"This book considers conditions of applicability of mathematics to the study of natural phenomena. The possibility of such an application is one of the fundamental assumptions underlying the enormous theoretical and practical success of modern science. Addressing problems of mat…
Die Geschichte des modernen politischen Denkens ist zum großen Teil die Geschichte des Naturrechts, das dem neuzeitlichen Staat seine erste rationale Begründung lieferte. Dennoch ist das Naturrecht viel älter und geht auf die Antike zurück. Wie sah es im 16. Jahrhundert aus, bev…
[In this book, the author] draws on sources as diverse as the philosophy of Merleau-Ponty, Balinese shamanism, Apache storytelling, and his own experience as an accomplished sleight-of-hand magician to reveal the subtle dependence of human cognition on the natural environment. H…
This work has evolved out of a colloquium which brought together a number of scholars and work on a range of topics related to Aristotle's 'De Anima'.