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Plato on Time and the World
This book focuses on two central topics that could help us answer how Plato conceives of the physical world and its relationship to Forms. The first...
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Atheistic Platonism A Manifesto
Atheistic Platonism is an alternative to both theism and nihilistic atheism. It shows how any jobs allegedly done by God are better done by...
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Freier Wille – freie Wahl Eine Kritik neurowissenschaftlicher Zugänge zu Willensfreiheit und Determinismus
Sind wir wirklich frei in unseren Entscheidungen? Was beeinflusst unseren Willen? Und ist unsere Freiheit dadurch tatsächlich in Gefahr? Uwe Mylatz...
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Hegel's 'Individuality' Beyond Category
This book explores an overlooked area in Hegel studies: his use of ‘individuality’ (Individualität). Hegel joined a lively conversation, from Leibniz...
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Wittgenstein's Tractatus at 100
The 100th anniversary of the first publication of Wittgenstein’s Tractatusis celebrated by a collection of original papers by well-known experts on...
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Philosophers and Einstein's Relativity The Early Philosophical Reception of the Relativistic Revolution
This book offers an up-to-date insight into the early philosophical debate on Einsteinian relativity. The essays explore the reception and...
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Iris Murdoch’s Practical Metaphysics A Guide to her Early Writings
This book explores Iris Murdoch as a philosopher who, through her distinctive methodology, exploits the advantages of having a mind on the borders of...
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Heidegger, Neoplatonism, and the History of Being Relation as Ontological Ground
This book argues that Western philosophy's traditional understanding of Being as substance is incorrect, and demonstrates that Being is fundamentally...
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Arendt-Handbuch Leben – Werk – Wirkung
Die Aktualität Hannah Arendts ist unbestritten, kaum ein Denker, geschweige denn eine Denkerin wird so viel gelesen, verfilmt, diskutiert oder...
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Johann Gottlieb Fichte: Leben und Werk Ein deutscher Philosoph in europäischer Umbruchszeit
Fichte ist – trotz fabelhafter Gesamtausgabe – der am meisten interpretationsbedürftige Kopf der nachkantischen Philosophie. Sein Werk bildet für...
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Karl Löwith: Heidegger – Denker in dürftiger Zeit Sämtliche Schriften, Band 8
Karl Löwith hat als Schüler Martin Heideggers begonnen. 1928 habilitierte er sich bei ihm in Marburg mit einer Arbeit zur philosophischen...
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Ernest Nagel: Philosophy of Science and the Fight for Clarity
This volume is dedicated to the life and work of Ernest Nagel (1901-1985) counted among the influential twentieth-century philosophers of science....
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Cosmology in the Early Modern Age: A Web of Ideas
This volume addresses the history and epistemology of early modern cosmology. The authors reconstruct the development of cosmological ideas in the...
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John Locke and the Grounds for Toleration
This book offers a detailed analysis of John Locke’s case for toleration and proposes an interpretation that shows the links between his political...
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Galen and the Early Moderns
This book explores the presence of Galen of Pergamon (129 – c. 216 AD) in early modern philosophy, science, and medicine. After a short revival due...
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The Metaphysics of Resurrection in Seventeenth-Century Philosophy
This book provides a new account of the emergence of the philosophy of personal identity in the early modern period. Reflection on personal identity...
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Karl Löwith: Hegel und die Aufhebung der Philosophie im 19. Jahrhundert – Max Weber Sämtliche Schriften, Band 5
Löwiths Beschäftigung mit der deutschen Philosophie des 19. Jahrhunderts reicht zurück bis in die zwanziger Jahre und hat die kritische Revision der...
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A Prodigy of Universal Genius: Robert Leslie Ellis, 1817-1859
This open access book brings together for the first time all aspects of the tragic life and fascinating work of the polymath Robert Leslie Ellis...
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Critics of Enlightenment Rationalism Revisited
This book provides an overview of some of the most important critics of “Enlightenment rationalism.” The subjects of the volume (including, among...
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Hermann Schweppenhäuser: Philosophie und Gesellschaft I Gesammelte Schriften, Band 3
Der dritte Band der Gesammelten Schriften von Hermann Schweppenhäuser enthält im ersten Teil systematische Erörterungen sozialphilosophischer...