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Objectivity : a very short introduction
\"Objectivity is both an essential and elusive philosophical concept. This Very Short Introduction explores the theoretical and practical problems raised by objectivity, and also deals with the way in which particular understandings of objectivity impinge on social research, science, and art\"-- Provided by publisher.
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The Blackwell guide to Descartes’ meditations
Consisting of twelve newly commissioned essays and enhanced by William Molyneux's famous early translation of the Meditations. Situates the Meditations in its philosophical and historical context. Touches on all of the major themes of the Meditations, including the mind-body relation, the nature of the mind, and the existence of the material world.
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الموضوعية
تتطلب الحياة منا اتخاذ القرارات وكي تكون صحيحة، لا بد أن تتحلى بأكبر قدر من الموضوعية. لكن، ما الموضوعية ؟ وإلى أي حد يمكن تحقيقها ؟ حتى نكون موضوعيين، علينا أن نتأمل آراءنا بنوع من الحياد، لا أن نجعلها منطلق أحكامنا ولا غنى لنا، في هذا الصدد، عن التجرد من التحيز والتحامل، فهما يجعلان الحكم أميل إلى تغليب المصالح والأهواء الشخصية، عوضا عن أن يكون مجردا من الهوى والافتراضات المسبقة وبناء على ذلك، يتعين أن تكون النظريات والآراء والمعتقدات مستخلصة من دراسة عميقة ومبنية على أدلة قطعية وبذلك يغدو الباحث متجردا من عواطفه وانفعالاته. لكن مؤلف الكتاب يتساءل : هل ثمة تصور واحد للموضوعية، أم أنها تعتمد على السياق والظرف ؟ وهو يجيب قائلا : لا تصور واحدا للموضوعية، بحكم الاختلاف في تعريفها أصلا. فثمة قائل إنها التجرد من التحيز والتحامل وثمة من يقول إنها توخي الحقيقة وثمة قائل إن اختلاف الأوضاع والسياقات يجعل الوصول إلى الموضوعية مستحيلا.
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French philosophy : a very short introduction
French culture is unique in that philosophy has played a significant role from the early-modern period onwards, intimately associated with political, religious, and literary debates, as well as with epistemological and scientific ones. While Latin was the language of learning there was a universal philosophical literature, but with the rise of vernacular literatures things changed and a distinctive national form of philosophy arose in France. This Very Short Introduction covers French philosophy from its origins in the sixteenth century up to the present, analysing it within its social, political, and cultural context. Beginning with psychology and epistemology, Stephen Gaukroger and Knox Peden then move onto the emergence of radical philosophy in the eighteenth century, before considering post-revolutionary philosophy in the nineteenth century, philosophy in the world wars, the radical thought of the 1960s, and finally French philosophy today. Throughout, they explore the dilemma sustained by the markedly national conception of French philosophy, and its history of speaking out on matters of universal concern. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable. -- Provided by publisher.
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The Soft Underbelly of Reason
This book provides a valuable understanding on the different views of the passions in the Seventeenth Century. The contributors show that fundamental questions about the nature of wisdom, goodness and beauty were understood in terms of the contrast between reason and passions in this era. Those with an interest in philosophy , the history of medicene, and women's studies will find this collection a fascinating read.
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Francis Bacon and the Transformation of Early-Modern Philosophy
This ambitious and important book, first published in 2001, provides a truly general account of Francis Bacon as a philosopher. It describes how Bacon transformed the values that had underpinned philosophical culture since antiquity by rejecting the traditional idea of a philosopher as someone engaged in contemplation of the cosmos. The book explores in detail how and why Bacon attempted to transform the largely esoteric discipline of natural philosophy into a public practice through a program in which practical science provided a model that inspired many from the seventeenth to the twentieth centuries. Stephen Gaukroger shows that this reform of natural philosophy was dependent on the creation of a new philosophical persona: a natural philosopher shaped through submission to the dictates of Baconian method. This book will be recognized as a major contribution to Baconian scholarship, of special interest to historians of early-modern philosophy, science, and ideas.
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