Seit uber 30 Jahren ist das Internationale Wittgenstein Symposium in Kirchberg am Wechsel (Osterreich), veranstaltet von der Osterreichischen Ludwig Wittgenstein Gesellschaft (OLWG), eine fixe Groe in der Welt der Philosophie. Mit dieser Festschrift zum 30. Wittgenstein Symposium (2007) werden Einblicke in die Geschichte der Tagungen gegeben. Das Buch ist ein bunter Strau von Beitragen, von akademisch-philosophischen ebenso wie von historisch-anekdotenhaften. Es gibt Lob, aber es gibt auch kritische Stimmen zur Geschichte der Gesellschaft und der Symposien. Die Leser finden hier...

This book is a collection of essays in systematic ontology. The parts of its title - "Things" and "Ways They Are" - are indicative of two broadly and intensively discussed issues in current ontology, namely, what categories of entities there are and in what ways they are relevant for our discourses. The three sections of the volume correspond to focuses of ontological research: "Before Ontology" is dedicated to conceptual, methodological, and meta-ontological issues; "Ontology at Work" raises general topics of categorial ontology, and the final section "Ontology in Application" discusses...

The leading idea of the book is to focus on the common roots of Islamic and Western traditions and to increase awareness of the chances of systematic philosophical dispute, with the aim to promote a substantial dialogue on an academic level. Most of the collected papers in this edition are results of contributions to a workshop, organized by the editors of the volume, as an integrated part of a visit to the Imam Khomeini Education and Research Institute (IKERI) of Qom by a delegation of philosophers from the University of Innsbruck in May 2008. The organizational frame of the workshop and...