A New Philosophy

A philosophy of new media that defines the digitalimage as the process by which the body filters information tocreate images.

Manuel DeLanda is a distinguished writer, artist and philosopher. In his new book, he offers a fascinating look at how the contemporary world is characterized by an extraordinary social complexity. Since most social entities, from small communities to large nation-states, would disappear altogether if human minds ceased to exist, Delanda proposes a novel approach to social ontology that asserts the autonomy of social entities from the conceptions we have of them.

In The Artist-Philosopher and New Philosophy, Smith argues that Western Metaphysics has indeed come to what Heidegger describes as “an end.” That is hardly to say philosophy as such is over or soon to disappear; rather, its purpose as a medium of cultural change and as a generator of history has run its course. He thus calls for a New Philosophy, conceptualized by the artist-philosopher who “makes” or “poeticizes” New Philosophy, spanning literary and theoretical discourses and operating across art in all its forms and across culture in all its locations. To this end, Smith proposes the establishment of schools and social networks that advance the training and development of artist-philosophers, as well as global digital networks that are themselves designed toward this “ever-becoming community.”

Edouard Le Roy, a notable French philosopher and mathematician, by "A New Philosophy" as a philosophical book. This work, published in the early twentieth century, made an important addition to the area of philosophy. Le Roy's work might be described as a demand for a philosophical paradigm change. He argues for the significance of reconciling science and philosophy, with the goal of bridging the gap between these two historically different fields. In "A New Philosophy," he presents a holistic approach to human life that considers both empirical and metaphysical dimensions. The investigation of the link between science, religion, and philosophy is one of the book's main themes. According to Le Roy, these realms of human cognition should not be viewed as antagonistic, but rather as complimentary components of a full worldview. Le Roy's writing is distinguished by clarity and precision, making complicated philosophical themes understandable to a wider audience. He highlights the need of accepting ambiguity and humility in the search of knowledge, arguing for a philosophy that is open to new scientific discoveries. In conclusion, Edouard Le Roy's "A New Philosophy" is a thought-provoking work that questions traditional boundaries in philosophy and strives to construct a harmonic synthesis between science and metaphysics.

A collection of twenty-eight essays, five previously unpublished, grouped into nine categories: Philosophy, Natural Selection, Adaptation, Darwin, Diversity, Species, Speciation, Macroevolution, and Historical Perspective. The book, Ernst Mayr notes in the Foreword, is an attempt "to strengthen the bridge between biology and philosophy, and point to the new direction in which a new philosophy of biology will move."

Now available in paperback, this book offers an original introduction to the philosophy of social science, emphasising new post-empiricist approaches.

What is history? From Thucydides to Toynbee historians and nonhistorians alike have wondered how to answer this question. A New Philosophy of History reflects on developments over the last two decades in historical writing, not least the renewed interest in the status of narrative itself and the presence of the authorial "voice." Subjects include the problems of Grand Narrative, multiple voices and the personal presence of the historian in his text, the ambitions of the French Annales school and the so-called "Grand Chronicler," and the relevance of non-literary models—museum presentations and picturings—regarding historical discourse. The range of approaches found in A New Philosophy of History ensures that this book will establish itself as required reading not only for historians, but for everyone interested in literary theory, philosophy, or cultural studies. This volume presents essays by Hans Kellner, Nancy F. Partner, Richard T. Vann, Arthur C. Danto, Linda Orr, Philippe Carrard, Ann Rigney, Allan Megill, Robert Berkhofer, Stephen Bann, and Frank Ankersmit.