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Recent Developments in the Philosophy of Science: EPSA13 Helsinki
This volume showcases the best of recent research in the philosophy of science. A compilation of papers presented at the EPSA 13, it explores a broad distribution of topics such as causation, truthlikeness, scientific representation, gender-specific medicine, laws of nature, science funding and the wisdom of crowds. Papers are organised into headings which form the structure of the book. Read…
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- 978-3-319-23015-3
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- IX, 391
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- European Studies in Philosophy of Science
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- 101
Hölderlin’s Dionysiac Poetry: The Terrifying-Exciting Mysteries
This book casts new light on the work of the German poet Friedrich Hölderlin (1770 – 1843), and his translations of Greek tragedy. It shows Hölderlin’s poetry is unique within Western literature (and art) as it retrieves the socio-politics of a Dionysiac space-time and language to challenge the estrangement of humans from nature and one other. In this book, author Lucas Murrey presents a…
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- 978-3-319-10204-7
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- XIV, 247
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- 189 HOL
Politics in Socrates' Alcibiades: A Philosophical Account of Plato’s Dialog…
This volume provides the first full, political and philosophically rigorous account of Plato’s dialogue Alcibiades Major. The book argues that Alcibiades Major accomplishes its goal, which is to redirect Alcibiades’ political ambitions, not by arguing for specific propositions based on specific premises. The dialogue accomplishes its goal by generalizing the notion of argument to include ap…
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- 978-3-319-15269-1
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- XI, 143
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- SpringerBriefs in Philosophy
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- 160 ARC p
Reasonableness and Effectiveness in Argumentative Discourse: Fifty Contributi…
This volume presents 50 contributions on the themes of reasonableness and effectiveness and their connections, which are central issues in argumentation theory. It discusses van Eemeren’s views on the study of argumentation; the approach to argumentation adopted in pragma-dialectics; pragma-dialectical perspectives on the dialectical and pragmatic dimensions of argumentative discourse; the no…
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- 978-3-319-20955-5
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- XXIV, 904
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- Argumentation Library
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- 400
God and Mental Causation
This book lies at the intersection of philosophy of mind and philosophy of religion and operates on the assumption that dialogue between the two disciplines can be fruitful. In particular it focuses on how debates in the philosophy of mind regarding the nature of mental causation relate to debates in the philosophy of religion regarding divine action, creaturely causation, and existence of God…
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- 978-3-662-47425-9
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- XIV, 100
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- 100
The Givenness of Desire: Human Subjectivity and the Natural Desire to See God
This book examines the human desire for God through the lens of Bernard Lonergan's 'concrete subjectivity.' With Lonergan as an integrating thread, the author engages a variety of thinkers, including Hans Urs von Balthazar, Jean-Luc Marion, Rene Girard, Lawrence Feingold, John Milbank, John Paul II, Benedict XVI, Pope France, among others. The Givenness of Desire investigates our paradoxical de…
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- 9781487500313
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- 210.1
The Science Communication Challenge: Truth and Disagreement in Democratic Kno…
The Science Communication Challenge explores and discusses the whys – as distinct from the hows – of science communication. Arguing that the dominant science communication paradigm is didactic, it makes the case for a political category of science communication, aimed at furthering discussions of science-related public affairs and making room for civilized and reasonable exchanges between d…
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- 9781783087532
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- 297.27
A Comparative Doxastic-Practice Epistemology of Religious Experience
This book takes a theoretical enterprise in Christian philosophy of religion and applies it to Buddhism, thus defending Buddhism and presenting it favorably in comparison. Chapters explore how the claims of both Christianity and Theravada Buddhism rest on people’s experiences, so the question as to which claimants to religious knowledge are right rests on the evidential value of those expe…
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- Ed. 1
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- 978-3-319-09455-7
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- SpringerBriefs in Religious Studies
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- 200.11 WEB c
Emotional Self-Knowledge
Alba Montes Sánchez, Alessandro Salice, emotional self-knowledge, self-knowledge, emotions, affectivity, philosophy of emotion, self-discovery, social identity, responsibility, Indian philosophy, self-esteem, narrative self-understanding, Alba Montes Sánchez, Alessandro Salice, emotional self-knowledge, self-knowledge, emotions, affectivity, philosophy of emotion, self-discovery, social ident…
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- 9781003310945
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Reflections on Life in Higher Education
This book explores the challenges of an academic teaching career. The authors discuss the issues that may arise in the tenure process, scholarship activities, publishing, and providing service to their academic communities as well as how to keep teaching lessons relevant and fresh.
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