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The Metaphysics of Relations
This volume presents thirteen original essays which explore both traditional and contemporary aspects of the metaphysics of relations. It is uncontroversial that there are true relational predications-'Abelard loves Eloise', 'Simmias is taller than Socrates', 'smoking causes cancer', and so forth. More controversial is whether any true relational predications have irreducibly relational truthmakers. Do any of the statements above involve their subjects jointly instantiating polyadic properties, or can we explain their truths solely in terms of monadic, non-relational properties of the relata? According to a tradition dating back to Plato and Aristotle, and continued by medieval philosophers,...
The Idea of a Social Science and Its Relation to Philosophy
Here Winch addresses the possibility and practice of a comprehensive 'science of society', drawing from the works of such thinkers as Ludwig Wittgenstein, J.S. Mill and Max Weber to make his case.
Persons in Relation
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Grete Hermann - Between Physics and Philosophy
Grete Hermann (1901-1984) was a pupil of mathematical physicist Emmy Noether, follower and co-worker of neo-Kantian philosopher Leonard Nelson, and an important intellectual figure in post-war German social democracy. She is best known for her work on the philosophy of modern physics in the 1930s, some of which emerged from intense discussions with Heisenberg and Weizsäcker in Leipzig. Hermann’s aim was to counter the threat to the Kantian notion of causality coming from quantum mechanics. She also discussed in depth the question of ‘hidden variables’ (including the first critique of von Neumann’s alleged impossibility proof) and provided an extensive analysis of Bohr’s notion of ...
Philosophy and Personal Relations
First published in 1973, Philosophy and Personal Relations raises some fundamental questions like can philosophical argument modify, undermine or reinforce the terms of certain personal relationships? If so, how? This collection of studies, by a group of English-speaking philosophers focuses on these questions. The contributors discuss such topics as the teaching of moral philosophy, the notion of 'using people', the concept of love and the philosophical problems raised by honesty and dishonesty of personal relations. This book will provide a varied pattern of philosophical investigations which will be of interest to all those who are concerned with the issues related to the subject of personal relations and analytic philosophy at large.
The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations
This volume ws the winner of The International Studies Association Theory Section Book Award 2013, presented by the International Studies Association and The Yale H. Ferguson Award 2012, presented by International Studies Association-Northeast. There are many different scientifically valid ways to produce knowledge. The field of International Relations should pay closer attention to these methodological differences, and to their implications for concrete research on world politics. The Conduct of Inquiry in International Relations provides an introduction to the philosophy of science issues and their implications for the study of global politics. The author draws attention to the problems ca...
