Galen's project of scientific medicine entails philosophical issues such as the relation between experience and reason, the criteria... Læs mere
Despite the importance of The Sickness unto Death to Kierkegaard scholarship, it has been somewhat overlooked. This book applies diverse approaches... Læs mere
This interdisciplinary commentary makes Thomas Aquinas's classical treatise on the meaning of life and the nature of human... Læs mere
This is the first book-length study in English of Kant's legal metaphors, whose philosophical importance has so far been overlooked. It will appeal to academic researchers and advanced students of Kant, early modern philosophy, legal philosophy, and intellectual history.
This Element presents a conception of rationalizing informed by the full spectrum of examples Kant provides to illustrate the phenomenon. These examples range from moral-psychology to philosophy to religious contexts to politics and everyday discourse.
First published in 1950, The Western Philosophers presents the life of philosophical thought in the Western world. From Socrates to Spinoza, from John Locke to Nietzsche, the author provides a good introduction into the subject.
This book examines how sleep and dreams were approached in early Greek thought, highlighting the theories of the Presocratic and Hippocratic writers on both phenomena as more varied, complex and substantial than is usually credited.
In a time marked by profound polarization, this volume draws our attention to a virtue that is of key importance in many non-Western cultures but is largely neglected in modern... Læs mere
A consideration of how Plato represents his philosophical predecessors. These predecessors appear in imaginary conversations; and they are refuted... Læs mere