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  • The Problem of Certainty in English Thought 1630–1690

    by Henry G. van Leeuwen, R.H. Popkin ...
    Series series History (R0)
    The revival of ancient Greek scepticism in the 16th and 17th centuries was of the greatest importance in changing the intellectual climate in which modern science developed, and in developing the attitude that we now call "The scientific outlook". Many streams of thought came together contributing to various facets of this crucial development. One of the most fascinating of these is that of ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Essays on the Context, Nature, and Influence of Isaac Newton’s Theology

    by J.E. Force, R.H. Popkin ...
    Series Book 129 - International Archives of the History of Ideas Archives internationales d'histoire des idées
    This collection of essays is the fruit of about fifteen years of discussion and research by James Force and me. As I look back on it, our interest and concern with Newton's theological ideas began in 1975 at Washington University in St. Louis. James Force was a graduate student in philosophy and I was a professor there. For a few years before, I had been doing research and writing on ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

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    How to Have Convictions Without Becoming a Fanatic

    by Peter Berger, Anton Zijderveld ...
    In Praise of Doubt explores how to survive the political, moral, and religious challenges raised by the extreme poles of relativism and fundamentalism.In this insightful and thought-provoking book, two world-renowned social scientists, Peter L. Berger and Anton C. Zijderveld, ask and answer Big Questions, offering invaluable guidance on how to have convictions without becoming a fanatic."A book of ... Read more

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  • Tense Bees and Shell-Shocked Crabs

    Are Animals Conscious?

    by Michael Tye ...
    A consideration of some of the most common questions about animal minds. Do birds have feelings? Can fish feel pain? Could a honeybee be anxious? For centuries, the question of whether or not animals are conscious like humans has prompted debates among philosophers and scientists. While most people gladly accept that complex mammals - such as dogs - share emotions and experiences with us, the ... Read more

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  • Time and the Philosophy of Action

    Edited by Roman Altshuler, Michael J. Sigrist ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Contemporary Philosophy
    Although scholarship in philosophy of action has grown in recent years, there has been little work explicitly dealing with the role of time in agency, a role with great significance for the study of action. As the articles in this collection demonstrate, virtually every fundamental issue in the philosophy of action involves considerations of time. The four sections of this volume address the ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • Debating Self-Knowledge

    by Anthony Brueckner, Gary Ebbs ...
    Language users ordinarily suppose that they know what thoughts their own utterances express. We can call this supposed knowledge minimal self-knowledge. But what does it come to? And do we actually have it? Anti-individualism implies that the thoughts which a person's utterances express are partly determined by facts about their social and physical environments. If anti-individualism is true, then ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Husserl in Contemporary Context

    Prospects and Projects for Phenomenology

    Edited by B.C. Hopkins ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    James F. Sheridan Allegheny College As we come to the end of the century, an attentive student of con temporary European philosophy will no doubt be startled by a volume titled Husserl in Contemporary Context. Such philosophers are most likely to believe that Hussed has now been declared II classical" rather than a contemporary thinker or, worse, simply old fashioned. Access to Hussed today will ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Intuition, Theory, and Anti-Theory in Ethics

    Edited by Timothy Chappell ...
    What form, or forms, might ethical knowledge take? In particular, can ethical knowledge take the form either of moral theory, or of moral intuition? If it can, should it? These are central questions for ethics today, and they are the central questions for the philosophical essays collected in this volume. Intuition, Theory, and Anti-Theory in Ethics draws together new work by leading experts in ... Read more

    $76.49 USD

  • The Complex Mind

    An Interdisciplinary Approach

    by David McFarland, Keith Stenning, Maggie McGonigle ...
    Combining the study of animal minds, artificial minds, and human evolution, this book examine the advances made by comparative psychologists in explaining the intelligent behaviour of primates, the design of artificial autonomous systems and the cognitive products of language evolution. ... Read more

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  • Science and the End of Ethics

    by S. Morris ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Science and the End of Ethics examines some of the most important positive and negative implications that science has for ethics. On the basis of strong scientific reasons for abandoning traditional notions of right and wrong, it endorses a new ethical approach that focuses on achieving some of the key practical goals shared by ethicists. ... Read more

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  • The Problem of Universals in Contemporary Philosophy

    Edited by Gabriele Galluzzo, Michael J. Loux ...
    Are there any universal entities? Or is the world populated only by particular things? The problem of universals is one of the most fascinating and enduring topics in the history of metaphysics, with roots in ancient and medieval philosophy. This collection of new essays provides an innovative overview of the contemporary debate on universals. Rather than focusing exclusively on the traditional ... Read more

    $38.59 USD

  • Mereology and the Sciences

    Parts and Wholes in the Contemporary Scientific Context

    Edited by Claudio Calosi, Pierluigi Graziani ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This volume is the first systematic and thorough attempt to investigate the relation and the possible applications of mereology to contemporary science. It gathers contributions from leading scholars in the field and covers a wide range of scientific theories and practices such as physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, computer science and engineering. Throughout the volume, a variety of ... Read more

    $170.09 USD