Philosophy : Movements

Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) occupies a position of pivotal importance in many domains: philosophy, mathematics, physics, religious polemics and apologetics. In this volume a team of leading scholars presents the full range of Pascal's achievement and surveys the intellectual background of his thought and the reception of his work. more...

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The late Robert Payne's translation of Kierkegaard's work--one of the most important philosophical texts of all time which explores the author's ideas of religion through the story of Abraham and his willing sacrifice of his son Isaac--was originally published in the 1930s and is printed in the U.S. for the first time in this edition. more...

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This brilliantly conceived and organized book is based on a lecture course given by Dr. Leonard Peikoff in 1976, entitled "The Philosophy of Objectivism." The lectures were attended by Ayn Rand, who helped prepare them and also joined Peikoff in answering questions. Ayn Rand said of these lectures: "Until or unless I write a comprehensive treatise on my philosophy, Dr. Peikoff's course is the only authorized presentation of the entire theoretical structure of Objectivism--that is, the only one that I know of my own knowledge to be fully accurate."Dr. Peikoff, Rand's designated heir and foremost interpreter, reveals the abstract fundamentals of Objectivism and its practical applications in the everyday world. He covers every branch of philosophy recognized by Rand and every philosophic topic she regarded as important--from certainty to money, from logic to art, from measurement to sex. Illustrated with quotes from her published works, complete with an abundance of new material that Ayn Rand offered only in private conversations with Peikoff, these clear, cogent chapters illuminate Objectivism--and its creator--with startling clarity. Now the millions of readers who have been transformed by Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead will discover the full philosophical system underlying Ayn Rand's stories about life "as it might be and ought to be." more...

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How can we account for the sudden appearance of such dazzling artists and scientists as Mozart, Shakespeare, Darwin, or Einstein? How can we define such genius? What conditions or personality traits seem to produce exceptionally creative people? Is the association between genius and madness really just a myth? These and many other questions are brilliantly illuminated in The Origins of Genius. Dean Simonton convincingly argues that creativity can best be understood as a Darwinian process of variation and selection. The artist or scientist generates a wealth of ideas, and then subjects these ideas to aesthetic or scientific judgment, selecting only those that have the best chance to survive and reproduce. Indeed, the true test of genius is the ability to bequeath an impressive and influential body of work to future generations. Simonton draws on the latest research into creativity and explores such topics as the personality type of the genius, whether genius is genetic or produced by environment and education, the links between genius and mental illness (Darwin himself was emotionally and mentally unwell), the high incidence of childhood trauma, especially loss of a parent, amongst Nobel Prize winners, the importance of unconscious incubation in creative problem-solving, and much more. Simonton substantiates his theory by examining and quoting from the work of such eminent figures as Henri Poincare, W. H. Auden, Albert Einstein, Marie Curie, Charles Darwin, Niels Bohr, and many others. For anyone intrigued by the spectacular feats of the human mind, The Origins of Genius offers a revolutionary new way of understanding the very nature of creativity.  more...

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Die vorliegende Arbeit zielt darauf ab, Momente der Husserlschen PhAnomenologie hervorzuheben, in denen diese an ihre Grenzen gerAt. Die Husserlsche Analyse stAAt in unterschiedlichen Bereichen auf PhAnomene, die paradoxerweise nur in ihrer eigentA1/4mlichen UnzugAnglichkeit zugAnglich sind. Der Ausweis dieser GrenzphAnomene, die in der Husserl-Literatur bisher noch nicht systematisch untersucht worden sind, steht im Zentrum der Arbeit. Als Leitfaden der Untersuchung dient der Ich-Begriff, der in seiner voller Konkretion analysiert wird. Um dem Ich-Begriff bei Husserl gerecht zu werden, ist es erforderlich, auf seine vielfAltigen Dimensionen einzugehen: PassivitAt, FaktizitAt, IntersubjektivitAt und Zeit werden einer detaillierten Analyse unterzogen. Die Erforschung dieser vielfAltigen Dimensionen des Ich deckt eigentA1/4mliche AoeberschA1/4sse auf, die A1/4ber jede Form von Anschauung und Sinn hinausgehen und somit die Grenzen der jeweils bestehenden Ordnung sprengen. In den unterschiedlichen Kontexten hat der Verfasser sich systematisch mit phAnomenologisch orientierten Autoren zeitgenAssischer Philosophie (insbesondere LA(c)vinas, Derrida, Bernet, Richir und Waldenfels) auseinandergesetzt. Diese Auseinandersetzung zielt nicht nur darauf ab, die Husserlschen Texte neu zu befragen, sondern sie beabsichtigt auch, die Fruchtbarkeit der Husserlschen Analysen fA1/4r die zeitgenAssische Philosophie hervorzuheben. more...

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