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Burt Hopkins' decades-long work exemplifies the richness of the phenomenological movement of thought at best. Phenomenology Between Philosophy of Mathematics and the History of Philosophy features original essays that reflect on the scope and influence of his philosophy.

Hopkins' contributions shape a unique path at the intersection of the philosophy of mathematics, the interpretation of crucial historical figures in the history of philosophy-notably, Plato, Aristotle, Kant-and the critical reception and assessment of Husserl's and Heidegger's phenomenology. This complex, but coherent production indicates the never-ending endeavor of phenomenology and of its self-critical motivation. The volume is divided into three thematic parts. The first part comprises historical and theoretical contributions in the phenomenological field. The second focuses on important figures in the history of philosophy, particularly in connection with phenomenology. The third investigates the relationship between phenomenology and mathematical sciences.

This volume will appeal to scholars and graduate students working in phenomenology, philosophy of mathematics, and history of philosophy.

This translation of the L?oz? is unique in its faithful pursuit of the original meaning and prosody, combined with exhaustive citations of historical commentaries, connecting the insights of this ancient classic to current scientific and psychological findings.

Rooted in the understanding that the ineffable Dao guides all things, the L?oz? addresses cosmology, the yin and yang equilibrium, egalitarianism, the use of force and the cultivation of equanimity. This book examines the poetics through analysis of structural form and ancient Chinese phonology, seeking to enliven the text's meanings by reviving its phonology. It is the first attempt to link the L?oz?'s cosmology and theory of Oneness in personal growth, social relationships, and humanity's place in the natural world with today's biological sciences.

This volume presents a wide range of examples using Hegel's 'objective dialectic' as an interpretive key for understanding his philosophical work. It explores the potential of a strictly dialectical approach to central themes in Hegel's logic, philosophy of nature, and philosophy of spirit.

The volume argues for taking contradiction seriously in Hegel's philosophy, understanding it in strictly theoretical terms that defy traditional conceptions of logic and ontology. The contributors demonstrate how Hegel's distinctive logical-metaphysical method, particularly his concept of 'dialectic' and the role of logical contradiction within it, can be applied to logical, epistemological, natural- and social-ontological, psychological, ethical, and political matters. Moving beyond both non-metaphysical readings and earlier ontological interpretations, the volume shows how Hegel's understanding of 'real contradiction' offers a renewed approach to his thematically rich oeuvre and addresses complex post-Kantian philosophical issues.

Reviving Hegel's Dialectic will be of interest to researchers and graduate students specializing in Hegel, German Idealism, post-Kantian philosophy, and the history of logic.

This collection, including chapters by an outstanding roster of contributors, creates a dialogue among two philosophers rarely discussed together - Benedict Spinoza and David Hume - and one who until recently was hardly discussed at all - Mary Shepherd.

Naturalisms in Spinoza, Hume, and Shepherd confronts the traditional history of Modern philosophy that pitches "Continental Rationalists" against "British Empiricists", with Benedict Spinoza on one side, David Hume on the other, and women philosophers - including Mary Shepherd - nowhere to be seen. This volume explores an alternative approach to the period, through the lens of "naturalisms", which brings into focus the commonalities among these three philosophers. The contributors examine various naturalistic themes in their philosophies - particularly, in their methodologies, their ontologies, and their views about the human being and God. The specific topics explored include minds and bodies; mathematics and natural science; human beings and other animals; miracles; the passions and motivation; and the artificial virtues. A helpful introduction by the editors distinguishes the various naturalisms explored in the volume and explains the appeal of this approach to the history of Modern philosophy.

Naturalisms in Spinoza, Hume, and Shepherd will be of great interest to students and researchers of seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth-century philosophy, and to those interested in the history of metaphysics, philosophy of religion and the history and philosophy of science.

Vinyl records. Board games. Paperback books. Film. A philosopher dives into the analog world to show what it offers us and what it says about our values.

Packed with first-person anecdotes, hand-drawn illustrations, and extensive scholarship, Darren Hudson Hick takes us through the pleasure of board games and jigsaw puzzles and inside the values of materiality, care, and agency. Hick moves from pinball machines and first editions to meditative cleaning and pottery to introduce us to key ideas in value theory, everyday aesthetics, virtue theory, and care ethics, alongside findings from psychology, anthropology, and sociology.

What accounts for the resurgence of analog media? Why are we buying all this stuff? Hick approaches these questions from a pragmatist perspective - a view that demands drawing on personal experience to better understand the values that pervade our daily lives. The result is a lively and informed exploration of material culture that tells us a surprising amount about ourselves and how we live.

Whenever we set up a board game, dust a record, load a roll of film, or sit down with a coloring book, we get to think about what we value. The Love of Analog is a study in what's important to us. It's a celebration of being human.

This volume explores the poetic and philosophical boundaries between humanity and divinity across the Hebrew Bible, Graeco-Roman literature, and early Christian thought. Inspired by Psalm 8 and the verses of Sappho and Catullus, the title evokes the ancient tension between being human and "almost divine."

Essays by leading scholars examine prophetic transmission, divine legitimization of power, asceticism, animal symbolism, and mystical emptiness-tracing how ancient cultures conceptualized the divine-human interface. From Mesopotamian treaties and biblical naming to Latin hymnody and Indian mysticism, the volume traverses cultural and ontological boundaries.

Dedicated to Sten Hidal, whose pioneering work bridged Hebrew and Classical traditions, this collection honors his legacy by continuing the inquiry into what it means to be "a little less than a god."

One of the few Mexican American women philosophers across the United States and Mexico redefines philosophy and pedagogy through a groundbreaking exploration of identity, culture, and language.

For more than two decades, Manuela Alejandra Gomez has been teaching on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border. In the first book of its kind to critically analyze how Mexican Americans connect to philosophy she draws on a five-year study, her experience, ethnographic observations and testimonios to show a constant navigation between two nations, two cultures, and two languages.

Leading us through this complex negotiation of intersecting worlds, Gomez explores how to teach and learn philosophy from a Mexican American perspective. She makes us question what it means to be a philosopher, challenges conventions about what it truly means to philosophize and redefines the boundaries of philosophical thought: her aim is to add a new chapter in the narrative of academic inclusion and diversity that makes more room for Mexican American perspectives.

Reimagining and broadening the parameters of philosophy, she offers invaluable pedagogical insights, providing a rich and practical roadmap to more effective teaching methods, while empowering students through the recognition of their identities.

In the United States, more women and students of color are going to college than ever before, but philosophy as an academic field continues to be one of the least diverse and untouched by their vantage points. This much-needed book marks an important contribution to local and culturally informed ways of teaching and learning.

Mason carefully develops a theology of prayer that builds on the dogmatic and moral theology of one of the most significant Reformed theologians of the past 50 years: John Webster.

Ambitious in scope and exacting in analysis, this volume provides a creative and constructive exploration of the theology of prayer that grows out of Webster's theology and ethics when considered as a whole. Mason offers close theological readings of Webster's works against the backdrop of the development of his thought and his major sources in the Christian tradition. In so doing, he roots a dogmatics of prayer in various theological loci that are central to the theology of prayer and Webster's own writings.

This book pays careful attention to the doctrines of God, creation and providence, and sin and salvation, as well as to Webster's sophisticated moral theology of creaturely agency. Central insights from Webster - in conversation with Aquinas, Barth, Calvin and Reformed scholastic sources - are brought to bear on the major components of a theology of prayer. In doing so, Mason develops a rich and detailed account of the central act of the Christian life in a way that displays the resourcefulness of Webster's theology and ethics.

Exploring the fluidity of divine-human boundaries in ancient Judaism, Daniel Lam challenges the assumption of a rigid divide between God and humanity. Drawing on prototype theory and texts from across millennia of Jewish and Christian literature, Lam argues that divinity was conceived as a graded category rather than an absolute state, suggesting that figures such as Adam, Enoch, Moses, Elijah, and Jesus were imagined as crossing the divine threshold through immortality, metamorphosis, and exaltation. By situating these traditions within their wider Mediterranean context, Lam reframes debates on monotheism, deification, and early Christology.

Lam engages deeply with primary sources, including Genesis and Psalms, Wisdom of Solomon, and the Life of Adam and Eve; Enochic writings such as the Book of the Watchers and Book of Parables; and New Testament passages like Philippians 2 and Hebrews 1. In addition, he examines lesser-known materials such as the Testament of Abraham, Qumran fragments, and 2 Enoch, highlighting motifs of angelomorphism, luminous transformation, and enthronement. These case studies illuminate how ancient authors negotiated divine identity and challenge the notion that divinisation was exclusively a "pagan" concept, offering a fresh methodological framework for understanding divinity as a fluid and multivalent phenomenon.

Philosophers have long discussed the ethical and epistemological issues raised by vaccines, but these issues have assumed new significance since the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. This volume focuses on vaccine hesitancy as a case of deep overlap of ethics and epistemology.

Vaccine hesitancy stems from a range of concerns, many of which are fueled by misunderstandings about vaccine technology, conspiracy theories, or misconceptions about scientific research. While some grounds for vaccine hesitancy are clearly irrational, other concerns appear more reasonable. This is the first volume to offer a comprehensive exploration of the interplay of epistemological and ethical dimensions of vaccine hesitancy from a post-COVID perspective. The chapters in the first part of the volume reflect on the epistemology of vaccine hesitancy. They address issues related to trust and expertise, probability literacy, and epistemic justice. The second part covers the ethics of vaccine hesitancy and the implications for public policy. These chapters explore the moral implications of free riding, as well as the complex interplay between individual rights, public health, and the collective good. Together, they help us to consider where the line between personal freedom and civic responsibility should be drawn.

The Ethics and Epistemology of Vaccine Hesitancy will be of interest to philosophers and graduate students working in epistemology, applied ethics, bioethics, philosophy of medicine, and political philosophy.

Beauty: Gendered Perspectives examines beauty as a social force that shapes bodies, identities, and everyday life. Taking a gendered approach, it explores how beauty norms are produced, enforced, and contested across contemporary culture.

From hair and dress to thinness, cosmetic surgery, and online beauty culture, this volume traces the historical and social forces that have made particular forms of appearance desirable, necessary, and valuable. It shows how beauty is expected of many, yet women and gender non-conforming people are often penalized most harshly for failing to meet dominant ideals. At the same time, it considers how beauty practices can function as forms of self-fashioning, resistance, and social change. Topics discussed include:

• The politics of "good hair" and body hair
• Clothing, modernity, and Western urban aesthetic norms
• Thinness, fitness, and the gendered regulation of bodies
• Cosmetic plastic surgery, self-making, and racialized beauty ideals
• Beauty influencers and the contested politics of digital beauty culture

Beauty: Gendered Perspectives is an invaluable resource for graduate and undergraduate students across philosophy, sociology, gender studies, feminist studies, media studies, and cultural studies.

This pioneering workbook developed by expert Muslim Psychologists specialising in chronic pain, uses a cultural/religious adaptation of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), an evidence-based clinical intervention for supporting Muslims living with chronic pain.

Through step-by-step practical guides and exercises incorporating spirituality and contemplation, the reader is guided towards using practical tools and strategies to release the struggle of fighting against pain and instead cultivate the psychological flexibility to live better with chronic pain. Drawing on Islamic teachings from the Quran and Sunnah, it nurtures spirituality and encourages readers to embrace acceptance. It inspires a commitment to living in accordance with one's core values, empowering readers to find meaning and purpose even in the face of challenges.

This workbook can be used as a companion to the book titled 'Integrating Acceptance & Commitment Therapy with Islamic Psychotherapy' (Routledge, 2024) for both clinicians in collaboration with their clients or as a standalone workbook for Muslims living with chronic pain.

Consciousness has been a central theme of Indian philosophy for more than 2500 years. Returning to the theories that originated in the Classical age, Matthew MacKenzie presents the first comprehensive overview of Indian views about the nature and structure of consciousness.

MacKenzie looks to the Upanisads and the early Buddhist discourses for the roots of the theories, following consciousness as it developed in the Abhidharma, Yogacara, and Pramaavada schools of Buddhism and the Nyaya, Yoga, Advaita, and Nondual Saiva schools of Hinduism. In the Upanisads, he introduces us to sages and kings who discussed the elusive light (prakasa) of consciousness and its relation to one's deepest self (atman). In early Buddhist texts the complex flow of conscious mental events are explored within an impermanent, selfless reality. In yogic texts we find a sharp distinction between ever-shifting objects and the pure light of consciousness.

Addressing timeless questions surrounding the fundamental nature of reality, MacKenzie focuses throughout on whether and how consciousness illuminates objects as well as itself. A critical and comparative introduction to a major philosophical subject, this book marks a new direction for understanding the cross-cultural philosophy of consciousness.

This book considers how European and Asian Christian missionaries communicated religious doctrine through the visual arts in sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Greater China.

Zooming in on these rich cross-cultural and inter-religious artifacts, Susangeline Patrick reveals how Christian images and visual culture reflected, interacted with, and influenced spiritual and sociopolitical powers during the period. Across eight chapters, Patrick expands the meaning of "liturgical art" within this historical and geographical context, locating religious visual arts within alternative spheres such as Christian charitable institutions, cartography, and bodily behavior, intentionally shedding light on Christian women's initiatives and participation in art, devotion, and power. In essence, this book underscores the interreligious and global aspects of encounters which shaped and impacted the production, circulation, and outcome of devotional art.

This volume provides a wide-ranging overview of contemporary African political theology (APT). Focusing on Christian expressions of APT, it brings together a distinguished group of Africanist scholars to explore the overall landscape and primary themes of APT today. These themes include its search for identity, the conceptual question of what constitutes the political, the relation with political theology more broadly, and its generative quality. The book engages with questions of both substance and method regarding what African political theology is and how to do it. Whilst it does not ignore expressions of APT that abet corruption, wealth disparities, economic extraction, and poor governance, the volume contends that APT oriented toward justice and peace proves a more genuine expression of Christian tradition. It will be of particular interest to scholars of political theology, African religion and politics, and Christian ethics.

Contemporary Buddhism, Mindfulness and Thich Nh?t H?nh's Teachings explores mindfulness and the modernization of the Buddhist mind through the teaching of Zen Master Thich Nh?t H?nh, inviting readers to rediscover Buddhism as a living tradition.

The book seeks to make the Dharma relevant, accessible, and practical for the contemporary world. Through a textual study of Thich Nh?t H?nh's writings, it investigates his understanding of the nature of interbeing, the nature of mind, and the application of mindfulness and Dharma as practical tools for self-transformation. It situates Nh?t H?nh's work within classical Buddhist sources, highlighting how principles of mindful practice can transcend cultural boundaries and be globally relevant while remaining rooted in the essence of Buddhist teaching. The book demonstrates how Buddhist thought can evolve to meet modern challenges without losing its spiritual depth, and how Nh?t H?nh's work demonstrates contemplative practice grounded in lived understanding.

Offering a renewed understanding of mindfulness and interbeing as pathways to personal and collective transformation, the book will be of relevant for postgraduate students and academics of Buddhist studies, religious studies, and Asian philosophy. It will also be of interest to mindfulness practitioners wishing to understand more about how Engaged Buddhism can be applied to transform daily living.