One-hundred forty-three generally philosophical essays written by Gary C. Gibson. The journal of philosophy presents the author's eclectic interest in string theory, renewable resource economics, U.S. politics, neo-Platonism, Christianity, cosmology, genesology, epistemology and metaphysics.The readings in works by W.V.O. Quine, Kripke, Gasperini, Plotinus and Biblical cosmology, along with much contemporary event analysis, comprised construction element-points of several of the philosophical essays written here.
""This work is a call to wonder! Professor Engelland has reflected deeply on the questions that move the human heart--love, beauty, goodness, truth.
Discover how our big social, political and ethical ideas are formed with The Philosophy Book. Part of the fascinating Big Ideas series, this book tackles tricky topics and themes in a simple and easy to follow format.
There is another interpretation of the earliest concepts of matter that sees matter as composed of powers or characters/powers (dunameis). See Heidel (1906); Cherniss (1935, 1951); Mourelatos (1973). This kind of theory comes up in ...
Informal Philosophy provides an original look at how we should understand and teach philosophy.
Thinking about Thinking examines philosophy from a variety of perspectives as a the practice realized by persons who communicate with one another while reflecting about the meaning of human life and thought.
When I first conceived of this book, I intended to write a short book and one, the great philosophical figures of the past and a few very eminent contemporaries aside, which made no reference to other philosophers and contained no ...
This is a reexamination of the history of philosophy, looking at neglected aspects of the philosophersÂ_ thought, interpreting their views in a sharply focused, controversial manner in order to show the origins and development within the ...
New edition of the Meditations with introductions by John Cottingham and Bernard Williams.
'Engaging, smart and wise, Mini-Philosophy is a diverse taster menu of ideas on life, the mind and the world.
A chronological survey of the evolution of Western philosophy provides historical analysis of the thought of key figures and schools and explores the broad influence of Jewish, Islamic, and Asian philosophy, the importance of women ...