Charles Taylor is one of the most distinctive figures in the landscape of contemporary philosophy. His ability to contribute to philosophical conversations across a wide spectrum of ideas is especially impressive in a time of increasing specialization. These areas include moral theory, theories of subjectivity, political theory, epistemology, hermeneutics, philosophy of mind, philosophy of lang…
"A delightful book … I should like to have written it myself." — Bertrand Russell First published in 1936, this first full-length presentation in English of the Logical Positivism of Carnap, Neurath, and others has gone through many printings to become a classic of thought and communication. It not only surveys one of the most important areas of modern thought; it also shows the confusion …
`The future is a touchstone for our attitudes to time and reality, to causality and freedom, to responsibility and creativity. If we believe that the future exists in just the same way as the present and past do, we have a simple and economical view of reality, but one in which many of the characteristic features of time are lacking, in which there is nothing to pick out the present "now", or t…
MANUSIA DAN BUDAYA merupakan ruang untuk upaya menggali serta mengenali adakah corak berpikir yang khas manusia Indonesia dan tertuang ke dalam butir-butir filosofis yang dapat disebut “Filsafat Indonesia.” Lalu, tentu muncul pertanyaan, “Siapakah manusia Indonesia?”
Dignity plays a central role in current thinking about law and human rights, but there is sharp disagreement about its meaning. Combining conceptual precision with a broad historical background, Michael Rosen puts these controversies in context and offers a novel, constructive proposal. Drawing on law, politics, religion, and culture, as well as philosophy, Rosen shows how modern conceptions…
Pendekatan yang digunakan buku ini bersifat induktif dan analitis. Sejumlah pengamatan dari kehidupan nyata dikemukakan, sejumlah teori dasar dibahas melalui pernyataan-pernyataan pokok dari teori itu. Dengan logika dari pernyataan-pernyataan itu, setiap posisi dapat dijelaskan dan dikritik secara bertanggung jawab.
Di era digital ini filsafat perlu mengajukan pertanyaan-pertanyaan baru. Siapakah manusia di era digital ini? Mengapa kebenaran bisa menjadi tidak benar di media sosial? Di mana keindahan, ketika seni diviralkan sebagai pesan yang segera berganti? Bagaimana klik dapat merampas kebebasan kita? Eksperimen intelektual untuk menjawab pertanyaan-pertanyaan itu ada dalam buku ini. Penulis memikirkan …
Di Athena, pada Abad Ketiga Sebelum Masehi, kesadaran dalam berkehidupan mencapai titik tertinggi. Benak para penduduknya dipenuhi pertanyaan-pertanyaan: Bagaimana cara kerja alam semesta? Apa yang nyata? Bagaimana bisa manusia ada di tengah kosmos? Kehidupan yang baik itu apa? Apa itu kehidupan yang berbahagia? Apakah kedua hal itu – “baik” dan “bahagia” – saling berselaras atau be…