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The Truth Is What Works
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000; US$ 27.99Charles Sanders Peirce complained that James allowed pragmatism to become 'infected' with 'seeds of death' like the idea that truth is mutable. The Truth is What Works is an attempt to defend James's pragmatic theory of truth from a wide range of critics including Peirce, Betrand Russell, Hilary Putnam, and Cornel West. Cormier runs the gauntlet of... more...
Faith and Reason in Kierkegaard
University Press of America 2009; US$ 24.99In this work, Sullivan analyzes the relationship between faith and reason in Kierkegaard's philosophy. Kierkegaard is widely considered to be an irrationalist. Sullivan argues that he views faith as reasonable in a distinct way that must be uncovered. In some of his pseudonymous works, Kierkegaard speaks of the movement of faith as paradoxical and... more...
Butler on Whitehead
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 79.99Considered together, Butler and Whitehead draw from a wide palette of disciplines to develop distinctive theories of becoming, of syntactical violence, and creative opportunities of limitation. The contributors of this volume offer a unique contribution to and for the humanities in the struggles of politics, economy, ecology, and the arts ... more...
Interaction and Everyday Life
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 79.99Through a wide-ranging international collection of papers, this volume provides theoretical and historical insights into the development and application of phenomenological sociology and ethnomethodology and offers detailed examples of research into social phenomena from these standpoints. All the articles in this volume join together to testify... more...
At tænke eksistensen
Aarhus University Press 2009; US$ 30.03Hvad vil det sige at eksistere - og at tænke over sin eksistens? Hvordan påvirker livet tænkningen - og tænkningen livet? Spørgsmål som disse, og med dem eksistentialismen, nød enorm popularitet i efterkrigstiden, hvor de blev hvermandseje. Men som årene gik, gik det populære hen og blev upopulært. Betegnelsen eksistentialisme, og dens navnebroder... more...
William James in Focus
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 20.99William James (1842-1910) is a canonical figure of American pragmatism. Trained as a medical doctor, James was more engaged by psychology and philosophy and wrote a foundational text, Pragmatism, for this characteristically American way of thinking. Distilling the main currents of James's thought, William J. Gavin focuses on "latent" and "manifest"... more...
Dynamics and Performativity of Imagination
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 49.95In this interdisciplinary anthology, essays study the relationship between the imagination and images both material and mental. Through case studies on a diverse array of topics including photography, film, sports, theater, and anthropology, contributors focus on the role of the creative imagination in seeing and producing images and the imaginary.... more...
Heidegger, World, and Death
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 59.99The book offers an elucidation of two of the most important themes in Martin Heidegger?s early as well as later philosophical writings. These perennial themes of his thought, namely, the concept of the world and his existential analysis of death, are explored as the ongoing philosophical problems grappled by this important thinker of the twentieth... more...
Heidegger and Language
Indiana University Press 2013; US$ 23.99The essays collected in this volume take a new look at the role of language in the thought of Martin Heidegger to reassess its significance for contemporary philosophy. They consider such topics as Heidegger?s engagement with the Greeks, expression in language, poetry, the language of art and politics, and the question of truth. Heidegger left his... more...
Social Phenomenology
Lexington Books 2012; US$ 69.99Social Phenomenology offers an account of collective intentionality informed by the tradition of Husserlian phenomenology. The account argues that if consciousness and intentionality are only intrinsic to individuals, denying collectivism, that it does not follow that one endorses an atomistic conception of the subject. more...









