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In this important work, Jim Kanaris provides a unique approach to the study of religion, aiming to alleviate the methodological and ideological barriers that divide philosophers, theologians, and social scientists. This is a "philosophy of religion" for a wider audience than that designation usually circumscribes, and, for that reason, Kanaris opts for the broader "philosophy of religious studies." He hybridizes insights principally from the works...
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The use of assisted reproductive technologies (ART)-in vitro fertilization, artificial insemination, and gestational surrogacy-challenges contemporary notions of what it means to be parents or families. Camisha A. Russell argues that these technologies also bring new insight to ideas and questions surrounding race. In her view, if we think of ART as medical technology, we might be surprised by the importance that people using them put on race, especially...
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The "Philosophical Dialogues with my Friend Pi" are an intellectual experiment, with which the author wanted to carry out an incursion into the field of artificial intelligence, to try to elucidate what the current limits of this technology are, and find out to what extent point a machine can emulate one of the most outstanding characteristics of the human condition: the ability to reason from a philosophical point of view. Throughout these pages,...
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Que signifie-t-on lorsqu'on affirme d'une idée qu'elle est valable, qu'elle a de la valeur? Cette opération de tous les jours procède nommément, en philosophie, de l'«économie de la pensée». Ce cinquième opuscule du feuilleton théorique «Les économies» recense cette fois les usages du mot «économie» dans le champ de la philosophie. Depuis Kant, mais surtout depuis les néokantiens qui ont médité sur la dimension pratique de la pensée,...
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Putting the ethical tools of philosophy to work, Ellen K. Feder seeks to clarify how we should understand "the problem" of intersex. Adults often report that medical interventions they underwent as children to "correct" atypical sex anatomies caused them physical and psychological harm. Proposing a philosophical framework for the treatment of children with intersex conditions-one that acknowledges the intertwined identities of parents, children, and...
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Peter Singer is the Ira W. DeCamp Professor of Bioethics in the University Center for Human Values at Princeton University and the recipient of the Berggruen Prize for ideas that shape human self-understanding. His books include Animal Liberation, Practical Ethics, and The Life You Can Save.
Provocative essays on real-world ethical questions from the world's most influential philosopher
Peter Singer is often described as the world's most influential...
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Embark on an intellectual journey with "The Bertrand Russell Collection," a comprehensive anthology spanning the influential philosopher's groundbreaking works. From "The Analysis of Mind" to insightful essays on humanism, ethics, and society, this collection encapsulates Russell's brilliance and offers timeless reflections on reason, knowledge, and the complexities of the human experience. Explore the mind of one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers...
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Reexamining Emmanuel Levinas's essays on Jewish education, Claire Elise Katz provides new insights into the importance of education and its potential to transform a democratic society, for Levinas's larger philosophical project. Katz examines Levinas's "Crisis of Humanism," which motivated his effort to describe a new ethical subject. Taking into account his multiple influences on social science and the humanities, and his various identities as a...
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"Breaking Chains, Building Habits: A Roadmap to Unleashing Your Best Self" is a transformative guide that navigates the intricate journey of personal growth and empowermentThis book serves as a compass for individuals seeking to liberate themselves from self-imposed limitations, cultivate empowering habits, and embark on a profound voyage toward unleashing their fullest potential Beginning with the exploration of mental constraints and the dismantling...
11) A Load of Shit
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"What makes shit such a universal joke is that it's an unmistakable reminder of our duality, of our soiled nature and of our will to glory. It is the ultimate lèse-majesté".
John Berger's essay begins by describing the experience of burying a year's worth of his household's excrement. What follows is an extended reflection-at once philosophically detached and profoundly engaged with the inescapable stuff of life-on shit as an emblem of what it means...
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This poignant philosophy about the human capacity for love in the face of tragedy from the New York Times–bestselling author is as relevant today as it was when it was first broadcast.
Transcribed from a series of recorded conversations streamed over German public radio in 1970, the profound ideas and thoughts collected in this volume represent a lifetime of the renowned psychoanalyst and social philosopher's explorations into human emotion...
13) The Great Christian Doctrine of Original Sin Defended; Evidences of Its Truth Produced, and Argument
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If you want to go deeper in your faith. If you want your understanding of doctrine to be strengthened. If you want to be inspired by a leading revivalist. If you want to be provoked to prayer. If you want to learn to reason well with Scripture. If you want to learn from one of the greatest preachers of all time. If you want any of these things, then you should read Jonathan Edwards.
Jonathan Edwards' Original Sin delves deeply into this fundamental...
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Hermann Cohen is often held to be one of the most important Jewish philosophers of the nineteenth century. Paul E. Nahme, in this new consideration of Cohen, liberalism, and religion, emphasizes the idea of enchantment, or the faith in and commitment to ideas, reason, and critique-the animating spirits that move society forward.
Nahme views Cohen through the lenses of the crises of Imperial Germany-the rise of antisemitism, nationalism, and secularization-to...
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La luz también está en la oscuridad. Este no es el típico libro de autoayuda que te dice qué hacer para ser feliz con soluciones rápidas. Es una provocación para mirar de frente a lo importante, aquello que la mayoría busca evitar. "La sedación constante con estímulos y positividad forzada da paso a la tristeza de descubrir que el mundo real es frío y no tiene compasión por tus emociones." Un viaje intelectual y espiritual que desafía...
16) Universo arreolino: la hermeneútica de la autoficción: A 100 años del natalicio de Juan José Arreola
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Esta complicación de ensayos es el trabajo de muchos años de análisis literario y lectura comparada del autor, en torno a la obra de Juan José Arreola, una de las voces más representativas de la narrativa mexicana. Filosofía y literatura estrechan lazos en este volumen para re-crear desde la palabra erudita las redes que la ficción y la autoficción tejen en cada uno de los textos de Juan José Arreola ¿Es el relato la mejor autoficción?...
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Book description: An exciting story about two women they talk about their fates. Six love stories in a novel. One woman is young, the other old. Events in the Balkans - Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. The love of Christians and Muslims. The war is over. Translation from Google Translate
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The invention of numerals is perhaps the greatest abstraction the human mind has ever created. Virtually everything in our lives is digital, numerical, or quantified. The story of how and where we got these numerals, which we so depend on, has for thousands of years been shrouded in mystery. Finding Zero is an adventure filled saga of Amir Aczel's lifelong obsession: to find the original sources of our numerals. Aczel has doggedly crisscrossed the...
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This exciting essay focuses on the explanation and analysis of Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics, one the most influential works in history and whose understanding, due to its complexity and depth, escapes comprehension on a first reading.Whether you have already read The Nicomachean Ethics or not, this essay will allow you to immerse yourself in each and every one of its meanings, opening a window to Aristotle's philosophical thought and his true...
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God has given us the world to be our own-he has given his world to be our world. And that itself is an amazing fact! He does not desire mere blind submission or purely passive acceptance of the gift of existence. He desires free, spontaneous, personal, and creative cooperation. He desires playfulness in the playground of the universe that he has given for no other reason than that he loves us, loves us tenderly and ardently. Thus we are called to...
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