Our world became engineered, yet remains human. Through the philosophy of engineering, this book explores debates on the future of humankind in an era of robotics, genetic engineering, and nanotechnology, in an attempt to redefine our engineered future.
This volume represents the proceedings of the 4th Weber Graduate Philosophy Conference held in 2014. Contributions include research on Wittgenstein’s Proposition, self-directed irony, and an analysis of metaphors.
Existential questions persist, but now span two worlds: the physical and cyberspace. Amid constant tension between humans and AI-based life forms, this book develops a new philosophy: Existentialism 2.0. Humanity must find its place in the future, or risk losing its essence.
Can philosophy help people with their personal problems? This volume explores philosophical counseling and its relationship to psychotherapy through readings by prominent philosophers and psychologists, asking if such matters are best left to therapists.
While quantum mechanics is probabilistic, classical physics makes definite predictions. This book argues these predictions can be explained by the mathematics of special relativity, and explores the profound philosophical consequences. No advanced math or physics is required.
This volume explores Platonic philosophy as a living force throughout history, from the Hellenistic age to the modern world. These studies approach Plato’s dialogues from new perspectives, shedding new light on ancient problems and the original, ever-surprising author himself.
This critique presents Plato’s leading doctrines in close connection with the man himself. It explores the relationship between author and text, with chapters on Socrates, Plato’s aesthetics, The Republic, and the Sophists.
This volume assembles John Glucker’s essays on Plato and Cicero for the first time. The articles deal with interpretations of their philosophical works and their influence on Western thought, and will be of interest to both scholars and laymen with a background in the classics.
Pluralism, Pragmatism and American Democracy
Callaway defends democratic individualism against more collectivist and corporatist tendencies in contemporary neo-pragmatism, and draws upon up-to-date political analysis in order to justify America’s long republican tradition.
This book offers a precise way of “looking at things” to re-define the relationship between film and political philosophy. It provides new reflections on the domain’s themes, appealing to academics interested in political philosophy, media studies, and cultural studies.
This book challenges our perspective on politics, exploring the profound connection between the political realm and our intimate, emotional lives. It reveals how our choices are intertwined with self-awareness and healing, offering a path to harmonize politics with our humanity.
This volume discusses pluralism and the interplay between religion and politics. As competing religious truths have historically produced violent conflict, and since religion is constitutive of identity, its influence on politics is extremely significant.
Post Qualitative Inquiry in Academia
A student quits college on her first day. Ten years later, she gets an imaginary second chance. This book troubles academic barriers through innovative writing, offering multiple entryways to speculate on future educational possibilities for all.
As modern thinkers declare the “death of the subject,” this volume searches for new ways of being a self. With renewed attention to religion, these essays guide readers beyond the crises of modernity to resurrect the subject in new and unexpected forms.
Post-Truth
In an era of misinformation, this anthology offers a vital resource. Scholars spanning communication, politics, technology, and more explore the challenges of our post-truth age, providing a cornerstone for dialogue and action in confronting this complex phenomenon.
The modern world was born reacting against a partial image of Aristotle. Today, we are in a unique position to apply his philosophy to contemporary problems. This book uses Aristotelian concepts to solve the dualisms of modern times.
Postmodern Ethics
Postmodern Ethics offers a new reading of Leonardo Sciascia and Antonio Tabucchi. It argues that in a climate of postmodern doubt, the writers embraced the absence of fixed truths to forge a new kind of socio-political engagement through literature.
Practices of Ethics
For social sciences researchers confronted with ethical dilemmas, this book provides examples of ethical reflection. It deals with complex ethical questions that arise during fieldwork which find no clear guidance from professional codes, showing a new empirical approach.
This book assesses preaching in a postmodern culture that rejects absolute truth and authority. For disillusioned practitioners, it offers guidelines, distinguishing authoritative from authoritarian preaching to show the homiletic task is still feasible.
A. N. Whitehead was one of the 20th century’s most significant thinkers. His concepts are in a perpetual state of development within contemporary scholarship. This volume probes these modern assessments across education, arts, ethics, community, medicine, psychology, and AI.
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