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Philosophies of Defeat

Author : Bruno Bosteels
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1784780200
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (847 download)

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Download or read book Philosophies of Defeat written by Bruno Bosteels and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2025-02-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How radical thought has internalized the experience of defeat A rising star of contemporary critical theory offers an expansive critique on a prominent tradition of thought, 'the jargon of finitude.' Associated with Martin Heidegger and Jacques Derrida, over the past few decades this tradition has been able to bolster its credentials as an indispensable contribution in the rethinking of the Left. However, rather than constituting a radical leftist opening in contemporary political thought, these are in many ways philosophies of defeat. Bosteels exmines the paradoxes inherent in materialist thinking and argues against time as the primordial mode of access to a thinking of finitude that today has become the dominant form of a new idealism, parading in the guise of a radical, post-metaphysical, anti-dialectical and hyper-ethical form of materialism.

Philosophies of Defeat

Author : Jerome Nathanson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 12 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (447 download)

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Download or read book Philosophies of Defeat written by Jerome Nathanson and published by . This book was released on 1947 with total page 12 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Epistemic Defeat

Author : Jan Constantin
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
ISBN 13 : 3110730545
Total Pages : 297 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Epistemic Defeat written by Jan Constantin and published by Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG. This book was released on 2021-06-21 with total page 297 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A number of well-developed theories shed light on the question, under what circumstances our beliefs enjoy epistemic justification. Yet, comparatively little is known about epistemic defeat—when new information causes the loss of epistemic justification. This book proposes and defends a detailed account of epistemic defeaters. The main kinds of defeaters are analyzed in detail and integrated into a general framework that aims to explain how beliefs lose justification. It is argued that defeaters introduce incompatibilities into a noetic system and thereby prompt a structured re-evaluation process that makes a justified reinstatement of the defeated belief impossible. The account is then applied to the topic of disagreement, where it is used in an argument for conciliationism, as well as a new explanation for higher-order defeat. Throughout the book, the notion of defeat is the center of attention, while a number of new issues are discussed at the intersections of defeat and justification. Specifically, new problems are raised for broadly internalist accounts of defeat, a fully descriptive reliabilist account of defeat is provided, and the case for normative defeat is revisited.

On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition

Author : Daniele Bolelli
Publisher : North Atlantic Books
ISBN 13 : 1556439482
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (564 download)

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Download or read book On the Warrior's Path, Second Edition written by Daniele Bolelli and published by North Atlantic Books. This book was released on 2010-05-18 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An entertaining and insightful history of martial arts and the role of the warrior, drawing on pop culture, philosophy, mythology, religion, and spirituality The urge to forge one’s character by fighting, in daily life as well as on the mat, appeals to something deep within us. More than a collection of fighting techniques, martial arts constitute a path to developing body, spirit, and awareness. On the Warrior’s Path connects the martial arts with this larger perspective, merging subtle philosophies with no-holds-barred competition, Nietzsche with Bruce Lee, radical Taoism and Buddhism with the Star Wars Trilogy, traditional martial arts with basketball and American Indian culture. At the center of all these phenomena is the warrior. Though this archetype seems to manifest contradictory values, author Daniele Bolelli describes the heart of this tension: how the training of martial technique leads to a renunciation of violence, and how overcoming fear leads to a unique freedom. Aimed at students at any level or tradition of martial arts but also accessible to the armchair warrior, On the Warrior’s Path brings fresh insights to why martial arts remains an enduring and widespread art and discipline. Two new chapters in this second edition focus on spirituality in the martial arts and the author’s personal journey in the field.

The Nature and Normativity of Defeat

Author : Christoph Kelp
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1009190687
Total Pages : 70 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Nature and Normativity of Defeat written by Christoph Kelp and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-04 with total page 70 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Defeat is the loss of justification for believing something in light of new information. This Element mainly aims to work towards developing a novel account of defeat. It distinguishes among three broad views in the epistemology of defeat: scepticism, internalism, and externalism and argues that that sceptical and internalist accounts of defeat are bound to remain unsatisfactory. As a result, any viable account of defeat must be externalist. While there is no shortage of externalist accounts, the Element provides reason to think that extant accounts remain unsatisfactory. The Element also explains the constructive tasks of developing an alternative account of defeat and showing that it improves on the competition.

The Defeat of the Mind

Author : Alain Finkielkraut
Publisher : Columbia University Press
ISBN 13 : 0231080239
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (31 download)

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Download or read book The Defeat of the Mind written by Alain Finkielkraut and published by Columbia University Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Defeat of the Mind examines the opposition to Enlightenment thought from the eighteenth century to the present. Finkielkraut asserts that the ostensibly progressive cast of third world anticolonial and anti-Western sentiment, paradoxically, has its antecedent in Eurocentric sources - chiefly the German romantic concept of the Volksgeist, or spirit of the people. Straightforward and succinct, Finkielkraut draws a line between the idea of culture as an expression of the life of the mind and culture as an expression of national spirit. He deplores the appropriation of the concept of the Volksgeist by ethnic nationalists, who employ the notion in justification of such horrors as the Final Solution in Nazi Germany and the current waves of "ethnic cleansing." Equally worrying, he claims, are the seemingly harmless infusions of the Volksgeist into campaigns for ethnic diversity espoused by some social scientists and third world intellectuals. The Defeat of the Mind questions notions of cultural relativism espoused by such intellectual and political leaders as Claude Levi-Strauss and Frantz Fanon. Finkielkraut points to the United Nations and UNESCO - founded to propagate the universalist ideals of Enlightenment Europe, these organizations have co-opted the notion of cultural relativism to a fault, now speaking on behalf of every ethnic prejudice. "The objective remained the same," Finkielkraut maintains of this shift in ideology, "but to achieve its goal, it was no longer a matter of opening others to reason, but of opening ourselves to the reason of others." Defending values that seem absent from many contemporary frames of reference, the book concludes with a chapter challenging post-modernist thought, for Finkielkraut claims that it equates the value of novels by Flaubert with television movies and lacks concern for the survival of culture and reason.

Philosophy and Real Politics

Author : Raymond Geuss
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691137889
Total Pages : 126 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy and Real Politics written by Raymond Geuss and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2008-08-17 with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many contemporary political thinkers are gripped by the belief that their task is to develop an ideal theory of rights or justice for guiding and judging political actions. But in Philosophy and Real Politics, Raymond Geuss argues that philosophers should first try to understand why real political actors behave as they actually do. Far from being applied ethics, politics is a skill that allows people to survive and pursue their goals. To understand politics is to understand the powers, motives, and concepts that people have and that shape how they deal with the problems they face in their particular historical situations. Philosophy and Real Politics both outlines a historically oriented, realistic political philosophy and criticizes liberal political philosophies based on abstract conceptions of rights and justice. The book is a trenchant critique of established ways of thought and a provocative call for change.

Hellenistic Philosophies

Author : Paul Elmer More
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Hellenistic Philosophies written by Paul Elmer More and published by . This book was released on 1923 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

In Praise of Swāmi Vedānta Deśika

Author : Gop?l ?r?niv?san
Publisher : Notion Press
ISBN 13 : 164951879X
Total Pages : 278 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (495 download)

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Download or read book In Praise of Swāmi Vedānta Deśika written by Gop?l ?r?niv?san and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2020-08-22 with total page 278 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This year is the 751th birth anniversary (1268 AD- 1369 AD) of the famous poet, philosopher and dialectical genius, Sw?mi Ved?nta De?ika. He lived for 101 years. By the age of 20 he became proficient in all branches of spiritual knowledge. He had mastered the Ved?s, ??str?s and ?gam?s and the Divya Prabandhams of the ?zhw?rs. His forte was logic, poetry and philosophy. He wrote extensively in Sanskrit, Tamizh, Pr?krit and Maniprav?la and composed numerous devotional hymns which reflected his poetic genius. He received the honorific titles of ‘Ved?nt?c?ryar” from Lord Ra?gan?th? and “Sarvatantra Swatantrar” from the Divine Mother ?r? Ra?gan?yaki. Sw?mi De?ika was a polyglot and an author of 166 granth?s. Besides strengthening and further propagating the Vi?i?ht?dvaitic philosophy of ?r? R?m?nuja, he established beyond any doubt the doctrine of Prapatti (self surrender) as the guaranteed route to m?k?a (liberation). This book is a translation of 73 verses composed in Sanskrit by Prativ?di Bhaya?karam A??angar?c?ry?r Sw?mi (A??an) who was the disciple of N?yan?r?c?ry?r, son of Sw?mi De?ika. This ode on Sw?mi Ved?nta De?ika contains what needs to been known about Sw?mi De?ika’s greatness, the depth of meaning in his works, the faith in him of his devotees and efforts made by his opponents to demean him which boomeranged and put such people to shame. Some of the great ?c?ry?s who came after Sw?mi De?ika quoted several verses from ‘Saptati Ratnamalika’ in their writings and thus gave it a pride of place among other literary works.

Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy

Author : Matthew R. McLennan
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472574176
Total Pages : 157 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (725 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy written by Matthew R. McLennan and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2015-10-22 with total page 157 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Alain Badiou's work in philosophy, though daunting, has gained a receptive and steadily growing Anglophone readership. What is not well known is the extent to which Badiou's positions, vis-à-vis ontology, ethics, politics and the very meaning of philosophy, were hammered out in dispute with the late Jean-François Lyotard. Matthew R. McLennan's Philosophy, Sophistry, Antiphilosophy is the first work to pose the question of the relation between Lyotard and Badiou, and in so doing constitutes a significant intervention in the field of contemporary European philosophy by revisiting one of its most influential and controversial forefathers. Badiou himself has underscored the importance of Lyotard for his own project; might the recent resurgence of interest in Lyotard be tied in some way to Badiou's comments? Or deeper still: might not Badiou's philosophical Platonism beg an encounter with philosophy's other, the figure of the sophist that Lyotard played so often and so ably? Posing pertinent questions and opening new discursive channels in the literature on these two major figures this book is of interest to those studying philosophy, rhetoric, literary theory, cultural and media studies.

The Freeman

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Freeman written by and published by . This book was released on 1920 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Philosophers

Author : Ted Honderich
Publisher : Oxford Paperbacks
ISBN 13 : 9780192854186
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (541 download)

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Download or read book The Philosophers written by Ted Honderich and published by Oxford Paperbacks. This book was released on 2001-03-15 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What better introduction to the world of philosophy than through the lives of its most prominent citizens. In The Philosophers, we are introduced to twenty-eight of the greatest thinkers in Western civilization, ranging from Aristotle and Plato to Wittgenstein, Heidegger, and Sartre. An illustrious team of scholars takes us on a concise and illuminating tour of some of the most brilliant minds and enduring ideas in history. Here is Aristotle's Nichomachean Ethics, Plato's cave of shadows, Schopenhauer's vision of reality as blind, striving Will, Hegel's idea of the World Spirit, Bentham's principle of the Greatest Happiness, Mill's contributions to our understanding of liberty, William James's theory of the stream of consciousness, Husserl's phenomenology, and much more. Readers will find thoughtful discussions of everything from Kant's categorical imperative, to the Christian philosophies of Augustine, Aquinas, and Kierkegaard, to the materialism of Hobbes or Marx, to the modern--and quite different--philosophical systems of Bertrand Russell, Jean-Paul Sartre, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. Each article is illustrated with a portrait of the philosopher, the contributors provide lists for further reading, and the volume includes a chronological table that gives valuable historical context. Here then is an authoritative and engaging guide to the ideas of the most notable philosophers, ranging from antiquity to the present day. The Philosophers shows how these great thinkers wrestled with the central problems of the human condition--with important questions of free will, morality, and the limits of logic and reason--as it illuminates their legacy for our time.

Asian Philosophies

Author : John M. Koller
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351809091
Total Pages : 396 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (518 download)

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Download or read book Asian Philosophies written by John M. Koller and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-01-29 with total page 396 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With an inside view from an expert in the field and a clear and engaging writing style, Asian Philosophies, Seventh Edition invites students and professors to think along with the great minds of the Asian traditions. Eminent scholar and teacher John M. Koller has devoted his life to understanding and explaining Asian thought and practice. He wrote this text to give students access to the rich philosophical and religious ideas of both South and East Asia. New to this seventh edition: Added material on Confucianism, including focused coverage of (1) the Analects and society and (2) ren and nature; Additional information on Theravada Buddhism, Vajrayana Buddhism, and Zen Buddhism as well as new in-depth coverage of ecological attitudes in Buddhism; Expanded coverage of ecological attitudes in all of the Asian traditions; Brief excerpts from primary sources to help better explain the key concepts; Added timelines for essential texts in each tradition; Improved Glossary and Pronunciation Guide; Additional text boxes, to help students quickly understand key ideas, texts, and concepts; Updated Further Reading sections.

Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies

Author : Constantin V. Boundas
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 0748629297
Total Pages : 752 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (486 download)

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Download or read book Edinburgh Companion to Twentieth-Century Philosophies written by Constantin V. Boundas and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2007-06-19 with total page 752 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Companion is organized into two sections, each one of which reflects the developments of the Anglo-American Analytic and the Continental European philosophical traditions respectively. An appendix presents the main accomplishments of non-Western philosophies in the same time frame. Each section discusses the main movements and fields of the discipline throughout the century. The authors have maintained a balance between the historian's commitment to breadth and accuracy with the commitment of the systematic philosopher to the engaged point of view and to critical reflection. The result is a distinctive reference book made up of a series of philosophical studies -an invaluable companion to anyone who is searching for a panoramic but also reliable and challenging presentation of the philosophical ideas which shaped the last century.

Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought

Author : Eric S. Nelson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350002577
Total Pages : 288 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought written by Eric S. Nelson and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2017-08-24 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presenting a comprehensive portrayal of the reading of Chinese and Buddhist philosophy in early twentieth-century German thought, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought examines the implications of these readings for contemporary issues in comparative and intercultural philosophy. Through a series of case studies from the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Eric Nelson focuses on the reception and uses of Confucianism, Daoism, and Buddhism in German philosophy, covering figures as diverse as Buber, Heidegger, and Misch. He argues that the growing intertextuality between traditions cannot be appropriately interpreted through notions of exclusive identities, closed horizons, or unitary traditions. Providing an account of the context, motivations, and hermeneutical strategies of early twentieth-century European thinkers' interpretation of Asian philosophy, Nelson also throws new light on the question of the relation between Heidegger and Asian philosophy. Reflecting the growing interest in the possibility of intercultural and global philosophy, Chinese and Buddhist Philosophy in Early Twentieth-Century German Thought opens up the possibility of a more inclusive intercultural conception of philosophy.

Husserl’s Legacy in Phenomenological Philosophies

Author : Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9401133689
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (11 download)

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Download or read book Husserl’s Legacy in Phenomenological Philosophies written by Anna-Teresa Tymieniecka and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Dangerous Minds

Author : Ronald Beiner
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812295412
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Dangerous Minds written by Ronald Beiner and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2018-03-12 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and demise of the Soviet Union, prominent Western thinkers began to suggest that liberal democracy had triumphed decisively on the world stage. Having banished fascism in World War II, liberalism had now buried communism, and the result would be an end of major ideological conflicts, as liberal norms and institutions spread to every corner of the globe. With the Brexit vote in Great Britain, the resurgence of right-wing populist parties across the European continent, and the surprising ascent of Donald Trump to the American presidency, such hopes have begun to seem hopelessly naïve. The far right is back, and serious rethinking is in order. In Dangerous Minds, Ronald Beiner traces the deepest philosophical roots of such right-wing ideologues as Richard Spencer, Aleksandr Dugin, and Steve Bannon to the writings of Nietzsche and Heidegger—and specifically to the aspects of their thought that express revulsion for the liberal-democratic view of life. Beiner contends that Nietzsche's hatred and critique of bourgeois, egalitarian societies has engendered new disciples on the populist right who threaten to overturn the modern liberal consensus. Heidegger, no less than Nietzsche, thoroughly rejected the moral and political values that arose during the Enlightenment and came to power in the wake of the French Revolution. Understanding Heideggerian dissatisfaction with modernity, and how it functions as a philosophical magnet for those most profoundly alienated from the reigning liberal-democratic order, Beiner argues, will give us insight into the recent and unexpected return of the far right. Beiner does not deny that Nietzsche and Heidegger are important thinkers; nor does he seek to expel them from the history of philosophy. But he does advocate that we rigorously engage with their influential thought in light of current events—and he suggests that we place their severe critique of modern liberal ideals at the center of this engagement.