Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

This book aims to redress the balance in the field of Contemporary Philosophy, considered predominantly male, by highlighting the philosophical achievements of various female figures during the period 1870-1970.

This book connects the philosophy of Henri Bergson to contemporary debates in metaphysics and analytic philosophy of religion.

Baruch de Spinozas 'Theologisch-politische Abhandlung' ist ein bahnbrechendes Werk, das sich mit der Verbindung zwischen Religion und Politik auseinandersetzt.

Die 'Vorlesungen und Abhandlungen Schopenhauer's' von Arthur Schopenhauer bieten einen tiefen Einblick in die Philosophie dieses bedeutenden Denkers des 19.

This book presents a novel metaphysics of concrete entities.

Este ebook presenta "Metafísica", con un índice dinámico y detallado.

This book assesses the existentially relevant consequences of physicalism.

From ancient conceptions of becoming a philosopher to modern discussions of psychedelic drugs, the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy.

From ancient conceptions of becoming a philosopher to modern discussions of psychedelic drugs, the concept of transformation plays a fascinating part in the history of philosophy.

Should You Choose to Live Forever?

Should You Choose to Live Forever?

Markus Gabriel, Spiegel-Bestseller-Autor, zeigt in diesem Buch, dass das Denken Teil der biologischen Sinne ist, der nicht künstlich nachgebaut werden kann.

In this book, Michael Huemer and Bryan Frances debate whether - and how - we can gain knowledge of the world outside of our own minds.

Ype de Boer invites you to rethink what you know about the philosophy of Giorgio Agamben.

The book seeks to explore ways in which education research, policy and practice ought to be re-thought and re-enacted under present bio-political predicaments.

First published in 1989, The Sublime Object of Ideology was i ek's breakthrough work, and is still regarded by many as his masterpiece.

The past few decades have seen considerable interest in the history of analytic philosophy.

This pioneering book presents a reconstitution of Charles Sanders Peirce philosophical system as a coherent architecture of concepts that form a unified theory of reality.

The Republic is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning justice, the order and character of the just city-state, and the just man.

Building from foundations of modern science and cosmic evolution, as well as psychological and philosophical perspectives of value and meaning, this book explores some of humanity's biggest questions:          Is the Universe about something ?

Journey Beyond the Looking Glass: Tap Into the Metaphysical WonderlandStep into the limitless realms of a world that exists beyond the threshold of imagination.

This volume examines the ontology of music groups.

Comics Beyond Text and Image conceptualizes comics as "e;bodies,"e; exploring the substance and the many movements and expressions of comics first and foremost in terms of corporeality.

Rom Harre's career spans more than 40 years of original contributions to the development of both psychology and other human and social sciences.

This is the first edited volume dedicated to the issues of ground and fundamentality in Plato and Aristotle.

This is the first edited volume dedicated to the issues of ground and fundamentality in Plato and Aristotle.

The book defends an account of propositions on which propositions are structured entities, built up out of properties, relations, and concrete objects.

The book defends an account of propositions on which propositions are structured entities, built up out of properties, relations, and concrete objects.

This volume offers a fresh and timely contribution to current discussions of ornamentation, repetition, and affect in aesthetics and philosophy.

This volume offers a fresh and timely contribution to current discussions of ornamentation, repetition, and affect in aesthetics and philosophy.

This popular coursebook offers an accessible introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, causal interactions between the mental and the physical, computational models of thought, and assorted -isms, including: behaviorism, dualism, eliminativism, emergentism, functionalism, materialism, neutral monism, and panpsychism.

This popular coursebook offers an accessible introduction to issues in the philosophy of mind, including the mind-body problem, causal interactions between the mental and the physical, computational models of thought, and assorted -isms, including: behaviorism, dualism, eliminativism, emergentism, functionalism, materialism, neutral monism, and panpsychism.

What constitutes a justified assertion and a correct behavior are issues that have been central to Western philosophy.

This monograph presents the first detailed exposition of the formal theory of Branching Space-Times.