The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News

The Daily Show and Philosophy: Moments of Zen in the Art of Fake News Review

An entertaining and insightful examination of the Emmy-award winning American satirical news show, broadcast on Comedy Central in the US, and (in an edited edition) on More4 in the UK and CNN International around the world.

• Includes discussion of both The Daily Show and its spin-off show, The Colbert Report
  
• Showcases philosophers at their best, discussing truth, knowledge, reality and the American Way
  
• Highlights the razor sharp critical skills of Jon Stewart and his colleagues
  
• Faces tough and surprisingly funny questions about politics, religion, and power head on

Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) (Studies in Continental Thought)

Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning) (Studies in Continental Thought) Review

"[Heidegger's] greatest work... essential for all collections." -- Choice

"... students of Heidegger will surely find this book indispensable." -- Library Journal

Contributions to Philosophy (From Enowning), written in 1936-38 and first published in 1989 as Beiträge zur Philosophie (Vom Ereignis), is Heidegger's most ground-breaking work after the publication of Being and Time in 1927. If Being and Time is perceived as undermining modern metaphysics, Contributions undertakes to reshape the very project of thinking.

Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy)

Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction (Routledge Contemporary Introductions to Philosophy) Review

Philosophy of Language: A Contemporary Introduction introduces the student to the main issues and theories in twentieth century philosophy of language, focusing specifically on linguistic phenomena.

Topics are structured in four parts in the book. Part I, Reference and Referring Expressions, includes topics such as Russell's Theory of Desciptions, Donnellan's distinction, problems of anaphora, the description theory of proper names, Searle's cluster theory, and the causal-historical theory. Part II, Theories of Meaning, surveys the competing theories of linguistic meaning and compares their various advantages and liabilities. Part III, Pragmatics and Speech Acts, introduces the basic concepts of linguistic pragmatics, includes a detailed discussion of the problem of indirect force and surveys approaches to metaphor. Part IV, new to this edition, examines the four theories of metaphor.

Features of Philosophy of Language include:

• new chapters on Frege and puzzles, inferentialism, illocutionary theories of meaning and relevance theory
• chapter overviews and summaries
• clear supportive examples
• study questions
• annotated further reading
• glossary.

 

The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage

The Esoteric Philosophy of Love and Marriage Review

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Dion Fortune's basic esoteric textbook on the psychology of love and relationships gives a simple explanation of the universal factors governing interaction between masculine and feminine, from the "lowest" to the "highest" level of the Seven Planes. An important work for Dion Fortune collectors.

Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this Book (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

Green Lantern and Philosophy: No Evil Shall Escape this Book (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series) Review

The first look at the philosophy behind the Green Lantern comics—timed for the release of the Green Lantern movie in June 2011

The most recent Green Lantern series—Blackest Night—propelled GL to be the top-selling comic series for more than a year, the latest twist in seven decades of Green Lantern adventures. This book sheds light on the deep philosophical issues that emerge from the Green Lantern Corps's stories and characters, from what Plato's tale of the Ring of Gyges tells us about the Green Lantern ring and the desire for power to whether willpower is the most important strength to who is the greatest Green Lantern of all time.

• Gives you a new perspective on Green Lantern characters, story lines, and themes
• Shows what philosophical heavy hitters such as Aristotle, Descartes, and Kant can teach us about members of the Green Lantern Corp and their world
• Answers your most pressing Green Lantern questions, including: What motivates Hal Jordan to be a Green Lantern? Does the Blackest Night force us to confront old male/female stereotypes? What is the basis for moral judgment in the Green Lantern Corps? Is Hal Jordan a murderer?

Whether you're a new fan or an elder from Oa, Green Lantern and Philosophy is a must-have companion.

The Anti-Christ

The Anti-Christ Review

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Here is Friedrich Nietzsche's great masterpiece The Anti-Christ, wherein Nietzsche attacks Christianity as a blight on humanity. This classic is essential reading for anyone wishing to understand Nietzsche and his place within the history of philosophy. "We should not deck out and embellish Christianity: it has waged a war to the death against this higher type of man, it has put all the deepest instincts of this type under its ban, it has developed its concept of evil, of the Evil One himself, out of these instincts-the strong man as the typical reprobate, the 'outcast among men.' Christianity has taken the part of all the weak, the low, the botched; it has made an ideal out of antagonism to all the self-preservative instincts of sound life; it has corrupted even the faculties of those natures that are intellectually most vigorous, by representing the highest intellectual values as sinful, as misleading, as full of temptation. The most lamentable example: the corruption of Pascal, who believed that his intellect had been destroyed by original sin, whereas it was actually destroyed by Christianity!" -Friedrich Nietzsche

Introduction To Mathematical Philosophy (1920)

Introduction To Mathematical Philosophy (1920) Review

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This book is a facsimile reprint and may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages.