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PHILOSOPHY 2019
Contents Philosophy Recent Publications : Aesthetics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 Ancient Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2 Epistemology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Ethics & Moral Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 General Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 History of Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Metaphysics & Ontology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Philosophy of Logic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Philosophy of Mind . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Philosophy of Religion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Philosophy of Science . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Social & Political Philosophy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Selected Series : Critique sociale et pensée juridique . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Dia-Logos. Schriften zu Philosophie und Sozialwissenschaften / Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 History and Philosophy of Science. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Philosophie et Politique / Philosophy and Politics . . . . . . . . . . 18 Polish Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Humanities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Studia philosophica et historica. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Studies in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics . . . . . . . . 21 Complete Series List . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Journals : Cultura. International Journal of Philosophy of Culture and Axiology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Peter Lang, International Academic Publishers. . . . . . . . . . . 27 Our Representatives – Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Our Representatives – eBooks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 To order, visit our website at www.peterlang.com or send your order directly to order@peterlang.com.
Sub-Classification
Aesthetics 1
Maddalena Mazzocut-Mis Veli-Matti Saarinen
Philosophy of Picture Arts with or without Ideas
Denis Diderot’s Salons Idealist Remnants in Contemporary Concepts of Art
Bern, 2018. IV, 248 pp. Berlin, 2018. 183 pp.
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If it is true that a painting can ‘think vis- Past philosophical ideas about arts influence contemporary artistic
ually’, then it is also true that Diderot practices. We still use traditional Idealist concepts, such as the auton-
was the first to say so - and he has spelled omy of art or the subjective expression of the artist. At the same time,
out this concept better than anyone else. today’s art often attacks and abandons Idealist thinking. The author of
Diderot’s Salons show that the ‘imagi- this book analyses this relation between the Idealist conception of the
nal’ sense that arises from the engage- arts including literature and present-day reality. The aim is to create a
ment with a picture needs to be inves- link between past and present artistic practices and theoretical, philo-
tigated using the concepts of ékphrasis sophical thinking. The author also questions the Idealist notions of his-
and theatricality - the capacity to ex- tory and the relation between the theoretical, the aesthetic and the prac-
plore the power of pictures in relation tical, and seeks new ways to deal with the relation between the past and
to the composition of the scene, to the the present.
expressive and pantomimic gestures,
and to what can be called a ‘theory of
affections’. The book will focus on an is-
sue that pertains to the theory of pic-
tures, on a question that is ground-break-
ing in the English-speaking academic context: how can we look at a pic-
ture in order to rethink aesthetics as a discipline that allows us to look at Antoni Ziemba
pictures from a philosophical point of view? The Salons demonstrate that
Illusion and Realism – The Game with the
the ‘imaginal’ process leading to knowledge always emerges from the pic-
Spectator in Dutch Art 1580–1660
ture itself, and that this process always needs to be supported by a method
of inquiry that can rightly be called a philosophical method - as Diderot
Frankfurt am Main, 2017. 746 pp., 292 b/w ill.
was a philosopher himself. Even when approaching this issue from a con-
temporary perspective, this method should always be related to the con- hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-66853-5
cepts of ékphrasis and theatricality. Fundamental, however, is also the ‘pa- CHF 140.95 / €D 121.95 / €A 124.95 / € 113.95 / £ 92.95 / US-$ 136.95
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absorption and, conversely, voyeurism.
The book is a study on Dutch
painting, drawing and print-
making of the 17th century, fo-
Max Ryynänen • Zoltan Somhegyi cused on interlocking its de-
scriptive realism with the vis-
Learning from Decay
ual strategy of illusion. The
Essays on the Aesthetics of Architectural Dereliction author analyzes this relation-
and Its Consumption ship as a conjunction rather
than an opposition. Illusion-
Berlin, 2018. 117 pp. istic compositional devices
were current not only in myth-
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ological, biblical and allegori-
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cal images but also in proper
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realistic representations of the
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world. At the same time, many
visual inventions, which in-
Architectural decay as well as the reasons, effects, appearance and rep-
cluded illusionistic concepts, were presented with persuasive
resentation of ruination have always been important sources of under-
realism of the forms. Thus, different seventeenth-century Dutch
standing the state of our culture. The essays in this co-written book of-
artists – such as Hendrick Goltzius, Hendrick Vroom, Rembrandt,
fer broad perspectives on the potential of ruins, on the use and appro-
Vermeer – attempted to produce «open images» and to conduct
priation of derelict architecture and on the aesthetics and also
a visual game with their beholders.
touristification of places by analysing a variety of phenomena in the
range from classical to fake ruins, from historic city centres to hot dog
Antoni Ziemba is Professor at the Institute of History of Art,
stands, from debris to theme parks. The survey travels from Tallin
University of Warsaw. He is the Chief-Curator of the National
through Venice and Istanbul to Beirut, discussing among others actual
Museum in Warsaw and author of several books and articles on
spaces, allegorical monuments and nostalgic aestheticisations of the
Early Netherlandish and Dutch art of 15th-17th centuries.
past in high and popular culture, thus showing numerous inspiring op-
portunities of learning from decay.
2 Ancient Philosophy
Boris Hennig
Aristotle’s Four Causes Marek Piechowiak
Plato’s Conception of Justice and the Question
New York, 2019. X, 280 pp.
of Human Dignity
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This book examines Aristotle’s four
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causes (material, formal, efficient, and
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final), offering a systematic discussion
of the relation between form and mat-
This book is the first compre-
ter, causation, taxonomy, and teleol-
hensive study of Plato’s con-
ogy. The overall aim is to show that
ception of justice. The univer-
the four causes form a system, so that
sality of human rights and the
the form of a natural thing relates to
universality of human dignity,
its matter as the final cause of a natu-
which is recognised as their
ral process relates to its efficient cause.
source, are among the crucial
Aristotle’s Four Causes reaches two
philosophical problems in
novel and distinctive conclusions. The
modern-day legal orders and
first is that the formal cause or essence
in contemporary culture in
of a natural thing is not a property of
general. If dignity is genuinely
this thing but a generic natural thing.
universal, then human beings
The second is that the final cause of a
also possessed it in ancient
process is not its purpose but the course
times. Plato not only perceived
that processes of its kind typically take.
human dignity, but a recogni-
tion of dignity is also visible
in his conception of justice, which forms the core of his philos-
ophy. Plato’s «Republic» is consistently interpreted here as a
Dorota Probucka
treatise on justice, relating to an individual and not to the state.
Ethics of Ancient Greece and Rome The famous myth of the cave is a story about education taking
place in the world here and now. The best activity is not contem-
Berlin, 2019. 112 pp., 21 fig. b/w plation, but acting for the benefit of others. Not ideas, but indi-
Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited. Vol. 5 viduals are the proper objects of love. Plato’s philosophy may
provide foundations for modern-day human rights protection
hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-75772-7
rather than for totalitarian orders.
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Marek Piechowiak habilitated in philosophy and is a pro-
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fessor of legal sciences. His scholarly work concerns primarily
the philosophical foundations of international and constitu-
This book provides an overview of the
tional protection of human rights, including in a historical per-
main moral ideas typical of ancient
spective. His current research focuses on legal and philosoph-
ethics. The first chapter concerns the
ical conceptions of dignity. He works in the SWPS University
ethics of ancient Greece, while the sec-
Law School.
ond chapter discusses the views of the
ethics of ancient Rome. The third part
contains the source texts that have
been translated into English. The book
can serve as a script for students of hu-
manities and can be useful for study-
ing and teaching ethics.
Epistemology Ethics & Moral Philosophy 3
Ondřej Beran
Dennis Sölch • David Hommen (Hrsg.) Living with Rules
Philosophische Sprache zwischen Tradition Wittgensteinian Reflections on Normativity
und Innovation
Berlin, 2018. 232 pp.
Berlin, 2019, 324 S.
hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-73592-3
Studia philosophica et historica. Bd. 31
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CHF 62.– / €D 58.95 / €A 59.40 / € 49.50 / £ 41.– / US-$ 59.95 The book proposes to see the talk about
rules-following as a way of giving an
Die Neuartigkeit einer Philoso- account of particular people’s charac-
phie bemisst sich an der Sprache, ters and their lives. This focus on un-
in der sie zum Ausdruck kommt. derstanding others as variously cop-
In der Reflexion der philosophi- ing with the claims of particular rules
schen Terminologie offenbart attempts to specify the variety of “at-
sich die Bedingtheit unseres Den- titudes towards a soul” as discussed
kens, das sein begriffliches In- in the Wittgensteinian tradition. The
ventar nicht ad hoc entwickelt, book derives from the philosophical
sondern in Philosophiegeschichte tradition that considers human be-
und Alltagssprache bereits vor- ings as rule-following creatures. It sug-
findet. Das Wechselspiel zwischen gests that rules followed by other peo-
Tradition und Innovation der ple allow for understanding and sym-
Fachsprache gleicht dabei einem pathising with them. Coping with rules
Balanceakt: Wer nur der Konven- is explored as a complicated lived prac-
tion verhaftet bleibt, vermag tice, with respect to: particularised rules holding in relation to a con-
nichts Neues zu sagen, wer jeden text or to individual people, the variety of our responses to rules we are
Bezug zu vertrauten Vokabularen verliert, klingt esoterisch. Der Band subject to, or our failure in coping with them.
zeigt exemplarisch den Bedeutungswandel philosophischer Termini,
die Anforderungen an eine philosophische Terminologie und die Im-
plikationen der Beschäftigung mit der philosophischen Sprache für
unser Verständnis von Philosophie. Dorota Probucka (ed.)
Contemporary Moral Dilemmas
David Hommen ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Hein-
rich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und regelmäßiger Lehrbeauf-
Berlin, 2018. 149 pp.
tragter an der Universität Duisburg-Essen. 2012 promovierte er mit
Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited. Vol. 2
einer Verteidigung des Epiphänomenalismus, für die er 2013 den
drupa-Preis erhielt. hb. • ISBN 978-3-631-75979-0
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Dennis Sölch ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter an der Heinrich-
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Heine-Universität Düsseldorf und Geschäftsführer der Deutschen
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Whitehead Gesellschaft. 2013 promovierte er mit einer Arbeit über
die Tradition der Prozessphilosophie und war 2016 «William James
This book provides an overview of se-
Scholar in Residence» am William-James-Center in Potsdam.
lected problems typical of contempo-
rary ethics. It consists of eight chap-
ters – articles, each of which discusses
another moral dilemma. These issues
Eray Yağanak • Ahmet Umut Hacıfevzioğlu (eds.)
are related to environmental ethics,
Epistemological, Ethical and Political Issues animal rights, moral education, lib-
in Modern Philosophy eral-communitarian debate, moral
cognitivism, postmodern ethics, di-
Berlin, 2018. 144 pp lemmas of migration policy, and con-
temporary exploitation of people. The
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book discusses important moral prob-
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lems and can be an interesting incen-
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tive to study ethics and philosophy.
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This edited collection of essays aims to acquaint the reader with differ-
ent aspects of the contemporary philosophy. The contributors to this
book provide a genuinely scholarly basis for the understanding of the
philosophical issues on epistemology, ethics and political philosophy.
Each author provides an in-depth analysis of various aspects of the prob-
lems, such as democracy, ground of the law, epistemology of ignorance,
public and private sphere distinction.
4 General Philosophy
Oleg Bernaz • Marc Maesschalck (éds) Roberto Franzini Tibaldeo • Graziano Lingua (eds.)
Approches philosophiques du structuralisme Philosophy and Community Practices
linguistique russe
Berlin, 2018. 204 pp., 3 b/w ill.
Bruxelles, 2018. 172 p. Dia-Logos. Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Vol. 23
Critique sociale et pensée juridique. Vol. 6
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This book deals with the relevance of
Ce volume recueille une série de tra- community-based philosophical prac-
vaux de figures notoires de la pensée tices to individual and social empow-
russe, comme Roman Jakobson, Petr erment. The authors analyze if it is
Savickij et Nicolas Troubetzkoy, qui possible for the inclusive dialogue be-
ont marqué un seuil épistémologique tween people of diverse backgrounds
dans l’histoire du structuralisme en in informal adult education to bene-
général et de la linguistique structu- fit from the community practice of
rale en particulier. Publiés initiale- philosophy. They discuss if the latter
ment au début des années 1920 et 1930, can offer a contribution to individual,
à Berlin, à Prague et enfin à Paris, ces community and social empowerment.
travaux forment un véritable mouve- They make use of the dialogical meth-
ment intellectuel dont nous voudrions odology linked to M. Lipman and A.M.
mettre en évidence la portée philoso- Sharp’s «Philosophy for Children». The
phique, mais également les enjeux po- book aims at achieving a critical lens
litiques. Nous espérons ainsi contri- for the analysis and assessment of
buer à rendre possible une autre his- community practices and for envi-
toire du structuralisme linguistique qui en ne se limitant pas à sioning further possibilities of philo-
répertorier les idées de la langue conçues par les linguistes, puisse mettre sophical inquiry.
en lumière les conditions épistémologiques permettant de construire
la connaissance linguistique comme savoir structural des langues dans
leur fonction sociale et historique.
Aleksandar Jokic
International Justice After the Cold War
Essays with Applications
New York, 2018. XXVI, 408 pp.
American University Studies. Series 5: Philosophy. Vol. 230
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International Justice After the Cold War: Essays with Applications consid-
ers, analyzes, and evaluates the theoretical and conceptual contribu-
tions to the novel multidisciplinary field of “international justice” that
emerged in the Post-Cold War, U.S.-dominated, unipolar world. Philos-
ophers have not, for the most part, participated in generating massive
production in this field, even though they are uniquely well-suited to
the task of scrutinizing the merits of this international justice discourse
that is often lacking in its historical, factual, and methodological un-
derpinnings. This volume, aimed at both professionals and the general
public, may go some way toward filling this gap by critically examin-
ing some key components of the “international justice discourse,” such
as the nature of contemporary military ethics, challenges to defending
the right of collective self-defense, construction of an ethics on inter-
national activism, the weaponization of genocide discourse, and chal-
lenges to attempts to morally justify claims about economic sanctions
and the so-called “just war” theory.
History of Philosophy 5
Csanád Bartos Jana Trajtelová (ed.)
Methodik zur Periodisierung der Globalgeschichte The Yearbook on History and Interpretation
der Philosophie of Phenomenology 2017
EPIMELEIA TĒS PSYCHĒS: The Idea of the University
Berlin, 2018. 415 S., 20 farb. Abb., 3 Tab.
and the Phenomenology of Education
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Selbst zu Beginn des 21. Jahrhunderts
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beschränkt sich die Philosophiege-
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schichtsschreibung in der westlichen
Welt hauptsächlich auf die Antike und
All the different approaches to the is-
das Abendland. Dabei brachten Den-
sue of the university and education
kerinnen und Denker in anderen Tei-
presented in the Yearbook form the
len der Erde ebenfalls Philosophien
free-standing phenomenological open-
hervor, die die Menschheit bereicher-
ings, drawing from classical phenom-
ten und für die Lösung heutiger glo-
enological sources, relying upon tra-
baler Probleme hilfreich sein können.
ditional wisdom and implementing
Um auch jene Philosophien in das welt-
new, even experimental approaches
weite öffentliche Bewusstsein zu rü-
and interconnections. However, they
cken, verfolgt der Autor das Ziel einer
all converge on related and timeless
globalen Philosophiegeschichtsschrei-
intellectual conclusions, ever anew
bung. Hierfür setzt er sich zunächst
resurrecting the idea of humanistic
mit verschiedenen Auffassungen von
culture: there is no real education with-
Philosophie auseinander und entwickelt anschließend eine detaillierte
out the cultivation of the essential hu-
Methodik zur Periodisierung einer weltweiten Philosophiegeschichte.
manity in man as its central point,
without a devoted commitment to
shape integrated, self-aware, independent and critical thinking, mor-
ally mature, responsible and compassionate human individuals.
James Blackstone
Knowledge and Experience in the Theology
of Gregory Palamas
Oxford, 2018. XVIII, 214 pp.,1 fig. b/w
Studies in Eastern Orthodoxy. Vol. 3
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This book questions the extent to
which knowledge and experience can
be reasonably, if at all, separated in
consideration of the divine. Gregory
Palamas’s dynamic patterning of un-
ions and distinctions provides the con-
text for a response to this question in
which the breadth and depth of hu-
man functioning is explored - from
the body to the passions to the intel-
lect. In the course of close analysis of
Palamas’s writings, the author pre-
sents from Palamas a thoroughly ap-
ophatic and an iconic mode of under-
standing the whole human person so
as to mark out a fully integrated the-
ological anthropology.
6 Metaphysics & Ontology
Cyril Levitt • Sabine Sander (eds.) Paolo Palmieri
Beyond the Juxtaposition of Nature and Culture A Translation of Luigi Paolucci’s «On Birdsong»
Lawrence Krader, Interdisciplinarity, and the Concept Phenomenology, Animal Psychology and Biology
of the Human Being
New York, 2018. XVIII, 212 pp., 13 b/w ill.
New York, 2018. XVIII, 304 pp.
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History and Philosophy of Science. Heresy, Crossroads, and Intersections. Vol. 5
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Birdsong is the first English transla-
The essays contained in Beyond the tion of a groundbreaking memoir on
Juxtaposition of Nature and Culture birdsong by the Italian naturalist Luigi
represent an attempt by scholars from Paolucci. It is accompanied by exten-
Canada, Germany, and Mexico to come sive annotations and an introductory
to grips with the innovative work of essay by the translator, Paolo Palm-
the American philosopher and anthro- ieri, that examines the scientific and
pologist Lawrence Krader who has pro- philosophical questions raised by bird-
posed nothing less than a new theory song in relation to the history and phi-
of nature, according to which there losophy of science, phenomenology,
are at least three different orders—the and the theoretical problems of the
material-biotic, the quantum, and the demarcation of the human and non-
human—which differ from one an- human animal. Paolucci’s memoir fo-
other according to their different con- cuses on firsthand ecological research
figurations of space-time, and which and offers a fundamental theory of
cannot be reduced the one to the oth- birdsong as language and music. Paolucci studies songbird species and
ers. Each author takes up Krader’s the- behavior by bringing to bear linguistics, music and sound theory, and
ory in relation to its impact on their own discipline: sociology, anthro- the debate on evolutionary theory and animal cognition. In the intro-
pology, the study of myth, the theory of labor and value, economics, ductory essay, Paolo Palmieri adopts a phenomenological approach in
linguistics, and aesthetics. The question of how nature and culture can order to investigate the problem of animal suffering and ethics, animal
be integrated within a theoretical framework which links them in dif- reasoning and will, the neurophysiology of hearing in humans and
ference and nexus and allows each their non-reductive space leads each birds, and the relation between birdsong and laughter. This book will
of the contributors to move in their thinking beyond the old dualisms appeal to a large audience of philosophers, post-humanists, historians
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who is interested in the ethical debates on the presence of non-human
animals in our society.
Raphael Neelamkavil
Gravitational Coalescence Paradox
and Cosmogenetic Causality
in Quantum Astrophysical Cosmology
Berlin, 2018. 647 S.
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All quantum-physical and cosmological causal/non-causal dilemmas
have superluminally causal solutions if existents are processual by ex-
tension-change impact-transfer. Fixing the extent of applicability of
mathematics to physics demonstrates Universal Causality for cosmo-
genetic theories. Whether the cosmos is of finite or infinite content, the
Gravitational Coalescence Paradox in cosmogenetic theories yields a
philosophical cosmology of infinite-eternal continuous creation: spe-
cifically, the Gravitational Coalescence Cosmology.
Philosophy of Logic 7
Stephan Haltmayer Lope Lesigues
Logik und Erkenntnistheorie Archaeology of Play
Istanbuler Vorlesungen. Herausgegeben von Erhard Oeser The Re-Discovery of Platonic-Aristotelian Tripartivism in
Interdisciplinary Discourses
Berlin. 2019. 108 S., 4 s/w Abb.
Wiener Arbeiten zur Philosophie. Reihe B: Beiträge zur philosophischen New York, 2019. XXX, 422 pp., 1 b/w ill.
Forschung. Bd. 22
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Archaeology of Play: The Re-Discovery
Das Anliegen des Werks ist es, die kul- of Platonic-Aristotelian Tripartivism in
turübergreifende Bedeutung der Aris- Interdisciplinary Discourses proposes
totelischen Philosophie in der isla- that play’s antithesis is not serious-
misch-arabischen Kultur nachzuwei- ness but rather one-dimensionality.
sen. Die arabische Sprache ist nicht This book argues that the rediscovery
nur die Sprache des Koran, sondern of Platonic-Aristotelian tripartivism
sie ist auch die universale Sprache der lends to a more expansive apprecia-
Wissenschaft und Philosophie. Und es tion of play in terms of three rhetori-
waren die arabisch schreibenden Au- cal registers—namely, skholé, agon,
toren des Mittelalters, welche nicht and paidia. Scholastic play resides in
nur die Aristotelischen Schriften ins leisure and contemplation. Agonistics
Abendland überlieferten, aber auch is realmed in competition, contests,
in ihren Kommentaren weiterentwi- and power-play, while paidiatics is ex-
ckelten. Das gilt sowohl für die natur- pressed in lowly ruses, trickeries, rec-
wissenschaftlichen als auch für seine reation, and amusement of the low-
philosophischen Werke des Aristote- bred and the subaltern. By subjecting play to the tripartite lens, Archae-
les, vor allem für seine Logik und Er- ology of Play highlights vital surpluses and lacunae in the treatment of
kenntnistheorie. the subject matter and therefore yields a refreshing, re-politicized un-
derstanding of play dynamics in the different fields of human endeavor.
Furthermore, Bourdieu’s and Rancière’s lusory discourses redeem play
from the pitfalls of triadic over-schematization by thinking beyond tri-
Tomasz Jarmuzek partivism. The lively interlocution with other play theorists—Pieper,
Kant, Schiller, Marcuse, Gadamer, Veblen, Arendt, Lyotard, Derrida, Fou-
On the Sea Battle Tomorrow That May Not Happen
cault, Bakhtin, de Certeau, among others—adds substance to the mix
A Logical and Philosophical Analysis of the Master Argument where play becomes a critical resource for politics, aesthetics, and the
democratic reordering of sociality.
Berlin, 2018. 262 pp.
Dia-Logos. Studies in Philosophy and Social Sciences. Vol. 25
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Jan Woleński
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This book is devoted to the problem of the Master Argument – a histor- Polish Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Humanities. Vol. 11
ical argument of the Greek philosopher Diodorus Cronus. Since the orig-
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inal argument was lost, many contemporary logicians have tried to rec-
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modalities: necessity and probability. They took a deterministic form
and challenged the indeterministic approach of Aristotle included in
This collection of essays examines logic and its philosophy. The author
the Sea-Battle Tomorrow. In this study, the author shows that some of
investigates the nature of logic not only by describing its properties but
the reconstructions of the Master Argument allowed for the branched
also by showing philosophical applications of logical concepts and struc-
time structures. This is the crowning argument to prove that despite
tures. He evaluates what logic is and analyzes among other aspects the
the acceptance of Diodorus’ notions, the Aristotelian Sea-Battle Tomor-
relations of logic and language, the status of identity, bivalence, proof,
row may still not happen, or may as well happen.
truth, constructivism, and metamathematics. With examples concern-
ing the application of logic to philosophy, he also covers semantic loops,
the epistemic discourse, the normative discourse, paradoxes, proper-
ties of truth, truth-making as well as theology, being and logical deter-
minism. The author concludes with a philosophical reflection on noth-
ingness and its modelling.
8 Philosophy of Logic Philosophy of Mind
Heinrich Beck
Nicholas Rescher Das Prinzip Liebe
Philosophical Pragmatism in Context Ein philosophischer Entwurf
New York, 2018. X, 130 pp. Berlin, 2018. 100 S.
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Philosophical Pragmatism in Die Studie erschließt einen neuen Zu-
Context looks at human affairs gang zur «Liebe». Der Autor untersucht
and the condition of man from Liebe nicht lediglich als sinnlichen Af-
a purposive point of view. From fekt, sondern als Grundausrichtung
this point of view it is a cen- auf das Gute. Seine rein philosophi-
trally significant feature of sche Argumentation geht den Gege-
man that we humans are crea- benheiten der Erfahrung auf den
tures possessing preferences, Grund. Das Buch beginnt mit der Dar-
desires, wants, and—above stellung von Liebe als «Prinzip des
all—needs. The possession of Seins». Das in Evolution befindliche
people’s wants and needs is Sein des Kosmos weist auf das Göttli-
clearly a factual issue. What che als «sich verströmende Liebe» hin.
my needs are—what I require Liebe erscheint als Aufbauprinzip ei-
in order to have a healthy, ner Seinsordnung, die zum Beispiel
happy, and rewarding life—is Ehe und Familie begründet. Es folgt
part and parcel of the condi- eine Betrachtung der Liebe als Prin-
tions that define me as the sort of being that I am. Both what zip des sinnlichen und des geistigen Erkennens. Die Betrachtung kul-
people happen to desire and what it is that they require of a miniert in einem abschließenden Teil mit einer Reflexion der Liebe als
healthy, happy, communally productive life—one that engen- «Prinzip des Handelns» gegenüber dem Sein, der eigenen Person, den
ders satisfaction to themselves and enlists the appropriation Mitmenschen und der Natur.
(and even admiration) of their fellows—is clearly something
factual, something that can be determined by observation. Fur-
thermore, it is something objective—people do not choose what
it is that they need; rather, this is something that is determined Albrecht Konrad Kaiser
for them by their mode of emplacement in the world’s scheme
Die Wirklichkeit der Osteopathie
of things. For pragmatism, these requisites pervade the whole
domain of human activity, and the issue of whether our modus Studie zu einer am Leib orientierten Anthropologie
operandi achieves these goals is pivotal. The pragmatic approach
to validation is thus diversified in its efficacy, and it is the aim Berlin, 2018. 277 S., 6 s/w Abb.
of this book to expound and illustrate its merits. Both teachers
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Nicholas Rescher is Distinguished University Professor at
the University of Pittsburgh where he has taught since 1961. Au-
Dieses Buch profiliert im philosophi-
thor of over 100 books in almost every branch of philosophy,
schen Horizont die zeitgenössische
he has served as president of the American Philosophical Asso-
Praxis der Osteopathen. Der Autor de-
ciation, the American Catholic Philosophical Association, and
finiert die Osteopathie in der Hinwen-
the American Metaphysical Society. In 2016 he was awarded the
dung zu philosophischen Strömun-
Helmholtz Medal of the German Academy of Sciences (Berlin-
gen in ihrem Ursprung und Charak-
Brandenburg).
ter als eine Philosophie der Praxis und
eine medizinphilosophische Kunst-
lehre. Er untersucht in diesem Zusam-
menhang die Schriften der Gründer-
väter der Osteopathie systematisch in
ihrem historischen Kontext. Bei die-
ser osteopathischen Praxis handelt es
sich um eine diagnostische und the-
rapeutische actio palpationis, die zu
Wahrnehmungen qualitativen Erle-
bens führen. Das Buch geht den Fragen, wie diese Wahrnehmungen
phänomenologisch erfasst, analysiert und öffentlich kommuniziert
werden können, in einem philosophischen Gespräch nach.Philosophy of Mind 9
Fred Leavitt This book is the latest publication of the international research group
«Theory, Methodology, and Structure of Traditional Chinese Medicine
The Profound Limitations of Knowledge
(TCM),» which has been working since 2008. It outlines a methodology
that is adequate for research on Classical Chinese Medicine, followed
New York, 2018. XVI, 220 pp., 10 b/w ill., 3 tables
by a detailed and careful analysis of Evidence-Based Acupuncture and
History and Philosophy of Science. Heresy, Crossroads, and Intersections. Vol. 7
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The Profound Limitations of Knowledge explores the limitations of knowl-
edge and argues that neither reasoning nor direct or indirect observa-
tions can be trusted. We cannot even assign probabilities to claims of
what we can know. Furthermore, for any set of data, there are an infi- Martin Walter
nite number of possible interpretations. Evidence suggests that we live
Der Schmerz des andern
in a participatory universe—that is, our observations shape reality.
Eine Lösung des Problems des Fremdseelischen
Bern, 2018. 184 S.
Alf Nilsson
Berner Reihe philosophischer Studien. Bd. 51
Homo Psychicus as Human and on Becoming a Person
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This book is about unifying, in one and
tes hinein. Die fremden Schmerzen sind in verschiedener Weise mit den ei-
the same theory, the human being, Homo
genen Schmerzen begrifflich verknüpft; im Beispiel des Schmerzes entfal-
psychicus, both as an affective/internal
tet sich die «Logik» eines mentalen Zustands. Mit der Simulation verbindet
presentation being and an operative,
sich zudem eine Identifikation mit dem andern. Ein wichtiger Teil der Über-
cognitive being. In this way, we see two
legungen befasst sich daher mit einem Begriff der synchronen Identität, wel-
human abilities – on the one hand, Sil-
che wiederum in einer engen Beziehung zu bestimmten Formen der Inten-
van Tomkins’ comprehensive theories
tionalität steht.
of our innate biological affects and, on
the other hand, Jean Piaget’s theories of
Homo psychicus as an operative, cogni-
tive being – in one theory. According to
Andrzej Zaporowski
Piaget the basis for operations is to be
found in our innate reflexes. Overarch- Action, Belief, and Community
ing perspectives of this derivation are
found in development: evolutionary, Berlin, 2018. 188 pp.
phylogenetic, ontogenetic and epige- Polish Contemporary Philosophy and Philosophical Humanities. Vol. 13
netic. The author’s empirical research is directed towards development of
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an epigenetic and a clinical perspective.
This is a study about man who is a part of the world of physical events,
including actions. As a bunch of actions which are conditioned by be-
Friedrich G. Wallner • Fengli Lan (eds.) liefs and other attitudes, man co-creates communities which emerge
and vanish along time. While generating and undergoing changes man
Evaluation of Acupuncture
is potentially a dynamic and flexible creature who at least partially
An Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Approach manages relations with the world, including other men. This study is
of an interdisciplinary nature, where the author merges philosophy and
Berlin, 2018. 262 pp., 3 fig. b/w, 5 tables cultural anthropology with insight into sociology and communication
Culture and Knowledge. Vol. 24 studies. At the same time, the author takes an anti-essentialist position,
where the study is a hypothetical construct. While doing this, the au-
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thor assembles a particular vocabulary, where action, belief and com-
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Cora Cruz Jan Zozulak • Martin Kažimír
The Meditations of Manuel de la Vega Inquiries into Byzantine Philosophy
New York, 2018. XII, 114 pp. Berlin, 2018. 241 pp.
Philosophy and Cultural Studies Revisited. Vol. 3
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The Meditations of Manuel de la Vega addresses the “hard” problem of
consciousness in a nonreductive way. Which is to say, the question is This book analyses the process of development of Byzantine thought,
posited as to why, no matter how much structural or functional expla- which carries original solutions to fundamental philosophical ques-
nation we may devise, this does not quite satisfy attempts to grasp the tions and an original understanding of the world and humanity. The
essence, the “what it is like,” of being an embodied consciousness. The author defines the contents and characteristics of Byzantine philoso-
book’s method aims to be faithful to its subject by its choice of format. phy, discusses the most important factors of its development as well as
It does not intend to offer fully articulated theory, as univocal argu- the role of Greco-Roman world and the place of Christian thinkers in
ment, but to facilitate theory, over the course of several exemplars, and this process. He also takes into consideration the Alexandrian school
by way of various perspectives which in the end form a whole—albeit and the School of Antioch, the relationship between Byzantine philos-
not a closed or finalized whole. While fully compatible with certain the- ophy and Greek Patristics and the attempts to restore the Byzantine
ories of consciousness, and while yet incorporating much theorizing neptic thought after the fall of Constantinople. The study is based on
itself, the book makes the point, by its example, that explanations of Byzantine sources, written in Greek.
consciousness must not necessarily be theories and models, and that
the mode in which theories are rendered may be only part, and perhaps
not the most important part, of what consciousness “is” or “does.” This
is much in keeping with phenomenological methods, with the anthro-
Evangelia Sembou (ed.)
pological-genealogical approaches of existentialists, and with certain
takes on aesthetics; in keeping also with the insights of post-structur- The Young Hegel and Religion
alism, and yet it does not exclude (and may even complement) some
current computational or neurophysiological models of consciousness. Oxford, 2017. VIII, 254 pp.
Religions and Discourse. Vol. 59
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Dennis Sölch • Laura Wackers (Hrsg.)
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Eine Anthologie
This edited collection of essays
aims to acquaint the reader
Berlin, 2018. 679 S.
with different aspects and read-
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published by Hegel himself
Mit dem amerikanischen Transzendentalismus entwickelt sich zwi- during his lifetime and com-
schen 1830 und 1860 die erste eigenständige Philosophietradition der piled by Herman Nohl as He-
Vereinigten Staaten. Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, Mar- gels Theologische Jugendschrif-
garet Fuller und andere wenden sich kritisch gegen jede Form von his- ten in 1907. This is the first such
torischer oder erkenntnistheoretischer Autorität und verfechten eine edited collection on these writ-
Philosophie, die von einem Vertrauen auf die natürliche Einsichtsfä- ings and will make an impor-
higkeit des Menschen getragen wird. Überzeugungen und Theorien, so tant contribution to Hegel
die Grundintuition des Transzendentalismus, müssen sich in der indi- scholarship. The volume be-
viduellen Lebenspraxis, die immer auch soziale Lebenspraxis ist, be- gins with an introduction on the intellectual background and
währen, ohne überzeitliche Geltung beanspruchen zu können. Damit an account of the Early Theological Writings. This is followed by
bereiten die Transzendentalisten den Boden für den klassischen Prag- a number of essays by both emerging and established scholars
matismus und vermessen die Grundlagen von Politik, Ethik und Päda- working in an international context. The essays offer a critical
gogik neu. and/or interpretative approach to the aforesaid writings.
Evangelia Sembou holds a DPhil in Politics from the University
of Oxford. She has taught political theory and philosophy at several
Oxford colleges as well as in the Oxford University Department for
Continuing Education. She has also taught philosophy in the Fac-
ulty of Continuing Education at Birkbeck College, University of Lon-
don, and has written on Hegel, political and social theory. She is the
author of Modern Theories of Politics (Peter Lang, 2013).Philosophy of Science 11
Pawel Majewski
Between an Animal and a Machine Paniel Reyes Cárdenas
Stanisław Lem’s Technological Utopia Scholastic Realism: A Key to Understanding
Peirce’s Philosophy
Berlin, 2018. 243 pp.
Modernity in Question. Studies in Philosophy and History of Ideas. Vol. 10 Oxford, 2018. X, 238 pp., 2 fig.
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The subject of this book is the philosophy of Stanisław Lem. The first The aim of this work is to re-
part contains an analysis and interpretation of one of his early works, spond to the following ques-
The Dialogues. The author tries to show how Lem used the terminology tion: how did Charles S. Peirce
of cybernetics to create a project of sociology and anthropology. The find unity for his pragmatist
second part examines Lem’s essay Summa technologiae, which is con- philosophy through the for-
sidered as the project of human autoevolution. The term «autoevolu- mulation of Scholastic Real-
tion» is a neologism for the concept of humans taking control over their ism? The author proposes the
own biological evolution and form in order to improve the conditions said doctrine to be a reading
of their being. In this interpretation, Summa is an example of a liberal guide, leading us through the
utopia, based on the assumption that all human problems can be re- different stages of Peirce’s work
solved by science. Various social theories, which can be linked to the as a philosopher. By under-
project of autoevolution, are presented in the final part. standing his realist doctrine,
we can see why he believed it
was a viable theory for under-
standing the problem of Uni-
Adriana Warmbier (ed.) versals. This book demon-
strates why, in Peirce’s mind, such a problem has pervaded the
The Idea of Excellence and Human Enhancement
history of philosophy. The author’s line of argument reveals
Reconsidering the Debate on Transhumanism in Light of that Scholastic Realism is crucial to the understanding of his
Moral Philosophy and Science philosophy, which is a new approach in Peirce scholarship. It
provides a useful framework for asking questions about reality
Berlin, 2018. 332 pp., 1 table in the same way that Peirce himself did. As a result, the author
shows that Peirce’s realism addresses different yet related phil-
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solution to Peirce’s concerns – a useful idea to achieve a better
theory of reality in his struggle to realize metaphysics a poste-
This book analyses recent moves in the debate over human enhance-
riori. Peirce’s doctrine is presented alongside some of its uses,
ment from two different perspectives: moral philosophy and science.
especially in the fields of abstraction theory, and also in the fun-
It contains not only the thorough consideration on the promise, limi-
damental principles of mathematics. This work should advance
tations, and perils of biotechnological improvement, but also offers a
our comprehension of the problems related to Peirce’s philos-
lucid account of a systematic evolution of the idea of excellence from
ophy as well as shedding light on pragmatism and its origins as
antiquity to the present-day project of the post-human condition. The
well as the battle between realism and nominalism.
book examines various approaches to the key anthropological concepts
such as agency, autonomy, practical rationality, and normativity point-
Paniel Reyes Cárdenas is Assistant Professor of Philosophy
ing out their relevance to the philosophical and biomedical research.
at UPAEP (People’s Autonomous University of Puebla State, Mex-
All these issues are addressed by scholars representing different fields
ico), after a spell as postdoctoral research fellow at the Univer-
of study including philosophy, law, biophysics, and cognitive science.
sity of Nottingham, UK. He obtained his PhD at the University
They attempt to answer the question of whether biotechnological in-
of Sheffield working on Peirce’s pragmatism and the metaphys-
terventions may result in bringing about a better person. «The collec-
ics of Scholastic Realism and the philosophy of mathematics de-
tion of articles is unified by the main idea - human enhancement, the
rived from it. His interests include the philosophy of mathe-
challenge that has been brought about by recent developments in neu-
matics, metaphysics, philosophy of time, modality, philosophy
roscience, genetics, and biotechnology and that is reflected upon by the
of language, care ethics and virtue epistemology. His work finds
authors from different angles of perception and argumentation stem-
unity in the pragmatist tradition initiated by the American pol-
ming from different philosophical views. The book is of great educa-
ymath Charles S. Peirce. The author is also interested in philos-
tional value as it can be used by students of philosophy, medicine, law,
ophy of religion and particularly in Kierkegaard’s works. In ad-
education and all those interested in the field, as the basis for well-
dition, he founded the Mexican Society for Metaphysics and the
grounded arguments and discussions, as well as raising their aware-
Philosophy of Science
ness.» Prof. Roma Kriaučiūnienė, Vilnius UniversityYou can also read
