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by Mark Coeckelbergh (Author)This overview of the ethical issues raised by artificial intelligence moves beyond hype and nightmare scenarios to address concrete questions--offering a compelling, necessary read for our ChatGPT era. Artificial intelligence powers Google's search engine, enables Facebook to target advertising, and allows Alexa and Siri to do their jobs. AI is also behind self-driving cars, predictive policing, and autonomous weapons that can kill without human intervention. The...

Modern philosophy. The African philosophy of Ntu - Paperback

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by Ednah M. Peter (Author)Essay from the year 2014 in the subject Philosophy - Philosophy Beyond Occidental Tradition, University of Botswana (University of Botswana), course: Modern Philosophy, language: English, abstract: The African philosophy of Ntu existed a long time ago, and it brought about solidarity and oneness in African society.The importance of this paper therefore is to discuss the African Philosophy of Ntu. The paper will start by defining the key concepts, then differentiating...

The Revolt Against Humanity: Imagining a Future Without Us - Paperback

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by Adam Kirsch (Author)Should we welcome the end of humanity? In this blistering book about the history of an idea, one of our leading critics draws on his dazzling range and calls our attention to a seemingly inconceivable topic that is being seriously discussed: that the end of humanity's reign on earth is imminent, and that we should welcome it. Kirsch journeys through literature, philosophy, science, and popular culture, to identify two strands of thinking: Anthropocene antihumanism says ...

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by John W. Galler (Author)We all have constantly occurring thoughts, and most of these thoughts go unfinished. Just as we are what we eat, we become what we think. So, we are all in the habit of becoming unfinished opportunities.Instead of letting these thoughts and opportunities go, author John W. Galler has decided to delve into them with unapologetic force. What he uncovers is as far-ranging as mental capacity tools that can help us take action against capitalism and religion, to an explor...

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by Blaise Pascal (Author), Honor Levi (Translator), Anthony Levi (Editor)For much of his life, Pascal (1623-62) worked on a magnum opus which was never published in the form the philosopher intended. Instead, Pascal left a mass of fragments, some of them meant as notes for the Apologie. These became known as the Pensées, and they occupy a crucial place in Western philosophy and religious writing. Pascal's general intention was to confound scepticism about metaphysical questions. Some of the P...

Drawing the Line: What to Do with the Work of Immoral Artists from Museums to the Movies - Hardcover

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by Erich Hatala Matthes (Author)Can we still watch Woody Allen's movies? Can we still laugh at Bill Cosby's jokes? Woody Allen, Kevin Spacey, Dave Chappelle, Louis C. K., J.K. Rowling, Michael Jackson, Roseanne Barr. Recent years have proven rife with revelations about the misdeeds, objectional views, and, in some instances, crimes of popular artists. Spurred in part by the #metoo movement, and given more access than ever thanks to social media and the internet in general, the public has tur...

Engaging Buddhism: Why It Matters to Philosophy - Paperback

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by Jay L. Garfield (Author)This is a book for scholars of Western philosophy who wish to engage with Buddhist philosophy, or who simply want to extend their philosophical horizons. It is also a book for scholars of Buddhist studies who want to see how Buddhist theory articulates with contemporary philosophy. Engaging Buddhism: Why it Matters to Philosophy articulates the basic metaphysical framework common to Buddhist traditions. It then explores questions in metaphysics, the philosophy of mi...

The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion - Paperback

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by Jonathan Haidt (Author)NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike--a "landmark contribution to humanity's understanding of itself" (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why l...

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by Richard Rorty (Author), Pascal Engel (Author), William McCuaig (Translator)What is truth? What value should we see in or attribute to it? The war over the meaning and utility of truth is at the center of contemporary philosophical debate, and its arguments have rocked the foundations of philosophical practice. In this book, the American pragmatist Richard Rorty and the French analytic philosopher Pascal Engel present their radically different perspectives on truth and its correspondence to...

Social and Political Philosophy: Readings from Plato to Gandhi - Paperback

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by John Somerville (Author), Ronald Santoni (Author)An anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Aristotle, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Locke, Rousseau, Jefferson, Thoreau, Mill, Marx and Engels, Lenin, Mussolini, Hitler, Dewey, and Gandhi.Front JacketAn anthology of basic statements by the most influential social and political philosophers of Western civilization. Includes Plato, Machiavelli, Hobbes, Rousseau, Mi...

12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - Hardcover

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by Jordan B. Peterson (Author)#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER #1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER What does everyone in the modern world need to know? Renowned psychologist Jordan B. Peterson's answer to this most difficult of questions uniquely combines the hard-won truths of ancient tradition with the stunning revelations of cutting-edge scientific research. Humorous, surprising and informative, Dr. Peterson tells us why skateboarding boys and girls must be left alone, what terrible fate awaits those who cr...

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by Alvin Plantinga (Author)This is the third volume in a trilogy on the notion of warrant, which the author defines as that which distinguishes knowledge from true belief. In this volume, he examines warrant's role in theistic belief, tackling the questions of whether it is rational, reasonable, justifiable and warranted to accept Christian belief, and whether there is something epistemically unacceptable in doing so. He contends that Christian beliefs are warranted to the extent that they ar...

Reveries of the Solitary Walker - Paperback

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by Jean-Jacques Rousseau (Author), Russell Goulbourne (Author)Rousseau's last great work, Reveries of the Solitary Walker is part reminiscence, part meditation, as the philosopher tries to come to terms with his isolation and to find happiness in solitude and nature. The Reveries are an important complement to Rousseau's other philosophical and autobiographical works and address many of the same issues, making it a useful introduction for anyone interested in reading Rousseau for the first ti...

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by Darren Allen (Author)Apocalypse [n. əpɒkəlɪps] Something as it really IsPart dictionary, part cathedral, The Apocalypedia is a scurrilous, lyrical and lunatic countercultural a-z that illuminates self and society through a collection of flash-essays and comic vignettes, presenting an apocalyptically optimistic and deeply original understanding of human nature and of living, and living well, in a collapsing civilisation. The Apocalypedia is a comic revelation of the kaleidoscopic path that ...

In the Buddha's Words: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon - Paperback

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by Bodhi (Author), Dalai Lama (Foreword by)This landmark collection is the definitive introduction to the Buddha's teachings - in his own words. The American scholar-monk Bhikkhu Bodhi, whose voluminous translations have won widespread acclaim, here presents selected discourses of the Buddha from the Pali Canon, the earliest record of what the Buddha taught. Divided into ten thematic chapters, In the Buddha's Words reveals the full scope of the Buddha's discourses, from family life and marri...

A Contented Life: Practical Advice from Stoicism - Paperback

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by James R. Jones (Author) Number of Pages: 206 Dimensions: 0.54 x 9 x 6 IN Publication Date: February 18, 2018

The Other Bishop Berkeley: An Exercise in Reenchantment - Hardcover

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by Costica Bradatan (Author)Costica Bradatan proposes a new way of looking at the influential 18th-century Anglo-Irish empiricist and idealist philosopher. He approaches Berkeley's thought from the standpoint of its roots, rather than from how it has come to be viewed since his time. This book will interest scholars working in a wide variety of fields, from philosophy and the history of ideas to comparative literature, utopian studies, religious and medieval studies, and critical theory.This ...

Amlo: El pacto silencioso con los pueblos originarios - Paperback

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by Acic Oklahoma (Author)CRECIMIENTO ECONÓMICO, PROYECTOS MÚLTIPLES DE INFRAESTRUCTURA, PARIDAD PESO DÓLAR A LA BAJA, EQUILIBRIO MACROECONÓMICO, CERO DEUDA, POPULARIDAD POLÍTICA SOSTENIDA... Qué inspira a AMLO? Cuál es la clave de su éxito político? Cuál es el origen de la mística de su lucha?Desde hace muchos años se barajea la idea de un posible despertar del México Profundo. Despertar los verdaderos valores de la antigua sabiduría, de aquella filosofía que antaño diera fama y gloria al ...

Thomas Aquinas: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Fergus Kerr (Author)Thomas Aquinas is one of the giants of medieval philosophy, a thinker who had--and who still has--a profound influence on Western thought. Aquinas was a controversial figure in his time who was often engaged in fierce theological debates. He was the foremost classical proponent of natural theology, and the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. This Very Short Introduction will look at Aquinas in a historical context, and explore the Church and cultu...

Buddha: A Very Short Introduction - Paperback

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by Michael Carrithers (Author)In this valuable introduction, Michael Carrithers guides us through the complex and sometimes conflicting information that Buddhist texts give us about the life and teaching of the Buddha. He discusses the social and political background of India in the Buddha's time and traces the development of his thought. He also assesses the rapid and widespread assimilation of Buddhism and its contemporary relevance. Well-paced and informative, this introduction will enligh...

On Consolation: Finding Solace in Dark Times - Paperback

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by Michael Ignatieff (Author)Timely and profound philosophical meditations on how great figures in history, literature, music, and art searched for solace while facing tragedies and crises, from the internationally renowned historian of ideas and Booker Prize finalist Michael Ignatieff. When we lose someone we love, when we suffer loss or defeat, when catastrophe strikes--war, famine, pandemic--we go in search of consolation. Once the province of priests and philosophers, the language of cons...

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by T. C. Monk (Author)The Ties That Bind is a metaphysical exposition of nonfiction. The author takes great care in weaving the defining characteristics of each subject matter into his writing. It is not only an element crafted to breathe new life into each principal notion but a method compelling one to feel that each line was drawn from a fresh perspective and solely meant for contemplation. Such actuation creates a more appetible source of information any reader can draw from and verily st...

Hannah Arendt and the History of Thought - Paperback

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by Daniel Brennan (Editor), Marieke Borren (Contribution by), Paul Dahlgren (Contribution by)Hannah Arendt and the History of Thought, edited by Daniel Brennan and Marguerite La Caze, enrichens and deepens scholarship on Arendt's relation to philosophical history and traditions. Some contributors analyze thinkers not often linked to Arendt, such as William Shakespeare, Hans Jonas, and Simone de Beauvoir. Other contributors treat themes that are pressing and crucial to understanding Arendt's w...

Justice and the Politics of Difference - Paperback

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by Iris Marion Young (Author), Danielle S. Allen (Foreword by)A landmark work of political theory on the central importance of group identity and cultural pluralism in political life Justice and the Politics of Difference challenges the prevailing reduction of social justice to distributive justice, critically analyzing basic concepts underlying most theories of justice such as impartiality, formal equality, and the unitary moral subjectivity. Drawing on the experiences and concerns of social...

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by Darren Allen (Author)A multifaceted series of reflections on the nature of reality, each exposing the common root of human experience. Original accounts of art, metaphysics, gender, madness, technological slavery, moral philosophy and the nature and origins of the simulation we are fused to, but which is now cracking up, inform enquiries into censorship, superstition, video games and the diabolical ego that separates man from his own life. Clear yet enigmatic, incendiary yet friendly, orig...

A Jesuit Garden in Beijing and Early Modern Chinese Culture - Paperback

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by Hui Zou (Author)In this volume, Hui Zou analyzes historical, architectural, visual, literary, and philosophical perspectives on the Western-styled garden that formed part of the great Yuanming Yuan complex in Beijing, constructed during the Qing dynasty. Designed and built in the late eighteenth century by Italian and French Jesuits, the garden described in this book was a wonderland of multistoried buildings, fountains, labyrinths, and geometrical hills. It even included an open-air theat...

Life-Giving Gift of Acknowledgement - Paperback

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by Michael J. Hyde (Author)What would life be like if no one acknowledged your existence? The question confronts one with the possibility of being isolated, marginalized, ignored, and forgotten by others. The unacknowledged find themselves in an out-of-the-way place where it is hard or human beings, given their social instinct, to feel at home. The suffering that can accompany this way of being-in-the-world is known to bring about fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, and sometimes even death in the...

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by Les Amis (Author)Epimetheus has largely been forgotten, and yet, he was once credited with bringing humans into the world naked, unshod, without bed, and unarmed. Rather than view this condition as one of deficiency to be covered over through some kind of technical artifice, Commemorating Epimetheus describes the human condition positively in terms of its state of origin. In other words, Amis seeks to articulate the goodness of fragility. The goodness of our fragility is approached phenome...

Perspectives on Philosophy of Communication - Paperback

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by Pat Arneson (Author)Perspective on Philosophy of Communication provides readers with an appreciation of philosophy of communication as central to understanding and guiding communicative action in a postmodern culture. Each chapter provides readers with an understanding of the perspective of a well-recognized philosopher(s) and addresses how his/her work creatively informs current problems and issues in human communication. This work provides an opportunity for readers to engage the interpr...

Children & Animals: Exploring the Roots of Kindness & Cruelty - Paperback

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by Frank R. Ascione (Author)Animal abuse has been an acknowledged problem for centuries, but only within the past few decades has scientific research provided evidence that the maltreatment of animals often overlaps with violence toward people. The variants of violence, including bullying or assaults in a schoolyard, child abuse in homes, violence between adult intimate partners, community hostility in our streets and neighborhoods, and even the context of war, are now the subject of concerte...

Mark of Beast: Animality and Human Oppression - Paperback

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by Mark S. Roberts (Author)The Mark of the Beast historically and critically examines the dire effects of the process of animalization on both humans and animals. Roberts provides a general account of the theoretical division between humans and animals begun largely in the work of Aristotle and continued in that of Descartes and Kant. Following the philosophical provenance of the idea of animality, Roberts explores the practical and "scientific" uses of this idea, focusing largely on what Ste...

Reading Plotinus: A Practical Introduction to Neoplatonism (History of Philosophy) - Paperback

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by Kevin Corrigan (Author)This book provides a practical reading guide to the thought of Plotinus, the great philosopher who was born in Alexandria in the third century a.d., lived in Rome and wrote in Greek. Deeply immersed in earlier Greek philosophy, especially Plato and Aristotle, Plotinus' thought was to have an immense influence upon the theology and philosophy of Christianity, Judaism, and Islam, as well as to bear a deep resonance with the major forms of Eastern mystical thought, part...