Eclipse Of Reason

Author : Max Horkheimer
Publisher : Read Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1446547973
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.77/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eclipse of Reason written by Max Horkheimer and published by Read Books Ltd. This book was released on 2013-04-16 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Eclipse of Reason, Horkheimer discusses how the Nazis were able to project their agenda as "reasonable", but also identifies the Pragmatism of John Dewey as problematic, due to his emphasis on the instrumental dimension of reasoning. It is broken into five sections: Means and Ends, Conflicting Panaceas, The Revolt of Nature, The Rise and Decline of the Individual and On the Concept of Philosophy and deals with the concept of reason within the history of western philosophy. Horkheimer defines true reason as rationality, which can only be fostered in an environment of free, critical thinking. He details the difference between objective, subjective and instrumental reason, and states that we have moved from the former through the centre and into the latter (though subjective and instrumental reason are closely connected). Objective reason deals with universal truths that dictate that an action is either right or wrong. It is a concrete concept, and a force in the world that requires specific modes of behaviour.

Author : Martin Jay
Publisher : University of Wisconsin Pres
ISBN 13 : 029930650X
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Reason After Its Eclipse written by Martin Jay and published by University of Wisconsin Pres. This book was released on 2016-04-21 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tackles a question as old as Plato and still pressing today: What is reason, and what roles does and should it have in human endeavor? The eminent intellectual historian Martin Jay surveys Western ideas of reason, particularly in German philosophy from Kant to Habermas.

Author : Max Horkheimer
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1780938187
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eclipse of Reason written by Max Horkheimer and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-27 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Horkheimer's most important work, in which he explores the rise of reason in Western philosophy and the concept's continuing use and abuse.

Author : Max Horkheimer
Publisher : Verso Books
ISBN 13 : 1781680353
Total Pages : 177 pages
Book Rating : 4.53/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Critique of Instrumental Reason written by Max Horkheimer and published by Verso Books. This book was released on 2014-09-24 with total page 177 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: These essays, written between 1949 and 1967, focus on a single theme: the triumph in the twentieth century of the state-bureaucratic apparatus and ‘instrumental reason’ and the concomitant liquidation of the individual and the basic social institutions and relationships associated with the individual.

Author : Montague Brown
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Restoration of Reason written by Montague Brown and published by . This book was released on 2006 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is a history of philosophy that is not a history of philosophy. Brown shows how major figures in modern philosophy have restricted or reduced reason to some one function. A surprising quartet of philosophers can help us to recover a fuller appreciation of reason, but reason finds its fullest realization in the ancient and mediaeval tradition of Plato, Aristotle, Augustine, and Aquinas. From this tradition, Brown makes the compelling case that reason's uses in speculative philosophy, in morality, and in aesthetics are irreducibly distinct yet the products of one human capacity. Like Gilson, Brown uses figures in the history of philosophy, not for the writing of history, but for the doing of philosophy."--Steven E. Baldner, St. Francis Xavier University.

Author : Antonia Hofstätter
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350177830
Total Pages : 217 pages
Book Rating : 4.33/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Adorno’s Rhinoceros written by Antonia Hofstätter and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2022-01-27 with total page 217 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout his work, the philosopher Theodor W. Adorno repeatedly invokes the rhinoceros. Taking its cue from one of these passages in Aesthetic Theory, 'So a rhinoceros, the mute animal, seems to say: I am a rhinoceros', this book explores the life of this animal in Adorno's texts, and articulates the nuanced interconnections between art, nature and critique in his thought. By thus illuminating key elements of Adorno's work, this volume reveals the invaluable contributions that this 'classical' thinker can make to our current reflections on the various pressing natural and political crises of our times.

Author : Nicholas Adams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1118465873
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.75/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Eclipse of Grace written by Nicholas Adams and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2013-02-19 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eclipse of Grace offers original insights into the roots of modern theology by introducing systematic theologians and Christian ethicists to Hegel through a focus on three of his seminal texts: Phenomenology of Spirit, Science of Logic, and Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion. Presents brilliant and original insights into Hegel’s significance for modern theology Argues that, theologically, Hegel has been misconstrued and that much more can be gained by focusing on the logic that he develops out of an engagement with Christian doctrines Features an original structure organized as a set of commentaries on individual Hegel texts, and not just presenting overviews of his entire corpus Offers detailed engagement with Hegel’s texts rather than relying on generalizations about Hegelian philosophy Provides an illuminating, accessible and lucid account of the thinking of the major figures in modern German philosophy and theology

Author : Rachel Caine
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101198206
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.09/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Total Eclipse written by Rachel Caine and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2010-08-03 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: View our feature on Rachel Caine's Total Eclipse. New York Times bestselling author of the Morganville Vampires novels Weather Warden Joanne Baldwin, her husband, the djinn David, and the Earth herself have been poisoned by a substance that destroys the magic that keeps the world alive. The poison is destabilizing the entire balance of power, bestowing magic upon those who have never had it, and removing it from those who need it. It's just a matter of time before the delicate balance of nature explodes into chaos--and doom.

Author : John Brunner
Publisher : Gateway
ISBN 13 : 0575101644
Total Pages : 150 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Total Eclipse written by John Brunner and published by Gateway. This book was released on 2011-09-29 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nineteen light years from Earth, on Sigma Draconis, an international space team stumbles upon the first evidence of another highly advanced civilization in the universe. Tragically, however, the Draconians are extinct and have been for a hundred thousand years. What mysterious disaster destroyed man's nearest neighbour in the colossal emptiness of space? And will the same fate befall Earth? The answers, as Earth degenerates into squabbles, paranoia and self-destruction, are vital. But how to begin the almost insuperable task of cracking the enigma of a long-buried and utterly alien culture?

Author : Erich Gamma
Publisher : Addison-Wesley Professional
ISBN 13 : 9780321205759
Total Pages : 420 pages
Book Rating : 4.58/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Contributing to Eclipse written by Erich Gamma and published by Addison-Wesley Professional. This book was released on 2004 with total page 420 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by two world class programmers and software designers, this guide explains how to extend Eclipse for software projects and how to use Eclipse to create software tools that improve development time.