Philosophical Essays On Free Stuff

Download Philosophical Essays On Free Stuff full books in PDF, epub, and Kindle. Read online Philosophical Essays On Free Stuff ebook anywhere anytime directly on your device. Fast Download speed and no annoying ads. We cannot guarantee that every ebooks is available!

Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff

Author : Robyn Ferrell
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1793603634
Total Pages : 183 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (936 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff by : Robyn Ferrell

Download or read book Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff written by Robyn Ferrell and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Philosophical Essays on Free Stuff, Robyn Ferrell depicts figures of freedom in consumer culture, a world made image by the internet and globalization. Through word and image associations, Ferrell links the question of "free" to the effects of instrumentalism in the political sphere. The discussion proceeds through these images which allow the question to come into focus through diverse perspectives. Each essay is autonomous, and all are linked. Grounded in critical theory, continental philosophy, and cultural studies, Ferrell explores ideas of free gift, free thought, free time, free choice, free love, free market, free speech, and free world.

In Defence of Free Will

Author : Campbell, C A
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317852257
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (178 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis In Defence of Free Will by : Campbell, C A

Download or read book In Defence of Free Will written by Campbell, C A and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013-12-19 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First published in 2002. This is Volume IV of seventeen in the Library of Philosophy series on Metaphysics. Written in 1968, this is a collection of essays on the topic of looking at the key question of not whether linguistic analysis has a valuable function in philosophy-that has already been settled, but rather as to the precise nature and extent of its profitable employment in solving specific problems.

The Thief of Time

Author : Chrisoula Andreou
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199704066
Total Pages : 315 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Thief of Time by : Chrisoula Andreou

Download or read book The Thief of Time written by Chrisoula Andreou and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2010-04-14 with total page 315 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When we fail to achieve our goals, procrastination is often the culprit. But how exactly is procrastination to be understood? It has been described as imprudent, irrational, inconsistent, and even immoral, but there has been no sustained philosophical debate concerning the topic. This edited volume starts in on the task of integrating the problem of procrastination into philosophical inquiry. The focus is on exploring procrastination in relation to agency, rationality, and ethics-topics that philosophy is well-suited to address. Theoretically and empirically informed analyses are developed and applied with the aim of shedding light on a vexing practical problem that generates a great deal of frustration, regret, and harm. Some of the key questions that are addressed include the following: How can we analyze procrastination in a way that does justice to both its voluntary and its self-defeating dimensions? What kind of practical failing is procrastination? Is it a form of weakness of will? Is it the product of fragmented agency? Is it a vice? Given the nature of procrastination, what are the most promising coping strategies?

The Importance of What We Care About

Author : Harry G. Frankfurt
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521336116
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (361 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis The Importance of What We Care About by : Harry G. Frankfurt

Download or read book The Importance of What We Care About written by Harry G. Frankfurt and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1988-05-27 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of thirteen seminal essays on ethics, free will, and the philosophy of mind, first published in 1988.

Free Will

Author : Meghan Griffith
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0415562198
Total Pages : 162 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (155 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Free Will by : Meghan Griffith

Download or read book Free Will written by Meghan Griffith and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2013 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The question of whether humans are free to make their own decisions has long been debated and it continues to be a controversial topic today. In Free Will: The Basics readers are provided with a clear and accessible introduction to this central but challenging philosophical problem. The questions which are discussed include: Does free will exist? Or is it illusory? Can we be free even if everything is determined by a chain of causes? If our actions are not determined, does this mean they are just random or a matter of luck? In order to have the kind of freedom required for moral responsibility, must we have alternatives? What can recent developments in science tell us about the existence of free will? Because these questions are discussed without prejudicing one view over others and all technical terminology is clearly explained, this book is an ideal introduction to free will for the uninitiated.

On the Principles of Taxing Beer

Author : James V. Schall
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781587316159
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (161 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis On the Principles of Taxing Beer by : James V. Schall

Download or read book On the Principles of Taxing Beer written by James V. Schall and published by . This book was released on 2019-03-28 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is real and what is noble, as well as what is deranged and wrong, can often be stated briefly. Nietzsche was famous for his succinct aphorisms and epigrams. Aquinas in one of his responses could manage to state clearly what he held to be true. Ultimately, all of our thought needs to be so refined and concentrated that we can see the point. So these are "brief" essays and they are largely of a philosophical "hue." They touch on things worth thinking about. Indeed, often they consider things we really need to think about if our lives are to make sense. The advantage of a collection of essays is that it is free to talk about many things. It can speak of them in a learned way or in an amused and humorous way. As Chesterton said, there is no necessary conflict between what is true and what is funny. Oftentimes, the greatest things we learn are through laughter, even laughter at ourselves and our own foibles and faults. So these essays are "brief." And they are largely of philosophical import. At first sight, taxing beer may seem to have no serious principle, except perhaps for the brewer and the consumer. But wherever there is reality, we can find something to learn. Each of these essays begins with the proposition "on"--this is a classical form of essay in the English language. Belloc, one the essay's greatest masters, wrote a book simply entitled "ON"--and several other books with that introductory "ON" to begin it. The word has the advantage of focusing our attention on some idea, place, book, person, or reality that we happen to come across and notice, then notice again, then wonder about. These essays are relatively short, often lightsome, hopefully always with a consideration that illumines the world through the mind of the reader. These essays are written in the spirit that the things we encounter provoke us, our minds. We need to come to terms, to understand what we come across in our pathways through this world. Often the best way to know what we observe or confront is to write about it, preferably briefly and with some philosophical insight. This is what we do here.

Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism

Author : Benjamin H. Arbour
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317627962
Total Pages : 350 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism by : Benjamin H. Arbour

Download or read book Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism written by Benjamin H. Arbour and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-09-03 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new collection of philosophically rigorous essays critiques the interpretation of divine omniscience known as open theism, focusing primarily on philosophically motivated open theism and positing arguments that reject divine knowledge of future contingents in the face of the dilemma of freedom and foreknowledge. The sixteen new essays in this collection, written by some of the most renowned philosophers on the topic of divine providence, represent a philosophical attempt to seriously consider open theism. They cover a wide variety of issues, including: the ontology of time, systematic metaphysics, perfect being theology, the Christian doctrine of the Incarnation, the problem of evil, and the nature of divine knowledge in general. Philosophical Essays Against Open Theism advances the discussion by wrestling against the assertions of open theism, and will be of interest to both proponents and opponents of this controversial issue.

DOING STUPID THINGS … AN AMAZING JOURNEY

Author : Adrian Gabriel Dumitru
Publisher : Adrian Gabriel Dumitru
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 79 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis DOING STUPID THINGS … AN AMAZING JOURNEY by : Adrian Gabriel Dumitru

Download or read book DOING STUPID THINGS … AN AMAZING JOURNEY written by Adrian Gabriel Dumitru and published by Adrian Gabriel Dumitru. This book was released on with total page 79 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Doing stupid things …. a nice way of getting out of the borders that define to us our … boring reality I hear many people … complaining they have … boring lives … and when i ask some of them what is going on … trying to teach them my technique of …. analyzing… defining …. as into the end to be able to totally redefine the reality itself …. i see a weird fear … that i could not understand for years. But later on …. I’ve realized it’s the fear of making mistakes … and all sorts of stupid things … not seeing that everything is just part of this scenario … called life … and has the meaning to reveal us … its secrets.

A Key to Divinity, Or a Philosophical Essay on Free-Will, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Author : William King
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780243086771
Total Pages : 60 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (867 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis A Key to Divinity, Or a Philosophical Essay on Free-Will, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) by : William King

Download or read book A Key to Divinity, Or a Philosophical Essay on Free-Will, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by William King and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2017-01-19 with total page 60 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from A Key to Divinity, or a Philosophical Essay on Free-Will, Vol. 1 May be compar'd together. For inflance, health is, ' in it fell, pleafant; and to be cholim above all things that: concern the body: but, for the prelervation of it, phyliclt mufi fometimes be taken which, in it (elf, is na at all agreeable to the rite but, lince it is in order to attain an end, in it elf, pleafimt; it is laid to be ul'efull, andtherefore eligible. But the goods of the mind are greater, more certain, and more durable than the goods of the body if therefore they cannon be obtain'd, without the lois of health, or even of life; right reafon difiates, that health, and life, on their account, are to be dili'e arded for it is evident, that, all things confider'd, t at is hell, and therefore virtuous. And as goods of diferent kinds may be compar'd together, {0 alfo may particular goods at the fame kind as will appear to any one, that will con. Fider it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

Philosophy

Author : Ayn Rand
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101137703
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (11 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophy by : Ayn Rand

Download or read book Philosophy written by Ayn Rand and published by Penguin. This book was released on 1984-11-01 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection of essays was the last work planned by Ayn Rand before her death in 1982. In it, she summarizes her view of philosophy and deals with a broad spectrum of topics. According to Ayn Rand, the choice we make is not whether to have a philosophy, but which one to have: rational, conscious, and therefore practical; or contradictory, unidentified, and ultimately lethal. Written with all the clarity and eloquence that have placed Ayn Rand’s Objectivist philosophy in the mainstream of American thought, these essays range over such basic issues as education, morality, censorship, and inflation to prove that philosophy is the fundamental force in all our lives.

Philosophical Essays

Author : Hans Jonas
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780982706794
Total Pages : 384 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (67 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophical Essays by : Hans Jonas

Download or read book Philosophical Essays written by Hans Jonas and published by . This book was released on 2010-12 with total page 384 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A pivotal volume in the collected works of Hans Jonas (1903-1993), one of most important German-American philosophers of the last half of the 20th century, this edition is the only one to include contributions from his three primary areas of achievement: philosophical reflection on gnosticism, on biology, and on technology.

Free Software, Free Society

Author : Richard Stallman
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1882114981
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (821 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Free Software, Free Society by : Richard Stallman

Download or read book Free Software, Free Society written by Richard Stallman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2002 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Essay Collection covering the point where software, law and social justice meet.

Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry

Author : Harriet Martineau
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 370 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (319 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry by : Harriet Martineau

Download or read book Philosophical essays. Essays on the art of thinking. Sabbath musings. Moral essays. Parables. Poetry written by Harriet Martineau and published by . This book was released on 1836 with total page 370 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity

Author : Thomas McCall
Publisher : OUP Oxford
ISBN 13 : 9780199216215
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (162 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity by : Thomas McCall

Download or read book Philosophical and Theological Essays on the Trinity written by Thomas McCall and published by OUP Oxford. This book was released on 2009-10-29 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we coherently believe that there is only one God if we also believe that there are three divine Persons? This volume presents a selection of the most important recent philosophical work on this topic accompanied by new essays from differing theological and philosophical perspectives.

New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving

Author : Simon Cushing
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030723240
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (37 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving by : Simon Cushing

Download or read book New Philosophical Essays on Love and Loving written by Simon Cushing and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2021-09-20 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: New philosophical essays on love by a diverse group of international scholars. Topics include contributions to the ongoing debate on whether love is arational or if there are reasons for love, and if so what kind; the kinds of love there may be (between humans and artificial intelligences, between non-human animals and humans); whether love can explain the difference between nationalism and patriotism; whether love is an necessary component of truly seeing others and the world; whether love, like free will, is “fragile,” and may not survive in a deterministic world; and whether or not love is actually a good thing or may instead be a force opposed to morality. Key philosophers discussed include Immanuel Kant, Iris Murdoch, Bernard Williams, Harry Frankfurt, J. David Velleman, Niko Kolodny, Thomas Hurka, Bennett Helm, Alfred Mele and Derk Pereboom. Essays also touch on the treatment of love in literature and popular culture, from Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair to Spike Jonze’s movie her.

Idleness

Author : Brian O'Connor
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691204500
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Idleness by : Brian O'Connor

Download or read book Idleness written by Brian O'Connor and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2020-04-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "For millennia, idleness and laziness have been regarded as vices. We're all expected to work to survive and get ahead, and devoting energy to anything but labor and self-improvement can seem like a luxury or a moral failure. Far from questioning this conventional wisdom, modern philosophers have worked hard to develop new reasons to denigrate idleness. In Idleness, the first book to challenge modern philosophy's portrayal of inactivity, Brian O'Connor argues that the case against an indifference to work and effort is flawed--and that idle aimlessness may instead allow for the highest form of freedom. Idleness explores how some of the most influential modern philosophers drew a direct connection between making the most of our humanity and avoiding laziness. Idleness was dismissed as contrary to the need people have to become autonomous and make whole, integrated beings of themselves (Kant); to be useful (Kant and Hegel); to accept communal norms (Hegel); to contribute to the social good by working (Marx); and to avoid boredom (Schopenhauer and de Beauvoir). O'Connor throws doubt on all these arguments, presenting a sympathetic vision of the inactive and unserious that draws on more productive ideas about idleness, from ancient Greece through Robert Burton's Anatomy of Melancholy, Schiller and Marcuse's thoughts about the importance of play, and recent critiques of the cult of work. A thought-provoking reconsideration of productivity for the twenty-first century, Idleness shows that, from now on, no theory of what it means to have a free mind can exclude idleness from the conversation."--Provided by publisher

Being and Value and Other Philosophical Essays

Author : Nicholas Rescher
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110321343
Total Pages : 222 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (13 download)

DOWNLOAD NOW!

Book Synopsis Being and Value and Other Philosophical Essays by : Nicholas Rescher

Download or read book Being and Value and Other Philosophical Essays written by Nicholas Rescher and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2013-05-02 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being and Value collects together fifteen essays by Nicholas Rescher on salient issue in metaphysics, axiology and metaphilosophy. In the way in which they shed new light on significant philosophical issues, these deliberations are emblematic of Rescher’s characteristic way of illuminating timeless issues and historical perspectives in a reciprocal interrelationship. The chapter of the book are as follows: Being and Value: On the Prospect of Optimalism; On Evolution and Intelligent Design; Mind and Matter; Fallacies Regarding Free Will; Sophisticating Naïve Realism; Taxonomic Complexity and the Laws of Nature; Practical Vs. Theoretical Reason; Pragmatism as a Growth Industry; Cost Benefit Epistemology; Quantifying Quality; Explanatory Surdity; Can Philosophy be Objective?; On Ontology in Cognitive Perspective; Plenum Theory [Essay Written Jointly with Patrick Grim]; and Onometrics (On Referential Analysis in Philosophy)