Gempuran ilmu pengetahuan bagi kehidupan umat manusia menjadikan agama berada pada posisi yang dilematis. Kejayaan ilmu pengetahuan dewasa ini yang mampu memberikan jawaban terhadap berbagai problem yang dihadapi manusia menjadikan agama seolah “tak berguna” lagi. Agama seolah “rapuh” menghadapi sains yang mengalami perkembangan secara menakjubkan. Huston Smith melalui buku yang asli…
John Stuart Mill was one of the greatest thinkers of the nineteenth century. His impact on modern culture and thought has been immense, and his continuing importance for contemporary philosophy and social thought is widely recognized. This companion furnishes the reader with a systematic and up-to-date account of the many facets of Mill's thought and influence. New readers will find this the mo…
The Making of a Philosopher follows Colin McGinn from his early years in England reading Descartes and Anselm, to his years in the states, first in Los Angeles, then New York. McGinn presents a contemporary academic take on the great philosophical figures of the twentieth century, including Bertrand Russell, Jean–Paul Sartre, and Noam Chomsky, alongside stories of the teachers who informed hi…
The essays in this volume provide a systematic survey of Locke's philosophy informed by the most recent scholarship. They cover Locke's theory of ideas, his philosophies of body, mind, language, and religion, his theory of knowledge, his ethics, and his political philosophy. There are also chapters on Locke's life and subsequent influence. New readers and nonspecialists will find this the most …
In his writings, David Hume set out to bridge the gap between the learned world of the academy and the marketplace of polite society. This collection, drawing largely on his Essays Mortal, Political, and Literary (1776 edition), comprehensively shows how far he succeeded. As seen in these selections, Hume embraces a staggering range of social, cultural, political, demographic, and historical c…
Buku ini memfokuskan diri pada semiotika komunikasi, yang berkaitan dengan penggunaan dan produksi tanda secara sosial di dalam proses komunikasi. Di dalamnya diuraikan secara komprehensif sistem-sistem tanda, penggunaan tanda secara sosial di dalam berbagai media komunikasi (iklan, sastra, komik, musik, film, dsb). Keistimewaan buku ini adalah dilengkapi dengan berbagai pemikiran dari tokoh-to…