Theron presents what Hegel calls “the vital spirit of the actual world”, the truth, namely, of logic’s form and content as one concrete whole. He operates from the view that thinking is necessarily free and unbounded, if we escape a performative contradiction in evaluating it.
From Monophysitism to Nestorianism
This book argues that early orthodoxy was not a linear progression. Instead, the church navigated the narrow strait between Nestorianism and Monophysitism by continually changing sides in the Ecumenical Councils, ultimately outwitting both heresies to forge its own path.
Ágnes Heller and Hannah Arendt
This book reconstructs a timely conversation between Hannah Arendt and Ágnes Heller on the malaises of modernity. Two great thinkers enlighten the great moral and political problems of our time, from the demise of totalitarianism to the perennial problems of this century.
This publication features presentations given at the 14th International Conference on Philosophical Practice, and will be of significance and interest not only for philosophers and philosophical practitioners, but also for psychotherapists, counsellors, and other professionals.
Theory and Practice of Logic-Based Therapy
We upset ourselves by deducing destructive conclusions from irrational premises. This book presents Logic-Based Therapy (LBT), a guide to using logic and philosophy to refute these fallacies, overcome anxiety, depression, and anger, and attain happiness.
News from the Raven
This volume offers a celebration of Medieval and Renaissance culture. Essays drawing from philosophy, literature, music, art, and history include studies of Thomas Aquinas, Shakespeare, Beowulf, and the influence of rhetoric on musical composition.
No-one who reads this book will ever see the world the same again. This work provides a phenomenology of the everyday, exploring the appearances of houses, landscapes, places, and people by bringing together philosophy, literature, history, and art.
Greatness of Soul
From a Nietzschean Hume evoking Milton’s Satan, to Aristotle’s “claws and teeth” and a deeper challenge from Hobbes, these pages mix poets and philosophers to offer a glimpse of what a classical education might look like.
Body and Justice insightfully examines the western woman: her body, sexuality, and the justice she is afforded. How fair is a world where women are forced to conform to beauty standards? It calls for a morality that frees our bodies from oppression.
Consciousness and Self-Knowledge in Medieval Philosophy
While often traced to Descartes, self-knowledge is a perennial theme. This volume studies its treatment in the Medieval Latin West, focusing on Aquinas. It explores how the intellect grasps itself and how transformative self-knowledge leads to virtue, happiness, and fulfillment.
The Intelligible World
Understanding Kant’s “pre-critical” philosophy is central to appreciating his three critiques. This early work is a hidden background, where his great cosmology informs the “thing-in-itself” and provides the ontological framework for his later ethics.
This title discusses the relevance of the work of Hegel and Marx in today’s world, providing the historical context necessary to understand the relation between them, and putting their relevance for the contemporary reader into perspective.
This collection of doctoral essays in Catholic Studies shines new light on age-old issues and offers opportunities for dialogue with the contemporary world. Inspired by St. John Henry Newman’s vision of faith and reason, these works cover theology, ethics, history, and more.
Varieties of Liberalism
Varieties of Liberalism presents an interdisciplinary analysis of contemporary challenges. An international array of scholars addresses pressing questions of free speech, citizenship, justice, and migration through critical perspectives on liberalism.
Dynamic Being
What is dynamic ontology? Dynamic Being examines this and other questions, investigating the theory and application of process-relational being. Specialists in philosophy, biology, computer science, and more suggest fruitful, interdisciplinary approaches.
The Gift of Logos
The Continental tradition emphasizes the Logos, which these essays celebrate as a gift that overcomes existential alienation. To give a gift is to befriend. This collection argues that true transformation is our greatest gift, and giving it voice is the gift of Logos.
This volume celebrates life writing, where individuals overcome trauma to find joy. Scholars explore personal narratives—testimonies, diaries, and letters—that challenge sociocultural issues like migration and discrimination while affirming our need for human connection.
This book presents an integral philosophy of human being. Amidst a new anthropological renaissance, scholars from different countries explore how knowledge of what we are, what we can do, and what we must become can guide our political and educational programs.
Ethics and the Philosophy of Culture
Are we to see ethics as a thread in the fabric of human culture, or does it transcend culture? Eleven Wittgenstein scholars explore how ethics is embedded in everyday speech, posing radical questions to the mainstream of philosophy.
David Hume’s thought inspired major modern philosophies. This collection of essays by leading researchers demonstrates the “vivacity” of his work for contemporary debates in epistemology, philosophy of science, political theory, and ethics.