Harry G. Frankfurt 
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Philosophical Essays

This book develops a new approach to naturalizing phenomenology. The author proposes to integrate phenomenology with the mechanistic framework that offers new methodological perspectives for studying …

This influential study, originally published in 1921, develops aspects of Laski”s theory of the state, ideas he introduced in his first important publication, Authority in the Modern State (1919). A …

Personal Autonomy and Social Oppression addresses the impact of social conditions, especially subordinating conditions, on personal autonomy. The essays in this volume are concerned with the philosop …

This book bears witness to the current reawakening of interest in Reid”s philosophy. It first examines Reid”s negative attack on the Way of Ideas, and finds him to be a devastating critic of his pr …

Breaking new ground in the debate about the relation of mind and body, David Armstrong”s classic text – first published in 1968 – remains the most compelling and comprehensive statement of the view …

Due to his theory of ”immaterialism” and Schopenhauer”s regard of him as the ”father of idealism”, George Berkeley (1685-1753) is one of the most important thinkers of the Early Modern period. T …

According to Michel Serres, a process of ”hominescence” has taken place throughout human history. Hominescence can be described as a type of adolescence; humanity in a state of growing, a state of …

This book offers a rigorous analysis of why commitment matters and the challenges it presents to a range of believers. Peter Forrest treats commitment as a response to lost innocence. He considers th …

Why do so many doctors have profound misgivings about the push to legalise euthanasia and assisted suicide? Ole Hartling uses his background as a physician, university professor and former chairman o …

This book explores and details the actuality (Aktualität) of Hegel’s social and political philosophy–its relevance, topicality, and contemporary validity. It asserts–against the assumptions of thos …