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Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1465441069
Size: 48.63 MB
Format: PDF, ePub
Release Date: 2015-03-02
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF The Philosophy Book eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. What existed before the Universe was created? Where does self-worth come from? Do the ends always justify the means? The Philosophy Book answers the most profound questions we all have. It is your visual guide to the fundamental nature of existence, society, and how we think. Discover what it means to be free, whether science can predict the future, or how language shapes our thoughts. Learn about the world's greatest philosophers, from Plato and Confucius to modern thinkers such as Chomsky and Derrida and follow charts and timelines that graphically show the progression of ideas and logic. Written in plain English, with concise explanations of branches of philosophy such as metaphysics and ethics, it untangles complicated theories and makes sense of abstract concepts. It is an ideal reference whether you're a student or a general reader, with simple explanations of big ideas, including the four noble truths, the soul, class struggle, moral purpose, and good and evil. If you're curious about the deeper questions in life, The Philosophy Book is both an invaluable reference and illuminating read.

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Author: José Ortega y Gasset
Publisher: W. W. Norton
ISBN:
Size: 37.75 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Release Date: 1961
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF What Is Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A work powerful and pervading in its implications not only for metaphysics but also for art, political science, and the philosophy of history.

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Author: Philipp Frank
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048643897X
Size: 80.13 MB
Format: PDF, Kindle
Release Date: 2004-01-01
Category: Science
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Science eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A great mathematician and teacher bridges the gap between science and the humanities in this exposition of the philosophy of science. Philipp Frank, a distinguished physicist and philosopher in his own right, traces the history of science from Aristotle to Einstein to illustrate philosophy’s ongoing role in the scientific process. Suitable for undergraduate students and other readers, this volume explains modern technology’s role in the gradual erosion of the rapport between physical theories and philosophical systems, and offers suggestions for restoring the link between these related areas. Dr. Frank examines the ancient Greek concept of natural science to illustrate the development of modern science; then, using geometry as an example, he charts its progress from Euclidean principles through the interpretations of Descartes, Mill, Kant, and the rise of four-dimensional and non-Euclidean geometry. Additional topics include the laws of motion, before and after innovations of Galileo and Newton; perceptions of motion, light, and relativity through the ages; metaphysical interpretations of relativistic physics; the motion of atomic objects and the phenomena and formulations of atomic physics; and the principle of causality and the validation of theories.

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Book Detail:
Author: Richard Henry Popkin
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 9780231101295
Size: 37.20 MB
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Release Date: 1999
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF The Columbia History Of Western Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A chronological survey of the evolution of Western philosophy provides historical analysis of the thought of key figures and schools and explores the broad influence of Jewish, Islamic, and Asian philosophy, the importance of women philosophers, and other topics. UP.

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Book Detail:
Author: Alain Badiou
Publisher: SUNY Press
ISBN: 9780791442203
Size: 45.58 MB
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Release Date: 1999-06-24
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Manifesto For Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Contrary to those proclaiming the end of philosophy, Badiou aims to restore philosophical thought to the complete space of the truths that condition it.

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Author: Daniel W. Graham
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1119110165
Size: 40.34 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2020-03-11
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Ancient Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. A comprehensive yet accessible survey of ancient philosophy, covering Greek, Roman, and early Judeo-Christian philosophy, ideal for introductory courses in the ancient roots of modern worldviews Part of the popular Fundamentals of Philosophy series, Ancient Philosophy is an ideal resource for beginning students as well as for advanced students wishing to hone their understanding of the philosophies of the ancient world. Clear and engaging, this book covers a representative selection of major ancient thinkers, movements, and schools of thought, including the Sophists and other significant Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy, the Stoics, the Skeptics, and early Judeo-Christian philosophy up to Augustine. Written by a prominent scholar and author in ancient philosophy studies, this book: Provides an overview of important issues in the study of the philosophies of the ancient world Explores the relevance of the theories of ancient thinkers to the modern world Charts the progression in the ancient world from worldviews based in mythology to systems of thought based on the analysis of evidence Presents up-to-date scholarship as well as historical material from ancient sources Assumes no prior knowledge of philosophy and examines all arguments carefully and sequentially

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Author: Julian Marias
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN:
Size: 10.69 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 1967-06
Category: History
Language: en
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Download PDF History Of Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Surveys key figures and schools of thought in the evolution of philosophy from the pre-Socratics to the existentialists

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Author: René Descartes
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521558181
Size: 47.67 MB
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Release Date: 1996-04-18
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Descartes Meditations On First Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The Meditations, one of the key texts of Western philosophy, is the most widely studied of all Descartes' writings. This authoritative translation by John Cottingham, taken from the much acclaimed three-volume Cambridge edition of the Philosophical Writings of Descartes, is based upon the best available texts and presents Descartes' central metaphysical writings in clear, readable modern English. As well as the complete text of the Meditations, the reader will find a thematic abridgement of the Objections and Replies (which were originally published with the Meditations) containing Descartes' replies to his critics. These extracts, specially selected for the present volume, indicate the main philosophical difficulties which occurred to Descartes' contemporaries and show how Descartes developed and clarified his arguments in response. This edition contains a new comprehensive introduction to Descartes' philosophy by John Cottingham and the classic introductory essay on the Meditations by Bernard Williams.

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Book Detail:
Author: David Ramsay Steele
Publisher: Open Court
ISBN: 0812697030
Size: 19.77 MB
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Release Date: 2008-02-01
Category: Religion
Language: en
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Download PDF Atheism Explained eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Atheism Explained explores the claims made both for and against the existence of God. On the pro side: that the wonders of the world can only be explained by an intelligent creator; that the universe had to start somewhere; telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and other paranormal phenomena demonstrate the existence of a spirit world; and that those who experience God directly provide evidence as real as any physical finding. After disputing these arguments through calm, careful criticism, author David Ramsay Steele presents the reasons why God cannot exist: monstrous, appalling evils; the impossibility of omniscience; and the senseless concept that God is a thinking mind without a brain. He also explores controversial topics such as Intelligent Design, the power of prayer, religion without God, and whether a belief in God makes people happier and healthier. Steele’s rational, easy-to-understand prose helps readers form their own conclusions about this eternally thorny topic.

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Book Detail:
Author: Katerina Ierodiakonou
Publisher: Oxford University Press on Demand
ISBN: 0199269718
Size: 75.28 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2004
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Byzantine Philosophy And Its Ancient Sources eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Byzantine philosophy is an almost unexplored field. Being regarded either as mere scholars or as primarily religious thinkers, Byzantine philosophers, for the most part, have not been studied on their own philosophical merit, and their works have hardly been scrutinized as works of philosophy.Thus, although distinguished scholars in the past have tried to reconstruct the intellectual life of the Byzantine period, there is no question that we still lack even the beginnings of a systematic understanding of the philosophy of the Byzantines.Byzantine Philosophy and its Ancient Sources is conceived as a concerted attempt in this direction. It examines the attitude the Byzantines took towards the ancient philosophical tradition and the specific ancient sources which they relied upon to form their theories. But did the Byzantines merelycopy ancient philosophers or interpret them the way they already had been interpreted in late antiquity? Does Byzantine philosophy as a whole lack a distinctive character which differentiates it from the previous periods in the history of philosophy?Eleven scholars, representing different disciplines from philosophy and history to classics and medieval studies, approach these questions by thoroughly investigating particular topics which give us some insight as to the directions in which we should look for possible answers. These topics range,in modern terms, from philosophy of language, theory of knowledge, and logic, to political philosophy, ethics, natural philosophy, and metaphysics. The philosophers whose works our contributors study belong to all periods from the beginnings of Byzantine culture in the fourth century to the demiseof the Byzantine Empire in the fifteenth century.

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Book Detail:
Author: Gilles Deleuze
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231530668
Size: 47.77 MB
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Release Date: 1996-05-23
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF What Is Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Called by many France's foremost philosopher, Gilles Deleuze is one of the leading thinkers in the Western World. His acclaimed works and celebrated collaborations with Félix Guattari have established him as a seminal figure in the fields of literary criticism and philosophy. The long-awaited publication of What Is Philosophy? in English marks the culmination of Deleuze's career. Deleuze and Guattari differentiate between philosophy, science, and the arts, seeing as means of confronting chaos, and challenge the common view that philosophy is an extension of logic. The authors also discuss the similarities and distinctions between creative and philosophical writing. Fresh anecdotes from the history of philosophy illuminate the book, along with engaging discussions of composers, painters, writers, and architects. A milestone in Deleuze's collaboration with Guattari, What Is Philosophy? brings a new perspective to Deleuze's studies of cinema, painting, and music, while setting a brilliant capstone upon his work.

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Book Detail:
Author: Nora Hämäläinen
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 1137586176
Size: 31.16 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2016-10-20
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Descriptive Ethics eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. This book is an investigation into the descriptive task of moral philosophy. Nora Hämäläinen explores the challenge of providing rich and accurate pictures of the moral conditions, values, virtues, and norms under which people live and have lived, along with relevant knowledge about the human animal and human nature. While modern moral philosophy has focused its energies on normative and metaethical theory, the task of describing, uncovering, and inquiring into moral frameworks and moral practices has mainly been left to social scientists and historians. Nora Hämäläinen argues that this division of labour has detrimental consequences for moral philosophy and that a reorientation toward descriptive work is needed in moral philosophy. She traces resources for a descriptive philosophical ethics in the work of four prominent philosophers of the twentieth century: John Dewey, Ludwig Wittgenstein, Michel Foucault, and Charles Taylor, while also calling on thinkers inspired by them.

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Size: 68.97 MB
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Release Date: 1822
Category: Agriculture
Language: en
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Download PDF Annals Of Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad.

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Book Detail:
Author: Havi Carel
Publisher: A&C Black
ISBN: 0826472427
Size: 59.30 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Mobi
Release Date: 2004-05-10
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF What Philosophy Is eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. This book addresses the question What is Philosophy? by gathering together responses from philosophers working in a variety of areas. The resulting collection provides focused discussions of the character and methods of philosophy and its relationship with other disciplines.

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Book Detail:
Author: Mark Risjord
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136627529
Size: 24.46 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2014-05-16
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Social Science eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The Philosophy of Social Science: A Contemporary Introduction examines the perennial questions of philosophy by engaging with the empirical study of society. The book offers a comprehensive overview of debates in the field, with special attention to questions arising from new research programs in the social sciences. The text uses detailed examples of social scientific research to motivate and illustrate the philosophical discussion. Topics include the relationship of social policy to social science, interpretive research, action explanation, game theory, social scientific accounts of norms, joint intentionality, reductionism, causal modeling, case study research, and experimentation.

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Book Detail:
Author: William G. Lycan
Publisher: Psychology Press
ISBN: 9780415171168
Size: 73.27 MB
Format: PDF
Release Date: 2000
Category: Language and languages
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophy Of Language eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Philosophy of Languageintroduces the non-specialist to the main issues and theories in twentieth-century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena. Part I explores several theories of how proper names, descriptions, and other terms bear a referential relation to non-linguistic objects. Part II surveys competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problems of indirect force, and Part IV examines linguistic theories of metaphor.

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Book Detail:
Author: Timothy W. Crusius
Publisher: SIU Press
ISBN: 9780809322077
Size: 74.30 MB
Format: PDF, Mobi
Release Date: 1999-03-30
Category: Language Arts & Disciplines
Language: en
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Download PDF Kenneth Burke And The Conversation After Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. This study of Kenneth Burke's writings traces the critic's commitment and contribution to philosophy prior to 1945. The author contends that rather than belonging to the late-modernist tradition, Burke actually starts from a position closely akin to such postmodern figures as Michel Foucault.

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Book Detail:
Author: Bo Mou
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1134249373
Size: 47.10 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2008-10-27
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF The Routledge History Of Chinese Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. The History of Chinese Philosophy is a comprehensive and authoritative examination of the movements and thinkers that have shaped Chinese philosophy over the last three thousand years. An outstanding team of international contributors provide seventeen accessible entries organised into five clear parts: Identity of Chinese Philosophy Classical Chinese Philosophy (I): Pre-Han Period Classical Chinese Philosophy (II): From Han Through Tang Classical Chinese Philosophy (III): From Song Through Early Qing Modern Chinese Philosophy: From Late Qing Through 21st Century This outstanding collection is essential reading for students of Chinese philosophy, and will be of interest to those seeking to explore the lasting significance this rich and complex philosophical tradition.

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Book Detail:
Author: Martin Cohen
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 1444301055
Size: 41.44 MB
Format: PDF, ePub, Docs
Release Date: 2009-01-21
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF Philosophical Tales eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. Enlightening and entertaining, Philosophical Tales examinesa few of the fascinating biographical details of history’sgreatest philosophers (alas, mostly men) and highlights theircontributions to the field. By applying the true philosophicalapproach to philosophy itself, the text provides us with arefreshing 'alternative history' of philosophy. Opens up new philosophical debate by applying the truephilosophical approach to philosophy itself Provides summaries of the most celebrated and philosophicallyinteresting tales, their backgrounds, and assessments of theleading players Explores philosophers and schools of thought in one keyphilosophical text to supply a solid grounding in philosophicalideas and individuals Shakes some of the foundations of philosophy with the aim ofencouraging the reinvigoration of philosophy itself

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Book Detail:
Author: Kai Nielsen
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1000307379
Size: 77.56 MB
Format: PDF, Docs
Release Date: 2019-06-04
Category: Philosophy
Language: en
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Download PDF On Transforming Philosophy eBook. You can read online on your kindle, Android, iPhone, iPad. When I first conceived of this book, I intended to write a short book and one, the great philosophical figures of the past and a few very eminent contemporaries aside, which made no reference to other philosophers and contained no quotations, footnotes and the like. I ended up doing neither. Indeed I went nearly to the exact opposite. I wrote a rather long book with, among other things, extensive discussions of my contemporaries and near contemporaries.

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