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Deconstruction and Pragmatism

Deconstruction and Pragmatism

Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy Simon Critchley

Hans Jonas Professor of Philosophy Simon Critchley, Simon Critchley, Jacques Derrida, Ernesto Laclau, Richard Rorty Chantal Mouffe. is the dominant and hegemonic tendency in the history of politics in the West). This is a very serious ...
How to Stop Living and Start Worrying: Conversations with ...

How to Stop Living and Start Worrying: Conversations with ...

Simon Critchley

Reflecting on the work of over 20 years, this book provides a unique, witty and erudite introduction to the thought of Simon Critchley.
The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology

The Faith of the Faithless: Experiments in Political Theology

Simon Critchley

In this follow-up to Infinitely Demanding, a professor of philosophy, delving into questions of faith, love, religion and violence, discusses how the secular age has been replaced by a new era of politcal action and metaphysical conflict.
Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity: Essays on Derrida, Levinas ...

Ethics, Politics, Subjectivity: Essays on Derrida, Levinas ...

Simon Critchley

In Ethics–Politics–Subjectivity, Simon Critchley takes up three questions at the centre of contemporary theoretical debate: What is ethical experience?
Very Little-- Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy, Literature

Very Little-- Almost Nothing: Death, Philosophy, Literature

Simon Critchley

A compelling read, Very Little... Almost Nothing opens up new ways of understanding finitude, modernity and the nature of imagination. Revised edition with a new preface by the author.
The Book Of Dead Philosophers

The Book Of Dead Philosophers

Simon Critchley

The book concludes with Critchley's thoughts on the ideal of the philosophical death as a way of denouncing contemporary delusions and sophistries, what Francis Bacon saw as the Idols of the Tribe, the Den, the Market-Place and the Theatre ...
The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology

The Phenomenon of Life: Toward a Philosophical Biology

Hans Jonas

This work sets forth a systematic philosophy of biological facts, laid out in support of his claim that mind is prefigured throughout organic existence.
Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Continental Philosophy: A Very Short Introduction

Simon Critchley

ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly.
Logic and foundations of mathematics in Frege's philosophy

Logic and foundations of mathematics in Frege's philosophy

Hans D. Sluga

Introductions copyright © 1993 by Hans Sluga All rights reserved Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Logic and foundations of mathematics in Frege's philosophy / edited by Hans Sluga. p. cm. — (The Philosophy of Frege ; v.
Simon vs verdens forventninger

Simon vs verdens forventninger

Becky Albertalli

En rørende og morsom kærlighedsroman. 17årige Simon er ikke helt parat til at springe ud som bøsse, da en af hans emails falder i de forkerte hænder, og han risikerer, at bolden ikke længere er på hans banehalvdel: Enten hjælper han ...
Hart's Postscript: Essays on the Postscript to `The Concept ...

Hart's Postscript: Essays on the Postscript to `The Concept ...

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Stephen R.Perryis JohnJ. O'Brien Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy, University of Pennsylvania. Joseph Raz is Professor of Philosophy of Law at the University of Oxford. Scott J. Shapiro is Professor of Law, Benjamin N. Cardozo ...
Ethics, Law, and Society

Ethics, Law, and Society

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Professor Robin Attfield is Professor of Philosophy at Cardiff University, where he has taught philosophy since January 1968. He has also been Visiting Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Ife, Nigeria (1972-1973) and Inter-University Council ...
Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of ...

Routledge Philosophy GuideBook to Plato and the Trial of ...

John Franklin East Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy Thomas C Brickhouse

John Franklin East Professor of the Humanities and Professor of Philosophy Thomas C Brickhouse, Thomas C. Brickhouse, James F Miller Professor of Humanities Nicholas D Smith, Nicholas D. Smith. First published 2004 by Routledge 29 ...
Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Ai Weiwei Speaks: with Hans Ulrich Obrist

Hans Ulrich Obrist

In this series of interviews, conducted over several years with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, he discusses the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, philosophy and the myriad ...
Computational Learning Theory: 4th European Conference, ...

Computational Learning Theory: 4th European Conference, ...

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4th European Conference, EuroCOLT'99 Nordkirchen, Germany, March 29-31, 1999 Proceedings Paul Fischer, Hans U. Simon ... Organizers. Paul Fischer ( University of Dortmund, Germany) Hans Simon (Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Germany) ...
Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge 2009

Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge 2009

University of Cambridge

Peter Lipton Fund Grace 1 of 3 June 2009 1. Gifts to the University made in memory of Professor Peter Lipton, first Hans Rausing Professor of History and Philosophy of Science and Fellow of King's College, shall form a fund called the Peter ...
On Humour

On Humour

Simon Critchley

Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humour can tell us about being human.
Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Heidegger's Crisis: Philosophy and Politics in Nazi Germany

Hans D. Sluga

Philosophy and politics make uneasy bedfellows.
Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy: Proceedings of the ...

Comparative and Intercultural Philosophy: Proceedings of the ...

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Multiculturalism and a Transcultural Ethics In-Suk Cha 59 6. Tolerance for Different Cultures and Traditions. Some Remarks on Tolerance between the Cultures from a Metatheoretical Perspective 67 Hans Lenk 7. ''Many Forms of Non -public Reason''? Religious Diversity in Lib- eral Democracies 79 Herta Nagl- Docekal 8. The Impact of Scottish Philosophy on Modern Greek Philosophy via French Eclecticism. A Study of Intercultural Impacts and Exchanges in the History of Philosophy.
Impossible Objects

Impossible Objects

Simon Critchley

Essential reading for artists, academics, and general readers alike, this book explores the relationship between the philosophical world and those complex and fascinating "impossible objects" which give life meaning.
Philosophical Papers : Volume II

Philosophical Papers : Volume II

David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University

David Lewis Professor of Philosophy Princeton University. and d in turn depends on c\. Causal dependence is here intransitive: ct causes e via d even though e would still have occurred without CI. So far, so good. It remains only to deal with ...
The Devil and Philosophy: The Nature of His Game

The Devil and Philosophy: The Nature of His Game

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SHARONM. KAYE, PHD is Professor of Philosophy at John Carroll University in Cleveland, Ohio. She edited What Philosophy Can Tell You about Your Lover ( 2012). Don't read her chapter backwards. GREG LITTMANN, PHD is Associate ...
Methods in Chemosensory Research

Methods in Chemosensory Research

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Sidney A. Simon, Miguel A. L. Nicolelis ... but with all others in the series. Without her support and faith in us, this series would not exist. Sid Simon and Miguel Nicolelis Editors Sidney A. Simon is a professor of neurobiology, biomedical Preface.
The New International Encyclopaedia

The New International Encyclopaedia

Herbert Treadwell Wade

LAUNDRY MACHINE. Mr. Herbert Treadwell Wade. LAVOISIER. Professor Martin A. Rosanoff. LAW. Professor Evander Bradley McGilvary; Professor Munroe Smith; Dr. Frank Hugh Foster; Professor George W. Kirchwey. LAW (in Philosophy).
The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

The Oxford Dictionary of Philosophy

Simon Blackburn

A revised edition of the best-selling dictionary of philosophy, now with recommended web links.
Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell: Techniques ...

Parallel and Concurrent Programming in Haskell: Techniques ...

Simon Marlow

... Ben Lippmeier, Andres Löh, Hans WolfgangLoidl, IanLynagh, Trevor L. McDonell, TakayukiMuranushi, Ryan Newton, MarySheeran, Wren ng Thornton, BryanO'Sullivan, Ross Paterson, Thomas Schilling, Michael Snoyman, Simon Thomson, ...
Ai Weiwei Speaks: With Hans Ulrich Obrist

Ai Weiwei Speaks: With Hans Ulrich Obrist

Weiwei Ai

In this series of interviews, conducted over several years with the curator Hans Ulrich Obrist, he discusses the many dimensions of his artistic life, ranging over subjects including ceramics, blogging, nature, philosophy and the myriad ...
A Century of Philosophy: Hans Georg Gadamer in Conversation ...

A Century of Philosophy: Hans Georg Gadamer in Conversation ...

Hans-Georg Gadamer

A philosophical and historical testament to the twentieth century, this volume consists of a wide-ranging series of interviews conducted in 1999/2000 between the then centenarian and his former assistant and associate of over thirty years, ...
Louis C.K. and Philosophy

Louis C.K. and Philosophy

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... VOLUME 54 The Onion and Philosophy: Fake News Story True, Alleges Indignant Area Professor (2010) Edited by Sharon M. Kaye VOLUME 55 Doctor Who and Philosophy: Bigger on the Inside (2010) Edited by Courtland Lewis and Paula ...
Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the 20th ...

Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge and Value in the 20th ...

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10 In addition I want to thank Bernard Katz, Stewart Candlish, Robert Ennis, Hans Herzberger, John Hunter, Soruren Teghrarian, Lance Ashdown, York Gunther and Patrick Phillips for helpful suggestions. CHAPTER 1 Philosophy of language  ...

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