The oxford handbook of philosophy of mind
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oxford university press now presents the most authoritative and comprehensive guide ever published to the philosophy of mindthe oxford handbook of philosophy of mind will be an invaluable resource for advanced students and scholars of philosophy, and also for researchers in neighbouring disciplines seeking a high-level survey of the state of the art in this flourishing fieldan outstanding international team of contributors offer 45 specially written critical surveys of a wide range of topics relating to the mindthe first two sections cover the place of the mind in the natural world: its ontological status, how it fits into the causal fabric of the universe, and the nature of consciousnessoxfam bookshop preston the study of the mind has always been one of the main preoccupations of philosophers, and has been a booming area of research in recent decades, with remarkable advances in psychology and neurosciencethe third section focuses on the much-debated subjects of content and intentionalitythe fourth section examines a variety of mental capacities, including memory, imagination, and emotionthe fifth section looks at epistemic issues, in particular regarding knowledge of one's own and other mindsthe volume concludes with a section on self, personhood, and agencysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Anyone interested in the philosophy of emotion, and its wide-ranging implications in other related fields such as morality and aesthetics, will want to consult this bookthe volume addresses all the central philosophical issues in current emotion research, including: the nature of emotion and of emotional life; the history of emotion from plato to sartre; emotion and practical reason; emotion and the self; emotion, value, and morality; and emotion, art and aestheticsoxfam bookshop preston this volume contains thirty-one state-of-the-art contributions from leading figures in the study of emotion todayit will be a vital resource not only for scholars and graduate students but also for undergraduates who are finding their way into this fascinating topicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells the oxford handbook of the self gallagher, shaun (edthe oxford handbook of the self is an interdisciplinary collection of essays that address questions in all of these areasin philosophy and some areas of cognitive science, the emphasis on embodied cognition has fostered a renewed interest in rethinking personal identity, mind-body dualism, and overly cartesian conceptions of selfquestions about whether selves actually exist or have an illusory status have been raised from perspectives as diverse as neuroscience, buddhism, and narrative theorypoststructuralist deconstructions of traditional metaphysical conceptions of subjectivity have led to debates about whether there are any grounds (moral if not metaphysical) for reconstructing the notion of selfwith respect to self-agency, similar questions arise in experimental psychology) research on the topic of self has increased significantly in recent years across a number of disciplines, including philosophy, psychology, psychopathology, and neurosciencein addition, advances in developmental psychology have pushed to the forefront questions about the ontogenetic origin of self-experience, while studies of psychopathology suggest that concepts like self and agency are central to explaining important aspects of pathological experiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese and other issues motivate questions about how we understand, not only "the self", but also how we understand ourselves in social and cultural contexts
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Oxfam bookshop preston the oxford handbook of contemporary phenomenology presents twenty-eight essays by some of the leading figures in the field, and gives an authoritative overview of the type of work and range of topics found and discussed in contemporary phenomenologythe handbook will be a rich source of insight and stimulation for philosophers, students of philosophy, and for people working in other disciplines of the humanities, social sciences, and sciences, who are interested in the state of phenomenology todayit is the definitive guide to what is currently going on in phenomenologysome offer detailed analyses of concrete phenomena; others take a more comprehensive perspective and seek to outline and motivate the future direction of phenomenologyit includes discussions of such diverse topics as intentionality, embodiment, perception, naturalism, temporality, self-consciousness, language, knowledge, ethics, politics, art and religion, and will make it clear that phenomenology, far from being a tradition of the past, is alive and in a position to make valuable contributions to contemporary thoughtthe essays aim to articulate and develop original theoretical perspectivessee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome of them are concerned with issues and questions typical and distinctive of phenomenological philosophy, while others address questions familiar to analytic philosophers, but do so with arguments and ideas taken from phenomenology
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A team of thirty-eight of the world's leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is donethe third part of the book is devoted to essays about the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields, including those of mathematics, psychology, literature and film, and neurosciencethe first part is devoted to broad traditions and approaches to philosophical methodology (including logical empiricism, phenomenology, and ordinary language philosophy)the entries in the second part address topics in philosophical methodology, such as intuitions, conceptual analysis, and transcendental argumentsoxfam bookshop preston this is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodologysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop preston in the oxford handbook of language evolution, sixty leading scholars present critical accounts of every aspect of the fieldthe oxford handbook of language evolution will be valued by everyone interested in one of the most productive and fascinating fields in natural and cognitive sciencethis book presents a wide-ranging summation of work in all the disciplines involvedresearch on language evolution has burgeoned over the last three decadesits five parts are devoted to insights from comparative animal behaviour; the biology of language evolution; the prehistory of language; the development of a linguistic species; and language creation, transmission, and changesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit highlights the links between different lines of research, shows what has been achieved, and considers promising directions for the futureinterdisciplinary activity has produced fundamental advances in the understanding of language evolution and in the evolution of human andanimal communication more generally
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Oxfam bookshop chipping norton hardback, first edition, oxford university pressthe oxford handbook of modern and contemporary american poetry provides a comprehensive approach to the debates that have defined the study of american verse of the twentieth and twenty-first centuriesboards and dust wrapper in very good conditiontopics include: the influence of jazz on beat poetry; surrealist influences on american verse; disability poetics; asian american poetry; and moresee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop victoria the oxford handbook of early christian apocrypha addresses issues and themes that arise in the study of early christian apocryphal literatureit also addresses the value of these texts as potential sources for knowledge of the historical jesus, and for debates about jewish-christian relations, the practice of christian worship, and developing understandings of asceticism, gender and sexuality, etcpart one consists of authoritative surveys of the main branches of apocryphal literature (gospels, acts, epistles, apocalypses, and related literature) and part two considers key issues that they raiseit discusses key texts including the gospel of thomas, the gospel of mary, the gospel of peter, letters attributed to paul, peter, and jesus, and acts and apocalypses written about or attributed to different apostlesthe volume also considers questions such as which ancient readers read early christian apocrypha, their place in christian spirituality, and their place in contemporary popular culture and contemporary theological discoursesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethese include their contribution to our understanding of developing theological understandings of jesus, the apostles and other important figures such as mary
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Otherwise this is an excellent clean copyoxfam books & music beaconsfield the dust cover is not torn but shows some minor shelf wear as do the top and bottom edges of the spine of the board coversee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitystrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his worka preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our timewhile keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writings mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areasee oxfam website for delivery information read morein contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquiry
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Oxfam bookshop preston "the philosophy of mind is unique among contemporary philosophical subjects," writes john searle, "in that all of the most famous and influential theories are falsehere readers will find one of the world's most eminent thinkers shedding light on the central concern of modern philosophy" in mind, searle dismantles these famous and influential theories as he presents a vividly written, comprehensive introduction to the mindsearle begins with a look at the twelve problems of philosophy of mind--which he calls "descartes and other disasters"--problems which he returns to throughout the volume, as he illuminates such topics as the freedom of the will, the actual operation of mental causation, the nature and functioning of the unconscious, the analysis of perception, and the concept of the selfsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The essays in this volume address central themes in wittgenstein's writings on the philosophy of mind, language, logic, and mathematicsthey chart the development of his work and clarify the connections between its different stagesthe contributors illuminate the character of the whole body of work by keeping a tight focus on some key topics: the style of the philosophy, the conception of grammar contained in it, rule-following, convention, logical necessity, the self, and what wittgenstein called, in a famous phrase, 'forms of life'oxfam bookshop preston ludwig wittgenstein () is one of the most important, influential, and often-cited philosophers of the twentieth century, yet he remains one of its most elusive and least accessiblesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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philosophy text book for a2 ethics and philosophy of mind by micheal lacewing in good condition, @ £ 200 or collect yourself for free postage50 and plus postage £2
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handbook discusses the foundations of buddhist ethics focusing on karma and the precepts looking at abstinence from harming others, stealing, and intoxicationthe final section focuses on contemporary issues surrounding buddhist ethics, including gender, sexuality, animal rights, and euthanasia
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Oxfam bookshop carlisle this popular and practical best-selling manual, now revised to make it more accessible to the general reader, allows us to discover for ourselves the inner peace and lightness of mind that come from meditationas new condition see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe author explains twenty-one step-by-step meditations leading to increasingly peaceful and beneficial states of mind, and that together form the entire buddhist path to enlightenmentby practising these meditations, we can transform our daily lives, fulfil our spiritual potentials, and find lasting happiness
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This handbook, organized into five parts, aims to fill this significant gap
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Further essays provide detail and further treat the fluid, multivocal nature of both the sikh past and the presenteach section begins with an essay by a prominent scholar in the field, providing an overview of the topic
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An understanding of the difficult relations between church and state in this troubled period at the close of late antiquity is necessary for a full appreciation of maximus' contribution to this controversy
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He is also the third-most quoted writer in 'the oxford dictionary of quotations' after shakespeare and tennysonmany vintage texts such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive, and it is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality editionit comes complete with a specially commissioned new biography of the authorthis edition provides a perfect rendering of this fine english verse which captures wonderfully the song of homer - a must-read for absolutely everyonehailed by samuel johnson as "a performance which no age or nation could hope to equal," this is a classic text that has moulded centuries of british and american culture through its beautiful and timeless poetryoxfam bookshop victoria this book contains alexander pope's seminal interpretation of the original homeric poem, published serially from tosee oxfam website for delivery information read morealexander pope (), was an english poet most renowned for his satirical verse and for the writing of this book
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