The Positive Outcome of Philosophy

The Positive Outcome of Philosophy
Author: Joseph Dietzgen
Publisher: Good Press
Total Pages: 321
Release: 2021-04-26
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN:

This is an invaluable work by a German socialist philosopher, Marxist, and journalist, Joseph Dietzgen. He was a distinguished philosopher who wrote extensively about dialectical materialism. Contents include: Introduction by Anton Pannekoek The Nature of Human Brain Work Letters on Logic The Positive Outcome of Philosophy

The Philosophy of Positive Law

The Philosophy of Positive Law
Author: James Bernard Murphy
Publisher: Yale University Press
Total Pages: 254
Release: 2008-10-01
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0300138016

In this first book-length study of positive law, James Bernard Murphy rewrites central chapters in the history of jurisprudence by uncovering a fundamental continuity among four great legal philosophers: Plato, Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Hobbes, and John Austin. In their theories of positive law, Murphy argues, these thinkers represent successive chapters in a single fascinating story. That story revolves around a fundamental ambiguity: is law positive because it is deliberately imposed (as opposed to customary law) or because it lacks moral necessity (as opposed to natural law)? These two senses of positive law are not coextensive yet the discourse of positive law oscillates unstably between them. What, then, is the relation between being deliberately imposed and lacking moral necessity? Murphy demonstrates how the discourse of positive law incorporates both normative and descriptive dimensions of law, and he discusses the relation of positive law not only to jurisprudence but also to the philosophy of language, ethics, theories of social order, and biblical law.

LEGO and Philosophy

LEGO and Philosophy
Author: Roy T. Cook
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2017-08-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1119193974

How profound is a little plastic building block? It turns out the answer is “very”! 22 chapters explore philosophy through the world of LEGO which encompasses the iconic brick itself as well as the animated televisions shows, feature films, a vibrant adult fan base with over a dozen yearly conventions, an educational robotics program, an award winning series of videogames, hundreds of books, magazines, and comics, a team-building workshop program for businesses and much, much more. Dives into the many philosophical ideas raised by LEGO bricks and the global multimedia phenomenon they have created Tackles metaphysical, logical, moral, and conceptual issues in a series of fascinating and stimulating essays Introduces key areas of philosophy through topics such as creativity and play, conformity and autonomy, consumption and culture, authenticity and identity, architecture, mathematics, intellectual property, business and environmental ethics Written by a global group of esteemed philosophers and LEGO fans A lively philosophical discussion of bricks, minifigures, and the LEGO world that will appeal to LEGO fans and armchair philosophers alike

Philosophy as a Way of Life

Philosophy as a Way of Life
Author: Pierre Hadot
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 320
Release: 1995-08-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780631180333

This book presents a history of spiritual exercises from Socrates to early Christianity, an account of their decline in modern philosophy, and a discussion of the different conceptions of philosophy that have accompanied the trajectory and fate of the theory and practice of spiritual exercises. Hadot's book demonstrates the extent to which philosophy has been, and still is, above all else a way of seeing and of being in the world.

What to Read

What to Read
Author: Plebs League
Publisher:
Total Pages: 80
Release: 1923
Genre: Best books
ISBN:

Introduction to Positive Philosophy

Introduction to Positive Philosophy
Author: Auguste Comte
Publisher: Hackett Publishing
Total Pages: 90
Release: 1988-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 9780872200500

Contents: Introduction Selected Bibliography Works by Comte in English Translation Works about Comte in English I. The Nature and Importance of the Positive Philosophy II. The Classification of the Positive Sciences Index