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A Theory of Art
ISBN: 9780195128604 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. What, if anything, has art to do with the rest of our lives, and in particular with those ethical and political issues that matter to us most? Will art created today be likely to play a role in our lives as profound as that of the best art of the past? A Theory of Art shifts the focus of aesthetics from the traditional debate of "what is art?" to the engaging question of "what is art for?" Skillfully describing the social and historical situation of art today, author Karol Berger argues that music exemplifies the current condition of art in a radical, acute, and revealing...
What, if anything, has art to do with the rest of our lives, and in particular with those ethical and political issues that matter to us most? Will ar...
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785,07 |
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The Worst Enemy of Science?: Essays in Memory of Paul Feyerabend
ISBN: 9780195128741 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend's radical epistemological claims, and his stunning argument that there is no such thing as scientific method, were highly influential during his life and have only gained attention since his death in 1994. The essays that make up this volume, written by some of today's most respected philosophers of science, many of whom knew Feyerabend as students and colleagues, cover the diverse themes in his extensive body of work and present a personal account...
This stimulating collection is devoted to the life and work of the most flamboyant of twentieth-century philosophers, Paul Feyerabend. Feyerabend's ra...
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726,96 |
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Knowledge, Truth, and Duty: Essays on Epistemic Justification, Responsibility, and Virtue
ISBN: 9780195128925 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume gathers eleven new and three previously unpublished essays that take on questions of epistemic justification, responsibility, and virtue. It contains the best recent work in this area by major figures such as Ernest Sosa, Robert Audi, Alvin Goldman, and Susan Haak.
This volume gathers eleven new and three previously unpublished essays that take on questions of epistemic justification, responsibility, and virtue. ...
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668,84 |
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Socratic Wisdom: The Model of Knowledge in Plato's Early Dialogues
ISBN: 9780195129182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. While the early Platonic dialogues have often been explored and appreciated for their ethical content, this is the first book devoted solely to the epistemology of Plato's early dialogues. Author Hugh H. Benson argues that the characteristic features of these dialogues--Socrates' method of questions and answers (elenchos), his fascination with definition, his professions of ignorance, and his thesis that virtue is knowledge--are decidedly epistemological. In this thoughtful study, Benson uncovers the model of knowledge that underlies these distinctively Socratic views. What emerges...
While the early Platonic dialogues have often been explored and appreciated for their ethical content, this is the first book devoted solely to the ep...
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645,59 |
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Seeing Krishna: The Religious World of a Brahman Family in Vrindaban
ISBN: 9780195130102 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 192 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book offers a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for worshipers of Krishna. This priestly family has arguably been the most creative force in this important town. Their influence also radiates well beyond India's borders both because of their tireless work in fostering scholarship and performance about Krishna and because the scion of the family, Shrivatsa Goswami, has become an international spokesman for Hindu ways and concerns. Case, who has been an occasional resident in the family ashram,...
This book offers a close-up view of the religious world of one of the most influential families in Vrinbadan, India's premier place of pilgrimage for ...
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364,31 |
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Kant's Impure Ethics: From Rational Beings to Human Beings
ISBN: 9780195130416 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure part, which determines how best to apply pure principles to the human situation. Drawing attention to Kant's under-explored impure ethics, this revealing investigation refutes the common and long-standing misperception that Kants ethics advocates empty formalism. Making detailed use of a variety of Kantian texts never before translated into English, author Robert B. Louden reassesses the strengths and weaknesses of Kantian ethics as a whole,...
This is the first book-length study in any language to examine in detail and critically assess the second part of Kant's ethics--an empirical, impure ...
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243,42 |
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Impossibility: The Limits of Science and the Science of Limits
ISBN: 9780195130829 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In Impossibility, John D. Barrow--one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers--argues convincingly that there are limits to human discovery, that there are things that are ultimately unknowable, undoable, or unreachable. Barrow first examines the limits of the human mind: our brain evolved to meet the demands of our immediate environment, and much that lies outside this small circle may also lie outside our understanding. He investigates practical impossibilities, such as those imposed by complexity, uncomputability, or the finiteness of time, space, and resources. Is the...
In Impossibility, John D. Barrow--one of our most elegant and accomplished science writers--argues convincingly that there are limits to human discove...
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cena:
233,14 |
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What Is Mathematics, Really?
ISBN: 9780195130874 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be understood as a human activity, a social phenomenon, part of human culture, historically evolved, and intelligible only in a social context. Hersh pulls the screen back to reveal mathematics as seen by professionals, debunking many mathematical myths, and demonstrating how the "humanist" idea of the nature of mathematics more closely resembles how mathematicians actually work. At the heart of his book is a fascinating historical account of the...
Most philosophers of mathematics treat it as isolated, timeless, ahistorical, inhuman. Reuben Hersh argues the contrary, that mathematics must be unde...
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152,03 |
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Philosophy After Objectivity: Making Sense in Perspective
ISBN: 9780195130942 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have sought objective knowledge: knowledge of things whose existence does not depend on one's conceiving of them. This book uses lessons from debates over objective knowledge to characterize the kinds of reasons pertinent to philosophical and other theoretical views. It argues that we cannot meet skeptics' typical demands for nonquestion-begging support for claims to objective truth, and that therefore we should not regard our supporting reasons as resistant to skeptical challenges. One key lesson is that a constructive, explanatory approach to...
Since the beginning of philosophy, philosophers have sought objective knowledge: knowledge of things whose existence does not depend on one's conceivi...
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199,21 |
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The Claim of Reason: Wittgenstein, Skepticism, Morality, and Tragedy
ISBN: 9780195131079 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 544 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and influence of his work, which occupies a unique niche between philosophy and literary studies.
This handsome new edition of Stanley Cavell's landmark text, first published 20 years ago, provides a new preface that discusses the reception and inf...
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238,73 |
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Moral Relativism: A Reader
ISBN: 9780195131307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Are all moral truths relative or do certain moral truths hold for all cultures and people? In Moral Relativism: A Reader, this and related questions are addressed by twenty-one contemporary moral philosophers and thinkers. This engaging and nontechnical anthology, the only up-to-date collection devoted solely to the topic of moral relativism, is accessible to a wide range of readers including undergraduate students from various disciplines. The selections are organized under six main topics: (1) General Issues; (2) Relativism and Moral Diversity; (3) On the Coherence of Moral Relativism; (4)...
Are all moral truths relative or do certain moral truths hold for all cultures and people? In Moral Relativism: A Reader, this and related questions a...
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434,00 |
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Pathways in Philosophy: An Introductory Guide with Readings
ISBN: 9780195131314 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 574 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Pathways in Philosophy is a unique introductory text that features both a historical and a topical approach to the central problems in the field--questions regarding existence, knowledge, and moral and political value. Organized into two parts, "Metaphysics and Epistemology" and "Ethics and Political Philosophy," the text addresses these problems by providing a guided tour through ten classic philosophical readings. Offering detailed critical commentary, Jacquette carefully explains and analyzes seminal works by Plato, Aristotle, Ockham, Descartes, Berkeley, Kant, Mill, Nietzsche, Moore, and...
Pathways in Philosophy is a unique introductory text that features both a historical and a topical approach to the central problems in the field--ques...
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815,25 |
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Natural Laws in Scientific Practice
ISBN: 9780195131482 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notoriously difficult to identify--leading some philosophers to question if they hold such roles at all. This study offers original accounts of the roles that natural laws play in connection with counterfactual conditionals, inductive projections, and scientific explanations, and of what the laws must be in order for them to be capable of playing these roles. Particular attention is given to laws of special sciences, levels of scientific explanation,...
It is often presumed that the laws of nature have special significance for scientific reasoning. But the laws' distinctive roles have proven notorious...
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471,24 |
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Picturing the Human: The Moral Thought of Iris Murdoch
ISBN: 9780195131710 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Iris Murdoch has long been known as one of the most deeply insightful and morally passionate novelists of our time. This attention has often eclipsed Murdoch's sophisticated and influential work as a philosopher, which has had a wide-ranging impact on thinkers in moral philosophy as well as religious ethics and political theory. Yet it has never been the subject of a book-length study in its own right. Picturing the Human seeks to fill this gap. In this groundbreaking book, author Maria Antonaccio presents the first systematic and comprehensive treatment of Murdoch's moral...
Iris Murdoch has long been known as one of the most deeply insightful and morally passionate novelists of our time. This attention has often eclipsed ...
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633,97 |
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Phenomenological Epistemology
ISBN: 9780195131901 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This work offers a provocative new historical and systematic interpretation of the epistemological doctrines of three twentieth-century giants: Husserl, Heidegger, and Merleau-Ponty. Pietersma argues that these three philosophers, while connected by their phenomenological doctrines, have underappreciated and interestingly-linked views on the theory of knowledge.
This work offers a provocative new historical and systematic interpretation of the epistemological doctrines of three twentieth-century giants: Husser...
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657,22 |
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Augustine's Invention of the Inner Self: The Legacy of a Christian Platonist
ISBN: 9780195132069 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this book, Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space-a space into which one can enter and in which one can find God. Although it has often been suggested that Augustine in some way inaugurated the Western tradition of inwardness, this is the first study to pinpoint what was new about Augustine's philosophy of inwardness and situate it within a narrative of his intellectual development and his relationship to the Platonist tradition.
Augustine invents the inner self, Cary argues, in order to solve a particular conceptual problem.... In this book, Phillip Cary argues that Augustine invented the concept of the self as a private inner space-a space into which one can enter and in whi...
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447,99 |
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The Philosophy of the Young Kant: The Precritical Project
ISBN: 9780195132182 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This intellectual biography of Immanuel Kant's early years-- from 1746 when he wrote his first book, to 1766 when he lost his faith in metaphysics --makes an outstanding contribution to Kant scholarship. Schonfeld meticulously examines most of Kant's early works, summarizes their content, and exhibits their shortcomings and strengths. He places the early theories in their historical context and describes the scientific discoveries and philosophical innovations that distinguish Kant's pre-critical works. Schonfeld argues that these works were all aspects of a single project carried out by Kant...
This intellectual biography of Immanuel Kant's early years-- from 1746 when he wrote his first book, to 1766 when he lost his faith in metaphysics --m...
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994,30 |
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Philosophy of Mathematics and Mathematical Practice in the Seventeenth Century
ISBN: 9780195132441 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The seventeenth century saw dramatic advances in mathematical theory and practice than any era before or since. With the recovery of many of the classical Greek mathematical texts, new techniques were introduced, and within 100 years, analytic geometry, the geometry of indivisibles, the arithmetic of infinites, and the calculus had been developed. Although many technical studies have been devoted to these innovations, Paolo Mancosu provides the first comprehensive account of the relationship between mathematical advances of the seventeenth century and the philosophy of mathematics of the...
The seventeenth century saw dramatic advances in mathematical theory and practice than any era before or since. With the recovery of many of the class...
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173,63 |
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Other Minds: Critical Essays 1969-1994
ISBN: 9780195132465 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Over the past twenty-five years, Thomas Nagel has played a major role in the philosophico-biological debate on subjectivity and consciousness. This extensive collection of published essays and reviews offers Nagel's opinionated views on the philosophy of mind, epistemology, and political philosophy, as well as on fellow philosophers like Freud, Wittgenstein, Rawls, Dennett, Chomsky, Searle, Nozick, Dworkin, and MacIntyre.
Over the past twenty-five years, Thomas Nagel has played a major role in the philosophico-biological debate on subjectivity and consciousness. This ex...
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359,66 |
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Classics of Philosophy: Volume III: The Twentieth Century
ISBN: 9780195132830 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 576 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The most recent volume in Louis Pojman's highly successful Classics of Philosophy collection (OUP, 1998), Classics of Philosophy: Volume III, The Twentieth Century assembles definitive essays in twentieth-century Western philosophy. This work is considerably more comprehensive than the corresponding section of the single-volume edition of Classics of Philosophy. Its selections cover the whole spectrum of the field, representing the major movements of the century including British Realism, American Pragmatism, Logical Positivism, Existentialism, Phenomenology, Deconstructionism, and Ordinary...
The most recent volume in Louis Pojman's highly successful Classics of Philosophy collection (OUP, 1998), Classics of Philosophy: Volume III, The Twen...
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cena:
387,50 |