Ethics of Social Consequences
This anthology showcases new and unconventional views of many traditional moral values, such as humanity, human dignity, justice and responsibility. The contributions analyse these values and approaches from the point of view of non-utilitarian consequentialism.
Event and Decision
This book unites the philosophies of Badiou, Deleuze, and Whitehead on the concept of the event. For all three thinkers, the event necessitates a radical politics, revealing humanity as constituted by a multiplicious cycle of infinite creation.
This book explores Eventualism, a metaphysical theory concerning reality and every “anything” that exists. It argues that “anythings” are not just physical things, but also creations of the human mind and artificial intelligence, and provides an analysis of their structure.
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.
Experience, Interpretation, and Community
John Edwin Smith recovered the voice of philosophy, showing its relevance to contemporary life. He not only anticipated key philosophical developments but also pointed the way beyond intellectual impasses. The essays in this volume reveal his wisdom for our world.
A realist polemic against nominalism, relativism, and nihilism. This volume formulates Husserl’s dependence ontology of experience, contrasting realist and nominalist views. It also explores Kant’s and Husserl’s concepts of time and how empirical facts arise from experience.
Experience, Reason, and the Crisis of the Republic Volume 2
This realist polemic analyzes the 21st Century crisis of Western politics and culture, arguing it is symptomatic of the dominance of nominalism. It argues that our experiences include values, that there are God-given natural rights, and uses modal logic to prove that God exists.
Expression and Survival
The standard ethical approach to suicide may do more harm than good. In *Expression and Survival*, Craig Greenman develops an aesthetic alternative, arguing that art—making it or experiencing it—can help a person survive. For anyone who has ever struggled with suicide.
This book illuminates the problem of women in Chinese philosophy through the lives of two Taiwanese female philosophers. It links the marginalization of female theorists with the unrecognized contribution of Taiwanese philosophy, revealing both stem from discourses of exclusion.
A dilemma threatens our belief in moral responsibility: if determinism is true, we lack control; if not, our actions are a matter of luck. This collection of new essays confronts this problem, with contributions by John Martin Fischer, Robert Kane, and others.
Freedom Beyond Conditioning
We are said to be free, but are we bound by our own thoughts and emotions? This book blends Eastern theories of energy with Western science, investigating the link between emotional life and mental freedom to offer a path to balance and true wellbeing.
Van Tongeren offers a thorough study of Nietzsche’s thoughts on nihilism, the history of the concept, the different ways in which he tries to explain his ideas on nihilism, the way these ideas were received in the 20th century, and, ultimately, what these ideas should mean to us.
Friends and Foes Volume II
This volume investigates the relationship between friendship and conflict from political, sociological and psychological perspectives. Scholars examine how friendships are forged in contexts of conflict and how conflict itself can be transformed into friendship.
From Marx to Warner
Tittenbrun gives an in-depth analysis of several important theories of social class and stratification, both past and present. The central argument in his monograph is that there are only two classical theories of social class, namely those developed by Marx and Weber.
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.
From Narrative to Necessity
This book presents religion as intelligible metaphysics, reconciling faith and reason. It explores the philosophical implications of the Trinity, Creation, and Incarnation, correcting false views of divine transcendence where God is “all in all.”
From Plato’s Cave to the Multiplex
This rich collection of articles explores the productive interaction between philosophy and film. The pieces offer philosophical analyses of specific films and the cinematic medium, revealing surprising connections and provoking philosophical reflection.
From Question to Quest
The quest for answers to life’s challenges is a human task. This book offers literary-philosophical enquiries into the search for meaning, wisdom, morality, community, suffering, and the longing for immortality.
This book introduces new approaches to semiotics and metaphysical philosophy. Drawing from over 30 years of research, it shows how mature semiotics leads to new philosophical vistas, with conclusions that differ significantly from currently accepted philosophical views.
From Truth and truth
Examining the answers of reason and faith to the question “What is man?”, these essays explore the incomparable depth of dialogue. Given the critical situations in the world, humanity must choose the wealth of dialogue over a polarized, conflictual existence.
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