Andreas Hüttemann 
Idealisierungen und das Ziel der Physik [PDF ebook] 
Eine Untersuchung zum Realismus, Empirismus und Konstruktivismus in der Wissenschaftstheorie

Феликс, успешен в бизнеса, осъден за незаконни наркотици, е бил взет под стража и се поставя в анкетна изолатор, затворници психически тормоз довели го до лудост, и той отдава своя бизнес в замяна на …

Bachelor Thesis from the year 2007 in the subject Philosophy – General Essays, Eras, grade: 1, 7, Charles University in Prague (Fakulta Humanitních Studií/ Faultät für Humanistisches Wissen), languag …

Wittgenstein used the concept of language games to refer to all forms of linguistic expression in practical contexts and to the myriad ways in which signs are used in language. He used the term to sp …

Hilary Whitehall Putnam was one of the leading philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. As student of Rudolph Carnap’s and Hans Reichenbach’s, he went on to become not only a major figure …

One important task of metaphysics is to answer the question of what it is for an object to exist. The first part of this book offers a systematic reconstruction and critique of contemporary views on …

what makes a property intrinsic? What exactly does the intrinsic/extrinsic distinction rest upon, and how can we reasonably justify this distinction? These questions bear great importance on central …

Pasgaard-Westerman rethinks the ontological and epistemological understanding of world, other and self by opposing the general anthropological paradigm within contemporary philosophy. Signs and inter …

Ontological commitment implies that each theory is supposed to specify the type of entities that form its components. Representatives of a theory share an ontological commitment in relation to the ob …

While post-Fregean logicians tend to ignore or even denigrate the traditional logic of Aristotle and the Scholastics, new work in recent years has shown the viability of a renewed, extended, and stre …

Distributive justice is one of the most discussed topics in political philosophy. Focusing on the plurality of irreconcilable conceptions of social and political justice, this book presents an array …