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Author : Gilles Deleuze
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2006-05-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780826490766
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Author : Kevin K. J. Durand
Publisher : University Press of America
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0761823514
Durand, not identified, examines the historical, philosophical, and theoretical development of Alfred North Whitehead's ethics; explores his ethical commitments in comparison with the leading views of his day and the contemporary philosophical scene, particularly the Utilitarian thought of Henry Sidgwick; and how his views allow philosophers to overcome some of the persistent problems of philosophy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
Author : Jeremy Bentham
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 634 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 1843
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB10571195
Author : Randall E. Auxier,Gary L. Herstein
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 558 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-31
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781351792479
The Quantum of Explanation advances a bold new theory of how explanation ought to be understood in philosophical and cosmological inquiries. Using a complete interpretation of Alfred North Whitehead’s philosophical and mathematical writings and an interpretive structure that is essentially new, Auxier and Herstein argue that Whitehead has never been properly understood, nor has the depth and breadth of his contribution to the human search for knowledge been assimilated by his successors. This important book effectively applies Whitehead’s philosophy to problems in the interpretation of science, empirical knowledge, and nature. It develops a new account of philosophical naturalism that will contribute to the current naturalism debate in both Analytic and Continental philosophy. Auxier and Herstein also draw attention to some of the most important differences between the process theology tradition and Whitehead’s thought, arguing in favor of a Whiteheadian naturalism that is more or less independent of theological concerns. This book offers a clear and comprehensive introduction to Whitehead’s philosophy and is an essential resource for students and scholars interested in American philosophy, the philosophy of mathematics and physics, and issues associated with naturalism, explanation and radical empiricism.
Author : Pierfrancesco Basile
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2017-03-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474404150
Shows how Whiteheads metaphysics developed from his reading of early modern philosophyAt the beginning of his magnum opus, Process and Reality (1929), Whitehead lists a series of beliefs which he thinks are widely held by contemporary philosophers. They are all condemned as dangerously mistaken.What are these myths?Why are they rejected?In the works of which modern thinker did they arise?What precisely went wrong?At what stage in the development of Western thought did this happen?By tackling these questions, Pierfrancesco Basile makes it possible to grasp the main concepts of Whiteheads process metaphysics especially the crucial notion that being and power are one and the same and appreciate the complex way this is rooted in the modern philosophical tradition.Key FeaturesShows how Whiteheads metaphysics of power and events is deeply rooted in mainstream Western philosophyIllustrates how our understanding of the great masters of the past Descartes, Locke, Hume, Leibniz and Spinoza benefit from viewing them from the standpoint of Whiteheads metaphysicsProvides a critical assessment of Whiteheads metaphysics and his overall philosophy
Author : François Beets,Michel Dupuis,Michel Weber
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 445 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783110322088
The second international Chromatiques whiteheadiennes conference was devoted exclusively to the exegesis and contextualization of Whitehead's Science and the Modern World (1925). In order to elucidate the meaning and significance of this epoch-making work, the Proceedings are designed to form "companion" volume. With one paper devoted to each of its thirteen chapters, the Proceedings aim, on the one hand, to identify the specific contribution of each chapter to Whitehead's own research program - that is to say, to put its categories into perspective by means of an internal analysis- and, on the other hand, to identify its global impact in the history of ideas.
Author : David Ray Griffin
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2000-05-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780791492611
Winner of the 2000 Scientific and Medical Network Book Prize In this book, David Ray Griffin argues that the perceived conflict between science and religion is based upon a double mistake-the assumption that religion requires supernaturalism and that scientific naturalism requires atheism and materialism.
Author : Frederick Ferre
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2001-06-07
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0791450597
Based on an ecologically inspired wordview, defends ethics against skepticism and irrealism.
Author : Stephen T. Franklin
Publisher : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : UOM:39015017929806
This monumental work breaks new ground in exploring some of the hermeneutical implications of Whitehead's philosophy. The book arises out of Stephen Franklin's quest to find a way of explaining how human language can speak of God. Whitehead's profound metaphysical vision--developed in his central work, Process and Reality, and in other writings--engages Franklin's quest.
Author : Colin McGinn
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 202 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2017-08-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780262533645
In praise of the hand: A philosopher considers the crucial role of the hand in human evolution, particularly with respect to language. “McGinn is an ingenious philosopher who thinks like a laser and writes like a dream.” —Steven Pinker This book is a hymn to the hand. In Prehension, Colin McGinn links questions from science to philosophical concerns to consider something that we take for granted: the importance of the hand in everything we do. Drawing on evolutionary biology, anatomy, archaeology, linguistics, psychology, and philosophy, among other disciplines, McGinn examines the role of the hand in shaping human evolution. He finds that the development of our capacity to grasp, to grip, to take hold (also known as prehension) is crucial in the emergence of Homo sapiens. The human species possesses language, rational thought, culture, and a specific affective capacity; but there was a time when our ancestors had none of these. How did we become what we so distinctively are, given our early origins? McGinn, following Darwin and others, calls the hand the source of our biological success. When our remote ancestors descended from trees, they adopted a bipedal gait that left the hands free for other work; they began to make tools, which led to social cooperation and increased brain capacity. But McGinn goes further than others in arguing for the importance of the hand; he speculates that the hand played a major role in the development of language, and presents a theory of primitive reference as an outgrowth of prehension. McGinn sings the praises of the hand, and evolution, in a philosophical key. He mixes biology, anthropology, analytical philosophy, existential philosophy, sheer speculation, and utter amazement to celebrate humans' achievement of humanity.
Author : William Samuel Waithman Ruschenberger
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1871
Category : Natural history
ISBN : UCAL:B3124125
Author : Mark L. Latash
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2008-03-18
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780195333169
'Synergy' dicusses a general problem in biology - the lack of an adequate language for formulating biologically specific problems. It describes the recent progress in the control and coordination of human movement, beginning with a brief history of movement studies.--[Source inconnue].
Author : Jonathan Koestle-Cate
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2016-04-20
Category : Art
ISBN : 9781317178484
A vibrant critical exchange between contemporary art and Christianity is being increasingly prompted by an expanding programme of art installations and commissions for ecclesiastical spaces. Rather than 'religious art' reflecting Christian ideology, current practices frequently initiate projects that question the values and traditions of the host space, or present objects and events that challenge its visual conventions. In the light of these developments, this book asks what conditions are favourable to enhancing and expanding the possibilities of church-based art, and how can these conditions be addressed? What viable language or strategies can be formulated to understand and analyse art's role within the church? Focusing on concepts drawn from anthropology, comparative religion, art theory, theology and philosophy, this book formulates a lexicon of terms built around the notion of encounter in order to review the effective uses and experience of contemporary art in churches. The author concludes with the prognosis that art for the church has reached a critical and decisive phase in its history, testing the assumption that contemporary art should be a taken-for-granted element of modern church life. Art and the Church: A Fractious Embrace uniquely combines conceptual analysis, critical case studies and practical application in a rigorous and inventive manner, dealing specifically with contemporary art of the past twenty-five years, and the most recent developments in the church's policies for the arts.
Author : Obstetrical Society of London
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 492 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 1879
Category : Obstetrics
ISBN : HARVARD:32044102961752
Author : Paul E. Kaplan,Richard Materson
Publisher : Charles C. Thomas Publisher
Page : 580 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1982
Category : Medical rehabilitation
ISBN : UOM:39015002436205