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This book presents philosophy as a historical series of answers to two questions: the meaning question (what does it all mean?) and the reality question (what is real rather than illusory?). Presenting philosophy as a historical series of answers to...
In this small book, Ulrich Steinvorth describes the reasons why analytic philosophy, which started as an anti-metaphysical project, has become a strong advocate of metaphysics, and why it must become synthetic, normative, and naturalistic. Steinvorth argues that...
Premodern societies believed in something sacred that obliged unconditionally. Modern societies rely on fallible science. Do they also need something absolute, a secular sacred? Steinvorth analyzes the writings of modern philosophers who claim that there is an absolute...
This book answers questions about secularization: Does it dissolve religion, or transform it into faith in a universally valid value? Is it restricted to the west or can it occur everywhere? Using ideas of Max Weber, the book conceives secularization as a process...
This book explores the morality of pride, a value that has been condemned through history and is still largely unwelcome in many societies. The author explores the nature of the self and free will, and how pride links to technology and rational theology. It refers...
Transforming Capitalism addresses the challenges to shareholder capitalism. It explores: fair play in the market place;challenges on systemic, organizational and individual levels; the need to refocus our economic system around community and cooperation; the current...
Qui ne s'est posé la question du pourquoi de son existence - pourquoi y a-t-il des hommes et des choses, pourquoi y a-t-il quelque chose et non pas rien ? C'est sur cette question et la volonté de lui donner réponse que s'est édifiée la métaphysique. La métaphysique qui...
La pensée moderne est confrontée à des difficultés insurmontables pour résoudre les problèmes des sociétés modernes, alors que ce qui lui fait face, la pensée classique, peut nous guider à travers un monde compliqué. C'est la thèse de ce livre qui n'est pas un livre...
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