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For some while we have been witnessing a series of destructive phenomena which seem to indicate a full-fledged return to the negative on the world stage – from terrorism and armed conflict to the threat of environmental catastrophe. At the same time, politics seems...
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Polity
Parution :
2019-11-28
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This book presents an original discussion and analysis of epistemic peer disagreement. It reviews a wide range of cases from the literature, and extends the definition of epistemic peerhood with respect to the current one, to account for the actual variability...
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Springer
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2019-11-20
Collection :
Studies in Applied Philosophy, Epistemology and Rational Ethics
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Die Art, wie die Geschichtsphilosophie Giambattista Vicos Reflexionen über Rechtsformen, Naturrecht und Sprache verknüpft, bietet Anstöße für die heutigen Debatten um Rechtsstaatlichkeit und kulturelle Verschiedenheit.Die hier vorliegenden Beiträge kreisen um Vicos...
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Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-11-19
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Take a magic carpet ride through Disney’s wonderful world of films and entertainment experiences, and discover the wisdom within its most popular and enduring stories Philosophy begins in wonder, and there’s no question that Disney’s immersive worlds and iconic...
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Wiley-Blackwell
Parution :
2019-11-18
Collection :
The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series
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This book addresses the human civilizational ethos and explores the concept of the nonkilling paradigm concerning human dignity, human rights, affirmative nonkilling, positive peace and the advancement of human existence. It focuses on the complex question of how to...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-11-18
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'A rich compendium of incidents, anecdotes and studies illustrating the linguistic abilities of animals . . . a rewarding book' Sunday TimesDolphins and parrots call each other by their names. Fork tailed drongos mimic the calls of other animals to scare them away and...
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John Murray
Parution :
2019-11-14
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The triumph of technological rationality and of the sciences as a whole has by no means provided answers to humanity’s great questions. Instead, it has raised new and old questions and problems. To orient ourselves in the twenty-first century, we must take a new look at...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-11-11
Collection :
Theory Redux
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Socialism has made a dramatic comeback in the 21st century. In the wake of financial crisis, mounting inequality and social decay, it seems more relevant than ever. Nobody who seeks to understand contemporary politics can ignore it. In this book, leading scholar...
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Polity
Parution :
2019-11-08
Collection :
Key Concepts in Political Theory
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Socrates is one the most important thinkers in western philosophy, yet he remains enigmatic, having left behind no works of his own. Instead, his thought is understood primarily through the work of his followers, particularly Plato. Yet Plato's dialogues can offer...
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Polity
Parution :
2019-11-05
Collection :
Classic Thinkers
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Hermeneutic Research: An Experiential Method presents a method to investigate lived experiences. In doing so, this book integrates a broad range of philosophical topics, such as hermeneutics, the philosophy of consciousness, and the philosophy of being. We are conscious...
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Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-10-29
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Cognition and Temporality: The Genesis of Historical Thought in Perception and Reasoning argues that both verbal grammar and figural grammar have their cognitive basis in twelve characteristic forms of judgment, distributed among individuals in human populations...
Editeur :
Peter Lang Inc., International Academic Publishers
Parution :
2019-10-29
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In a fragment entitled Elementa Nova Matheseos Universalis (1683?) Leibniz writes “the mathesis […] shall deliver the method through which things that are conceivable can be exactly determined”; in another fragment he takes...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-25
Collection :
Synthese Library
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The far right is back with a vengeance. After several decades at the political margins, far-right politics has again taken center stage. Three of the world’s largest democracies – Brazil, India, and the United States – now have a radical right leader, while far-right...
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Polity
Parution :
2019-10-25
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Social pathologies are social processes that hinder how individuals exercise their autonomy and freedom. In this book, Gustavo Pereira offers an account of such phenomena by defining them as a cognitive failure that affects the practical imagination, thus negatively...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-10-24
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This book contains short analyses (kaidai) of Ogyu Sorai’s (1666-1728) most important works, as well as a biography and a number of essays. The essays explore various aspects of his teachings, of the origins of his thought, and of the reception of his ideas in Japan,...
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Springer
Parution :
2019-10-22
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This second volume continues Richard Routley’s explorations of an improved Meinongian account of non-referring and intensional discourse (including joint work with Val Routley, later Val Plumwood). It focuses on the essays 2 through 7 of the original...
Editeur :
Springer
Parution :
2019-10-22
Collection :
Synthese Library
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This volume of conversations between Alain Badiou and Peter Engelmann focuses on the concrete political situation in the world of today. Here the validity and applicability of Badiou’s ideas are tested in relation to the great social and political problems of our time,...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-10-18
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Should Brexit or Trump cause us to doubt our faith in democracy? Are ‘the people’ too ignorant or stupid to rule? Numerous commentators are seriously arguing that the answer to these questions might be ‘yes’. In this take-no-prisoners book, Canadian-Irish author Roslyn...
Editeur :
Polity
Parution :
2019-10-18
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Emerging technologies are defined as fast-growing radically novel technologies with an estimated prominent impact on human society in the future. The ambiguity and uncertainty of emerging technologies at the same time raise techno-optimistic expectations, as well as...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-10-16
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The monograph is focused on the subjectivity of aesthetic experience and the problem of rational interpretation of emotionality.The text studies why does an aesthetic experience exist, what is its content and what is its informational role and structure? Has beauty any...
Editeur :
Peter Lang GmbH, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Parution :
2019-10-16
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