Topics in philosophy

In Knowing Science, Alexander Bird presents an epistemology of science that rejects empiricism and gives a central place to the concept of knowledge.

In Knowing Science, Alexander Bird presents an epistemology of science that rejects empiricism and gives a central place to the concept of knowledge.

We are often told that social media well-being is simply the result of individual users making healthy digital choices.

Humans' attitudes towards an event often vary depending on whether the event has already happened or has yet to take place.

Humans' attitudes towards an event often vary depending on whether the event has already happened or has yet to take place.

What if humanity's greatest challenges are not the differences between us, but the divisions we have come to accept as permanent?

What are the arts?

What are the arts?

The Crisis of Political Legitimacy: Western Liberal and Islamic Political Thought in an Age of Convergent CrisisDr.

The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culturefrom the beginning of history to the twenty-first centuryBlackfavorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascistshas always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad.

William James was a giant of turn-of-the-century intellectual life.

In The Physical Signature of Computation, Neal Anderson and Gualtiero Piccinini articulate and defend the robust mapping account--the most systematic, rigorous, and comprehensive account of computational implementation to date.

In a world drowning in comforting illusions, self-help optimism, and recycled spiritual promises, The Nihilist's Manifesto delivers a clear-eyed, unflinching assessment of reality: the universe has no purpose, no moral arc, and no interest in human concerns.

Despite the considerable attention the topic of luck has received in ethics and epistemology, very little has been published in the philosophical literature overtly on linguistic luck.

What happens to ontology after the end of metaphysics?

Austinian Themes offers a reconstruction of philosophical views on several themes developed by J.

Intellectual Empathy provides a step-by-step method for facilitating discussions of socially divisive issues.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ethik, Note: 1,0, Universitat der Bundeswehr Munchen, Neubiberg, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Ausarbeitung hat die Religious Society of Friends (Quaker), zu Deutsch Religiose Gesellschaft der Freunde, zum Thema.

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ethik, Note: 1,3, FOM Hochschule fur Oekonomie & Management gemeinnutzige GmbH, Koln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Die gegenwartige Covid-19-Pandemie fordert nicht nur allgemein unsere Gesellschaft heraus, sondern auch im speziellen unser deutsches Gesundheitssystem, mit all seinen Mitarbeitern.

Discover the path to universal values and inner connectivity in a world divided by religion, nation, and race.

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art.

This is a sweeping and provocative work of aesthetic theory: a trenchant critique of the philosophy of art as it developed from the eighteenth century to the early twentieth century, combined with a carefully reasoned plea for a new and more flexible approach to art.

Bachelorarbeit aus dem Jahr 2020 im Fachbereich Ethik, Note: 1,3, Padagogische Hochschule Karlsruhe (Institut fur Philosophie), Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Sind gezielte Totungen (durch Drohnen) in militarischen Konflikten vom Volkerrecht gedeckt?

Dieses Buch bietet einen systematischen Überblick zum Zeitbegriff aus der Sicht der Philosophie, der Naturwissenschaft und der Alltagspsychologie.

The uses of shame (and shamelessness) in spheres that range from social media and consumerism to polarized politics and mass violenceToday, we are caught in a shame spirala vortex of mutual shaming that pervades everything from politics to social media.

Putting Properties First considers the metaphysics of natural science.

The philosophical notion of metaphysical explanation has been subject to an increased level of attention in the previous decade.

The philosophical notion of metaphysical explanation has been subject to an increased level of attention in the previous decade.

Putting Properties First considers the metaphysics of natural science.

Scientific Testimony concerns the roles of scientific testimony in science and society.

In Chains of Being, Ross P.

Scientific Testimony concerns the roles of scientific testimony in science and society.

In Chains of Being, Ross P.

This book collects works by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913-1972), an historian and scholar of international relations.

This book collects works by the late Professor Martin Wight (1913-1972), an historian and scholar of international relations.

Historically, there has been great deliberation about the limits of human knowledge.

Christine M.

Christine M.

Logical monism is the claim that there is a single correct logic, the 'one true logic' of our title.

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species.

Humans have engaged in artistic and aesthetic activities since the appearance of our species.

The story of the color black in art, fashion, and culturefrom the beginning of history to the twenty-first centuryBlackfavorite color of priests and penitents, artists and ascetics, fashion designers and fascistshas always stood for powerfully opposed ideas: authority and humility, sin and holiness, rebellion and conformity, wealth and poverty, good and bad.

Political Philosophy, Here and Now honours David Miller's remarkable contribution to political philosophy.

Political Philosophy, Here and Now honours David Miller's remarkable contribution to political philosophy.

The historiography of feminist rhetorical research raises ethical questions about whose stories are told and how.

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Auguste Comte's doctrine of positivism was both a philosophy of science and a political philosophy designed to organize a new, secular, stable society based on positive or scientific, ideas, rather than the theological dogmas and metaphysical speculations associated with the ancien regime.

Terence Cuneo develops a novel line of argument for moral realism.

The book, the third volume to emerge from the enterprise known as 'The Backwaters Collective on Metaphysics and Politics', attempts to further the collective's ambition to put into question the certitudes of conventional social science discourse, decolonize the dominant knowledge frameworks, and understand how the intellectual and cultural resources of Indian civilization may be deployed to think both, about some problems in contemporary politics and culture, and to introduce greater plurality into the world of modern knowledge systems.

The Matter of Empire examines the philosophical principles invoked by apologists of the Spanish empire that laid the foundations for the material exploitation of the Andean region between 1520 and 1640.