THOUGHT-SHAPERS.

ABSTRACT: This is a companion-piece to our recent essay, “This is the Way the World Ends: A Philosophy of Civilization Since 1900, and A Philosophy of the Future,” Cosmos & History 16, 2 (2020): 1-53. In this essay, we shift our focus from the philosophy of human civilization to the philosophy of hu...

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Publicado en:Cosmos & History Vol. 17; no. 1; pp. 1 - 73
Autores principales: Hanna, Robert, Paans, Otto
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Publicado: Ashton & Rafferty 2021
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