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Author: Bruno Latour
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2013-08-19
Total Pages: 519
ISBN-13: 0674728556
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn a new approach to philosophical anthropology, Bruno Latour offers answers to questions raised in We Have Never Been Modern: If not modern, what have we been, and what values should we inherit? An Inquiry into Modes of Existence offers a new basis for diplomatic encounters with other societies at a time of ecological crisis.
Author: Philip Cam
Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
Published: 2020-01-29
Total Pages: 175
ISBN-13: 1475846304
DOWNLOAD EBOOKPhilosophical Inquiry shows how to use the tools of philosophy for educational purposes. It is a practical guide to the philosophical arts of questioning, conceptual exploration and reasoning, with wide application across the school curriculum. It provides educators with an effective means of teaching students to think critically and creatively, to use their knowledge to solve problems, to deal with issues, to explore possibilities and work with ideas. These are the skills and abilities that young people need in order to thrive socially and economically in the world today. Drawing on educational and psychological theory, Philosophical Inquiry emphasizes the use of collaborative learning, through class discussion, working with a partner, and small group work. This approach teaches students to think in socially responsible ways. It means that students become not only thinking individuals but also good team-players, with benefits that extend beyond the classroom and the school to community life and the world of work.
Author: Raymond Tallis
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Published: 2019-08-07
Total Pages: 375
ISBN-13: 1474473016
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA philosophical examination and celebration of the human hand.
Author: Kitaro Nishida
Publisher: Yale University Press
Published: 1992-01-29
Total Pages: 222
ISBN-13: 9780300052336
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"An Inquiry into the Good, the earliest work of KitarÅ Nishida, established its author as the foremost Japanese philosopher of the twentieth century. The book represents the foundation of Nishida's philosophy, which reflects both his deep study of Zen Buddhism and his thorough analysis of Western philosophy. In this important new translation, two scholars -- one Japanes and one American -- have worked together to present a lucid and accurate rendition of this basic work. They have also included an enlightening introduction and ample notes to aid the Western reader. Nishida sets forth the notion of "pure experience"--The concept that pure, or direct, experience precedes the separation of subject and object and is true reality. He next considers reality, investigating its relation to thinking, volition, and intuition. The Good, which Nishida considered to be the realization of our internal demands or ideals, is analyzed in the light of the nature of reality and pure experience. In conclusion, Nishida suggests a theory of God as the unifier of the universe and the universe as an expression of God. Throughout he touches upon the work of Western philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, Fichte, William James, and John Dewey in order to explicate his ideas"-- Front flap.
Author: Patrick Thaddeus Jackson
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010-07-19
Total Pages: 665
ISBN-13: 1136912029
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume ws the winner of The International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award 2013, presented by the International Studies Association and The Yale H. Ferguson Award 2012, presented by International Studies Association-Northeast. There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for concrete research on world politics. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics. The author draws attention to the problems caused by the misleading notion of a single unified scientific method, and proposes a framework that clarifies the variety of ways that IR scholars establish the authority and validity of their empirical claims. Jackson connects philosophical considerations with concrete issues of research design within neopositivist, critical realist, analyticist, and reflexive approaches to the study of world politics. Envisioning a pluralist science for a global IR field, this volume organizes the significant differences between methodological stances so as to promote internal consistency, public discussion, and worldly insight as the hallmarks of any scientific study of world politics. This important volume will be essential reading for all students and scholars of International Relations, Political Science and Philosophy of Science.
Author: Bertrand Russell
Publisher: Spokesman Books
Published: 2007
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 9780851247373
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn this book the author is concerned with the foundations of knowledge. He approaches his subject through a discussion of language and a look into how knowledge of the structure of language helps our understanding of the structure of the world.
Author: Nicholas Rescher
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1988
Total Pages: 256
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKContending that only a normative theory of rationality can be adequate to the complexities of the subject, this book explains and defends the view that rationality consists of the intelligent pursuit of appropriate objectives. Rescher considers the mechanics, rationale, and rewards of reason, and argues that social scientists who want to present a theory of rationality while avoiding the vexing complexities of normative deliberations must amend their perspective of the rational enterprise.
Author: Kasper Lippert-Rasmussen
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2014
Total Pages: 330
ISBN-13: 0199796114
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis text addresses these three issues: What is discrimination? What makes it wrong?; What should be done about wrongful discrimination? It argues that there are different concepts of discrimination; that discrimination is not always morally wrong and that when it is, it is so primarily because of its harmful effects.
Author: Joel Kovel
Publisher: Beacon Press (MA)
Published: 1991
Total Pages: 328
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert Klee
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Published: 1999
Total Pages: 374
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn anthology of contemporary and classical readings in the philosophy of science aimed at undergraduates in philosophy and science. Focuses on the main issues in philosophy of science: the structure of theories, models of scientific explanation, reductionism, the objectivity of science, and the proper interpretation of mature scientific theories.
