Topics in philosophy

There have long been controversies about how it is that minds can fit into a physical universe.

John Calvin''s two kingdoms political thought offers a fresh paradigm for constructive Christian engagement in pluralistic liberal societies.

A profound rumination on the concept of freedom from the New York Timesbestselling author of Tribe Throughout history, humans have been driven by the quest for two cherished ideals: community and freedom.

This book puts forward the concept of "e;subjective anthropology"e; and outlines a theoretical system that will allow subjective anthropology to qualify as a new academic discipline in its own right.

We are all guilty of it.

This book explains why we should stop thinking of freedom as limited to a right to be left alone.

John Kulvicki offers an account of the many ways in which pictures can be meaningful which is inspired by the philosophy of language.

This book offers the first realist reconstruction of Marx's critique of capitalism.

Dieser Band bietet sechs wichtige, im Original nur schwer zugängliche Aufsätze aus den Jahren 1913-39, in denen Cassirer die Grundzüge des in seinen Hauptwerken entwickelten Erkenntnisbegriffs darlegt und zeitgenössische Mißverständnisse zurückweist.

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​Evolutionäre Ethik zielt darauf ab, moralisches Verhalten beim Menschen vor dem Hintergrund seiner evolutionären Disposition zu verstehen und zu beurteilen.

Lazare Carnot was the unique example in the history of science of someone who inadvertently owed the scientific recognition he eventually achieved to earlier political prominence.

Argues that satisfactory theories of objectivity must include the robust account of experience found in classical pragmatism.

Were the most serious philosophers of the millennium 200 A.

A Metaphysics for Freedom argues that agency itself-and not merely the special, distinctively human variety of it-is incompatible with determinism.

From the perspective of a number of different social science disciplines, this book explores the ways in which the election of politicians can be made more fair and credible by adopting a human rights approach to elections.

This book examines how civil society actors operate under authoritarian constraints, and examines how this is linked to regime change.

Unfreezing Music Education argues that discussing the conflicting meanings of music should occupy a more central role in formal music education and music teacher preparation programs than is currently the case.

This book demonstrates the importance and potential role of Traditional Ecological Knowledge in foreseeing and curbing future global pandemics.

In 1989, the International Labor Organization stated that all indigenous peoples living in the postcolonial world were entitled to the right to prior consultation, over activities that could potentially impact their territories and traditional livelihoods.

Chance ordained that Denis Diderot (1713-1784) was not only a philosopher, playwright and writer, but also a salonnier.

Introducing Existential Health unfolds this evolving concept and places it in the context of common understandings of health.

Imagining Alternative Worlds explores how the far right employs fictionality as a powerful political tool in the 21st century.

A textbook, with exercises, on modal logic for readers already acquainted with the elements of formal logic.

Inspired by Michel Foucault's The Order of Things, this book tells a story about epochal change in the modern world.

A new history of human intelligence that argues that humans know themselves by knowing their machines.

For over a decade, the world has experienced an accelerating erosion of a language that took hundreds of years to emerge.

This book, an essential tool for anyone studying the state of feminist thought in particular or ethical theory in general, shows the outlines of an ethic of care in the distinctive practices of African American communities and considers how the values of care and justice can be reformulated.

Over recent years, the psychology of concepts has been rejuvenated by new work on prototypes, inventive ideas on causal cognition, the development of neo-empiricist theories of concepts, and the inputs of the budding neuropsychology of concepts.

This book provides a fresh reading of Aquinas' metaphysics in the light of insights from the works of Frege.

Putting on the Dog explores the age-old relationship between humans and animals, providing fascinating details about the historic use of animals as clothing.

By all measures, the late twentieth century was a time of dramatic decline for the Islamic world, the Ummah, particularly its Arab heartland.

This volume addresses the question of 'identity' in East-Central Europe.

These essays from one of our most stimulating thinkers showcase Tallis's infectious fascination, indeed intoxication, with the infinite complexity of human lives and the human condition.

This book explores forgiveness as a philosophical matter.

This book is an original discussion of key problems in moral theory.

This book is intended as a philosophical introduction to geo-ontologies, in response to their increasing diffusion within the contemporary debate, where philosophy plays a fundamental, though still unexplored, role.

In Climate Obstruction: How Denial, Delay and Inaction are Heating the Planet, Kristoffer Ekberg, Bernhard Forchtner, Martin Hultman and Kirsti Jylha bring together crucial insights from environmental history, sociology, media and communication studies and psychology to help us understand why we are failing to take necessary measures to avert the unfolding climate crisis.

Current patterns of global economic activity are not only unsustainable, but unethical - this claim is central to Materialist Ethics and Life-Value.

Originally published in 1951, Homo Faber is an examination of the scientific outlook on human mental evolution through the lens of parapsychology.

Duncan Pritchard offers students not only a new exploration of topics central to current epistemological debate, but also a new way of doing epistemology.

Hilal Elver offers an in-depth study of the escalating controversy over the right of Muslim women to wear headscarves.

This book is a re-interpretation of labour market policy models from a gender perspective, providing an analysis of within-gender inequality and how these policies affect inequality.

What is fundamentalism and what does it really amount to?