Philosophische Untersuchungen (PhU)

Tilo Wesche Wahrheit und Werturteil

Eine Theorie der praktischen Rationalität

[Truth and Value Judgment. A Theory of Practical Rationality]

This work focuses on the concept of moral truth and the question of whether and if so why moral judgements may lay claims of truth. The author incorporates the insights of contemporary theories of truth and metaethics as well as the large-scale classic concepts of truth, such as those of Hegel and Heidegger. Drawing upon observations from the philosophy of language, he defines the standards which vouch for the truth as the practice of language in art, culture and communication.   (read more...)

Normativity

Gewohnheit. Gebot. Gesetz

Normativität in Geschichte und Gegenwart: eine Einführung

Herausgegeben von Nils Jansen und Peter Oestmann

[Custom. Command. Code. Normativity in History and the Present: An Introduction]

This book provides a multidisciplinary student-oriented introduction to issues of normativity. In its thirteen partially historical and partially systematic lectures it brings together the largely unrelated discourses of historians, jurists, theologians, and philosophers.   (read more...)

 

Karl Popper Foundation Klagenfurt

Philosophie und Wirtschaftswissenschaft

Herausgegeben von Volker Gadenne und Reinhard Neck

[Philosophy and Economics]

The Karl Popper Foundation in Klagenfurt held a conference during which there was an intense discussion of selected problems of economics from the perspective of philosophy of science, epistemology, and ethics. The papers given at this conference have been revised in light of the discussion and are being published in this book.   (read more...)

Collegium Metaphysicum (CM)

Einheit und Vielheit als metaphysisches Problem

Herausgegeben von Johannes Brachtendorf und Stephan Herzberg

[Unity and Plurality as a Metaphysical Problem]

This volume focuses on the dual terms of unity and plurality, which are pivotal for a principle-oriented metaphysics. Is all reality based on the one, or are plurality and otherness irresolvable? Does the logic of unity merely create a dialectic illusion? Or can unity be seen in a way which justifies plurality? The authors of the articles in this volume cover the main stations of the history of metaphysics, ranging from Parmenides to Lévinas.   (read more...)