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A Philosophy of Cover Songs
Cover songs are a familiar feature of contemporary popular music. Musicians describe their own performances as covers, and audiences use the category to organize their listening and appreciation. However, until now philosophers have not had much to say about them. In A Philosophy of Cover Songs, P.D. Magnus demonstrates that philosophy provides a valuable toolbox for thinking about covers; in turn, the philosophy of cover songs illustrates some general points about philosophical method.
The Prince
An unflinching examination of power, leadership, and political survival.
Human and Machine Consciousness
Consciousness is widely perceived as one of the most fundamental, interesting and difficult problems of our time. However, we still know next to nothing about the relationship between consciousness and the brain and we can only speculate about the consciousness of animals and machines.
The Republic
A dialogue exploring justice, education, and the nature of an ideal society.
Agency: Moral Identity and Free Will
There is agency in all we do: thinking, doing, or making. We invent a tune, play, or use it to celebrate an occasion. Or we make a conceptual leap and ask more abstract questions about the conditions for agency. They include autonomy and self-appraisal, each contested by arguments immersing us in circumstances we don’t control. But can it be true we that have no personal responsibility for all we think and do?
Symposium
One of the most famous works of literature in the Western world, Plato's Symposium is also one of the most entertaining.
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion
Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion is a philosophical work by the Scottish philosopher David Hume.
Phaedo
' The Dialogue necessarily takes the form of a narrative, because Socrates has to be described acting as well as speaking.
Apology
There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato.
Gorgias
There is a well-known saying that the whole of Western Philosophy is footnotes of Plato.
Protagoras
Protagoras by Plato explores sophists (greek philosophy), philosophy, ancient, plato.
Timaeus
Latin translation and commentary by Calcidius of a metaphysical dialogue of Plato, the Timaeus.
Theaetetus
Some dialogues of Plato are of so various a character that their relation to the other dialogues cannot be determined with any degree of certainty.
Meno
Text and essays edited by Malcom Brown: St. W. M. -P. Stahl / beginnings of propositional logic in Plato ; Malcolm Brown / Plato disapproves of the slave-boy's answer ; Gilbert Ryle / Teaching and training ; Martin Andic / Inquiry and virtue in the Meno.
Phaedrus
"Set in the idyllic countryside outside Athens, the Phaedrus is a dialogue between the philosopher Socrates and his young friend Phaedrus, inspired by their reading of a clumsy speech by the writer Lysias about love.
Laws
Laws by Plato explores utopias, political science, political science & theory.
Parmenides
Parmenides by Plato explores early works to 1800, ontology, dialectic.
Euthyphro
Euthyphro is a philosophy work by Plato. Its subjects include Religion, Greek language, Readers.
Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates
Apology, Crito, and Phaedo of Socrates by Plato explores ancient philosophy, socrate, philosophie.
Euthydemus
Euthydemus by Plato explores sophism (greek philosophy), peripatetics, logic, early works to 1800.
Ion
"Im Ion stellt der jugendliche Platon eine Seite des historischen Sokrates dar, die in den Dialogen, die nach dessen Verurteilung und Hinrichtung verfasst sind, nicht mehr zentrales Thema ist.
Laches
Laches by Plato explores classical literature, greek literature, courage.
The Game of Logic
The Game of Logic by Lewis Carroll explores symbolic and mathematical logic, logic, mathematical recreations.
Sophist
Une introduction de près de 70 pages, des notes (70 pages), quatre annexes en relations avec le sujet et une bibliographie accompagnent la traduction française de l'oeuvre de Platon.