An enquiry into the historical understanding of pictures, theoretical and also with practical analysis of various paintings. Paperback, 147 pages, illus with black and white plates, VG. Bookseller Inventory

The Explanation of Social Action is a sustained critique of the conventional understanding of what it means to "explain" something in the social sciences. It makes the strong argument that the traditional understanding involves asking questions that have no clear foundation and provoke an unnecessary tension between lay and expert vocabularies. Drawing on the history and philos...(展开全部)

Conventional understanding of what it means to "explain" something in the social sciences provokes unnecessary confusion and conflict, and indeed is often based more on analysts' imaginations than actors' realities. The Explanation of Social Action lays out a sustained critique of this understanding, pointing out that the root of the problem is an attempt to counterpose two rad...(展开全部)

Widely considered to be the most important German intellectual historian of the postwar period, Reinhart Koselleck has had a profound influence on contemporary historiography. With a new, interpretive introduction by the translator, this revised and corrected edition of Koselleck's most acclaimed work is once again available in English.With the advent of modernity in the late e...(展开全部)

Modernity in the late eighteenth century transformed all domains of European life -intellectual, industrial, and social. Not least affected was the experience of time itself: ever-accelerating change left people with briefer intervals of time in which to gather new experiences and adapt. In this provocative and erudite book Reinhart Koselleck, a distinguished philosopher of his...(展开全部)

Modernity in the late eighteenth century transformed all domains of European life -intellectual, industrial, and social. Not least affected was the experience of time itself: ever-accelerating change left people with briefer intervals of time in which to gather new experiences and adapt. In this provocative and erudite book Reinhart Koselleck, a distinguished philosopher of his...(展开全部)

Philosophy of Motion Pictures is a first-of-its-kind, bottom-up introduction to this bourgeoning field of study. Topics include film as art, medium specificity, defining motion pictures, representation, editing, narrative, emotion and evaluation. Clearly written and supported with a wealth of examples Explores characterizations of key elements of motion pictures –the shot, th...(展开全部)

莫里斯·曼德尔鲍姆{Maurice H.　Mandelbaum，1908-1987），先后毕业于达特茅斯学院、耶鲁大学，获得硕士和博士学位。曾先后执教于达特茅斯学院、约翰·霍普金斯大学，任比较文学教授、哲学教授。1968-1974年，任美国哲学学会主席。1973年.入选美国艺术与科学学院院士。 《历史知识问题》是曼德尔鲍姆的威名作，也是美国哲学家在历史哲学领域的第一部重要作品。奠他著作有《道德经验的现象学》（1955）、《哲学、科学与感性知觉》（1969）、《历史、人和理性》《1971）、<哲学、历史和科学》（1984），《社会理论中的目标和必然性》（1987）等书。