Die amerikanische Bewegung für Umweltgerechtigkeit Der Ursprung der amerikanischen Bewegung für Umweltgerechtigkeit lässt sich auf die Entstehung der amerikanischen Bürgerrechtsbewegung in den 1960er Jahren zurückführen, und genauer gesagt in die USA. Bürgerrechtsgesetz von 1964. Mit dem Aufkommen von Robert Bullards Werk „Dumping in Dixie“ in den 1990er Jahren erreichte die Bewegung eine neue Ebene, was einen Fanfarenruf darstellte

The Aesthetics of Classical Music Musical aesthetics as a whole seeks to understand the perceived properties of music, in particular those properties that lead to experiences of musical value for the listener. It may also be understood more broadly as essentially synonymous with the philosophy of music, thus including issues of musical ontology, Erkenntnistheorie, Ethik, und Soziologie. A specific area of focus within musical aesthetics

Yinyang (Yin-yang) Yinyang (yin-yang) is one of the dominant concepts shared by different schools throughout the history of Chinese philosophy. Just as with many other Chinese philosophical notions, the influences of yinyang are easy to observe, but its conceptual meanings are hard to define. Despite the differences in the interpretation, application, and appropriation of yinyang, three basic themes underlie nearly all deployments of the concept

Existence Since Thales fell into the well while gazing at the stars, philosophers have invested considerable effort in trying to understand what, how and why things exist. Even though much ink has been spilled about those questions, this article focuses on the following three questions: (1) What is the nature of existence? (2) Are there different ways/modes of existing? (3) Why does something exist instead

Occasionalism In the minds of most philosophers with a passing familiarity with early-modern philosophy, occasionalism is typically regarded as a laughable ad hoc or ‘for want of anything better’ solution to the mind-body problem, first opened up in Descartes’ Meditations. As typically presented in philosophy textbooks, the doctrine (usually identified exclusively with Nicholas Malebranche) certainly seems laughable: beginning from the assumption that the actual transmission