Kategoria BISAC: Philosophy >> Reference

This collection of texts, in presenting Rudolf Steiner's highly evolved understanding of the nature of thinking, points the direction to take today to carry on with the work of Goethe, of Coleridge and of Emerson as the three principal spokesmen for Romantic Imagination in 19th century Europe and America.

Their Romantic epoch came to an end, because the creative thought that served that epoch could not fully satisfy the requirements of thinking or the further necessity of theory that properly characterize our own age.

But Romantic tradition continues, with the full theory and culture...

• This Dictionary offers points of entry into Derrida's complex and extensive works.
  
• From 'aporia' to 'yes', the Dictionary suggests ways into Derrida that show what is at stake in his work.
  
• Demonstrates that Derrida is not just about philosophy, but also about politics and pop music.
  
• Explains why deconstruction matters, and how Derrida can change the way you think.
  
• The A-Z entries are framed by essays on the inherent...

• Presents a definitive introduction to the core areas of philosophy of education.
  
• Contains 20 newly-commissioned articles, all of which are written by internationally distinguished scholars.
  
• Each chapter reviews a problem, examines the current state of the discipline with respect to the topic, and discusses possible futures of the field.
  In this important survey, an international group of leading philosophers chart the development of philosophy of education in the twentieth century and...

The philosopher Philo was born about 20 BCE to a prominent Jewish family in Alexandria, the chief home of the Jewish Diaspora as well as the chief center of Hellenistic culture; he was trained in Greek as well as Jewish learning. In attempting to reconcile biblical teachings with Greek philosophy he developed ideas that had wide influence on Christian and Jewish religious thought.

The Loeb Classical Library edition of the works of Philo is in ten volumes and two supplements, distributed as follows. Volume I: Creation; Interpretation of Genesis II and III. II: On the Cherubim; The...

Frank Plumpton Ramsey (1903-1930), Cambridge mathematician and philosopher, was one of the most brilliant people of his generation. He lived in an extraordinarily stimulating milieu, surrounded by figures such as Russell, Whitehead, Keynes, Moore, and Wittgenstein. Ramsey's highly original papers on the foundations of mathematics, probability, economics, philosophy of science and the theory of knowledge were very influential in the 20th century and are still widely discussed in the 21st.

Perhaps two of Ramsey's achievements outshine all the rest. One is his treatment of the...