Avec cette somme sur la nature du langage, Charles Taylor offre à ses lecteurs le livre qui était présent en arrière-plan de ses travaux précédents, notamment «Les Sources du moi» et «L'Âge séculier». En s'appuyant sur...
Philosophy
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Author:Calvé, Nicolas, Taylor, CharlesSummary: - Author:Sartre, Jean-PaulSummary:
Beaucoup pourront s'étonner de ce qu'on parle ici d'humanisme. [ ... ] Nous entendons par existentialisme une doctrine qui rend la vie humaine possible et qui, par ailleurs, déclare que toute vérité et toute action...
- Author:Blondin, DenisSummary:
Plutôt que le regard fragmenté des spécialistes, c’est un regard global que Denis Blondin pose sur l’argent, sur sa magie, aussi bien que sur sa sorcellerie. La Mort de l’argent ne propose pas une avalanche de chiffres ou de faits, mais...
- Author:Bidima, Jean GodefroySummary:
- Author:Peled, Yael, Weinstock, Daniel M.Summary:
Language is central to political philosophy, yet until now there has been little in the way of a common framework capable of bridging disciplines that share an interest in language, power, and ethics. Studies are predominantly carried...
- Author:Barker-Plummer, DaveSummary:
This textbook/software package covers first-order language in a method appropriate for first and second courses in logic. The unique on-line grading services instantly grades solutions to hundred of computer exercises. It is specially...
- Author:Norton, John D.Summary:
The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference investigates the relations of inductive support on the large scale, among the totality of facts comprising a science or science in general. These relations form a massively entangled, non...
- Author:La Chance, MichaëlSummary:
Avant de rédiger son Discours de la méthode, véritable coup d’État dans la pensée philosophique du XVIIe siècle, le jeune Descartes avait fait trois songes dans une nuit de novembre 1619. Le cerveau en feu de M. De∫cartes revisite ces...
- Author:Mattéi, Jean-FrançoisSummary:
L'Europe se trouve aujourd'hui en position d'accusée, souvent par les Européens eux-mêmes, du fait de sa prétention à l'universalité, de sa supériorité proclamée et de son arrogance intellectuelle. Qu'elle n...
- Author:Dommange, ThomasSummary:
Ce qui est, est deux fois : une fois comme être générique, une fois comme être singularisé par ses manières. Mais tant que les manières d'être continuent de renvoyer à un être qui les possèdent, tant qu'elles ne sont pas...
- Author:Perkins, FranklinSummary:
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...
- Author:Hage, Stephen J.Summary:
To more clearly understand how the universe works, author Stephen Hage offers this template that outlines why, even though matter appears to truly exist, its existence cannot be scientifically proven. He explores enigmas in physics...
- Author:Hobbes, ThomasSummary:
Thomas Hobbes's Leviathan is arguably the greatest piece of political philosophy written in the English language. Written in a time of great political turmoil (Hobbes's life spanned the reign of Charles I, the Civil Wars, the...
- Author:Merz, Kenneth M.Summary:
Presenting his view of life as optimism triumphant, Dr. Ken Merz, Sr., reflects on the limits of life, the limits of the physical universe and the role of humans in that universe. He explains various laws of science in a clear and...
- Author:Vanier, JeanSummary:
National Bestseller In Made for Happiness, Jean Vanier examines the basis for modern moral philosophy and its role in our lives today. Having discovered through his work with the intellectually disabled the degree to which our society...
- Author:Wulf, AndreaSummary:
From the best-selling author of The Invention of Nature comes an exhilarating story about a remarkable group of young rebels—poets, novelists, philosophers—who, through their epic quarrels, passionate love stories, heartbreaking grief,...
- Author:Carver, TerrellSummary:
Karl Marx was the first theorist of global capitalism and remains perhaps its most trenchant critic. This clear and innovative book, from one of the leading contemporary experts on Marx's thought, gives us a fresh overview of his...
- Author:Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von.Summary:
Thoughts and ideas from the versatile and brilliant German writer and statesman. The German author of Faust takes a detour from his usual literary endeavors and offers snippets of his musings on life, literature, science, nature,...
- Author:Kingwell, MarkSummary:
Mark Kingwell is as at home discussing 'Battlestar Galactica' as he is civility, can find the Plato in popular culture, and sees in idleness a deeply revolutionary gesture. In 'Measure Yourself Against the Earth', he brings his heady...
- Author:Kang, HelenSummary:
Medical professionals are expected to act in the interest of patients, the public, and the pursuit of medical knowledge. But what happens when doctors' supposed impartiality comes under fire? Helen Kang examines three moments in...
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