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Metaphysical Horror
Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 140 |
Release | : 2001-07 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0226450554 |
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'A modern philosopher who has never once suspected himself of being a charlatan,' writes Leszek Kolakowski at the start of this endlessly stimulating book, 'must be such a shallow mind that his work is probably not worth reading.' For over a century, philosophers have argued that philosophy is impossible or useless, or both. Although the basic agenda dates back tot he days of Socrates, there is still disagreement about the nature of truth, reality, knowledge, good and God. This may make little practical difference to our lives, but it leaves us with a feeling of radical uncertainty described by Kolakowski as 'metaphysical horror'. Is there any way out of this cul-de-sac? This trenchant analysis confronts these dilemmas head on. Philosophy may not provide definitive answers to the fundamental questions, yet the quest itself transforms our lives. It may undermine most of our certainties, yet it still leaves room for our spiritual yearnings and religious beliefs. Kolakowski has forged a dazzling demonstration of philosophy in action. It is up to readers to take up the challenge of his arguments.
Metaphysical Horror
Author | : Leszek Kołakowski |
Publsiher | : Wiley-Blackwell |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 0631159592 |
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Argues that philosophical inquiries are valuable even though they may produce no absolute values and discusses knowledge, religion, and philosophers of the past
Metaphysical Horror 1 Publ Oxford Ox usw Blackwell 1988 122 S 8
Author | : Leszek Kolakowski |
Publsiher | : Unknown |
Total Pages | : 122 |
Release | : 1988 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : OCLC:773213685 |
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Lovecraftiana
Author | : Rogue Planet Press |
Publsiher | : Lulu.com |
Total Pages | : 56 |
Release | : 2024 |
Genre | : Electronic Book |
ISBN | : 9781326637712 |
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Rhetoric and Pedagogy
Author | : Winifred Bryan Horner,Michael Leff,Robert Gaines,Jean Dietz Moss,Beth S. Bennett |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 360 |
Release | : 2013-12-02 |
Genre | : Language Arts & Disciplines |
ISBN | : 9781136688256 |
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To provide a view of the history of western rhetoric, this volume presents original articles by a number of world-renowned scholars representing different countries and varying viewpoints. In discussing the status of the historical perspectives on rhetoric, these international scholars also present a tribute to James J. Murphy, whose scholarship and service did much to shape the field. The book will introduce new insights into western European rhetoric and its connections with English rhetoric.
Kant Shelley and the Visionary Critique of Metaphysics
Author | : O. Bradley Bassler |
Publsiher | : Springer |
Total Pages | : 262 |
Release | : 2018-05-15 |
Genre | : Philosophy |
ISBN | : 9783319772912 |
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This book addresses the philosophy of Kant and the poetry of Shelley as historical starting points for a new way of thinking in the modern age. Fusing together critical philosophy and visionary poetry, Bassler develops the notion of visionary critique, or paraphysics, as a model for future philosophical endeavor. This philosophical practice is rooted in the concept of the indefinite power associated with the sublime in both Kant and Shelley’s work, to which the notion of the parafinite or indefinitely large is extended in this book.
Fragments
Author | : David Tracy |
Publsiher | : University of Chicago Press |
Total Pages | : 429 |
Release | : 2020-04-06 |
Genre | : Religion |
ISBN | : 9780226567297 |
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David Tracy is widely considered one of the most important religious thinkers in North America, known for his pluralistic vision and disciplinary breadth. His first book in more than twenty years reflects Tracy’s range and erudition, collecting essays from the 1980s to 2018 into a two-volume work that will be greeted with joy by his admirers and praise from new readers. In the first volume, Fragments, Tracy gathers his most important essays on broad theological questions, beginning with the problem of suffering across Greek tragedy, Christianity, and Buddhism. The volume goes on to address the Infinite, and the many attempts to categorize and name it by Plato, Aristotle, Rilke, Heidegger, and others. In the remaining essays, he reflects on questions of the invisible, contemplation, hermeneutics, and public theology. Throughout, Tracy evokes the potential of fragments (understood both as concepts and events) to shatter closed systems and open us to difference and Infinity. Covering science, literature, philosophy, psychoanalysis, and non-Western religious traditions, Tracy provides in Fragments a guide for any open reader to rethink our fragmenting contemporary culture.
Dictionary of Visual Discourse
Author | : Barry Sandywell |
Publsiher | : Routledge |
Total Pages | : 722 |
Release | : 2016-04-22 |
Genre | : Art |
ISBN | : 9781317151067 |
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This substantial and ambitious dictionary explores the languages and cultures of visual studies. It provides the basis for understanding the foundations and motivations of current theoretical and academic discourse, as well as the different forms of visual culture that have come to organize everyday life. The book is firmly placed in the context of the 'visual turn' in contemporary thought. It has been designed as an interdisciplinary or transdisciplinary introduction to the vocabularies and grammars of visuality that inform thinking in the arts and humanities today. It also offers insight into the philosophical frameworks which underpin the field of visual culture. A central theme that runs throughout the entries is the task of moving away from a narrow understanding of visuality inherited from traditional philosophy toward a richer cultural and multi-sensorial philosophy of concrete experience. The dictionary incorporates intertextual links that encourage readers to explore connections between major themes, theories and key figures in the field. In addition the author's introduction provides a comprehensive and critical introduction which documents the significance of the visual turn in contemporary theory and culture. It is accompanied by an extensive bibliography and further reading list. As both a substantive academic contribution to this growing field and a useful reference tool, this book offers a theoretical introduction to the many languages of visual discourse. It will be essential reading for graduate students and scholars in visual studies, the sociology of visual culture, cultural and media studies, philosophy, art history and theory, design, film and communication studies.