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Reason, Truth and Self

The Postmodern Reconditioned

By: Michael Luntley

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Reason, Truth and Self

The Postmodern Reconditioned

By: Michael Luntley

Michael Luntley provides a lively introduction to the debate over postmodernism. Sympathisers of the postmodernist critique of absolute knowledge have jetisoned concepts of reason,t ruth and self; this abandonment has fuelled their opponents' case against postmodernism. This has led them to ignore the very real problems raised by the postmodernists. Luntley offers a clear and careful exposition of how rational debate survives despite the Enlightenment's failings. Reason, Truth and Self covers many of the key questions of our age: * How rational is science? * Can we really know the truth about ourselves and the world? * What is the nature of the mind? * Can we know the difference between right and wrong? Reason, Truth and Self is ideal for courses in philosophy and the social sciences.

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1134814690

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Wittgenstein

Opening Investigations

By: Michael Luntley

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Wittgenstein

Opening Investigations

By: Michael Luntley

In this provocatively compelling new book, Michael Luntley offers a revolutionary reading of the opening section of Wittgenstein’s Philosophical Investigations Critically engages with the most recent exegetical literature on Wittgenstein and other state-of-the-art philosophical work Encourages the re-incorporation of Wittgenstein studies into the mainstream philosophical conversation Has profound consequences for how we go on to read the rest of Wittgenstein’s major work Makes a significant contribution not only to the literature on Wittgenstein, but also to studies in philosophy of language

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John Wiley & Sons

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1118978390

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Wittgenstein

Meaning and Judgement

By: Michael Luntley

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Wittgenstein

Meaning and Judgement

By: Michael Luntley

In this important study, Michael Luntley offers a compelling reading of Wittgenstein’s account of meaning and intentionality, based upon a unifying theme in the early and later philosophies. A compelling reading of Wittgenstein’s account of meaning and intentionality. Offers an important and original reading of Wittgenstein’s key texts. Based upon a unifying theme in Wittgenstein’s early and later philosophies.

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0470777052

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Wittgenstein and the Practice of Philosophy

By: Michael Hymers

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Wittgenstein and the Practice of Philosophy

By: Michael Hymers

Wittgenstein and the Practice of Philosophy introduces Wittgenstein’s philosophy to senior undergraduates and graduate students. Its pedagogical premise is that the best way to understand Wittgenstein’s thought is to take seriously his methodological remarks. Its interpretive premise is that those methodological remarks are the natural result of Wittgenstein’s rejection of his early view of the ground of value, including semantic value or meaning, as something that must lie “outside the world.” This metaphysical view of meaning is replaced in his transitional writings with a kind of conventionalism, according to which meaning is made possible by the existence of grammatical conventions that are implicit in our linguistic practices. The implicit nature of these conventions makes us vulnerable to a special kind of confusion that results from lacking a clear view of the norms that underlie our linguistic practices. This special confusion is characteristic of philosophical problems, and the task of philosophy is the therapeutic one of alleviating confusion by helping us to see our grammatical norms clearly. This development of this therapeutic view of philosophy is traced from Wittgenstein’s early Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus through his transitional writings and lectures to his great masterwork, Philosophical Investigations, and his final reflections on knowledge and scepticism in On Certainty. Wittgenstein’s discussions of naming, family resemblances, rule-following and private language in Philosophical Investigations are all examined as instances of this sort of method, as is his discussion of knowledge in On Certainty. The book concludes by considering some objections to the viability of Wittgenstein’s method and speculating on how it might be extended to a discussion of moral value to which Wittgenstein never explicitly returns.

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Broadview Press

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1770482725

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Realism and Truth

By: Michael Devitt

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Realism and Truth

By: Michael Devitt

In a provocative thesis, philosophy professor Michael Devitt argues for a thoroughgoing realism about the common-sense and scientific physical world and for a corresponding notion of truthcontrary to the opinions of anti-realists such as Putnam, Dummett, van Fraassen, and others. This second edition includes a new Afterword by the author.

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Princeton University Press

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0691011877

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Ideologies and Political Theory

A Conceptual Approach

By: Michael Freeden

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Ideologies and Political Theory

A Conceptual Approach

By: Michael Freeden

Ideologies play a crucial role in the way we understand and shape the political world. But no one has yet satisfactorily explained the nature of ideologies themselves. In this important study, Michael Freeden offers a ground-breaking approach to the subject. Drawing on the political experience of Britain, France, Germany, and the USA over the past two centuries, the author provides an in-depth examination of the key political ideologies: liberalism, conservatism, socialism, feminism, and green political thought. He goes on to outline a powerful and sophisticated new theory of ideologies and argues that by paying special attention to the complexity, conceptual inter-relationship, and historical and contemporary context of ideologies we can both better understand them and reinvigorate the study of political theory. From reviews of the hardback: 'What is on offer here is both a highly original and profoundly stimulating analysis of ideological thinking. Freeden's book will undoubtedly shape and redefine the field of 'ideological studies' as it presently stands, initiating fruitful lines of research for many years to come. . . . There is much to admire in this book.' History of European Ideas 'The approach is immensely illuminating. . . . The outstanding merit of Freeden's work is that he has shown what political philosophy presently lacks, and has done so by demonstrating that ideologies should not be dismissed as merely the 'poor cousins' of philosophies. Both political theory and political philosophy have a great deal to learn from this book.' Radical Philosophy

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Clarendon Press

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0191520853

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Safety in Spine Surgery: Transforming Patient Care and Optimizing Outcomes

By: Michael Vitale

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Safety in Spine Surgery: Transforming Patient Care and Optimizing Outcomes

By: Michael Vitale

An indispensable resource for spine surgery professionals at all levels of experience, Safety in Spine Surgery: Transforming Patient Care and Optimizing Outcomes addresses today’s key issues in this complex field. Editor, Michael Vitale, MD, Chief Quality Officer in the Department of Orthopaedic Surgery at Columbia University Medical Center, leads an outstanding team of spine surgeons and other healthcare professionals who provide clear guidance in improving the care and safety of adult and pediatric patients undergoing surgery for disorders of the spine. Timely coverage includes using systems to improve safety and outcomes (such as adherence to process, open communication, team skills-building and training, creating urgency, and building consensus), with a focus on reducing infection, hemorrhage, and nerve injury.

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Lippincott Williams & Wilkins

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1975103920

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Plant-Thinking

A Philosophy of Vegetal Life

By: Michael Marder

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Plant-Thinking

A Philosophy of Vegetal Life

By: Michael Marder

The margins of philosophy are populated by non-human, non-animal living beings, including plants. While contemporary philosophers tend to refrain from raising ontological and ethical concerns with vegetal life, Michael Marder puts this life at the forefront of the current deconstruction of metaphysics. He identifies the existential features of plant behavior and the vegetal heritage of human thought so as to affirm the potential of vegetation to resist the logic of totalization and to exceed the narrow confines of instrumentality. Reconstructing the life of plants "after metaphysics," Marder focuses on their unique temporality, freedom, and material knowledge or wisdom. In his formulation, "plant-thinking" is the non-cognitive, non-ideational, and non-imagistic mode of thinking proper to plants, as much as the process of bringing human thought itself back to its roots and rendering it plantlike.

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Columbia University Press

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023153325X

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Ebook without Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,M. Christine Stock,Rafael Ortega

Clinical Anesthesia, Seventh Edition covers the full spectrum of clinical options, providing insightful coverage of pharmacology, physiology, co-existing diseases, and surgical procedures. This classic book is unmatched for its clarity and depth of coverage. *This version does not support the video and update content that is included with the print edition. Key Features: • Formatted to comply with Kindle specifications for easy reading • Comprehensive and heavily illustrated • Full color throughout • Key Points begin each chapter and are labeled throughout the chapter where they are discussed at length • Key References are highlighted • Written and edited by acknowledged leaders in the field • New chapter on Anesthesia for Laparoscopic and Robotic Surgery Whether you’re brushing up on the basics, or preparing for a complicated case, the digital version will let you take the content wherever you go.

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1469830248

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Environmental Analysis

By: Lawrence Michael

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Environmental Analysis

By: Lawrence Michael

Environmental Analysis: Your Right Cheer Curve is complex scholarships simplified & not reduced. Idea for every householder, businessperson & policy-maker.

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Booktango

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1468931539

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Issues Aren't Only About Pedigreee & Children

By: Lawrence Michael

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Issues Aren't Only About Pedigreee & Children

By: Lawrence Michael

The book is a an edited version of my earlier works and very close to Tangerines for the Brain. An edition that hopes to appeal to general readers as much as Tangerines for the Brain interests the thinking populace.

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1468932136

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Tangerines for the Brain

By: Lawrence Michael

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Tangerines for the Brain

By: Lawrence Michael

Tangerines for the Brain form a summary of the author's venture into serious academia: over issues that immediately affect you & serious academic discussions. In his typical simplified & lucid style that makes you a Professor in your own home. Or have your grandparents play one if you do not wish to play the informed professor at home. A delectable selection of ideas for those discussion hours!

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Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

By: Michael J. Cousins

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Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

By: Michael J. Cousins

This comprehensive, authoritative text presents the scientific foundations and clinical practice of neural blockade in both regional anesthesia and the management of pain. The descriptions and illustrations of pain mechanisms are considered classic examples. The Fourth Edition has been refined for clarity and flows logically from principles and pharmacology, to techniques for each anatomic region, to applications. This edition has two new co-editors and several new chapters on topics including neurologic complications, neural blockade for surgery, treatment of pain in older people, and complications in pain medicine. A companion Website will offer the fully searchable text and an image bank.

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1451178654

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Wittgenstein’s Education: 'A Picture Held Us Captive’

By: Michael A. Peters,Jeff Stickney

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Wittgenstein’s Education: 'A Picture Held Us Captive’

By: Michael A. Peters,Jeff Stickney

Dedicated to educators who are not philosophy specialists, this book offers an overview of the connections between Wittgenstein’s later philosophy and his own training and practice as an educator. Arguing for the centrality of education to Wittgenstein’s life and works, the authors resist any reduction of Wittgenstein’s philosophy to remarks on pedagogy while addressing the current controversy surrounding the role of training in the enculturation process. Significant events in his education and life are examined as the background for successful interpretation, without lending biographical details explanatory force. The book discusses the importance of Wittgenstein’s training and dismissal as an elementary teacher (1920-26) in light of his later, frequent use (1930s-40s) of many ‘scenes of instruction’ in his Cambridge lectures and notebooks. These depictions culminated in his now famous Philosophical Investigations -- a counter to his earlier philosophy in the Tractatus. Wittgenstein came to distinguish between empirical inquiries into how education, language or mathematics might ideally work, from grammatical studies of how we learn on the rough ground to normatively go-on as others do – often without explicit rules and with considerable degrees of ambiguity, for instance, in implementing new guidelines during a curriculum reform or in evaluating teachers. The book argues that Wittgenstein’s reflections on education -- spanning from mathematics training to the acquisition of language and cultivation of aesthetic appreciation -- are of central significance to both the man and his pedagogical style of philosophy.

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Springer

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9811084114

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,Christine M. Stock,Rafael Ortega

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

By: Paul Barash,Bruce F. Cullen,Robert K. Stoelting,Michael Cahalan,Christine M. Stock,Rafael Ortega

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Reason, Truth and Self

The Postmodern Reconditioned

By: Michael Luntley

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The Postmodern Reconditioned

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Safety in Spine Surgery: Transforming Patient Care and Optimizing Outcomes

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Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Ebook without Multimedia

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Environmental Analysis

Environmental Analysis

Issues Aren't Only About Pedigreee & Children

Issues Aren't Only About Pedigreee & Children

Tangerines for the Brain

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Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Cousins and Bridenbaugh's Neural Blockade in Clinical Anesthesia and Pain Medicine

Wittgenstein’s Education: 'A Picture Held Us Captive’

Wittgenstein’s Education: 'A Picture Held Us Captive’

Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

Clinical Anesthesia, 7e: Print + Ebook with Multimedia

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