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A Chance For Possibility - An Investigation Into The Grounds Of Modality

by Alexander Steinberg

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 As philosophers are keen to say, there is a possible world where Socrates is a carpenter. Plausibly, truths about what might or could not be the case are not basic but grounded in more fundamental features of reality. This book develops this insight into a novel account of the supervenience structure of the modal realm.
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Defending Husserl - A Plea In The Case Of Wittgenstein & Company Versus Phenomenology

by Uwe Meixner

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 The phenomenological approach to the philosophy of mind, as worked out by Husserl, has been severely criticized by philosophers within the Wittgensteinian tradition and, implicitly, by Wittgenstein himself. This book examines this criticism in detail, looking at the writings of Wittgenstein, Ryle, Hacker, Dennett, and others.
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Singleness - Self-Individuation And Its Rejection In The Scholastic Debate On Principles Of Individuation

by Michal Glowala

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 What makes a sand grain a single grain? Can it be anything distinct from the grain? This book analyses the argument exchange on such issues within the scholastic debates on individuation, and its implications for metaphysics.
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Exploring Topics In The History And Philosophy Of Logic

by George Englebretsen

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 Post-Fregean logicians tend to ignore the traditional logic of Aristotle and the Scholastics, while in recent years, following the lead of Fred Sommers, the viability of a renewed logic of terms has been shown. This book exhibits how such a logic can shed light on a variety of challenges that face any system of formal logic.
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Objects And Pseudo-Objects - Ontological Deserts And Jungles From Brentano To Carnap

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 Which entities should be accepted as part of the furniture of the world, and which not? What are "pseudo-objects," if they are not properly objects? This book explores the answers given to these questions by some key philosophers throughout the 20th century.
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Shifting The Paradigm - Alternative Perspectives On Induction

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 Induction is the logical process we use to arrive at general claims, scientific laws, definitions, and predictions. This book offers essays by experts who argue against the prevailing Humean view of inductive reasoning as an unreliable, enumerative argument.
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Substantiality And Causality

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 Addresses contemporary problems on substantiality and causality. After presenting rival approaches to substantiality and causality - a traditional, ontological view vs a transcendental one - this book presents studies of substance as showing causal aspects and of causality, showing its reference to the category of substance.
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Morality In Times Of Naturalising The Mind

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 Since the millennium, the neurophysiological and psychological bases of moral judgements and actions have been the topic of much empirical research. This volume discusses the relevance and possible usage of this research for (meta-)ethics and action theory.
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Castaneda And His Guises - Essays On The Work Of Hector-Neri Castaneda

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 Reassesses the work of Hector-Neri Castaneda (1924-1991). In this title, the essays examine Castaneda's seminal views on deontic logic, metaethics, indedicality, praticitions, fictions, and metaphysics, utilizing the critical viewpoint afforded by time, as well as new data, to offer insights on his theories and methodology.
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How To Do Things With Silence

by Haig Khatchadourian

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 Explores a range of topics related to silence, including the theory of silent doing and its relationship to other forms of action and communication, silence and aesthetics, the ethics and politics of silence, and the religious dimensions of silence.
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Aristophanes And Alcibiades - Echoes Of Contemporary History In Athenian Comedy

by Michael Vickers

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 Provides the basis for a total re-assessment not only of Aristophanes as a poet and playwright, but also of our perception of politics and the role of the theatre in classical Athens.
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God, Truth, And Other Enigmas

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 Features a collection of eighteen essays that fall under four headings: (God's) Existence/Non-Existence, Omniscience, Truth, and Metaphysical Enigmas. This book provides the reader with an overview of contemporary philosophical approaches to the subjects that are indicated in the title.
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Singleness - Self-Individuation And Its Rejection In The Scholastic Debate On Principles Of Individuation

by Michal Glowala

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 The book is a systematic study of the issue of self-individuation in the scholastic debate on principles of individuation (principia individuationis). The point of departure is a general formulation of the problem of individuation acceptable for all the participants of the scholastic debate: a principle of individuation of x is what makes x individual (in various possible senses of ‘making something individual’). The book argues against a prima facie plausible view that everything that is individual is individual by itself and not by anything distinct from it (Strong Self-Individuation Thesis). The keynote topic of the book is a detailed analysis of the two competing ways of rejecting the Strong Self-Individuation Thesis: the Scotistic and the Thomistic one. The book defends the latter one, discussing a number of issues concerning substantial and accidental forms, essences, properties, instantiation, the Thomistic notion of materia signata, Frege’s Begriff-Gegenstand distinction, and Geach’s form-function analogy developed in his writings on Aquinas. In the context of both the scholastic and contemporary metaphysics, the book offers a framework for dealing with issues of individuality and defends a Thomistic theory of individuation.
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Ontology Of Theistic Beliefs

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 This volume aims to apply ontological theories and arguments to theistic beliefs and theistic world views. After an introduction that traces out the complexity of the field by categorizing the multifaceted definitions of ontology and (theistic) believing, thirteen articles discuss specific aspects of the two terms as well as their interaction. With contributions by Chris Daly, Gabriele De Anna, Micha Gowala, Christian Kanzian, Daniel Linford, Jason Megill, Uwe Meixner, Elisa Paganini, Eleonore Stump, Mirosaw Szatkowski, William F. Vallicella and Peter van Inwagen.
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Knowledge And Scientific And Religious Belief

by Paul Weingartner

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 The present book is a book on epistemology with the special and new focus on the relation of different types of knowledge and a differentiated comparison to both scientific and religious belief. The present book distinguishes seven types of knowledge and compares them with both scientific and religious belief. The ususal view is that scientific and religious belief have nothing or not much in common. Although there are important differences, in contradistinction to this widespread view it is shown that there are also many similarities between them. There are similarities concerning the reasons for belief, with respect to the action of believing, concerning a similar voluntary component, or even concerning properties of the content of belief. A detailed discussion of many types of knowledge and a differentiated comparison to scientific and religious belief is an important new contribution to the scientific literature in epistemology.
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Natural Laws As Dispositions

by Florian Fischer

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 The book provides a novel account of laws of nature via dispositions. Laws of nature play a paramount role in philosophy, science and everyday life. Understanding laws of nature is philosophically interesting on its own right but also many important notions belonging to philosophy of science, like causation, prediction and explanation, are intimately related to the laws of nature. The book outlines the alleged characteristics of the laws of nature and introduces the main families of theories of laws of nature - neo-humean, ADT and dispositional theories. It then develops an account of dispositions the `triadic process picture of dispositions’ (TPD) and applies it to the debate about laws of nature. Finally, the (TPD) account of the necessity of the laws of nature is presented: laws of nature are naturally necessary and metaphysically contingent. Thus the book provides an introduction to the debates about laws of nature as well as dispositions, while at the same time developing a novel theory and thus is interesting for the beginner as well as expert in these fields.
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Natural Laws As Dispositions

by Florian Fischer

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 The book provides a novel account of laws of nature via dispositions. Laws of nature play a paramount role in philosophy, science and everyday life. Understanding laws of nature is philosophically interesting on its own right but also many important notions belonging to philosophy of science, like causation, prediction and explanation, are intimately related to the laws of nature. The book outlines the alleged characteristics of the laws of nature and introduces the main families of theories of laws of nature - neo-humean, ADT and dispositional theories. It then develops an account of dispositions the `triadic process picture of dispositions’ (TPD) and applies it to the debate about laws of nature. Finally, the (TPD) account of the necessity of the laws of nature is presented: laws of nature are naturally necessary and metaphysically contingent. Thus the book provides an introduction to the debates about laws of nature as well as dispositions, while at the same time developing a novel theory and thus is interesting for the beginner as well as expert in these fields.
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Knowledge And Scientific And Religious Belief

by Paul Weingartner

146,41€ + 10% CARD

 The present book is a book on epistemology with the special and new focus on the relation of different types of knowledge and a differentiated comparison to both scientific and religious belief. The present book distinguishes seven types of knowledge and compares them with both scientific and religious belief. The ususal view is that scientific and religious belief have nothing or not much in common. Although there are important differences, in contradistinction to this widespread view it is shown that there are also many similarities between them. There are similarities concerning the reasons for belief, with respect to the action of believing, concerning a similar voluntary component, or even concerning properties of the content of belief. A detailed discussion of many types of knowledge and a differentiated comparison to scientific and religious belief is an important new contribution to the scientific literature in epistemology.
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God, Time, Infinity

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 The issues of the nature and existence of God, time and infinity, respectively, and how they relate to each other, are some of the most complicated problems of metaphysics.This volume presents contributions of thirteen internationally renowned scholars who deal with various aspects of these complex issues. The contributions were presented and discussed during the international conference: God, Time, Infinity held in Warsaw, September 22—24, 2015.
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Free Will, Causality And The Self

by Atle Ottesen Sovik

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 The series provides a forum for innovative, high-quality work in all fields of analytical philosophy. The volumes in this series are published in either English or German.
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Ontology Of Theistic Beliefs

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 This volume aims to apply ontological theories and arguments to theistic beliefs and theistic world views. After an introduction that traces out the complexity of the field by categorizing the multifaceted definitions of ontology and (theistic) believing, thirteen articles discuss specific aspects of the two terms as well as their interaction. With contributions by Chris Daly, Gabriele De Anna, Micha Gowala, Christian Kanzian, Daniel Linford, Jason Megill, Uwe Meixner, Elisa Paganini, Eleonore Stump, Mirosaw Szatkowski, William F. Vallicella and Peter van Inwagen.
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On The Elements Of Ontology - Attribute Instances And Structure

by D. W. Mertz

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 Elements argues for an ontology derived of ten theses detailing the natures and fundamental ontic status of attribution and structure.
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God, Time, Infinity

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 The issues of the nature and existence of God, time and infinity, respectively, and how they relate to each other, are some of the most complicated problems of metaphysics.This volume presents contributions of thirteen internationally renowned scholars who deal with various aspects of these complex issues. The contributions were presented and discussed during the international conference: God, Time, Infinity held in Warsaw, September 2224, 2015.
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Space And Time - A Priori And A Posteriori Studies

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 The articles in this volume focus on the ontology of space and time, including the themes of substantivalism vs. This volume aims to bridge the gap between these two perspectives, showing the fruitfulness of combining them to the greatest extent possible.
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