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Seyyed Hossein Nasr, a Persian Sufist, discusses his life and philosophical development in an intellectual autobiography. This is followed by 33 critical essays by various scholars and Nasr's replies to each of them. Topics covered include comparative religion, theology and Islamic studies.

These essays examine the Confucian view towards women and whether old and modern attitudes and beliefs about women are a necessary implication of its general philosophy. The collection also compares ancient and modern opportunites for Chinese women in societal contributions and personal growth.

The essays written for this volume reflect the scope of Professor Fingarette's scholarship, which ranges from social philosophy to Confucian thought, and the essential unity in his concern with what it means to live a personal life.

There has been a rise, within Western philosophy, of a wave of relativism, according to which Galileo was wrong and his persecutors were right. In this critique of relativism, the author turns the techniques of relativism against relativism, showing that it is self-refuting or ineffectual.

A dream team of philosophers relentlessly cross-examines the Perry Mason stories

KISS's "final tour" started in January 2019 and is scheduled to run until October 2020 in Fort WorthKISS's "final show" has been announced for July 2021 in New York, though there are rumors the band could continue indefinitely, with replacements in the line-up

The author of this work calls upon the world's religions to assist in combating the destructive trends of our time. She argues for mobilizing a virtual "alliance of religion and ecology" against unlimited economic growth, rampant consumption, and unrestrained globalization.

Against the background of the events of June 4th, the author proffers a more general analysis and evaluation of the economic "reforms" initiated by the Party leadership in 1978. Using China as a case study, he also introduces an ethical model of development for agrarian societies.

The International Baccalaureate (IB) is a college entrance examination, which can be taken in any country and is recognized by universities in any country. This work offers two stories woven together: the birth and the growth of IB in the world and the United States, and the birth and growth of IB at Mount Vernon High.

Philosophers explain and criticize many controversial aspects of the ambitious new TV show, His Dark Materials.

This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time.

Paradoxes are sets of propositions that are individually plausible, but collectively inconsitent. This book introduces the subject of paradoxes, it surveys the range of types of paradoxes, and introduces an integrated theory of paradoxes. It explains and analyzes over 130 paradoxes.

Scientific naturalism, or scientism, is the theory that science has all the answers. This book argues that not all philosophical explanations can be reduced to scientific ones. Refuting support for scientism, it suggests that reliabilist and causal theories of epistemic justification are unsound.

Recently, economic pressures resulting from less federal revenue and Americans' growing aversion to tax increases have led many state governments to liberalize gambling laws or sponsor gambling. This book looks at the arguments for and against doing so.

Confucianism is one of the most influential philosophical traditions in the world. This collection of essays presents the nuanced and subtle interpretations of key thinkers from over two thousands years in the Confucian movement, such as Mencius, Xunzi, and Zhang Xuecheng.

This collection of metaphysician Charles Hartshorne's writings provides an introduction to his contribution to contemporary philosophy. Central to his outlook are interpretations of such notions as God, freedom, chance, creativity and the social character of experience.

The TQM movement is rapidly taking hold in the educational system, but so far it has stopped at the classroom door. This book is a manual for the next stage: the application of TQM methods in supervising and evaluating teachers, so that quality teaching becomes an attainable goal.

This is the personal story of one woman's journey through breast cancer, a disease which has reached epidemic proportions and now claims the lives of 46,000 American women each year. For Barbara Stone, cancer was not a death sentence, but a challenge to survive the "firing process" of the illness.

This revised edition examines different notions of rationality, such as the means-end concept, hedonism and the "evil-avoidance" view, and then rejects them in favour of the theory that to act rationally is to act "for the best", a theory the author characterises as "critical pluralism".

Contains a selection of addresses given to the Parliament, including contributions by Protestant ministers, African Americans, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and other Asian religions. Also included are various "points of contact and contention", between counterparts in different traditions.

Kathleen Lennon provides a new approach to the philosophy of action, showing how "reasons" fit into the casual framework of the world, while defending their autonomy. She disputes the rapidly-congealing orthodoxy which maintains that explanations according to intentional states cannot be casual explanations.

A study of Pierre Duhem's work, this work pays particular attention to the political and intellectual context of French Catholicism. It shows that he was a Pascalian, arguing that both logic and intuition were indispensible in approaching his truth.

Argues that philosophy of human freedom has been transformed by developments in science, especially evolution. The author accounts for freedom and creativity, and tests his theory with examples from drug addiction, hypnosis, slavery, brainwashing and creative leaps in thought.

This examination of Simone de Beauvoir's form of existentialism pays special attention to her work, "The Ethics of Ambiguity", in which de Beauvoir draws from many thinkers in the continental tradition to argue that one's own freedom is intertwined with that of others.

In this text the Czech philosopher, Patocka, pursues the threefold theme of subject body, human community, and the phenomenological understanding of the "world". The work of Patocka blends the thought of Hussel and Heidegger, with his own distinct philosophical voice.

A collection of essays by Kierkegaard scholars, representing the new consensus on Kierkegaard and his conception of moral selfhood. It answers the charges of one of Kierkegaard's biggest critics, Alasdair MacIntyre, and shows how some of Kierkegaard's insights may support MacIntyre's ideas.

This work faces up to the reality of death and demolishes some populart errors in our thinking about death. It examines the metaphors which can mislead us: death as parting; death as sleep; immortality as the denial of death; and selflessness as a kind of consolation.

This work presents a treatment of the issue of death, comparing the Western approach of "optimising" with the Eastern approach of "adapting". It analyses the nature of happiness, and explains how adaption may be implemented.