ISBN:
0521630665
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0511211473
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (xvii, 339 p)
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ill
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2009 Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
Uniform Title:
Lectures. 〈engl.〉 Selections
Parallel Title:
Print version Durkheim's Philosophy Lectures : Notes from the Lycée de Sens Course, 1883-1884
DDC:
300/.1
Keywords:
Social sciences Philosophy
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Philosophy
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Social sciences ; Philosophy
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Electronic books
Abstract:
Moving back and forth between the history of philosophy and the contributions of philosophers in his own day, Durkheim takes up topics as diverse as philosophical psychology, logic, ethics, and metaphysics, and seeks to articulate a unified philosophical position
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Foreword; Translators' Note; Acknowledgments; Introduction; The Importance of Understanding the Early Durkheim; The Unfamiliarity of a New Manuscript; The Matter of Authenticity; Institutional Constraints on Durkheim's Freedom of Speech; Central Themes in the Lectures; Interpretive Possibilities; ONE The Object and Method of Philosophy; TWO The Object and Method of Philosophy (Conclusion); THREE Science and Philosophy; FOUR The Divisions of Philosophy; FIVE The Object and Method of Psychology; SIX Faculties of the Soul; SEVEN On Pleasure and Pain
Description / Table of Contents:
EIGHT The InclinationsNINE The Emotions and Passions; TEN Theory of Knowledge; ELEVEN External Perception and Its Conditions. The Senses; TWELVE External Perception. The Origin of the Idea of Externality; THIRTEEN External Perception. On the Objectivity of the Idea of Externality. (1) Does the External World Exist?; FOURTEEN External Perception. On the Objectivity of the Idea of Externality. (2) On the Nature of the External World; FIFTEEN Consciousness. On the Conditions of Consciousness; SIXTEEN Consciousness. On the Origin of the Idea of the Self
Description / Table of Contents:
SEVENTEEN Consciousness. On the Nature of the SelfEIGHTEEN Reason. The Definition of Reason; NINETEEN Reason. The Material of Reason. (1) Principles of Reason; TWENTY Reason. The Material of Reason (2) Rational or First Ideas; TWENTY ONE Reason. Empiricism; TWENTY TWO Reason. Evolutionism. The Theory of Heredity; TWENTY THREE Reason. On the Objectivity of Rational Principles; TWENTY FOUR Faculties of Conception. On the Association of Ideas; TWENTY FIVE Faculties of Conception. Memory; TWENTY SIX Faculties of Conception. Imagination; TWENTY SEVEN Faculties of Conception. Sleep. Dreams. Madness
Description / Table of Contents:
TWENTY EIGHT Complex Operations of the Mind. Attention. Comparison. AbstractionTWENTY NINE Complex Operations of the Mind. Generalization. Judgment. Reasoning; THIRTY The Object and Method of Aesthetics; THIRTY ONE What Is Beauty?; THIRTY TWO Prettiness and the Sublime. Art; THIRTY THREE On Activity in General. Instinct; THIRTY FOUR Habit; THIRTY FIVE On the Will and on Freedom; THIRTY SIX On Freedom (Continued). Psychological Determinism; THIRTY SEVEN On Freedom (Conclusion). Scientific Determinism. Theological Fatalism; THIRTY EIGHT Introduction. On Logic; THIRTY NINE On Truth. On Certainty
Description / Table of Contents:
FORTY On Certainty (Conclusion)FORTY ONE On False Certainty or Error; FORTY TWO Skepticism; FORTY THREE Ideas. Terms. Judgments. Propositions; FORTY FOUR Definition; FORTY FIVE On the Syllogism; FORTY SIX On Induction; FORTY SEVEN Fallacies; FORTY EIGHT On Method; FORTY NINE Method in the Mathematical Sciences; FIFTY The Methodology of the Physical Sciences; FIFTY ONE Method in the Natural Sciences; FIFTY TWO Method in the Moral Sciences; FIFTY THREE Method in the Historical Sciences; FIFTY FOUR Language; FIFTY FIVE Definition and Divisions of Ethics; FIFTY SIX On Moral Responsibility
Description / Table of Contents:
FIFTY SEVEN On Moral Law. The History of Utilitarianism
Note:
"Consists of notes taken by André Lalande"--Translators' note
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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Electronic reproduction; Available via World Wide Web
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