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Author : Sidney Hook
Publisher : Sidney Hook
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Total Pages : 264 pages
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Download or read book Determinism and freedom in the age of modern science written by Sidney Hook and published by Sidney Hook. This book was released on 1961 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Determinism and freedom in the age of modern science
Author : New York University Institute of Philosophy. 1st
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Download or read book Determinism and Freedom in the Age of Modern Science (proceedings) written by New York University Institute of Philosophy. 1st and published by . This book was released on 1968 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Total Pages : 237 pages
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Download or read book Determinism and Freedom in the Age of Modern Science written by and published by . This book was released on 1958 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book DETERMINISM AND FREEDOM IN THE AGE OF MODERN SCIENCE written by and published by . This book was released on 1965 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Irving Thalberg
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317851412
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)
Download or read book Enigmas of Agency written by Irving Thalberg and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-03 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. This is Volume XVI of seventeen in the Philosophy of Mind and Psychology series. Written in 1972, this is a collection of studies in the philosophy of Human Action.
Author : Nicholaus Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110319535
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)
Download or read book Free Will written by Nicholaus Rescher and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Few philosophical issues have had as long and elaborate a history as the problem of free will, which has been contested at every stage of the history of the subject. The present work practices an extensive bibliography of this elaborate literature, listing some five thousand items ranging from classical antiquity to the present.
Author : James H. Fetzer
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190283890
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)
Download or read book Science, Explanation, and Rationality written by James H. Fetzer and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2000-12-07 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Carl G. Hempel exerted greater influence upon philosophers of science than any other figure during the 20th century. In this far-reaching collection, distinguished philosophers contribute valuable studies that illuminate and clarify the central problems to which Hempel was devoted. The essays enhance our understanding of the development of logical empiricism as the major intellectual influence for scientifically-oriented philosophers and philosophically-minded scientists of the 20th century.
Author : Andrew Sneddon
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1402039824
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (2 download)
Download or read book Action and Responsibility written by Andrew Sneddon and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2006-01-27 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an exploration of what it takes for an event to count as an action. I first became interested in this topic nearly a decade ago while working on a different topic. I kept coming across philosophers making claims about the nature of action that seemed false or at least dubious to me. As a consequence I turned to the philosophy of action directly, to get to the heart of the matter. I have wrestled with this territory ever since. I hope that, with this book, I have finally earned the intuitions that put me at odds with the philosophers I was originally reading. This book develops ideas in Part Two of my doctoral dissertation, which I wrote at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. I loved being at Queen’s, for both professional and personal reasons. My thanks go to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada for financial support as a doctoral candidate. Steve Leighton and Ronald de Sousa were readers for my dissertation. They provided some early and invaluable challenges to the ideas developed here. My deepest debt of gratitude is owed to David Bakhurst, my supervisor. I learned a lot from David; this book would not be the same without his help.
Author : Steven Belletto
Publisher : OUP USA
ISBN 13 : 0199826889
Total Pages : 215 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (998 download)
Download or read book No Accident, Comrade written by Steven Belletto and published by OUP USA. This book was released on 2012 with total page 215 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an examination of American novels and nonfiction texts, published between 1947 and 2005, that looks at the concept of chance and how it was denied in the Soviet Union.
Author : Artur Ribeiro
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000551059
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)
Download or read book Archaeology and Intentionality written by Artur Ribeiro and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2022-03-30 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Archaeology and Intentionality explores perhaps one of the most overlooked topics in archaeology, that of intentionality. In archaeology, most explanations of human behaviour rely on intentionality, and this book fills a surprising gap in the literature. By identifying the historical trajectory of the notion of intentionality, this book reframes our understanding of what it means to act intentionally and how archaeologists provide explanations concerning past (and present) societies. In general, this book presents a strong framework for archaeological research, one that fits to current archaeological practices and research around the world. This framework considers that past actors were not unconditional free agents, who could act however they wished, nor were they absolute prisoners of the economic, biological, and environmental circumstances in which they lived. From the standpoint of intentionality, it becomes clear that human agency is not about what you can or cannot do, but about what you should do, that is to say, actions are above all ethical. In a world wealth inequality runs rampant, where humans have damaged the environment beyond recognition, and where technology advances at an alarming rate, it is important that we recognize our intentions and the ethical responsibility that accompanies those intentions. The book highlights how archaeology is the perfect discipline to understand how and from where those intentions come. Addressing several problems in archaeological theory and connecting archaeology, philosophy, and social theory, this book is for students and researchers interested in archaeological theory and how it informs practice.
Author : Michael R. Rhodes
Publisher : Rodopi
ISBN 13 : 9789042007895
Total Pages : 218 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (78 download)
Download or read book Coercion written by Michael R. Rhodes and published by Rodopi. This book was released on 2000 with total page 218 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this book, Rhodes provides a nonevaluative account of coercion. He begins with a thorough discussion of the charge that coercion is an essentially contested concept. He argues that effective communication of regulations pertaining to human conduct requires a basic level of clarity as to the kind of conduct being regulated. Accordingly, he argues that before we prescribe or proscribe conduct, we should describe it. In short, he maintains that wherever possible description should precede prescription and proscription. Rhodes begins his descriptive project by providing a fundamental account of human motivation. Upon this foundation he supports his distinctions between threats, offers, throffers, and neutral proposals. He argues that all coercion claims can be understood in light of these components. He applies this analysis to three prominent accounts of coercion as advanced by F.A. Hayek, Harry Frankfurt, and Robert Nozick. After comparing and contrasting these views, Rhodes provides his own account. Rhodes's account is based upon the identification of what he refers to as perceived-threat-avoidance-behavior as a necessary condition for coercion. As a descriptive, or nonevaluative, account, Rhodes is able to identify coercion independent from normative judgments. He argues that it is not the wrongfulness of some conduct that makes it coercion, instead, it is the coerciveness of some conduct that makes it wrong. Unique to Rhodes's account, coercion is not necessarily wrong. As a descriptive account, his view permits an independent analysis of the moral status of an act of coercion. The book concludes with a discussion of the normatively significant variables of a coercion claim.
Author : S.F. Spicker
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400984073
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)
Download or read book The Law-Medicine Relation: A Philosophical Exploration written by S.F. Spicker and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume is a contribution to the continuing interaction between law and medicine. Problems arising from this interaction have been addressed, in part, by previous volumes in this series. In fact, one such problem constitutes the central focus of Volume 5, Mental Illness: Law and Public Policy [1]. The present volume joins other volumes in this series in offering an exploration and critical analysis of concepts and values underlying health care. In this volume, however, we look as well at some of the general questions occasioned by the law's relation with medicine. We do so out of a conviction that medi cine and the law must be understood as the human creations they are, reflect ing important, wide-ranging, but often unaddressed aspects of the nature of the human condition. It is only by such philosophical analysis of the nature of the conceptual foundations of the health care professions and of the legal profession that we will be able to judge whether these professions do indeed serve our best interests. Such philosophical explorations are required for the public policy decisions that will be pressed upon us through the increasing complexity of health care and of the law's response to new and changing circumstances. As a consequence, this volume attends as much to issues in public policy as in the law. The law is, after all, the creature of human deci sions concerning prudent public policy and basic human rights and goods.
Author : C. Chapple
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137377984
Total Pages : 403 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (373 download)
Download or read book The Moral Responsibilities of Companies written by C. Chapple and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-10-06 with total page 403 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Moral Responsibilities of Companies is a philosophical analysis of the question of whether companies can be held morally responsible for the harms they create, and what implications such a view has on the moral position of employees and shareholders in these companies.
Author : Saul Smilansky
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 019158813X
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)
Download or read book Free Will and Illusion written by Saul Smilansky and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2000-03-30 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Saul Smilansky presents an original treatment of the problem of free will, which lies at the heart of morality and human self-understanding. He maintains that we have most of the resources we need for a proper understanding of the problem; and the key to it is the role played by illusion. The major traditional philosophical approaches are inadequate, Smilansky argues: their partial insights need to be integrated into a hybrid view, which he calls Fundamental Dualism. Common views about justice, responsibility, human worth, and related notions are radically misguided, and the absurd looms large. We do, however, find some justification for enlightened moral views, and grounding for some of our most cherished views of human nature. The bold and perhaps disturbing claim of Free Will and Illusion is that we could not live adequately with a complete awareness of the truth about human freedom: illusion lies at the centre of the human condition. The necessity of illusion is seen to follow from the basic elements of the free will issue, helping keep our moral and psychological worlds intact. Smilansky offers the challenge of recognizing the centrality of illusion and trying to free ourselves to some extent from it; this is not only a philosophical challenge, but a moral and psychological one as well.
Author : Paul Everett Meehl
Publisher : U of Minnesota Press
ISBN 13 : 9780816618552
Total Pages : 818 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (185 download)
Download or read book Selected Philosophical and Methodological Papers written by Paul Everett Meehl and published by U of Minnesota Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 818 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The scope and imagination of Meehl's (emeritus of psychology, psychiatry, and philosophy at the U. of Minnesota, and cofounder of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science) work are revealed in this collection of previously published essays as he explores the mind-body problem, freedom and determinism, psychoanalytic explanation, theory appraisal, moral aspects of insanity and the law, and precognitive telepathy. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Author : Carl Gustav Hempel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019514158X
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (951 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel written by Carl Gustav Hempel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2001 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By presenting an analytical and historical introduction, comprehensive bibliography and selection of many of Carl G. Hempel's most important studies, this volume allows appreciation of an important philosopher of science in the 20th century.
Author : Carl G. Hempel
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195343875
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (953 download)
Download or read book The Philosophy of Carl G. Hempel written by Carl G. Hempel and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2001-01-11 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Editor James Fetzer presents an analytical and historical introduction and a comprehensive bibliography together with selections of many of Carl G. Hempel's most important studies to give students and scholars an ideal opportunity to appreciate the enduring contributions of one of the most influential philosophers of science of the 20th century.
