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Dodo Press | English | 2005-10-03 | ISBN: 1406500100 | 196 pages | PDF | 1,4 MB In depth description of Gnani Yoga by the man credited by many as being the first to introduce Eastern philosophies to the west. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Rodopi 2009-07-24 | 156 Pages | ISBN: 9042026626 | PDF | 1.8 MB What is addiction? Why do some people become addicted while others do not? Is the addict rational? In this book, Craig Hanson attempts to answer these questions and more. Using insights from the beginnings of philosophy to contemporary behavioral economics, Hanson attempts to assess the variety of ways in which we can and cannot, understand addiction. ... Ebook description

Routledge | 2009 | ISBN 0826439675 | 157 Pages | PDF OCR | 4.4 MB This is a Reader's Guide to the most important and influential essays of Heidegger's later work, crucial to an understanding of his philosophy as a whole.Martin Heidegger is one of the most important thinkers of the twentieth century. His later writings are profoundly original and innovative, giving rise to much of postmodernist thinking, yet they are infamously difficult to approach. ... Ebook description

Routledge | 1990 | ISBN 0415901499 / 041601951X | 360 Pages | PDF OCR | 5.3 MB Politics, Philosophy, Culturecontains a rich selection of interviews and other writings by the late Michel Foucault. Drawing upon his revolutionary concept of power as well as his critique of the institutions that organize social life, Foucault discusses literature, music and the power of art while also examining concrete issues such as the Left in contemporary France, the social security system, the penal system, homosexuality, madness, and the Iranian Revolution. ... Ebook description

Springer | 2009-10 | ISBN: 1402056370 | 326 pages | PDF | 3,5 MB In the twentieth century, avant-garde movements have pushed the concept of art far beyond its traditional boundaries. In this dynamical process of constant renewal the prestige of thinking about art as a legitimizing practice has come to the fore. So it is hardly surprising that the past decades have been characterized by a revival or even breakthrough of philosophy of art as a discipline. ... Ebook description

Princeton University Press | 2008-01-03 | ISBN: 0691134391 | 288 pages | PDF | 1,2 MB Immanuel Kant famously said that he was awoken from his "dogmatic slumbers," and led to question the possibility of metaphysics, by David Hume's doubts about causation. Because of this, many philosophers have viewed Hume's influence on Kant as limited to metaphysics. More recently, some philosophers have questioned whether even Kant's metaphysics was really motivated by Hume. ... Ebook description

Continuum | 2007-07-23 | ISBN: 0826485952 | 240 pages | PDF | 1 MB Continuum's "Guides for the Perplexed" are clear, concise and accessible introductions to thinkers, writers and subjects that students and readers can find especially challenging. Concentrating specifically on what it is that makes the subject difficult to fathom, these books explain and explore key themes and ideas, guiding the reader towards a thorough understanding of demanding material. ... Ebook description