For centuries, philosophers have addressed the ontological question of whether God exists. Most recently, philosophers have begun to explore the axiological question of what value impact, if any, God's existence has (or would have) on our world. This book brings together four pr…
The dead are gone. They count for nothing. Yet, if we count the dead, their number is staggering. And they account for most of what is great about civilization. Compared to the greatness of the dead, the accomplishments of the living are paltry. Which is it then: are the dead st…
"In his diaries, the American philosopher and psychologist William James, for whom the personal and the philosophical were never far apart, recounted how in his late twenties he was confronted with existential despair regarding the issue of free will: do humans have the capacity…
In "The world as idea", Charles P. Webel presents an intellectual history of one of the most influential concepts known to humanity, that of "the world". Webel traces the development of "the world" through the past, depicting the history of the world as an intellectual construct…
Tim Crane addresses the ancient question of how it is possible to think about what does not exist. He argues that the representation of the non-existent is a pervasive feature of our thought about the world, and that to understand thought's representational power we need to unde…
In a culture obsessed with youth, financial success, and achieving happiness, is it possible to live an authentic, meaningful life? Nassir Ghaemi, director of the Mood Disorder Program at Tufts Medical Center, reflects on our society's current quest for happiness and rejection o…
Petit traité de toutes vérités sur l'existence
4e de couverture: ... par son humble épaisseur, le traité bienfaisant peut tenir dans toutes les poches et se glisser, discret, puissant et délassant, dans la ceinture du pantalon, la manche du sari, la robe du Bédouin. Au moindre doute surgissant inopinément sur l'existence, il…
Life and death in early modern philosophy
The study of being was one of the main preoccupations of Gilson's scholarly and intellectual life. Being and Some Philosophers is at once a testament to the persistence of these concerns and an important landmark in the history of the question of being. The book charts the ways …
