que circulan por el mundo, es porque ello refleja la deformación del corazón y del intelecto de los humanos.
Die Anfänge der westlichen Philosophie sind eng mit den Vor-Sokratikern verbunden, die in einer Zeit tiefgreifender Umbrüche und neuer Denkansätze lebten.
"Acostumbraros a considerar vuestra vida cotidiana, los actos que debéis cumplir, los acontecimientos que se os presentan, los seres con los que debéis vivir o encontraros, como una materia sobre la que debéis trabajar para transformarla.
Karl-Otto Apel, Jürgen Habermas und Robert Alexy vertreten die Auffassung, dass die Letztbegründung der Menschenrechte als moralische und positive Rechte auf dem Diskurs basiert.
Throughout the ages, Nicholo McKaville has gained a reputation that causes controversy, as his name has long been linked to cunning and political deception, which made it a symbol of maneuvering and void in politics.
This volume brings together two philosophical research areas that have been subject to increased attention: work regarding the unique character of having an experience and studies on the nature and powers of imagination.
This book demonstrates how the capability approach to human development can contribute to the realisation of the 2015 United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
