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Greek Philosophers - From Thales To Aristotle [Bok / Häftad]

The Primacy Of Perception - Towards A Neutral Monism [Bok / Häftad]

Complexes And Consciousness [Bok / Häftad]

I modern tid har mod betraktats med misstänksamhet och förknippats med chauvinism och fanatism. Per Bauhn visar i The Value of Courage hur en rättighetsteori med utgångspunkt i villkoren för framgångsrikt handlande kan både förklara värdet av mod och sätta moraliska gränser. Bristen på mod är ett problem för såväl enskilda individer som försöker skapa sig ett gott liv som för idealet om ett rättvist samhälle.<br/><br/>I The Value of Courage handlar mod inte om storslagna dåd på slagfältet utan mer om framåtanda och rättsmedvetande. Mod handlar inte om att inte vara rädd utan om att kunna trotsa sin rädsla i strävan efter viktiga mål.<br/><br/>I boken presenteras två typer av mod, kreativitetsmod och övertygelsemod. Förhållandet mellan mod och egenskaper som heroism och förtänksamhet diskuteras. Det filosofiska resonemanget illustreras genomgående med historiska exempel.<br/><br/>Per Bauhn, docent i praktisk filosofi, arbetar som universitetslektor vid Lunds universitet. Han föreläser även inom kurser i freds- och konfliktkunskap.

Every artwork is the first and last of its kind. Nothing happens the same way twice. But if this is the case, then what limits can we impose on our understanding of the historical development of art? The poles in our conceptual schema of the development of art are analogous to human life, which is placed between two poles of non-existence. This schema is used in our understanding of art, interpretation, and metaphor. Being a complex part in the intersection between life and death, this becomes transposed from experiences to things, reified objects that can make the analysis of these entities cognitively respectable. To transfer them back to experience is to see them as part of our cultural understanding: the movement from death to life and back again is grounded in the dynamic tension between the creative/deviant and conventional/established sense-making determinations. "The effort to free up our thinking about art, and in particular our habit of thinking of artworks as material objects, should be central to any serious consideration of the relation between culture and society today. Claes Entzenberg makes a bold foray right into the heart of this issue, tackling the central notion of reification in connection with the concepts of life and death, and the idea of art as a necessary intermediary. I would urge anyone interested in approaches to aesthetics which encourage us to think outside today s sometimes suspiciously orderly boxes to pick up this book and enjoy the intellectual journey." Elisabeth Schellekens Appointed Chair Professor of Aesthetics at Uppsala University

Ivar Segelberg (19141987), between 1951 and 1979 professor of philosophy in Gothenburg, is an important figure in Swedish philosophy but still only known within a rather narrow circle. Trained in both phenomenology and analytical philosophy, Segelberg developed highly original theories about time con­sciousness, the unity of consciousness, and general ontology. He published his three main works in Swedish, and only in 1999 were they (collectively) made available in English. The present volume will hopefully help make Segelbergs work more widely known. It is partly based on a 2008 symposium in Gothenburg, also called Philosophy and Botany, but contains several independent contributions including a newly written biography.

Making A Difference - Rethinking Humanism And The Humanities [Bok / Häftad]