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Explanation and Understanding

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

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Explanation and Understanding

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

In 'Explanation and Understanding' von Wright argues that human action cannot be explained causally by scientific or 'natural' laws, but must be understood 'intentionally'.

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Explanation and Understanding

By: von Wright Georg Henrik

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This volume distinguishes between two main traditions in the philosophy of science - the aristotelian, with its stress on explanation in terms of purpose and intentionality, and the galilean, which takes causal explanation as primary. It then traces the complex history of these competing traditions as they are manifested in such movements as positivism, idealism, Marxism and contemporary linguistic analysis. Hempels's theory of scientific explanation, the claims of cybernetics the rise of an analytic philosophy of action and the revival of hermenuetics are all discussed. The volume also deals with causal explanation, intentionality and teleological explanation, and explanation in history and the social sciences. The author concludes that explanation of human actions cannot be reduced to simple causality, and discusses the implications of this conclusion for the disciplines of history and sociology.

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1317831071

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Ecomysticism

The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide

By: Carl von Essen

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Ecomysticism

The Profound Experience of Nature as Spiritual Guide

By: Carl von Essen

Explores the philosophy, science, and spirituality of nature mysticism and its Green calling • Offers a solid bridge between spiritual practice and environmental activism • Reveals how we can heal the environment by renewing our connection to it • Shows how spiritual encounters in nature are healing the Nature Deficit Disorder of our psyches and bodies Many have been struck by a majestic moment in nature--a sole illuminated flower in a shady grove, an owl swooping silently across a wooded path, or an infinitely starry sky--and found themselves in a state of expanded awareness so profound they can feel the interconnectedness of all life. These trance-like moments of clarity, unity, and wonder often incite a call to protect and preserve the earth--to support Nature as she supports us. Termed “nature mysticism,” people from all cultures have described such experiences. However, the ever-increasing urbanization of the world’s population is threatening this ancient connection as well as the earth itself. In Ecomysticism, Carl von Essen explores nature mysticism through the recorded experiences of outdoor enthusiasts as well as scientific studies in biology, psychology, and neuroscience. Citing consciousness scholar William James and a variety of well-known nature lovers such as Ansel Adams, Henry David Thoreau, and Ralph Waldo Emerson, von Essen shows how the spiritual transcendence from an encounter in nature--like other mystical experiences--is healing the Nature Deficit Disorder of our psyches and bodies, leading to an expansion of our worldview and a clearer understanding of our self and of our natural world. Offering a solid bridge between spiritual practice and environmental activism, von Essen’s spiritual ecology reveals how only through a renewal of humanity’s spiritual connection to nature can we effect true environmental healing.

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Simon and Schuster

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1591439663

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The Tree of Knowledge and Other Essays

By: G. H. Von Wright

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The Tree of Knowledge and Other Essays

By: G. H. Von Wright

Humanism, modernity, and scientific rationality are examined critically in these collected essays. Developments in logic and philosophy are surveyed in the perspective of the closing century. Other essays include Musil and Mach, and Wittgenstein's place on the cultural map of the times.

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9004097643

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Explanation and Understanding

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

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Explanation and Understanding

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

In 'Explanation and Understanding' von Wright argues that human action cannot be explained causally by scientific or 'natural' laws, but must be understood 'intentionally'.

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Cornell University Press

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War Games

A History of War on Paper

By: Philipp Von Hilgers

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War Games

A History of War on Paper

By: Philipp Von Hilgers

The convergence of military strategy and mathematics in war games, from medieval to modern times. For centuries, both mathematical and military thinkers have used game-like scenarios to test their visions of mastering a complex world through symbolic operations. By the end of World War I, mathematical and military discourse in Germany simultaneously discovered the game as a productive concept. Mathematics and military strategy converged in World War II when mathematicians designed fields of operation. In this book, Philipp von Hilgers examines the theory and practice of war games through history, from the medieval game boards, captured on parchment, to the paper map exercises of the Third Reich. Von Hilgers considers how and why war games came to exist: why mathematical and military thinkers created simulations of one of the most unpredictable human activities on earth. Von Hilgers begins with the medieval rythmomachia, or Battle of Numbers, then reconstructs the ideas about war and games in the baroque period. He investigates the role of George Leopold von Reiswitz's tactical war game in nineteenth-century Prussia and describes the artifact itself: a game board–topped table with drawers for game implements. He explains Clausewitz's emphasis on the “fog of war” and the accompanying element of incalculability, examines the contributions of such thinkers as Clausewitz, Leibniz, Wittgenstein, and von Neumann, and investigates the war games of the German military between the two World Wars. Baudrillard declared this to be the age of simulacra; war games stand contrariwise as simulations that have not been subsumed in absolute virtuality.

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MIT Press

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0262300370

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9780262300377

Philosophical Logic

Philosophical Papers

By: G. H. von Wright

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Philosophical Logic

Philosophical Papers

By: G. H. von Wright

For the last 25 years, since publication of his Logical Studies, Professor Von Wright has steadily explored the field of philosophical logic. The concept of negation, logical paradoxes, the puzzles connected with evidence and probability in confirmation theory, the interrelatedness of the ideas of time and change, and the clarification of the structure of temporal and spatial orderings are among the many areas he has profitably investigated.

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1501717316

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Explanation and Understanding

By: von Wright Georg Henrik

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Retrato del joven Wittgenstein

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

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Retrato del joven Wittgenstein

By: Georg Henrik von Wright

Pocos pensadores ha ofrecido la historia de la filosofía cuya obra resulte tan seductora como su vida y carácter. Wittgenstein ocuparía en esa breve lista un lugar de excepción. Si sus doctrinas resultan de una relevancia filosófica imposible de exagerar, no menos cautivadora resultó su personalidad para todos aquellos que tuvieron la oportunidad de conocerlo. Y, como suele suceder, no se pueden entender bien las unas sin conocer la otra. Para conocerla disponemos de testimonios directos de amigos, entre los que destaca el de David Pinsent. Éste llegó a convertirse en amigo íntimo de Wittgenstein y dejó en sus diarios un relato de incalculable valor sobre los viajes que realizó y las largas conversaciones que mantuvo con él. Se nos aparece aquí un Wittgenstein joven y espontáneo que ya muestra, sin embargo, las obsesiones y tribulaciones que habrían de acompañarlo durante toda su vida. Pero fue ésta una amistad dramáticamente truncada por la I Guerra Mundial, y disponemos también de las cartas que David Pinsent hizo llegar a Wittgenstein en plena guerra y la correspondencia posterior de éste con la madre de aquél. Unos documentos imprescindibles para conocer la fascinante personalidad del filósofo austríaco.

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8430941959

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