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Arguing Well is a lucid introduction to the nature of good reasoning, how to test and construct successful arguments. It assumes no prior knowledge of logic or philosophy. The book includes an introduction to basic symbolic logic. Arguing Well introduces and explains: * The nature and importance of...

What if self-questioning could provoke an extreme attentiveness to a rich inner life? In pursuit of this question, a mixed group of highly fallible thinkers gather together in the north of England. Will they be able to respond to the actual events of their lives, and reinvent philosophy as a collective spiritual exercise?

Remember when you were a child and incessantly asked your parents “Why?” You still had that childhood gift of wondering about everything from the simple “Why can’t I touch the stove eye when it’s red?” to the most profound questions people can ask “Why can’t I see God if He’s real?” A...

Throughout his writings, and particularly in Religion within the Boundaries of Mere Reason,Kant alludes to the idea that evil is connected to self-deceit, and while numerous commentators regard this as a highly attractive thesis, none have seriously explored it. Laura Papish's Kant on Evil, Self-Deception,...

In his Groundwork of the Metaphysics of Morals, Immanuel Kant portrays the supreme moral principle as an unconditional imperative that applies to all of us because we freely choose to impose upon ourselves a law of pure practical reason. Morality is revealed to be a matter of autonomy. Today, this...

Distinguished international scholars discuss the connection between emotion and value in Kant's philosophy, from his ethics to his philosophy of mind, aesthetics, religion and politics. Through a mixture of interpretation and critical discussion, this collection demonstrates the continuing relevance of Kant's work to philosophical debates.

L’auteur de cet article croit fermement qu’une doctrine de la sagesse existe dès maintenant, c’est-à-dire que les leçons des grands philosophes sur la meilleure manière de vivre, sont les titres les moins contestables que la raison humaine puisse produire, lorsqu’elle...

During their careers, many students become aware that, lurking in the background, there are complex and conceptually difficult questions that, all too often, their teachers either can't answer, or can't even understand. These are traditionally the questions addressed by philosophy, and this little...

Updated and revised, the highly-anticipated second edition of The Blackwell Companion to Consciousness offers a collection of readings that together represent the most thorough and comprehensive survey of the nature of consciousness available today. Features updates to scientific chapters reflecting...

Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain’s user interface,...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2004 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Epochenübergreifende Abhandlungen, Note: Angenommen (ohne Benotung), FernUniversität Hagen (Institut für Philosophie), 7 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit macht es sich zur Aufgabe die empiristische...

Studienarbeit aus dem Jahr 2008 im Fachbereich Philosophie - Epochenübergreifende Abhandlungen, Note: 2,0, Universität Leipzig (Institut für Philosophie), Veranstaltung: Umstrittene politische Begriffe, 8 Quellen im Literaturverzeichnis, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Diese Arbeit soll beleuchten,...

Glücklich sein will jeder – keine Frage. Doch was ist ein so flüchtiges Phänomen wie Glück überhaupt? Kann man es allgemein definieren? Ist es nicht immer subjektiv? Oder können wir seinen Wert objektiv bestimmen? Ist Glück also messbar? Wie können wir noch glücklicher werden? Oder geht...

René Descartes: Abhandlung über die Methode, richtig zu denken und Wahrheit in den Wissenschaften zu suchen Erstdruck (anonym) unter dem Titel »Discours de la méthode pour bien conduire sa raison et chercher la vérité dans les sciences« in: »Essais«, Leiden 1637. Text nach der Übersetzung durch...