Why study signs? This perennial question of philosophy is answered by the science of semiotics. An animal's cry, poetry, the medical symptom, media messages, language disorders, architecture, marketing, body language - all these, and more, fall within the sphere of semiotics. This book outlines the development of sign study from its classical precursors to contemporary post-structuralism. It id…
Can quite different values be rationally weighed against one another? Can the value of one thing always be ranked as greater than, equal to, or less than the value of something else? If the answer to these questions is no, then in what areas do we find commensurability and comparability unavailable? And what are the implications for moral and legal decision making? In this book, some of the sha…
An Introduction to the Theory of Knowledge guides the reader through the key issues and debates in contemporary epistemology. Lucid, comprehensive and accessible, it is an ideal textbook for students who are new to the subject and for university undergraduates. The book is divided into five parts. Part I discusses the concept of knowledge and distinguishes between different types of knowledg…
Mengapa es balok tidak bening? Bagaimana serangan hiu menjadikan pesawat lebih aman? Apabila mengendarai mobil pada kecepatan bunyi, apakah kita masih mendengar suara radio? Kita pastilah sering tanpa sengaja merenungkan teka-teki kecil dalam hidup sehari-hari. Kita pastilah pernah penasaran mengapa laut berwarna biru? Atau, mengapa burung-burung tidak tersengat listrik ketika bertengger pada k…
Many consider Bernard Lonergan the outstanding Catholic philosopher of the twentieth century, and his Insight: A Study in Human Understanding (1957) is a brilliant but difficult work that has challenged innumerable readers.What Is Lonergan Up to in Insight? is an accessible introduction to the leading ideas of Lonergan's massive and major achievement in which he focuses on the dynamics of scien…
“Maka ilmu pengetahuan haruslah berpihak dengan tegas, dan harus meninggalkan klaim netralitasnya. Ilmu pengetahuan haruslah berpijak dan berpihak untuk membela kepentingan orang-orang yang tertindas, seperti para korban ekonomi kapitalisme, kaum minoritas yang tertindas, maupun kaum perempuan yang masih mengalami diskriminasi. Namun apakah dengan begitu, ilmu pengetahuan kehilangan obyektivi…