Steger Florian Steger & Joerden Jan C. Joerden 
1926 – Die Geburt der Bioethik in Halle (Saale) durch den protestantischen Theologen Fritz Jahr (1895-1953) [EPUB ebook] 

First published in 1998, this book shows that modern materialistic science – for all its ability to analyse in truly impressive detail the workings of the living world – remains powerless to explain …

Are there any points where conservatives and liberals can agree? What do we mean by "social progress" and how do we know which way to go? How do the values of individual liberty and group l …

Originally published in 1952. This book is a critical survey of the views of scientific inference that have been developed since the end of World War I. It contains some detailed exposition of ideas …

‘Time and Philosophy’ presents a detailed survey of continental thought through an historical account of its key texts. The common theme taken up in each text is how philosophical thought should resp …

This book is the first major study of the Situationist International. Tracing the history, ideas and influences of this radical and inspiring movement from dada to postmodernism, it argues that situa …

What kind of experience might help to confirm and make sense of the puzzling belief in divine creation, so central to the main monotheistic religions? Anselm and Aquinas developed a philosophical und …

Parthood and composition are everywhere. The leg of a table is part of the table, the word ‘Christmas’ is part of the sentence ‘I wish you a merry Christmas’, the 13th century is part of the Middle A …

Do aesthetic appeals to senses and emotions in political debate necessarily marginalise political reason and reduce citizens to consumers – thus dangerously undermining democracy? Or is sensuous-emot …

Recent and current crises in health, ecology, society and spirituality have lent the whole arena of liminality a new urgency and relevancy. Those who traverse the great transitions are rediscovering …

How do we know whether there are other minds besides our own? The problem of other minds raises many questions which are at the root of all philosophical investigations – how it is we know, what is t …