Philosophy category: 55395 books
by Rene Descartes
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2016
Principles of Philosophy was written in Latin by René Descartes. Published in 1644, it was intended to replace Aristotle's philosophy and traditional Scholastic Philosophy. This volume contains a letter of the author to the French translator of the Principles of Philosophy serving for a Preface and...
Basic Problems in Methodology and Linguistics
Part Three of the Proceedings of the Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science, London, Ontario, Canada-1975
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
The Fifth International Congress of Logic, Methodology and Philosophy of Science was held at the University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, 27 August to 2 September 1975. The Congress was held under the auspices of the International Union of History and Philosophy of Science, Division of Logic,...
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Protagoras (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)
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SparkNotes Philosophy Guides are one-stop guides to the great works of philosophy–masterpieces that stand at the foundations of Western thought. Inside each Philosophy Guide you’ll find insightful overviews of great philosophical works of the Western world.
by SparkNotes
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2014
Crito (SparkNotes Philosophy Guide)
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SparkNotes Philosophy Guides are one-stop guides to the great works of philosophy–masterpieces that stand at the foundations of Western thought. Inside each Philosophy Guide you’ll find insightful overviews of great philosophical works of the Western world.
by Angela Coventry, Kenneth R. Merrill
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2018
The philosopher David Hume was born in Edinburgh, Scotland on April 26, 1711. Known for his re-thinking of causation, morality, and religion, Hume has left a lasting mark on history. James Madison, the "father" of the U.S. Constitution, drew heavily on Hume's writing, especially his "Idea of Perfect...
The Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars: Queries and Extensions
Papers Deriving from and Related to a Workshop on the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 1976
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
In early November 1976 a workshop on the Philosophy of Wilfrid Sellars was held at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University in Blacks burg, Virginia. Sponsored by the Department of Philosophy and Religion, the College of Arts and Sciences and the Research Division of the University and...
by Paolo-Ugo Brusa
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
Fourth edition (March 2015, fully revised).
Western societies have recently entered, wittingly or not, their first post-philosophical age. It's a bold experiment in unassisted history. The long struggle to achieve truth, method, logos, vision, reason, system, structure, etc. has left the making...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: September 10, 2012
The latest volume in the Cambridge Histories of Philosophy series, the Cambridge History of Philosophy in the Nineteenth Century brings together twenty-nine leading experts in the field and covers the years 1790–1870. Their twenty-eight chapters provide a comprehensive survey of the period, organising...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: September 2, 2003
Imagination, Philosophy and the Arts is the first comprehensive collection of papers by philosophers examining the nature of imagination and its role in understanding and making art.
Imagination is a central concept in aesthetics with close ties to issues in the philosophy of mind and the philosophy...
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Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2018
Childhood looms large in our understanding of human life, as a phase through which all adults have passed. Childhood is foundational to the development of selfhood, the formation of interests, values and skills and to the lifespan as a whole. Understanding what it is like to be a child, and what differences...
Philosophy in Mind
The Place of Philosophy in the Study of Mind
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Increasingly, the mind is being treated as a fit subject for scientific inquiry. As cognitive science and empirical psychology strive to uncover the mind's secrets, it is fitting to inquire as to what distinctive role is left for philosophy in the study of mind. This collection, which includes contributions...
Philosophy and Exegesis in Simplicius
The Methodology of a Commentator
Language: English
Release Date: December 12, 2013
This is the first book-length study in English of the interpretative and philosophical approach of the commentaries of Simplicius of Cilicia (c. AD 530). Simplicius' work, marked by doctrinal complexity and scholarship, is unusually self-conscious, learned and rich in its sources, and he is therefore...
Existential Philosophy and the Promise of Education
Learning from Myths and Metaphors
Language: English
Release Date: February 18, 2016
Myths and metaphors share not only an ability to call our attention to aspects of our world of which we were previously unaware, but also a propensity toward symbolic meanings and interpretations. In Existential Philosophy and the Promise of Education: Learning from Myths and Metaphors, Professor...
Implications of the Philosophy of Kant
Kāntdarśaner Tātparya
Language: English
Release Date: September 26, 2011
Immanuel Kant's three Critiques—Critique of Pure Reason, Critique of Practical Reason and Critique of Judgment—have been the cornerstone of Western philosophy. While the West has extensively debated on these works, Indian perspectives on them have been few and far between. This book is a singular...