"This book reinterprets Friedrich Schelling's (1775-1854) positive philosophy as humanity's striving for truth. It presents truth in the context of the historical phenomena of mythology and religion and the anthropological categories of the soul, spirit, and personality"--.
"Today more than ever, when the world is beset by environmental, social, healthcare, and economic challenges, we need courage in our politics, both nationally and globally. This book tells the stories, some for the first time, of eleven individuals who made heroic contributions …
In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett,…
"In this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett…
Cover; Vorwort; Inhaltsverzeichnis; I. Autonomie, Normativität, Person ; Jean-François Kervegan: Person, Subjekt, Institution. Bemerkungen über die Tiefenstrukturen der Rechtsphilosophie Hegels ; I. Die 'Abstraktion' des abstrakten Rechts; II. Die 'Moralität' als Handlungstheori…
Olson presents a defence of a radically non-psychological account of personal identity. Continuity of mental contents or capacities is neither necessary nor sufficient for us to persist through time. Our identity consists in biological processes.
The Cultural Power of Personal Objects seeks to understand the value and efficacy of objects, places, and times that take on cultural power and reverence to such a degree that they are treated (whether metaphorically or actually) as "persons," or as objects with "personality"?th…
