Author: Thomas Rentsch
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Keywords: german, philosophie, grundthemen, gott
Number of Pages: 232
Published: 2005-07
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 3110176920
ISBN-13: 9783110176926

In this volume, Thomas Rentsch discusses the cultural dimension of religion and the "problem of god".

Author: Andreas Luckner
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter Inc
Keywords: german, philosophie, grundthemen, klugheit
Number of Pages: 214
Published: 2005-07
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 3110177064
ISBN-13: 9783110177060

A volume on the philosophical subject "astuteness".

Author: Geert Keil
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter
Keywords: german, philosophie, grundthemen, willensfreiheit
Number of Pages: 222
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 3110195615
ISBN-13: 9783110195613

This book provides an overview of the recent free will debate and considers the consequences of neuroscientific research for the problem of freedom. In the process of surveying the field, the author develops an original position. He takes issue with the broad philosophical consensus that at least one kind of freedom is incompatible with the scientific worldview -- namely, the ability to make decisions one way or another exactly the same circumstances. The book argues that, on closer examination, this so-called libertarian view of freedom (which we accept in our everyday lives) does not contrad

Author: Bernward Gesang
Publisher: Walter De Gruyter, Inc.
Keywords: philosophie, german, grundthemen, menschen, des, perfektionierung
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2007-08-30
List price: $28.00
ISBN-10: 3110195607
ISBN-13: 9783110195606

We have only just begun to manipulate human beings with technology. We are able to change people through genetic technology, operations, and chemical compounds. Should we eliminate our illnesses through genetic intervention? Should we also improve our "normal" properties and form humanity anew - people with infrared vision, people with a higher intelligence, or even chimeras, that is a mixes of human and animal. A lot of this is clearly still science fiction, but we already need to decide whether to take memory pills and mood-enhancing drugs. How would a world full of improved people look? Th