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Anton Pannekoek (1873-1960), prominent astronomer and world-renowned socialist theorist, stood at the nexus of the revolutions in politics, science and the arts of the early twentieth century. His astronomy was uniquely visual and highly innovative, while his politics were radical. Anton Pannekoek: Ways of Viewing Science and Society collects essays on Pannekoek and his contemporaries at the crossroads of political history, the history of science and art history.

I. Introduction to Franz Brentano's Philosophy -- 1. Problems of Interpretation -- 2. General -- II. The Early Position -- 1. About the concept of truth. Early criticism of the correspondence theory -- 2. Arguments for the Existence of entia rationis -- III. The Transition -- 1. Analysis of Linguistic Function -- 2. Arguments against the Existence of entia rationis -- IV. The Transition and Background -- 1. Mental Acts -- 2. Judgements -- 3. An attempt to retain the correspondence theory without entia rationis -- V. Late position (critical part) -- 1. Criticism of the correspondence formula res -- 2. Criticism of the correspondence formula intellectus and adequatio -- VI. Late position (positive part) -- 1. Truth -- 2. Evidence -- VII. Ramifications of the analysis of truth -- 1. Self-evident judgements, 'a priori' and 'a posterioir' -- 2. The relation between self-evident and demonstrable knowledge -- Concluding Remarks -- Appendices.

Wilhelm Anton Amo is probably the only African personality that took part with his own writings in the intellectual discourses of the 18th Century in Europe. There is no contradiction between his personal thought and the general spirit of the Enlightenment. Amo debated on all the important questions of philosophy at the time - from metaphysics through logic and epistemology to political philosophy and philosophy of language. But his intellectual works remain till today unknown. The present increasing interest in his person no doubt arises from the growing importance of intercultural philosophy

Did you ever wonder how and why Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925) earned his reputation for brilliance, while failing so miserably during the First World War? In examining Conrad's life and career, including his years as a military writer, teacher of tactics, and a peacetime troop commander before 1906, this first modern biography offers a fascinating and impressive explanation of his thoughts and actions. Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (1852-1925) served as Austro-Hungarian chief of the general staff between 1906 and 1917, and was a leading figure in the origins and conduct of the First World War. In no other country did a single general serve as the leading prewar tactician, prewar and wartime strategist, and wartime army commander. Because Conrad filled all of these roles in Austria-Hungary, he had no equal among the military men leading the old order of Europe to destruction in 1914-1918