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The Metaphysics of Powers
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 133.00This volume is a collection of papers that advance our understanding of the metaphysics of powers ? properties such as fragility and electric charge. The metaphysics of powers is a fast developing research field with fundamental questions at the forefront of current research, such as Can there be a world of only powers??What is the manifestation of... more...
Epistemology
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 39.95Epistemology, or ?the theory of knowledge,? is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience. This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding... more...
How to Be a Philosopher
Continuum International Publishing 2010; US$ 19.95Do life's big questions perplex you? This book will give you answers to some of them while revealing that others have no answer. A humorous but informed instruction manual to questions philosophers have been asking and attempting to answer for centuries, How to Be A Philosopher will help you:. • Think, talk, argue and persuade like a philosopher.... more...
Mythos in der Postmoderne: Christoph Ransmayrs Die letzte Welt
Diplomica Verlag 2010; US$ 14.19Die Untersuchung bewegt sich im Spannungsfeld zwischen Mythos und Postmoderne und stellt Christoph Ransmayrs "Die letzte Welt" im Rahmen einer textnahen Analyse in den Kontext der postmodernen Mythos-Rezeption. Mit der "Letzten Welt" macht Ransmayr den Mythos in Form der Ovidischen "Metemorphoses" zum Thema der deutschen Gegenwartsliteratur und rehabilitiert... more...
Der Tod
Diplomica Verlag 2008; US$ 46.93Uns Menschen sind zwei Ereignisse gemein: Wir werden geboren und wir müssen sterben. Mit der Geburt, die uns ungefragt ins Leben schickt, ist der Tod untrennbar verbunden. Die Geburt, so heißt es, ist ein Todesurteil mit Aufschub auf unbestimmte Zeit. Die moderne, schnelllebige, auf Profit und Gewinn orientierte Gesellschaft spart willkürlich oder... more...
Schul-Spuren
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 46.93Durchgängig praxisnah und beispielorientiert werden konkrete Möglichkeiten und Schwierigkeiten Biographischen Lernens im Pädagogikunterricht beleuchtet. Biographisches Lernen gehört zu den großen Herausforderungen für die Fundierung ganzheitlicher Bildung im 21. Jahrhundert. Die der Lebenswirklichkeit junger Menschen verwandten pädagogischen Schlüsselprobleme... more...
Driving With Plato
Profile 2011; US$ 14.38If life is meaningless as Sartre suggests, what is the point of being born? What does Freud have to say about losing ones virginity or Nietzsche about having a mid-life crisis? From birth to death (and beyond), the best brains in history have thought long and hard about the meaning behind the landmarks that shape our lives and now acclaimed... more...
Perception, Knowledge and Belief
Cambridge University Press 2000; US$ 30.00This collection of essays by eminent philosopher Fred Dretske brings together work on the theory of knowledge and philosophy of mind spanning thirty years. more...
Philosophy of Mind
Westview Press 2010; US$ 40.00A newly revised edition of the classic bestseller, focusing on the mind?body problem and related issues, presented with a remarkable combination of clarity, rigor, and accessibility more...
Self-Knowledge
Taylor and Francis 2010; US$ 38.95How do you know your own thoughts and feelings? Do we have ?privileged access? to our own minds? Does introspection provide a grasp of a thinking self or ?I?? The problem of self-knowledge is one of the most fascinating in all of philosophy and has crucial significance for the philosophy of mind and epistemology. In this outstanding introduction... more...









