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Ioane Petrizi. Kommentar zur Elementatio theologica des Proklos
Editor(s): Lela Alexidze and Lutz BergemannMore LessIoane Petritsi, a twelfth-century Georgian philosopher, translated from Greek into Georgian The Elements of Theology of the Neoplatonist Proclus (fifth century) and wrote a Commentary on the entire text, with a preface and a postface. Petritsi tried to prove the priority of the Proclean One over all other ontological hypostases, its transcendence and its omnipresence, together with the thesis that all things depend on the One, including even matter. In his Commentary, Petritsi also referred to other works of Proclus besides The Elements of Theology, as well as to many other ancient Greek philosophers. Although Petritsi’s Commentary is an important milestone in the history of the medieval Christian philosophical interpretations of ancient Platonism, to date, this text written in Old Georgian has remained almost unknown for western scholarship. This is the first time that the complete text of Petritsi’s Commentary is being published in a western language. The present book provides a German translation of the complete text, with an introduction, notes, indices and bibliography. Der mittelalterliche georgische Philosoph Ioane Petrizi übersetzte im 12. Jahrhundert die Stoicheiosis theologike des Neuplatonikers Proclus (5. Jh.) ins Alt-Georgische und verfasste zu dem gesamten Text der Stoicheiosis einen umfangreichen Kommentar, den er zusätzlich mit einem Prolog und einem Epilog versah. Petrizi versucht in seinem Kommentar, die ontologische Vorrangigkeit des Proklischen Einen über alle anderen Hypostasen ebenso zu beweisen wie dessen Transzendenz bei gleichzeitiger Allanwesenheit im Seinskontinuum. Zudem vertritt er die These, dass alle Dinge vom Einen abhängen, sogar die Materie. Dabei berücksichtigt Petrizi neben der Stoicheiosis auch andere Werke Proclus’ ebenso wie zahlreiche weitere Texte antiker griechischer Philosophen. Damit wird Petrizis Kommentar zu einer bedeutenden Schrift für die Erforschung und das Verständnis der mittelalterlichen christlichen Philosophie und ihrer Aneignung des (spät-)antiken Platonismus. Trotz seiner Bedeutung ist Petrizis Text von der westlichen Forschung bisher kaum zur Kenntnis genommen worden. Die vorliegende Übersetzung ins Deutsche ist die erste komplette Übersetzung dieses Textes in eine westliche Sprache überhaupt. Neben der Übersetzung bietet diese Ausgabe eine Einleitung, Anmerkungen, Indices und eine Bibliografie.
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The Importance of Not Being Earnest
More LessAuthor(s): Wallace ChafeThe thesis of this book is that neither laughter nor humor can be understood apart from the feeling that underlies them. This feeling is a mental state in which people exclude some situation from their knowledge of how the world really is, thereby inhibiting seriousness where seriousness would be counterproductive. Laughter is viewed as an expression of this feeling, and humor as a set of devices designed to trigger it because it is so pleasant and distracting. Beginning with phonetic analyses of laughter, the book examines ways in which the feeling behind the laughter is elicited by both humorous and nonhumorous situations. It discusses properties of this feeling that justify its inclusion in the repertoire of human emotions. Against this background it illustrates the creation of humor in several folklore genres and across several cultures. Finally, it reconciles this understanding with various already familiar ways of explaining humor and laughter.
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Intellectus und Imaginatio
Editor(s): João Maria André, Gerhard Krieger and Harald SchwaetzerMore LessDieser Band stellt einen Beitrag zum Verständnis geistiger und sinnlicher Erkenntnis bei Nicolaus Cusanus dar. Im Mittelpunkt stehen dabei die Begriffe intellectus und imaginatio, deren historischer und sachlicher Zusammenhang untereinander und ihr Verhältnis zu weiteren Aspekten der menschlichen Erkenntnis. Auf diese Weise steht im Ergebnis die Einheit und Ganzheit dieser Erkenntnis zur Debatte. Im Einzelnen geht es ebenso um eine Parallele zwischen Wilhelm von Ockham, Johannes Buridan und Cusanus in bezug auf den conceptus absolutus, um den kontemplativen Intellekt, die Metapher sowohl der “Mauer des Paradieses” als auch des Sehens, eine Kartographie des Erkennens, die Cusanische Symbolphilosophie, den Aspekt der Kreativität, die Musik sowie den Magnetismus und ein weiteres Beispiel zur Veranschaulichung der Funktion und Tragweite des imaginatio . Die Beiträge stammen aus der Feder sowohl anerkannter Cusanus-Interpreten als auch jüngere Forscher. Der Band bietet sowohl zahlreiche neue Gesichtspunkte für fruchtbare Auseinandersetzung mit dem Denken des Kardinals als auch ein Zeugnis für deren Lebendigkeit und Internationalität.
This book represents a contribution to the understanding of both intellectual and sensible cognition in Nicolaus Cusanus. Central to this account are the concepts of intellectus and imaginatio , their historical and factual connection and their relationship to other aspects of human cognition. In this way the unity and totality of this cognition is explored and discussed. In particular, points of comparison are outlined between William of Ockham, John Buridan and Cusanus in regard to the conceptus absolutus. Moreover, various issues are explored in light of these points of comparison. Among them are the contemplative intellect, the metaphors of the “wall of the Paradise” and of visio, a cartography of cognition, the Cusan philosophy of symbols, creativity, music and two examples of the function and the importance of imaginatio. The contributions to this book come from well-known interpreters of Cusanus and also younger scholars. In this way, this book offers both new perspectives on fruitful discussions of the thinking of Cusanus as well as evidence of the vivacity and original character of this discussion.
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Interpretation and Understanding
More LessAuthor(s): Marcelo DascalOur species has been hunting for meaning ever since we departed from our cousins in the evolutionary tree. We developed sophisticated forms of communication. Yet, as much as they can convey meaning and foster understanding, they can also hide meaning and prevent comprehension. Indeed, we can never be sure that a "yes" conveys assent or that a smile reveals pleasure. In order to ascertain what communicative behavior "means", we have to go through an elaborate cognitive process of interpretation.
This book deals with how we achieve the daily miracle of understanding each other. Based on the author ’s contributions to pragmatics, the book articulates his perspective using the insights of linguistics, the philosophy of language and rhetoric, and confronting alternatives to it. Theory formation is shaped by application to fields of human activity – such as legal practice, artificial intelligence, psychoanalysis, the media, literature, aesthetics, ethics and politics – where interpretation and understanding are paramount.
Using an accessible language, this is a book addressed to specialists as well as to anyone interested in interpreting understanding and understanding the potentialities and limits of interpretation.
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Imitation and the Image of Man
More LessAuthor(s): James S. HansIn the Imitation and the Image of Man James S. Hans presents his conception of the mimetic. His primary goal to this study is to broaden several kinds of discourse: first, to redfine our conception of the literary; second, to expand our ideas of the kinds of things that can be treated together; third, to enrich our understanding of the possibilities of the form of the essay; and fourth, to articulate the need for these changes in terms of a non-linear theory of imitation.
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Informal Fallacies
More LessAuthor(s): Douglas N. WaltonThe basic question of this monograph is: how should we go about judging arguments to be reasonable or unreasonable? Our concern will be with argument in a broad sense, with realistic arguments in natural language. The basic object will be to engage in a normative study of determining what factors, standards, or procedures should be adopted or appealed to in evaluating an argument as “good,” “not-so-good,” “open to criticism,” “fallacious,” and so forth. Hence our primary concern will be with the problems of how to criticize an argument, and when a criticism is reasonably justified.
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Les Idéologues
Editor(s): Winfried Busse and Jürgen TrabantMore LessLe présent volume réunit les contributions d’un colloque sur la pensée sémiotique et linguistique des Idéologues qui s’est tenu à Berlin du 3 au 5 octobre 1983. Ce recueil d’articles fait suite à un fascicule de la revue Histoire Epistémologie Langage qui était consacré au même sujet et dont il complète et amplifie les perspectives en ce qui concerne la portée européenne de la discussion. Le volume manifeste l’intérêt que beaucoup d’entre nous portent, surtout dans les sciences du langage, à ces philosophes longtemps négligés par l’histoire de la pensée.
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