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The Self-Conscious, Thinking Subject

A Kantian Contribution to Reestablishing Reason in a Post-Truth Age

By: Robert Abele

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The Self-Conscious, Thinking Subject

A Kantian Contribution to Reestablishing Reason in a Post-Truth Age

By: Robert Abele

This book argues that the primary function of human thinking in language is to make judgments, which are logical-normative connections of concepts. Robert Abele points out that this presupposes cognitive conditions that cannot be accounted for by empirical-linguistic analyses of language content or social conditions alone. Judgments rather assume both reason and a unified subject, and this requires recognition of a Kantian-type of transcendental dimension to them. Judgments are related to perception in that both are syntheses, defined as the unity of representations according to a rule/form. Perceptual syntheses are simultaneously pre-linguistic and proto-rational, and the understanding (Kant’s Verstand) makes these syntheses conceptually and thus self-consciously explicit. Abele concludes with a transcendental critique of postmodernism and what its deflationary view of ontological categories—such as the unified and reasoning subject—has done to political thinking. He presents an alternative that calls for a return to normativity and a recognition of reason, objectivity, and the universality of principles.

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348

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Springer Nature

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3030795578

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9783030795573

Bell

Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude

By: Robert V. Bruce

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Bell

Alexander Graham Bell and the Conquest of Solitude

By: Robert V. Bruce

A reprint of the 1973 biography of the American inventor. Divided into pre-telephone, telephone, and post-telephone sections, also covers his work with the Smithsonian, the deaf, the National Geographic Society, and Science magazine. Paper edition ($12.95) not seen. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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580

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Cornell University Press

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0801496918

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9780801496912

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

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Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Second Edition

By: Robert J. Heston

Get accurate information about Scottish clans, family associations, and societies in this updated edition of Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families. Robert J. Heston expands on his groundbreaking work to focus on the Standing Council of Scottish Chiefs’ (SCSC) list of 353 clans. In addition, the author has retained the details of thirty-three Scottish families who are active in the United States and not cited in the SCSC list. When using this book, it is important to note that most Scottish clan and family organizations have clauses in their family lists stating that “variations in spelling of these names are accepted.” Therefore, this book provides the researcher the ability to look beyond an exact spelling of a name. Other books on this subject focus on a small number of clans, ancient names, and the preferred spellings of these small number of families. Some associate an individual name to a tartan, which can be problematic. With more than 12,000 names with the sources where these names were found, this work is the best source focused on identifying family surnames associated with Scottish clans, houses, and families.

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158

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Archway Publishing

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1665723572

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9781665723572

Cyclopaedia of English Literature

Vol. II

By: Robert Chambers

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Cyclopaedia of English Literature

Vol. II

By: Robert Chambers

Reprint of the original, first published in 1858. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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838

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BoD – Books on Demand

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3382315319

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9783382315313

The Rough Guide to Britain

By: Robert Andrews

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The Rough Guide to Britain

By: Robert Andrews

The Rough Guide to Britain is the ultimate insiders' handbook to England, Wales and Scotland. The full-colour introduction brings the countries' highlights to life, from the Eden Project in Cornwall to Edinburgh's Royal Mile. The authors provide lively accounts of every sight from the latest attractions such as the Cardiff Bay area and Gateshead's Baltic Centre to established landmarks from the Tower of London to Edinburgh Castle. For every town and region there are lively reviews of the best places to stay, eat and drink, to suit all pockets and with accompanying maps pinpointing each location. There's also practical tips on exploring the great British countryside from the rugged Pembrokeshire coastline to the picturesque valleys of the Yorkshire Dales.

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1406

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Rough Guides

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1843533014

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9781843533016

The Works of Robert Hall, A.M.

Vol. 1

By: Robert Hall,Olinthus Gregory

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The Works of Robert Hall, A.M.

Vol. 1

By: Robert Hall,Olinthus Gregory

Reprint of the original, first published in 1839.

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3368751239

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Scotland’s Gang Members

Life and Crime in Glasgow

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

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Scotland’s Gang Members

Life and Crime in Glasgow

By: Robert McLean,James A. Densley

Drawing on extensive life-history interviews with serious violent offenders, this book offers a unique socio-historical analysis of gang membership and gang evolution in Glasgow, Scotland’s largest city. The book chronicles the lives of young men in and around Glasgow from early childhood to present day and examines the lived experience of family, friendship, community, and crime. It demonstrates how street reputations are won and lost and how gang membership is not a single event but an experiential process of offending, victimisation, consensus, and conflict. The book follows the young men’s descent into knife crime and street violence and the impact of imprisonment on their life chances. Detailed narratives capture how they individually and collectively transitioned from street violence to profit-driven organised crime, before eventually disengaging from gangs and desisting from offending. The book concludes with an in-depth discussion of the evolution of gangs and organised crime in the 21st century and in the inner-workings of Scotland’s marketplace for illegal goods and services, with implications for police, practitioners, and policymakers. A page-turner from start to finish, Scotlands’ Gang Members is a truly unique contribution to knowledge about gangs and crime, written to high academic standards but readable and accessible to all.

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202

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Springer Nature

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3030477525

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9783030477523

The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics

By: Robert R. Clewis

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The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics

By: Robert R. Clewis

Organized around eight themes central to aesthetic theory today, this book examines the sources and development of Kant's aesthetics by mining his publications, correspondence, handwritten notes, and university lectures. Each chapter explores one of eight themes: aesthetic judgment and normativity, formal beauty, partly conceptual beauty, artistic creativity or genius, the fine arts, the sublime, ugliness and disgust, and humor. Robert R. Clewis considers how Kant's thought was shaped by authors such as Christian Wolff, Alexander Baumgarten, Georg Meier, Moses Mendelssohn, Johann Sulzer, Johann Herder, Francis Hutcheson, David Hume, Edmund Burke, Henry Home, Charles Batteux, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, and Voltaire. His resulting study uncovers and illuminates the complex development of Kant's aesthetic theory and will be useful to advanced students and scholars in fields across the humanities and studies of the arts.

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281

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Cambridge University Press

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1009209418

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9781009209410

Say what You Mean!

A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

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Say what You Mean!

A Troubleshooter's Guide to English Style and Usage

By: Robert Lawrence Trask

Say What You Mean! lays down the laws for writing simple, effective, and unambiguous sentences, the kind that deliver the facts, influence opinion, and make things work throughout the English-speaking world - and that you and every other American grown-up must know how to write if you want to be understood by others." "Since it was published in England in 2001, Say What You Mean! has become a must-read among journalists, writers, educators, and language-mavens - everyone who needs to know the difference between lesser and fewer, disinterested and uninterested, and hire, rent, and charter."--BOOK JACKET.

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324

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David R. Godine Publisher

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1567922635

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9781567922639

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The Self-Conscious, Thinking Subject

The Self-Conscious, Thinking Subject

Bell

Bell

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Scottish Clans and Their Associated Families

Cyclopaedia of English Literature

Cyclopaedia of English Literature

The Rough Guide to Britain

The Rough Guide to Britain

The Works of Robert Hall, A.M.

The Works of Robert Hall, A.M.

Scotland’s Gang Members

Scotland’s Gang Members

The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics

The Origins of Kant's Aesthetics

Say what You Mean!

Say what You Mean!

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