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  • Coping with Closure

    An International Comparison of Mine Town Experiences

    Edited by Cecily Neil, Markku Tykkyläinen, John Bradbury ...
    Series series Routledge Revivals
    During the 1970s and 80s mine closure and wind-down became increasingly common in a number of countries. As mining communities are often situated in remote areas, with most of the community dependent on the mine, these closures have far-reaching implications. Originally published in 1992, this book addresses these issues with regard to the community and the problems facing the policy maker. The ... Read more

    $77.99 USD

  • Philosophical Perspectives on Moral Certainty

    Edited by Cecilie Eriksen, Julia Hermann, Neil O'Hara, Nigel Pleasants ...
    Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
    Moral certainty refers to those aspects of morality – moral acting, feeling, and thinking – that are beyond doubt, explanation, and justification. The essays in this book explore the concept of moral certainty and its application and usefulness in contemporary moral debates.The notion of moral certainty, which is inspired by the philosophy of Ludwig Wittgenstein, is emerging as a key reference ... Read more

    $51.99 USD

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  • On Human Nature

    by Roger Scruton ...
    A brief, radical defense of human uniqueness from acclaimed philosopher Roger ScrutonIn this short book, acclaimed writer and philosopher Roger Scruton presents an original and radical defense of human uniqueness. Confronting the views of evolutionary psychologists, utilitarian moralists, and philosophical materialists such as Richard Dawkins and Daniel Dennett, Scruton argues that human beings ... Read more

    $11.59 USD

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  • An Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology

    by Kerry E Howell ...
    This book provides students with a concise introduction to the philosophy of methodology. The book stands apart from existing methodology texts by clarifying in a student-friendly and engaging way distinctions between philosophical positions, paradigms of inquiry, methodology and methods. Building an understanding of the relationships and distinctions between philosophical positions and paradigms ... Read more

    $93.59 USD

  • Reflexive Methodology

    New Vistas for Qualitative Research

    by Mats Alvesson, Kaj Skoldberg ...
    Praise for the Second Edition:"In opposition to most literature on how to conduct good social science research which is either empirically oriented or gives priority to theoretical and philosophical considerations, which tends to make empirical research look odd or irrelevant, this volume on ′Reflexive Methodology′ explicitly turns towards a consideration of the perceptual, cognitive, theoretical, ... Read more

    $111.59 USD

  • Explaining the Normative

    by Stephen P. Turner ...
    Normativity is what gives reasons their force, makes words meaningful, and makes rules and laws binding. It is present whenever we use such terms as ‘correct,' ‘ought,' ‘must,' and the language of obligation, responsibility, and logical compulsion. Yet normativists, the philosophers committed to this idea, admit that the idea of a non-causal normative realm and a body of normative objects is ... Read more

    $22.00 USD

  • Bakhtin and the Human Sciences

    No Last Words

    Edited by Michael Gardiner, Michael Mayerfeld Bell ...
    Series series Published in association with Theory, Culture & Society
    Bakhtin and the Human Sciences demonstrates the abundance of ideas Bakhtin′s thought offers to the human sciences, and reconsiders him as a social thinker, not just a literary theorist. The contributors hail from many disciplines and their essays′ implications extend into other fields in the human sciences. The volume emphasizes Bakhtin′s work on dialogue, carnival, ethics and everyday life, as ... Read more

    $117.89 USD

  • Morality Made Visible

    Edward Westermarck’s Moral and Social Theory

    by Otto Pipatti ...
    While highly respected among evolutionary scholars, the sociologist, anthropologist and philosopher Edward Westermarck is now largely forgotten in the social sciences. This book is the first full study of his moral and social theory, focusing on the key elements of his theory of moral emotions as presented in The Origin and Development of the Moral Ideas and summarised in Ethical Relativity. ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Pragmatism

    Edited by Alan Malachowski ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    Pragmatism established a philosophical presence over a century ago through the work of Charles Peirce, William James and John Dewey, and has enjoyed an unprecedented revival in recent years owing to the pioneering efforts of Richard Rorty and Hilary Putnam. The essays in this volume explore the history and themes of classic pragmatism, discuss the revival of pragmatism and show how it engages with ... Read more

    $36.89 USD

  • Confronting Theory

    The Psychology of Cultural Studies

    by Philip Bell ...
    Confronting Theory presents a methodological (philosophical) and educational evaluation and critique of what has come to be known as Theory (‘with a capital-T’) in cross-disciplinary humanities education. Rather than merely dismissing Theory writing as risibly pretentious and abstract, Confronting Theory examines its principal concepts from the perspective of academic psychology and shows that, ... Read more

    $27.59 USD

  • The Formation of Reason

    by David Bakhurst ...
    Series series Journal of Philosophy of Education
    In The Formation of Reason, philosophy professor David Bakhurst utilizes ideas from philosopher John McDowell to develop and defend a socio-historical account of the human mind.Provides the first detailed examination of the relevance of John McDowell's work to the Philosophy of EducationDraws on a wide-range of philosophical sources, including the work of 'analytic' philosophers Donald Davidson, ... Read more

    $29.00 USD

  • The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology

    Edited by Giuseppina D'Oro, Søren Overgaard ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
    The Cambridge Companion to Philosophical Methodology offers clear and comprehensive coverage of the main methodological debates and approaches within philosophy. The chapters in this volume approach the question of how to do philosophy from a wide range of perspectives, including conceptual analysis, critical theory, deconstruction, experimental philosophy, hermeneutics, Kantianism, methodological ... Read more

    $36.89 USD