A companion to Friedrich Nietzsche: life and works
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Gary Gutting tells the story of the remarkable flourishing of philosophy in France in the last four decades of the 20th century. He examines what it was to 'do philosophy', what this achieved, and how it differs from the Anglophone tradition. His key theme is that French philoso…
The philosophy of autobiography
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The philosophy of autobiography
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"Six essays discuss crucial aspects of Wittgenstein's philosophy of mathematics: Wittgenstein's ontological quietism in relation to the realism vs. anti-realism debate, his thesis that mathematical propositions are rules of grammar, his perspectives on the nature of numbers, and…
"Writing in fragments is often held to be one of the most distinctive signature effects of Romantic, modern, and postmodern literature. But what is the fragment, and what may be said to be its literary, philosophical, and political significance? Few writers have explored these q…
Making sense of Heidegger: a paradigm shift
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"In this brilliant contribution to Heidegger scholarship, Thomas Sheehan presents his view of the entire trajectory of Heideggers philosophizing as a phenomenological investigation of the meaning and source of Being (the "clearing") that which allows entities to show up for us a…
"Philosophers have raised and struggled with questions relating to the human mind for more than 2,000 years. Philosophy of Mind: The Key Thinkers offers a comprehensive historical overview of this fascinating field. Twelve specially commissioned essays introduce and explore the …
Peter Sloterdijk turns his keen eye to the history of western thought, conducting colorful readings of the lives and ideas of the world's most influential intellectuals. Featuring nineteen vignettes rich in personal characterizations and theoretical analysis, Sloterdijk's compan…
"Beginning with an overview of Hume's life and work, Don Garrett introduces in clear and accessible style the central aspects of Hume's thought. These include Hume's lifelong exploration of the human mind; his theories of inductive inference and causation; skepticism and persona…
Félix Guattari in the age of semiocapitalism
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"Figure centrale de la pensée de son temps, Roland Barthes (1915-1980) était aussi un être à la marge. Un père mort à la Première Guerre, l'amour inaltérable d'une mère, de longues années passées en sanatorium, la découverte précoce de son homosexualité lui donnent très tôt le s…