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1 online resource (166 pages). |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Continuum studies in continental philosophy
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Continuum studies in continental philosophy.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 160-164) and index. |
| Contents |
Science, explanation, and dogma -- Freud and Sartre : the property of freedom -- Hegel, action, and avoiding the death without meaning -- Marx and Marcuse : alienation and critical reflection -- Rawls and Vattimo : pluralism and postmodern liberation. |
| Summary |
Free Will and Continental Philosophy explores the concepts of free-will and self-determination in the Continental philosophical tradition. David Rose examines the ways in which Continental philosophy offers a viable alternative to the hegemonic scientistic approach taken by analytic philosophy. Rose claims that the problem of free-will is only a problem if one makes an unnecessary assumption consistent with scientific rationalism. In the sphere of human action we assume that, since action is a physical event, it must be reducible to the laws and concepts of science. Hence, the problematic natu. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Free will and determinism.
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Free will and determinism. |
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Continental philosophy.
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Continental philosophy. |
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Liberty.
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Liberty. |
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Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Rose, David Edward. Free will and Continental philosophy. London ; New York : Continuum, ©2009 9781441104748 (DLC) 2009008451 (OCoLC)310401955 |
| ISBN |
9781441161802 (electronic book) |
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1441161805 (electronic book) |
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1282452975 |
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9781282452978 |
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9781441104748 |
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1441104747 |
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9781847060990 |
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1847060994 |
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