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Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher : Wayne State University Press
Page : 392 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0814319025
A reissue of the 1975 edition of Strauss' views regarding the nature of political philosophy.
Author : Bhikhu Parekh
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 370 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2013-01-11
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781136576454
Jeremy Bentham, the father of utilitarianism, not only created a philosophical system which sought a rational solution to the problems of ethics, but was also concerned with the practical application of his theories to social reforms, administration, education and the law. This reissued volume represents a comprehensive collection of essays on Bentham’s work from J. S. Mill to the year of the book’s first publication in 1974. The wide range of Bentham’s concern and the varied reactions he provoked are well represented by the essays in this volume. It begins with Mill’s famous appraisal of the virtues and deficiencies of the theory that had so much influence on his own, followed by the criticisms of perhaps the ablest of Bentham’s (and Mill’s) contemporary opponents, William Whewell. Bentham’s psychology and analysis of human motivation is dealt with by John Watson, and in the editor’s own essay on the thorny problem of the justification of the principle of utility, the whole question of the link between specific human desires and the general desire for pleasure is examined as a psychological as well as a logical problem. The seldom-considered subject of Bentham’s logic and the way in which he anticipates in some respects the work of Frege and Wittgenstein is considered by H. L. A. Hart, who has also contributed a paper on the question of sovereignty. Bentham’s Political Fallacies is examined by Professor Burns, and the Constitutional Code and its projection of Bentham’s ideal republic as considered by Thomas Peardon makes interesting reading in the light of David Robert’s analysis of the impact Bentham had on the Victorian administrative state. Finally, there is Wesley C. Mitchell’s interesting paper on the notorious felicific calculus. The editor has written an extensive introduction which will prove useful not only to those unfamiliar with Bentham’s writings but to those acquainted with only one aspect of his work. Philosophers, jurists and political scientists should all find something of interest in this collection.
Author : R. B. Rutherford
Publisher : Harvard University Press
Page : 360 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 0674048113
This book is not a study of Plato's philosophy, but a contribution to the literary interpretation of the dialogues, through analysis of their formal structure, characterisation, language and imagery. Among the dialogues considered in these interrelated essays are some of Plato's most admired and influential works, including the Gorgias, the Symposium, the Republic and the Phaedrus. Special attention is paid to the personality of Socrates, Plato's remarkable mentor, and to his interaction with the other characters in the dialogues. Rutherford also includes detailed discussion of particular problems such as the sources for our knowledge of Socrates, the origins of the dialogue form, Plato's use of myth, and the 'totalitarianism' of the Republic. The combination of sympathetic literary criticism with exact historical scholarship gives The Art of Plato its special qualities.
Author : Frederick James Crosson
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0268023115
This volume gathers ten philosophical essays by Frederick Crosson, professor of philosophy at the University of Notre Dame, touching upon the nature of religion and its history.
Author : Leo Strauss
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 389 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2024-07-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0608105708
Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 1988-05-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 0521336112
A collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, first published in 1988.
Author : Erich Heller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 212 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1988-12-15
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780226326382
Contains ten essays detailing the importance and influence of Nietzsche's works.
Author : Thomas Nagel
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2012-03-26
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781107604711
Preface Sources 1 Death 2 The absurd 3 Moral luck 4 Sexual perversion 5 War and massacre 6 Ruthlessness in public life 7 The policy of preference 8 Equality 9 The fragmentation of value 10 Ethics without biology 11 Brain bisection and the unity of consciousness 12 What is it like to be a bat? 13 Panpsychism 14 Subjective and objective Index.
Author : Justin D'Arms,Daniel Jacobson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2014
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780198717812
Efforts to make moral psychology a thoroughly empirical discipline have divided philosophers along methodological fault lines, isolating discussions that will profit more from intellectual exchange. This volume takes an even-handed approach, including essays from advocates of empirical ethics as well as those who are sceptical of some of its central claims.
Author : Robin Jeshion
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2010-05-27
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199567881
Leading philosophers present essays on an issue central to philosophy of mind, language, and perception: the nature of our thought about the external world. The essays explore directions for future research, an important resource for anyone working at the interface of semantics and mental representation.
Author : Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 243 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1997-04-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781439105061
An illuminating critique of modern thought from America's "Philosopher for Everyman" (Time). Ten Philosophical Mistakes examines ten errors in modern thought and shows how they have led to serious consequences in our everyday lives. It teaches how they came about, how to avoid them, and how to counter their negative effects.
Author : Alasdair MacIntyre
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-08
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781139452601
How should we respond when some of our basic beliefs are put into question? What makes a human body distinctively human? Why is truth an important good? These are among the questions explored in this 2006 collection of essays by Alasdair MacIntyre, one of the most creative and influential philosophers working today. Ten of MacIntyre's most influential essays written over almost thirty years are collected together here for the first time. They range over such topics as the issues raised by different types of relativism, what it is about human beings that cannot be understood by the natural sciences, the relationship between the ends of life and the ends of philosophical writing, and the relationship of moral philosophy to contemporary social practice. They will appeal to a wide range of readers across philosophy and especially in moral philosophy, political philosophy, and theology.
Author : Erich Heller
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 0226326373
Contains ten essays detailing the importance and influence of Nietzsche's works.
Author : Friedrich Nietzsche
Publisher : Good Press
Page : 2234 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2024-01-16
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : EAN:8596547812289
"In individuals, insanity is rare; but in groups, parties, nations and epochs, it is the rule." Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900) was a German philosopher, poet and Latin and Greek scholar whose work has exerted a profound influence on Western philosophy and modern intellectual history. Because of Nietzsche's evocative style and provocative ideas, his philosophy generates passionate reactions. His works remain controversial, due to varying interpretations and misinterpretations of his work. In the Western philosophy tradition, Nietzsche's writings have been described as the unique case of free revolutionary thought, that is, revolutionary in its structure and problems, although not tied to any revolutionary project. Some prominent elements of his philosophy include his genealogical critique of religion and Christian morality; the related theory of master–slave morality; the characterization of the human subject as the expression of competing wills, collectively understood as the will to power; and influential concepts such as the Übermensch and the doctrine of eternal return. Content: Beyond Good and Evil The Genealogy of Morals The Birth of Tragedy or, Hellenism And Pessimism The Antichrist Thus Spake Zarathustra: A Book for All and None The Case of Wagner The Twilight of the Idols The Will to Power (Vol. 1&2) The Gay Science or, The Joyful Wisdom We Philologists Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One Is The Greek State The Greek Woman On Music and Words Homer's Contest The Relation of Schopenhauer's Philosophy to a German Culture Philosophy During the Tragic Age of the Greeks On Truth and Falsity in Their Ultramoral Sense Selected Personal Letters
Author : Isaac Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 1733
Category : Knowledge, Theory of
ISBN : UOM:39015010957168