Philosophy

At the same time that the pace of science and technology has greatly accelerated in recent decades, our legal and ethical oversight mechanisms have become bogged down and slower.

John Locke's theory of toleration is generally seen as advocating the privatization of religion.

In the beginning was the night.

This book offers a solution to the ancient philosophical problem regarding the nature and the justification of morality.

EU external democracy promotion has traditionally been based on 'linkage', i.

A new, hands-on approach to social inquiry for social scientists who wish to make a difference to policy and practice.

Following on the heels of his critically acclaimed God of Abraham (Oxford, 1996), Lenn E.

Combining the sustained, coherent perspective of an authored text with diverse, authoritative primary readings, Philosophy of Human Rights provides the context and commentary students need to comprehend challenging rights concepts.

This book examines the role of ethics and philosophy in biodiversity conservation.

This book advances a comprehensive moral defense of freedom of expression-one with implications for law and policy, but also for the choices of individuals and non-governmental institutions.

This study in intellectual history places the art historical concept of the Baroque amidst world events, political thought, and the political views of art historians themselves.

This book explores cinema and film theory through classical Indian theories.

Staying Alive explores the desire to live forever, which manifests itself in many forms and forums.

George Orwell has had a profound influence on modern politics and culture.

This fascinating book explores the concept of slow living, offering a philosophical and psychological exploration of the need for a slower pace of life.

'An outstandingly good introduction to Foucault's work: lucid, measured, well organised, and covering this complex and in many ways heterogeneous body of work with remarkable thoroughness and ease.

A topical and provocative volume that invites consideration of the most fundamental issues concerning future educational provision: what is the purpose of our schools, and what should we do in them?

Inspired by the philosophy of Wittgenstein and his idea that the purpose of real philosophical thinking is not to discover something new, but to show in a strikingly different light what is already there, this book provides philosophical readings of a number of 'arthouse' and Hollywood films.

Doodling has been seen as a mindless pursuit-until now.

The Wisdom of the Commons examines the history and philosophy of civic education as the essential political part of liberal education.

 Agon Hamza offers an in-depth analysis of the main thesis of Louis Althusser's philosophical enterprise alongside a clear, engaging dissection of Pier Paolo Pasolini's most important films.

How you can learn to focus like a monk without living like oneDistraction isn't a new problem.

The official prayer book for Orthodox Jews in the UK, with supporting commentary by Chief Rabbi Jonathan Sacks.

This third out of four volumes by Richard Ned Lebow in this book series includes texts on psychology and international relations, causation, counterfactual analysis.

In both Europe and North America it can be argued that the associational and institutional dimensions of the right to freedom of religion or belief are increasingly coming under pressure.

Politics cannot function without responsibility, but there have been serious disagreements about how responsibility is to be understood and huge controversies about how it is to be distributed, rewarded, legislated, and enforced.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: SYSTEM DER WISSENSCHAFT.

Social justice is a concept which is widely touted and lauded as desirable, yet its meaning may differ depending on whether its focus is on the underlying values of social justice, the more specific objectives these entail, or the actual practices or policies which aim to achieve social justice.

Provides a spirited defence of anti-realism in philosophy of science.

Gender and Human Rights in a Global, Mobile Era delves into feminist debates surrounding the relationship between gender and human rights through engaging feminist perspectives on the multifaceted issue of human trafficking.

Originally published in 1973.

Every philosopher of science, and every student of the philosophy of science, has heard of Paul Feyerabend: the iconoclast who supposedly asserted that science is not rational, nor objective, but is characterised by anarchism, relativism, subjectivism and power.

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

The History and Bioethics of Medical Education: "e;You've Got to Be Carefully Taught"e; continues the Routledge Advances in the History of Bioethics series by exploring approaches to the teaching of bioethics from disparate disciplines, geographies, and contexts.

There is a long tradition of discussion in the philosophy of religion about the problems and possibilities involved in talking about God.

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.

Diese fünfbändige Aristoteles-Ausgabe in griechischer Sprache ist (mit Ausnahme von Bd III) ein fotomechanischer Nachdruck der maßgeblichen Aristoteles-Ausgabe von 1831-1870.

The end of the Cold War revitalised continental philosophy and, more particularly, interest in it from outside philosophy.

Inhaltsverzeichnis: WISSENSCHAFT DER LOGIK ERSTER BAND DIE OBJECTIVE LOGIK Vorrede Inhaltsanzeige Einleitung LOGIK Ueber die allgemeine Eintheilung derselben Erstes Buch Das Seyn Womit muß der Anfang der Wissenschaft gemacht werden?

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 volume, the first of its kind written in English, interprets the realistic-phenomenological philosophy of Hedwig Conrad-Martius (1888-1966).

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

Science is a multifaceted, natural and historical phenomenon.

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.