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Christopher Hookway presents a series of essays on the philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1913), the 'founder of pragmatism' and one of the most important and original American philosophers. Peirce made significant contributions to the development of formal l... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:36 | Textbook on Criminology offers an engaging and wide-ranging account of crime and criminology, addressing the theoretical, practical, and political aspects of the subject. The clarity of approach makes it an ideal text for students wishing to gain a firm grasp of the ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:39 | As commonly understood, professional ethics consists of shared duties and episodic dilemmas--the responsibilities incumbent on all members of specific professions joined together with the dilemmas that arise when these responsibilities conflict. Martin challenges thi... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:40 | In this volume, Gregory Matoesian uses the notorious 1991 rape trial of William Kennedy Smith to provide an in-depth analysis of language use and its role in that specific trial as well as in the law in general. He draws on the fields of conversation analysis, ethnom... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:41 | Today, six out of ten Americans describe themselves as "e;active"e; environmentalists or as "e;sympathetic"e; to the movement's concerns. The movement, in turn, reflects this millions-strong support in its diversity, encompassing a wide spectrum of ca... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:41 | This first extensive study of Spinoza's philosophy of mind concentrates on two problems crucial to the philosopher's thoughts on the matter: the requirements for having a thought about a particular object, and the problem of the mind's relation to the body. Della Roc... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:42 | People once stood in awe of electricity, writes Dale Zand, until scientists identified and harnessed its three basic variables: voltage, current, and resistance. Likewise, people marvel at the achievements of successful leaders, such as Lee Iacocca at Chrysler or Jac... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:42 | From the 1930s to the early 1960s civil rights law was made primarily through constitutional litigation. Before Rosa Parks could ignite a Montgomery Bus Boycott, the Supreme Court had to strike down the Alabama law which made segregated bus service required by law; b... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:43 | In January 1862, Charles Godwin courted Harriet Russell, ultimately unsuccessfully, with the following lines: "e;Like cadences of inexpressibly sweet music, your kind words came to me: causing every nerve to vibrate as though electrified by some far off strain of... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:44 | During the three centuries from 800 to 500 B.C., the Greek world evolved from a primitive society--both culturally and economically--to one whose artistic products dominated all Mediterranean markets, supported by a wide overseas trade. In the following two centuries... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:45 | This book will formally launch "e;organic synthesis engineering"e; as a distinctive field in the armory of the reaction engineer. Its main theme revolves around two developments: catalysis and the role of process intensification in enhancing overall productiv... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 26 марта 2010, 23:49 | The French Dominican theologian Yves Congar is recognized by many as the most important Roman Catholic ecclesiologist of the 20th century. He was the thinker behind some of the major decrees of the Second Vatican council. He was also a leader in the ecumenical moveme... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:07 | Searching for reaction in organic synthesis has been made much easier in the current age of computer databases. However, the dilemma now is which procedure one selects among the ocean of choices. Especially for novices in the laboratory, it becomes a daunting task to... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:08 | It is not uncommon to hear Christians argue that America was founded as a Christian nation. But how true is this claim? In this compact book, David L. Holmes offers a clear, concise and illuminating look at the spiritual beliefs of our founding fathers. He begins wit... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:09 | Aristophanes is widely credited with having elevated the classical art of comedy to the level of legitimacy and recognition that only tragedy had hitherto achieved, and producing some of the most intriguing works of literature to survive from classical Greece in the ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:12 | Engels Epilepsy Board Quick Review: Selected Tables and Figures from Seizures and Epilepsy will utilize 86 tables and 47 black and white figures from the parent book to provide a quick guide for anyone preparing for the boards. In addition to serving as a board-revie... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:14 | Of all the steps in the Supreme Courts decision-making process, only one is visible to the public: the oral arguments. By carefully analyzing transcripts of all the oral arguments available to the public, Professor Wrightsman provides empirical answers to a number of... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:14 | This volume gathers together key new contributions on the subject of the relationship, both empirical and theoretical, between economic oscillations, growth and structural change. Employing a sophisticated level of mathematical modelling, the collection contains arti... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:14 | Although scholars routinely state that the Iliad is an "e;oral poem,"e; since very near the time of its composition the great epic has circulated as a text stabilized in writing. Thus whether or not it is in some sense "e;oral poetry,"e; the Iliad und... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:17 | This book explores the relation between mainstream and marginal or subaltern religious practice in the Indian subcontinent. Keeping in view the power and reach of genocidal Hinduism, this book is the first to look at how the religion of marginal communities at once a... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:17 | The story of Noahs flood is one of the best-loved and most often retold biblical tales, the inspiration for numerous childrens books and toys, novels, and even films. Whether as allusion, archetype, or literal presence--the American landscape is peppered with recreat... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:17 | In his third book, Strauss delves into the mysterious process whereby an idea is born in the mind and materialized through the hand in the expression of an artwork. How exactly does this happen? Its a question so basic, an act so fundamental to art-making, that it ha... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:18 | "e;Of all the economic bubbles that have been pricked,"e; the editors of The Economist recently observed, "e;few have burst more spectacularly than the reputation of economics itself."e; Indeed, the financial crisis that crested in 2008 destroyed the ... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:27 | From handshakes and toasts to chant and genuflection, ritual pervades our social interactions and religious practices. Still, few of us could identify all of our daily and festal ritual behaviors, much less explain them to an outsider. Similarly, because of the varie... Полное описание |
{"o":null} {"o":null} | Добавила: Mafdet 27 марта 2010, 0:29 | In Religious Liberty in Western and Islamic Law: Toward a World Legal Tradition, Kristine Kalanges argues that differences between Western and Islamic legal formulations of religious freedom are attributable, in substantial part, to variations in their respective rel... Полное описание |
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