Philosophy: metaphysics and ontology

This Element states that meaningful disagreement about coerciveness of law is not possible without considering what makes a system legal.

This book offers a new interpretation of Hegel''s Logic, the foundational work of his philosophical system.

This Element analyses dispositions and powers and how they might metaphysically explain laws of nature and modality.

This Element will guide the reader into the topic of modality, with especial emphasis on the most recent debates.

¿Qué pasaría si el derecho fuera la última manifestación de la magia en un mundo que creía poder prescindir de ella?

This Element will guide the reader into the topic of modality, with especial emphasis on the most recent debates.

During the re-founding of the Anthroposophical Society at Christmas1923, Rudolf Steiner also reconstituted the "e;Esoteric School"e; which had originally functioned in Germany from 1904 until 1914, when the outset of the First World War made it's continuance impossible.

Literature and Ecotheology: From Chaos to Cosmos challenges us in a time of climate crisis to find more common ground between the dual projects of ecocriticism and ecotheology.

During the re-founding of the Anthroposophical Society at Christmas1923, Rudolf Steiner also reconstituted the "e;Esoteric School"e; which had originally functioned in Germany from 1904 until 1914, when the outset of the First World War made it's continuance impossible.

Explores Kant''s philosophy of religion and morality through his Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason.

A collection of essays on the philosophy and foundations of quantum gravity by leading philosophers and physicists in the field.

Una indagacion actual sobre la nocion de scientia en Tomas de Aquino segun los subiecta de la misma, los distintos nombres de los saberes cientificos y su modo de articulacion no ha sido llevada a cabo en forma completa y definitiva.

¿Qué es el Neo-materialismo?

This book offers a collection of contributions on medieval, early modern, and contemporary perspectives on social ontology.

"Presentes para el presente, búsqueda de buscar.

'what can be said at all can be said clearly; and of what one cannot talk, about that one must be silent' Wittgenstein's Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus, first published in German in 1921 and in English translation in 1922, is one of the most influential philosophical texts of the twentieth century.

"Si hay un año revolucionario en la historia de la filosofía, ese sin duda es 1781.

This book evaluates the widespread preference in philosophy of mind for varieties of property dualism over other alternatives to physicalism.

This book evaluates the widespread preference in philosophy of mind for varieties of property dualism over other alternatives to physicalism.

Wáng Yángmíng (1472–1529) ist einer der bedeutendsten konfuzianischen Denker des kaiserzeitlichen China.

This book provides a framework that encompasses both physics and cognitive science - integrating them into a 'theory of everything' to establish a basis for both our scientific and humanistic endeavours.

Best known for his groundbreaking and influential work in Buddhist philosophy, Mark Siderits is the pioneer of "e;fusion"e; or "e;confluence philosophy"e;, a boldly systematic approach to doing philosophy premised on the idea that rational reconstruction of positions in one tradition in light of another can sometimes help address perennial problems and often lead to new and valuable insights.

Who carries the burden of proof in analytic philosophical debates, and how can this burden be satisfied?

This Element analyses dispositions and powers and how they might metaphysically explain laws of nature and modality.

Dieses eBook: "Prolegomena zu einer jeden künftigen Metaphysik die als Wissenschaft wird auftreten können" ist mit einem detaillierten und dynamischen Inhaltsverzeichnis versehen und wurde sorgfältig korrekturgelesen.

The thought of Immanuel Kant is fundamental to understanding Western philosophy.

This volume offers a fresh exploration of the parts-whole relations within a power and among powers.

Xenolinguistics brings together biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication to explore what non-human, non-Earthbound language might look like.

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.

In diesem Band werden die abschließenden Erörterungen der ›Untersuchungen über die Wahrheit‹ vorgelegt, die Thomas von Aquin zwischen 1256 und 1259 in Paris verfasst hat.

This volume offers a fresh exploration of the parts-whole relations within a power and among powers.

Xenolinguistics brings together biologists, anthropologists, linguists, and other experts specializing in language and communication to explore what non-human, non-Earthbound language might look like.

Die vorliegenden »Quaestionen »erörtern Fragen der Willensfreiheit in einem Rahmen, der in der zeitgenössischen Philosophie weitgehend verloren ist: in einer Metaphysik des Seins, welches auf sein Gut-Sein hin befragt wird.

This book offers intriguing philosophical inquiries into biotechnological art and the life sciences, addressing their convergences as well as their epistemic and functional divergences.

This book offers intriguing philosophical inquiries into biotechnological art and the life sciences, addressing their convergences as well as their epistemic and functional divergences.

Ist in der Natur eine Form von Zweckmäßigkeit realisiert?

How does our conception of possibility contribute to our understanding of self and world?

This Element investigates the Odd Universe Argument and its assumptions on the number of things in the Universe.

The thought of Immanuel Kant is fundamental to understanding Western philosophy.

In diesem Büchlein geht es darum, Mitmenschen, die in große seelische oder auch körperliche Not geraten sind, eine Perspektive aufzuzeigen, mittels derer sie diese Not in eine große Hoffnung auf ein von unbeschreiblicher Freude erfülltes Leben verwandeln können.

The first comprehensive scrutiny of the theories associated with new materialisms including speculative realism, new materialism, Object-oriented ontology and actor-network theory.

La tarea que se ha planteado el autor de este libro consiste en presentar bajo términos contemporáneos la magna quaestio de la antropología filosófica clásica: ¿Quién es el hombre?

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This volume explores the work of Polish phenomenologist Roman Ingarden (1893-1970) with respect to his ontology, epistemology and aesthetics.

How does our conception of possibility contribute to our understanding of self and world?

In den 16 Quaestionen zur Erörterung der Frage nach dem Ursprung und dem Wesen des Schlechten und Bösen in der Welt und im Handeln der Menschen, also des Übels, versucht Thomas zu zeigen, dass das Übel (ipsum malum) nicht als die andere Seite oder der Antipode des Guten aufzufassen ist, sondern als eine akzidentiell bewirkte Verfehlung des Guten, nach dem alles strebt: Das Übel wirkt nicht aus eigener Kraft, der wir ausgeliefert sind und der wir begegnen müssen, sondern es ist die Folge falschen Handelns - ein vermeidbarer Defekt.