Wittgenstein's Account of Truth

Sara Ellenbogen

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Explores the complex nature of truth in Wittgenstein's philosophy. Wittgenstein's Account of Truth challenges the view that semantic antirealists attr... Lees meer

Existential Technics

Don Ihde

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• With Existential Technics , Don Ihde advances his reflections on the role technology plays in human life. Heretofore primarily the province of Contine... Lees meer

Evolutionary Epistemology and Its Implications for Humankind

Franz M Wuketits

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• This books aims to outline the scientific (biological) foundations of evolutionary epistemology, and to discuss its implications for humankind. Wuketi... Lees meer

The Unity of Wittgenstein's Philosophy

José Medina

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Explores the stable core of Wittgenstein's philosophy as developed from the Tractatus to the Philosophical Investigations. Exposing the myth of "the t... Lees meer

The Embodied Self

Thandeka

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Schleiermacher presents a viable, systematic approach to self-consciousness that unifies thinking, feeling, and life itself--that reconfigures the who... Lees meer

Philosophy in Process

Paul Weiss

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Philosophy in Process, Volume Eleven, continues the publication of the working journals, the intellectual diary of one of the greatest modern metaphys... Lees meer

Hartshorne and the Metaphysics of Animal Rights

Daniel A Dombrowski

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Charles Hartshorne is one of the premier metaphysicians and philosophers of religion in the twentieth century. He has written extensively on animals, ... Lees meer

Human Excellence and an Ecological Conception of the Psyche

John Hanwell Riker

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• This book explores the possibility of grounding the idea of human excellence, which has traditionally been associated with hierarchical systems, on an... Lees meer

The Korean Neo-Confucianism of Yi Yulgok

Young-Chan Ro

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• This book explores the philosophical and religious dimensions of Korean Neo-Confuciansim as expounded by one of the foremost Korean Neo-Confucian thin... Lees meer

Plato's Theory of Explanation

Anne F Ashbaugh

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Here is the question: what constitutes a good explanation of phenomena? Whereas true being (forms) can be known through dialectic, concrete phenomena ... Lees meer

Epistemology

Nicholas Rescher

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• A comprehensive introduction to the theory of knowledge. Guided by the founding ideas of American pragmatism, Epistemology provides a clear example of... Lees meer

Waking to Wonder

Gordon C F Bearn

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• The central claim of this book is that, early and late, Wittgenstein modelled his approach to existential meaning on his account of linguistic meaning... Lees meer

Process and Analysis

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Leading thinkers from both traditions explore common philosophical topics. Process and Analysis brings together an unprecedented collection of the wor... Lees meer

Hegel's Quest for Certainty

Joseph C Flay

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• In a major contribution to Hegel scholarship, Professor Flay has written two books in one. The first is a close and original reading of the Phenomenol... Lees meer

Transforming Process Theism

Lewis S Ford

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Traces variations of theism in Whitehead's principle works, identifying a major problem in conventional understanding of process theism and constructi... Lees meer

Kant on Causation

Steven M Bayne

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• An in-depth examination of the nature of Kant's causal principle. Kant famously confessed that Hume's treatment of cause and effect woke him from his ... Lees meer

Husserl and Heidegger

Timothy J Stapleton

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• The phenomenology of Edmund Husserl has decisively influenced much of contemporary philosophy. Yet Husserl's philosophy has come under such criticism ... Lees meer

Plato on Justice and Power

Kimon Lycos

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Most commentaries on the Republic rush through Book I with embarrassment because the arguments of the participants, including Socrates, are specious. ... Lees meer

The Philosopher's Voice

Andrew Fiala

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Explores the relationship between philosophy and politics in the work of Kant, Fichte, Hegel, and Marx. This analysis of the relationship between phil... Lees meer

Oppenheimer's Choice

Richard Mason

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Studies J. Robert Oppenheimer's choice to accept leadership of the Manhattan Project. In 1942, J. Robert Oppenheimer accepted the leadership of the Ma... Lees meer

Coming to Be

James W Felt

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• Synthesizes Thomistic and Whiteheadian metaphysics. This book explores the possibility of using the twentieth-century "process" philosophy of Alfred N... Lees meer

Understanding Understanding

Richard Mason

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• A study of the scope and limits of understanding. How is understanding to be understood? Are there limits to understanding? What of importance, if any... Lees meer

New Dimensions of Confucian and Neo-Confucian Philosophy

Chung-Ying Cheng

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• This is the first book to thoroughly explore Confucian and Neo-Confucian metaphysics and ethics, building upon the creativity and temporality of human... Lees meer

Defending a Way of Life

Michael Cassity

• Hardcover | Engels | SUNY Series in Philosophy (Hardcover)
• This book profiles an American community in the nineteenth century to show the larger process by which the nation was transformed from a life close to... Lees meer