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To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com.Book InformationISBN 9780847669127Author Jerrold J. KatzFormat HardbackPage Count 251Imprint Rowman & LittlefieldPublisher Rowman &...

Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics. It is no surprise; being ethical is hard work and, could very well put a person in conflict with prevailing trends. Many of the people cited within the 13 essays...

This volume's concept, 'ecoscape,' has been formed for the purpose of comprehending the spatial configuration (geography) of an ecosystem. Using this method, the contributors place emphasis not on things, but on the spatial patternings of relations and...

Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic...

In a study that sweeps from Classical Antiquity to the seventeenth century, Robert D. Huerta explores the common intellectual threads that link the art of Johannes Vermeer to the philosophy of Plato. Examining the work of luminaries such as Plotinus,...

Lucian Blaga was an early twentieth-century European philosopher whose work was suppressed at the height of his career by the creation of the Romanian Socialist Republic. The thesis of this book is that Blaga's philosophy can make valuable contributions...

The myth of Sisyphus symbolizes the archetypal process of becoming without the consolation of absolute achievement. It is a poignant reflection of idealized aspirations and actual limitations of the human condition. It is also a prominent framing text...

If we do not, at some point in our life, face death—thinking hard and straight about it— we turn away from our authenticity. If that facing rejects irrational faith, dogmas, mystification, and personal immortality, is there yet a path free of despair?...

This present study began as the author's extension and application of ideas from Whitehead's work to the subject of education, using a chapter from Whitehead's book Science and the Modern World and a pamphlet, The Rhythm of Education as the starting...

The concept of religious freedom is the favoured modern human rights concept, with which the modern world hopes to tackle the phenomenon of religious pluralism, as our modern existence in an electronically shrinking globe comes to be increasingly...

What does it mean to have a right? Previous answers to this question fall into two groups: interest/benefit theories of rights and choice/will theories. This book proposes an alternative to these traditional views: the justified-constraint theory of...

The creation of intelligent robots is surely one of the most exciting and ch- lenginggoals of Arti?cial Intelligence. A robot is, ?rst of all, nothing but an inanimate machine with motors and sensors. In order to bring life to it, the machine needs to be...

My dissertation for LLD (or JSD) Att beskriva ratten (To Describe Law), which was written under my bachelor surname of Andreasson, was presented for public exa- nation on Nov 4, 2004. Since then the text has been developed in two separate directions. On...

The Other Machiavelli is a unique compendium of the Florentine political thinker's writings on liberty and self-government. The selections, drawn from the Discourses and Machiavelli's other "republican" writings, are conveniently organized on the basis...

In recent years there has been an extended debate about Enlightenment thought. Though many scholars have concluded that there were several "Enlightenments," some continue to make generalizations about the Englightenment and some speak about "the...

This is an annotated bibliography of books and scholarly articles that comment upon the relationship between poststructuralist philosophy and communication. The introduction provides an overview and explanation of poststructuralism that is brief but...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9782711628797Author Rene DescartesFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Librarie Philosophique J. VrinPublisher Librarie Philosophique J. VrinWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780353335424Author Kahlil GibranFormat PaperbackPage Count 122Imprint Franklin Classics Trade PressPublisher Franklin Classics Trade PressWeight(grams) 181g

Freedom to Believe is a powerful collection of philosophical and religious essays by a modern poet of distinction. It introduces a highly original and controversial thinker to the Western reader. Olga Sedakova's central philosophical thought lies in the...

Justifying Taxes offers readers some of the elements of a democratic tax law, considered within its political and philosophical context in order to determine the extent of legitimate tax obligations. The objective is to revisit some of the issues in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9788869771170Author Elisa GrimiFormat PaperbackPage Count 166Imprint Mimesis InternationalPublisher Mimesis International

This volume contains a selection of authoritative essays exploring the central questions raised by the conjectured technological singularity. In informed yet jargon-free contributions written by active research scientists, philosophers and...

This book brings together the work of Ludwig Wittgenstein and Jacques Lacan around their treatments of 'astonishment,' an experience of being struck by something that appears to be extraordinarily significant. Both thinkers have a central interest in the...

This book examines and analyses the legitimacy of the widely held claim that Mulla Sadra's philosophy (al-hikmah al-muta'aliyyah) is a synthesis of principles and doctrines drawn from revelation (wahy), gnosis ('irfan/ma'rifah) and discursive philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911576235Author Jeremy BenthamFormat HardbackPage Count 426Imprint UCL PressPublisher UCL PressWeight(grams) 830g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781890318109Author Zbigniew JanowskiFormat HardbackImprint St. Augustine's PressPublisher St. Augustine's PressWeight(grams) 164g

How do you keep your conversations light and playful yet profound? How do you ask the right questions, with the right words, at the right moment? The Philosophical Conversation teaches you the basics of philosophical skills and instructs how to get...

By comprehensively exploring the theoretical questions raised by professional communication, this book provides an introduction to the philosophy of communication. Key Features: Arranged in three parts encompassing the theory of...

When Korea began as a newly independent state in 1948, its economy was very underdeveloped and the rule of law was just established. The journey of democratization in Korea was not without challenges. This book traces the history of the legal philosophy...

This lexicon of modern Western philosophical concepts, problems, principles, and theories may well be the shortest dictionary of philosophy in the English language, but one of the most useful. Organized by internationally recognized philosopher Mario...

This book presents several new ideas in the history and philosophy of science. Against the backdrop of the major events of William Harvey's times, the author provides new insights into Harvey's discovery of the blood's circulation. A major theme is how...

Based on the foundation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus and related writings of Bertrand Russell, Truth and Knowledge explores the basic problems of knowledge through the process of developing a theory of truth, uniquely the author's own. Russell's and...

The work of the lay Catholic philosopher Jacques Maritain (1882-1973) continues to provoke and inspire readers to engage in a Thomistic approach to many of the questions facing the world today. Maritain's wide-ranging thought touched on many fields,...

This anthology of philosophical texts by Greek and Roman authors brings together works from the late fifth century BC to the sixth century AD that comment on major aesthetic issues such as the perception of beauty and harmony in music and the visual...

Philosophy of Language A-Z offers a broad coverage of theories, debates, concepts, problems and philosophers in the philosophy of language. It consists of concise and accessible entries on each of the key terms and issues in this area of philosophy...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781578592265Author Naomi ZackFormat PaperbackPage Count 492Imprint Visible Ink PressPublisher Visible Ink PressWeight(grams) 811g

Innovative young philosophers present new research articles on a variety of contemporary issues including relation between language and thought, normativity of language, prospects for a naturalistic account of language, nature of linguistic...

This book examines and analyses the legitimacy of the widely held claim that Mulla Sadra's philosophy (al-hikmah al-muta'aliyyah) is a synthesis of principles and doctrines drawn from revelation (wahy), gnosis ('irfan/ma'rifah) and discursive philosophy...

This book addresses the current challenges of sustainable development, including its social, economic and environmental components. The author argues that we need to develop a new concept of time based on inter-generational solidarity, which focuses both...

The book explores the latest debates in the field of social epistemology, concerning epistemic justification of democracy. On the one hand, we find those who support a standard approach, assuming that democratic legitimacy must be grounded on the...