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The Architectonic of Philosophy The Architectonic of Philosophy Leslie Kavanaugh "Whereas the history of philosophy defines metaphysics as asking the question 'What is Being?'; here is asked 'Where is Being?' What is to be analyzed is indeed part of the tradition of metaphysics t… OL10099501W
Creatura intellecta: die Ideen und Possibilien bei Duns Scotus mit Ausblick auf Franz von Mayronis,… Creatura intellecta: die Ideen und Possibilien bei Duns Scotus mit Ausblick auf Franz von Mayronis,… Tobias Hoffmann The most controversial aspect of the interpretation of Scotus’s modal theory concerns the question of whether things are possible because God knows them to be possible, or whether they are possible i… OL13604045W
Osnovy sinkretiki Osnovy sinkretiki S. G. Fedosin The third book of Fedosin S.G. - "Osnovy sinkretiki: filosofiia nositelei" ("Fundamentals of Syncretiсs. Philosophy of Carriers", Moskva: Editorial URSS, 2003, 464 pages, 28 tables, 11 illustrations,… OL15304483W
Alien phenomenology, or, What it's like to be a thing Alien phenomenology, or, What it's like to be a thing Ian Bogost A bold new metaphysics that explores how all things—from atoms to green chiles, cotton to computers—interact with, perceive, and experience one another. Humanity has sat at the center of philosoph… OL16498985W
Space, time, & stuff Space, time, & stuff Frank Arntzenius "Space, Time, and Stuff is an attempt to show that physics is geometry: that the fundamental structure of the physical world is purely geometrical structure. Along the way, he examines some non-stand… OL16589197W
The Praxis of Alain Badiou The Praxis of Alain Badiou Paul Ashton, A. J. Bartlett, Justin Clemens (eds.) Following the publication of his magnum opus L’être et l’événement (Being and Event) in 1988, Alain Badiou has been acclaimed as one of France’s greatest living philosophers. Since then, he has relea… OL16610268W
Evolutionary ontology Evolutionary ontology Josef Šmajs "This book examines new concept of evolutionary ontology based on the idea of radically different "ontic orders"--Natural and cultural being. It explains how culture evolved out of nature and how it … OL16956659W
Ontological terror Ontological terror Calvin L. Warren,Calvin L. Warren The author intervenes in Afro-pessimism, Heideggerian metaphysics, and black humanist philosophy by positing that the "Negro question" is intimately imbricated with questions of Being. The author use… OL17893080W
Algebra of Conscience Algebra of Conscience Vladimir A. Lefebvre Conscience is an essential human attribute. Nevertheless, in the construction of formal models of the subject it is customarily left outside the framework of theoretical analysis. The Algebra of Cons… OL19825357W
The FORA Framework The FORA Framework Edy Portmann Online reputation management deals with monitoring and influencing the online record of a person, an organization or a product. The Social Web offers increasingly simple ways to publish and dissemina… OL19850763W
Thought, Language, and Ontology Thought, Language, and Ontology Francesco Orilia The late Hector-Neri Castañeda, the Mahlon Powell Professor of Philosophy at Indiana University, and founding editor of Noûs, has deeply influenced current analytic pjilosophy with diverse contributi… OL19907008W
Badiou's Being and Event and the Mathematics of Set Theory Badiou's Being and Event and the Mathematics of Set Theory Burhanuddin Baki "Alain Badiou's Being and Event continues to impact philosophical investigations into the question of Being. By exploring the central role set theory plays in this influential work, Burhanuddin Baki … OL20478145W
Finite and infinite games Finite and infinite games James Carse,James P. Carse Finite games are the familiar contests of everyday life, the games we play in business and politics, in the bedroom and on the battlefield — games with winners and losers, a beginning and an end. Inf… OL2669550W
From Within From Within Robert Chaffee Where do we find a foundation for values in a post-christian world? Life itself depends on balance. This work attempts to put that search into a poetic and somewhat liturgical form as a frame… OL2772709W
Gift from the sea Gift from the sea Anne Morrow Lindbergh From inside flap- "Anne Morrow Lindbergh's reflections on a woman's life were matured in active years of family living and stimulated by conversations with men and women who experience the same p… OL3014037W
Formalitas und modus intrinsecus Formalitas und modus intrinsecus Hannes Möhle viii, 380 pages ; 23 cm OL3387335W
Handbook for the Third Millennium Handbook for the Third Millennium Ron Smothermon Most likely the best book ever written for distinguishing the ontological aspects of being for human beings. This handbook is written and built on the point of view that there is no Absolute Truth … OL6444970W
Jacques le fataliste et son maître Jacques le fataliste et son maître Denis Diderot "Jacques the Fatalist is Diderot's answer to the problem of existence. If human beings are determined by their genes and their environment, how can they claim to be free to want or do anything? Where… OL74824W
The person in the Orthodox tradition The person in the Orthodox tradition Metropolitan of Nafpaktos Hierotheos The book “The Person in the Orthodox Tradition”, which was awarded the Athens Academy Prize and has been translated into other languages, is concerned with the subject of the person, an issue that is… OL766997W
The Consolation of Ontology The Consolation of Ontology Egon Bondy "In "The Consolation of Ontology", Egon Bondy examines both the theistic and materialistic forms of the substantial model of reality - the notion that there is some substance, some "thing", idea, bei… OL817233W
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