In these essays grouped under the title Spectacles and Predicaments Gellner is doing in social theory what Luigi Pirandello did on the stage, namely, make us involved in the political predicaments of life rather than be a mere observer of the spectacle of politics. The book is divided into three parts: part one is concerned with philosophers and their philosophies by which we interpret humanity; part two deals with the nature of knowledge and its implications; and part three concerns (...) the political implications of philosophy. Just about all the essays are reviews of books dealing with the various topics of philosophy and socio-political questions. As a result the unity that one hopes to find is never really developed. (shrink)

Heidegger's affirmation is categorical: “… the thinking expressed in Being and Time is against humanism”. Heidegger's thesis is not only categorical, it is also polemical. He maintains that the humanist conception does not grasp man's essence, and it is for this reason that he is opposed to humanism, which is a doctrine that “has not thought profoundly enough of man's humanitas.

Hermes es un dios de la mitología griega que fascina por sus ambivalencias y ambigüedades. Sin tener un lugar en el panteón griego, siendo un intermediario entre el Olimpo y la Tierra, es un patrono de quienes comparten su condición nómade. Es el dios de los mercaderes, de los viajantes, de los traductores y comunicadores... y es también patrono de los ladrones. Que el dios del lenguaje y de la mediación sea también el "dios de los ladrones" muestra algo que (...) es propio del lenguaje: su desapropiación. No pertenece a nadie y pertenece a todos, migra de unas manos a las otras. En este juego de robos, comercios, intercambios, deudas y ofertas, el lenguaje muestra su ambivalencia como espacio de comunión y de conflicto. En él se produce la disputa por los sentidos del mundo. (shrink)

Bd. 1. Die Theorie des Schönen in der Antike.

1. Teoria del diritto -- 2. Teoria della democrazia -- 3. La sintassi del diritto.

This article discusses the logic of the Epimenides Paradox using a graphical representation of the logical operators involved. The graphical representation of the Logical Operators is the one used in digital electronics. This method of investigation is very effective in revealing the hidden error in the reasoning that leads to the contradiction. The article explains the vicious circle that the mind goes through when trying to analyze the Paradox. Finally, the article proposes a solution of the Paradox with final conclusions (...) that are not paradoxical but simply counterintuitive. The endless deduction is generated by subsequent evaluations that take place on different levels. In its evaluation the Mind alternates a level of logical evaluation with a level of semantic evaluation. (shrink)