Interpreting Philosophy

Author : S. A. Lloyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2019-01-30
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108246521

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Interpreting Hobbes's Political Philosophy by S. A. Lloyd Pdf

The essays in this volume provide a state-of-the-art overview of the central elements of Hobbes's political philosophy and the ways in which they can be interpreted. The volume's contributors offer their own interpretations of Hobbes's philosophical method, his materialism, his psychological theory and moral theory, and his views on benevolence, law and civil liberties, religion, and women. Hobbes's ideas of authorization and representation, his use of the 'state of nature', and his reply to the unjust 'Foole' are also critically analyzed. The essays will help readers to orient themselves in the complex scholarly literature while also offering groundbreaking arguments and innovative interpretations. The volume as a whole will facilitate new insights into Hobbes's political theory, enabling readers to consider key elements of his thought from multiple perspectives and to select and combine them to form their own interpretations of his political philosophy.

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 194 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110326970

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Interpreting Philosophy by Nicholas Rescher Pdf

Metaphilosophy is philosophy’s poor and neglected cousin. Philosophers are on the whole too busy doing philosophy to take time to stand back and consider reflectively how the project itself actually works. And they lead tend to produce texts without too much consideration of how this looks from the standpoint of the consumer. All this, it seems to be, affords good reason for attending to philosophical hermeneutics, reflecting on the issue of how philosophical texts are to be understood and interpreted.

Author : S. A. Lloyd
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2019-02-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108415613

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Interpreting Hobbes's Political Philosophy by S. A. Lloyd Pdf

Details the current state of scholarly debate on crucial elements of Hobbesian political philosophy and presents innovative and original arguments.

Author : Joseph Margolis,Tom Rockmore
Publisher : Wiley-Blackwell
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 063122047X

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The Philosophy of Interpretation by Joseph Margolis,Tom Rockmore Pdf

This is a lively, freshly invited collection of papers by a number of well-known philosophers and other specialists who have focused very pointedly on certain central conceptual puzzles posed by the general practice of interpretation in the arts, literature, history, and the natural and human sciences. The collection gives very nearly the impression of a sustained debate.

Author : Wessel Reijers,Alberto Romele,Mark Coeckelbergh
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2021-05-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781538153475

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Interpreting Technology by Wessel Reijers,Alberto Romele,Mark Coeckelbergh Pdf

Paul Ricœur has been one of the most influential and intellectually challenging philosophers of the last century, and his work has contributed to a vast array of fields: studies of language, of history, of ethics and politics. However, he has up until recently only had a minor impact on the philosophy of technology. Interpreting Technology aims to put Ricœur’s work at the centre of contemporary philosophical thinking concerning technology. It investigates his project of critical hermeneutics for rethinking established theories of technology, the growing ethical and political impacts of technologies on the modern lifeworld, and ways of analysing global sociotechnical systems such as the Internet. Ricœur’s philosophy allows us to approach questions such as: how could narrative theory enhance our understanding of technological mediation? How can our technical practices be informed by the ethical aim of living the good life, with and for others, in just institutions? And how does the emerging global media landscape shape our sense of self, and our understanding of history? These questions are more timely than ever, considering the enormous impact technologies have on daily life in the 21st century: on how we shape ourselves with health apps, how we engage with one-another through social media, and how we act politically through digital platforms.

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Ontos Verlag
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 3938793449

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Interpreting Philosophy by Nicholas Rescher Pdf

Philosophers are on the whole too busy doing philosophy to take time to stand back and consider reflectively how the project itself actually works. This affords good reason for attending to philosophical hermeneutics, reflecting on the issue of how philosophical texts are to be understood and interpreted.

Author : Samuel Guttenplan
Publisher : Blackwell Publishing
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2002-11-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0631234381

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Reading Philosophy by Samuel Guttenplan Pdf

This flexible introductory textbook explores several key themes in philosophy, and helps the reader learn to engage with the key arguments by introducing and analysing a selection of classic readings. Fully integrated introductory text with readings for beginning students of philosophy. Each chapter focusses on a core philosophical topic, and contains an introduction to the topic, 2 classic readings and interactive commentaries on the readings. An introductory book which doesn't merely tell the reader about the subject, but requires them to engage philosophically with the text. A pedagogical resource developed in the classroom by the authors at the University of London.

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 253 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 2016-02-25
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781474270182

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Understanding Music by Roger Scruton Pdf

With Understanding Music and The Aesthetics of Music (1997) Roger Scruton set a new standard of rigour and seriousness in the philosophy of music. This collection of wide-ranging essays covers all aspects of the theory and practice of music, showing the significance of music as an expression of the moral life. The book is split into two parts, the first is devoted to the aesthetics and theory of music and the second consists of critical studies of individual composers, thinkers and works including essays on Mozart, Wagner, Beethoven's Ninth, Janácek & Schoenberg, Szymanowski and Adorno. Understanding Music will appeal to specialists in philosophy and musicology and also to music lovers who wish to find deeper meaning in this mysterious art. The Bloomsbury Revelations edition includes a new preface from the author.

Author : Dirk-Martin Grube
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 199 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016-06-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004325241

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Interpretation and Meaning in Philosophy and Religion by Dirk-Martin Grube Pdf

This volume synthesizes cutting-edge philosophical reflections on interpretation (Krausz, Lamarque, Leddy, Hagberg, Gibson) with their application to the practice of interpreting religious texts (Grube, Gokhale, Karrer-Grube), combining new philosophical insights with a thorough analysis of their application to religion.

Author : James Daniel Collins
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2015-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781400867882

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Interpreting Modern Philosophy by James Daniel Collins Pdf

James Collins probes the meaning and methods of historical interpretation in philosophy by analyzing the creative reciprocity between the modern source thinkers—the great classical philosophers from Descartes and Locke to Mill and Nietzsche—and their midtwentieth century interpreters. Originally published in 1972. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.

Author : Michael Dummett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 648 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Language and languages
ISBN : UOM:39015004129873

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The Interpretation of Frege's Philosophy by Michael Dummett Pdf

Author : Graham Oppy,Michael Scott
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 329 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2010-04-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781405170826

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Reading Philosophy of Religion by Graham Oppy,Michael Scott Pdf

Reading Philosophy of Religion combines a diverse selection of classical and contemporary texts in philosophy of religion with insightful commentaries. Offers a unique presentation through a combination of text and interactive commentary Provides a mix of classic and contemporary texts, including some not anthologized elsewhere Includes writings from thinkers such as Aquinas, Boethius, Hume, Plantinga and Putnam Divided into sections which examine religious language, the existence of God, reason, argument and belief, divine properties, and religious pluralism

Author : RITIVOI, Andreea Deciu
Publisher : Rodopi
Page : 419 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789042011670

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Interpretation and Its Objects. by RITIVOI, Andreea Deciu Pdf

This volume collects twenty-one original essays that discuss Michael Krausz's distinctive and provocative contribution to the theory of interpretation. At the beginning of the book Krausz offers a synoptic review of his central claims, and he concludes with a substantive essay that replies to scholars from the United States, England, Germany, India, Japan, and Australia. Krausz's philosophical work centers around a distinction that divides interpreters of cultural achievements into two groups. Singularists assume that for any object of interpretation only one single admissible interpretation can exist. Multiplists assume that for some objects of interpretation more than one interpretation is admissible. A central question concerns the ontological entanglements involved in interpretive activity. Domains of application include works of art and music, as well as literary, historical, legal and religious texts. Further topics include truth commissions, ethnocentrism and interpretations across cultures.

Author : Samuel Guttenplan,Jennifer Hornsby,Christopher Janaway,John Schwenkler
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2021-01-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119094685

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Reading Philosophy by Samuel Guttenplan,Jennifer Hornsby,Christopher Janaway,John Schwenkler Pdf

A key introductory philosophy textbook, making use of an innovative, interactive technique for reading philosophical texts Reading Philosophy: Selected Texts with a Method for Beginners, Second Edition, provides a unique approach to reading philosophy, requiring students to engage with material as they read. It contains carefully selected texts, commentaries on those texts, and questions for the reader to think about as she reads. It serves as starting points for both classroom discussion and independent study. The texts cover a wide range of topics drawn from diverse areas of philosophical investigation, ranging over ethics, metaphysics, epistemology, philosophy of mind, aesthetics, and political philosophy. This edition has been updated and expanded. New chapters discuss the moral significance of friendship and love, the subjective nature of consciousness and the ways that science might explore conscious experience. And there are new texts and commentary in chapters on doubt, self and moral dilemmas. Guides readers through the experience of active, engaged philosophical reading Presents significant texts, contextualized for newcomers to philosophy Includes writings by philosophers from antiquity to the late 20th-century Contains commentary that provides the context and background necessary for discussion and argument Prompts readers to think through specific questions and to reach their own conclusions This book is an ideal resource for beginning students in philosophy, as well as for anyone wishing to engage with the subject on their own.

Author : Jana S. Rošker
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2021-05-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781350199880

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Interpreting Chinese Philosophy by Jana S. Rošker Pdf

Understanding Chinese philosophy requires knowledge of the referential framework prevailing in Chinese intellectual traditions. But Chinese philosophical texts are frequently approached through the lens of Western paradigms. Analysing the most common misconceptions surrounding Western Sinology, Jana Rošker alerts us to unseen dangers and introduces us to a new more effective way of reading Chinese philosophy. Acknowledging that different cultures produce different reference points, Rošker explains what happens when we use rational analysis, a major feature of the European intellectual tradition, to read Chinese philosophy. We rely on impossible comparisons, arrive at prejudiced assumptions and fail to arrive at the truth, the consequence of applying a different methodology to the process of perceiving, understanding and interpreting reality. Instead of transferring concepts and categories from Western sinology onto socio-cultural Chinese contexts, Rošker constructs a new methodology of reading, understanding and interpreting Chinese philosophy. She opens our eyes to the basic problems of Western paradigms, encourages intercultural approaches and allows us to master a more autochthonous understanding of Chinese philosophy.