Sensible Objects

Author : Elizabeth Edwards,Chris Gosden,Ruth Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000190069

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Sensible Objects by Elizabeth Edwards,Chris Gosden,Ruth Phillips Pdf

Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings in both colonial and postcolonial relationships. It challenges the privileged position of the sense of vision in the analysis of material culture. Contributors argue that vision can only be understood in relation to the other senses. In this they present another challenge to the assumed western five-sense model, and show how our understanding of material culture in both historical and contemporary contexts might be reconfigured if we consider the role of smell, taste, touch and sound, as well as sight, in making meanings about objects.

Author : Karl Schafer,Nicholas F. Stang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 421 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2022-06-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780192689900

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The Sensible and Intelligible Worlds by Karl Schafer,Nicholas F. Stang Pdf

The Sensible and Intelligible Worlds represents a new wave of interest in 'the metaphysical Kant'. In recent decades Kant scholars have increasingly become skeptical of interpreting Kant as a philosopher who wished to truly "leave metaphysics behind". The contributors to this volume share a common commitment to the idea that Kant's philosophy cannot be properly understood without careful attention to its metaphysical presuppositions and, in particular, to how those metaphysical presuppositions are compatible with Kant's critique of more "dogmatic" forms of metaphysical thought. The authors approach Kant's thought from a wide variety of different perspectives - emphasizing not just the familiar Leibnizian background to Kant's metaphysics, but also its broadly Aristotelian underpinnings and its relationship with metaphysical themes in post-Kantian German Idealism. Similarly, although most of the essays in this volume relate in some way to the familiar question of how best to interpret Kant's transcendental idealism, they also deal with a wide range of other topics, including Kant's modal metaphysics, his views on the continuum, his epistemology of the a priori, and the foundations of his "metaethical" views.

Author : Elizabeth Edwards,Chris Gosden,Ruth Phillips
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 321 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-31
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781000183436

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Sensible Objects by Elizabeth Edwards,Chris Gosden,Ruth Phillips Pdf

Anthropologists of the senses have long argued that cultures differ in their sensory registers. This groundbreaking volume applies this idea to material culture and the social practices that endow objects with meanings in both colonial and postcolonial relationships. It challenges the privileged position of the sense of vision in the analysis of material culture. Contributors argue that vision can only be understood in relation to the other senses. In this they present another challenge to the assumed western five-sense model, and show how our understanding of material culture in both historical and contemporary contexts might be reconfigured if we consider the role of smell, taste, touch and sound, as well as sight, in making meanings about objects.

Author : John Peter Anton,George L. Kustas,Anthony Preus
Publisher : SUNY Press
Page : 572 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1971-01-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0873956230

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Essays in Ancient Greek Philosophy II by John Peter Anton,George L. Kustas,Anthony Preus Pdf

Papers presented to the Society for Ancient Greek Philosophy since its beginnings in the 1950's.

Author : D. Bonnette
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789401023801

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Aquinas’ Proofs for God’s Existence by D. Bonnette Pdf

The purpose of this study is to investigate the legitimacy of the principle, "The per accidens necessarily implies the per se," as it is found in the writings of St. Thomas Aquinas. Special emphasis will be placed upon the function of this principle in the proofs for God's existence. The relevance of the principle in this latter context can be seen at once when it is observed that it is the key to the solution of the well known "prob lem of infinite regress. " The investigation of the principle in question will be divided into two Parts. A preliminary examination of the function of the principle will be made in Part I: Domains Other Than That of Creature-God. The domains to be considered in this Part are those of accident-substance, change, and knowledge. Employing what is learned of the function of the principle in these areas of application, Part II: The Domain of Creature-God will analyze the role of the principle in the proofs for God's existence. This latter Part will constitute the greater portion of the book, since the domain of creatures in their relation to God is the most significant application of the principle in the writings of St. Thomas. In the course of this investigation, relevant analyses by St. Thomas' commentators - both classical and contemporary - will be considered. Finally, in light of the insights offered by St.

Author : Emmanuel Alloa
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 152 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2017-05-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823275694

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Resistance of the Sensible World by Emmanuel Alloa Pdf

In this book, Emmanuel Alloa offers a handrail for venturing into the complexities of the work of the French philosopher Maurice Merleau-Ponty (1908–61). Through a comprehensive analysis of the three main phases of Merleau-Ponty’s thinking and a thorough knowledge of his many unpublished manuscripts, the author traces how Merleau-Ponty’s philosophy evolved and exposes the remarkable coherence that structures it from within. Alloa teases out the continuity of a motive that traverses the entire oeuvre as a common thread. Merleau-Ponty struggled incessantly against any kind of ideology of transparency, whether of the world, of the self, of knowledge, or of the self’s relation to others. Already translated into several languages, Alloa’s innovative reading of this crucially important thinker shows why the issues Merleau-Ponty raised are, more than ever, those of our time.

Author : Gabriele Galluzzo
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 1402 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2012-11-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9789004226685

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The Medieval Reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle’s Metaphysics (2 Vol. Set) by Gabriele Galluzzo Pdf

Focusing on the medieval reception of Book Zeta of Aristotle’s Metaphysics, Volume One of this work offers an unprecedented and philosophically oriented study of medieval ontology against the background of the current metaphysical debate on the nature of material objects. Volume Two makes available to scholars one of the culminating points in the medieval reception of Aristotle’s metaphysical thought by presenting the first critical edition of Book VII of Paul of Venice’s Commentary on Aristotle’s Metaphysics (1420-1424).”

Author : Manuel Fasko,Peter West
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 413 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2024-04-22
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9783111197753

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Berkeley's Doctrine of Signs by Manuel Fasko,Peter West Pdf

This volume focuses on Berkeley's doctrine of signs. The 'doctrine of signs' refers to the use that Berkeley makes of a phenomenon that is central to a great deal of everyday discourse: one whereby certain perceivable entities are made to stand in for (as 'signs' of) something else. Things signified might be other perceivable entities or they might also be unperceivable notions - such as the meanings of words. From his earliest published work, A New Theory of Vision in 1710, to those works written towards the end of life, including Alciphron in 1732, Berkeley is at pains to emphasise the crucial role that sign-usage, particularly (but not only) in language, plays in human life. Berkeley also connects sign-usage to our (human) relationship with God: an issue that was right of the heart of his philosophical project. The contributions in this volume explore the myriad ways that Berkeley built on such insights to better understand a range of philosophical issues - issues of epistemology, language, perception, mental representation, mathematics, science, and theology. The aim of this volume is to establish that the doctrine of signs can be seen as one of the unifying themes of Berkeley's philosophy. What's more, this theme is one which spans his whole philosophical corpus; not just his best-known works like the Principles and the Three Dialogues, but also his works on science, mathematics, and theology.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 292 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2016-08-29
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789004333215

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Idealization XI: Historical Studies on Abstraction and Idealization by Anonim Pdf

Discussions about abstraction are so important and so profound that this topic can hardly be neglected. It has inevitably cropped up again in various periods of philosophical enquiry. Despite these ancient roots and after the great debate that characterised the empirical and rationalistic tradition, interest in the problem has unfortunately been absent in large measure from the mainstream of mathematical logic and analytic philosophy. It seems that there is a gap between the epistemological theorization, in which it is difficult to find new insights on the problem of abstraction, and the historical studies concerning the development of philosophical thought. Such studies, however, present a more fertile ground for such insights. Here the reader will find presented for the first time a collection of papers about the topic, considered from an historical point of view together with an awareness of the need for building a bridge between historical research and theoretical speculation. Accordingly the volume consists of both general overviews which sketch the signifcance and the fortunes of abstraction in science, philosophy and logic (the first part) and historical case studies which focus on abstraction in particular thinkers (the second part). This volume is of interest for both general philosophers and historians of philosophy.

Author : Albert Stöckl
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 302 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 1887
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : PRNC:32101046288484

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Handbook of the History of Philosophy by Albert Stöckl Pdf

Author : Peter Sullivan,Michael Potter
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 282 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2013-02-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780191644085

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Wittgenstein's Tractatus by Peter Sullivan,Michael Potter Pdf

This volume of newly written chapters on the history and interpretation of Wittgenstein's Tractatus represents a significant step beyond the polemical debate between broad interpretive approaches that has recently characterized the field. Some of the contributors might count their approach as 'new' or 'resolute', while others are more 'traditional', but all are here concerned primarily with understanding in detail the structure of argument that Wittgenstein presents within the Tractatus, rather than with its final self-renunciation, or with the character of the understanding that renunciation might leave behind. The volume makes a strong case that close investigation, both biographical and textual, into the composition of the Tractatus, and into the various influences on it, still has much to yield in revealing the complexity and fertility of Wittgenstein's early thought. Amongst these influences Kant and Kierkegaard are considered alongside Wittgenstein's immediate predecessors in the analytic tradition. The themes explored range across the breadth of Wittgenstein's book, and include his accounts of ethics and aesthetics, as well as issues in metaphysics and the philosophy of mind, and aspects of the logical framework of his account of representation. The contrast of saying and showing, and Wittgenstein's attitude to the inexpressible, is of central importance to many of the contributions. By approaching this concern through the various first-level issues that give rise to it, rather than from entrenched schematic positions, the contributors demonstrate the possibility of a more inclusive, constructive and fruitful mode of engagement with Wittgenstein's text and with each other.

Author : George Berkeley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 1878
Category : Idealism
ISBN : UOM:39015009111108

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The Principles of Human Knowledge, Being Berkeley's Celebrated Treatise on the Nature of the Material Substance (and Its Relation to the Absolute), with a Brief Introduction to the Doctrine and Full Explanations of the Text by George Berkeley Pdf

Author : John Austin,Sarah Austin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 566 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 1885
Category : Jurisprudence
ISBN : BSB:BSB11638906

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Lectures on Jurisprudence by John Austin,Sarah Austin Pdf

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 824 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1877
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BSB:BSB11361367

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Bibliotheca sacra by Anonim Pdf

Author : Thomas Case
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 1888
Category : Cognition
ISBN : NYPL:33433070229046

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Physical Realism by Thomas Case Pdf