Medieval Philosophy: A History of Philosophy without Any Gaps book pdf download

Auther : Peter Adamson
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Section : Philosophy and logic
Language : English
Number of Pages : 660
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
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Department : Social sciences

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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Peter Adamson presents a lively introduction to six hundred years of European philosophy, from the beginning of the ninth century to the end of the fourteenth century. The medieval period is one of the richest in the history of philosophy, yet one of the least widely known. Adamson introduces us to some of the greatest thinkers of the Western intellectual tradition, including Peter Abelard, Anselm of Canterbury, Thomas Aquinas, John Duns Scotus, William of Ockham, and Roger Bacon. And the medieval period was notable for the emergence of great women thinkers, including Hildegard of Bingen, Marguerite Porete, and Julian of Norwich. Original ideas and arguments were developed in every branch of philosophy during this period – not just philosophy of religion and theology, but metaphysics, philosophy of logic and language, moral and political theory, psychology, and the foundations of mathematics and natural science.

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Classical Indian Philosophy book pdf download

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Section : Philosophy and logic
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Department : Social sciences
Size of file : 2.65MB
Number of Pages : 422
Auther : Peter Adamson
Language : English

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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Peter Adamson and Jonardon Ganeri present a lively introduction to one of the world’s richest intellectual traditions: the philosophy of classical India. They begin with the earliest extant literature, the Vedas, and the explanatory works that these inspired, known as Upanisads. They also discuss other famous texts of classical Vedic culture, especially the Mahābhārata and its most notable section, the Bhagavad-Gīta, alongside the rise of Buddhism and Jainism. In this opening section, Adamson and Ganeri emphasize the way that philosophy was practiced as a form of life in search of liberation from suffering. Next, the pair move on to the explosion of philosophical speculation devoted to foundational texts called ‘sutras,’ discussing such traditions as the logical and epistemological Nyāya school, the monism of Advaita Vedānta, and the spiritual discipline of Yoga. In the final section of the book, they chart further developments within Buddhism, highlighting Nagārjuna’s radical critique of ‘non-dependent’ concepts and the no-self philosophy of mind found in authors like Dignāga, and within Jainism, focusing especially on its ‘standpoint’ epistemology. Unlike other introductions that cover the main schools and positions in classical Indian philosophy, Adamson and Ganeri’s lively guide also pays attention to philosophical themes such as non-violence, political authority, and the status of women, while considering textual traditions typically left out of overviews of Indian thought, like the Cārvāka school, Tantra, and aesthetic theory as well. Adamson and Ganeri conclude by focusing on the much-debated question of whether Indian philosophy may have influenced ancient Greek philosophy and, from there, evaluate the impact that this area of philosophy had on later Western thought.

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Philosophy in the Islamic World: A Very Short Introduction book pdf download

Section : Philosophy and logic
Size of file : 3.39MB
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Department : Social sciences
Number of Pages : 201
Auther : Peter Adamson
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Language : English

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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In this introduction, Peter Adamson sheds light on the philosophical ideas that emerged in the Islamic world. From the beginnings of the tradition to the twenty first century, he traces the history of philosophy among those living in Islamic lands, highlighting its key themes and ongoing relevance to contemporary concerns.;Introduction — A historical whirlwind tour — Reason and revelation — God and being — Eternity — Knowledge — Ethics and politics — Philosophy in the Islamic world: a timeline.

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Al-Rāzī book pdf download

Language : English
Department : Social sciences
Number of Pages : 265
Section : Philosophy and logic
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Size of file : 15.1MB
Auther : Peter Adamson
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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This book introduces readers to Abu Bakr al-Razi (known in Latin as Rhazes), one of the most innovative and divisive figures of the early philosophical tradition in the Islamic world. Drawing on his extant works on ethics and a range of quotations and testimony from often hostile medieval authors, Adamson reconstructs Razi’s cosmological system, which posits four principles alongside God for the making of the universe: Soul, Matter, Time, and Place. Adamson argues that this system is fundamentally based on Plato, while it accepts Aristotle’s physics as a relative or superficial description of the universe. This notorious theory of the five eternals led to charges of heresy. But through an examination of his debates with contemporary Islamic theologians and representatives of Ismaili Shiism, Adamson shows that Razi’s ideas about religion and prophecy may have been distorted by intellectual opponents. Razi’s scientific contributions are also considered in depth. One chapter is devoted to the philosophically rewarding aspects of Razi’s extensive writings on medicine. His ideas about alchemy are also discussed along with his atomist account of matter. The final chapter looks at Razi’s views on ethics, and argues against a prominent interpretation of him as a hedonist inspired by Epicureanism. The book presupposes no prior knowledge of Razi or specialist knowledge of this period in the history of philosophy. It will be rewarding for anyone with an interest in the reception of Greek philosophy, especially Plato, in the history of medicine, or of medieval philosophy more generally.

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Byzantine and Renaissance Philosophy book pdf download

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Section : Philosophy and logic
Size of file : 3.85MB
Number of Pages : 508
Auther : Peter Adamson
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Language : English
Department : Social sciences

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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Peter Adamson presents an engaging and wide-ranging introduction to the thinkers and movements of two great intellectual cultures: Byzantium and the Italian Renaissance. First he traces the development of philosophy in the Eastern Christian world, from such early figures as John of Damascus in the eighth century to the late Byzantine scholars of the fifteenth century. He introduces major figures like Michael Psellos, Anna Komnene, and Gregory Palamas, and examines the philosophical significance of such cultural phenomena as iconoclasm and conceptions of gender. We discover the little-known traditions of philosophy in Syriac, Armenian, and Georgian. These chapters also explore the scientific, political, and historical literature of Byzantium. There is a close connection to the second half of the book, since thinkers of the Greek East helped to spark the humanist movement in Italy. Adamson tells the story of the rebirth of philosophy in Italy in the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. We encounter such famous names as Christine de Pizan, Niccolò Machiavelli, Giordano Bruno, and Galileo, but as always in this book series such major figures are read alongside contemporaries who are not so well known, including such fascinating figures as Lorenzo Valla, Girolamo Savonarola, and Bernardino Telesio. Major historical themes include the humanist engagement with ancient literature, the emergence of women humanists, the flowering of Republican government in Renaissance Italy, the continuation of Aristotelian and scholastic philosophy alongside humanism, and breakthroughs in science. All areas of philosophy, from theories of economics and aesthetics to accounts of the human mind, are featured. This is the sixth volume of Adamson’s History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps, taking us to the threshold of the early modern era.

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Philosophy and Jurisprudence in the Islamic World book pdf download

Section : Philosophy and logic
Size of file : 2.89MB
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Department : Social sciences
Language : English
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Auther : Peter Adamson
Number of Pages : 328

Author: Peter Adamson

About the Author: Peter Adamson is an academic who is professor of late ancient and Arabic philosophy at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich. He is the host of the weekly Podcast “History of Philosophy without any gaps”.

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This book brings together the study of two great disciplines of the Islamic world: law and philosophy. In both sunni and shiite Islam, it became the norm for scholars to acquire a high level of expertise in the legal tradition. Thus some of the greatest names in the history of Aristotelianism were trained jurists, like Averroes, or commented on the status and nature of law, like al-Fārābī. While such authors sought to put law in its place relative to the philosophical disciplines, others criticized philosophy from a legal viewpoint, like al-Ghazālī and Ibn Taymiyya. But this collection of papers does not only explore the relative standing of law and philosophy. It also looks at how philosophers, theologians, and jurists answered philosophical questions that arise from jurisprudence itself. What is the logical structure of a well-formed legal argument? What standard of certainty needs to be attained in passing down judgments, and how is that standard reached? What are the sources of valid legal judgment and what makes these sources authoritative? May a believer be excused on grounds of ignorance? Together the contributions provide an unprecedented demonstration of the close connections between philosophy and law in Islamic society, while also highlighting the philosophical interest of texts normally studied only by legal historians.

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Los dragones del Eden (evolucion inteligencia humana) book pdf download

Auther : Carl Sagan
Language : Spanish
Size of file : 0.97MB
Number of Pages : 89
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Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Section : Philosophy and logic
Department : Social sciences

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About the Author: Carl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in Brooklyn, USA. An American astronomer is one of the most prominent contributors to the simplification of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He also played an important role in the creation of the US space agency NASA. He played a leading role in promoting the search for intelligent creatures outside the globe. He studied physics at the University of Chicago, and in 1960 received the title of Doctor of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He taught at Harvard University, in 1968 he moved to Cornell University, where he became a university professor in 1971. Sagan edited and presented the television program “The Universe”, in which he explained astronomy, and the program was shown in many countries. He has been awarded the NASA Medal (twice), the Arster Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote a novel Tawassul in 1985 and was represented in a movie in 1997. The most important thing that distinguishes Sagan is his major contributions to the simplification of space and astronomy sciences to the general public, and this may have led to the success of most of his books, most notably: 1- The Universe 2- Planet Earth A pale blue dot 3- Billions and Billions 4 – A world inhabited by demons 5 – Dragons of Eden Sagan believed that the universe contained one or more life outside the framework of planet Earth. This is based on the enormous size of the universe, and his idea simply says that the possibility of the conditions suitable for life in a place other than planet Earth is possible, as long as we are talking about a universe that includes countless numbers of galaxies, stars and planets. He also believed that prime numbers are cosmic numbers. Sagan passed away on December 20, 1996

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Los dragones del Edén es un libro mítico, publicado por vez primera en 1977 y galardonado con el premio Pulitzer. Casi treinta años después, conserva toda su frescura e interés. En una impresionante ojeada panorámica que abarca desde la prehistoria hasta la época actual, Carl Sagan explica la evolución intelectual y mental del ser humano, habla de nuestros antepasados y sus antagonistas, describe la mecánica de nuestro cerebro y del de otros animales y dilucida el papel que han desempeñado los ordenadores en el conocimiento de los mecanismos de nuestro cerebro y en el almacenamiento de la información en nuestra memoria. Hallamos también en estas páginas fascinantes incursiones en los terrenos del mito y la leyenda, así como atrevidas especulaciones sobre los cauces futuros por los que parece va a discurrir la evolución del hombre. Isaac Asimos dijo de este libro: «Carl Sagan posee el toque del rey Midas Nunca había leído hasta ahora un relato tan interesante y cautivador sobre el tema de la inteligencia humana.»

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The Dragons of Eden: Speculations on the Evolution of Human Intelligence book pdf download

Department : Social sciences
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Auther : Carl Sagan
Size of file : 0.79MB
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Language : English
Section : Philosophy and logic
Number of Pages : 168

Author: Carl Sagan

About the Author: Carl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in Brooklyn, USA. An American astronomer is one of the most prominent contributors to the simplification of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He also played an important role in the creation of the US space agency NASA. He played a leading role in promoting the search for intelligent creatures outside the globe. He studied physics at the University of Chicago, and in 1960 received the title of Doctor of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He taught at Harvard University, in 1968 he moved to Cornell University, where he became a university professor in 1971. Sagan edited and presented the television program “The Universe”, in which he explained astronomy, and the program was shown in many countries. He has been awarded the NASA Medal (twice), the Arster Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote a novel Tawassul in 1985 and was represented in a movie in 1997. The most important thing that distinguishes Sagan is his major contributions to the simplification of space and astronomy sciences to the general public, and this may have led to the success of most of his books, most notably: 1- The Universe 2- Planet Earth A pale blue dot 3- Billions and Billions 4 – A world inhabited by demons 5 – Dragons of Eden Sagan believed that the universe contained one or more life outside the framework of planet Earth. This is based on the enormous size of the universe, and his idea simply says that the possibility of the conditions suitable for life in a place other than planet Earth is possible, as long as we are talking about a universe that includes countless numbers of galaxies, stars and planets. He also believed that prime numbers are cosmic numbers. Sagan passed away on December 20, 1996

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Dr. Carl Sagan takes us on a great reading adventure, offering his vivid and startling insight into the brain of man and beast, the origin of human intelligence, the function of our most haunting legends–and their amazing links to recent discoveries. “A history of the human brain from the big bang, fifteen billion years ago, to the day before yesterday…It’s a delight.” THE NEW YORK TIMES

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Miles de millones book pdf download

Auther : Carl Sagan
Language : Spanish
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Number of Pages : 130
Section : Philosophy and logic
Department : Social sciences
Size of file : 1.02MB
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About the Author: Carl Edward Sagan was born on the 9th of November 1934 in Brooklyn, USA. An American astronomer is one of the most prominent contributors to the simplification of astronomy, astrophysics and other natural sciences. He also played an important role in the creation of the US space agency NASA. He played a leading role in promoting the search for intelligent creatures outside the globe. He studied physics at the University of Chicago, and in 1960 received the title of Doctor of Astronomy and Astrophysics. He taught at Harvard University, in 1968 he moved to Cornell University, where he became a university professor in 1971. Sagan edited and presented the television program “The Universe”, in which he explained astronomy, and the program was shown in many countries. He has been awarded the NASA Medal (twice), the Arster Medal, and the Pulitzer Prize. He wrote a novel Tawassul in 1985 and was represented in a movie in 1997. The most important thing that distinguishes Sagan is his major contributions to the simplification of space and astronomy sciences to the general public, and this may have led to the success of most of his books, most notably: 1- The Universe 2- Planet Earth A pale blue dot 3- Billions and Billions 4 – A world inhabited by demons 5 – Dragons of Eden Sagan believed that the universe contained one or more life outside the framework of planet Earth. This is based on the enormous size of the universe, and his idea simply says that the possibility of the conditions suitable for life in a place other than planet Earth is possible, as long as we are talking about a universe that includes countless numbers of galaxies, stars and planets. He also believed that prime numbers are cosmic numbers. Sagan passed away on December 20, 1996

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Como indica su subtítulo -Pensamientos de vida y muerte en la antesala del milenio-, Miles de millones es una colección de ensayos en los el autor, además de abordar materias tan científicas como las matemáticas o la astronomía, ofrece su opinión sobre temas tan actuales como el aborto. Sin que falte un espacio dedicado a explicar su escepticismo sobre la existencia de Dios. En su recorrido, Carl Sagan lleva a sus lectores en su apasionante viaje que se inicia con la invención del ajedrez, pasa por la posibilidad de vida en Marte y llega hasta la guerra fría y el calentamiento del globo English Translation: As it indicates his subtitle? thought of life and death in the waiting room of the millenium -, Thousands of million are a collection of tests in the author, besides to approach matters so scientists as the mathematics or astronomy, offers their opinion on as present subjects as the abortion. Without it lacks a dedicated space to explain his skepticism on the existence of God. In his route, Carl Sagan takes to his readers in his exciting trip that begins with the invention of the chess, it happens through the possibility of life in Mars and arrives until the cold war and the heating from the globe

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Poverty of Philosophy book pdf download

Number of Pages : 119
Date of Coming : 2022-08-10
Section : Philosophy and logic
Size of file : 0.39MB
Language : English
Auther : Karl Marx
Department : Social sciences
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About the Author: Karl Heinrich Marx was a German philosopher, economist, sociologist, historian, journalist and revolutionary socialist (5 May 1818 – 14 March 1883). His ideas played an important role in the foundation of sociology and in the development of socialist movements. Marx was considered one of the greatest economists in history. He published several books during his lifetime, the most important of which are The Manifesto of the Communist Party (1848) and Das Kapital (1867–1894). Born into a wealthy middle-class family in Trier in the Prussian Rhineland, Marx studied at the University of Bonn and the University of Berlin, where he became interested in the philosophical ideas of the Young Hegelians. He was associated with Jenny von Westphalen in 1836 AD, and married her in 1843 AD after his studies. He wrote for a radical newspaper in Cologne, and began to develop his theory of dialectical materialism. After moving to Paris in 1843, he began writing for other radical newspapers.

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The Poverty of Philosophy is a principal source for understanding Karl Marx’s theory of communism published in Paris and Brussels in 1847. It was written to answer the economic and philosophical arguments of French anarchist Pierre-Joseph Proudhon set forth in his 1846 book The System of Economic Contradictions. Using his groundwork for the subject of economics being fully elaborated in Capital, Marx rejected idea of Proudhon on consumption tax and strike action. Marx set the tone in his forward of the book against Proudhon as “M. Proudhon has the misfortune of being particularly misunderstood in Europe. In France, he has the right to be a bad economist, because he is reputed to be a good German philosopher. In Germany, he has the right to be a bad philosopher, because he is reputed to be one of the ablest of French economists. Being both a German and an economist at the same time, we desire to protest against this double error”. Marxists highly praised the book as one of the first works of mature Marxism that was most profound and most brilliant monographs by Karl Marx. This is a must-read book to understand the foundational thought of a communist party and the nature of a socialistic country by Karl Marx.

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