Arnold Burgen & Peter McLaughlin 
The Idea of Progress 

Феликс, успешен в бизнеса, осъден за незаконни наркотици, е бил взет под стража и се поставя в анкетна изолатор, затворници психически тормоз довели го до лудост, и той отдава своя бизнес в замяна на …

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Philosophy – General Essays, Eras, grade: 1, 7, Charles University in Prague (Fakulta Humanitních Studií/ Faultät für Humanistisches Wissen), …

One important task of metaphysics is to answer the question of what it is for an object to exist. The first part of this book offers a systematic reconstruction and critique of contemporary views on …

Hilary Whitehall Putnam was one of the leading philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. As student of Rudolph Carnap’s and Hans Reichenbach’s, he went on to become not only a major figure …

what makes a property intrinsic? What exactly does the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction rest upon, and how can we reasonably justify this distinction? These questions bear great importance on central …

Current research on social capital tends to focus on an economic reading of social relations. Whereas economists pride themselves on reaching out to social theory at-large, sociologists criticize the …

Ontological commitment implies that each theory is supposed to specify the type of entities that form its components. Representatives of a theory share an ontological commitment in relation to the ob …

This volume focuses on religion from a trans-cultural and international perspective. Its aim is to open up new perspectives on how religions might coexist peacefully within 21st century societies and …

Modern scholarship has not given Edirne the attention it deserves regarding its significance as one of the capitals of the Ottoman Empire. This edited volume offers a reinterpretation of Edirne’s his …

Pasgaard-Westerman rethinks the ontological and epistemological understanding of world, other and self by opposing the general anthropological paradigm within contemporary philosophy. Signs and int …