This book considers Spielberg's movies using key philosophical cornerstones: metaphysics, epistemology, ethics, axiology, aesthetics, and political philosophy, among others.
Anna Wierzbicka is the recipient of various awards for her outstanding contributions in linguistics and semantics. The book is divided into four parts: Part I briefly summarizes the cultural universe of English, its general concepts of meaning, history and culture as embedded in certain words and expressions; Part II examines English words from philosophy to everyday discourse; Part III is a study of Anglo culture as reflected in English grammar ...
The field of environmental ethics is a new but now well-established sub-discipline of philosophy. Emerging in the mid-1970s, the field coalesced with the inaugural volume of the journal Environmental Ethics in 1979 and developed rapidly. By the turn of the century, most colleges and universities offered courses, if not major programs of study, in this important discipline.
The compelling story of the quest to understand the human mind - and its diseases. This engaging presentation of our evolving understanding of the human mind and the meaning of mental illness asks the questions that have fascinated philosophers, researchers, clinicians, and ordinary persons for millennia: What causes human behavior? What processes underlie personal functioning and psychopathology, and what methods work best to alleviate disorders of the mind?
