Of Essence And Context
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Of Essence And Context
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Author : Rūta Stanevičiūtė
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-06-01
Of Essence And Context written by Rūta Stanevičiūtė and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-06-01 with Music categories.
This book provides a new approach to the intersections between music and philosophy. It features articles that rethink the concepts of musical work and performance from ontological and epistemological perspectives and discuss issues of performing practices that involve the performer’s and listener’s perceptions. In philosophy, the notion of essence has enjoyed a renaissance. However, in the humanities in general, it is still viewed with suspicion. This collection examines the ideas of essence and context as they apply to music. A common concern when thinking of music in terms of essence is the plurality of music. There is also the worry that thinking in terms of essence might be an overly conservative way of imposing fixity on something that evolves. Some contend that we must take into account the varying historical and cultural contexts of music, and that the idea of an essence of music is therefore a fantasy. This book puts forward an innovative approach that effectively addresses these concerns. It shows that it is, in fact, possible to find commonalities among the many kinds of music. The coverage combines philosophical and musicological approaches with bioethics, biology, linguistics, communication theory, phenomenology, and cognitive science. The respective chapters, written by leading musicologists and philosophers, reconsider the fundamental essentialist and contextualist approaches to music creation and experience in light of twenty-first century paradigm shifts in music philosophy.
Substance And Essence In Aristotle
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Author : Charlotte Witt
language : en
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-31
Substance And Essence In Aristotle written by Charlotte Witt and has been published by Cornell University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-31 with Philosophy categories.
Substance and Essence in Aristotle is a close study of Aristotle's most profound—and perplexing—treatise: Books VII-IX of the Metaphysics. These central books, which focus on the nature of substance, have gained a deserved reputation for their difficulty, inconclusiveness, and internal inconsistency. Despite these problems, Witt extracts from Aristotle's text a coherent and provocative view about sensible substance by focusing on Aristotle's account of form or essence. After exploring the context in which Aristotle's discussion of sensible substance takes place, Witt turns to his analysis of essence. Arguing against the received interpretation, according to which essences are classificatory, Witt maintains that a substance's essence is what causes it to exist. In addition, Substance and Essence in Aristotle challenges the orthodox view that Aristotelian essences are species-essences, defending instead the controversial position that they are individual essences. Finally, Witt compares Aristotelian essentialism to contemporary essentialist theories, focusing in particular on Kripke's work. She concludes that fundamental differences between Aristotelian and contemporary essentialist theories highlight important features of Aristotle's theory and the philosophical problems and milieu that engendered it.
Anglo American Empiricism And The Abhorrence Of Essence
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Author : J. N. Markopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
Release Date : 2022-11-30
Anglo American Empiricism And The Abhorrence Of Essence written by J. N. Markopoulos and has been published by Europa Edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-11-30 with Fiction categories.
Is there really a fundamental difference between a rational, often ontologically loaded research method, that characterizes Continental philosophy, and an Anglo-American research method based on empiricism, that strongly abhors essence and an ontological foundation of reality? How is empiricism, and its abhorrence of essence, interrelated with technoscientific development, scientism and technocracy, politics, economics, utilitarianism and pragmatism, climate change, way of life and an education with an almost allergic aversion to any concept of essence in human life? How and under which presuppositions can philosophy really contribute to the understanding of the essence of happiness and its achievement, particularly within the hostile sociopolitical, economic and environmental conditions, created globally by neoliberalism? Crucial questions, among others, that are highlighted and critically discussed in this book, based on a critical view of Anglo-American empiricism and its historically and philosophically grounded abhorrence of essence; in this context, “essence” is not used in a conservative or, for example, anti-feminist manner. Joannis N. Markopoulos, born 1948 in Thessaloniki/Greece, holds a Master’s degree in Engineering (Dipl.-Ing.) from the Technical University of Darmstadt/Germany (1973) and a Dr. degree in Physical Chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1981). He is, since the academic year 2020/2021, Professor of the Philosophy of Technoscience at the Postgraduate Interdepartamental Course “Philosophical, Pedagogical and Interdisciplinary Anthropology” at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.); he is a former assoc. Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of A.U.Th., and a former Professor of the Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology at the Faculty of Education at the same University; personal site with a short CV in English: https://users.auth.gr/imarkopo
The Essence Of Human Freedom
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Author : Martin Heidegger
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2002-01-01
The Essence Of Human Freedom written by Martin Heidegger and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-01-01 with Philosophy categories.
Taken from a lecture course delivered by Heidegger at the University of Freiburg in 1931-32, this book presents the German philosopher's views on the problem of human freedom, the meaning of freedom and being as reflected in Greek philosophy, Kant's treatment of freedom and causality, and other concerns central to Heidegger's thought.
Anglo American Empiricism And The Abhorrence Of Essence
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Author : Joannis N. Markopoulos
language : en
Publisher: Europa Edizioni
Release Date : 2022
Anglo American Empiricism And The Abhorrence Of Essence written by Joannis N. Markopoulos and has been published by Europa Edizioni this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022 with Education categories.
Is there really a fundamental difference between a rational, often ontologically loaded research method, that characterizes Continental philosophy, and an Anglo-American research method based on empiricism, that strongly abhors essence and an ontological foundation of reality? How is empiricism, and its abhorrence of essence, interrelated with technoscientific development, scientism and technocracy, politics, economics, utilitarianism and pragmatism, climate change, way of life and an education with an almost allergic aversion to any concept of essence in human life? How and under which presuppositions can philosophy really contribute to the understanding of the essence of happiness and its achievement, particularly within the hostile sociopolitical, economic and environmental conditions, created globally by neoliberalism? Crucial questions, among others, that are highlighted and critically discussed in this book, based on a critical view of Anglo-American empiricism and its historically and philosophically grounded abhorrence of essence; in this context, "essence" is not used in a conservative or, for example, anti-feminist manner. Joannis N. Markopoulos, born 1948 in Thessaloniki/ Greece, holds a Master's degree in Engineering (Dipl.Ing.) from the Technical University of Darmstadt/Germany (1973) and a Dr. degree in Physical Chemistry from the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (1981). He is, since the academic year 2020/2021, Professor of the Philosophy of Technoscience at the Postgraduate Interdepartamental Course "Philosophical, Pedagogical and Interdisciplinary Anthropology" at the Faculty of Philosophy of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki (A.U.Th.); he is a former assoc. Professor of Chemical Engineering at the Faculty of Engineering of A.U.Th., and a former Professor of the Philosophy and Ethics of Science and Technology at the Faculty of Education at the same University; personal site with a short CV in English: https: //users.auth.gr/imarkopo
The Essence Of Islamist Extremism
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Author : Irm Haleem
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2011-11-23
The Essence Of Islamist Extremism written by Irm Haleem and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-11-23 with Political Science categories.
This book provides a critical and a conceptual analysis of radical Islamist rhetoric drawn from temporally and contextually varied Islamist extremist groups, challenging the popular understanding of Islamist extremism as a product of a ‘clash-of-civilizations’. Arguing that the essence of Islamist extremism can only be accurately understood by drawing a distinction between the radical Islamist explanations and justifications of violence, the author posits that despite the radical Islamist contextualization of violence within Islamic religious tenets, there is nothing conceptually or distinctly Islamic about Islamist extremism. She engages in a critical analysis of the nature of reason in radical Islamist rhetoric, asserting that the radical Islamist explanations of violence are conceptually reasoned in terms of existential Hegelian struggles for recognition (as fundamentally struggles against oppression), and the radical Islamist justifications of violence are conceptually reasoned in terms of moral consequentialism. With a detailed analysis of Islamist extremist discourse spanning a wide range of contexts, this book has a broad relevance for scholars and students working in the field of Islamic studies, religious violence, philosophy and political theory.
The Essence Of Human Freedom
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Author : Martin Heidegger
language : en
Publisher: A&C Black
Release Date : 2005-05-06
The Essence Of Human Freedom written by Martin Heidegger and has been published by A&C Black this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005-05-06 with Philosophy categories.
The Essence of Human Freedom is a fundamentaltext for understanding Heidegger's view of Greekphilosophy and its relationship to modernphilosophy. These previously untranslated lectureswere delivered by Heidegger at the University ofFreiburg in the summer of 1930.
Aquinas On Being And Essence
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Author : Joseph Bobik
language : en
Publisher: University of Notre Dame Pess
Release Date : 2016-05-31
Aquinas On Being And Essence written by Joseph Bobik and has been published by University of Notre Dame Pess this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-05-31 with Philosophy categories.
In Aquinas on Being and Essence: A Translation and Interpretation, Joseph Bobik interprets the doctrines put forth by St. Thomas Aquinas in his treatise On Being and Essence. He foregrounds the meaning of the important distinction between first and second intentions, the differing uses of the term “matter,” and the Thomistic conception of metaphysics.
Essays On Essence And Existence
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Author : Bob Hale
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2020-03-26
Essays On Essence And Existence written by Bob Hale and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-03-26 with Philosophy categories.
Essays on Existence and Essence presents a series of writings--including several previously unpublished--by Bob Hale on the topics of ontology and modality. The essays develop and consolidate a number of themes central to his work and to contemporary metaphysics, logic, and philosophy of language. They display Hale's innovative approach to some of the most fundamental issues in philosophy, in dialogue (and, in some cases, in collaboration) with other leading philosophers. The notion of a definition is examined as it applies both to words--verbal definitions-and to things--real definitions--and the relations between these are brought out in order to address problems in the metaphysics of necessity and the semantics and epistemology of modality. Hale argues for an essentialist theory of the source of necessity and our knowledge of it, and provides rigorous and inventive responses to problems such a theory might face. This theoretical framework is applied to the recently influential truthmaking approach to semantics and logic, developing an exact truthmaker account of universal quantification and modal statements. Other topics covered include the Fregean theory of ontological categories, the status of second-order logic, the metaphysics of numbers, and the nature of analytic propositions. The volume opens with a substantial introduction by Kit Fine, providing a critical examination of Hale's philosophy, and closes with a complete bibliography of Hale's writings.
Merleau Ponty In Contemporary Context
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Author : Douglas Low
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2017-09-08
Merleau Ponty In Contemporary Context written by Douglas Low and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-09-08 with Philosophy categories.
This volume presents the work of Maurice Merleau-Ponty, a great philosopher and social theorist of mid-twentieth century, as a viable alternative to both modernism and postmodernism. Douglas Low argues that Merleau-Ponty's philosophy offers explanations and solves problems that other philosophies grapple with, but do not resolve, given their respective theoretical presuppositions and assumptions. Low brings the work of Merleau-Ponty into critical contact with important thinkers, including Sartre, Heidegger, Derrida, and Marx. He highlights Merleau-Ponty's connection to the early Hegel, especially with regard to the criticism of modernism's "representational consciousness" and its subsequent skepticism with regard to our being in the world. Merleau-Ponty made a concerted effort to solve the problems that come about due to a wide variety of Western dualisms: body and mind, perception and conception, self and other, etc. He frequently does so by demonstrating the connection between these disparate terms, the connection of perception with affect and interest, fact with value, and a broadened view of science with moral and philosophical judgment. Merleau-Ponty's unique contribution is his focus on the lived-through perceiving body and its relationship to abstract thought and language. In his detailed analysis of the work of Merleau-Ponty, Low brings attention to a twentieth-century master capable of altering the landscape of modern and social philosophy in the twenty-first century.