1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456332003321

Autore

Pijl Kees van der

Titolo

The foreign encounter in myth and religion [[electronic resource] /] / Kees van der Pijl

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, : Pluto Press

New York, : Distributed in the USA by Palgrave Macmillan, 2010

ISBN

1-78371-503-0

1-84964-449-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (264 p.)

Collana

Modes of foreign relations and political economy ; ; v. 2

Disciplina

327

Soggetti

International relations

International relations - History

Religion and international relations

International relations - Moral and ethical aspects

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 223-235) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Tribal foreign relations and mythical ancestry -- Sedentary-nomad encounters in Semitic myth and religion -- Warrior heroes in the Indo-European lineage -- Imperial cosmologies and the nomad counterpoint -- Rival fundamentalisms on the imperial frontier.

Sommario/riassunto

The author traces the key characteristics of 'foreign encounters' over time, showing that myth, religion and ethical philosophies have always informed the way that societies have interacted with outsiders.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910962970603321

Autore

Piazza Tommaso <1972->

Titolo

A priori knowledge : toward a phenomenological explanation / / Tommaso Piazza

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Frankfurt ; ; New Brunswick, : Ontos Verlag, 2007

ISBN

3-11-032564-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (219 p.)

Collana

Phenomenology & Mind ; ; 10

Disciplina

121/.3

Soggetti

A priori

Phenomenology

Knowledge, Theory of

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [185]-193).

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- A Priori, Analyticity, and Implicit Definition -- Realism about Logic -- Objective Knowledge -- Phenomenology and Rational Insight -- Conclusion -- References

Sommario/riassunto

The book sets out to analyze the notion of a priori justification and of a priori knowledge. The most influential explanations of the a priori within the contemporary analytic tradition are analyzed. It is shown that the theories which group around the notion of implicit definition ultimately entail that the propositions which can be known a priori are to be analyzed along conventionalist lines. It is argued that the notion of objective a priori knowledge requires a commitment to the existence of a faculty which is the source of and justifies that kind of knowledge. The existence and functioni