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This book confronts Frank Jackson’s influential knowledge argument against physicalism. It defends physicalism using the phenomenal concept strategy, arguing that we don't know non-physical facts, but have unique ways of thinking about conscious experience.
This book confronts Frank Jackson’s influential knowledge argument against physicalism. It defends physicalism using the phenomenal concept strategy, arguing that we don’t know non-physical facts, but have unique ways of thinking about conscious experience.
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Jean-Paul Sartre spent his life trying to write a book on ethics. This study examines his three incomplete attempts, from his post-war existentialist notes to the dialectical ethics of his later years and the final interviews before his death.
Jean-Paul Sartre spent his life trying to write a book on ethics. This study examines his three incomplete attempts, from his post-war existentialist notes to the dialectical ethics of his later years and the final interviews before his death.
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Knowing and Being
Perspectives on the Philosophy of Michael Polanyi
Michael Polanyi’s ideas, from his theory of tacit knowledge to a new picture of science where a scientist's passion and trust are essential, are contributions to epistemology and ontology. This volume's critical essays analyze and develop his thought.
Michael Polanyi’s ideas, from his theory of tacit knowledge to a new picture of science where a scientist’s passion and trust are essential, are contributions to epistemology and ontology. This volume’s critical essays analyze and develop his thought.
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Metaphysical Themes, Medieval and Modern (Volume 11
Proceedings of the Society for Medieval Logic and Metaphysics)
These essays engage the metaphysics of substance over eight centuries, shedding light on contemporary disputes and their historical roots. Topics range from the substance ontology of Thomas Aquinas to modern debates on hylomorphism and natural theology.
These essays engage the metaphysics of substance over eight centuries, shedding light on contemporary disputes and their historical roots. Topics range from the substance ontology of Thomas Aquinas to modern debates on hylomorphism and natural theology.
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The Body Unbound
Philosophical Perspectives on Politics, Embodiment and Religion
A philosophical inquiry into politics, embodiment, and religion confronts notorious contemporary issues, from suicide bombing to biopolitics. Contributors uncover resources to unbind a body which has been doubly bound by history, law, and culture.
A philosophical inquiry into politics, embodiment, and religion confronts notorious contemporary issues, from suicide bombing to biopolitics. Contributors uncover resources to unbind a body which has been doubly bound by history, law, and culture.
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Kierkegaard’s focus on individuality seems irrelevant to the political sphere. This book argues the opposite, revealing how his ideas on self-choice, passion, and love are not only relevant, but highly significant for political thought and commitment.
Kierkegaard’s focus on individuality seems irrelevant to the political sphere. This book argues the opposite, revealing how his ideas on self-choice, passion, and love are not only relevant, but highly significant for political thought and commitment.
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Gift and Economy
Ethics, Hospitality and the Market
Is a pure gift truly possible? The powerful forces of economy can corrupt every effort to give. This volume takes up Jacques Derrida’s challenge to investigate the gift, exploring an excess that cannot be explained by the calculus of exchange and power.
Is a pure gift truly possible? The powerful forces of economy can corrupt every effort to give. This volume takes up Jacques Derrida’s challenge to investigate the gift, exploring an excess that cannot be explained by the calculus of exchange and power.
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Recent scholarship challenges Descartes's role as the founder of modernity. This collection of original papers by leading philosophers explores this debate, bringing together for the first time naturalist and phenomenological schools of thought.
Recent scholarship challenges Descartes’s role as the founder of modernity. This collection of original papers by leading philosophers explores this debate, bringing together for the first time naturalist and phenomenological schools of thought.
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Memories and Portraits
Explorations in American Thought
Philosopher H. G. Callaway blends history and autobiography in a narrative of travel across three continents. He illuminates American thought through fascinating cultural contrasts, merging the formalism of analytic philosophy with American pragmatism.
Philosopher H. G. Callaway blends history and autobiography in a narrative of travel across three continents. He illuminates American thought through fascinating cultural contrasts, merging the formalism of analytic philosophy with American pragmatism.
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Not-I/Thou
The Other Subject of Art and Architecture
In these essays, Art and Architecture emerge from the gray areas of cultural production as a type of knowledge with no utilitarian agency. They operate at the edge of authorized systems, quietly validating the shadowy and recondite operations of intellect.
In these essays, Art and Architecture emerge from the gray areas of cultural production as a type of knowledge with no utilitarian agency. They operate at the edge of authorized systems, quietly validating the shadowy and recondite operations of intellect.
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The Nature of Reality and the Reality of Nature
A Study of Leibniz’s Double-Aspect Ontology and the Labyrinth of the Continuum
Drawing on unpublished papers, this study unveils a Leibniz of breathtaking boldness, whose ambition was to solve the enigma of existence by uniting physical reality with metaphysical possibility.
Drawing on unpublished papers, this study unveils a Leibniz of breathtaking boldness, whose ambition was to solve the enigma of existence by uniting physical reality with metaphysical possibility.
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The Taylor Effect
Responding to a Secular Age
The Taylor Effect presents a diverse collection of essays addressing Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. With contributions from philosophy, theology, literature, and political science, this is a central reference point for any future discussion of Taylor’s work.
The Taylor Effect presents a diverse collection of essays addressing Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age. With contributions from philosophy, theology, literature, and political science, this is a central reference point for any future discussion of Taylor’s work.
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Wild Beasts of the Philosophical Desert
Philosophers on Telepathy and Other Exceptional Experiences
Though paranormal experiences are rarely taken seriously, this book demonstrates that to important philosophers—from Kant to Derrida—controversial phenomena like telepathy and clairvoyance were serious topics, thoughtfully interpreted.
Though paranormal experiences are rarely taken seriously, this book demonstrates that to important philosophers—from Kant to Derrida—controversial phenomena like telepathy and clairvoyance were serious topics, thoughtfully interpreted.
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Christian Pragmatism
An Intellectual Biography of Edward Scribner Ames, 1870-1958
Edward Ames called theology a search for a black cat in a dark room that is not there. A student of John Dewey, he forged a pragmatic view of religion, seeing God as a natural process. This volume presents his thought historically through his major writings.
Edward Ames called theology a search for a black cat in a dark room that is not there. A student of John Dewey, he forged a pragmatic view of religion, seeing God as a natural process. This volume presents his thought historically through his major writings.
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This is the first comparative study of Kant and Herschel. Their model of the world dismissed the idea of a finite, static cosmos and introduced an evolutionary perspective that had a crucial influence on nineteenth- and twentieth-century astronomy.
This is the first comparative study of Kant and Herschel. Their model of the world dismissed the idea of a finite, static cosmos and introduced an evolutionary perspective that had a crucial influence on nineteenth- and twentieth-century astronomy.
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A philosophical exploration of desire and the divine Ground of being through Eric Voegelin’s ‘flow of presence.’ Learn how anxiety impedes this flow and how living meditatively in the present can restore it, guided by Voegelin, Goethe, and Iris Murdoch.
A philosophical exploration of desire and the divine Ground of being through Eric Voegelin’s ‘flow of presence.’ Learn how anxiety impedes this flow and how living meditatively in the present can restore it, guided by Voegelin, Goethe, and Iris Murdoch.
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Cross Currents
Comparative Responses to Global Interdependence
Comparative philosophy engages thinkers worldwide to approach common problems from different perspectives. This approachable survey brings “eastern” and “western” philosophy into a global conversation. Foreign terms are translated and notes give context.
Comparative philosophy engages thinkers worldwide to approach common problems from different perspectives. This approachable survey brings “eastern” and “western” philosophy into a global conversation. Foreign terms are translated and notes give context.
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The Gift of Logos
Essays in Continental Philosophy
The Continental tradition emphasizes the Logos, which these essays celebrate as a gift that overcomes existential alienation. To give a gift is to befriend. This collection argues that true transformation is our greatest gift, and giving it voice is the gift of Logos.
The Continental tradition emphasizes the Logos, which these essays celebrate as a gift that overcomes existential alienation. To give a gift is to befriend. This collection argues that true transformation is our greatest gift, and giving it voice is the gift of Logos.
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For millennia, philosophy has failed to define art. This searching critique reveals why and proposes a new philosophy, demonstrating that art is quintessentially involved in the meaning of life, our impulse for self-knowledge, and understanding the human condition.
For millennia, philosophy has failed to define art. This searching critique reveals why and proposes a new philosophy, demonstrating that art is quintessentially involved in the meaning of life, our impulse for self-knowledge, and understanding the human condition.
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These philosophical essays cover a wide range of historical and contemporary topics, from the work of thinkers like Parmenides and Wittgenstein to the nature of knowledge and belief. Written over a long career, they are models of philosophical investigation and argument.
These philosophical essays cover a wide range of historical and contemporary topics, from the work of thinkers like Parmenides and Wittgenstein to the nature of knowledge and belief. Written over a long career, they are models of philosophical investigation and argument.
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