Methodology

Collingwood's theory of philosophical method applied to the problem of the philosophy of nature.About the AuthorThe late R. G. Collingwood was Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford University. Jan van der Dussen is Professor of History...

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...

Analyzes the value of using case-based methodologies to address contemporary social justice issues in philosophy.Making the Case brings together established and emerging philosophers who use case studies to address a variety of contemporary social...

Many philosophers believe they can gain knowledge about the world from the comfort of their armchairs, simply by reflecting on the nature of things. But how can the mind arrive at substantive knowledge of the world without seeking its input? Michael...

Human life is conducted within a network of social relations, social groups, and societies. Grasping the implications of that fact starts with understanding social metaphysics. Social metaphysics provides a foundation for social theory, as well as for...

An Essay on Philosophical Method contains the most sustained discussion in the twentieth century of the subject matter and method of philosophy and an unparalleled explanation of why philosophy has a distinctive domain of enquiry that differs from that...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073720Author Karen WestermanFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams)...

The Images of Time presents a philosophical investigation of the nature of time and the mind's ways of representing it. Robin Le Poidevin examines how we perceive time and change, the means by which memory links us with the past, the attempt to represent...

In recent years, developments in experimental philosophy have led many thinkers to reconsider their central assumptions and methods. It is not enough to speculate and introspect from the armchair-philosophers must subject their claims to scientific...

Offers the first focused study of the shifei debates of the Warring States period in ancient China and challenges the imposition of Western conceptual categories onto these debates.In recent decades, a growing concern in studies in Chinese intellectual...

"Each of these little books is witty and dramatic and creates a sense of time, place, and character....I cannot think of a better way to introduce oneself and one's friends to Western civilization."-Katherine A. Powers, Boston Globe. "Well-written, clear...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9783030405045Author Karim DharamsiFormat PaperbackPage Count 286Imprint Palgrave MacMillanPublisher Palgrave MacMillanWeight(grams) 345g

Book jacket: From postmodernist and post-philosophical quarters we now hear that philosophy is at the end of its rope, that modern philosophy is just another modernist product which has outlived its usefulness. Whatever the precise merits of the various...

Academic philosophy can be puzzling to newcomers. The conventions, terms, and expectations entrenched among philosophers aren't always clear from the outside. Why are philosophers so preoccupied with finding "the truth"-doesn't everyone have their own...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780983216902Author Francois LaruelleFormat PaperbackPage Count 512Imprint Sequence PressPublisher Sequence Press

Luciano Floridi presents a book that will set the agenda for the philosophy of information. PI is the philosophical field concerned with (1) the critical investigation of the conceptual nature and basic principles of information, including its dynamics,...

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

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732008168Author Leonardo DuqueFormat PaperbackPage Count 362Imprint Leonardo DuquePublisher Leonardo DuqueWeight(grams) 871g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781733421249Author Dale L TunnellFormat PaperbackPage Count 112Imprint Western Legends ResearchPublisher Western Legends ResearchWeight(grams) 159g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781732635388Author Jamie LesterFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 127g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073997Author Gbenga SolademiFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781970073485Author Carolyn V AndersonFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 313g

In From Spinoza to Levinas, Ze'ev Levy discusses the pivotal ideas of the most influential Jewish thinkers in modern times including Spinoza, Mendelssohn, and Levinas. Levy accounts for the political foundation of the philosophies of Spinoza and...

Do technologies advance our self-identities, as they do our bodies, cognitive skills, and the next developmental stage called postpersonal? Did we already manage to be fully human, before becoming posthuman? Are we doomed to disintegration and episodic...

In Locke in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Locke'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 Locke's writings; a brief...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781666701753Author Robert C RobinsonFormat HardbackPage Count 122Imprint Cascade BooksPublisher Cascade BooksWeight(grams) 354g

In Spinoza in 90 Minutes, Paul Strathern offers a concise, expert account of Spinoza'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 Spinoza's writings; a...

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...

R.G. Collingwood (1889-1943) was an English philosopher, historian and practicing archaeologist. His work, particularly in the philosophy of action and history, has been profoundly influential in the 20th and 21st century. Although the importance of his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9798991504201Author Richard ChristopherFormat PaperbackPage Count 76Imprint Ascetic Media, LLCPublisher Ascetic Media, LLCWeight(grams) 100g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9789365783902Author William WallaceFormat PaperbackPage Count 326Imprint Double 9 Books LLPPublisher Double 9 Books LLPWeight(grams) 424g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955176200Author Patrice MaurerFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955176293Author Guillermo de NoviFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955176262Author Douglas CheeFormat PaperbackPage Count 230Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 152g

The philosophical influence is a concept, a methodological tool and a process worth inquiring, because it sets the frame for the philosopher's contribution into tradition. This study takes a close look at the philosophical influence on the dependence and...

This book focuses on "doing Chinese philosophy", the concept of which is a derivative form of Ludwig Wittgenstein's expression "doing philosophy". On the one hand, its approach differs from the traditional philosophical study method, which tends to...

Philosophical genealogy is a distinct method of historical and philosophical inquiry that was developed by the nineteenth-century philosopher, Friedrich Nietzsche, and subsequently adopted and extended by the twentieth-century philosopher, Michel...

Philosophical Genealogy Volume I: An Epistemological Reconstruction of Nietzsche and Foucault’s Genealogical Method is a rigorous examination of the philosophical investigatory practice known as «genealogy». This critique of the philosophical tradition...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955176385Author Javi UtrerasFormat PaperbackPage Count 250Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 372g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781955176361Author Henry AtchisonFormat PaperbackPage Count 252Imprint Success Publishing, LLCPublisher Success Publishing, LLCWeight(grams) 372g