Philosophy
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The Concept of the Animal and Modern Theories of ArtThis book examines the importance of the animal in modern art theory, using classic texts of modern aesthetics and texts written by modern artists to explore the influence of the human-animal relationship on nineteenth and twentieth century artists and art theorists. The book is...
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Levinas and Analytic Philosophy: Second-Person Normativity and the Moral LifeThis volume examines the relevance of Emmanuel Levinas's work to recent developments in analytic philosophy. Contemporary analytic philosophers working in metaethics, the philosophy of mind, and the metaphysic of personal identity have argued for views similar to those espoused by Levinas. Often disparately pursued,...
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Memories of Utopia: The Revision of Histories and Landscapes in Late AntiquityThese essays examine how various communities remembered and commemorated their shared past through the lens of utopia and its corollary, dystopia, providing a framework for the reinterpretation of rapidly changing religious, cultural, and political realities of the turbulent period from 300 to 750 CE.The...
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An Intersectional Feminist Theory of Moral ResponsibilityThis book develops an intersectional feminist approach to moral responsibility. It accomplisheses four main goals. First, it outlines a concise list of the main principles of intersectional feminism. Second, it uses these principles to critique prevailing philosophical theories of moral responsibility. Third, it offers...
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Care Ethics and the Refugee Crisis: Emotions, Contestation, and AgencyThis book advocates for the philosophical import of care in re-evaluating problems of humanitarianism in the context of the ongoing international refugee and forced migration situation. In doing so, it rethinks the human capacity to care about the suffering of distant others.At a time...
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Disability in Medieval Christian Philosophy and TheologyThis book uses the tools of analytic philosophy and close readings of medieval Christian philosophical and theological texts in order to survey what these thinkers said about what today we call 'disability.' The chapters also compare what these medieval authors say with modern and...
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Talking about: An Intentionalist Theory of ReferenceCombining new insights from cognitive science and speech art theory, Unnsteinsson develops a compelling theory of singular reference which avoids well-known puzzles and objections. The theory, called Edenic intentionalism, is grounded in a mechanistic perspective on explanation in cognitive science and a new Gricean...
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Value in Modernity: The Philosophy of Existential Modernism in Nietzsche, Scheler, Sartre, MusilValue in Modernity examines a historical paradigm in ethics that has hitherto not been identified as such: existential modernism. Peter Poellner discusses the central claims of this paradigm through detailed examination of the thought of four of its main exponents: Friedrich Nietzsche, Max Scheler,...
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What's Wrong with Rights?Are natural rights 'nonsense on stilts', as Jeremy Bentham memorably put it? Must the very notion of a right be individualistic, subverting the common good? Should the right against torture be absolute, even though the heavens fall? Are human rights universal or merely expressions...
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Thomas Vaughan and the Rosicrucian Revival in Britain: 1648-1666Thomas Vaughan's challenging books on alchemy, magic, and other esoterica make better sense in the context of the Rosicrucian ideas he introduced to English readers in the seventeenth century. This is the first scholarly book on his life, sources, writings, and subsequent influence.Author: Thomas...
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Attitudes of PlayPlay is not only a kind of activity, but also a set of attitudes. We may join a card game in a casino without assuming a play attitude; conversely we may transform a seemingly tedious action, such as a walk to the store, into...
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Swagger: Super Bowls, Brass Balls, and Footballs--A MemoirFrom FOX NFL Sunday analyst and legendary Hall of Fame head football coach Jimmy Johnson--the first to win both a college football championship and a Super Bowl--the long-awaited, intimate, no-regrets memoir recounting his extraordinary life and insightful lessons on winning, at every level.Hall of...
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The Aesthetics of Kinship: Form and Family in the Long Eighteenth CenturyThe Aesthetics of Kinship intervenes critically into rigidified discourses about the emergence of the nuclear family and the corresponding interior subject in the eighteenth century. By focusing on kinship constellations instead of "family plots" in seminal literary works of the period, this book presents...
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En busca del cuerpo personal. Más allá de la naturaleza y la subjetividadHoy vivimos el reino de los iguales en el que el sí mismo gobierna para sí mismo y la relación se presenta como una extrajera indeseable. Es por esto que la diferencia mujer-varón se ha vuelto prohibida y la profundización en la complementariedad y...
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Fictional Games: A Philosophy of Worldbuilding and Imaginary PlayWhat roles do imaginary games have in story-telling? Why do fiction authors outline the rules of a game that the audience will never play? Combining perspectives from philosophy, literary theory and game studies, this book provides the first in-depth investigation into the significance of...
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The Object of MoralityThe central issue is that of identifying and understanding the fundamental principles of morality but the book also discusses the place of rules in moral thought, the nature of obligation, the relation between morality and religion and that of being moral and rational. Author:...
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The Garden PathInspired by the Ruby'aiyat of Omar Khayyam, The Garden Path offers a unique and insightful view of the path of spiritual enlightenment; the path of a human life in this Earthly Garden. Stages along this path are described in 108 limericks, each providing food...
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The Things That Really Matter: Philosophical Conversations on the Cornerstones of LifeA comprehensive exploration of the most fundamental aspects of human life through accessible conversations with contemporary philosophers. While rooted in academic discourse, The Things That Really Matter comprehensively explores the most fundamental aspects of human life in approachable, non-technical language, adding fresh perspectives and...
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Unlawful Killings: Life, Love and Murder: Trials at the Old BaileyAuthor: Wendy JosephPublisher: Doubleday UKPublished: 09/13/2022Pages: 320Binding Type: PaperbackWeight: 0.92lbsSize: 9.09h x 6.06w x 1.04dISBN: 9780857528919
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The Cultural Power of Personal Objects: Traditional Accounts and New PerspectivesThe Cultural Power of Personal Objects seeks to understand the value and efficacy of objects, places, and times that take on cultural power and reverence to such a degree that they are treated (whether metaphorically or actually) as "persons," or as objects with "personality"--they...
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