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Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
"Philosophers working on aesthetics have paid considerable attention to art and artists of the early modern period. Yet early modern artistic practices scarcely figure in recent work on the emergence of aesthetics as a branch of philosophy over the course the eighteenth century. This book addresses that gap, elaborating the extent to which artworks and practices of the fifteenth through the eighteenth centuries were accompanied by an immense range...
Author
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource : illustrations
Language
English
Description
According to scholars of the nonhuman turn, the scandal of theory lies in its failure, to decenter the human. The real scandal, however, is that we keep trying.
The human has become, a conspicuous blind spot for many theorists seeking, to extend hospitality to animals, plants, and even insentient things. The displacement of the human is essential and urgent, yet given the humanist presumption that animals, lack a number of allegedly unique human...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 26
Pub. Date
2000
Lexile measure
1320L
Physical Desc
127 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
The tradition of ancient philosophy is a long, rich, and varied one, in which a constant note is that of discussion and argument. This book introduces listeners to some ancient debates to engage with the ancient developments of some themes. Getting away from the presentation of ancient philosophy as a succession of Great Thinkers, the book gives listeners a sense of the freshness and liveliness of ancient philosophy, and of its wide variety of themes...
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
vi, 203 pages ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
Mathematics is one of humanity's most successful yet puzzling endeavors. It is a model of precision and objectivity, but appears distinct from the empirical sciences because it seems to deliver nonexperiential knowledge of a nonphysical reality of numbers, sets, and functions. How can these two aspects of mathematics be reconciled? This concise book provides a systematic yet accessible introduction to the field that is trying to answer that question:...
Author
Publisher
IVP Academic
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
208 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
This book concentrates on what philosophy is, why it is important and how to go about doing it. As such, it was written primarily to be used as a supplementary text for the beginning of an introduction to philosophy course.--Preface.
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Series
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xv, 233 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Burke examines the philosophies of William James and Charles S. Peirce to determine how certain maxims of pragmatism originated. He contrasts pragmatism as a certain set of beliefs or actions with pragmatism as simply a methodology. He unravels the complex history of this philosophical tradition and discusses contemporary conceptions of pragmatism found in current U.S. political discourse and explains what this quintessentially American philosophy...
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 97
Pub. Date
2003
Lexile measure
1420L
Physical Desc
xi, 147 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In this Very Short Introduction, David Miller demonstrates the practical importance of political philosophy and explores some of these fundamental issues, asking why democracy is the best form of government and which areas of life should be kept free from political interference. David Miller also examines the new challenges posed by feminism, multiculturalism, and globalization, and questions whether ideals of good government that were first developed...
8) Nihilism
Author
Publisher
The MIT Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
209 pages ; 18 cm.
Language
English
Description
When someone is labeled a nihilist, it's not usually meant as a compliment. Most of us associate nihilism with destructiveness and violence. Nihilism means, literally, "an ideology of nothing." Is nihilism, then, believing in nothing? Or is it the belief that life is nothing? Or the belief that the beliefs we have amount to nothing? If we can learn to recognize the many varieties of nihilism, Nolen Gertz writes, then we can learn to distinguish what...
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Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
xxii, 275 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
This concise but comprehensive book provides an original history of German-language philosophy from the Middle Ages to today. In an accessible narrative that explains complex ideas in clear language, Vittorio Hosle traces the evolution of German philosophy and describes its central influence on other aspects of German culture, including literature, politics, and science. Starting with the medieval mystic Meister Eckhart, the book addresses the philosophical...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Edition
1st American ed.
Physical Desc
ix, 468 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Already a classic, this landmark study of early Western thought now appears in a new edition with expanded coverage of the Middle Ages. In The Dream of Reason, Anthony Gottlieb looks afresh at the writings of the great thinkers, questions much of conventional wisdom, and explains his findings with unbridled brilliance and clarity. From the pre-Socratic philosophers through the celebrated days of Socrates, Plato, and Aristotle, up to Renaissance visionaries...
Author
Publisher
Northwestern Publishing House
Pub. Date
©2019.
Physical Desc
v, 149 pages ; 18 cm
Language
English
Description
"Philosophers, writers, and artists throughout history have come to the conclusion that life and its pursuits are meaningless. In many ways, they are correct. Yet when life is considered in the light of the gospel message, you will find true and deep meaning."--back cover.
Author
Publisher
Zest Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Lexile measure
980L
Physical Desc
303 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Botanist Robin Wall Kimmerer's best-selling book Braiding Sweetgrass is adapted for a young adult audience by children's author Monique Gray Smith, bringing Indigenous wisdom, scientific knowledge, and the lessons of plant life to a new generation"--
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Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
325 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Two leading physicists discuss the importance of the Higgs Boson, the future of particle physics, and the mysteries of the universe yet to be unraveled. On July 4, 2012, the long-sought Higgs Boson--aka "the God Particle"--was discovered at the world's largest particle accelerator, the LHC, in Geneva, Switzerland. On March 14, 2013, physicists at CERN confirmed it. This elusive subatomic particle forms a field that permeates the entire universe,...
Author
Pub. Date
2000
Physical Desc
xii, 399 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"Scientists and 'anti-scientists' alike need a more realistic image of science. The traditional mode of research, academic science, is not just a 'method': it is a distinctive culture, whose members win esteem and employment by making public their findings. Fierce competition for credibility is strictly regulated by established practices such as peer review. Highly specialized international communities of independent experts form spontaneously and...
Author
Pub. Date
2005
Physical Desc
ix, 163 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"This collaboration between a biologist and a philosopher explores the meaning of the scientific worldview and how it plays out in our everyday lives. The authors investigate alternative to scientism, the view that science is the proper and exclusive foundation for thinking about and answering every question."--Jacket
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
187 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
This is an introduction to the philosophy of biology. The book provides sophisticated and innovative coverage of the central topics and many of the latest developments in the field. Emphasizing connections between biological theories and other areas of philosophy, and carefully explaining both philosophical and biological terms, Peter Godfrey-Smith discusses the relation between philosophy and science; examines the role of laws, mechanistic explanation,...
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Series
Publisher
Current
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
viii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
A new approach to understanding the ever-changing information that bombards us. Arbesman is an expert in scientometrics, literally the science of science--how we know what we know. It turns out that knowledge in most fields evolves in systematic and predictable ways, and understanding that evolution can be enormously powerful.--Publisher information.