Tag: Philosopher

Free Download Mark Rowlands, "The Philosopher and the Wolf: lessons from the wild on love, death and happiness"
English | 2009 | pages: 256 | ISBN: 1605980331, 1783784571 | EPUB | 0,2 mb
This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands, a rootless philosopher, and Brenin, his well-traveled wolf. After acquiring Brenin as a cub, it quickly became apparent that Breinin was never to be left alone, as the consequences to Mark’s house and its contents were dire. As a result, Brenin and Mark went everywhere together―from classroom lecture to Ireland, England, and France. More than just an exotic pet, Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person, and, strangely enough, as a philosopher, leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love, happiness, nature and death. By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) and poignant, this life-affirming book will make you reappraise what it means to be human.

Free Download Todd May, "Kenneth Lonergan: Filmmaker and Philosopher "
English | ISBN: 1350112062 | 2020 | 184 pages | PDF | 22 MB
Kenneth Lonergan’s three films-You Can Count on Me (2000), Margaret (2011), and Manchester by the Sea (2016)-are rife with philosophical complexities. They challenge simple philosophical approaches to central issues of human behaviour. In particular, they ask questions about how to cope with suffering that one cannot overcome, the role that self- deception plays in people’s lives and how to think about characters who do not embody simplistic moral ideas of virtue and vice. By philosophically engaging with these themes as they unfold in Lonergan’s films, we are then able to formulate a more nuanced answer to the questions they pose. Kenneth Lonergan: Philosophical Filmmaker will draw from Lonergan’s films and plays, along with the philosophical literature on the topics that they explore. The rich history of philosophical reflection surrounding these areas enables the reader to determine how the themes central to Lonergan’s work have combined to create a rich cinematic oeuvre.

Free Download Felix Hausdorff: Mathematician, Philosopher, Man of Letters
English | 2024 | ISBN: 303152134X | 512 Pages | PDF (True) | 15 MB
Felix Hausdorff is a singular phenomenon in the history of science. As a mathematician, he played a major role in shaping the development of modern mathematics in the 20th century. He founded general topology as an independent mathematical discipline, while enriching set theory with a number of fundamental concepts and results. His general approach to measure and dimension led to profound developments in numerous mathematical disciplines, and today Hausdorff dimension plays a central role in fractal theory with its many fascinating applications by means of computer graphics. Hausdorff ‘s remarkable mathematical versatility is reflected in his published work: today, no fewer than thirteen concepts, theorems and procedures carry his name. Yet he was not only a creative mathematician – Hausdorff was also an original philosophical thinker, a poet, essayist and man of letters. Under the pseudonym Paul Mongré, he published a volume of aphorisms, an epistemological study, abook of poetry, an oft-performed play, and a number of notable essays in leading literary journals. As a Jew, Felix Hausdorff was increasingly persecuted and humiliated under the National Socialist dictatorship. When deportation to a concentration camp was imminent, he, along with his wife and sister-in law, decided to take their own lives.

Free Download David Hume: Platonic Philosopher, Continental Ancestor By Hume, David; Hume, David; Freydberg, Bernard
2012 | 144 Pages | ISBN: 1438442157 | EPUB | 1 MB
An original, rigorous, and daring reappraisal and recategorization of David Hume. In the first book of its kind, Bernard Freydberg places David Hume firmly in the tradition of the Platonic dialogues, and regards him as a proper ancestor of contemporary continental philosophy. Although Hume is largely confined to his historical context within British Empiricism, his skepticism resonates with the Socratic Ignorance expressed by Plato, and his account of experience points toward very contemporary concerns in continental thought. Through close readings of An Enquiry Concerning the Human Understanding, An Enquiry Concerning the Principles of Morals, and the essay "On the Standard of Taste," Freydberg traces a philosophy of imagination that will set the stage for wider consideration of Hume within continental thought. Bernard Freydberg is Scholar in Residence at Duquesne University. He is the author of several books, including Philosophy and Comedy: Aristophanes, Logos, and Eros and Schelling’s Dialogical Freedom Essay: Provocative Philosophy Then and Now, also published by SUNY Press

Free Download The Musician as Philosopher: New York’s Vernacular Avant-Garde, 1958-1978
by Michael Gallope
English | 2024 | ISBN: 0226831744 | 313 Pages | True PDF | 7.1 MB

Free Download Jon Meacham, "Thomas Jefferson: President and Philosopher"
English | 2016 | pages: 336 | ISBN: 0385387520, 0385387490 | EPUB | 98,3 mb
In this special illustrated edition of the #1 New York Times bestselling Thomas Jefferson: The Art of Power by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jon Meacham, young readers will learn about the life and political philosophy of one of our Founding Fathers. This book is a must-read for President’s Day!

Free Download Michael A Flannery, "America’s Forgotten Poet-Philosopher: The Thought of John Elof Boodin in His Time and Ours "
English | ISBN: 1438495714 | 2023 | 317 pages | EPUB, PDF | 1315 KB + 3 MB
Illuminating study of the ideas and influences of a near-forgotten American philosopher.

Free Download Archytas of Tarentum: Pythagorean, Philosopher and Mathematician King by Carl Huffman
English | 2005 | ISBN: 0521837464 | 682 Pages | PDF | 5.1 MB
Archytas of Tarentum was a central figure in fourth-century Greek life and thought and the last great philosopher in the early Pythagorean tradition.

Free Download The Philosopher’s Toolkit: How to Be the Most Rational Person in Any Room [TTC Audio]
English | February 27, 2019 | ASIN: B07P5G6CF6 | M4B@64 kbps | 12h 2m | 330 MB
Lecturer: Patrick Grim
Thinking is at the heart of our everyday lives, yet our thinking can go wrong in any number of ways. Bad arguments, fallacious reasoning, misleading language, and built-in cognitive biases are all traps that keep us from rational decision making. What can we do to avoid these traps and think better? Is it possible to think faster, more efficiently, and more systematically?

Free Download New Philosopher – Issue 42 – December 2023 – February 2024
English | 134 pages | True PDF | 90.2 MB