Dorothy Mary Emmet's Books

The Effectiveness of Causes

By: Dorothy Mary Emmet

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The Effectiveness of Causes presents a strong view of causation seen as an operation between participants in events, and not as a relation holding between events themselves. In it, Emmet proposes that other philosophical views of cause and effect provide only a world of events, each of which is presented as an unchanging unit. Such a world, she contends, is a "Zeno universe," since transitions and movement are lost. Emmet offers a more complex interpretation of the various forms of causal dependence. She sees "immanent" causation in the mere persistence of things, where effects are not temporarily separable from causes, and she considers the operation of "efficacious grace." This is a new approach to the traditional problem and provides stimulating implications for the other metaphysical questions and for the philosophy of science.

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SUNY Press

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087395940X

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9780873959407

Women Philosophers Volume II

Entering Academia in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Dorothy G. Rogers

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Women Philosophers Volume II

Entering Academia in Nineteenth-Century America

By: Dorothy G. Rogers

Tackling the intellectual histories of the first twenty women to earn a PhD in philosophy in the United States, this book traces their career development and influence on American intellectual life. The case studies include Eliza Ritchie, Marietta Kies, Julia Gulliver, Anna Alice Cutler, Eliza Sunderland, and many more. Editor Dorothy Rogers looks at the factors that led these women to pursue careers in academic philosophy, examines the ideas they developed, and evaluates the impact they had on the academic and social worlds they inhabited. Many of these women were active in professional academic circles, published in academic journals, and contributed to important philosophical discussions of the day: the question of free will, the nature of God in relation to self, and how to establish a just society. The most successful women earned their degrees at women-friendly institutions, yet a handful of them achieved professional distinction at institutions that refused to recognize their achievements at the time; John Hopkins and Harvard are notable examples. The women who did not develop careers in academic philosophy often moved to careers in social welfare or education. Thus, whilst looking at the academic success of some, this book also examines the policies and practices that made it difficult or impossible for others to succeed.

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376

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350070882

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9781350070882

Pathways of Life

By: Deloris Goins,Dorothy Rockett

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Pathways of Life

By: Deloris Goins,Dorothy Rockett

Revisiting the Jim Crow south, Pathways of Life explores the "I remembers" of one Black woman who comes of age during the time of massive resistance."Deloris Goins' memories of the mid-twentieth century in Charlottesville and Albemarle County, Virginia are as delicious and nourishing as the recipes within these pages. Through her own family history she reveals the transition from segregation to integration with candor and grace." --- Mary Motley Kalergis

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Lulu.com

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0557090334

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9780557090334

Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

By: Dorothy Parker & Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

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Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

By: Dorothy Parker & Kevin C. Fitzpatrick

This collection covers the six years Mrs. Parker wrote a monthly theatre column, first for Vanity Fair, from 1918 to 1920, and then on Ainslee's, from 1920 to 1923"--Page xv.

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517

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iUniverse

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1491722657

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9781491722657

Philosophers and Friends

Reminiscences of Seventy Years in Philosophy

By: Dorothy Emmet

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Philosophers and Friends

Reminiscences of Seventy Years in Philosophy

By: Dorothy Emmet

With a wealth of anecdote Dorothy Emmet looks back on the philosophers who made a personal impact on her. She brings to life the Oxford of the 1920s, and writes particularly about H.A. Pritchard and R.G. Collingwood. She knew A.N. Whitehead and Samuel Alexander, and remembers philosophers who struggled with political dilemmas when a number of intellectuals were turning to Marxism. Describing the post-war period she recalls R.B. Braithwaite, Michael Polanyi, Alasdair MacIntyre and others. Her personal portraits will interest a wide readership, as well as making essential reading for professional philosophers.

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148

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Springer

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1349142158

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9781349142156

Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland

By: Dorothy Wordsworth

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Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland

By: Dorothy Wordsworth

Her engaging "journal" is now republished in this beautiful volume that provides remarkable black-and-white photographs of the Scottish scenes described. Carol Kyros Walker has captured the essence of these places in a photographic essay that follows each week of Wordsworth's recollections.

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372

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Yale University Press

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0300071558

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9780300071559

Christian Practical Wisdom

What It Is, Why It Matters

By: Dorothy C. Bass,Kathleen A. Cahalan,Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore,James R. Nieman,Christian B. Scharen

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Christian Practical Wisdom

What It Is, Why It Matters

By: Dorothy C. Bass,Kathleen A. Cahalan,Bonnie J. Miller-McLemore,James R. Nieman,Christian B. Scharen

In this richly collaborative work, five distinguished scholars examine the oft-neglected embodied practical wisdom that is essential for true theological understanding and faithful Christian living. After first showing what Christian practical wisdom is and does in several real-life situations, the authors tell why such practical wisdom matters and how it operates, exploring reasons behind its decline in both the academy and the church and setting forth constructive cases for its renewal.

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360

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Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

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1467445061

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9781467445061

Iowa Past to Present

The People and the Prairie, Revised Third Edition

By: Dorothy Schwieder,Thomas Morain,Lynn Nielsen

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Iowa Past to Present

The People and the Prairie, Revised Third Edition

By: Dorothy Schwieder,Thomas Morain,Lynn Nielsen

A textbook for fifth grade students which traces the history of Iowa from its earliest inhabitants to the coming of modern times.

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324

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University of Iowa Press

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1587295512

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Book's by Dorothy Mary Emmet

The Effectiveness of Causes

The Effectiveness of Causes

Women Philosophers Volume II

Women Philosophers Volume II

Pathways of Life

Pathways of Life

Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

Dorothy Parker: Complete Broadway, 1918-1923

Philosophers and Friends

Philosophers and Friends

Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland

Recollections of a Tour Made in Scotland

Christian Practical Wisdom

Christian Practical Wisdom

Iowa Past to Present

Iowa Past to Present

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