Liberalism is the political philosophy of equal persons, yet liberalism has denied equality to those it saw as black sub-persons. In Black Rights/White Wrongs: The Critique of Racial Liberalism, political philosopher Charles Mills challenges mainstream accounts that ignore this history and its current legacy in the United States today.

« En vertu de quoi la catégorie de l’Utopique possède donc à côté de son sens habituel et justement dépréciatif, cet autre sens qui, loin d’être nécessairement abstrait et détourné du monde, est au contraire centralement préoccupé du monde : celui du dépassement de la marche naturelle des événements »« Il n’y a guère, même parmi les économistes bourgeois, un savant..

Three views on definite descriptions are summarized and discussed, including that of P. F. Strawson in which reference failure results in lack of truth value. When reference failure is allowed, a problem arises concerning Universal Instantiation. Van Fraassen solves the problem by the use of supervaluations, preserving as well such theorems as a=a, and Fa or ~Fa, even when the term a fails to refer. In the present paper a form of relevant, quasi-analytic implication is set out which allows reference (...) failure to infect even a=a and Fa or ~Fa with lack of truth-value. Reference failure causes lack of truth-value in a subwff to spread throughout any wff built up by the classical connectives. As a result none of the classical first-order axiom schemes remain as axiom schemes in the system presented. (shrink)

This overview of the Stoic philosophy of the ancient world begins with the Greek origins of religion and philosophy and gives context to the later chapters. Marcus Aurelius is highlighted as one of the Roman Stoics, along with Epictetus and Seneca.

On Thursday June 12th 2003, a press release concerning a Cabinet reshuffle declared as a footnote that the office of Lord Chancellor was to be abolished and that a new Supreme Court would replace the House of Lords as the highest court in the United Kingdom. In response to intense criticism of the Government for announcing these judicial reforms without holding any prior debate or consultation, Charles Banner and Alexander Deane have sought the views of several constitutional experts – (...) including judges, leading QCs, legal and political academics, commentators and MPs. This book is the product of their research: citing the interviewees at length, it critically analyses the Government’s proposals and looks at the various alternative models for appointing judges and for a new court of final appeal. The future of the QC system, which the Government has again indicated a desire to abolish, is also discussed in the book. (shrink)

This article offers an engagement of the ethics of Badiou, one of the most significant representatives of contemporary continental philosophy, with the question of corporate social responsibility. First, this article displays an account of the complex ethical thinking of Badiou. Then, it seeks to show how Badiou's thought offers an important and distinctive critique of corporate social responsibility as ideology. Precisely, the two main features of the ideological discourse of corporate social responsibility are collaboration and depoliticisation. The Badiouan critique provides (...) a performative efficacy against the seductions of corporate social responsibility discourse within the framework of a universalist ethics. Therefore, a Badiouan analysis argues that an ethical life is incompatible with corporate social responsibility. (shrink)

Charles Trinkaus can be counted among the eminent intellectual and cultural historians of the Renaissance. This new collection of his articles brings together pieces published since 1982. The studies are concerned with Italian Renaissance humanists and philosophers who tended to affirm human capacities to shape earthly existence, despite the traditional limitations proposed by some scholastics and astrologers. Professor Trinkaus holds that, without abandoning their Christian faith, or their acceptance of physical influences from the cosmos, these writers, in their stress (...) on human capacities, were responding to the vigorous activism of their contemporaries in all aspects of their existence. The final four papers also provide a series of reflections on the modern historiography of the Renaissance. (shrink)

Professeur à l'Université Columbia de New-York pendant 20 ans, puis à celle de Brown (Providence), Charles Larmore a développé dans son ouvrage Les pratiques du moi (2004) une réflexion sur la subjectivité qui a profondément marqué l'histoire de la philosophie analytique. Il est l'une des voix les plus originales et les plus radicales de la théorie morale contemporaine, et propose ici la synthèse de son itinéraire intellectuel."--Page 4 of cover.

Science, Technology and Production in the Underdeveloped Countries: An Introduction By Charles Cooper* The uncritical notion that it would be easy to orient ...

Are they needed? To be sure. The Darwinian industry, industrious though it is, has failed to provide texts of more than a handful of Darwin's books. If you want to know what Darwin said about barnacles (still an essential reference to cirripedists, apart from any historical importance) you are forced to search shelves, or wait while someone does it for you; some have been in print for a century; various reprints have appeared and since vanished." -Eric Korn,Times Literary Supplement (...) class='Hi'>Charles Robert Darwin (1880-1882) has been widely recognized since his own time as one of the most influential writers in the history of Western thought. His books were widely read by specialists and the general public, and his influence had been extended by almost continuous public debate over the last 130 years. New York University Press' edition makes it possible for the first time to review Darwin's public literary output as a whole, plus his scientific journal articles, his private notebooks, and his correspondence. This is the first complete edition containing all of Darwin's published books, featuring definitive texts recording original paginations with Darwin's indexes retained. All illustrations and plates are presented, inclucing 82 color plates of birds and mammals and several folding maps and plates. The set also features a general introduction and index, and textural introductions in each volume. (shrink)

Cherchant sans cesse, à l'exemple des philosophes les plus classiques, la vérité par l'argumentation, Jacques Derrida n'a cependant jamais pu être enrôlé par quelque camp que ce soit, et a sans doute, à ce titre, suscité bien des incompréhensions, des déceptions, parfois des dépits (qu'ils soient amoureux ou non). Cette situation singulière est due en partie à l'essence musicale de son écriture et de sa philosophie. La "philosophie de l'écriture", que le présent ouvrage présente dans toute sa logique, son originalité (...) et sa portée, a toujours différé autant que possible ce moment de la saisie intuitive où la pensée se cristallise en positions. Bientôt quinze ans après sa mort, les jalousies et les malentendus allant s'apaisant, Derrida occupe peu à peu en France la place qu'il n'a jamais cessé d'occuper partout dans le monde : celle d'un philosophe original et brillant, qui a introduit dans l'histoire de la pensée un nouveau point de vue (l'écriture) qui permet de la redessiner et de la faire avancer. Il n'est désormais presque aucun domaine de la philosophie contemporaine (qu'il s'agisse du langage, du rapport à la littérature, de l'éthique, des théories du droit, de la responsabilité, de la démocratie, mais également de l'esthétique, de la psychanalyse, de l'anthropologie et des sciences humaines en général) qui ne se réclame de sa philosophie, ou ne lui soit redevable en quelque manière. (shrink)

Malgré une notoriété universelle, pendant presque quarante ans, dans le monde universitaire et philosophique, Jacques Derrida est resté méconnu du grand public, et assez mystérieux même pour le public lettré. La difficulté toute particulière de sa philosophie et l’ampleur de son œuvre peuvent sans doute expliquer ce phénomène dans une certaine mesure. Mais, s’il..

Explorer les conditions d'une émancipation authentique, aujourd'hui. Depuis la Leçon d'Althusser, qui refuse d'opposer science et idéologie, jusqu'à ses derniers ouvrages sur l'égalité esthétique de nos "temps modernes", Rancière fait de l'égalité des intelligences la condition d'une émancipation politique et existentielle dans laquelle, comme dans un roman, les vies de tous sont ouvertes à chacun.

Dans la proposition 39 de la partie 5 de l’Éthique, Spinoza déclare et démontre le parallélisme entre « l’éternité de l’âme » et les « aptitudes du corps ». L’article tente de donner sens dans un cadre spinoziste à cette étonnante proposition, en examinant diverses hypothèses interprétatives : complexité supérieure du corps humain?, salut de l’âme par la santé du corps?, maîtrise ascétique de soi?, plaisirs harmonieusement équilibrés? Chacune de ces hypothèses s’avère acceptable dans une certaine mesure, mais jamais totalement. (...) L’article propose pour conclure une dernière hypothèse, dans laquelle est soulignée le rôle de modèle que jouait de toute évidence la maîtrise corporelle sans limite dont faisait preuve le Christ aux yeux de Spinoza, signe auquel on pouvait reconnaître que le Christ avait atteint à la science intuitive, ou à la connaissance du troisième genre, c’est-à-dire au salut et à la béatitude –la Passion étant une fois de plus écartée comme insignifiante dans cette lecture orientalisante, par Spinoza, du Christ comme de tout accomplissement humain. (shrink)

Si l’on accorde que les affects ou émotions résultent de processus d’artialisation, l’absence surprenante d’artialisation du « sentiment d’injustice » dans la chanson populaire, constatée à l’issue d’une enquête minutieuse et complète, ne doit-elle pas conduire à mettre en question ce sentiment lui-même? Il s’agira à la fois de tester la cohérence de la position artialiste et de mesurer le domaine de validité du « sentiment d’injustice », voire des notions du « juste » et de l’« injuste ».

ABSTRACTAs both a geneticist and a Nigerian living in the United States, the author responds to the prospect of African Americans using genetic science to trace their ancestry to the African continent. He articulates concerns about both the limitations of the science to offer satisfying, accurate, and meaningful results, and the ability of individuals to make real, life‐altering sense of these results. However, he notes that given the history and impact of slavery on African Americans, the desire to trace roots (...) to Africa is both real and understandable. (shrink)

This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used (...) in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 1 covers the period from the campaigns of Julius Caesar up to the close of the reign of the 'miserable brute' King John. (shrink)

This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used (...) in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 3 covers the period from Henry VII through to the fall of James II, with a short chapter on events between 1688 and the accession of Queen Victoria. (shrink)

This three-volume history of England from before the Roman conquest through to the Glorious Revolution of 1688 was originally serialised in Charles Dickens' magazine Household Words between 1851 and 1853. The text was published in book form in the same period, although each volume was post-dated to the following year. Dickens dedicated the work to his own children, intending it to be a stepping stone to more substantial histories. The volumes were popular with readers for decades, and were used (...) in British schools well into the twentieth century. Dickens employs his signature style to bring events and personalities to life, making use of vivid similes, unabashedly partisan language and direct speech, as well as the occasional moral lesson. Volume 1 covers the period up to 1216. Volume 2 continues from Henry III to Richard III. Volume 3 traces events from Henry VII's accession to James II's fall. (shrink)

Charles Clark; The Follies of Developmental Theory, Journal of Philosophy of Education, Volume 23, Issue 1, 30 May 2006, Pages 135–143, https://doi.org/10.1111/.

War is Hell is a study of the philosophy of war and peace, ranging critically from ancient peace thinking to today. The author uses a Socratic method, focused on political philosophy rather than on cultural or psychological aspects of war and peace making. The book is not a treatise on ethics, but rather an analysis of some aspects of the nature of war and peace. This book is a study of war – and by extension, peace – from the standpoint (...) of political theory. For all those who think there is too much war, and to deal with that we need to search for new ways of thinking. (shrink)