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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

Harvard University Press | 2001-11-30 | ISBN: 0674006461 | 208 pages | PDF | 1 MB A strikingly original work, Friends of Interpretable Objects re-anchors aesthetics in the object of attention even as it redefines the practice, processes, meaning, and uses of interpretation. Miguel Tamen's concern is to show how inanimate objects take on life through their interpretation--notably, in our own culture, as they are collected and housed in museums. ... Ebook description

Belknap Press of Harvard University Press | 1985-03-09 | ISBN: 0674961919 | 490 pages | PDF | 26,4 MB The center of this prodigious work of scholarship is a fresh examination of the range of Chinese culture thought during the formative period of Chinese culture. Benjamin Schwartz looks at the surviving texts of this period with a particular focus on the range of diversity to be found in them. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Kindle | ISBN: N/A | edition 2008 | PDF | 68 pages | 11,2 mb 'Karma Yoga' shows that we can attain the so called self-realization through just sheer hard work. You need not go to the mountains and meditate to attain self-realization, just by proper attitude and hard work one can achieve this. Reading this book alone is not enough, unless one follows what is said in the book, it will be difficult the appreciate the contents. ... Ebook description

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan | 2008-08-05 | ISBN: 0230527566 | PDF | 256 pages | 1.04 MB Few contemporary philosophers have made as wide-ranging and insightful a contribution to philosophical debate as John Cottingham. This collection brings together friends, colleagues and former students of Cottingham, to discuss major themes of his work on moral philosophy. Presented in three parts the collection focuses on the debate on partiality, impartiality and character; the role of emotions and reason in the good life; the meaning of a worthwhile life and the place of theistic considerations in it. ... Ebook description