Topics in philosophy

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Philosophy and the advances in cosmology, neurology, molecular biology, and the social sciences have made the convincing and converging arguments for God's existence more probable than ever in history.

Osama bin Laden's demise in May 2011 marked only the symbolic end of an era.

Welche Aussagen konstruktivistischer Theorieangebote eignen sich eigentlich dafür, Lehren und Lernen in Bezug auf das weite Feld der Religion zu beschreiben?

Collection with new contributions to the debate from New Politics concerning the legacy of Rosa Luxemburg.

To better understand the diverse inheritance of Islamic movements in present-day Turkey, we must take a closer look at the religious establishment, the ulema, during the first half of the twentieth century.

This collection explores one of the most rapidly growing area of philosophy: political epistemology.

This volume provides a historical introduction in the writing of the manuscript.

First comes clear thinking, then comes clear writing.

This exciting new edited collection bridges the gap between narrative and self-understanding.

Reading Architecture with Freud and Lacan: Shadowing the Public Realm methodically outlines key concepts in psychoanalytic discourse by reading them against key modern and post-modern architects.

The 1935 Government of India Act was arguably the most significant turning point in the history of the British administration in India.

The Routledge Companion to Social and Political Philosophy is a comprehensive, definitive reference work, providing an up-to-date survey of the field, charting its history and key figures and movements, and addressing enduring questions as well as contemporary research.

Ownership-based economics has led to the rapid development and apparent universal success of the market economy.

The concept of disparity has long been a topic of obsession and argument for philosophers but Slavoj i ek would argue that what disparity and negativity could mean, might mean and should mean for us and our lives has never been more hotly debated.

This is a revised and expanded second edition of Why Machines Will Never Rule the World.

Phenomenology was one of the twentieth century's major philosophical movements, and it continues to be a vibrant and widely studied subject today with relevance beyond philosophy in areas such as medicine and cognitive sciences.

God and Gaia explores the overlap between traditional religious cosmologies and the scientific Gaia theory of James Lovelock.

Metaphysicians should pay attention to quantum mechanics.

The present work is an attempt to analyse critically Plato's views on mind and body and more particularly on the mind-body relationship within the wider setting of Plato's metaphysics.

The investigation of Sartre's theory of consciousness focusses on two main problems: First, the theory of consciousness presupposes the fact of self-consciousness but is not able to explain it without struggling with the difficulties of circularity and infinite regresses.

HLA Hart's The Concept of Law is one of the most influential works of philosophy of the twentieth century, redefining the field of legal philosophy and introducing generations of students to philosophical reflection on the nature of law.

There are arguably moral, legal, and prudential constraints on behavior.

This book explores the theoretical and empirical relationship between democracy and governance in the Asia-Pacific region.

What is aesthetic value?

Slavoj Zizek is one of today's leading theorists, whose polemical works span topics from German idealism to Lacanian psychoanalysis, from Shakespeare to Beckett, and from Hitchcock to Lynch.

In this book, Reiss argues in favor of a tight fit between evidence, concept and purpose in our causal investigations in the sciences.

Perception and intuition are our basic sources of knowledge about the concrete world around us, and more abstract matters such as mathematics, metaphysics, and morality.

All people spend a considerable portion of their lives either as dependents or the caretakers of dependents.

This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world.

This title was first published in 2001.

This textbook presents an overview of the critically important ethical and legal issues that arise in the computing field and provides a professional perspective from software engineering.

Instead of resurrecting old images and nourishing new narratives about a 'New Cold War', Post-Soviet Conflict Potentials features politically and legally oriented critical investigations into conflict potentials and dynamics in the post-Soviet region and beyond.

Drawing on shared research experiences and collaborative projects, this book offers a broad and timely perspective on research on the hand and its current challenges.

In The Formation of Reason, philosophy professor David Bakhurst utilizes ideas from philosopher John McDowell to develop and defend a socio-historical account of the human mind.

This book is a collection of key legal decisions affecting Indigenous Australians, which have been re-imagined so as to be inclusive of Indigenous people's stories, historical experience, perspectives and worldviews.

A major new account of the state and its importance by a leading political philosopherThe future of our species depends on the state.

Patrick Riordan takes a different approach to the questions of global ethics by following the direction of questioning initially pioneered by Aristotle; for him the most basic question of ethics is 'what is the good life'?

For a time of peril, world-renowned theologian Jurgen Moltmann offers an ethical framework for the future.

In this compelling work, the distinguished French scientist Georges Mallet presents a chronological account of the major scientific discoveries of the past three millennia, guiding readers through the development of theories explaining the lead-up to the Big Bang and exploring alternative explanations to the creation of the universe.

The history and politics of secularism and the public role of religion in France, India, Turkey, and the United States.

Karl Jaspers, who died in 1969, had a profound impact on 20th-century theology and philosophy.

Millions of people have been victimized by the actions and omissions of states and governments.

Histories for the Many examines the contribution of illustrated family magazines to Victorian historical culture.

In this book, Henrik Lagerlund offers students, researchers, and advanced general readers the first complete history of what is perhaps the most famous of all philosophical problems: skepticism.