Change Partners will give an educated reader a deep understanding of a particular conceptual `village' (memory, privacy, now change) -- hence the designation `intellectual ethnography.' As a book about change, this is also a book about motion, becoming, and difference, because all of these concepts circulate around the same patches of meanings. ......
Providing an accessible foundation of what critical thinking is, why it's important, and how to apply these skills, this book explores the psychological and social reasons of why human beings tend to find credence in extraordinary claims. The book then shows how critical thinking skills are used to evaluate specific pseudoscientific arenas by ......
The Divided Individual in the Political Thought of G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche
Argues that G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche share a concept of individuality that combines autonomy and community, but that they develop this concept in opposite directions, leaving an irreconcilable tension between political means of individual fulfilllment.
The Divided Individual in the Political Thought of G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche
Argues that G. W. F. Hegel and Friedrich Nietzsche share a concept of individuality that combines autonomy and community, but that they develop this concept in opposite directions, leaving an irreconcilable tension between political means of individual fulfilllment.
An interpretation of the philosophy of J. G. Fichte. Examines the impact of nineteenth-century psychological techniques and technologies on the formation of his theory of the imagination.
A collection of essays in feminist philosophy. Contributors theorize how we act through differently acculturated bodies in a variety of interpersonal and political contexts. Addresses recent feminist challenges to bring the body more fully and positively into theory.
This book is the first philosophical study in English devoted to Antonio Rosmini (1797-1855) for over a century. Until recently, the Italian philosopher had been either overlooked or seen as tainted with idealism. The fact that he had entertained a serious dialogue with modern thinkers, partly adopting their language and methodology, prevented ......
Argues that our sense of knowing may be an epiphenomenon of cerebrally produced internal images. Using this concept of cognition as a basis, the author goes on to show its implications for such complex cerebral functions as memory, language, dreaming, body images, the formation of personality, and the encounter of the self with others.
Reveals how you can attain genuine insight into the common confusions of everyday life by harnessing your own native powers of reason. This work takes you through some of the most injurious and offending fallacies of life, and provides you with many common-sense prescriptions for attaining greater freedom and control over your life.
