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The Triumph of Practice Over Theory in Ethics
ISBN: 9780195132854 / Angielski / Miękka / 2004 / 206 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task over the years has been to determine which of the three is right. Is this book yet another attempt to fulfill this same old task? Not at all. Sterba argues that in their ongoing attempts to put forward for general consideration the most morally defensible versions of their views, advocates of Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have jettisoned much of what had originally distinguished their theories from each other. The...
Aristotelian ethics, Kantian ethics, and utilitarian ethics have been for some time now the main options within (Western) ethics, and the central task...
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429,01 |
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Wittgenstein, Empiricism, and Language
ISBN: 9780195132984 / Angielski / Twarda / 1999 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the reductionist character of Wittgenstein's work. Author John Cook provides well-documented proof that Wittgenstein did not hold views commonly attributed to him, arguing that Wittgenstein's later work was mistakenly seen as a development of G. E. Moore's philosophy--which Wittgenstein in fact vigorously attacked. He also points to an underestimation of Russell's influence on Wittgenstein's thinking. Cook goes on to show how these misunderstandings...
This provocative study exposes the ways in which Wittgenstein's philosophical views have been misunderstood, including the failure to recognize the re...
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318,44 |
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Logic, Meaning, and Conversation: Semantical Underdeterminacy, Implicature, and Their Interface
ISBN: 9780195133004 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics--a philosophical examination of the relationship between meaning and language use and its contexts. Here, Atlas develops the contrast between verbal ambiguity and verbal generality, works out a detailed theory of conversational inference using the work of Paul Grice on Implicature as a starting point, and gives an account of their interface as an example of the relationship between Chomsky's Internalist Semantics and Language Performance. Atlas then discusses consequences...
This fresh look at the philosophy of language focuses on the interface between a theory of literal meaning and pragmatics--a philosophical examination...
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553,72 |
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Kant and the Sciences
ISBN: 9780195133059 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Kant and the Sciences aims to reveal the deep unity of Kant's conception of science as it bears on the particular sciences of his day and on his conception of philosophy's function with respect to these sciences. It brings together for the first time twelve essays by leading Kant scholars that take into account Kant's conception of a wide variety of scientific disciplines, including physics, chemistry, biology, psychology, and anthropology.
Kant and the Sciences aims to reveal the deep unity of Kant's conception of science as it bears on the particular sciences of his day and on ...
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379,01 |
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Persons and Causes: The Metaphysics of Free Will
ISBN: 9780195133080 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 160 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This provocative book refurbishes the traditional account of freedom of will as reasons-guided "agent" causation, situating its account within a general metaphysics. O'Connor's discussion of the general concept of causation and of ontological reductionism v. emergence will specially interest metaphysicians and philosophers of mind.
This provocative book refurbishes the traditional account of freedom of will as reasons-guided "agent" causation, situating its account within a gener...
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507,13 |
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Reason and Religion in Socratic Philosophy
ISBN: 9780195133226 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of religion in Socratic philosophy and on the trial of Socrates. Among the contributors are Thomas C. Brickhouse, Asli Gocer, Richard Kraut, Mark L. McPherran, Robert C. T. Parker, C. D. C. Reeve, Nicholas D. Smith, Gregory Vlastos, Stephen A. White, and Paul B. Woodruff.
This volume brings together mostly previously unpublished studies by prominent historians, classicists, and philosophers on the roles and effects of r...
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635,25 |
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From Frege to Wittgenstein: Perspectives on Early Analytic Philosophy
ISBN: 9780195133264 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 488 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Analytic philosophy--arguably one of the most important philosophical movements in the twentieth century--has gained a new historical self-consciousness, particularly about its own origins. Between 1880 and 1930, the most important work of its founding figures (Frege, Russell, Moore, Wittgenstein) not only gained attention but flourished. In this collection, fifteen previously unpublished essays explore different facets of this period, with an emphasis on the vital intellectual relationship between Frege and the early Wittgenstein.
Analytic philosophy--arguably one of the most important philosophical movements in the twentieth century--has gained a new historical self-consciousne...
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495,48 |
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Environmental Ethics Today
ISBN: 9780195133844 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Environmental Ethics Today is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the environment, our species, and species diversity. This wide-ranging introduction to major issues and questions in environmental ethics employs an accessible, journalistic style--featuring current facts, real controversies, individual stories, and a vivid narrative--that engages readers and gives meaning to abstract philosophical concepts. Topics discussed include pollution permits for corporations, medical experimentation on animals, genetic engineering, economic globalization, biodiversity, and...
Environmental Ethics Today is essential reading for anyone interested in the future of the environment, our species, and species diversity. T...
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cena:
605,59 |
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Boethius
ISBN: 9780195134070 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 272 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius's life and work, Marenbon explicates his theological method, and devotes separate chapters to his arguments about good and evil, fortune, fate and free will, and the problem of divine foreknowledge. Marenbon also traces Boethius's influence on the work of such thinkers as Aquinas and Duns Scotus.
This book offers a brief, accessible introduction to the thought of Boethius. After a survey of Boethius's life and work, Marenbon explicates his theo...
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232,21 |
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Nietzsche's Middle Period
ISBN: 9780195134087 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Ruth Abbey presents a close study of Nietzsche's works, Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science. Although these middle period works tend to be neglected in commentaries on Nietzsche, they repay careful attention. Abbey's commentary brings to light important differences across Nietzsche's oeuvre that have gone unnoticed, filling a serious gap in the literature.
Ruth Abbey presents a close study of Nietzsche's works, Human, All Too Human, Daybreak, and The Gay Science. Although these...
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670,18 |
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A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought: A Philosophical Interpretation
ISBN: 9780195134193 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 464 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher's sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theory of meaning. That dual goal, Hansen argues, requires a unified translation theory. It must provide a single coherent account of the issues that motivated both the recently untangled Chinese linguistic analysis and the familiar moral-political disputes. Hansen's unified approach uncovers a philosophical sophistication in Daoism that traditional accounts have overlooked.
This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher's sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theo...
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232,21 |
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Agency and Deontic Logic
ISBN: 9780195134612 / Angielski / Twarda / 2001 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. John Horty effectively develops deontic logic (the logic of ethical concepts like obligation and permission) against the background of a formal theory of agency. He incorporates certain elements of decision theory to set out a new deontic account of what agents ought to do under various conditions over extended periods of time. Offering a conceptual rather than technical emphasis, Horty's framework allows a number of recent issues from moral theory to be set out clearly and discussed from a uniform point of view.
John Horty effectively develops deontic logic (the logic of ethical concepts like obligation and permission) against the background of a formal theory...
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166,98 |
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Buddhist Saints in India: A Study in Buddhist Values and Orientations
ISBN: 9780195134834 / Angielski / Miękka / 1999 / 528 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of the figure of the Buddhist saint in a wide range of Indian Buddhist evidence. Drawing on an extensive variety of sources, Ray seeks to identify the "classical type" of the Buddhist saint, as it provides the presupposition for, and informs, the different major Buddhist saintly types and subtypes. Discussing the nature, dynamics, and history of Buddhist hagiography, he surveys the ascetic codes, conventions and traditions of Buddhist saints, and...
The issue of saints is a difficult and complicated problem in Buddhology. In this magisterial work, Ray offers the first comprehensive examination of ...
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369,69 |
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Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers
ISBN: 9780195134889 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 288 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers represents a new a pproach to introductory ethics that is both practical and accessible. Classical virtue theory is employed to provide a time-tested, simple, and easily remembered basis for ethical reasoning. The text is modular ized for easy use in both stand-alone ethics courses and as self-conta ined units within engineering core courses. The text is accompanied by an instructor's manual that includes a comprehensive set of sample le ctures and course assignments, detailed homework solutions, and many h elpful hints for teaching an...
Fundamentals of Ethics for Scientists and Engineers represents a new a pproach to introductory ethics that is both practical and accessible. Classical...
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792,87 |
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Realism Regained: An Exact Theory of Causation, Teleology, and the Mind
ISBN: 9780195135671 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 368 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this wide-ranging philosophical work, Koons takes on two powerful dogmas--anti-realism and materialism. In doing so, Koons develops an elegant metaphysical system that accounts for such phenomena as information, mental representation, our knowledge of logic, mathematics and science, the structure of spacetime, the identity of physical objects, and the objectivity of values and moral norms.
In this wide-ranging philosophical work, Koons takes on two powerful dogmas--anti-realism and materialism. In doing so, Koons develops an elegant meta...
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728,43 |
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The Ancient Quarrel Between Philosophy and Poetry Revisited: Plato and the Greek Literary Tradition
ISBN: 9780195136067 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In this study, Levin explores Plato's engagement with the Greek literary tradition in his treatment of key linguistic issues. This investigation, conjoined with a new interpretation of the Republic's familiar critique of poets, supports the view that Plato's work represents a valuable precedent for contemporary reflections on ways in which philosophy might benefit from appeals to literature.
In this study, Levin explores Plato's engagement with the Greek literary tradition in his treatment of key linguistic issues. This investigation, conj...
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337,08 |
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The Sacred Depths of Nature
ISBN: 9780195136296 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This eloquent volume reconciles our contemporary scientific understand ing of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continuity. Addressing ideas like evolution, emotions, sexuality, and death, The Sacred Depths of Nature brings rich, uncluttered detail to the workings of nature in general and of living creatures in particul ar. Goodenough's clear thinking and writing will allow even non-scient ists to appreciate that the origins of life and the universe are no le ss meaningful in light of our scientific understanding of them. At the end of each chapter, her spiritual...
This eloquent volume reconciles our contemporary scientific understand ing of reality with our timeless spiritual yearnings for reverence and continui...
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91,69 |
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John Rawls: His Life and Theory of Justice
ISBN: 9780195136371 / Angielski / Miękka / 2007 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. John Rawls was one of the most important political philosophers of our time, and promises to be an enduring figure over the coming decades. His Theory of Justice (1971) has had a profound impact across philosophy, politics, law, and economics. Nonetheless Rawlsian theory is not easy to understand, particularly for beginners, and his writing can be dense and forbidding. Thomas Pogge's short introduction (originally published in German) gives a thorough and concise presentation of the main outlines of Rawls's theory, introduces biographical information when necessary, and draws links...
John Rawls was one of the most important political philosophers of our time, and promises to be an enduring figure over the coming decades. His Th...
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185,62 |
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Philosophy and Democracy: An Anthology
ISBN: 9780195136609 / Angielski / Miękka / 2003 / 376 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This volume collects some of the leading essays in contemporary democratic theory published in the past thirty years. The anthology presents the work of a select group of contributors (including Peter Singer, Joshua Cohen, Ronald Dworkin, Richard Arneson, and others) and covers many foundational approaches defended by scholars from a range of different disciplines. The chapters address many issues that are central to philosophical reflections on democracy, such as questions pertaining to deliberative and economic approaches, as well as to such topics as intrinsic fairness, the role of...
This volume collects some of the leading essays in contemporary democratic theory published in the past thirty years. The anthology presents the work ...
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276,52 |
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The Confessionalization of Humanism in Reformation Germany
ISBN: 9780195137125 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book deals with the impact of the Reformation debate in Germany on the most prominent intellectual movement of the time: humanism. Although it is true that humanism influenced the course of the Reformation, says Erika Rummel, the dynamics of the relationship are better described by saying that humanism was co-opted, perhaps even exploited, in the religious debate.
This book deals with the impact of the Reformation debate in Germany on the most prominent intellectual movement of the time: humanism. Although it is...
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716,77 |