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Offers a novel, critical account of the origins and development of the dominant school of philosophy in the English-speaking world. This title argues that analytic philosophy has never involved significant agreement on substantive philosophical views, and thus that it has always been in this state of crisis.

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Synthesizing data from studies on the historical and philosophical foundations of analytic philosophy as well as from canonical primary texts, this work argues that analytic philosophy has never involved significant agreement on substantive philosophical views, and thus that it has always been in this state of crisis.

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Thomas Aquinas has always been viewed as a highly important

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A monograph that relates Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of religion and history and, in particular, his philosophy of right. It develops the idea that these transcripts show that Hegel was primarily interested in understanding art as an historical phenomenon and, in terms of its function in human history.

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An important new monograph relating Hegel's aesthetics to his philosophies of religion and history and, in particular, his philosophy of right.

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Offers an interpretation of Augustine and of a central aspect of medieval thought as a whole. This work seeks to revise a common reading of Augustine's critique of ancient virtue by focusing on that dialogue, while showing that his attitude towards those authors is more sympathetic, and more critical, than one might expect.

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This work offers a radical new interpretation of Augustine and of a central aspect of medieval thought as a whole.

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A collection of essays examining the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. It asks fundamental questions about human nature and, more importantly, the concept of nature itself. It proposes a way of beginning the important task of rethinking the relationship between humanity and the natural environment.

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A collection of essays that examine the significance of philosophical inquiry in relation to the issue of climate change. It presents ten essays by an international team of expert contributors, exploring the important contribution philosophical inquiry can make to debates to do with climate change and the global environment.

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The first comprehensive study of the relationship between Machiavelli and Spinoza's political philosophy.

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A comprehensive study of the relationship between Machiavelli and Spinoza's political philosophy. It explores Spinoza's political philosophy by confronting it with that of Niccolo Machiavelli. It shows how closely tied the two thinkers are in relation to realism.

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Descartes' characterisation of the mind as a 'thinking thing' marks the beginning of modern philosophy of mind. It is also the point of departure for Descartes' own system in which the mind is the first object of knowledge for those who reason 'in an orderly way'. This book shows that the Cartesian mind has been widely misunderstood.

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How can causal interaction occur between the spiritual mind and the physical body since they have absolutely nothing in common and cannot come into contact with one another This book shows how Descartes avoids this problem. The author argues that the union of mind and body is not constituted by efficient causal interaction for Descartes.

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The concept of innateness is central to Descartes' epistemology; the Meditations display a new, non-Aristotelian method of acquiring knowledge by attending properly to our innate ideas. This book argues that Descartes' remarks on innate ideas in fact form a unified account.

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Offers the first sustained treatment of Descartes's conception of innateness.

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Descartes held that only ideas are immediately perceived, and that all ideas are really identical to mental states. This book brings a fresh perspective to debate over whether Descartes was a representationalist or a direct realist, and sheds light on his difficult notions of material falsity and the self-representational character of thought.

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Offers insight into Immanuel Kant's notion of radical evil. This book explores this neglected existential side of Kant's work. It presents radical evil as vacillating between tragic and freedom, at the threshold of humanity. It offers an account of what is widely considered to be an intricate yet urgent problem of philosophy.

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John Duns Scotus (d 1308), known as the 'subtle doctor' among medieval school men, produced a formidable philosophical theology using and adapting an Aristotelian metaphysical framework. This book shows how Scotus' treatment of the problem of universals is both coherent and, even by contemporary standards, cogent.

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Originally published: c2010. (Continuum studies in history).

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Schelling is often thought to be a protean thinker whose work is difficult to approach or interpret. This title shows that the philosophy of art is a guiding thread to understanding Schelling's philosophical development from his early works in 1795-1796 through his theological turn in 1809-1810.

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Schelling is often thought to be a protean thinker whose work is difficult to approach or interpret. This title shows that the philosophy of art is the guiding thread to understanding Schelling's philosophical development from his early works in 1795-1796 through his theological turn in 1809-1810.

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An important collection of essays that rectifies a long-standing misconception in the history of the relation between Hegel and analytic philosophy.

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A collection of essays that rectifies a long-standing misconception in the history of the relation between Hegel and analytic philosophy. It offers 'analytic' readings of Hegel, Hegelian readings of the analytic tradition, historical explorations of Hegel's confrontation with Kant and of the analytic tradition's debt to Hegel.