Télécharger le livre :  Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy

Determinism and Freedom in Stoic Philosophy is the first comprehensive study of one of the most important intellectual legacies of the ancient Greek world: the Stoic theory of causal determinism. The book identifies the main problems that the Stoics addressed and...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1999-01-29

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Télécharger le livre :  Knowledge and Reality

Knowledge and Reality brings together a selection of Colin McGinn's philosophical essays from the 1970s to the 1990s, whose unifying theme is the relation between the mind and the world. The essays range over a set of prominent topics in contemporary philosophy,...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1999-01-28

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Télécharger le livre :  Order in Multiplicity

Aristotle attaches particular significance to the homonymy of many central concepts in philosophy and science: that is, to the diversity of ways of being common to a single general concept. His preoccupation with homonymy influences his approach to almost every subject...
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Parution : 1999-01-28

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Télécharger le livre :  Knowledge in a Social World

Knowledge in a Social World offers a philosophy for the information age. Alvin Goldman explores new frontiers by creating a thoroughgoing social epistemology, moving beyond the traditional focus on solitary knowers. Social, cultural, and technological changes present...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1999-01-14

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Télécharger le livre :  Stanley Cavell

Stephen Mulhall presents the first full-length philosophical study of the work of Stanley Cavell, best known for his highly influential contributions to the fields of film studies, Shakespearian literary criticism, and the confluence of psychoanalysis and literary...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1999-01-07

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Télécharger le livre :  Issues of Death

Death, like most experiences that we think of as natural, is a product of the human imagination: all animals die, but only human beings suffer Death; and what they suffer is shaped by their own time and culture. Tragedy was one of the principal instruments through which...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1999-01-07

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Télécharger le livre :  Jews in a Graeco-Roman World

This book contains studies of the social, cultural, and religious history of the Jews in the Graeco-Roman world. Some of the sixteen contributors are specialists in Jewish history, others in classics. They tackle from different angles the extent to which Jews in this...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-18

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Télécharger le livre :  Literature, Travel, and Colonial Writing in the English Renaissance, 1545-1625

What was the purpose of representing foreign lands for writers in the English Renaissance? This innovative and wide-ranging study argues that writers often used their works as vehicles to reflect on the state of contemporary English politics, particularly their own lack...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-17

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Télécharger le livre :  Meaning

What is meaning? Paul Horwich presents an original philosophical theory, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. At the core of his theory is the idea, made famous by Wittgenstein, that the meaning of a word derives from its use; Horwich...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Cause and Explanation in Ancient Greek Thought

R. J. Hankinson traces the history of ancient Greek thinking about causation and explanation, from its earliest beginnings around 600 BC through to the middle of the first millennium of the Christian era. The ancient Greeks were the first Western civilization to subject...
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Parution : 1998-12-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Truth

What is truth? Paul Horwich gives the definitive exposition of a notable philosophical theory, `minimalism'. This is the controversial theory that the nature of truth is entirely captured in the trivial fact that each proposition specifies its own condition for being...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Justice and the Environment

Environmental sustainability and social, or distributive, justice are both widely regarded as desirable social objectives. But can we assume that they are compatible with each other? In this path-breaking study, Professor Dobson, a leading expert on environmental...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Meaning

What is meaning? Paul Horwich presents an original philosophical theory, demonstrates its richness, and defends it against all comers. At the core of his theory is the idea, made famous by Wittgenstein, that the meaning of a word derives from its use; Horwich...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-12-03

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Télécharger le livre :  Britain and the Revolt in Cyprus, 1954-1959

This is the first in-depth reconstruction of a major British decolonization based fully on original documentation. Charting the `inner history' of a violent colonial Emergency, it provides a case-study of the dilemmas posed by the challenge of terrorism overseas after...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-11-26

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Télécharger le livre :  Shakespeare

In the most complete, accurate, and up-to-date narrative of Shakespeare's life ever written, Park Honan uses a wealth of fresh information to dramatically alter our perceptions of the actor, poet, and playwright. The young poet's relationships, his early courtship...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-29

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Télécharger le livre :  Knowing Our Own Minds

Self-knowledge is the focus of considerable attention from philosophers: Knowing Our Own Minds gives a much-needed overview of current work on the subject, bringing together new essays by leading figures. Knowledge of one's own sensations, desires, intentions, thoughts,...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-15

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Télécharger le livre :  Twenty Five Years of Constructive Type Theory

Per Martin-Löf's work on the development of constructive type theory has been of huge significance in the fields of logic and the foundations of mathematics. It is also of broader philosophical significance, and has important applications in areas such as computing...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-15

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Télécharger le livre :  Twenty Five Years of Constructive Type Theory

Per Martin-Löf's work on the development of constructive type theory has been of huge significance in the fields of logic and the foundations of mathematics. It is also of broader philosophical significance, and has important applications in areas such as computing...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-15

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Télécharger le livre :  The Political Economy of Poverty, Equity and Growth: A Comparative Study

This wide-ranging and innovative book synthesises the findings of a major international study of the political economy of poverty, equity, and growth. It is based primarily on analytical economic histories of 21 developing countries from 1950 to 1985, but also takes...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-08

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Télécharger le livre :  The Possibility of Metaphysics

Jonathan Lowe argues that metaphysics should be restored to a central position in philosophy, as the most fundamental form of rational inquiry, whose findings underpin those of all other disciplines. He portrays metaphysics as charting the possibilities of existence, by...
Editeur : Clarendon Press
Parution : 1998-10-08

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