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Radikaler Konstruktivismus versus Realismus
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 14.01Der Radikale Konstruktivismus ist eine Wissenschaft, deren Wurzeln im metadisziplinären Bereich der Kybernetik, der Psychologie und der Neurobiologie liegen. Seine Autoren (H. Maturana, E. v. Glasersfeld, G. Roth) vertreten gegenüber dem Realismus eine subjektivistische Wahrnehmungs- und Erkenntnistheorie, die charakterisiert ist durch die Identifikation... more...
Quine's Naturalism
Continuum International Publishing 2008; US$ 130.00W. V. Quine was the most important naturalistic philosopher of the twentieth century and a major impetus for the recent resurgence of the view that empirical science is our best avenue to knowledge. His views, however, have not been well understood. Critics charge that Quine’s naturalized epistemology is circular and that it cannot be normative.... more...
Daniel Dennett
Continuum International Publishing 2009; US$ 120.00Daniel Dennett is one of America’s most important and influential contemporary philosophers. He has made considerable contributions to the philosophy of mind and to evolutionary thought. This book offers an introduction to Dennett’s ideas, his key writings and his contributions to the various fields of philosophy. Thematically organised,... more...
The Persistence of the Negative
Edinburgh University Press 2010; US$ 60.00The Persistence of the Negative offers an original and compelling critique of contemporary Continental theory through a rehabilitation of the negative. more...
The Rationalists
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 2011; US$ 16.95Founded in the mid-17th century, Rationalism was philosophy's first step into the modern era. This volume contains the essential statements of Rationalism's three greatest figures: Descartes, who began it; Spinoza, who epitomized it; and Leibniz, who gave it its last serious expression. From the Trade Paperback edition. more...
The Rhetoric of Philosophy
John Benjamins Publishing Company 2005; US$ 165.00The book claims that philosophy can be defined by its distinct rhetoric. This rhetoric is shaped by two values: humanism and critique. Humanism is defined as preferring the individual human deliberation to any external authority or method. Self-conviction is the touchstone of truth in philosophy. Critique is defined as suspecting your beliefs and convictions.... more...
Putting Skeptics in their Place
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 51.00This book examines the nature of skeptical arguments and their role in philosophical inquiry. more...
Der erfolgreiche Idealist
W. Bertelsmann Verlag 2010; US$ 21.46Hauptbeschreibung Die Wirtschaftskrise der Gegenwart führt zu einer breiten Diskussion über gesellschaftliche Werte. Das geschieht nicht zum ersten Mal. In den 60er und 70er Jahren des vorigen Jahrhunderts sind ethische Fragen, wie Menschenrechte, Abrüstung, Armutsbekämpfung und Umweltschutz, erfolgreich auf der politischen Agenda platziert worden.... more...
Die unbekannte Mitte der Welt
Campus Verlag 2010; US$ 22.64Hauptbeschreibung Jahrhundertelang war die islamische Welt das Zentrum der Zivilisation. Heute aber wird der Islam viel zu oft auf Islamismus und Terrorismus reduziert, scheinen wir dauerhaft gefangen in einer Konfrontationshaltung: »der Westen« gegen »den Islam«, »wir« gegen »die«. Der Hauptgrund für die gegenwärtigen Probleme liegt für Tamim Ansary... more...
Models of the History of Philosophy
Springer 2010; US$ 299.99Published in English for the first time, this is the translation of "Dall'eta cartesiana a Brucker", the second installment of the monumental multi-volume "Storia delle storie generali della filosofia". It follows on from the first volume, translated from the Italian by C.W.T. Blackwell and published by Kluwer in 1993, which... more...









