John Rawls' Theory of Justice and Its Critics (Key Contemporary Thinkers)
by Chandran Kukathas, Philip Pettit, and Chandran Kuathas
John Rawls' "A Theory of Justice" has been influential in philosophy, political theory, welfare economics and jurisprudence. This book is thought to be the first full-length study of Rawls' work. It provides a concise account of Rawls' central ideas, situates them within contemporary debates, and submits them to critical scrutiny. Kukathas and Petit discuss, among other things, the utilitarian orthodoxy and its problems; the emergence of majoritarian and other social choice alternatives; the con...
Logos of Phenomenology and Phenomenology of the Logos. Book One
by England) World Congress of Phenomenology (3rd 2004 Oxford
Samtliche Werke Band 3: Theologisch-Politischer Traktat (Philosophische Bibliothek)
by Baruch De Spinoza
The Works of Jonathan Edwards, Vol. 6 (The Works of Jonathan Edwards)
by Jonathan Edwards
This volume contains two major manuscript notebooks of Jonathan Edwards-"Natural Philosophy" and "The Mind"-as well as a number of shorter manuscript writings connected with his scientific interests and philosophical development. Several of the shorter papers have not previously been published, notably Edwards' letter on the "flying" spider (hither known only in a draft version), an essay on light rays, and a brief but important set of philosophical notes written near the end of his life. Wherev...
Philosophie Der Arithmetik (Husserliana: Edmund Husserl - Gesammelte Werke, #12)
by Edmund Husserl and L. Eley
Der Begriff der Zahl ist ein vielfacher. Darauf weist uns schon die Mehrheit verschiedener Zahlworter hin, die in der Sprache des gewohnlichen Lebens auftreten und von den Grammatikern unter 5 folgenden Titeln aufgefiihrt zu werden pflegen: die Anzahlen oder Grundzahlen (numeralia cardinalia), die Ordnungszahlen (n. ordinalia), die Gattungszahlen (n. specialia), die Wiederho- lungszahlen (n. iterativa), die Vervielfaltigungszahlen (n. multi- plicativa) und die Bruchzahlen (n. partitiva). DaB die...
Ludwig Wittgenstein (Critical Assessments of Leading Philosophers)
Wittgenstein scholarship has continued to grow at a pace few could have anticipated - a testament both to the fertility of his thought and to the thriving state of contemporary philosophy. In response to this ever-growing interest in the field, we are delighted to announce the publication of a second series of critical assessments on Wittgenstein, emphasising both the breadth and depth of contemporary Wittgenstein research. As well as papers on the nature and method of Wittgenstein's philosophy...
Thousand Plateaus, A: Capitalism and Schizophrenia
by Professor Gilles Deleuze and Felix Guattari
Ethische Probleme am Anfang des menschliche Lebens
by Dieter Stubbemann
Spinoza's Metaphysics: Substance and Thought
by Professor of Philosophy Yitzhak Y Melamed
Over a distinguished academic career, the Canadian philosopher and scholar John Woods has written on a rich variety of topics central to contemporary philosophy. These include the history and philosophy of logic, deviant logics, inductive and abductive reasoning, informal reasoning, fallacy theory, the logic of fiction, epistemology, and abortion and euthanasia. Not only has Woods' work been significant in itself, it has also stimulated others working in these fields. Mistakes of Reason is a tri...
