Human Minds and Cultures
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-031-56447-5 (ISBN)
The ethnographic sense of cultures confines the scope of cultural scientism, an evolutionary paradigm on the functionalist turn, where one could enthral the cultural phenomenon from the contentment of the conflict of scientific quandaries. Hence, cultural relativism concedes that cultures have some descriptive contents, like customs, beliefs, moral codes, other minds, etc., that are followed by an individual or a group of people. However, the notion of societal semiotics embarks on the 'semiotic conception of culture' that deploys modernity and values centred on ethical conjectures.
Human Minds and Cultures conspicuously attune the cultural edifice of moral minds and cope with the enduring prospects of ethics, genders, laws, and socio-political affairs. Essential reading for anyone with a sparkling interest in human minds and cultures.
Dr. Sanjit Chakraborty is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Sciences and Humanities at Vellore Institute of Technology -AP University. Before that, he taught at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research Kolkata, the Indian Institute of Management Indore, and the Central University of Hyderabad. His philosophical venture was nourished under the guidance of Professor Hilary Putnam (Emeritus Professor, Harvard University) from 2008 to 2016. His work spans the topics of Philosophy of Mind, Philosophy of Language, Philosophy of Science, Ethics and AI and Morality. Chakraborty's books include Engaging Putnam (De Gruyter, 2022), Living without God: A Multicultural Spectrum of Atheism (Springer, 2022), The Labyrinth of Mind and World: Beyond Internalism-Externalism (Routledge, 2020), Understanding Meaning and World: A Relook on Semantic Externalism (CSP, 2016), and Pursuits of Language (forthcoming). Chakraborty has extensively published many papers in much-respected peer-reviewed international journals and his works have been reviewed and cited in reputed international journals by noted scholars. Chakraborty has been invited for talks at different renowned institutions and universities overseas. Chakraborty holds the editor and referee positions in the journals of Human Affairs (De Gruyter), Journal of Scholarly Publishing (University of Toronto Press), Journal of Experimental & Theoretical Artificial Intelligence (Taylor and Francis), Culture and Dialogue (Brill), Research Ethics (Sage), Sophia (Springer) and book reviewer of Springer, Routledge, World Scientific Publishing and Palgrave Macmillan.
Preface
Dedication
Chapter 1. Introduction (Sanjit Chakraborty)
Chapter 2. Thoughts on Morality and Culture (Jan Narveson)
Chapter 3. Values and Cultures (Harry J Gensler)
Chapter 4. Clashes of Culture (Michael Smith)
Chapter 5. Hatred - Why Do Such Nice People Do Such Awful Things? (Michael Ruse)
Chapter 6. Neoliberalism, Globalization and Discrimination in the 21st Century: Issues, Challenges and Limitations of Habermas' Reason-based Theory of Liberal Democracy in Current Times (Deborah Poff)
Chapter 7. Legal Emotions: Why Affect Matters for Law (Antara Halder)
Chapter 8. The Epistemic Argument for Hedonism (Neil Sinhababu)
Chapter 9. The Interpreting Mind and Meaning-Formation: A Relational Critique of Lyotard ... and Ricoeur (Gerald Cipriani)
Chapter 10. Recurring Dilemmas on Other Minds (Sanjit Chakraborty)
| Erscheinungsdatum | 31.03.2024 |
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| Zusatzinfo | 3 illus. |
| Verlagsort | Cham |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 155 x 235 mm |
| Themenwelt | Geisteswissenschaften ► Philosophie |
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| Sozialwissenschaften | |
| Schlagworte | Cultures and the human mind • Humanity across cultures • Human mind and cultures • Legal Efficacy • Minds and culture • Social Values |
| ISBN-10 | 3-031-56447-2 / 3031564472 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-3-031-56447-5 / 9783031564475 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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