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Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy

By: Alan Richardson

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Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy

By: Alan Richardson

This Element offers a new account of the philosophical significance of logical empiricism that relies on the past forty years of literature reassessing the project. It argues that while logical empiricism was committed to empiricism and did become tied to the trajectory of analytic philosophy, neither empiricism nor logical analysis per se was the deepest philosophical commitment of logical empiricism. That commitment was, rather, securing the scientific status of philosophy, bringing philosophy into a scientific conception of the world.

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Cambridge University Press

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1009471481

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9781009471480

Regulation for Revenue

The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions

By: Alan A. Altshuler,Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez

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Regulation for Revenue

The Political Economy of Land Use Exactions

By: Alan A. Altshuler,Jose A. Gomez-Ibanez

A Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication Over the past two decades Americans have become increasingly skeptical about the benefits of community growth and hostile to new taxes--while continuing to demand improvements in local services. One response to this tension has been a burgeoning movement to raise public revenue by regulating growth. In this timely book, the authors explain that most growing localities now require private developers to finance public improvements as a condition for receiving permits to build. These permit conditions, known as "exactions," are most commonly used to ensure that infrastructure capacity will be adequate to serve the occupants of new real estate developments and to lessen the harmful effects of these developments on other local citizens. Exactions are often used to finance new roads, water and waste disposal facilities, and public open space, but some communities have begun to require developer financing for such services as day care, job training, low-cost housing, and ride sharing. The authors see the dramatic growth of exaction financing as an epochal shift in the character of American land use regulation. A function once isolated from the local government mainstream is now close to heart of fiscal and public works decisionmaking. Politicians find exactions an extremely valuable tactic for resolving land use conflict. Lawyers and developers worry about how to establish appropriate limits on the use of exaction, economists debate their equity and efficiency, and planners consider their effect on urban reform. Regulation for Revenue offers an integrated appraisal of exaction financing, showing that exactions come in many forms and that they can be meaningfully evaluated only by comparison with realistic alternatives. These include growth restrictions, tolerance of infrastructure overload, and increased tax and user charges.

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Brookings Institution Press

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0815791275

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9780815791270

The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk

Mines, Farms and Auto Factories

By: Alan Hall

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The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk

Mines, Farms and Auto Factories

By: Alan Hall

The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk links restructuring in three industries to shifts in risk subjectivities and politics, both within workplaces and within the safety management and regulative spheres, often leading to conflict and changes in law, political discourses and management approaches. The state and corporate governance emphasis on worker participation and worker rights, internal responsibility, and self-regulative technologies are understood as corporate and state efforts to reconstruct control and responsibility for Occupational Health and Safety (OHS) risks within the context of a globalized neoliberal economy. Part 1 presents a conceptual framework for understanding the subjective bases of worker responses to health and safety hazards using Bourdieu’s concept of habitus and the sociology of risk concepts of trust and uncertainty. Part 2 demonstrates the restructuring arguments using three different industry case studies of multiple mines, farms and auto parts plants. The final chapter draws out the implications of the evidence and theory for social change and presents several recommendations for a more worker-centred politics of health and safety. The book will appeal to social scientists interested in health and safety, work, employment relations and labour law, as well as worker advocates and activists.

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Routledge

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1000228096

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9781000228090

Carnap's Construction of the World

The Aufbau and the Emergence of Logical Empiricism

By: Alan W. Richardson

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Carnap's Construction of the World

The Aufbau and the Emergence of Logical Empiricism

By: Alan W. Richardson

This book is a major contribution to the history of analytic philosophy in general and of logical positivism in particular. It provides the first detailed and comprehensive study of Rudolf Carnap, one of the most influential figures in twentieth-century philosophy. The focus of the book is Carnap's first major work: Der logische Aufbau der Welt (The Logical Structure of the World). It reveals tensions within the context of German epistemology and philosophy of science in the early twentieth century. Alan Richardson argues that Carnap's move to philosophy of science in the 1930s was largely an attempt to dissolve the tension in his early epistemology. This book fills a significant gap in the literature on the history of twentieth-century philosophy. It will be of particular importance to historians of analytic philosophy, philosophers of science, and historians of science.

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258

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Cambridge University Press

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0521430089

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9780521430081

Behold the Hero

General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century

By: Alan McNairn

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Behold the Hero

General Wolfe and the Arts in the Eighteenth Century

By: Alan McNairn

He argues that Wolfe became the embodiment of British patriotism and the superiority of the English way of life, and that the multitude of literary and visual works about Wolfe, which focus primarily on his death, were created in an environment in which legends of inspiring, politically persuasive heroics were much in demand.

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773515399

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9780773515390

The Science of Genetics

By: Alan G. Atherly,Jack R. Girton,John F. McDonald

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The Science of Genetics

By: Alan G. Atherly,Jack R. Girton,John F. McDonald

This first-edition text clearly presents the fundamental principles of genetics, with an emphasis on the problem-solving skills crucial to understanding the complexity of genetics. Intended for undergraduate students in the biological sciences, it is designed to ground students in the basics of genetics, yet also enable them to explore more advanced and specialized subjects. Although the text does not presume an advanced knowledge of biology and chemistry, it does contain numerous examples of how the study of modern genetics rests upon these basic life sciences.

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Thomson Brooks/Cole

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0030292328

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Book's by Alan W. Richardson

Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy

Logical Empiricism as Scientific Philosophy

Regulation for Revenue

Regulation for Revenue

The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk

The Subjectivities and Politics of Occupational Risk

Carnap's Construction of the World

Carnap's Construction of the World

Behold the Hero

Behold the Hero

The Science of Genetics

The Science of Genetics

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