“…For these reasons a better understanding of the sense of agency has been important for neuroscientists, clinicians, philosophers of mind and the general society alike. Significant progress has been made in this regard. …”

“…Ainsi, dans le présent volume, des savants, scientifiques, philosophes, théologiens et artistes, essaient de clarifier une question décisive pour le destin de nos sociétés. …”

“…Were they meant to be read comically, philosophically, allegorically, symbolically, or realistically? …”

“…By embedding a profound philosophical reflection on the themes of historical time and historical discourse in a concrete series of case studies, this project transcends the traditional divide between empirical historiography on the one hand and the so called theoretical approaches to history on the other. …”
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“…Every Thing Must Go aruges that the only kind of metaphysics that can contribute to objective knowledge is one based specifically on contemporary science as it really is, and not on philosophers' a priori intuitions, common sense, or simplifications of science. …”

“…Translated by Will Stone, with an introduction by philosopher and historian of ideas John Gray--…”
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“…Since the formation of nation-states lawyers, philosophers, and theologians have sought to envisage the ideal political order. …”

“…However, explicitly or not, water conflicts nearly always also involve disputes among different philosophical views. The contributions to this edited volume have looked at the politics of contested knowledge as manifested in the conceptualisation, design, development, implementation and governance of large dams and mega-hydraulic infrastructure projects in various parts of the world. …”

“…They are analysed from a continental philosophical perspective, providing a stage where various voices, positions and modes of discourse are mutually exposed to one another, so that they critically address and question one another. …”

“…It is often present in social situations and can serve to unify a group's mood for ceremonial purposes (funerals, weddings) or general social interactions. Scientists and philosophers have speculated on the origins of music and language, and the possible common bases of emotional expression through music, speech and other vocalizations. …”

“…Unlike his famous Romanian contemporaries, scholar Mircea Eliade, dramatist Eugène Ionescu, and philosopher Emil Cioran, who lived abroad, Constantin Noica did not leave communist Romania. …”

“…Cet ouvrage donne des éléments de réponse à cette double question, à l'acuité renouvelée par le numérique. il fait donc appel aux anthropologues et philosophes (Jack Goody, Jens Brockmeier, David Olson...), aux spécialistes des pratiques lettrées de l'antiquité (Christophe Batsch, Flavia Carraro), de l'internet (Paul Mathias, Henri Desbois, Michael Heim...), de la physique et des mathématiques (Jean Dhombres, Patrick Flandrin, Cédric Villani). …”

“…She examines the private activities Aristotle considers necessary to a complete human life-maintaining a household, transacting business, sustaining friendships, and philosophizing. Focusing on ways Aristotle's public invests in the private through law, rule, and education, she shows how the public can foster a morally and intellectually virtuous citizenry. …”

“…De Warren develops this notion of original forgiveness through a reflection on the indispensability of trust for human existence, as well as an examination of the refusal or unavailability to forgive in the aftermath of moral harms.De Warren engages in a critical discussion of philosophical figures, including Martin Heidegger, Hannah Arendt, Mikhail Bakhtin, Edmund Husserl, Gabriel Marcel, Emmanuel Levinas, and Jean Améry, and of literary works by William Shakespeare, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Heinrich von Kleist, Simon Wiesenthal, Herman Melville, and Maurice Sendak. …”

“…This dilemma has captured the attention of philosophers as well as legal scholars for many years, but has thus far been rarely studied employing institutional and social frameworks. …”

“…He argues, instead, for a return to the forgotten Freud, a man inherently philosophical and rooted in a Greek preoccupation with the nature of truth, ethics, the purpose of life and our relationship with reality. …”

“…Homeopathy – a case in point why EBM is so important – or „the plural of anecdote is not data.“ Target Groups Lecturers and students in the areas of medicine and philosophy of medicine Researchers in philosophy of medicine, medical doctors, ethicists, philosophers and medical activists The Author M.-C. Schulte has studied philosophy and history in the US and finished her MSc in philoso-phy and history of science at LSE. …”

“…Ces études interrogent les archives papier ou numériques de figures intellectuelles variées: poètes, linguistes, philosophes, cinéastes ou critiques. Issu d’un séminaire du laboratoire Lexiques, Textes, Discours, Dictionnaires (LT2D) de l’Université de Cergy-Pontoise et d’un colloque co-organisé avec la Bibliothèque nationale de France en 2014, cet ouvrage bénéficie du soutien de la Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine…”

“…Ces études interrogent les archives papier ou numériques de figures intellectuelles variées: poètes, linguistes, philosophes, cinéastes ou critiques. Issu d’un séminaire du laboratoire Lexiques, Textes, Discours, Dictionnaires (LT2D) de l’Université de Cergy-Pontoise et d’un colloque co-organisé avec la Bibliothèque nationale de France en 2014, cet ouvrage bénéficie du soutien de la Fondation des Sciences du Patrimoine…”

“…“In their new book, Finn Egil Tønnessen and Per Henning Uppstad provide a set of theoretical and philosophical reflections on research in reading and dyslexia. …”