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Michael Polanyi's Philosophy of Science
This work examines Polanyi's theory of tacit knowledge, especially his description of it's nature, structure and function and the critical framework that gives rise to it. The study provides an orientation for those unfamliar with Polany's work while being of value to students of his thought.
An Integrated Psychological and Philosophical Approach to Justice
The book reviews philosophical approaches of justice charts that rise and fall of equity theory in psychology, and describes the conceptual turmoil that has resulted since its decline. However, in the second part of the book, it is argued that by combining the results of modern psychological research into justice and sociobiology with our knowledge of the ancient philosophical traditions of justice, and tracing some of the historical development of these traditions, it may be possible to define a fundamental, unifying, core principle of justice, and to gain a unique insight into the roots of the problems that now confront theorists and researchers in the area.
An Interpretation and Assessment of First-person Authority in the Writings of Philosopher Donald Davidson
In An Interpretation and Assessment of First-Person Authority in the Writings of Philosopher Donald Davidson, first-person authority is the thesis that subjects have a non-evidence-based form of epistemic warrant for self-ascriptions of psychological concepts that does not attach to a third-person evidence-based ascriptions of the same concepts.
Human Being and Morality in Ethics of Social Consequences
Explores issues concerning the moral agent and one's moral rights. Deals with issues related to fundamental moral values and principles of ethics of social consequences, making essential differences between ethical theory as a kind of non-utilitarian consequentialism and utilitarian forms of consequentialism. Explores moral values of humanity, legality, justice, responsibility, tolerance, moral duty.
Exploring the Work of Leonardo Da Vinci Within the Context of Contemporary Philosophical Thought and Art
This study explores the work of Leonardo da Vinci with the aim of developing a concept of creative production, It argues that the conditions of a truly creative practice require an imaginative re-working of the real so that new and unforeseen realities can emerge. Studying Leonardo's notebooks and sketches, where a cross-pollination of theory and practice abounds, it shows that creativity is critical power that operates in between the real and ideal, confounding the clear-cut distinction between them. This understanding of power in terms of an enabling and productive capacity is taken from Deleuze and Nietzsche's work in this area. Leonardo, although he was interested in mimesis and the principles of one point perspective, actively brought the real and ideal into relations with one another in innovative ways. Although it focuses on the work of one Renaissance artist, the conclusions are not historically restricted.
The Philosophy of Panayot Butchvarov
Providing a glimpse of a philosophy style that is as rare as it is valuable, this book is an anthology with twelve essays concerning the thought of Philosophy Professor, Panayot Butchvarov, with his comments on each. His work reveals great depth, running the gamut of metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, and philosophy of mind.
A Conceptual Understanding of Beauty
This work covers the category of beauty, defining it as a predisposition to development. It introduces a new version of an analytical approach to beauty that allows dissecting the whole in such a way as to make possible its synthesis and the clarification of its meaning.
Democracy
Primarily concerned with conceptual clarification and normative assessment, Riser (retired, U. of Central Florida) considers the minimal criteria of a meaningful concept of democracy. Disconnecting democracy from a paradigmatic association with the form of the state, he argues for a sense of democracy based on positive freedom, inherently comprisin
