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Philosophy for the 21st Century

Author : Steven M. Cahn
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195147926
Total Pages : 854 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (479 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy for the 21st Century written by Steven M. Cahn and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 854 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy for the 21st Century, an introductory anthology, is an extraordinarily comprehensive collection of historical and contemporary readings. It covers all major fields, including not only metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, and philosophy of religion, but also philosophy of science, philosophy of mind, philosophy of language, political philosophy, and philosophy of art. This volume is unique in drawing on the judgments of a new generation of scholars, each of whom has chosen the articles and provided the introduction for one section of the book. These associate editors--Delia Graff, Robin Jeshion, L. A. Paul, Jesse J. Prinz, Stuart Rachels, Gabriela Sakamoto, David Sosa, and Cynthia A. Stark--are at the forefront of 21st-century philosophy. Their selections include the work of such leading contemporary thinkers as Nancy Cartwright, Saul A. Kripke, David Lewis, Thomas Nagel, Robert Nozick, Derek Parfit, and Sydney Shoemaker, along with classic works from 2500 years of philosophy. The book has been structured to maximize continuity, and an introductory essay by Simon Blackburn explains the tools of symbolic logic. This groundbreaking volume sets a new standard for introducing students to the importance and fascination of philosophical inquiry.

Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century

Author : Jorge J. E. Gracia
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 442 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Latin American Philosophy for the 21st Century written by Jorge J. E. Gracia and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 442 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Twenty-two leading Latin American philosophers are featured in this complete anthology on the human condition, values, and the search for identity. Bibliography.

Educational Philosophy for 21st Century Teachers

Author : Thomas Stehlik
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 3319759698
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (197 download)

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Download or read book Educational Philosophy for 21st Century Teachers written by Thomas Stehlik and published by Springer. This book was released on 2018-04-20 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores education in the 21st century in post-modern Western societies through a philosophical lens. Taking a broad perspective of education and its attendant terminology, assumptions, myths and influences; the author examines why we teach as opposed to how. In doing so, he includes not only teachers, but all adults who are involved in bringing up children. Applying philosophical theories throughout history to present day practice, this volume is sure to be a useful resource not only for teachers who are just starting out, but those with an interest in education in the past, present and future. This wide-ranging book will be valuable for educators, parents and educational policy makers, and all those who believe it takes a village to raise a child.

The Future of Philosophy

Author : Oliver Leaman
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134824572
Total Pages : 189 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book The Future of Philosophy written by Oliver Leaman and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-04-12 with total page 189 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Where is philosophy going? Are we entering a post-philosophy millenium? The Future of Philosophy presents the notion of what the future of philosophy is as a crucial concept, since it allows us to speculate not only on the future, but also on the past. Eleven clear and concise essays consider a variety of issues, from ethics to mind,language to feminist thought, postmodernism to religion: *the future of philosophy *the history of ancient philosophy *the history of modern philosophy *ethics * political philosophy *philosophy of the postmodern *applied philosophy *feminist philosophy * philosophy of religion *philosophy of language *philosophy of mind For those curious to explore the intellectual themes of the future, The Future of Philosophy will be a fascinating and insightful read.

Socrates Tenured

Author : Robert Frodeman
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1783483113
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (834 download)

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Download or read book Socrates Tenured written by Robert Frodeman and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book diagnoses a crisis facing philosophy – and the humanities more broadly – and sketches a path toward institutionalizing socially engaged approaches to philosophical research.

The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century

Author : Patrick O'Sullivan
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1135122520
Total Pages : 509 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (351 download)

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Book Synopsis The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century by : Patrick O'Sullivan

Download or read book The Philosophy, Politics and Economics of Finance in the 21st Century written by Patrick O'Sullivan and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 509 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since 2008, the financial sector has been the subject of extensive criticism. Much of this criticism has focused on the morality of the actors involved in the crisis and its extended aftermath. This book analyses the key moral and political philosophical issues of the crisis and relates them to the political economy of finance. It also examines to what extent the financial sector can or should be reformed. This book is unified by the view that the financial sector had been a self-serving and self-regulating elite consumed by greed, speculation and even lawlessness, with little sense of responsibility to the wider society or common good. In light of critical analysis by authors from a variety of backgrounds and persuasions, suggestions for reform and improvement are proposed, in some cases radical reform. By placing the world of finance under a microscope, this book analyses the assumptions that have led from hubris to disgrace as it provides suggestions for an improved society. Rooted in philosophical reflection, this book invites a critical reassessment of finance and its societal role in the 21st century. This book will be of interest to academics, politicians, central bankers and financial regulators who wish to improve the morality of finance.

Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries

Author : Amy Kind
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 0429019386
Total Pages : 346 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (29 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries written by Amy Kind and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-07-06 with total page 346 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While the philosophical study of mind has always required philosophers to attend to the scientific developments of their day, from the twentieth century onwards it has been especially influenced and informed by psychology, neuroscience, and computer science. Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries provides an outstanding survey of the most prominent themes in twentieth-century and contemporary philosophy of mind. It also looks to the future, offering cautious predictions about developments in the field in the years to come. Following an introduction by Amy Kind, twelve specially commissioned chapters by an international team of contributors discuss key topics, thinkers, and debates, including: the phenomenological tradition, the mind–body problem, theories of consciousness, theories of perception, theories of personal identity, mental causation, intentionality, Wittgenstein and his legacy, cognitive science, and future directions for philosophy of mind. Essential reading for students and researchers in philosophy of mind and philosophy of psychology, Philosophy of Mind in the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries is also a valuable resource for those in related disciplines such as psychology and cognitive science.

Aboutness

Author : Stephen Yablo
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140084598X
Total Pages : 237 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Aboutness written by Stephen Yablo and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2014-05-04 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Aboutness has been studied from any number of angles. Brentano made it the defining feature of the mental. Phenomenologists try to pin down the aboutness-features of particular mental states. Materialists sometimes claim to have grounded aboutness in natural regularities. Attempts have even been made, in library science and information theory, to operationalize the notion. But it has played no real role in philosophical semantics. This is surprising; sentences have aboutness-properties if anything does. Aboutness is the first book to examine through a philosophical lens the role of subject matter in meaning. A long-standing tradition sees meaning as truth-conditions, to be specified by listing the scenarios in which a sentence is true. Nothing is said about the principle of selection--about what in a scenario gets it onto the list. Subject matter is the missing link here. A sentence is true because of how matters stand where its subject matter is concerned. Stephen Yablo maintains that this is not just a feature of subject matter, but its essence. One indicates what a sentence is about by mapping out logical space according to its changing ways of being true or false. The notion of content that results--directed content--is brought to bear on a range of philosophical topics, including ontology, verisimilitude, knowledge, loose talk, assertive content, and philosophical methodology. Written by one of today's leading philosophers, Aboutness represents a major advance in semantics and the philosophy of language.

Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century

Author : Hugh H. Genoways
Publisher : Rowman Altamira
ISBN 13 : 0759114250
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (591 download)

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Download or read book Museum Philosophy for the Twenty-First Century written by Hugh H. Genoways and published by Rowman Altamira. This book was released on 2006-06-08 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What underlying philosophy and mission should museums pursue in the first half of the twenty-first century? In Museum Philosophy, twenty-four authors use the lenses of a variety of disciplines to answer this essential question. Museum professionals offer their answers alongside philosophers, historians, political scientists, educators, sociologists, and others in a wide-ranging exploration of institutions from art museums to zoos. Hugh Genoway's book offers philosophical and ethical guidelines, describes the ways specific institutions illustrate different philosophies, examines major divisions in the museum community, and explores outreach and engagement between the museum and its larger community. Both established museum professionals and students of museum studies will benefit from this insightful look into the foundations and future of their field.

21 Lessons for the 21st Century

Author : Yuval Noah Harari
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 0593132815
Total Pages : 400 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (931 download)

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Download or read book 21 Lessons for the 21st Century written by Yuval Noah Harari and published by Random House. This book was released on 2019-01-29 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • In Sapiens, he explored our past. In Homo Deus, he looked to our future. Now, one of the most innovative thinkers on the planet turns to the present to make sense of today’s most pressing issues. “Fascinating . . . a crucial global conversation about how to take on the problems of the twenty-first century.”—Bill Gates, The New York Times Book Review NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY FINANCIAL TIMES AND PAMELA PAUL, KQED How do computers and robots change the meaning of being human? How do we deal with the epidemic of fake news? Are nations and religions still relevant? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a probing and visionary investigation into today’s most urgent issues as we move into the uncharted territory of the future. As technology advances faster than our understanding of it, hacking becomes a tactic of war, and the world feels more polarized than ever, Harari addresses the challenge of navigating life in the face of constant and disorienting change and raises the important questions we need to ask ourselves in order to survive. In twenty-one accessible chapters that are both provocative and profound, Harari builds on the ideas explored in his previous books, untangling political, technological, social, and existential issues and offering advice on how to prepare for a very different future from the world we now live in: How can we retain freedom of choice when Big Data is watching us? What will the future workforce look like, and how should we ready ourselves for it? How should we deal with the threat of terrorism? Why is liberal democracy in crisis? Harari’s unique ability to make sense of where we have come from and where we are going has captured the imaginations of millions of readers. Here he invites us to consider values, meaning, and personal engagement in a world full of noise and uncertainty. When we are deluged with irrelevant information, clarity is power. Presenting complex contemporary challenges clearly and accessibly, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is essential reading. “If there were such a thing as a required instruction manual for politicians and thought leaders, Israeli historian Yuval Noah Harari’s 21 Lessons for the 21st Century would deserve serious consideration. In this collection of provocative essays, Harari . . . tackles a daunting array of issues, endeavoring to answer a persistent question: ‘What is happening in the world today, and what is the deep meaning of these events?’”—BookPage (top pick)

Philosophy of Religion in the Twenty-First Century

Author : D. Phillips
Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 9780333801758
Total Pages : 308 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy of Religion in the Twenty-First Century written by D. Phillips and published by Palgrave Macmillan. This book was released on 2001-10-25 with total page 308 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers the rare opportunity to assess, within a single volume, the leading schools of thought in contemporary philosophy of religion. Their exponents seek to meet objections made to their point of view and to relate it to the other schools represented. Further discussions between adherents of the different schools make it an ideal text for assessing the deep proximities and divisions which characterize contemporary philosophy of religion. The schools of thought represented are: Philosophical Theism, Reformed Epistemology, Wittgensteinianism, Postmodernism, Critical Theory and Process Thought.

Exploring the History and Philosophy of Christian Education

Author : Michael J. Anthony
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1725230453
Total Pages : 444 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (252 download)

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Download or read book Exploring the History and Philosophy of Christian Education written by Michael J. Anthony and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-12-12 with total page 444 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this insightful book, two leading scholars in Christian education trace the history of the discipline from the Old Testament to the present. Presented against the backdrop of wider philosophical thought and historical events, Anthony and Benson show how each successive era shaped the practice of Christian education today. The result is a book brimming with insights that reveal the historical roots and philosophical underpinnings of issues relevant to current practice in Christian education ministries. "The purpose of this book is to provide the reader with more than just valuable insights regarding the past. . . . The future is the emphasis of this history book." From the Introduction

Epistemic Injustice

Author : Miranda Fricker
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519308
Total Pages : 198 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Epistemic Injustice written by Miranda Fricker and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 2007-07-05 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this exploration of new territory between ethics and epistemology, Miranda Fricker argues that there is a distinctively epistemic type of injustice, in which someone is wronged specifically in their capacity as a knower. Justice is one of the oldest and most central themes in philosophy, but in order to reveal the ethical dimension of our epistemic practices the focus must shift to injustice. Fricker adjusts the philosophical lens so that we see through to the negative space that is epistemic injustice. The book explores two different types of epistemic injustice, each driven by a form of prejudice, and from this exploration comes a positive account of two corrective ethical-intellectual virtues. The characterization of these phenomena casts light on many issues, such as social power, prejudice, virtue, and the genealogy of knowledge, and it proposes a virtue epistemological account of testimony. In this ground-breaking book, the entanglements of reason and social power are traced in a new way, to reveal the different forms of epistemic injustice and their place in the broad pattern of social injustice.

I am Not a Brain

Author : Markus Gabriel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1509514783
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book I am Not a Brain written by Markus Gabriel and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2017-09-18 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many consider the nature of human consciousness to be one of the last great unsolved mysteries. Why should the light turn on, so to speak, in human beings at all? And how is the electrical storm of neurons under our skull connected with our consciousness? Is the self only our brain's user interface, a kind of stage on which a show is performed that we cannot freely direct? In this book, philosopher Markus Gabriel challenges an increasing trend in the sciences towards neurocentrism, a notion which rests on the assumption that the self is identical to the brain. Gabriel raises serious doubts as to whether we can know ourselves in this way. In a sharp critique of this approach, he presents a new defense of the free will and provides a timely introduction to philosophical thought about the self – all with verve, humor, and surprising insights. Gabriel criticizes the scientific image of the world and takes us on an eclectic journey of self-reflection by way of such concepts as self, consciousness, and freedom, with the aid of Kant, Schopenhauer, and Nagel but also Dr. Who, The Walking Dead, and Fargo.

Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century

Author : Eric O. Springsted
Publisher : University of Notre Dame Pess
ISBN 13 : 0268200238
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century written by Eric O. Springsted and published by University of Notre Dame Pess. This book was released on 2021-04-01 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This in-depth study examines the social, religious, and philosophical thought of Simone Weil. Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century presents a comprehensive analysis of Weil’s interdisciplinary thought, focusing especially on the depth of its challenge to contemporary philosophical and religious studies. In a world where little is seen to have real meaning, Eric O. Springsted presents a critique of the unfocused nature of postmodern philosophy and argues that Weil’s thought is more significant than ever in showing how the world in which we live is, in fact, a world of mysteries. Springsted brings into focus the challenges of Weil’s original (and sometimes surprising) starting points, such as an Augustinian priority of goodness and love over being and intellect, and the importance of the Crucifixion. Springsted demonstrates how the mystical and spiritual aspects of Weil’s writings influence her social thought. For Weil, social and political questions cannot be separated from the supernatural. For her, rather, the world has a sacramental quality, such that life in the world is always a matter of life in God—and life in God, necessarily a way of life in the world. Simone Weil for the Twenty-First Century is not simply a guide or introduction to Simone Weil. Rather, it is above all an argument for the importance of Weil’s thought in the contemporary world, showing how she helps us to understand the nature of our belonging to God (sometimes in very strange and unexpected ways), the importance of attention and love as the root of both the love of God and neighbor, the importance of being rooted in culture (and culture’s service to the soul in rooting it in the universe), and the need for human beings to understand themselves as communal beings, not as isolated thinkers or willers. It will be essential reading for scholars of Weil, and will also be of interest to philosophers and theologians.

The End of Russian Philosophy

Author : A. Deblasio
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137409908
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (374 download)

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Download or read book The End of Russian Philosophy written by A. Deblasio and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-27 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The End of Russian Philosophy describes and evaluates the troubled state of Russian philosophical thought in the post-Soviet decades. The book suggests that in order to revive philosophy as a universal, professional discipline in Russia, it may be necessary for Russian philosophy to first do away with the messianic traditions of the 19th century.

21st Century Ethics

Author : Glenn Rogers
Publisher : Simpson & Brook, Publishers
ISBN 13 : 9780982837153
Total Pages : 430 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (371 download)

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Download or read book 21st Century Ethics written by Glenn Rogers and published by Simpson & Brook, Publishers. This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 430 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dr. Rogers provides a historical overview of the major systems of moral philosophy that have shaped not only Western ethics but Western society itself and a functional framework for moral thinking and actingNthe introduction and explanation of the Principle of Essential Humanness and Critical Ethical Eclecticism.