Philosophy

A penetrating analysis of the life and doctrines of the Spanish-born Arab theologian.

This book provides a post-positivist theory of deterministic and probabilistic causality that supports both quantitative and qualitative explanations.

This classic study by the eminent Dutch historian of science E.

Most people think evil is rare or incomprehensible.

An unusual study of a distinguished Victorian, approached through the ideas which occupied and actuated his career.

Donald VanDeVeer probes the moral complexities of the question: under what conditions is it permissible to intervene invasively in the lives of competent persons--for example, by deception, force, or coercive threat--for their own good?

A nineteenth-century aristocrat, Nishi Amane (1829-1897) was one of the first Japanese to assert the supremacy of Western culture.

Writing from a country shattered by two World Wars and by Nazi barbarism, Friedrich Meinecke, Germany's foremost historian of this century, was deeply troubled by the problem of reconciling power and justice in international affairs.

This book provides and defends an analysis of our concept of the meaning of a literary work.

The third in a series, this volume is a reference book of summaries of the main works in the Advaita tradition during the primary phase of its development in the sixth and seventh centuries A.

The author describes the influence on the Enlightenment of the intellectual currents that had been active in France, particularly the historical and humanistic esprit critique and the scientific esprit moderne.

This introductory overview of Kierkegaard's writings summarizes their central arguments and places them in their historical context.

This collection introduces readers to some of the most respected Pre-Socratic scholarship of the twentieth century.

James Collins probes the meaning and methods of historical interpretation in philosophy by analyzing the creative reciprocity between the modern source thinkers-the great classical philosophers from Descartes and Locke to Mill and Nietzsche-and their midtwentieth century interpreters.

The roots and evolution of two concepts usually thought to be Western in origin-musica mundana (the music of the spheres) and musica humana (music's relation to the human soul)-are explored.

In the first comprehensive commentary on Soren Kierkegaard's Concluding Unscientific Postscript the eminent Kierkegaard specialist Niels Thulstrup clarifies the book's intricate allusions to the thought and literature of its own and past ages.

A physician and spokesman for the French Ideologues, Pierre-JeanGeorges Cabanis (1757-1808) stands at the crossroads of several influential developments in modern culture--Enlightenment optimism about human perfectibility, the clinical method in medicine, and the formation and adaptation of liberal social ideals in the French Revolution.

Albert approaches critical rationalism as an alternative to other philosophical standpoints dominant in Germany: the conceptions of the Frankfurt School, hermeneutical thinking as represented by Gadamer, analytic philosophy, and logical empiricism.

Ever since the eighteenth century, when Kant opened the floodgates of subjectivism in aesthetics, common men and philosophers alike have despaired of finding a basis for judgments about beauty.

This is the first English translation of Santob do Carrion's Proverbios morales (Moral Proverbs) and also the first book-length study of that monumental work.

This book, written by the eminent Kierkegaard scholar Niels Thulstrup, provides the first comprehensive treatment of this issue.

The complementary systems of Nyaya and Vaisesika constitute one of the oldest and most important traditions within Indian philosophy.

The Lord JESUS CHRIST of Nazareth, just before concluding HIS earthly ministry and service, made a startling announcement to HIS chosen servants and disciples as recorded in the Gospel of St.

Edwin Hartman explores Aristotle's metaphysical assumptions as they illuminate his thought and some issues of current philosophical significance.

Assessing major critics from Vernon Parrington to Murray Krieger, Wesley Morris points the way to a "e;new historicism.

Claudia Brodsky skillfully combines close readings of narrative works by Goethe, Austen, Balzac, Stendhal, Melville, and Proust with a detailed analysis of the relation between Kant's critical epistemology and narrative theory.

For more than three decades, Margaret Wilson's essays on early modern philosophy have influenced scholarly debate.

When Philip Sidney defends poetry by defending the methods used by poets and lawyers alike, he relies on the traditional association between fiction and legal procedure--an association that begins with Aristotle.

The two studies, "e;Indivisible Magnitudes,"e; and "e;Aristotle and Epicurus on Voluntary Action,"e; explain two doctrines in the philosophy of Epicurus, first by a detailed examination of the ancient Greek and Latin texts which describe them, and second by showing how earlier Greek philosophy gave rise to the problems Epicurus tackled.

Philosophers have often bluntly said, and more often tacitly assumed that careful and reasonable men will confine themselves to two very rigid ways of talking.

Samkhya is one of the oldest, if not the oldest, system of classical Indian philosophy.

This book treats Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy as a work of imaginative literature, and applies modern techniques of criticism to his writings.

Focusing on the seminal works of two early thirteenth-century philosophers, Steven P.

This book completes A.

Building on concepts developed in his previously published New Theory of Beauty, Guy Sircello constructs a bold and provocative theory of love in which the objects of love are the qualities that "e;bear"e; beauty and the pleasure of all love is "e;erotic,"e; without being "e;sexual.

The Cosmographia of Bernard Silvester was the most important literary myth written between Lucretius and Dante.

The thought of the late Karl Jaspers, co-founder of the existentialist movement, has long exerted a powerful influence on world opinion.

Is our system of social security, which involves an annual dispersement of thirty billion dollars, as effective and as equitable as it might be?

What if morality itself is not absolute-but something to be questioned?

CÓMO ENTENDER HOY UNA FILOSOFÍA MILENARIA, JUSTA, COMPRENSIVA Y ALENTADORATomando como punto de partida el género latino de la consolatio, Antonio Cascón Dorado nos propone acercarnos al estoicismo romano y, en concreto, a la forma de afrontar la muerte y la pérdida de un ser querido.

A candid look at the methodology behind Descorchados: since 1998, blind tasting has been central to separating genuine quality from the charm of the moment.

Although most historians have sought the roots of atheism in the history of "e;free thought,"e; Alan Charles Kors contends that attacks on the existence of God were generated above all by the vitality and controversies of orthodox theistic culture itself.

There are many factors that contribute to the formation of our current mental attitudes, including the feedback we receive from others (including our parents and friends), ourselves, and the rest of society.

Called "e;a pioneer work of the first importance"e; by Staughton Lynd, this book traces the history of pacifism in America from colonial times to the start of World War I.

"e;The picture of Hume clinging timidly to a raft of custom and artifice, because, poor skeptic, he has no alternative, is wrong,"e; writes John Stewart.

Discover the 50 ethics conversations that have shaped our lives and changed the course of history.

In this volume Donald Munro, author of important studies on early and contemporary China, provides a critical analysis of the doctrines of the Sung Neo-Confucian philosopher Chu Hsi (1130-1200).

If Heraclitus had been born in India rather than Greece, he would have been recognized not only as a philosopher but also as a mystic.

The interpreter of Marx's writings faces the task of reconciling, on the one hand, Marx's frequent explicit condemnations and criticisms of morality and, on the other, the obvious way in which his world-view reflects substantive moral judgments.

«El pensamiento en acción» recoge una selección esencial de textos de Francisco Giner de los Ríos, donde se funden pensamiento filosófico y compromiso vital.