This book offers a distinctive interpretation of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit. It suggests that Hegel's approach in the 1807 Phenomenology is akin to Socratic 'midwifery'. In Plato's Theaetetus Socrates (the midwife) elicits from Theaetetus his views on the nature of knowledge, without imposing [...]
more informationenglischSociety is to blame: The title of this book refers to a widespread dictum in modernity. From a historical point of view, however, it seems to lack plausibility as it appears in a culture whose ethical tradition has emphasised the importance of moral responsibility since antiquity. How could [...]
more informationenglischSociety is to blame: The title of this book refers to a widespread dictum in modernity. From a historical point of view, however, it seems to lack plausibility as it appears in a culture whose ethical tradition has emphasised the importance of moral responsibility since antiquity. How could [...]
more informationenglischThe book contains proceedings of the online conference conducted on May 12-13, 2022 and organized by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Allenstein), Poland. The conference concerned multiple forms of ritual behavior practiced in various cultural, historical, and societal [...]
more informationenglischThe book contains proceedings of the online conference conducted on May 12-13, 2022 and organized by the University of Warmia and Mazury in Olsztyn (Allenstein), Poland. The conference concerned multiple forms of ritual behavior practiced in various cultural, historical, and societal [...]
more informationDie Tatsache, dass etliche Werke Bolzanos den Zensoren in Wien und Rom ein Dorn im Auge waren, ist seit langem bekannt. Im vorliegenden Buch wird sie nun aber zum ersten Mal gründlich untersucht. Dabei werden nicht bloß die Hintergründe durchleuchtet, die zur Verurteilung von Bolzanos Werken [...]
more informationDie Tatsache, dass etliche Werke Bolzanos den Zensoren in Wien und Rom ein Dorn im Auge waren, ist seit langem bekannt. Im vorliegenden Buch wird sie nun aber zum ersten Mal gründlich untersucht. Dabei werden nicht bloß die Hintergründe durchleuchtet, die zur Verurteilung von Bolzanos Werken [...]
more informationMit der Neuauflage ist ein seit langem vergriffenes, grundlegendes Werk zu Wittgensteins Philosophie der Mathematik wieder zugänglich.Dieser thematisch gegliederte Band bietet eine für alle philosophisch Interessierten verständliche Einführung in Wittgensteins Bemerkungen über die Grundlagen der [...]
more informationMathematik mit Wittgenstein als “Ein Netz von Normen” aufzufassen, heißt sie als eine menschliche Praxis zu begreifen und nicht als eine in sich geschlossene Welt des Operierens mit Zeichen oder sogar als metaphysischer Spiegel der Naturgesetze.Allerdings: Auch wenn man sie als ein von Menschen [...]
more informationenglisch"You shouldn't be afraid of death". This is the theme of the “Axiochus”. Socrates tries to help Axiochus to overcome the fear of death by using a variety of arguments. This consolatory dialogue suggests an indirect comparison between two opposite concepts of reality. Overcoming the fear of [...]
more informationenglisch"You shouldn't be afraid of death". This is the theme of the “Axiochus”. Socrates tries to help Axiochus to overcome the fear of death by using a variety of arguments. This consolatory dialogue suggests an indirect comparison between two opposite concepts of reality. Overcoming the fear of [...]
more informationenglischThis book provides a new critical edition of the Eryxias, an often neglected dialogue concerning the relationship between wealth and virtue transmitted into Plato’s corpus, but probably written in the Ancient Academy after the founder’s death. This new edition, which is founded on a complete [...]
more informationenglischThis book provides a new critical edition of the Eryxias, an often neglected dialogue concerning the relationship between wealth and virtue transmitted into Plato’s corpus, but probably written in the Ancient Academy after the founder’s death. This new edition, which is founded on a complete [...]
more informationenglischThis book provides a new critical edition with Italian translation of the pseudo-Platonic Horoi (Definitions), accompanied by a substantive introduction and commentary. Despite the relatively limited attention the Horoi has received in the scholarship, the study brings out the value of this [...]
more informationenglischThis book provides a new critical edition with Italian translation of the pseudo-Platonic Horoi (Definitions), accompanied by a substantive introduction and commentary. Despite the relatively limited attention the Horoi has received in the scholarship, the study brings out the value of this [...]
more informationenglischThis set of previously published essays—several of them now expanded and revised—offers a sustained analysis of conceptual connections between (i) the metaphysics and epistemology of Parmenides and (ii) corresponding themes in the philosophies of other pre-Socratics. The book's central part [...]
more informationenglischThis set of previously published essays—several of them now expanded and revised—offers a sustained analysis of conceptual connections between (i) the metaphysics and epistemology of Parmenides and (ii) corresponding themes in the philosophies of other pre-Socratics. The book's central part [...]
more informationBand 9 der Schriftenreihe Beiträge zur Angewandten Ethik versammelt Arbeiten zu aktuellen Problemen sowie zu Grundlagenfragen der Medizinischen Ethik. Es handelt sich dabei zum Teil um Beiträge zu wissenschaftlichen Symposien, die das Interuniversitäre Institut für Angewandte Ethik in den Jahren [...]
more informationenglischAmmonius of Alexandria, arguably the most eminent student of Aristarchus and his successor as head of the Library of Alexandria, plays a crucial role in the history of Hellenistic philology. In this critical edition, the 11 testimonies and 31 fragments attributed to Ammonius are [...]
more informationenglischAmmonius of Alexandria, arguably the most eminent student of Aristarchus and his successor as head of the Library of Alexandria, plays a crucial role in the history of Hellenistic philology. In this critical edition, the 11 testimonies and 31 fragments attributed to Ammonius are [...]
more informationenglischThe mind-body problem is central to the modern philosophical and cultural debate because we cannot understand what man is until we understand what consciousness is and how it interacts with the body. Although many suggestions have been offered, no convincing account has as yet appeared. [...]
more informationenglischThe mind-body problem is central to the modern philosophical and cultural debate because we cannot understand what man is until we understand what consciousness is and how it interacts with the body. Although many suggestions have been offered, no convincing account has as yet appeared. [...]
more informationDer medizinische Fortschritt hat nicht nur zu neuen, unvorhergesehenen ethischen Problemen geführt, sondern auch alten ethischen Fragen eine neue Dimension verliehen. So werfen etwa am Beginn des menschlichen Lebens die Techniken der künstlichen Insemination, der In-vitro-Fertilisation mit [...]
more informationDieser Band bietet einerseits eine Einführung in die Zielsetzungen sowie inhaltlichen und methodischen Grundlagen der Angewandten Ethik und anderseits einen Überblick über deren Aufgaben und Teilgebiete.Die Angewandte Ethik hat sich in den letzten dreißig Jahren zu einem selbständigen akademischen [...]
more informationDie Beiträge dieses Bandes beschäftigen sich mit ethischen Fragen im Zusammenhang mit Konflikten zwischen ökologischen und ökonomischen Interessen, so z.B. mit dem Problem der Begründung moralischer Normen, denen gemäß bei der Verfolgung ökonomischer Interessen die Auswirkungen auf die Umwelt zu [...]
more informationDer allgemeine Geisteszustand unseres standardisierten Menschseins hat schon längst die Grenzen existenzphilosophischer Skepsis überschritten, um im nihilistischen Sumpf Wittgensteinscher Resignation das letzte Stadium seiner endgültigen Abstumpfung zu erreichen. Und nun, da alle überlieferten [...]
more informationDer Autor widersetzt sich dem verbreiteten Vorurteil, die Geschichtsphilosophie sei 'überholt'. Seiner Ansicht nach bedarf gerade der heutige 'Weltzustand', der durch an das Unwahrscheinliche grenzende Umwälzungen gekennzeichnet ist, einer philosophische en Rückbesinnung auf den historischen [...]
more informationDer spätlateinische Schriftsteller Apuleius (ca. 125-180) ist vor allem durch seinen Roman 'Der goldene Esel' bekannt. Die Antike schätzte Apuleius aber auch als Rhetor und Philosoph. Die ihm zugeschriebene Schrift 'Platon und seine Lehre' enthält die älteste ganz überlieferte Platonbiographie sowie [...]
more informationenglischDoes a philosopher need the support of poets? Ancient sources suggest that Chrysipp of Soloi (3rd century BC), the greatest Stoic thinker of his time, quoted abundantly from poetry in his philosophical writings. For the first time, the collection and systematic analysis of these poetic [...]
more informationenglischDoes a philosopher need the support of poets? Ancient sources suggest that Chrysipp of Soloi (3rd century BC), the greatest Stoic thinker of his time, quoted abundantly from poetry in his philosophical writings. For the first time, the collection and systematic analysis of these poetic [...]
more informationenglischThe Fourth Book of Aristotle's Meteorologica has been defined as a 'Chemical Treatise'. It is the starting point of a long, rich activity of exegesis and appropriation, from later Greek philosophy to Arab and Latin Medieval thought. The papers in this volume take the reader through the [...]
more informationenglischRichard McKirahan systematically examines the Aristotelian discussion of the thought of Parmenides, Zeno and Melissus, shedding light on the more obscure and complex passages. He also complements his study by proposing a novel 'Aristotelianising' interpretation of Parmenides' poem. The texts [...]
more informationenglischRichard McKirahan systematically examines the Aristotelian discussion of the thought of Parmenides, Zeno and Melissus, shedding light on the more obscure and complex passages. He also complements his study by proposing a novel 'Aristotelianising' interpretation of Parmenides' poem. The texts [...]
more informationenglischThe principle of non-contradiction (PNC) is both a law of being and a law of thought. Based on the text of Aristotle, the aim of this book is to open a new discussion around the possibility of knowing the PNC by way of intuitive understanding, by recognising its indemonstrability and [...]
more informationChris Bezzel findet einen neuen Zugang zu den Hauptthemen der Philosophie Wittgensteins: Logik, Semiotik und Ästhetik, Im Mittelpunkt seiner Analysen steht Wittgensteins Theorie der Wahrnehmung, die er von den Phänomenen des Sehens-als, des Aspekt-Sehens und des Aspektwechsels her erschließt.
more informationDie Ästhetik gilt vielen als schwächste aller wissenschaftlichen Disziplinen. Als Grund dafür wird zwar oft die Subjektivität der ästhetischen Erfahrung genannt, doch ist die 'Grundlagenkrise' der Ästhetik nicht allgemein mit Bezug darauf zu erklären. Viel schwerer wiegt, daß bislang unklar ist, was [...]
more informationenglischThe subject of this monograph lies at the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of action of the late Platonist Proclus and his Georgian commentator from the 11th/12th century, Ioane Petrizi. With Proclus, the theme of the 'One in us' is closely connected both with his [...]
more informationenglischThe subject of this monograph lies at the intersection of metaphysics, epistemology and the philosophy of action of the late Platonist Proclus and his Georgian commentator from the 11th/12th century, Ioane Petrizi. With Proclus, the theme of the 'One in us' is closely connected both with his [...]
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englischHomer and Sophocles, Plato and Aristotle: four great authors, who have let the essence of Greek culture appear with special clarity, are the focus of the collected essays by the Tübingen classical Greek scholar Thomas Alexander Szlezák. His approach to the poetic as to the philosophical [...]
more informationenglischHomer and Sophocles, Plato and Aristotle: four great authors, who have let the essence of Greek culture appear with special clarity, are the focus of the collected essays by the Tübingen classical Greek scholar Thomas Alexander Szlezák. His approach to the poetic as to the philosophical [...]
more informationenglischThe increasing complexity of networked systems casts doubt on the self-determination in the digital sphere. Externally predetermined algorithms and practices of third-party data processing raise questions as to the protection of and the danger to autonomy and the freedom of expression. At [...]
more informationenglischThe increasing complexity of networked systems casts doubt on the self-determination in the digital sphere. Externally predetermined algorithms and practices of third-party data processing raise questions as to the protection of and the danger to autonomy and the freedom of expression. At [...]
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englischAlthough gender has always been one of the key means of characterising a human’s identity, one gender-specific topic area was omitted from established academic philosophical debates for a long time. It was above all Judith Butler who gave new impetus to philosophical reflections on gender [...]
more informationenglischAlthough gender has always been one of the key means of characterising a human’s identity, one gender-specific topic area was omitted from established academic philosophical debates for a long time. It was above all Judith Butler who gave new impetus to philosophical reflections on gender [...]
more informationenglischThis study offers a new interpretation of the poem of the founder of Western philosophy: Parmenides. It shows that there is more in his poem than the description of Being by means of negative adjectives such as ingenerated and immobile. His words ask his audience to question their habits, to [...]
more informationDer Band enthält Beiträge verschiedener Autoren über das Verhältnis Benedetto Croces zu Deutschland und zur deutschen Kultur. Croce - gleichermaßen Humanist, Philosoph und Historiker - formte seine Philosophie - vor allem seine Gedanken zur Geschichte und Ästhetik - in intensiver Auseinandersetzung [...]
more informationenglischBERNARD BOLZANO (1781-1848) is one of the great figures in the history of ideas. As a philosopher and in particular as a logician he did pioneering work which led the way for basic research in logic and methodology of the 20th century. Bolzano was professor of the science of (Roman Catholic) [...]
more informationDie Privatbibliothek von Bernard Bolzano (1781-1848) ist trotz ihres wechselhaften Schicksals bis auf den heutigen Tag fast vollständig erhalten geblieben. Bolzano war der vielleicht letzte Universalgelehrte sowie einer der bedeutendsten Philosophen und Theologen seiner Zeit. Darüber hinaus hat er [...]
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more informationenglischBetween 1805 and 1819, the period in which he worked as a professor and a student priest in Prague, Bernard Bolzano gave almost 680 speeches on Sundays and religious holidays. In this book, Künne describes the form these orations took and their biblical points of departure. He compares the [...]
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