causal realism an essay on philosophical method and the

Hermeneutics Ancient and Modern

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Bruns, Gerald L., PUBLISHER: Yale University Press, In this wide-rong>anong>ging meditation on the nature ong>anong>d purpose of hermeneutics, Gerald L. Bruns argues that hermeneutics is not merely a contemporary theory but ong>anong> extended family of questions about understong>anong>ding ong>anong>d interpretation that predate the beginning of writing. Bruns situates the basic questions of hermeneutics against a background of different cultural traditions ong>anong>d philosophical topics, discussing for example, the interpretation of oracles, the quarrel between philosophy ong>anong>d poetry, Rabbinical midrash, ong>anong>d the nature of Romong>anong>tic hermeneutics.

Take Back the Light: A Feminist Reclamation of Spirituality

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ruth, Shelia / Ruth, Sheila, PUBLISHER: Rowmong>anong> & Littlefield Publishers, Feminists have long argued that at the hong>anong>ds of patriarchal religious institutions, women have been brutalized, exploited, ong>anong>d mong>anong>ipulated. In this book, part philosophical ong>anong>alysis/part meditation, philosopher Sheila Ruth explores ong>anong> ong>anong>cient ong>anong>d profoundly different orientation to life, Pagong>anong>ism, to show the possibilities, the pleasures, ong>anong>d the power of connecting the self with the cosmic. Take Back the Light contains certain elements that make it unique: the blend of strategies-including philosophical ong>anong>alysis, poetry, autobiography, ong>anong>d mystical stories; ong>anong> avowedly feminist stong>anong>ce that is grounded in traditional philosophical training as well as women's experience ong>anong>d feminist scholarship; ong>anong>d most particularly, the intention to make clear to those feminists who are opposed to religion in principle that spirituality need not be inconsistent with positive, progressive social action.

The Incomplete Universe: Totality, Knowledge, and Truth

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Grim, Patrick, PUBLISHER: MIT Press (MA), The central claim of this powerful philosophical exploration is that within ong>anong>y logic we have, there cong>anong> be no coherent notion of all truth or of total knowledge. Grim examines a series of logical paradoxes ong>anong>d related formal results to reveal their implications for contemporary epistemology, metaphysics, ong>anong>d the philosophy of religion. He reaches the provocative conclusion that, if the universe is thought of in terms of its truths, it is essentially open ong>anong>d incomplete. "The Incomplete Universe" includes detailed work on the liar paradox ong>anong>d recent attempts at solution, Kaplong>anong> ong>anong>d Montague's paradox of the knower, the Godel theorems ong>anong>d related incompleteness phenomena, ong>anong>d new forms of Cong>anong>toriong>anong> argument. The emphasis throughout is philosophical rather thong>anong> formal, with ong>anong> eye to connection's with possible worlds, the notion of omniscience, ong>anong>d the opening lines of the Tractatus: "The world is all that is the case. "

Studying the Novel

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Hawthorn, Jeremy, PUBLISHER: Hodder Education Publishers, How do literary critics distinguish between "story" ong>anong>d "plot," between a symbol ong>anong>d ong>anong> image, or between "tone" ong>anong>d "mood"? How do we define "ong>realismong>," "modernism," ong>anong>d "postmodernism"? What do narrative theorists meong>anong> by "frequency" ong>anong>d "distong>anong>ce"? In the revised, expong>anong>ded ong>anong>d updated fifth edition of this stong>anong>dard introduction to the novel, these questions ong>anong>d mong>anong>y others are ong>anong>swered in a way that is readable ong>anong>d entertaining without being simplistic. A new section on cyberfiction has been included ong>anong>d fuller coverage of Postmodernism ong>anong>d the novella are given, as well as extra tips for writing ong>essayong>s ong>anong>d ong>anong>swering exam questions. Widely acclaimed for its erudite yet accessible explong>anong>ations, Studying the Novel is ong>anong> invaluable guide to the essential concepts ong>anong>d approaches for all students of the novel.

Francesco Gennari

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Risaliti, Sergio / Gennari, Frong>anong>cesco, PUBLISHER: Charta, Stabilized trees, the fossil vertebrae of whales that lived millions of years ago, clods of earth painted pure gold, images of everyday objects reflected in windows ong>anong>d mirrors: this is the world as reconstructed by a young Italiong>anong> artist whose work is founded on the spiritual idea of ong>anong> art that cong>anong> recreate the social ong>anong>d philosophical relations between mong>anong> ong>anong>d nature.

The Roundtable Talks and the Breakdown of Communism

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Elster, Jon, PUBLISHER: University of Chicago Press, In ong>anong>d , Eastern Europeong>anong> Communist regimes ong>anong>d opposition groups conducted a series of roundtable talks to peacefully negotiate the abolition of authoritariong>anong> rule ong>anong>d the trong>anong>sition to democratic governong>anong>ce. This volume documents that unprecedented process of national reinvention ong>anong>d constitution making. These ong>essayong>s capture the historical circumstong>anong>ces of these countries--their traditions, customs, ong>anong>d the balong>anong>ce of influence between competing factions--that often took precedence over constitutional ideals. In five country-specific reports, senior scholars provide detailed accounts of the talks in Bulgaria, Polong>anong>d, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, ong>anong>d the Germong>anong> Democratic Republic. Also included is ong>anong> ong>essayong> on the political factors underlying the failure of negotiations between reform groups ong>anong>d the Chinese regime, providing ong>anong> illuminating counterpoint to the path taken in Eastern Europe. This book is ong>anong> invaluable resource for scholars of constitutional design ong>anong>d democratization ong>anong>d for specialists in Eastern Europe.

The Saloon on the Rocky Mountain Mining Frontier

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: West, Elliott, PUBLISHER: University of Nebraska Press, Elliott West's careful ong>anong>alysis of the role ong>anong>d development of the saloon as ong>anong> institution on the mining frontier provides unique insights into the social ong>anong>d economic history of the Americong>anong> West. Drawing on contemporong>anong>eous newspapers ong>anong>d mong>anong>y unpublished firsthong>anong>d accounts, West shows that the physical evolution of the saloon, from crude tents ong>anong>d shong>anong>ties into elegong>anong>t establishments for drinking ong>anong>d gaming, reflected the growth ong>anong>d maturity of the surrounding community.

Cell Cycle Checkpoint Control Protocols

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Liebermong>anong>, Howard B., PUBLISHER: Humong>anong>a Press, A collection of basic cutting-edge techniques for studying the mechong>anong>isms underlying cell cycle regulation ong>anong>d checkpoint control. Using mammaliong>anong>, yeast, ong>anong>d frog systems, these readily reproducible methods cong>anong> be used to induce cell cycle checkpoints, detect chong>anong>ges in cell cycle progression, identify ong>anong>d ong>anong>alyze genes ong>anong>d proteins that regulate the process, ong>anong>d characterize chromosomal status as a function of cell cycle phase ong>anong>d progression. Each fully tested technique includes step-by-step instructions written by ong>anong> investigator who routinely performs it, ong>anong> introduction explaining the principle behind the method, equipment ong>anong>d reagent lists, ong>anong>d tips on troubleshooting ong>anong>d avoiding known pitfalls.

Chesnutt and Realism: A Study of the Novels

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Simmons, Ryong>anong>, PUBLISHER: University Alabama Press, ong>Anong> importong>anong>t examination of Charles Chesnutt as a practitioner of ong>realismong>. With the release of previously unpublished novels ong>anong>d a recent proliferation of critical studies on his life ong>anong>d work, Charles W. Chesnutt () has emerged as a major Americong>anong> writer of his time--the age of Howells, Twain, ong>anong>d Wharton. In "Chesnutt ong>anong>d ong>Realismong>, "Ryong>anong> Simmons breaks new ground by theorizing how understong>anong>dings of literary ong>realismong> have shaped, ong>anong>d cong>anong> continue to shape, the reception of Chesnutt's work. Although Chesnutt is typically acknowledged as the most prominent Africong>anong> Americong>anong> writer of the realist period, little attention has been paid to the central question of this study: what does it meong>anong> to call Chesnutt a realist? A writer whose career was circumscribed by the dismal racial politics of his era, Chesnutt refused to conform to literary conventions for depicting race. Nor did he use his imaginative skills to evade the realities he ong>anong>d other Africong>anong> Americong>anong>s faced. Rather, he experimented with ways of portraying reality that could elicit ong>anong> appropriate, proportionate response to it, as Simmons demonstrates in extended readings of each of Chestnutt's novels, including importong>anong>t unpublished works that have been overlooked by previous critics. "Chesnutt ong>anong>d ong>Realismong>" also addresses a curiously neglected subject in Americong>anong> literary studies--the relationship between Americong>anong> literary ong>realismong> ong>anong>d race. By taking Chesnutt seriously as a contributor to ong>realismong>, this book articulates the strategies by which one Africong>anong> Americong>anong> intellectual helped to define the discourses that influenced his fate. Ryong>anong> Simmons is Assistong>anong>t Professor of English at Utah Valley State College

What Price Incentives?: Economists and the Environment

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Kelmong>anong>, Steven, PUBLISHER: Auburn House Pub. Co., Sets forth in a straightforward ong>anong>d sensible way the philosophical reasons for the non-economist's skepticism of the economist's view of the world. Its relevong>anong>ce extends beyond environmental issues to other areas where microeconomic theory is being applied to public policy. Kelmong>anong> cites results to confirm his view that both opponents ong>anong>d supporters of economic incentives have importong>anong>t philosophical concerns. He takes the role of ong>anong> advocate of the use of incentives in formulating ong>anong> environmental policy. He also discusses political strategy from the point of view of the "policy entrepreneur" who is trying to get ideas adopted. Economists ong>anong>d non-economists alike will welcome this book as a bridge over a perceptual gap in ong>anong> importong>anong>t area of policymaking.

White Star: A Dog on the Titanic

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marty Crisp, PUBLISHER: Scholastic Inc, Sam Harris is on the trip of a lifetime. He's traveling from Englong>anong>d to New York on the first voyage of the greatest oceong>anong> liner in history--the Titong>anong>ic. Here is a story of cowardice ong>anong>d courage, of despair ong>anong>d determination, ong>anong>d of ong>anong> unbreakable bond between a boy ong>anong>d a dog on one terrifying night.

The Economy of Later Renaissance Europe

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Miskimin, Harry A. / Miskimin, H. A., PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, This is ong>anong> economic history of sixteenth-century Europe that combines the virtues of a scholarly monograph with those of a general history. Professor Miskimin describes the intellectual ong>anong>d philosophical context in which economic decisions were made, ong>anong>d on which the fundamental economic categories of the period were based.

The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions: Straight Advice on

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Ivey, ong>Anong>na, PUBLISHER: Harvest Books, As deong>anong> of admissions at the University of Chicago Law School, ong>Anong>na Ivey decided the fate of thousong>anong>ds of law school applicong>anong>ts. In this book-the first of its kind by a former law school admissions officer-she draws on her expertise to cover topics from the application ong>anong>d the ong>essayong> to the interview ong>anong>d the recommendations, touching on hot-button issues like how much the LSAT, ethnicity, ong>anong>d age really matter. Offering ong>anong> insider's advice on how to produce the very best application, this guide gives straight ong>anong>swers to questions such as: -What kind of ong>essayong> should I write to set me apart from the rest of the pack? -Should I explain my low LSAT score, my D in chemistry, my attention deficit disorder, my time in rehab? - Is law school worth the debt I'll face when I graduate? Full of invaluable examples ong>anong>d ong>anong>ecdotes about real admissions decisions, The Ivey Guide to Law School Admissions is certain to become the new bible for would-be law students everywhere.

What Inspirational Literature Do I Read Next

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gale Group, PUBLISHER: Gale Cengage, Helps readers find fiction ong>anong>d nonfiction titles that describe various belief systems, provide uplifting stories, profile religious ong>anong>d spiritual leaders, ong>anong>d ong>anong>swer questions about spiritual matters. ong>Anong> overview ong>essayong> describes the development of the inspirational literature market. Entries give information on category, subjects, age rong>anong>ges, time period, ong>anong>d awards, ong>anong>d give a brief plot synopsis or description. Includes series, award, time period, geographic, character name, ong>anong>d character description indexes. The author is a writer ong>anong>d editor in the field of spirituality.

In Search of the Split Subject: Psychoanalysis,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Mycak, Sonia, PUBLISHER: ECW Press, Examining a striking ong>anong>d recurrent aspect of her work--the divided self--this study focuses on the work of Margaret Atwood, offering detailed readings of six of her novels. Through a critical method that borrows freely from both psychoong>anong>alytic ong>anong>d phenomenological theorists, chapters on each novel place distinct emphasis on the concepts of each theory, covering such complex topics as secularization, oedipal relations ong>anong>d connections with the maternal, aggressive relativity, the Imaginary, the symbolic, mimesis, space ong>anong>d the dynamics of location, signification, ong>anong>d enunciative positioning. The result is ong>anong> examination of the ways in which the identity of each protagonist is dislocated, alienated, splintered, ong>anong>d split according to the divisions that mark the subject, ong>anong>d new interpretations of each novel that take into account its characterization, narrative development, thematic content, ong>anong>d setting. ong>Anong> appendix serves to show how Atwood's remaining two novels could be best accounted for by other approaches, making the book a complete account of Atwood's novels to date.

Varieties of Southern History: New Essays on a Region and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Salmond, John A. / Clayton, Bruce / Salmond, John, PUBLISHER: Praeger, This is a unique collection of ong>essayong>s by some of the world's leading historiong>anong>s of the South, together with work by younger scholars. All contributors, however, are working at the cutting edge of their particular methodological approaches. The book, for example, includes both ong>anong> ong>essayong> by Pulitzer Prize winner Rhys Isaac, ong>anong>d one by Rutgers University graduate student Beth Hale. Yet, both have a common concern to explore the reaches of the Southern past through the dimension of ethnography. The ong>essayong>s in the book are grouped according to theme. The largest section, the social sciences ong>anong>d Southern history, includes ong>essayong>s drawing heavily on the insights of ong>anong>thropology of ethnography ong>anong>d of statistical ong>anong>alysis. Each ong>essayong> in the second section is designed to illustrate how life history cong>anong> be used to illuminate much larger histoical themes ong>anong>d processes. The ong>essayong>s in the last section on labor in the "new" South all illustrate, among other things, the importong>anong>ce of drawing on the insights of historiong>anong>s of women in order to redress the masculinist presuppositons of labor historiong>anong>s. All the ong>essayong>s in the book, in fact, reflect current concerns with gender ong>anong>d race in the re-interpretation of the Southern past.

The Presidency and the Political System

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nelson, Michael, PUBLISHER: CQ-Roll Call Group Books, The Presidency & the Political System, now in ong>anong> updated sixth edition, incorporates the most recent research ong>anong>d scholarship on the presidency. Each of the 20 thought-provoking original ong>essayong>s, written by some of the field's most prominent scholars, explores ong>anong> importong>anong>t aspect of the relationship between the presidency ong>anong>d our political system.

An Essay on the Divine Paternity, Or, God the Father of Men.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Multiple Contributors, See Notes, PUBLISHER: Gale Ecco, Print Editions, The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration ong>anong>d rapidly growing technology ong>anong>d expong>anong>ding record-keeping made possible by advong>anong>ces in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century mong>anong>uscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, ong>anong>d independent scholars.The Age of Enlightenment profoundly enriched religious ong>anong>d philosophical understong>anong>ding ong>anong>d continues to influence present-day thinking. Works collected here include masterpieces by David Hume, Immong>anong>uel Kong>anong>t, ong>anong>d Jeong>anong>-Jacques Rousseau, as well as religious sermons ong>anong>d moral debates on the issues of the day, such as the slave trade. The Age of Reason saw conflict between Protestong>anong>tism ong>anong>d Catholicism trong>anong>sformed into one between faith ong>anong>d logic -- a debate that continues in the twenty-first century.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as ong>anong> additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryTLondon: printed for the Society of Booksellers for Promoting Learning, &c. ong>Anong>d sold by J. Crokatt, ong>anong>d Messrs. Osborn ong>anong>d Smith, . iv,96p.; 8

Meditations

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Marcus / Marcus, A., PUBLISHER: Hackett Publishing Compong>anong>y, A new trong>anong>slation of the philosophical journey that has inspired luminaries from Matthew Arnold to Bill Clinton Written by ong>anong> intellectual Romong>anong> emperor, the "Meditations" offer a wide rong>anong>ge of spiritual reflections developed as the leader struggled to understong>anong>d himself ong>anong>d the universe. Marcus Aurelius covers topics as diverse as the question of virtue, humong>anong> rationality, the nature of the gods, ong>anong>d his own emotions, spong>anong>ning from doubt ong>anong>d despair to conviction ong>anong>d exaltation. * Includes ong>anong> introduction, chronology, explong>anong>atory notes, general index, index of quotations, ong>anong>d index of names

Supreme Court Watch : Highlights of the , and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Brien, David M., PUBLISHER: W. W. Norton & Compong>anong>y, Each edition of Supreme Court Watch offers narratives ong>anong>d ong>anong>alyses of legal disputes, political battles, ong>anong>d social confrontations as they unfold before the Supreme Court. Also included are excerpts from the justices' objections ong>anong>d dissents on the Court's most influential cases of the recent term. Supreme Court Watch is ong>anong> ideal supplement to the author's two-volume casebook, Constitutional Law ong>anong>d Politics, ong>anong>d serves as ong>anong> excellent compong>anong>ion to other books ong>anong>d for courses on law, legal studies, ong>anong>d the judiciary.

The New Subjectivist Revolution: An Elucidation and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gunning, James P. / Gunning, J. Patrick, PUBLISHER: Rl Innactive Titles, This book reveals the surprising fact that Ludwig von Mises made seminal contributions to methodology, the concept of equilibrium, ong>anong>d macroeconomics that have not previously been recognized either in mainstream economics or by most of the Austriong>anong>s. In addition, it goes beyond Mises ong>anong>d others in elucidating the microeconomic concepts of entrepreneurship, profit ong>anong>d loss, ong>anong>d the theory of the firm. Its method of building on a foundation of the reader's personal understong>anong>ding of humong>anong> action is a refreshing ong>anong>d inventive approach to communicating these crucial concepts in economic theory.

Freud's Requiem: Mourning, Memory, and the Invisible History

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Von Unwerth, Matthew, PUBLISHER: Riverhead Books, Freud's ong>essayong> "On Trong>anong>sience" recorded a summertime conversation with two unnamed compong>anong>ions-who were thought to be poet Rainer Maria Rilke ong>anong>d psychoong>anong>alyst Lou ong>Anong>dreas- SalomA(c). In "Freud's Requiem," their philosophical musing becomes a prism through which to consider Freud's ideas about creativity, his crises of spirit, ong>anong>d his experiences of loss.

An Unpublished Essay of Edwards on the Trinity With Remarks

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: George Park Fisher, PUBLISHER: Kessinger Publishing LLC, NA

Studying Human Societies: A Primer and Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Nolong>anong>, Patrick / Lenski, Gerhard, PUBLISHER: Paradigm Publishers, Authored by Patrick Nolong>anong>, the newly revised student supplement study guide for "Humong>anong> Societies: ong>Anong> Introduction to Macrosociology, Eleventh Edition" prepares your students for class by providing them with general tips, guidelines, ong>anong>d strategies on how to read the text effectively ong>anong>d apply it to the subjects covered in your syllabus. The study guide also shows students how to read ong>anong>d interpret tables ong>anong>d figures of data, how to take notes on readings ong>anong>d in class, ong>anong>d how to take a variety of tests from multiple choice ong>anong>d true/false to ong>essayong> tests. Each chapter of the study guide includes a summary of the corresponding chapter in the text, a list of importong>anong>t terms, recommended further readings, ong>anong>d sample quiz questions with ong>anong> ong>anong>swer key to help students understong>anong>d the concepts ong>anong>d theories covered in the text ong>anong>d to prepare them for class discussion ong>anong>d test taking.To learn more about the "Humong>anong> Societies" text, please visit the bookpage here: Humong>anong> Societies, 11th Edition

Critical Essays, Volume I: Ancient Orators. Lysias.

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Dionysius of Halicarnassus / Dionysius / Dionysius of Halicarnassus, Of Halicarnassus, PUBLISHER: Harvard University Press, Dionysius of Halicarnassus had migrated to Rome by 30 BCE, where he lived until his death some time after 8 BCE, writing his "Romong>anong> ong>Anong>tiquities" ong>anong>d teaching the art of rhetoric ong>anong>d literary composition. Dionysius's purpose, both in his own work ong>anong>d in his teaching, was to re-establish the classical Attic stong>anong>dards of purity, invention ong>anong>d taste in order to reassert the primacy of Greek as the literary long>anong>guage of the Mediterrong>anong>eong>anong> world. He advocated the minute study of the styles of the finest prose authors of the fifth ong>anong>d fourth century BCE, especially the Attic orators. His critical ong>essayong>s on these ong>anong>d on the historiong>anong> Thucydides represent ong>anong> importong>anong>t development from the somewhat mechong>anong>ical techniques of rhetorical hong>anong>dbooks to a more sensitive criticism of individual authors. Illustrating his ong>anong>alysis with well-chosen examples, Dionysius preserves a number of importong>anong>t fragments of Lysias ong>anong>d Isaeus. The ong>essayong>s on those two orators ong>anong>d on Isocrates, Demosthenes ong>anong>d Thucydides comprise Volume I of this edition. Volume II contains three letters to his students; a short ong>essayong> on the orator Dinarchus; ong>anong>d his finest work, the ong>essayong> "On Literary Composition, " which combines rhetoric, grammar ong>anong>d criticism in a mong>anong>ner unique in ong>anong>cient literature. The Loeb Classical Library also publishes a seven volume edition of "Romong>anong> ong>Anong>tiquities, " by Dionysius of Halicarnassus, a history from earliest times to 264 BCE.

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