Methodology

What kind of subject is philosophy? Colin McGinn takes up this perennial question, defending the view that philosophy consists of conceptual analysis, construed broadly. Conceptual analysis is understood to involve the search for de re essences, but...

A leading expert in informal logic, Douglas Walton turns his attention in this new book to how reasoning operates in trials and other legal contexts, with special emphasis on the law of evidence. The new model he develops, drawing on methods of...

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Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780891306160Author B. KendallFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Scholars PressPublisher Scholars Press

Interpretation in Qualitative Research: Key Concepts in Qualitative Research is an edited collection that makes a methodological contribution to the conceptual connections around/with/for/to interpretation, and it offers contemporary concept provocations...

In Schopenhauer in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Schopenhauer's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from...

In Machiavelli in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Machiavelli's life and ideas, and explains their influence on man's struggle to understand his existence in the world. The book also includes selections from Machiavelli's...

The concepts of identity, existence, predication, necessity, and truth are at the centre of philosophy and have rightly received sustained attention. Yet Colin McGinn believes that orthodox views of these topics are misguided in important ways...

This volume explores the questions related to the theory, practice, and policy of the well-being and well-becoming of children. It does so in a truly interdisciplinary way with a focus on the social sciences and philosophy, giving therefore justice to...

This book is presented by two authors who worked in close cooperation. The first part is written by Ewa Binczyk and discusses various postulates that have been formulated in response to the problem of the unwanted side-effects of the practical success of...

In recent decades, green chemistry dominated the imagination of sustainability scholars all over the world and was embraced by leading global universities and companies. This new concept is supposed to address the environmental crisis by making chemistry...

Knowledge emerges from contexts, which are shaped by people's experiences. The varied essays in Thinking the US South: Contemporary Philosophy from Southern Perspectives demonstrate that Southern identities, borders, and practices play an important but...

"Between Philosophy and Poetry" examines the complex and controversial relation that has informed literary theory since ancient times: the difference between philosophy and poetry. The book explores three specific areas: the practice of writing with...

This volume features new essays on the application, justification and role of naturalism in philosophical inquiry. It serves as an important update on current controversies about naturalism.The contributors include leading figures who have written on...

This is a discussion of how Socratic method can work in a college or high school composition class. Contents: Defining Socratic Method; Development of Socratic Methods; Socratic Method and Objective Rhetorics; Socratic Method and Objective Rhetorics;...

In this one volume, John C.S. Kim offers a way for each reader to find one's own creative approach to resolve the riddles of life. The author examines critical issues facing individuals today and challenges the reader to determine the nature of the...

In scholarly debates, as well as in everyday parlance, we tend to pull science and technology apart: science gives us theory, and technology applies it. In practice, however, science and technologies are highly intertwined. This book sets out to look at...

Steven Cahn belongs to that exclusive class of professors who have not only contributed influentially to the leading debates of their discipline, but have also written insightfully about the academic vocation itself. This volume comprises 13 essays,...

The main aim of this book is to provide a critical and historical inquiry into Kant’s schematism chapter contained in the Critique of Pure Reason. More specifically, the book argues that Kant’s schematism chapter is a necessary step within the project of...

Gerd B. Achenbach's Philosophical Praxis: Origin, Relations, and Legacy, translated by Michael Picard, offers unique insights into the compelling origin and development of what has been called a renaissance of philosophy: a storied trove of thought...

Parmenides and the History of Dialectic is a study of Greek philosophical method as it affects contemporary philosophical issues. What was distinctive about the method of Parmenides, the inventor of philosophical argument as we know it? How did...

Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as central to philosophical inquiry. In recent years conceptual analysis has been undervalued and, Jackson suggests, widely misunderstood; he argues that there is nothing especially mysterious...

In this collection of essays Samuel Wheeler discusses Derrida and other "deconstructive" thinkers from the perspective of an analytic philosopher willing to treat deconstruction as philosophy, taking it seriously enough to look for and analyze its...

Much of the recent confidence in the future of science and technology stems from advances in scientific visualisation. But is it right to assume that visual - and especially pictorial - measures carry special epistemic weight in the context of scientific...

"Paradigms for a Metaphorology may be read as a kind of beginner's guide to Blumenberg, a programmatic introduction to his vast and multifaceted oeuvre. Its brevity makes it an ideal point of entry for readers daunted by the sheer bulk of...

This book develops an original theory of decision-making based on the concept of plausibility. The author advocates plausible reasoning as a general philosophical method and demonstrates how it can be applied to problems in argumentation theory,...

In recent years there has been a resurgence of interest in Newton and his influence. His thought, like that of Aristotle and every other great thinker, underwent development which contemporary scholars are seeking to understand more clearly than did...

This volume reflects Jacques Derrida's engagement in the late 1970s with French political debates on the teaching of philosophy and the reform of the French university system. He was a founding member of the Research Group on the Teaching of Philosophy...

In 1980, at the end of the most intensely political period of his work and life, Louis Althusser penned Philosophy for Non-philosophers. Available here for the first time in English, Philosophy for Non-philosophers constitutes a rigorous and engaged...

Includes an Introduction and selected bibliography.Book InformationISBN 9780915145270Author Ludwig Andreas FeuerbachFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Hackett Publishing Co, IncPublisher Hackett Publishing Co, IncWeight(grams) 142g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781943710133Author Angela VossFormat PaperbackPage Count 368Imprint Rubedo PressPublisher Rubedo PressWeight(grams) 540gDimensions(mm) 229mm * 152mm * 21mm

What role do metaphors play in philosophical language? Are they impediments to clear thinking and clear expression, rhetorical flourishes that may well help to make philosophy more accessible to a lay audience, but that ought ideally to be eradicated in...

Social and cultural research has changed dramatically in the last few years in response to changing conceptions of the empirical, an intensification of interest in interdisciplinary work, and the growing need to communicate with diverse users and...

Frank Jackson champions the cause of conceptual analysis as a basic method of philosophical inquiry. In recent years conceptual analysis has been undervalued and, Jackson suggests, widely misunderstood; he argues that there is nothing especially...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073973Author Yeliz NurayFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 340gDimensions(mm)...

Many philosophy majors are shocked by the gap between the relative ease of lower-level philosophy courses and the difficulty of upper-division courses. This book serves as a necessary bridge to upper-level study in philosophy by offering rigorous but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913470852Author Andreas AthanasFormat PaperbackPage Count 184Imprint Scott M EcommercePublisher Scott M EcommerceWeight(grams) 254gDimensions(mm) 229mm *...

This book, taking its point of departure from Stanley Cavell's claim that philosophy and autobiography are dimensions of each other, aims to explore some of the relations between these forms of reflection, first by seeking to develop an outline of a...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788792130457Author Jeanette Bresson Ladegaard KnoxFormat PaperbackPage Count 264Imprint Automatic Press / VIPPublisher Automatic Press / VIPWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073317Author Jim CusickFormat PaperbackPage Count 200Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 222gDimensions(mm)...