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UNINA9910965780003321 |
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Titolo |
Ideas under fire : historical studies of philosophy and science in adversity / / edited by Jonathan Lavery, Louis Groarke, and William Sweet |
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Madison, N.J., : Fairleigh Dickinson University Press, c2013 |
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ISBN |
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1-68393-924-7 |
1-283-73461-3 |
1-61147-543-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (388 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LaveryJonathan Allen <1965-> |
GroarkeLouis |
SweetWilliam |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Philosophy |
Philosophy - History |
Science - History |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Foreword; Introduction; Part I: Ancient and Medieval; 1 Plato in the Crito; 2 Grief and Homecoming in Boethius's Consolation of Philosophy; 3 A Universe, Created and Eternal; Part II: Renaissance and Modern; 4 Why Giordano Bruno's "Tranquil Universal Philosophy" Finished in a Fire; 5 Galileo under Fire and under Patronage; 6 The French Revolution, Science, and the Arts; 7 "The Preface," Hegel's Legal Philosophy, and the Crises of His Time; Part III: Twentieth Century; 8 The Political Commitment of the Philosopher; 9 Simone Weil and the Traps of Intellectual Engagement |
10 The Impact of World War II on Jean-Paul Sartre's Writing11 Philosophy under Apartheid; Part IV: Contemporary; 12 Guerrilla Theory and the Origins of the Second Wave; 13 Was Science under Fire from the Bush Administration in the United States?; 14 The Limits of Philosophy; Bibliography; Index; About the Contributors |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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The history of Western philosophy and science is marked by numerous moments when a major development has emerged from conditions that |
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