Roald Hoffmann has been widely recognized for his fundamental research in chemistry, as well as for his literary career as a poet, playwright, and essayist. But Hoffmann is also a philosopher of science who has made significant contributions to our conceptual, historical, and normative understanding of chemistry. This book collects many of Hoffmann's philosophical essays, which represent a sign...

"Images are not phenomena of art history proper but phenomena of interpenetration between art, politics, moral philosophy, historical thinking, literature and religion". The following statements, which are more like proverbs, are even more well known: "An image is worth more than 1000 words", "To describe an image one needs each of these 1000 words", and "1000 words to describe and index an ima...

This study is an effort to look deeper of Reyog Ponorogo art, especially for the next generation, by using e-comic media instill values science and Islamic philosophy. The question arises as why it necessary E-Comic value Islam in art Ponorogo. purpose this create effective efficient learning philosophy Islam. research method used literature study. Data was also collected through readings relat...

for many religious people there is a problem of doubting various creedal statements contained in their religions. often propositional beliefs are looked upon as a necessary, though not sufficient, condition, for salvation. this causes great anxiety in doubters and raises the question of the importance of belief in religion and in life in general. it is a question that has been neglected in phil...

Title of Document: MEMORABLE MOMENTS: A PHILOSOPHY OF POETRY Anna Christina Soy Ribeiro, Ph.D., 2006 Directed By: Professor Jerrold Levinson Department of Philosophy In my dissertation I give a philosophical account of poetry from an analytic perspective—one that is also informed by studies in linguistic communication (pragmatics) and cognitive psychology, and that takes into account the many v...

the suppression of color is a common mood in the far eastern aesthetic experience, which is best represented by the brush-ink chinese painting. influenced by the taoist and confucian philosophical doctrines, it reflects the traditional principles of loneliness, poverty, and simplicity. visualizing the chinese traditional dualism, the black and white system goes beyond an artistic style and rese...