Two parallel texts, on facing pages, run through this unique volume. The left-hand text is Zwicky's exploration of the definition of a work as "philosophy," and a discussion of the notion of lyric. Th
Beginning with a wide-ranging discussion of liberal philosophers, Fairfield proposes that liberalism requires a complete reconception of moral selfhood, one that accommodates elements of the contempor
One of Kant's primary frustrations with philosophy was that it had yet, in his time, to find a rational proof of the existence of the outside world, a failing many would argue continues to this day. C
In this major re-examination of Descartes's founding principle, cogito, ergo sum, Murray Miles presents a portrait of Descartes as the Father of Modern Philosophy that is very different from the stand
Ever since the publication of his Critique of Pure Reason in 1781, Immanuel Kant has occupied a central position in the philosop Transcendental Aesthetic, namely, his position on how we manage to intu
In this book Douglas Walton proposes a new and practical approach to argument analysis based on his theory that different standards for argument must apply in the case of different types of dialogue.B
This anthology consists of 64 historical and contemporary readings (from 1651 to 2006) on the philosophy of Canadian law, including case decisions. Dyzenhaus, Moreau, and Ripstein (law and philosophy,
Roy (theology, Boston College) defines a transcendent experiences as those in which people, alone or with others, have the impression that they are in contact with something boundless and limitless, t
Many distinct, controvertial issues are to be found within the labyrinthine twists and turns of the problem of evil. For philosophers of the seventeenth and early eighteenth centures, evil presented a
In a series of landmark decisions since 1990, Canadian courts have shaped a distinctive approach to the regulation of obscenity, hate literature, and child pornography. Missing from the debate, howeve
How should we attempt to resolve concrete bioethical problems? How are we to understand the role of bioethics in the health care system, government, and academe? This collection of original essays rai
