BISAC SubjectsPHILOSOPHY / Epistemology

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Controversies and Interdisciplinarity: Beyond disciplinary fragmentation for a new knowledge model

Edited by Jens Allwood, Olga Pombo, Clara Renna and Giovanni Scarafile

Nowadays, the forms assumed by knowledge indicate an unhinging of traditional structures conceived on the model of discipline. Consequently, what was once strictly disciplinary becomes interdisciplinary, what was homogeneous becomes heterogeneous and what was hierarchical becomes heterarchical.When… read more

[Controversies, 16] 2020. vi, 279 pp.

How to Do Philosophy with Words: Reflections on the Searle-Derrida debate

Jesús Navarro

Nowadays philosophy is characterized by such heterogeneous intellectual practices that its very unity and coherence seem endangered. What is especially disconcerting is that most authors manage to largely ignore the very existence of methodological positions radically different from their own.… read more

[Controversies, 12] 2017. xviii, 225 pp.

Epistemics of the Virtual

Johan F. Hoorn

Proposing a new theory of fiction, this work reviews the confusion about perceived realism, metaphor, virtual worlds and the seemingly obvious distinction between what is true and what is false. The rise of new media, new technology, and creative products and services requires a new examination of… read more

[Linguistic Approaches to Literature, 12] 2012. x, 231 pp.

Sprache und Metaphysik: Meister Eckharts Prädikationstheorie und ihre Auswirkung auf sein Denken

Tamar Tsopurashvili

Die vorliegende Studie zielt darauf ab, die Metaphysik Meister Eckharts auf systematische Weise darzustellen und das gemeinsame Fundament zu ermitteln, das anzeigt, dass seine spekulativen lateinischen wie auch seine von bildhaften Ausdrucksweisen geprägten deutschen Schriften inhaltlich… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 52] 2011. xi, 188 pp.

Suarezismus: Erkenntnistheoretisches aus dem Nachlass des Jesuitengenerals Tirso González de Santalla (1624–1705). Abhandlung und Edition

Sven K. Knebel

Geistesgeschichtlich ist die große Vergangenheit des lateinischen Aristotelismus immer noch unbewältigt. Die vorliegende Teiledition eines Cursus philosophicus von 1653/55 [Ms. BU Salamanca 1351-52] dokumentiert den regen Schulbetrieb zu Lockes Zeit. Etwas ‚metaphysische‘ zu betrachten, das hieß im… read more

[Bochumer Studien zur Philosophie, 51] 2011. xiii, 580 pp.

Controversies and the Metaphysics of Mind

Yaron M. Senderowicz

Since ancient times, metaphysical theories have been shaped by the dialectical relations between metaphysical positions. The present book offers a new account of the role of controversies in the evolution of ideas in current metaphysics of mind. Part One develops a pragmatic theory of metaphysical… read more

[Controversies, 8] 2010. xi, 235 pp.

The Practice of Reason: Leibniz and his Controversies

Edited by Marcelo Dascal †

Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz (1646-1716) dedicated much of his life to some of the most central debates of his time. For him, our chance of progress towards the happiness of mankind lies in the capacity to recognize the value of the different perspectives through which humans approach the world.… read more

[Controversies, 7] 2010. xvi, 359 pp.