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A Philosophical Investigation

Author : Philip Kerr
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 110140423X
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (14 download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Investigation written by Philip Kerr and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-04-27 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A terrifyingly prescient cult classic by the bestselling author of the Bernie Gunther series. “Chilling...absorbing...part techno-thriller, part futuristic detective story, part diary of a serial killer.”—The New York Times Book Review LONDON, 2013. Serial killings have reached epidemic proportions—even with the widespread government use of DNA detection, brain-imaging, and the “punitive coma.” Beautiful, whip-smart, and driven by demons of her own, Detective Isadora “Jake” Jacowicz must stop a murderer, code-named “Wittgenstein,” who has taken it upon himself to eliminate any man who has tested positive for a tendency towards violent behavior—even if his victim has never committed a crime. He is a killer whose intellectual brilliance is matched only by his homicidal madness.

A Philosophical Investigation

Author : Philip Kerr
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781529404203
Total Pages : 480 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Investigation written by Philip Kerr and published by . This book was released on 2020-07-09 with total page 480 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

What is Orientation?

Author : Werner Stegmaier
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110573903
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book What is Orientation? written by Werner Stegmaier and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2019-08-19 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The very first thing one does in all situations of life is orient oneself. Decisions of orientation, which are mostly made under uncertainty and the pressure of time, largely determine subsequent decisions. But what is orientation? The problems of orientation are as old as humankind, the word is used everywhere, but the concept has never been thoroughly investigated. The philosopher Werner Stegmaier comprehensively clarifies for the first time the conditions and structures of orientation, including those of our sexual, economic, media, political, legal, scientific, artistic, religious, moral, and ethical orientations. He thereby establishes a new philosophical language and offers a philosophy for our time. "As if I unexpectedly slipped down into a deep vortex, I am swirled around in a way that I can neither put a foot down, nor swim to the surface. Nonetheless, I will work my way out ... " (René Descartes, Philosopher) "As often as my speculation seems to lead me too far from the paved road of common sense, I stand still and seek to orient myself. I look back at the point from which we started, and I seek to compare the two guideposts I have." (Moses Mendelssohn, Philosopher) "A philosophical problem has the form: ‘I do not know my way about.’" (Ludwig Wittgenstein, Philosopher) "The second O, orientation – as the repository of our genetic heritage, cultural tradition, and previous experiences – is the most important part of the O-O-D-A loop since it shapes the way we observe, the way we decide, the way we act." (John Boyd, Military Strategist)

The Trinity

Author : H.E. Baber
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334057256
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book The Trinity written by H.E. Baber and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2019-06-30 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: he doctrine of the Trinity developed in response to a range of theological interests—among them the project of reconciling claims about the divinity of Christ with monotheism and massaging Christian doctrine into the ambient (largely Platonic) philosophical framework of the period. More recently the Trinity doctrine has been deployed to promote normative claims concerning human nature, human relationships and social justice. During the past two decades analytic philosophers of religion have increasingly engaged with the doctrine. There are, however, a number of foundational questions that have not been addressed in the philosophical literature. The Trinity: A Philosophical Investigation considers the competing accounts of the Trinity doctrine, whether orthodox or heterodox, and aims to respond to objections and explicate their motivations and entailments.

Petitionary Prayer

Author : Scott A. Davison
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0191075183
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Petitionary Prayer written by Scott A. Davison and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017-02-09 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores the philosophical issues involved in the idea of petitionary prayer, where this is conceived as an activity designed to influence the action of the all-knowing, all-powerful, perfectly good God of traditional theism. Theists have always recognized various logical and moral limits to divine action in the world, but do these limits leave any space among God's reasons for petitionary prayer to make a difference? Petitionary Prayer: A Philosophical Investigation develops a new account of the conditions required for a petitionary prayer to be answered by employing the notion of contrastive explanation. With careful attention to recent developments in metaphysics, epistemology, and value theory, Scott A. Davison surveys the contemporary literature on this question. He considers questions about human freedom and responsibility in relation to different views of divine providence, along with the puzzles inherent in Christian teachings concerning petitionary prayer. Davison develops new challenges to the coherence of the idea of answered petitionary prayer based upon the nature of divine freedom, the limits of human knowledge, and the nature of those good things that require a recipient's permission before they can be given. He proposes new defences, building upon careful analysis of the shortcomings of previous proposals and clarifying the issues for future debate.

A Philosophical Investigation of Rape

Author : Louise du Toit
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135855005
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (358 download)

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Download or read book A Philosophical Investigation of Rape written by Louise du Toit and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-05-07 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Du Toit examines the phenomenon of rape using a feminist philosophical discourse concerning women’s subjectivity and selfhood. The book provides a critique of the dominant understanding of rape and its associated damage, and suggests alternatives.

Freemasonry

Author : Giuliano Di Bernardo
Publisher : Dorrance Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1645306240
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (453 download)

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Download or read book Freemasonry written by Giuliano Di Bernardo and published by Dorrance Publishing. This book was released on 2020-01-20 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Freemasonry: A Philosophical Investigation By: Giuliano Di Bernardo The purpose of this investigation is to answer the following questions: Is there a philosophy of Freemasonry? And, if there is, what is the philosophy that characterizes Masonic thought? Is there a Masonic anthropology? What relationship can there be between it and the anthropologies that are based on other visions of life? In what documents is this anthropology codified? Masonic thought is not the expression of a philosophy, if by philosophy we mean a complete system containing the totality of the areas traditionally contemplated by philosophical reflection. However, Freemasonry is upheld by a specific practical philosophy that concerns man, his nature, and his purposes. This is why the essential core of practical Masonic philosophy is Masonic anthropology. During the course of Freemasonry, Masonic thought has also developed a discourse about man, even defining and codifying some of his essential characteristics, which can be grouped into the quintuple: Of these, freedom and transcendence are the two fundamental notions around which the entire Masonic anthropological system is centered. These theoretical conclusions are supported by historical sources of Freemasonry, formed by Anderson’s Constitutions and Declarations of the United Grand Lodge of England. In spite of the multiplicity of sources and the difficulties interpreting them, we can identify a stable and unitary Masonic thought. This provides an initial contribution to the philosophical interpretation of Freemasonry and its image of man.

Popper's Critical Rationalism

Author : Darrell Rowbottom
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136861750
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (368 download)

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Download or read book Popper's Critical Rationalism written by Darrell Rowbottom and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2011-12-16 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Popper’s Critical Rationalism presents Popper’s views on science, knowledge, and inquiry, and examines the significance and tenability of these in light of recent developments in philosophy of science, philosophy of probability, and epistemology. It develops a fresh and novel philosophical position on science, which employs key insights from Popper while rejecting other elements of his philosophy. Central theses include: Crucial questions about scientific method arise at the level of the group, rather than that of the individual. Although criticism is vital for science, dogmatism is important too. Belief in scientific theories is permissible even in the absence of evidence in their favour. The aim of science is to eliminate false theories. Critical rationalism can be understood as a form of virtue epistemology

Does Santa Exist?

Author : Eric Kaplan
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0698161394
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (981 download)

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Download or read book Does Santa Exist? written by Eric Kaplan and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2014-10-16 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A humorous philosophical investigation into the existence of Santa from a co–executive producer of The Big Bang Theory—the perfect stocking stuffer for the deep thinker on everyone’s list. Emmy award–winning comedy writer and philosophy scholar Eric Kaplan brilliantly turns a search for the truth about Santa into a laugh-out-loud metaphysical romp. Surveying everything from the analytic philosophy of Bertrand Russell and Ludwig Wittgenstein to Buddhism, Taoism, and Kabbalah, Kaplan alights on comedy—including The Big Bang Theory and Monty Python—as the best way to resolve life’s most profound paradoxes, including the existence of perfect moments, Santa, and even God.

Sexual Desire

Author : Roger Scruton
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472927842
Total Pages : 616 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (729 download)

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Download or read book Sexual Desire written by Roger Scruton and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-06-15 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A dazzling treatise, as erudite and eloquent as Simone de Beauvoir's The Second Sex and considerably more sound in its conclusion - TLS "He is an eloquent and practised writer" - The Independent (UK) When John desires Mary or Mary desires John, what does either of them want? What is meant by innocence, passion, love and arousal, desire, perversion and shame? These are just a few of the questions Roger Scruton addresses in this thought-provoking intellectual adventure. Beginning from purely philosophical premises, and ranging over human life, art and institutions, he surveys the entire field of sexuality; equally dissatisfied with puritanism and permissiveness, he argues for a radical break with recent theories. Upholding traditional morality - though in terms that may shock many of its practitioners - his argument gravitates to that which is candid, serene and consoling in the experience of sexual love.

Evil Matters

Author : Zachary J. Goldberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000422984
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Evil Matters written by Zachary J. Goldberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-08-05 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an inquiry into particular matters concerning the nature, normativity, and aftermath of evil action. It combines philosophical conceptual analysis with empirical studies in psychology and discussions of historical events to provide an innovative analysis of evil action. The book considers unresolved questions belonging to metaethical, normative, and practical characteristics of evil action. It begins by asking whether Kant’s historical account of evil is still relevant for contemporary thinkers. Then it addresses features of evil action that distinguish it from mundane wrongdoing, thereby placing it as a proper category of philosophical inquiry. Next, the author inquires into how evil acts affect moral relationships and challenge Strawsonian accounts of moral responsibility. He then draws conceptual and empirical connections between evil acts such as genocide, torture, and slavery and collective agency, and asks why evil acts are often collective acts. Finally, the author questions both the possibility and propriety of forgiveness and vengeance in the aftermath of evil and discusses how individuals ought to cope with the pervasiveness of evil in human interaction. Evil Matters: A Philosophical Inquiry will be of interest to advanced students and researchers in philosophy working on the concept of evil, moral responsibility, collective agency, vengeance, and forgiveness.

Evil

Author : Luke Russell
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 0191021202
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Evil written by Luke Russell and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2014-05-22 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When asked to describe wartime atrocities, acts of terrorism, and serial killers, many of us reach for the word 'evil'. But what does it mean to say that an action or a person is evil? Some philosophers have claimed that there is no such thing as evil, and that thinking in terms of evil is simplistic and dangerous. In response to this sceptical challenge, Luke Russell shows that concept of evil has a legitimate place within contemporary secular moral thought. In this book he addresses questions concerning the nature of evil action, such as whether evil actions must be incomprehensible, whether evil actions can be banal, and whether there is a psychological hallmark that distinguishes evils from other wrongs. Russell also explores issues regarding the nature of evil persons, including whether every evil person is an evildoer, whether every evil person is irredeemable, and whether a person could be evil merely in virtue of having evil feelings. The concept of evil is extreme, and is easily misused. Nonetheless, Russell suggests that it has an important role to play when it comes to evaluating and explaining the worst kind of wrongdoing.

Naturalism and Religion

Author : Graham Oppy
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429947208
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (299 download)

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Download or read book Naturalism and Religion written by Graham Oppy and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-05-20 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book guides readers through an investigation of religion from a naturalistic perspective and explores the very meaning of the term ‘religious naturalism’. Oppy considers several widely disputed claims: that there cannot be naturalistic religion; that there is nothing in science that poses any problems for naturalism; that there is nothing in religion that poses any serious challenges to naturalism; and that there is a very strong case for thinking that naturalism defeats religion. Naturalism and Religion: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation is an ideal introduction for undergraduate and postgraduate students of religious studies and philosophy who want to gain an understanding of the key themes and claims of naturalism from a religious and philosophical perspective.

The Ethics of Capital Punishment

Author : Matthew H. Kramer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199642184
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (996 download)

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Download or read book The Ethics of Capital Punishment written by Matthew H. Kramer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2011-12-15 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Taking a fresh look at a central controversy in criminal law theory, The Ethics of Capital Punishment presents a rationale for the death penalty grounded in a theory of the nature of evil and the nature of defilement. Original, unsettling, and deeply controversial, it will be an essential reference point for future debates on the subject.

Buddhist Phenomenology

Author : Dan Lusthaus
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317973429
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (179 download)

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Download or read book Buddhist Phenomenology written by Dan Lusthaus and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-02-04 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A richly complex study of the Yogacara tradition of Buddhism, divided into five parts: the first on Buddhism and phenomenology, the second on the four basic models of Indian Buddhist thought, the third on karma, meditation and epistemology, the fourth on the Trimsika and its translations, and finally the fifth on the Ch'eng Wei-shih Lun and Yogacara in China.

Rape

Author : Keith Burgess-Jackson
Publisher : Dartmouth Publishing Company
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Rape written by Keith Burgess-Jackson and published by Dartmouth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1996 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book-length philosophical examination of rape, which has received ample attention from feminists, legal scholars and social scientists.

Hinduism

Author : Shyam Ranganathan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317438752
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (174 download)

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Download or read book Hinduism written by Shyam Ranganathan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism: A Contemporary Philosophical Investigation explores Hinduism and the distinction between the secular and religious on a global scale. According to Ranganathan, a careful philosophical study of Hinduism reveals it as the microcosm of philosophical disagreements with Indian resources, across a variety of topics, including: ethics, logic, the philosophy of thought, epistemology, moral standing, metaphysics, and politics. This analysis offers an original and fresh diagnosis of studying Hinduism, colonialism, and a global rise of hyper-nationalism, as well as the frequent acrimony between scholars and practitioners of Hindu traditions. This text is appropriate for use in undergraduate and graduate courses on Hinduism, and Indian philosophy, and can be used as an advanced introduction to the problems of philosophy with South Asian resources.