Philosophie der Orientierung

[Philosophy of Orientation]

Orientation is the most everyday thing, the point from which all things depart and to which all return. As such, it is a philosophical question. In a debate with the most important philosophical approaches to this subject, Werner Stegmaier explains the conditions and structures of everyday orientation and in doing so, gives philosophy a new foundation. [more ...]

Normativität

[Normativity]

Humans are creatures that can deliberate and define their actions by virtue of deliberation. He who deliberates relates himself to elements of reality that speak for or against doing something, and that in some mysterious way require him to act in a certain fashion. This book investigates this normative reality and its ontology. [more ...]

Volume 1 Tome 1.1: Livre I. Commentaire historique et mathématique, édition et traduction du texte arabe. Tome 1.2: Livre I: Édition et traduction du texte grec

The treatise on conic sections by the Hellenistic mathematician Apollonius from Perga is regarded as a supreme achievement of Greek mathematics and maintained its authority right up to the 18th century. This new edition is the first to consider all Greek and Arabic sources, with the Arabic texts being presented in the first ever critical edition. [more ...]

Kant's Ethics of Virtue

The considerable extensions and refinements undertaken by Kant in comparison with his earlier works, above all in his “Doctrine of Virtue”, are shown to be of relevance to contemporary modern debates on theoretical moral questions. The papers collected in this volume each discuss Kant’s central ideas in the context of his earlier writings on ethics and within the context of our contemporary ethical debates. [more ...]