The Philosophy of the Human Sciences (Midwest studies in philosophy, vol XV)
The philosophy of the human sciences has emerged in the 20th century as a fundamental area of philosophical inquiry. This volume incorporates essays by prominent philosophers and covers such topics as rationality, variability and methodologucal and metaphysical peculiarities of the human sciences.
Metametaphysics
Metaphysics asks questions about existence: for example, do numbers really exist? Metametaphysics asks questions about metaphysics: for example, do its questions have determinate answers? If so, are these answers deep and important, or are they merely a matter of how we use words? What is the proper methodology for their resolution? These questions have received a heightened degree of attention lately with new varieties of ontological deflationism and pluralism challenging the kind of realism t...
Richard McKeon was a philosopher of extraordinary creativity who brought profoundly original ideas to bear on more standard ways of thinking and learning. A classicist, medievalist, and revolutionary intellectual, he fashioned an approach to philosophy as a plural conversation among varied traditions of thought, epochs, and civilizations. This second volume of McKeon's selected works demonstrates his approach to inquiry and practice in culture, education, and the arts. Together, the writings in...
Science Et Religion Dans La Philosophie Contemporaine (Philosophie)
by Boutroux-E
The True Founder of Christianity and the Hellenistic Philosophy
by Max Rieser
History of the Town of Goshen, Hampshire County, Massachusetts
by Hiram 1822-1883 Barrus
In this book, the authors present current research in the study of the philosophy of the mind. Topics discussed in this compilation include the concepts of hope and belief; how consciousness builds the subject through relating and human behaviour; analysing the neurophysiological mechanism of qigong on the mind and brain activity; the conscious and unconscious mind and implications for society, religion, and disease; how the mind is shaped by culture; and the power of computational mathematics t...
Next Phase of Business Ethics (Research in Ethical Issues in Organizations, #3)
In this volume three of the leading scholars in business ethics have arranged a selection of articles examining the intersection of psychology and ethics in relation to organizational concerns. In searching for appropriate business ethics for the 21st century, it is imperative that we continue to embrace a range of inter-related disciplines such as psychology and ethics, but also areas including philosophy, politics, religion, organizational studies, financial and managerial accounting, and many...
The Monadology and Other Philosophical Writings
by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz and Robert Latta
Aristotle on Meaning and Essence. Oxford Aristotle Studies. (Oxford Aristotle Studies)
by Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy David Charles
Rational Psychology, or the Subjective Idea and Objective Law of All Intelligence (Classic Reprint)
by Laurens Perseus Hickok
Intended for the first course in logic, this book is written with the conviction that logic is the most important course that college students take. It preserves the balance between informal and formal logic. Layman's direct and accessible writing style, along with his plentiful examples, imaginative exercises, and the accompanying Web tutor make this the best text for logic classes today.
Moral Theory (Elements of Philosophy)
by Professor of Philosophy Mark Timmons
Commentaria in Aristotelem Graeca, Volume 2, Part 3
by Alexander, David
Playing with Truth (Oxford Modern Languages and Literature Monographs)
by Nicholas Hammond
Pascal's Pensees is generally acknowledged as one of the greatest masterpieces of seventeenth-century France, an unfinished work which has both inspired and perplexed readers in succeeding centuries. Playing with Truth is the first comprehensive book on Pascal to be devoted to his use of key terms depicting the central subject of the Pensees, the human condition. Nicholas Hammond explores such fundamental notions as language and order, proceeding with a detailed analysis of the words inconstanc...
Organised around ten of the most widely read texts in the field which serve as a framework for a variety of accessible contemporary essays that are also included Editor Steven M. Cahn has annotated each text to clarify all unfamiliar references Provides introductions that contain biographical profiles of the authors and philosophical commentaries on their writings
While human beings might be rational animals, they are emotional animals as well. Emotions play a central role in all areas of our lives and if we are to have a proper understanding of human life and activity, we ought to have a good grasp of the emotions. Michael S. Brady structures Emotion: The Basics around two basic, yet fundamental, questions: What are emotions? And what do emotions do? In answering these questions Brady provides insight into a core component of all our lives, covering: th...
Entwicklung Und Fortschritt Nach Condorcet Und a Comte (Classic Reprint)
by Salomea Krynska
Philosophical anthropology is the philosophical study of the conditions of human existence and the issues that confront people in the conduct of their everyday lives. This book surveys, from a contemplative, philosophical point of view, a wide variety of human-interest issues, including happiness, luck, aging, the meaning of life, optimism and pessimism, morality, and faith and belief. The author's deliberations blend historical, theoretical, and personal perspectives into philosophical apprecia...