In Philosophy of Mind, Brain and Behaviour wordt het begrip 'cognitiefilosofie' voor het eerst in Nederland op de kaart gezet als een combinatie van de Angelsaksische en de fenomenologische philosophy of mind. Onderwerpen op het snijvlak van filosofie, sociale en neurowetenschappen komen aan bod, zoals sociale cognitie, persoonlijke identiteit, het lichaam-geestprobleem en theorieën over bewustzijn, emoties en vrije wil. Om een breed academisch publiek te bedienen, verschijnt dit boek in het...

The Carbonist manifesto is a comprehensive demonstration and evaluation of a new worldview called Carbonism. The concept is based on a new theory which aims to explain all life in the Universe. It is the key to life, and the blueprint of life, as it clearly demonstrates the truth about life throughout the entire Universe. This new blueprint of life is based on the new grand unified theory of Carbonology, the first quantum theory of life. It was invented and subsequently formulated over the pa...

This book examines two fundamental philosophical questions: Why do we do the things that we do? And how can we do things differently?

A factory owner who encourages his employees to set their own salary, the sustainable production of cars, the revolutionary ideas of Nietzsche, Thomas Kuhn and Michel Serres - Benammar shows how creative ideas emerge when people dare to analyse and reframe their core beliefs. The world changes and we have to change with it.

In this book, the technique of reframi...

In Timaeus, Critias & Hermocrates ontvouwt Plato zijn meest ambitieuze visie op de oorsprong van het universum, de structuur van de kosmos en de opkomst en ondergang van beschavingen. Via filosofische dialoog en mythisch verhaal schetst hij een wereld waarin orde, harmonie en verval met elkaar verweven zijn. Van het ontstaan van de ziel tot de ondergang van Atlantis — dit werk is een sleutel tot Plato’s denken over mens en maatschappij.

Een klassiek meesterwerk dat blijft uitdagen, inspir...

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From the author of Eichmann in Jerusalem and The Origins of Totalitarianism, "a book to think with through the political impasses and cultural confusions of our day" (Harper's Magazine)

Hannah Arendt's insightful observations of the modern world, based on a profound knowledge of the past, constitute an impassioned contribution to political philosophy. In Between Past and Future Arendt describes the perplexing crises modern society faces as a result of the loss of meaning of the tr...

Bohm describes how the notion of Relativity strikes at the heart of our very conception of the universe, regardless of whether we are physicists or philosophers.

In Bodies That Matter, renowned theorist and philosopher Judith Butler argues that theories of gender need to return to the most "material" dimension of sex and sexuality: the body. Butler offers a brilliant reworking of the body, examining how the power of heterosexual hegemony forms the "matter" of bodies, sex, and gender.

Central to Maurice Merleau-Ponty's thought was the idea that human understanding comes from our bodily experience of the world that we perceive. This title provides a guide to a whole universe of experience, from the pursuit of scientific knowledge, through the psychic life of animals to the glories of the art of Paul Cezanne.

Collects and introduces some of the most important and insightful essays written in the past century by philosophers, political theorists and other thinkers who have reflected on the nature of liberty.