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The Metaphysics of Experience
AC Grayling presents a work of analytic philosophy arguing that considerations of natural language ontology tell us much about how to understand truth, reference and concepts of reality.In this detailed examination of how philosophers currently think about the 'ultimate reality', Grayling builds on three decades of thinking about metaphysical and semantic questions. Covering a wide range of central issues in metaphysics, Grayling presents stimulating insights on a range of topics including the difference between the concepts of 'actual' and 'real' and why 'social reality' is as 'real' as physical reality. He shows us the significance of epistemological scepticism and offers a revised and developed view of the consequences of it for understanding the nature and role of assertion.Grayling's semantic anti-realism does not entail a rejection of metaphysical realism. Here the question is reframed as one about the way discourses project ontologies. By reversing the idea that perceptual discourse is the base case and that mimicry by other discourses of its grammar is a source of philosophical problems, Grayling argues that a series of familiar philosophical problems are resolved. His case for a deferral approach to ultimate reality, a metaphysical one, is compelling.Located as part of an historical development running though Parmenides, Plato, Spinoza, Berkeley, Hume, this is a work with broad implications in the metaphysics and philosophy of science. It is essential reading for any philosopher wanting to rethink the entanglement of ontology and epistemology in questions about reality.
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Felsefe Tarihi
Felsefenin muazzam macerasi üzerine ciddi anlamda oturup düsününce iki soru ortaya cikiyor. Ilki, Var olan nedir; ikincisiyse, Önemli olan nedir A.C. Grayling, kendine özgü duru anlatimi ve zarafetiyle okurlari Buda, Konfücyüs ve Sokrates öncesi dönemdeki dünya görüsleri ve ahlak anlayislarindan Hiristiyanligin Avrupa düsüncesini etkisi altina aldigi döneme, Rönesans ve Aydinlanmadan Mill,Nietzsche, Sartre ve günümüz felsefesine götürüyor. Hindistan, Cin ve Arap Fars dünyasinin büyük felsefi geleneklerinden bahsetmeden felsefenin hikayesi eksik kalacagi icin söz konusu felsefi gelenekleri de karsilastirmali olarak inceliyor. Ögrenciler icin anlasilir, felsefe okurlari icin ufuk acici bir calisma olan bu kitap; epistemoloji, metafizik, estetik, etik, mantik, zihin felsefesi, dil felsefesi, siyaset felsefesi ve bu alanlardaki tartismalarin tarihini, ünlü filozoflarin yani sira daha az bilinen önemli düsünürlerin fikirleri üzerinden ele aliyor. Ayni zamanda bu düsünce birikiminden neler ögrendigimizi ve daha ne gibi ilerlemeler kaydedilmesi gerektigini sorguluyor. Ali Berk Idilin özenli cevirisiyle sundugumuz A.C. Graylingin Felsefe Tarihi, on yillar sonra felsefe tarihi alaninda yazilan ilk kapsamli ve anlasilir tek ciltlik calisma olarak dönüm noktasi niteliginde bir basyapit. Son derece acik bir dille ve nüktedanlikla kaleme alinmis, entelektüel acidan keyifli bir arastirma. Bati disi felsefeyi kapsayan bölümleriyle ilgi cekici kesifler ortaya koyuyor.Sunday Times
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Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities
In this highly-interdisciplinary volume, we systematically study the role of metaphors and analogies in (mis)shaping our understanding of the world. Metaphors and Analogies occupy a prominent place in scientific discourses, as they do in literature, humanities and at the very level of our thinking itself. But when misused they can lead us astray, blinding our understanding inexorably. How can metaphors aid us in our understanding of the world? What role do they play in our scientific discourses and in humanities? How do they help us understand and skillfully deal with our complex socio-political scenarios? Where is the dividing line between their use and abuse? Join us as we explore some of these questions in this volume.
€ 160,49 -
Metaphors and Analogies in Sciences and Humanities
In this highly-interdisciplinary volume, we systematically study the role of metaphors and analogies in (mis)shaping our understanding of the world. Metaphors and Analogies occupy a prominent place in scientific discourses, as they do in literature, humanities and at the very level of our thinking itself. But when misused they can lead us astray, blinding our understanding inexorably. How can metaphors aid us in our understanding of the world? What role do they play in our scientific discourses and in humanities? How do they help us understand and skillfully deal with our complex socio-political scenarios? Where is the dividing line between their use and abuse? Join us as we explore some of these questions in this volume.
€ 160,49 -
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism
The Wiley Blackwell Handbook of Humanism presents an edited collection of essays that explore the nature of Humanism as an approach to life, and a philosophical analysis of the key humanist propositions from naturalism and science to morality and meaning.* Represents the first book of its kind to look at Humanism not just in terms of its theoretical underpinnings, but also its consequences and its diverse manifestations* Features contributions from international and emerging scholars, plus renowned figures such as Stephen Law, Charles Freeman and Jeaneanne Fowler* Presents Humanism as a positive alternative to theism* Brings together the world's leading Humanist academics in one reference work
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Scepticism and the Possibility of Knowledge
Scepticism as a philosophical term is as old as the Greeks but has more recently been advanced by Montaigne, Descartes and Hume. To these, what little we know that seems certain is based on observation and habit as opposed to any logical or scientific necessity. Thus, sceptical views relate directly to epistemology-the theory of knowledge and what we can know-and, in the modern turbulent world, it is grayling's contention that these are issues that all contemporary people need to focus on. In seeking understanding of the human condition we need more than just a set of beliefs about it: all belief is irrational. We want to know or garner some kind of proof about the fundamental truths of human existence. This is the crux of the dilemma facing intelligent people today and is illuminated by this book.
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Life, Sex, and Ideas
"A distinctive voice somewhere between Mark Twain and Michel Montaigne" is how Psychology Today described A.C. Grayling. In Life, Sex, and Ideas: The Good Life Without God, readers have the pleasure of hearing this distinctive voice address some of the most serious topics in philosophy--and in our daily lives--including reflections on guns, anger, conflict, war; monsters, madness, decay; liberty, justice, utopia; suicide, loss, and remembrance. A civilized society, says Grayling, is one which never ceases having a discussion with itself about what human life should best be. In this book, Grayling adds to this discussion a series of short informal essays about ethics, ideas, and culture. A recurring theme is religion, of which he writes "there is no greater social evil." He argues, for instance, that liberal education is better than religion for inculcating moral values. "Education in literature, history, and appreciation of the arts," he says, "opens the possibility for us to live more reflectively and knowledgeably, especially about the nature and variety of human experience. That in turn increases our capacity for understanding others better, so that we can treat them with respect and sympathy, however different their outlook on life." Thought provoking rather than definitive, these essays don't tell readers what to think, but only note what has been thought about how it is best to live. A person who does not think about life, the author reminds us, is like a stranger mapless in a foreign land. These brief and suggestive essays offer us the outlines of a map, with avenues of thought that are a pleasure to wander down.
€ 101,10