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Real Materialism is a collection of highly original essays on a set of related topics in philosophy of mind and metaphysics: consciousness and the mind-body problem; our knowledge of the world; the nature of the self or subject; free will and moral responsibility; the nature of thought and intentionality; causation and David Hume.

Empiricism is one of the most widely discussed topics in philosophy. Students regularly encounter the well known opposition between rationalism and empiricism - the clash between reason and experience as sources of knowledge and ideas - at an early stage in their studies. The Empiricists: A Guide for the Perplexed offers a clear and thorough guide to the key thinkers responsible for developing this central concept in the history of philosophy. The book focuses on the canonical figures of the empiricist movement, Locke, Berkeley and Hume, but also explores the contributions made by other key fi

Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- List of Abbreviations -- Toward a Wissenschaftslehre more geometrico (1800-1801) -- Structures of Imagination in Fichte's Wissenschaftslehre 1794-1795 and 1804 -- Thinking and Willing in the Later Fichte -- Toward or Away from Schelling? : On the Thematic Shift in Fichte's Later Philosophy -- Fichte's Reaction to Schelling's Identity Philosophy in 1806 -- The Light That Lights the Seeing of the Light:The Second Wissenschaftslehre of 1804 -- After Jena: Fichte's Religionslehre -- Fichte's Conception of the System of Philosophy in Die Anweisungzum seligen Leben -- How Not to Read Fichte's Anweisung zum seligen Leben (1806): Against the Mystical Reading -- The Notion of Being in Fichte's Late Philosophy -- Fall and Freedom: A Comparison of Fichte's and Saint Paul's Understandings of Original Sin -- Fichte and the Ursprache -- "The Logic of Historical Truth": History and Individuality in Fichte's Later Philosophy of History -- Fichte on Knowledge, Practice, and History -- Contributors

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- 1. Empiricism and the Search for the Conditions of Real Experience -- 2. Bergsonian Intuition and Internal Difference -- 3. Transcendental Empiricism: The Image of Thought and the "Phenomenology" of the Encounter -- 4. First Moment of the Encounter: The Sentiendum -- 5. Second Moment of the Encounter: The Memorandum -- 6. Third Moment of the Encounter: The Cogitandum -- 7. Overcoming Speculative Dogmatism: Time and the Transcendental Field -- 8. Individuation: The Genesis of Extensities and the Other-Structure -- Conclusion -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index

Intro -- Contents -- Note on the Text -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- The Notion of Friendship in Hegel and Hamann -- The Writings of Hamann by G. W. F. Hegel -- Appendix: Hegel's Notebook Entries on Hamann -- Translator's Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

With over 140 million copies in print, and serving as the principal proselytizing tool of one of the world's fastest growing faiths, the Book of Mormon is undoubtedly one of the most influential religious texts produced in the western world. Written by Terryl Givens, a leading authority on Mormonism, this compact volume offers the only concise, accessible introduction to this extraordinary work. Givens examines the Book of Mormon first and foremost in terms of the claims that its narrators make for its historical genesis, its purpose as a sacred text, and its meaning for an audience which shifts over the course of the history it unfolds. The author traces five governing themes in particular--revelation, Christ, Zion, scripture, and covenant--and analyzes the Book's central doctrines and teachings. Some of these resonate with familiar nineteenth-century religious preoccupations; others consist of radical and unexpected takes on topics from the fall of Man to Christ's mortal ministries and the meaning of atonement. Givens also provides samples of a cast of characters that number in the hundreds, and analyzes representative passages from a work that encompasses tragedy, poetry, sermons, visions, family histories and military chronicles. Finally, this introduction surveys the contested origins and production of a work held by millions to be scripture, and reviews the scholarly debates that address questions of the record's historicity. Here then is an accessible guide to what is, by any measure, an indispensable key to understanding Mormonism. But it is also an introduction to a compelling and complex text that is too often overshadowed by the controversies that surround it.About the Series: Combining authority with wit, accessibility, and style, Very Short Introductions offer an introduction to some of life's most interesting topics. Written by experts for the newcomer, they demonstrate the finest contemporary thinking about the central problems and issues in hundreds of key topics, from philosophy to Freud, quantum theory to Islam. ; https://scholarship.richmond.edu/bookshelf/1075/thumbnail.jpg

David Braybrooke is one of the most important figures in North American philosophy. His work in political philosophy is both prolific and significant and he has made a number of contributions to the philosophical corpus with books on topics as diverse as utilitarianism, natural law, and moral objectives. Engaged Philosophy is a collection of original essays written in honour of Braybrooke by some of his colleagues and students at Halifax?s Dalhousie University.The collection covers ideas and themes introduced by Braybrooke in his work and a wide range of Braybrooke?s interests, ranging from various topics in moral philosophy to issues in the philosophy of social science. It is divided into two main parts: ?Practical Engagement,? which explores some of the practical implications of Braybrooke?s work, and ?Theoretical Engagement,? which explores some of the theoretical issues at the heart of his work. Engaged Philosophy is an invaluable collection for anyone who has engaged with Braybrooke?s writings or is interested in the future directions North American philosophy might take.Contributors:Nathan BrettBryson BrownSteven BurnsRichard CampbellSue CampbellMichael HymersEdna KeebleDuncan MacIntoshMeredith RalstonPeter SchotchSusan SherwinSharon SutherlandTom Vinci

Kaplan's intellectual influence on 20th century analytic philosophy has been transformative. This volume collects new previously unpublished articles on Kaplan, analysing many topics, from cutting edge linguistics and the philosophy of mathematics, to metaphysics, the foundations of pragmatics, and the theory of communication

The present volume, a continuation of the series Contemporary Philosophy (International Institute of Philosophy), provides an international survey of significant trends in contemporary philosophy. Volume 10: Philosophy of Religion contains seventeen surveys written in English, French and German, describing the variety of philosophical approaches to religion and the impact of the ongoing secularization process on religious beliefs. The articles reflect upon the major world religions of Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and African religions, but also on such topics as Mayas and

Original commentary on the work of philosopher John Perry by prominent contemporary analytic philosophers, with Perry's detailed and original responses; topics include the metaphysics of identity, semantics, and philosophy of mind.John Perry, Henry Waldgrave Stuart Professor of Philosophy at Stanford University, is one of a handful of contemporary analytic philosophers to combine the focused approach of most current work in analytic philosophy with the more expansive systems-building of earlier analytic philosophers and contemporary philosophers in other disciplines. Perry, like W.V.O. Quine, Donald Davison, David Lewis, and Hilary Putnam, focuses on narrow topics across a broad range of subjects. In this volume, leading contemporary analytic philosophers contribute original essays in each of the areas that have been most influenced by Perry's work--metaphysics, language, and mind. Perry himself contributes detailed and original replies. After a comprehensive introduction to Perry's work by the editors that places semantics at the heart of Perry's philosophical strategy, the essays discuss Perry's contributions to the metaphysics of identity, the philosophy of language--in particular, contributions related to reference and unarticulated constituents--and the philosophy of mind. The essays and replies provide new perspectives on Perry's philosophical contributions over the last four decades, and yield insights into contemporary debates on these topics. ContributorsRobert Audi, Kent Bach, Patricia Blanchette, Herman Cappelen, Eros Corazza, Ernie Lepore, Brian Loar, Peter Ludlow, Genoveva Marti, Michael McKinsey, Stephen Neale, Michael O'Rourke, John Perry, Francois Recanati, Cara Spencer, Kenneth A. Taylor, Corey Washington