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It is well known that Thomas Hobbes was a nominalist, but the radicalism of his position, this article argues, is frequently under-estimated. Hobbes's remarks on the nature of names, will, ...

Hobbes has been called, with some justice, the father of modern analytic philosophy, and he certainly ushered in modern political philosophy and social theory as we know it (National Portrait Gallery) ...

Jean Hampton's Hobbes and the Social Contract has received significant criticism (as well as praise) since publication in 1986. Yet, except for Gauthier, even her critics seem agreed that she ...

Yashar Jeyrani has translated the book and Ghoghnoos Publishing House has brought it out in 246 pages, ILNA reported. In this classic analysis, Leo Strauss pinpoints what is original and innovative in ...

Robin teaches political science at Brooklyn College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY). He is the author of Fear: the History of a Political Idea, [2] which aims to ...

A Critique of Hobbesian Premises through the Lenses of Game Theory and Evolutionary Biology The “state of war” proposed by Thomas Hobbes in Leviathan is examined, with emphasis on the extreme ...

During Avengers Infinity War, Thanos set out to collect all six Infinity Stones so he could snap away half of all living things at random. From the Mad Titan’s point of view, this genocidal action to ...

The Calvin and Hobbes comic strip series contains many philosophical discussions and thought-provoking moments. Calvin and Hobbes are both named after famous philosophers, and that influence shows ...