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This book draws on a rich combination of historical and contemporary material to examine one of the fundamental topics in philosophy: the relation between appearance and reality. It will interest a wide range of readers in the history of philosophy and in contemporary philosophy of mind, epistemology and metaphysics

On the purported Platonism of Heidegger's rectoral address / Theodore Kisiel -- Plato's legacy in Heidegger's two readings of Antigone / Jacques Taminiaux -- Imprint : Heidegger's interpretation of Platonic dialectic in the Sophist lectures (1924-25) / Catalin Partenie -- Truth and untruth in Plato and Heidegger / Michael Inwood -- Heidegger and the Platonic concept of truth / Enrico Berti -- Amicus Plato magis amica veritas : reading Heidegger in Plato's cave / María del Carmen Paredes -- Heidegger on truth and being / Joseph Margolis -- With Plato into the Kairos before the Kehre : on Heidegger's different interpretations of Plato / Johannes Fritsche -- Remarks on Heidegger's Plato / Stanley Rosen -- Heidegger's uses of Plato and the history of philosophy / Tom Rockmore.

This book contains a thorough and balanced series of dialogues introducing key topics in philosophy of religion, such as: the existence and nature of God, the problem of evil, religious pluralism, the nature of religious experience, immortality, and the meaning of life. A realistic cast of characters in a natural setting engages in a series of thought-provoking conversations; the dialogue format of these conversations captures typical student attitudes and questions concerning religious belief; allows comparison of important themes throughout the dialogues; encourages the interjection of insights, observations, questions, and objections; and introduces related points when they would naturally arise, instead of relegating them to a later chapter. As well as presenting a detailed and probing discussion, each dialogue includes a list of key terms, a set of study questions, and a bibliography - all of which make this an excellent text for courses in philosophy of religion and introductory philosophy classes.

This volume is a collection of essays in appreciation, analysis and honor of Paul Ziff, one of the leading American philosophers of the post-World War II period. The essays address questions that loomed large in Ziff's own work. Essays by Zeno Vendler, Jay Rosenberg, and Tom Patton address topics in philosophy of language: understanding, misunderstanding, rules, regularities, and proper names. Michael Resnik examines the nature of numbers, Rita Nolan addresses `mutant predicates', and Peter Alexander discusses microscopes and corpuscles. Douglas C. Long ruminates on Ziff's claim that machines can neither think nor feel. The essays of Dale Jamieson, Bill E. Lawson, Douglas Dempster, and Joseph Ullian address various questions in aesthetics: aesthetic appreciation and morality, expression, the scope of appreciation, and the aesthetics of sport. In the spirit of Ziff, Douglas Stalker criticizes some of the `mush' that looms large in our intellectual lives. The volume begins with a reminiscence by Paul Benacerraf, and ends with selections from an unpublished volume of plays by Paul Ziff. The volume should appeal to anyone whose work has been influenced by Ziff, or is interested in central philosophical problems concerning language, mind, and art

The principle of commonality & emergent trends in recognition of related international law are examined in conjunction with the provisions of the Outer Space Treaty. The principle of commonality is rooted in the jurisprudential theory of monism, which holds that international law is supreme over national law. In its application to space law, the principle means that outer space belongs to mankind in common & no state can claim sovereignty. The use of space technology also follows the principles of customary international law. Thus, space law, in following international & treaty law, addresses responsibility & liability where a state as user of space technology courses harm to other states. Cases of public international law & treaty law in following international & treaty law that support space law are discussed. M. Pflum

While well-known for his book-length work, philosopher Peter Unger's articles have been less widely accessible. These two volumes of Unger's Philosophical Papers include articles spanning more than 35 years of Unger's long and fruitful career. Dividing the articles thematically, this firstvolume collects work in epistemology and ethics, among other topics, while the second volume focuses on metaphysics. Unger's work has advanced the full spectrum of topics at the heart of philosophy, including epistemology, metaphysics, philosophy of language and philosophy of mind, and ethics. Unger advances

The author looks at study of the Chinese intellectual tradition by non-Chinese, development of international cooperation among different traditions of scholarship of Chinese philosophy, practice of this philosophy and contemporary philosophical topics for which the heritage of Chinese Philosophy present crucial resources. (DÜI-Sen)

Professor Donald Davidson is one of the most innovative and influential recent philosophers. Ranging over a variety of topics in the philosophy of language, philosophy of mind and epistemology, his system of thought is unified by his inquiries into the nature of interpretation and understanding the speech and behavior of others. Together with its introduction, Language, Mind and Epistemology examines Davidson's unified stance towards philosophy by joining American and European authors within a collection of essays, published here for the first time. The authors discuss the central topics in Davidson's latest philosophy: his holistic truth-theoretic stance towards meaning and understanding, the epistemology of interpretation and translation, the externalist viewpoint in epistemology, the anti-Cartesian approach in accounting for first person authority, the thesis of anomalous monism, and the holistic conception of the mental

The first ever dictionary of continental philosophy to be published.With over 450 clearly written definitions and articles by an international team of specialists, this authoritative dictionary covers the thinkers, topics and technical terms associated with the many fields known as 'continental' philosophy'. Special care has been taken to explain the complex terminology of many continental thinkers. Researchers, students and professional philosophers alike will find the dictionary an invaluable reference tool.Key features include:*in-depth entries on major figures and topics*over 190 shorter a