Conjectures and Refutations is one of Karl Popper's most wide-ranging and popular works, notable not only for its acute insight into the way scientific knowledge grows, but also for applying those insights to politics and to history. It provides one of the clearest and most accessible statements of the fundamental idea that guided his work: not only our knowledge, but our aims and our standards…
Thomas Aquinas (1124-1274) tampil sebagai tokoh terdepan yang menggagas esensi politik dan hukum pada zamannya. Baik politik maupun hukum dalam Thomas memiliki satu tujuan yang disebut sebagai bonum commune atau kebaikan bersama. Hal itu dikarenakan politik dan hukum selalu berkaitan dengan suatu societas, di mana kita juga ambil bagian di dalamnya. Titik tolak teorinya tentang politik berangka…
Faculties of theology are a traditional feature of most western European universities, yet in colleges of education, schools and in some newer universities the subject is studied, if at all, under the heading of 'religious studies'. Taking the question 'Is there such a subject?' as his point of departure, the author sets out to explore the relation between theology and the broader field of reli…
We talk not only of enjoying music, but of understanding it. Music is often taken to have expressive import―and in that sense to have meaning. But what does music mean, and how does it mean? Stephen Davies addresses these questions in this sophisticated and knowledgeable overview of current theories in the philosophy of music. Reviewing and criticizing the aesthetic positions of recent yea…