Towards Universality

Author : Richard Padovan
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 254 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2013-07-04
Category : Architecture
ISBN : 9781136412769

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Towards Universality by Richard Padovan Pdf

There is no shortage of books about Le Corbusier, or Mies van der Rohe, or De Stijl. However, this book considers them in relation to each other, observing how a study of one can illuminate the works of the others. Going beyond a superficial look at the end-products of these architects, this book examines the philosophical foundations of their work, taking as its central theme the aim of universality, as opposed to the individual and the particular. Each of these three aimed at universality, but for each this concept took on a different form. The universality of De Stijl and artists like Van Doesburg and Mondrian resembled that of the universe itself: it was boundless, going beyond the limits of the canvas and seeking to abolish the wall as the boundary between interior and exterior space. In contrast, each of Le Corbusier’s creations was a self-contained universe within a clear frame, while Mies fluctuated between these two perspectives.

Author : Eva Brems
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2021-10-18
Category : Law
ISBN : 9789004481954

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Human Rights: Universality and Diversity by Eva Brems Pdf

Author : Francesco Belfiore
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 615 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2016-11-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780761868576

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The Triadic Structure of the Mind by Francesco Belfiore Pdf

In this third edition of The Triadic Structure of the Mind, Francesco Belfiore begins from the basic ontological conception of the structure and functioning of the “mind” or “spirit” as an evolving, conscious triad composed of intellect, sensitiveness, and power, each exerting a selfish and a moral activity. Based on this original concept of the triadic, bidirectional and evolving mind, Belfiore has developed a coherent philosophical system, through which he offers fresh solutions in the fields of ontology, knowledge, language, aesthetics, ethics, politics, and law. The present third edition, like the previous one, includes an extensive treatment of the topics addressed as well as the quotation of the views of the major thinkers, whose thought has been discussed and reinterpreted. In addition, new concepts have been introduced, some passages have been clarified, and the style has been improved in several points. The result is an original and exhaustive book, which will be of interest to all philosophy scholars.

Author : Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten,Immanuel Kant
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 422 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2020-05-14
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781474282666

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Baumgarten's Elements of First Practical Philosophy by Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten,Immanuel Kant Pdf

This book presents the first English translation of Alexander Baumgarten's Initia Philosophiae Practicae Primae, the textbook Kant used in his lectures on moral philosophy. Originally published in Latin in 1760, the Initia contains a systematic, but original version of the universal practical philosophy first articulated by Christian Wolff. In his personal copy, Kant penned hundreds of pages of notes and sketches that document his relation to this earlier tradition. Translating these extensive elucidations into English, together with Kant's notes on the text, this translation offers a complete resource to Kant's reading of the Initia. To facilitate further study, first-time translations of elucidatory passages from G. F. Meier and Wolff are also included, alongside a German-English-Latin glossary. The translators' introduction provides a biography of Baumgarten, a discussion of the importance of the Initia, its relation to Wolff's and Meier's universal practical philosophy and its role in Kant's lectures. By shedding new light on the arguments of Kant's mature works and offering insights into his pre-Critical moral thought, Elements of First Practical Philosophy reveals why Baumgarten's work is essential for understanding the background to Kant's philosophy.

Author : Laurens Perseus Hickok
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1875
Category : Logic
ISBN : UCAL:$B43729

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The Logic of Reason, Universal and Eternal by Laurens Perseus Hickok Pdf

Author : Paul Vermeer
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9004116508

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Learning Theodicy by Paul Vermeer Pdf

This publication contains a practical-theological study on the problem of theodicy as a subject-matter for religious education. It offers new insights on how the problem of evil may be dealt with in the classroom.

Author : Simone Cecchini,Fernando Filgueira,Rodrigo Martínez,Cecilia Rossel Odriozola
Publisher : UN
Page : 478 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UIUC:30112116029015

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Towards Universal Social Protection by Simone Cecchini,Fernando Filgueira,Rodrigo Martínez,Cecilia Rossel Odriozola Pdf

This book reflects on the public policies, programmes and regulatory frameworks that are taking a rights-based approach to expanding social protection coverage and benefits in Latin America, with a view to achieving universal coverage. Its discussion of the policy tools and programmes pursued in the region aims to provide the reader with technical and programmatic insights for assembling and coordinating public policies within consistent and sustainable social protection systems. The combination of normative orientations and stock of technical knowledge, together with advances regarding the rights-based approach to social protection within a life cycle framework, afford the reader not only a tool box of specific social protection instruments, but also an in-depth examination of related political economy aspects.

Author : Diana Heney
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2016-05-20
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317280361

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Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics by Diana Heney Pdf

In our current social landscape, moral questions—about economic disparity, disadvantaging biases, and scarcity—are rightly receiving attention with a sense of urgency. This book argues that classical pragmatism offers a compelling and useful account of our engagement with moral life. The key arguments are first, that a broader reading of the pragmatist tradition than is usually attempted within the context of ethical theory is necessary; and second, that this broad reading offers resources that enable us to move forward in contemporary debates about truth and principles in moral life. The first argument is made by demonstrating that there is an arc of theoretical unity that stretches from two key founders of pragmatism—Charles Sanders Peirce and William James—through the work of John Dewey and Clarence Irving Lewis. The second argument is made by engaging with contemporary debates concerning the truth-status of the judgments and assertions made in ordinary moral discourse, as well as the role and nature of moral principles. Toward a Pragmatist Metaethics will be of interest to scholars of American philosophy, American intellectual history, and moral and political theorists, as well as anyone interested in the contours and demands of shared moral discourse.

Author : John Michels (Journalist)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 880 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : Science
ISBN : UOM:39015038638501

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Science by John Michels (Journalist) Pdf

Vols. for 1911-13 contain the Proceedings of the Helminothological Society of Washington, ISSN 0018-0120, 1st-15th meeting.

Author : Massimiliano Tomba
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2019
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190883089

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Insurgent Universality by Massimiliano Tomba Pdf

Scholars commonly take the Declaration of the Rights of Man and Citizen of 1789, written during the French Revolution, as the starting point for the modern conception of human rights. According to the Declaration, the rights of man are held to be universal, at all times and all places. But as recent crises around migrants and refugees have made obvious, this idea, sacred as it might be among human rights advocates, is exhausted. This book suggests that we need to think of a different idea of universality that exceeds the juridical universialism of the Declaration. Insurgent Universality investigates alternative trajectories of modernity that have been repressed, hindered, and forgotten. Investigating radical upheavals, Tomba excavates an alternative idea of universality that is based on popular political practices that disrupt and reject the existing political and economic order. The book shows how this tradition builds bridges between European and non-European political and social experiments.

Author : Jan Wouters,Koen Lemmens,Thomas Van Poecke,Marie Bourguignon
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2020-10-30
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781839100321

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Can We Still Afford Human Rights? by Jan Wouters,Koen Lemmens,Thomas Van Poecke,Marie Bourguignon Pdf

This insightful book offers a critical reflection on the sustainability and effectiveness of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) and its legacy over the last 70 years. Exploring the problems surrounding universality, proliferation and costs, it asks the provocative question, can we still afford human rights?

Author : Jack Donnelly
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Law
ISBN : 0801487765

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Universal Human Rights in Theory and Practice by Jack Donnelly Pdf

(unseen), $12.95. Donnelly explicates and defends an account of human rights as universal rights. Considering the competing claims of the universality, particularity, and relativity of human rights, he argues that the historical contingency and particularity of human rights is completely compatible with a conception of human rights as universal moral rights, and thus does not require the acceptance of claims of cultural relativism. The book moves between theoretical argument and historical practice. Rigorous and tightly-reasoned, material and perspectives from many disciplines are incorporated. Paper edition Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Author : 安藤忠雄
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1987
Category : Architecture
ISBN : UCSD:31822016672495

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Tadao Ando: 1988-1993 by 安藤忠雄 Pdf

Author : Franck Hofmann,Markus Messling
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2020-11-23
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110691504

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The Epoch of Universalism 1769–1989 / L’époque de l’universalisme 1769–1989 by Franck Hofmann,Markus Messling Pdf

2019 witnessed the 30th anniversary of the German reunification. But the remembrance of the fall of the Berlin Wall coincided with another event of global importance that caught much less attention: the 250th anniversary of Napoleon Bonaparte’s birth. There is an undeniable historical and philosophical dimension to this coincidence. Napoleon’s appearance on the scene of world history seems to embody European universalism (soon thereafter in the form of a ‘modern’ imperial project); whilst scholars such as Francis Fukuyama saw in the events of 1989 its historical fulfilment. Today, we see more clearly that the fall of the Berlin Wall stands for an epistemic earthquake, which generated a world that can no longer be grasped through universal concepts. Here, we deal with the idea of Europe and of its relation to the world itself. Picking up on this contingency of world history with an ironic wink, the volume analyses in retrospect the epoch of European universalism. It focusses on its dialectics, polemically addressing and remembering both 1769 and 1989. L’année 2019 a été marquée par le 30e anniversaire de la réunification de l’Allemagne, éclipsant un autre événement d’envergure mondiale : le 250e anniversaire de Napoléon Bonaparte. La dimension philosophico-historique de cette coïncidence ne peut pourtant pas être négligée : si l’arrivée de Bonaparte sur la scène de l’histoire mondiale semble incarner l’avènement de l’universalisme européen (bientôt amené à prendre sa forme « moderne » et impériale), certains penseurs ont suggéré, avec Francis Fukuyama, que « 1989 » marquait son accomplissement historique. Aujourd’hui, il apparaît au contraire que la chute du mur de Berlin a été un véritable tremblement de terre épistémique, et rendu inopérants les concepts universels. Dans le monde d’après, c’est à l’idée d’Europe et à sa relation au monde que nous avons affaire. Revenant par un geste ironique sur cette contingence historique, le présent volume se veut une analyse rétrospective de l’époque de l’universalisme, dans toute la dialectique que les commémorations de 1769/1989 ont fait surgir.

Author : Francesco Belfiore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 410 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Intellect
ISBN : IND:30000092684558

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The Structure of the Mind by Francesco Belfiore Pdf

This book represents a unique attempt to restore a 'new-classical' aspiration towards a philosophical system able to provide some certainties. Using the distinctive feature of presenting an original and complete philosophical system, author Francesco Belfiore diverges from the philosophical literature of the last decades, which has been ever more focused upon specific fields. Belfiore shows how failure to recognize this fundamental requirement of any philosophical inquiry has led to difficulties and misunderstandings in interpretation. Through his novel approach, Belfiore offers novel solutions in the fields of ontology, knowledge, language, esthetics, politics and ethics.