Philosophy category: 55395 books
Steven Spielberg and Philosophy
We're Gonna Need a Bigger Book
Language: English
Release Date: November 21, 2008
Has any film director had a greater impact on popular culture than Steven Spielberg? Whether filming Holocaust heroes and villains, soldiers, dinosaurs, extraterrestrials, or explorers in search of the Holy Grail, Spielberg has given filmgoers some of the most memorable characters and wrenching moments...
Philosophy: The Best Bits - Aristotle
Quotes from the father of Western Science
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2016
Philosophy: The Best Bits is your guide to the world of philosophical thought, navigating the pre-socratic to the pragmatic, German idealism to post-structuralism, western to eastern, ancient to modern thought. Written by authors established in their field, each book is designed to give the reader...
Philosophy and Theatre
An Introduction
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2013
The relationship between philosophy and theatre is a central theme in the writings of Plato and Aristotle and of dramatists from Aristophanes to Stoppard. Where Plato argued that playwrights and actors should be banished from the ideal city for their suspect imitations of reality, Aristotle argued...
Implementing Philosophy in Elementary Schools
The Washington Elementary School Philosophy Project
Language: English
Release Date: June 25, 2013
Implementing philosophy in Elementary Schools is the result of a two year collaboration project between the Washington Elementary School in San Jose, the Philosophy Department at San Jose State University, and a group of dedicated parents and volunteers. Piloted for the 2nd and 3rd grades, the result...
Jewish Philosophy Past and Present
Contemporary Responses to Classical Sources
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2016
In this innovative volume contemporary philosophers respond to classic works of Jewish philosophy. For each of twelve central topics in Jewish philosophy, Jewish philosophical readings, drawn from the medieval period through the twentieth century, appear alongside an invited contribution that engages...
An Introduction to Philosophy
Perennial Principles of the Classical Tradition
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2017
"AN INTRODUCTION TO PHILOSOPHY by Daniel J. Sullivan is intended for the general reader as well as for the student. Its primary purpose is to present the elements of philosophy with simplicity and clarity in order to arouse that sense of wonder which Aristotle says is the beginning of the love...
by Jaysankar Lal Shaw
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2016
One of the first philosophers to relate Indian philosophical thought to Western analytic philosophy, Jaysankar Lal Shaw has been reflecting on analytic themes from Indian philosophy for over 40 years. This collection of his most important writings, introduces his work and presents new ways of using...
Reason and Analysis in Ancient Greek Philosophy
Essays in Honor of David Keyt
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2013
This distinctive collection of original articles features contributions from many of the leading scholars of ancient Greek philosophy. They explore the concept of reason and the method of analysis and the central role they play in the philosophies of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle. They engage...
Philosophy of Religion for a New Century
Essays in Honor of Eugene Thomas Long
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2004
Philosophy of Religion for a New Century represents the work of nineteen scholars presented at a conference in honor of Eugene T. Long at the University of South Carolina, April 5-6, 2002.
This volume is a good example of philosophy in dialogue; there is both respect and genuine disagreement. First,...
by Mark Textor
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2010
Gottlob Frege (1848-1925) is considered the father of modern logic and one of the founding figures of analytic philosophy. He was first and foremost a mathematician, but his major works also made important contributions to the philosophy of language.
Frege’s writings are difficult and deal...
On Sport and the Philosophy of Sport
A Wittgensteinian Approach
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2015
What is the ‘philosophy of sport’? What does one do to count as a practitioner in the philosophy of sport? What conception of philosophy underpins the answer to those questions? In this important new book, leading sport philosopher Graham McFee draws on a lifetime’s philosophical inquiry to...
by Andrew Bowie
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: December 23, 2013
Theodor Adorno’s reputation as a cultural critic has been well-established for some time, but his status as a philosopher remains unclear. In Adorno and the Ends of Philosophy Andrew Bowie seeks to establish what Adorno can contribute to philosophy today.
Adorno’s published texts are notably...
The Philosophy of Recognition
Historical and Contemporary Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: December 30, 2009
The theory of recognition is now a well-established and mature research paradigm in philosophy, and it is both influential in and influenced by developments in other fields of the humanities and social sciences. From debates in moral philosophy about the fundamental roots of obligation, to debates...
The Horizons of Continental Philosophy
Essays on Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
lacan. Barthes. Jakobson. Horkheimer. Adorno. Gadamer. Ricoeur. Foucault. Deleuze. Derrida. lyotard. Vattimo. Kofman. and Irigaray are also part of that outer horizon of continental philosophy. The purpose of this volume however is to establish that space within the core of continental philosophy...