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In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy

By: Thomas Wilk,Steven Gimbel

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In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy

By: Thomas Wilk,Steven Gimbel

Who is morally permitted to tell jokes about Jews? Poles? Women? Only those in the group? Only those who would be punching up? Anyone, since they are just jokes? All of the standard approaches are too broad or too narrow. In on the Joke provides a more sophisticated approach according to which each person possesses "joke capital" that can serve as "comic insurance" covering certain jokes in certain contexts. When Bob tells a joke about Jews, we can never know exactly what Bob is intending since we cannot see inside Bob’s mind. But we could reasonably infer, if we knew Bob himself was Jewish, if he worked tirelessly for Jewish causes, or was a card-carrying Neo-Nazi. Each would affect his joke capital, and, in certain circumstances, we would have a moral standing to demand to see his ledger to see how much joke capital he had with respect to Jews. The permissibility of that joke depends upon four factors: the joke, the teller of the joke, the audience, and the setting. The view developed in In on the Joke is the only view that clearly explains how each of these components work together in an integrated, effective ethic of humor.

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Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

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3110760029

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22

6 August-31 December 1791

By: Thomas Jefferson

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The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22

6 August-31 December 1791

By: Thomas Jefferson

The months covered by this volume illustrate the variety of topics characteristic of the Jefferson Papers. Subjects range from Jefferson's continued overseeing of the planning of the Federal District that became Washington, D.C., to his worries over his debts and his exchange of correspondence with the free black Benjamin Banneker. This period, an unusually significant time for Jefferson as Secretary of State, saw the opening of a new phase of diplomacy. When Jefferson returned to the capital after a stay at Monticello in the fall, the first British minister to the United States had arrived, and the new representative from France had been in the city since August. During this time Jefferson began keeping private notes on important political conversations, notes that he later collected and bound. These notes were published after his death as Jefferson's Anas, a work never closely examined until now and often extended beyond Jefferson's evident intention. Ascertaining that Jefferson collected and intended only those documents from his tenure as Secretary of State to be used to challenge the Federalist interpretation of Washington's administration, the present editors publish the Anas notes not as compiled late in Jefferson's life or as amplified by others, but in chronological order, in the context in which they were written. Also discovered during the preparation of this volume was a new, later date or that portion of Jefferson's famous Espistolary Record written in his own hand.

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Princeton University Press

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0691184658

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Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

By: Thomas D. Carroll

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Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

By: Thomas D. Carroll

The commonly held view that Wittgensteinian philosophy of religion is fideistic loses plausibility when contrasted with recent scholarship on Wittgenstein's corpus and biography. This book reevaluates the place of Wittgenstein in the philosophy of religion and charts a path forward for the subfield by advancing three themes.

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Springer

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1137407905

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A Belief in Humanity: The Untold Story of Conciliar Humanism

The Twentieth-Century Retrieval of Sapiential Consciousness

By: Thomas D. Carroll

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A Belief in Humanity: The Untold Story of Conciliar Humanism

The Twentieth-Century Retrieval of Sapiential Consciousness

By: Thomas D. Carroll

“I believe in a new humanity.” Evocative words spoken by Pope Francis to the assembled young people in Kraków, Poland during the final mass for World Youth Day on July 31, 2016. What was he thinking about? Where did this idea come from? This book answers these questions and examines for the first time an original way of thinking about our shared humanity, a way that was intimated sixty years ago and is still to be explored.

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Wipf and Stock Publishers

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9798385207367

Snowshoe Country

An Environmental and Cultural History of Winter in the Early American Northeast

By: Thomas M. Wickman

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Snowshoe Country

An Environmental and Cultural History of Winter in the Early American Northeast

By: Thomas M. Wickman

An environmental and cultural history of winter in the colonial Northeast, examining indigenous and settler knowledge of life in the cold.

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Cambridge University Press

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1108426794

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Religion, Disease, and Immunology

By: Thomas B. Ellis

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Religion, Disease, and Immunology

By: Thomas B. Ellis

This book argues that religion has emerged over evolutionary time as a strategy for managing the transmission, contraction, and eradication of infectious disease. From purity and pollution codes to blood sacrifices and irrational beliefs, the book shows how religion supports not only the physiological immune system, but the behavioral and psychological immune systems as well. The book also addresses those moments when it appears that religion becomes maladaptive, that is, when religion causes “autoimmune problems,” such as celibacy and anti-vaccination. Engaging material ranging from evolutionary and social psychology to human behavioral ecology, biological anthropology, Darwinian medicine, and religious studies, the book proposes that in order to understand the human animal's enduring fascination with religion, one must take into account the enduring need to manage infectious disease.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1350188263

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Historic Maps of Kentucky

By: Thomas D. Clark

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Historic Maps of Kentucky

By: Thomas D. Clark

Maps published frorn the third quarter of the eighteenth century through the Civil War reflect in colorful detail the emergence of the Commonwealth of Kentucky and the unfolding art of American cartography. Ten maps, selected and annotated by the most eminent historian of Kentucky, have been reproduced in authentic facsimiles. The accompanying booklet includes an illuminating historical essay, as well as notes on the individuaL facsimiles, and is illustrated with numerous details of other notable Kentucky maps. Among the rare maps reproduced are one of the battlefield of Perryville (1877), a colorful travelers' map (1839), and a map of the Falls of the Ohio (1806) believed to be the first map printed in Kentucky.

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University Press of Kentucky

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0813165261

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Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology

By: Duncan C. Thomas

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Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology

By: Duncan C. Thomas

Environmental epidemiology is the study of the environmental causes of disease in populations and how these risks vary in relation to intensity and duration of exposure and other factors like genetic susceptibility. As such, it is the basic science upon which governmental safety standards and compensation policies for environmental and occupational exposure are based. Profusely illustrated with examples from the epidemiologic literature on ionizing radiation and air pollution, this text provides a systematic treatment of the statistical challenges that arise in environmental health studies and the use epidemiologic data in formulating public policy, at a level suitable for graduate students and epidemiologic researchers. After a general overview of study design and statistical methods for epidemiology generally, the book goes on to address the problems that are unique to environmental health studies, special-purpose designs like two-phase case-control studies and countermatching, statistical methods for modeling exposure-time-response relationships, longitudinal and time-series studies, spatial and ecologic methods, exposure measurement error, interactions, and mechanistic models. It also discusses studies aimed at evaluating the public health benefits of interventions to improve the environment, the use of epidemiologic data to establish environmental safety standards and compensation policy, and concludes with emerging problems in reproductive epidemiology, natural and man-made disasters like global warming, and the global burden of environmentally caused disease. No other book provides such a broad perspective on the methodological challenges in this field at a level accessible to both epidemiologists and statisticians.

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OUP Oxford

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0191552690

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Behavioural Change

An Evidence-Based Handbook for Social and Public Health

By: Colette Browning,Shane A. Thomas

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Behavioural Change

An Evidence-Based Handbook for Social and Public Health

By: Colette Browning,Shane A. Thomas

Behavioural Change provides a comprehensive overview of what is known about our ability to change behaviour of people across a wide range of domains including smoking, physical activity and exercise, eating and nutrition, sexual behaviour, drugs and alcohol use, sleep, crash and injury prevention, depression, gambling and self-management of chronic illness. It not only reviews the evidence concerning these issues but also provides original insights into how effective and sustainable intervention programs may be designed and delivered to address them. The main emphasis of the book is on linking research knowledge, i.e. the evidence base, and its translation into effective and sustainable programs. State of the art reviews are presented in an accessible but authoritative manner. The emphasis upon transfer to programs is very useful for practitioners and students. For all topics, the following questions are posed: What is the scope of the problem within the international communities? What approaches are typically used to prevent or treat it? What is the evidence as to the most effective approaches to prevention and treatment? What is the performance of these approaches in terms of prevention/diversion and full or partial recovery for the short and long term?

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Elsevier Health Sciences

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0443073570

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9780443073571

History of Society of Jesus in NA. ,v2

Colonial and Federal Vol. 2

By: Thomas Hughes

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History of Society of Jesus in NA. ,v2

Colonial and Federal Vol. 2

By: Thomas Hughes

With our American Philosophy and Religion series, Applewood reissues many primary sources published throughout American history. Through these books, scholars, interpreters, students, and non-academics alike can see the thoughts and beliefs of Americans who came before us.

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1429019018

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The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

By: Michael Numan,Thomas R. Insel

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The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

By: Michael Numan,Thomas R. Insel

In addition to filling a need within the field of parental behavior, this book contributes importantly to the growing area of emotional and motivational neuroscience. A major part of neuroscience research at the whole organism level has been focused on cognitive neuroscience, with an emphasis on the neurobiology of learning and memory, but there has been a recent upsurge in research which is attempting to define the neural basis of basic motivational and emotional systems which regulate such behaviors as food intake, aggression, reproduction, reward-seeking behaviors, and anxiety-related behaviors. In this book the emphasis is on the research findings obtained from rodents, sheep and primates. The authors' goal, of course, was to provide a foundation that may help us understand the neurobiology of human parental behavior. Indeed, the last chapter attempts to integrate the non-human research data with some human data in order to make some inroads toward an understanding of postpartum depression, child abuse, and child neglect. Clearly, motivational and emotional neuroscience has close ties to psychiatry, and this connection will be very evident in the final chapter. By understanding the neurobiology of parental behavior we are also delving into neurobiological factors which may have an impact on core human characteristics involved in sociality, social attachment, nurturing behavior, and love. In this very violent world, it is hard to conceive of a group of characteristics that are more worthy of study.

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Springer Science & Business Media

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0387217991

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9780387217994

Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology

By: Duncan C. Thomas

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Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology

By: Duncan C. Thomas

This well-organized and clearly written text has a unique focus on methods of identifying the joint effects of genes and environment on disease patterns. It follows the natural sequence of research, taking readers through the study designs and statistical analysis techniques for determining whether a trait runs in families, testing hypotheses about whether a familial tendency is due to genetic or environmental factors or both, estimating the parameters of a genetic model, localizing and ultimately isolating the responsible genes, and finally characterizing their effects in the population. Examples from the literature on the genetic epidemiology of breast and colorectal cancer, among other diseases, illustrate this process. Although the book is oriented primarily towards graduate students in epidemiology, biostatistics and human genetics, it will also serve as a comprehensive reference work for researchers. Introductory chapters on molecular biology, Mendelian genetics, epidemiology, statistics, and population genetics will help make the book accessible to those coming from one of these fields without a background in the others. It strikes a good balance between epidemiologic study designs and statistical methods of data analysis.

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Oxford University Press

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0199748055

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Regression

Models, Methods and Applications

By: Ludwig Fahrmeir,Thomas Kneib,Stefan Lang,Brian Marx

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Regression

Models, Methods and Applications

By: Ludwig Fahrmeir,Thomas Kneib,Stefan Lang,Brian Marx

The aim of this book is an applied and unified introduction into parametric, non- and semiparametric regression that closes the gap between theory and application. The most important models and methods in regression are presented on a solid formal basis, and their appropriate application is shown through many real data examples and case studies. Availability of (user-friendly) software has been a major criterion for the methods selected and presented. Thus, the book primarily targets an audience that includes students, teachers and practitioners in social, economic, and life sciences, as well as students and teachers in statistics programs, and mathematicians and computer scientists with interests in statistical modeling and data analysis. It is written on an intermediate mathematical level and assumes only knowledge of basic probability, calculus, and statistics. The most important definitions and statements are concisely summarized in boxes. Two appendices describe required matrix algebra, as well as elements of probability calculus and statistical inference.

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3642343333

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Book's by Thomas D. Carroll

In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy

In on the Joke: The Ethics of Humor and Comedy

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22

The Papers of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 22

Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

Wittgenstein within the Philosophy of Religion

A Belief in Humanity: The Untold Story of Conciliar Humanism

A Belief in Humanity: The Untold Story of Conciliar Humanism

Snowshoe Country

Snowshoe Country

Religion, Disease, and Immunology

Religion, Disease, and Immunology

Historic Maps of Kentucky

Historic Maps of Kentucky

Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology

Statistical Methods in Environmental Epidemiology

Behavioural Change

Behavioural Change

History of Society of Jesus in NA. ,v2

History of Society of Jesus in NA. ,v2

The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

The Neurobiology of Parental Behavior

Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology

Statistical Methods in Genetic Epidemiology

Regression

Regression

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