Galileo Galilei (1564–1642) is widely recognized as one of the greatest scientific thinkers in history. Intriguingly, when offered a place in the Medici court in 1610, he requested the title of «Philo
This book explores Eastern and Western ideas of freedom and reveals the essential differences, as well as similarities, between Eastern and Western cultural values. Inspired by an ancient Greek myth r
Having in the first volume described the underlying structures, goals, and methods common to any genealogical investigation, Lightbody (philosophy, Brock U., Ontario) here shows how two philosophical
Lubling (philosophy, Elon U., North Carolina) argues that the naturalistic writings of American pragmatist philosopher Dewey (1859-1952) afford the best context in which to articulate a post-Holocaust
Cook (U. of New Brunswick, Canada) has focused his life around the practice of bioethics, which combines the fields of ecology, philosophy and medicine, and presents this book which introduces the ide
Fourteen essays by contemporary philosophers assess Wilkins' (philosophy, University of California, Santa Barbara) work on the philosophy of history, political philosophy, applied ethics, the philosop
Presbyterian minister Kin (philosophy and theology, Columbia Evangelical Seminary in Washington and Washington Baptist U. and Seminary in Virginia) shows how in his Philosophical Fragments, Danish the
Characterizing scientific inquiry as an intellectual and social liberator and the most effective means for improving the dreadful living conditions of the past, Schlagel (emeritus, philosophy, George
Brkic (emeritus, North Dakota State U.) presents what he believes are fundamental philosophical propositions on a range of issues, from the nature of the universe to the nature of the state. Writing i
In this book, Richard Brian Davis explores various attempts to solve the Dependence Problem - the problem posed by the following question: How can necessary truths stand to God in a one-way relation o
