Philosophy

Ernest Rutherford (New Zealand-British physicist, 1871-1937), the 1908 Nobel Laureate who discovered the existence of atomic nuclei, is famously quoted as having said: "e;Physics is the only real science.

This volume presents a detailed and in-depth examination of women of color political elites in the United States in varying levels of office and non-elected positions.

The second of two volumes collecting the published work up to 2000 one of the greatest living scholars of ancient philosophy alive today.

Debate in animal ethics needs reenergizing.

This book explores the emergence of Yugoslav globalism and how it was influenced by the early Cold War, the changes once Yugoslavia established itself as a nonaligned leader, and what the decline of Yugoslav globalism reveals about the waning Cold War and the history of internationalist diplomacy.

First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell's literary identity which underlies and informs the sociopolitical content of his novels, and which may account for his being 'more widely read' than perhaps any other serious writer in the twentieth century.

One of the central areas of concern in late twentieth-century philosophy is the debate between Realism and anti-Realism.

Humility is a vital aspect of political discussion, social media and self-help, whilst recent empirical research has linked humility to improved well-being, open-mindedness and increased accuracy in assessing persuasive messages.

Increasing knowledge of the biological is fundamentally transforming what life itself means and where its boundaries lie.

Knowledge, Nature, and the Good brings together some of John Cooper's most important works on ancient philosophy.

Do human rights make sense?

Ethics of Cinematic Experience: Screens of Alterity deals with the relationship between cinema and ethics from a philosophical perspective, finding an intrinsic connection between film spectatorship and the possibility of being open to different modes of alterity.

This volume is a selection of papers from the 19th annual 'Australian Association for Professional and Applied Ethics' Conference.

Albert Einstein, one of the most prolific scientists of the twentieth century, developed the theory of relativity which was crucial for the advancement of modern physics.

This book represents the most comprehensive historical and systematic study of the theory and practice of toleration ever written.

This 2004 book explores myths of the underworld in Plato, Aristophanes, and the ''Orphic'' gold tablets.

What fundamental account of the world is implicit in physical theory?

This volume presents the first major study of C.

This title was first published in 2001.

The question of divine agency in the world remains one important unresolved underlying obstacle in the dialogue between theology and science.

Aimed firmly at the student reader, this handbook offers an overview of the full range of the history of France, from the origins of the concept of post-Roman "e;Francia,"e; through the emergence of a consolidated French monarchy and the development of both nation-state and global empire into the modern era, forward to the current complexities of a modern republic integrated into the European Union and struggling with the global legacies of its past.

When can we be morally responsible for our behavior?

This book adapts the Arabic term nafsiyya to trace the phenomenological contours of Edward Said's analysis of the affective dimensions of colonial and imperial racism.

This volume collects 22 essays on the history of logic written by outstanding specialists in the field.

In this impressive second edition of Theory of Knowledge, Keith Lehrer introduces students to the major traditional and contemporary accounts of knowing.

This first volume of The Collected English Papers of Wolfgang Giegerich takes its title from Giegerich's ground-breaking paper, On the Neurosis of Psychology, or The Third of the Two, originally published in Spring Journal in 1977.

Der dritte Band der Philosophischen Schriften enthält die deutsche Übersetzung der Nikomachischen Ethik.

This book draws on Merleau-Ponty's phenomenology, psychology, neuroscience and Buddhist philosophy to explicate Merleau-Ponty's unwritten ethics.

This book confronts and discusses different conceptions of political representation with respect to their application to the system of multi-level governance in the European Union.

The question of the existence and the properties of time has been subject to debate for thousands of years.

This book argues that the discourse of political Islam has strong connections to important, disturbing currents in Western philosophy and intellectual trends.

Using innovative interpretations of recent big budget films, Coronavirus Capitalism Goes to the Cinema interrogates the social, political and economic landscape during and prior to the COVID-19 crisis and provides lessons for advancing progressive politics in a post-pandemic age.

This book deals with the complexity of art by focusing on the singularity of the work of art.

Can Christianity and evolution coexist?

There is not, and never was, a monolithic masculinity; there are, and always have been, multiple masculinities.

In On the Genealogy of Color, Zed Adams argues for a historicized approach to conceptual analysis, by exploring the relevance of the history of color science for contemporary philosophical debates about color realism.

The Undiscovered Dewey explores the profound influence of evolution and its corresponding ideas of contingency and uncertainty on John Dewey's philosophy of action, particularly its argument that inquiry proceeds from the uncertainty of human activity.

Keine ausführliche Beschreibung für "Philosophiehistorische Abhandlungen" verfügbar.

This book makes an original contribution to Russia-EU literature by analyzing constructions and trans-formations of the Russian 'Self' in relation to the European "e;Other"e;.

The problem of the nature of fiction and the problem of nonexistence are closely tied because fiction often talks about nonexistent entities.

This book identifies the definition of a child within the law, the rights of children, and discusses the extent to which primarily English law gives adequate recognition to and protection of these rights.

The expulsion from Spain did not only result in the destruction and dispersion of Spanish Jewry but led to a crisis in Jewish faith.

Alternde Gesellschaften wie unsere eigene sind von der Gefahr der Stagnation bedroht.

Philosophy of mind is one of the most dynamic fields in philosophy, and one that invites debate around several key questions.

Rules and Dispositions in Language Use explains how correct language use is governed by both rules and general human dispositions.

In this first decade of the 21st century, more than 854 million people in the world are starving, while industrial nations are debating about obesity, generating energy from food plants, and a myriad of other topics many African and south Asian nations could only fathom.