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by Alexander Philip
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2015

An exploration of the fundamental realities of the existence Is this the end? If not; how are we to discover and assure for stricken Humanity the vision and the possession of a Better Land?   In this volume plumbing the depths of human experience, Alexander Philip explores the nature of reality...
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by Robert B. Brandom
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2008

Between Saying and Doing aims to reconcile pragmatism (in both its classical American and its Wittgensteinian forms) with analytic philosophy. It investigates the relations between the meaning of linguistic expressions and their use. Giving due weight bot
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by J.T.W. Ryall
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017

This book offers a comprehensive critique of the Kantian principle that ‘objects conform to our cognition’ from the perspective of a Copernican world–view which stands diametrically opposed to Kant’s because founded on the principle that our cognition conforms to objects. Concerning both Kant’s...
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Practical Tortoise Raising

and other philosophical essays

by Simon Blackburn
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2010

Simon Blackburn presents a selection of his philosophical essays from 1995 to 2010. He offers engaging and illuminating discussions of various problems which arise when such familiar notions as representation, truth, reason, and assertion are applied in the sphere of practical thought. It is puzzling...
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Sounds and Perception

New Philosophical Essays

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Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2009

Sounds and Perception is a collection of original essays on auditory perception and the nature of sounds - an emerging area of interest in the philosophy of mind and perception, and in the metaphysics of sensible qualities. The individual essays discuss a wide range of issues, including the nature...
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Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2009

This volume investigates the neglected topic of mental action, and shows its importance for the metaphysics, epistemology, and phenomenology of mind. Twelve specially written essays address such questions as the following: Which phenomena should we count as mental actions — imagining, remembering,...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 29, 2010

A collection of original, state-of-the-art essays by some of the best young philosophers working on the myriad problems of action and agency. Each one has already made important contributions to the philosophy of action and cognate areas. The chapters reflect their research and make a significant contribution to some debate in the field.
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Aristotle and Plotinus on the Intellect

Monism and Dualism Revisited

by Mark J. Nyvlt
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2011

This book emphasizes that Aristotle was aware of the philosophical attempt to subordinate divine Intellect (nou:V) to a prior and absolute principle. Nyvlt argues that Aristotle transforms the Platonic doctrine of Ideal Numbers into an astronomical account of the unmoved movers, which function as...
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Imagining the Soul

A History

by Rosalie Osmond
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2003

Is there a ghost in the machine? Are we born trailing clouds of glory? Is there a part of us that will survive death? Is the soul reborn in different bodily forms? These and similar questions have occupied humankind since the dawn of consciousness. Rosalie Osmond's book explores the way the soul has...
Cover of In Praise of Love
by Alain Badiou
Language: English
Release Date: November 27, 2012

The renowned French philosopher’s “ode to love’s power to unite in the face of eternity, and its optimism in the face of pain” (Publishers Weekly). In a world rife with consumerism, where online dating promises risk-free romance and love is all too often seen as a mere variant of desire...
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by Alton Sears
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2012

The last of five Volumes that span 41 years and contain approximately 3600 writings combined into five volumes. This Volume is a compilation of 5 original booklets, Together-2006, Exude-2002, Branches-1997, Phoenix-1997 and I'm Dancing My Way To The Graveyard-1997.They are thought-provoking, inspirational, amusing and nurturing, and embrace art, prose, poems and vignettes.
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by Alton Sears
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2012

The second of five Volumes that span 41 years and contain approximately 3600 writings combined into five volumes. This Volume is a compilation of 5 original booklets, Essence of Love-1999, Forms of Soul-1999, Light-2000, Alton's Wonderland-2000 and Within-2001.They are thought-provoking, inspirational, amusing and nurturing, and embrace art, prose, poems and vignettes.
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by Alton Sears
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2012

The fourth of five Volumes that span 41 years and contain approximately 3600 writings combined into five volumes. This Volume is a compilation of 5 original booklets, Infinity-2004, Keys-2005, Pieces-2005, Energy-2005 and Treasures-2000.They are thought-provoking, inspirational, amusing and nurturing, and embrace art, prose, poems and vignettes.
Cover of On Living
by Kerry Egan
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2016

**"A poetic and philosophical and brave and uplifting meditation on how important it is to make peace and meaning of our lives while we still have them.” *–*Elizabeth Gilbert, bestselling author of Eat Pray Love "Illuminating, unflinching and ultimately inspiring... A book to...
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