Blocker argues that the literary problem of absurdity is basically a metaphysical problem of being, focusing on the metaphysical distinction of being as essence and being as existence. This book compa
Blocker (philosophy, Ohio State University) and Starling (Kobe Shoin Women's University) argue for classifying aspects of Japanese thought as philosophy. Taking a comparative approach, they trace the
Thematically introduces students to the major philosophic thinkers. Fundamentals of Philosophy offers a broad scope of classic and contemporary selections from the world’s major thinkers via a
This book brings philosophical aesthetics into a broader cultural interest in the fine arts and draws together the classics of the history of aesthetics, the mid-twentieth century or "Analytic" aesth
