Author: Stanley Cavell
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9780631192718
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations d.
Philosophical passages
Author: Stanley Cavell
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9780631192718
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations d.
Publisher: Blackwell Publishing
ISBN: 9780631192718
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 200
Book Description
In this most recent collection of his writing, Cavell provides extraordinary careful and sustained readings of Emerson's "Fate", Derrida's response to J. L. Austin in "Signature Event Context", and Wittgenstein's Philosophical Investigations d.
A Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations
Author: A. J. Ayer
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631194781
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by whom. Over 300 philosophers are represented, from Aristotle to Zeno, including Einstein, Aquinas, Sartre and De Beauvoir, and the quotations range from short cryptic phrases to longer statements. This Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations d will not change your life. It will change your mind.
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
ISBN: 9780631194781
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 544
Book Description
The dictionary shows philosophers at their best (and their worst), at their most perverse and their most elegant. Organised by philosopher, and indexed by thought, concept and phrase, it enables readers to discover who said what, and what was said by whom. Over 300 philosophers are represented, from Aristotle to Zeno, including Einstein, Aquinas, Sartre and De Beauvoir, and the quotations range from short cryptic phrases to longer statements. This Dictionary of Philosophical Quotations d will not change your life. It will change your mind.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Author: Charles Babbage
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Charles Babbage was a Victorian polymath, and someone with a seemingly never-ending intellectual curiosity about the world around him. A mathematician by training, he also wrote copiously on subjects such as economics, physics, engineering, computation, cryptography, religion and education, along with conducting practical experiments with pretty much anything that had grabbed his interest at the time. Today, he’s widely viewed to be the father of the computer with his Difference and Analytical Engines. Although neither were fully completed during his lifetime, a working replica of the Difference Engine was built in the 1990s, and an Analytical Engine is currently in the planning stages. This autobiography (first published near the end of his life in 1864) veers from topic to topic and rarely settles on any subject for more than a chapter. Apart from his early life and an explanation of the thinking behind his computing Engines, Babbage also transcribes his memories of climbing into an active volcano, arguing with street musicians, picking locks, standing in elections, and imagining life as a cheese mite, among other diverse subjects. The original meaning of the titular word “Philosopher” is “lover of wisdom,” and this book shows Babbage to be just that. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Publisher: Standard Ebooks
ISBN:
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 347
Book Description
Charles Babbage was a Victorian polymath, and someone with a seemingly never-ending intellectual curiosity about the world around him. A mathematician by training, he also wrote copiously on subjects such as economics, physics, engineering, computation, cryptography, religion and education, along with conducting practical experiments with pretty much anything that had grabbed his interest at the time. Today, he’s widely viewed to be the father of the computer with his Difference and Analytical Engines. Although neither were fully completed during his lifetime, a working replica of the Difference Engine was built in the 1990s, and an Analytical Engine is currently in the planning stages. This autobiography (first published near the end of his life in 1864) veers from topic to topic and rarely settles on any subject for more than a chapter. Apart from his early life and an explanation of the thinking behind his computing Engines, Babbage also transcribes his memories of climbing into an active volcano, arguing with street musicians, picking locks, standing in elections, and imagining life as a cheese mite, among other diverse subjects. The original meaning of the titular word “Philosopher” is “lover of wisdom,” and this book shows Babbage to be just that. This book is part of the Standard Ebooks project, which produces free public domain ebooks.
Philosophical Questions
Author: James Fieser
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
"This topically organized anthology and textbook includes numerous excerpts from contemporary philosophers, as well as from Western classics and major Eastern texts, encouraging students to explore connections between works from the Western and Eastern traditions and from different time periods."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 684
Book Description
"This topically organized anthology and textbook includes numerous excerpts from contemporary philosophers, as well as from Western classics and major Eastern texts, encouraging students to explore connections between works from the Western and Eastern traditions and from different time periods."--BOOK JACKET.
A Shorter Summa
Author: Peter Kreeft
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681490234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A shortened version of Kreeft's much larger Summa of the Summa, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages! (The Summa of the Summa was just over 500.) The Summa is certainly the greatest, most ambitious, most rational book of theology ever written. In it, there is also much philosophy, which is selected, excerpted, arranged, introduced, and explained in footnotes here by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. The Summa Theologica is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This little book is designed for beginners, either for classroom use or individually. It contains the most famous and influential passages of St. Thomas' philosophy with copious aids to understanding them.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 1681490234
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 172
Book Description
A shortened version of Kreeft's much larger Summa of the Summa, which in turn was a shortened version of the Summa Theologica. The reason for the double shortening is pretty obvious: the original runs some 4000 pages! (The Summa of the Summa was just over 500.) The Summa is certainly the greatest, most ambitious, most rational book of theology ever written. In it, there is also much philosophy, which is selected, excerpted, arranged, introduced, and explained in footnotes here by Kreeft, a popular Thomist teacher and writer. St. Thomas Aquinas is universally recognized as one of the greatest philosophers who ever lived. His writings combine the two fundamental ideals of philosophical writing: clarity and profundity. He is a master of metaphysics and technical terminology, yet so full of both theoretical and practical wisdom. He is the master of common sense. The Summa Theologica is timeless, but particularly important today because of his synthesis of faith and reason, revelation and philosophy, and the Biblical and the classical Greco-Roman heritages. This little book is designed for beginners, either for classroom use or individually. It contains the most famous and influential passages of St. Thomas' philosophy with copious aids to understanding them.
Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Author: Charles Babbage
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
'Passages from the Life of a Philosopher' is a fascinating autobiography of Charles Babbage, an English polymath known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics, philosophy, engineering, and invention. Babbage is credited with originating the concept of a digital programmable computer and is considered by many to be the "father of the computer." This book provides a unique insight into Babbage's life, interests, and achievements, including his invention of the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, and his development of the Analytical Engine, which contained all the essential ideas of modern computers. Babbage's wide range of interests and contributions in other fields make him a prominent figure among the many polymaths of his time. Although he died before the completion of many of his designs, his legacy lives on in the field of computing, and his work continues to inspire generations of inventors and engineers.
Publisher: Good Press
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 371
Book Description
'Passages from the Life of a Philosopher' is a fascinating autobiography of Charles Babbage, an English polymath known for his groundbreaking work in mathematics, philosophy, engineering, and invention. Babbage is credited with originating the concept of a digital programmable computer and is considered by many to be the "father of the computer." This book provides a unique insight into Babbage's life, interests, and achievements, including his invention of the first mechanical computer, the Difference Engine, and his development of the Analytical Engine, which contained all the essential ideas of modern computers. Babbage's wide range of interests and contributions in other fields make him a prominent figure among the many polymaths of his time. Although he died before the completion of many of his designs, his legacy lives on in the field of computing, and his work continues to inspire generations of inventors and engineers.
A Summa of the Summa
Author: Saint Thomas (Aquinas)
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 089870300X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
Combines selected philosophical passages from Thomas' "Summa Theologica" with detailed footnotes and explanations for modern readers.
Publisher: Ignatius Press
ISBN: 089870300X
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 647
Book Description
Combines selected philosophical passages from Thomas' "Summa Theologica" with detailed footnotes and explanations for modern readers.
The Philosophical Review
Author: Jacob Gould Schurman
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
An international journal of general philosophy.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Electronic journals
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
An international journal of general philosophy.
Passages
Author: Elizabeth Kovach
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800083181
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The study of literature and culture is marked by various distinct understandings of passages – both as phenomena and critical concepts. These include the anthropological notion of rites of passage, the shopping arcades (Passagen) theorized by Walter Benjamin, the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, present-day forms of migration and resettlement, and understandings of translation and adaptation. Whether structural, semiotic, spatial/geographic, temporal, existential, societal or institutional, passages refer to processes of (status) change. They enable entrances and exits, arrivals and departures, while they also foster moments of liminality and suspension. They connect and thereby engender difference. Passages is an exploration of passages as contexts and processes within which liminal experiences and encounters are situated. It aims to foster a concept-based, interdisciplinary dialogue on how to approach and theorize such a term. Based on the premise that concepts travel through times, contexts and discursive settings, a conceptual approach to passages provides the authors of this volume with the analytical tools to (re-)focus their research questions and create a meaningful exchange across disciplinary, national and linguistic boundaries. Contributions from senior scholars and early-career researchers whose work focuses on areas such as cultural memory, performativity, space, media, (cultural) translation, ecocriticism, gender and race utilize specific understandings of passages and liminality, reflecting on their value and limits for their research.
Publisher: UCL Press
ISBN: 1800083181
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 314
Book Description
The study of literature and culture is marked by various distinct understandings of passages – both as phenomena and critical concepts. These include the anthropological notion of rites of passage, the shopping arcades (Passagen) theorized by Walter Benjamin, the Middle Passage of the Atlantic slave trade, present-day forms of migration and resettlement, and understandings of translation and adaptation. Whether structural, semiotic, spatial/geographic, temporal, existential, societal or institutional, passages refer to processes of (status) change. They enable entrances and exits, arrivals and departures, while they also foster moments of liminality and suspension. They connect and thereby engender difference. Passages is an exploration of passages as contexts and processes within which liminal experiences and encounters are situated. It aims to foster a concept-based, interdisciplinary dialogue on how to approach and theorize such a term. Based on the premise that concepts travel through times, contexts and discursive settings, a conceptual approach to passages provides the authors of this volume with the analytical tools to (re-)focus their research questions and create a meaningful exchange across disciplinary, national and linguistic boundaries. Contributions from senior scholars and early-career researchers whose work focuses on areas such as cultural memory, performativity, space, media, (cultural) translation, ecocriticism, gender and race utilize specific understandings of passages and liminality, reflecting on their value and limits for their research.
A Dictionary of Philosophy in the Words of Philosophers
Author: J. Radford Thomson
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 542
Book Description