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Reason's Nearest Kin

Philosophies of Arithmetic from Kant to Carnap

By: Michael Potter

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Reason's Nearest Kin

Philosophies of Arithmetic from Kant to Carnap

By: Michael Potter

How do we account for the truth of arithmetic? And if it does not depend for its truth on the way the world is, what constrains the world to conform to arithmetic? Reason's Nearest Kin is a critical examination of the astonishing progress made towards answering these questions from the late nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. In the space of fifty years Frege, Dedekind, Russell, Wittgenstein, Ramsey, Hilbert, and Carnap developed accounts of the content of arithmetic that were brilliantly original both technically and philosophically. Michael Potter's innovative study presents them all as finding that content in various aspects of the complex linkage between experience, language, thought, and the world. Potter's reading places them all in Kant's shadow since it was his attempt to ground arithmetic in the spatio-temporal structure of reality that they were reacting against; but it places us in Gödel's shadow since his incompleteness theorems supply us with a measure of the richness of the content they were trying to explain. This stimulating reassessment of some of the classic texts in the philosophy of mathematics reveals many unexpected connections and illuminating comparisons, and offers a wealth of ideas for future work in the subject.

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0191520225

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The Ride of Your Life: 25 Reasons Why Theme Parks Are Modern Shrines

By: Michael Fridgen

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The Ride of Your Life: 25 Reasons Why Theme Parks Are Modern Shrines

By: Michael Fridgen

From the magical colossus of Disney to the charming quaintness of Tivoli Gardens, theme parks are as established as schools and hospitals. Theme parks have become dynamic destinations where people test their courage and learn to have fun in safe environments. Theme parks are also economic catalysts that offer employment, as they require a supporting structure of roads, hotels, restaurants, and shops. Most importantly, they give us a place to celebrate life's milestones. After each reason that theme parks are modern shrines, the author presents a snapshot of a park. These snapshots represent theme parks around the globe. For example, Disneyland in California represents the ideal of nostalgia while Germany's Europa-Park portrays the virtue of interacting with locals. Take an interesting, informative, and fun look at why theme parks around the globe are so magical with The Ride of Your Life.

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Lulu.com

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0996857443

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Why Men Fall Out of Love

The Secrets They Don't Tell

By: Michael French

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Why Men Fall Out of Love

The Secrets They Don't Tell

By: Michael French

Addressing both men and women, novelist and nonfiction author French (Abingdon's) provides an insider's view of what drives men away from their partners and what both parties can do about it. Basing his insights on in-depth interviews with men from all socioeconomic groups who were asked why a previously wonderful relationship turned sour, he discovered that some "relationship busters" can be traced back to childhood issues of anger and loss, issues of masculine identity, popular culture's emphasis on happiness, and communication differences between men and women. Interestingly, women generally act to change their unhappiness, while men tend to live with it. Most articles on relationships are written from a woman's perspective, but French offers a look from the male perspective. Well done and helpful; recommended for all libraries.

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Selfhelpbooks.Com

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1587411326

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Test your English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate

By: Michael McCarthy,Felicity O'Dell

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Test your English Vocabulary in Use Upper-Intermediate

By: Michael McCarthy,Felicity O'Dell

Varied vocabulary tests with answers; new to the popular English Vocabulary in Use series. Varied vocabulary tests with answers; new to the popular English Vocabulary in Use series.

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Cambridge University Press

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052166568X

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Lexical Priming

A New Theory of Words and Language

By: Michael Hoey

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Lexical Priming

A New Theory of Words and Language

By: Michael Hoey

Lexical Priming proposes a radical new theory of the lexicon, which amounts to a completely new theory of language based on how words are used in the real world. Here they are not confined to the definitions given to them in dictionaries but instead interact with other words in common patterns of use. Using concrete statistical evidence from a corpus of newspaper English, but also referring to travel writing and literary text, the author argues that words are 'primed' for use through our experience with them, so that everything we know about a word is a product of our encounters with it. This knowledge explains how speakers of a language succeed in being fluent, creative and natural.

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Routledge

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1134333587

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The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy

By: Michael Proudfoot,A.R. Lacey

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The Routledge Dictionary of Philosophy

By: Michael Proudfoot,A.R. Lacey

A dictionary of philosophy that includes a guide to philosophy online.

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Techniques of Description

Spoken and Written Discourse

By: Gwyneth Fox,Michael Hoey,John M. Sinclair

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Techniques of Description

Spoken and Written Discourse

By: Gwyneth Fox,Michael Hoey,John M. Sinclair

This book is a tribute to Malcolm Coulthard, who has been remarkably active and influential across a wide range of English Language Studies. He is particularly well-known for his pioneering work in spoken and written discourse analysis and most recently, for his work in forensic linguistics. This collection of specially commissioned, state-of-the-art pieces by leading international linguists is dedicated to the man and his achievements and provides a showcase for the most exciting developments in applied discourse studies. All the papers share common assumptions about language study: that descriptions should be data-based, data-tested and replicable. The collection as a whole contains original and important new research on descriptions, with intriuging applications to forensic, gender and literary studies.

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1134881401

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Trinity and Creation

By: Boyd Taylor Coolman,Dale Michael Coulter

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Trinity and Creation

By: Boyd Taylor Coolman,Dale Michael Coulter

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New City Press

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1565483731

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The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa)

The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther

By: Michael G. Wechsler

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The Book of Conviviality in Exile (Kitāb al-īnās bi-ʾl-jalwa)

The Judaeo-Arabic Translation and Commentary of Saadia Gaon on the Book of Esther

By: Michael G. Wechsler

This volume presents a critical edition of the Judaeo-Arabic translation and commentary on the book of Esther by Saadia Gaon (882–942). This edition, accompanied by an introduction and extensively annotated English translation, affords access to the first-known personalized, rationalistic Jewish commentary on this biblical book. Saadia innovatively organizes the biblical narrative—and his commentary thereon—according to seven “guidelines” that provide a practical blueprint by which Israel can live as an abased people under Gentile dominion. Saadia’s prodigious acumen and sense of communal solicitude find vivid expression throughout his commentary in his carefully-defined structural and linguistic analyses, his elucidative references to a broad range of contemporary socio-religious and vocational realia, his anti-Karaite polemics, and his attention to various issues, both psychological and practical, attending Jewish-Gentile conviviality in a 10th-century Islamicate milieu.

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9004284524

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Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate Without Answers

By: Michael McCarthy,Felicity O'Dell,Ellen Shaw

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Vocabulary in Use Upper Intermediate Without Answers

By: Michael McCarthy,Felicity O'Dell,Ellen Shaw

Vocabulary in Use: Upper Intermediate helps high-intermediate to advanced learners consolidate and expand their knowledge of English vocabulary. The book contains 100 lessons that cover approximately 3,000 new vocabulary items. Ideal for self-study, its easy-to-use format presents a content- or grammar-based area of vocabulary on the left-hand page and innovative practice activities on the right-hand page. Firmly based on current vocabulary acquisition theory, this text promotes good learning habits and teaches students how to discover rules for using vocabulary correctly. An edition with an answer key, suitable for self-study, is available; an intermediate level is also available.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521577004

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9780521577007

Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

An Introduction

By: Michael Pakaluk

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Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics

An Introduction

By: Michael Pakaluk

An engaging and accessible introduction to Aristotle's great masterpiece of moral philosophy.

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0521817420

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Faces of Intention

Selected Essays on Intention and Agency

By: Michael Bratman

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Faces of Intention

Selected Essays on Intention and Agency

By: Michael Bratman

A collection of essays is concerned with deepening our understanding of the notion of intention.

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Cambridge University Press

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0521637279

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Cybersounds

Essays on Virtual Music Culture

By: Michael D. Ayers

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Cybersounds

Essays on Virtual Music Culture

By: Michael D. Ayers

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Peter Lang

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082047861X

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Educating Oneself in Public

Critical Essays in Jurisprudence

By: Michael S. Moore

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Educating Oneself in Public

Critical Essays in Jurisprudence

By: Michael S. Moore

Educating Oneself in Public is a sophisticated, detailed and original examination of the main ideas that have dominated Anglo-American legal philosophy since 1945.

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Oxford University Press, USA

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0198268793

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Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy

By: Daniel M. Hausman,Michael S. McPherson

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Economic Analysis and Moral Philosophy

By: Daniel M. Hausman,Michael S. McPherson

Discusses how standard economics may be improved by an understanding of moral philosophy.

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0521558506

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9780521558501

Principles of Cognitive Psychology

By: Michael W. Eysenck

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Principles of Cognitive Psychology

By: Michael W. Eysenck

Thoroughly revised and updated, this work covers the fundamental topics in cognitive psychology such as perception, attention and pattern recognition, memory, language, problem solving and reasoning.

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Psychology Press

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1841692603

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Atheism

A Philosophical Justification

By: Michael Martin

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Atheism

A Philosophical Justification

By: Michael Martin

In this book Michael Martin provides logical reasons for being an atheist. Carefully examining the current debate in Anglo-American analytic philosophy regarding God's existence, Martin presents a comprehensive critique of the arguments for the existence of God and a defense of arguments against the existence of God, showing in detail their relevance to atheism. Claiming that atheism is a rational position while theistic beliefs are not, he relies both on logic and evidence and confines his efforts to showing the irrationality of belief in a personal supreme being who is omniscient, omnipotent, perfect, and the creator of heaven and earth. The author's approach is two-fold. By presenting and criticizing arguments that have been advanced in favor of belief, he makes a case for "negative atheism." By offering arguments against atheism and defending it from these attacks, he presents a case for "positive atheism." Along the way, he confronts the views of numerous philosophers—among them Anselm, Aquinas, Plantinga, Hick, and Swinburne—and refutes both classical and contemporary arguments that have been advanced through the history of this debate. In his conclusion, Martin considers what would and would not follow if his main arguments were widely accepted, and he defines and distinguishes atheism from other "isms" and movements. Building on the work of religious skeptics and atheists of the past and present, he justifies his reconstruction of this philosophical dispute by citing some of the most interesting and important arguments for atheism and criticisms of arguments for the existence of God that have appeared in recent journal articles and have yet to be systematically addressed. Author note: Michael Martin is Professor of Philosophy at Boston University and author of several books, including The Legal Philosophy of H.L.A. Hart: A Critical Appraisal and The Case Against Christianity (both from Temple).

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0877229430

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Perfecting Human Actions

St. Thomas Aquinas on Human Participation in Eternal Law

By: John Michael Rziha

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Perfecting Human Actions

St. Thomas Aquinas on Human Participation in Eternal Law

By: John Michael Rziha

During the last few centuries, a practical dichotomy between God and humans has developed within moral theory. As a result, moral theory tends to focus only on humans where human autonomy is foundational or only on God where divine commands capriciously rule. However, the moral theology of Thomas Aquinas overcomes this dichotomy. For Thomas, humans reach their perfection by participating in God's wisdom and love. Perfecting Human Actions explores the ways humans participate in eternal law--God's wisdom that guides and moves all things to their proper action. The book begins with a thoughtful examination of the philosophic recovery of the notion of participation in Thomistic metaphysics. It then explains Thomas's theological understanding of the notion of participation to show how humans are related to God. It is discovered that when performing human actions, humans participate in the eternal law in two ways: as moved and governed by it, and cognitively. In reference to participation as moved and governed, humans are directed by God to their proper end of eternal happiness. This mode of participation can be increased by perfecting the natural inclinations through virtue, grace, and the gifts of the Holy Spirit. In reference to cognitive participation, humans as rational creatures can know their proper end and how to attain it. Through this knowledge of moral truths, the intellect participates in the eternal law. Cognitive participation is perfected by the intellectual virtues (especially faith) and the gifts of the Holy Spirit (especially wisdom). The book concludes by showing how the notion of human participation in the eternal law is a much better foundation for moral theory than the contemporary notion of autonomy. ABOUT THE AUTHOR: John Rziha is associate professor of theology at Benedictine College. PRAISE FOR THE BOOK: " A] competent and indeed masterful study. . . . Rziha's book is to be welcomed as not just an important, but indeed an overdue contribution to the contemporary recovery of Aquinas's moral theory. More importantly, this study is of surpassing importance in advancing the correct understanding of the relationship between human freedom and natural law. . . . Rziha's lucidly written and well-documented study displays all the characteristics of a competent and learned interpretation of the thought of the doctor communis according to the highest standards of current Aquinas scholarship."--Reinhard Hutter, Thomist "Rziha explores at length the two modes by which human participate in God's eternal law: as moved and governed by it and as having knowledge of it. . . . T]his book proves to be something of a comprehensive course in Thomistic thought. This project is supported by extensive and meticulous footnote reverences to texts of Aquinas." --Janine Marie Idziak, Speculum

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CUA Press

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0813216729

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9780813216720

Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Time and Space

By: Michael Futch

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Leibniz’s Metaphysics of Time and Space

By: Michael Futch

Leibniz’s metaphysics of space and time stands at the centre of his philosophy and is one of the high-water marks in the history of the philosophy of science. In this work, Futch provides the first systematic and comprehensive examination of Leibniz’s thought on this subject. In addition to elucidating the nature of Leibniz’s relationalism, the book fills a lacuna in existing scholarship by examining his views on the topological structure of space and time, including the unity and unboundedness of space and time. It is shown that, like many of his more recent counterparts, Leibniz adopts a causal theory of time where temporal facts are grounded on causal facts, and that his approach to time represents a precursor to non-tensed theories of time. Futch then goes on to situate Leibniz’s philosophy of space and time within the broader context of his idealistic metaphysics and natural theology. Emphasizing the historical background of Leibniz’s thought, the book also places him in dialogue with contemporary philosophy of science, underscoring the enduring philosophical interest of Leibniz’s metaphysics of time and space.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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1402082371

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9781402082375

Foucault's Nietzschean Genealogy

Truth, Power, and the Subject

By: Michael Mahon

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Foucault's Nietzschean Genealogy

Truth, Power, and the Subject

By: Michael Mahon

This is the first full-length study of the impact of Friedrich Nietzsche's writings on the thought of French philosopher Michel Foucault. Focusing on the notion of genealogy in the thought of both Nietzsche and Foucault, the author explores the three genealogical axes--truth, power, and the subject--as they gradually emerge in Foucault's writings. This complex of axes into which Foucault was drawn, especially as a result of his early history of madness, called forth his explicit adoption of a Nietzschean approach to his future work. By interpreting Foucault's Histoire de la folie in the light of Nietzsche's genealogy of tragedy, Mahon shows how the moral problematization of madness in history provides the historical conditions from which the three axes emerge. After tracing the gradual emergence of the three axes through Foucault's writings of the remainder of the 1960s, especially Les Mots et les choses, Mahon turns to Foucault's explicit methodological statements and his notion of genealogy and offers a reading of Foucault's L'archeologie du savoir, arguing that there is no chasm between Foucault's archaeological writings and his genealogies. The work concludes with an analysis of Foucault's final writings on the genealogy of modern subjectivity and an examination of how truth, power, and the subject operate for the modern psychoanalytic subject of desire.

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0791411494

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