problems in philosophy

The Siege of Derry

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Macrory, Patrick, PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This book traces the events surrounding the siege of Londonderry by Catholic soldiers, the siege that Macaulay was to call "the most memorable in the annals of the British Isles." Macrory draws on a wide range of sources to chart the origins of the conflict--the Tyrone wars, the Plantation of Ulster, the Catholic rising of , and Cromwell's retribution at Brogheda and Wexford--and vividly recounts the siege itself, stressing throughout how many of the problems Ulster faces today have their roots in the 17th century and before.

Memory: Remembering and Forgetting in Everyday Life

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gordon, Barry / Nevins, Jane / Clark, Merry, PUBLISHER: Mastermedia Publishing Company, Sixty-seven percent of Americans claim they experience memory loss, but the truth is only a small proportion develop real memory problems due to brain disease. With memory, some things are serious; most are not, but count on a few surprises. Dr. Gordon explains why you forget the way you do; how to increase and improve your memory; the amazing feats your memory performs daily; about extraordinary clinical tales of memory loss.

Spirit of the North: The Quotable Sigurd F. Olson

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olson, Sigurd F. / Backes, David, PUBLISHER: University of Minnesota Press, Sigurd F. Olson was the most beloved wilderness advocate of his generation. His renowned writings, including the nature classics The Singing Wilderness and Listening Point, evoke the singular beauty and richness of the northern woods and lakes and reveal a philosophy of preservation that is as eloquent and relevant today as when he first wrote. The wilderness was the spring of happiness in Olson's life, and he devoted himself to the pursuit of sharing this magic with others and ensuring its future existence. Revealing Olson's understanding and love of wilderness, Spirit of the North gathers together for the first time the most quotable and memorable of his well-loved passages gleaned not only from published works, but also from personal letters, journal entries, and speeches. Reflective, anecdotal, and universally poignant, this book is a chronology of thoughts and experiences that ebb and flow in their assuredness and reveal the whole man, a wilderness icon mired in doubt while he doggedly refused to abandon his dreams. David Backes, preeminent Olson biographer and scholar, contributes an introduction to each chapter, illuminating the historical context and personal significance of Olson's words. Frequently, during a quiet moment of contemplation on a canoe trip, Olson would read brief passages of poetry and prose scrawled on small scraps of paper for inspiration and peace of mind. Similarly, Spirit of the North is the ideal wilderness companion, passionate, authentic, and deeply reverent of the natural world. Sigurd F. Olson () introduced generations of Americans to the importance of wilderness through his work as a conservation activist and popular writer. He served aspresident of the Wilderness Society and the National Parks Association and as a consultant to the federal government on wilderness preservation and ecological problems. He earned many honors, including the highest possible from the Sierra Club, the National Wildlife Federation, and the Izaak Walton League. David Backes is the author of A Wilderness Within: The Life of Sigurd F. Olson (Minnesota, ), winner of the Small Press Book Award for biography, and editor of The Meaning of Wilderness: Essential Articles and Speeches by Sigurd F. Olson (Minnesota, ). Backes is also the author of Canoe Country: An Embattled Wilderness () and The Wilderness Companion ().

International Relations: Perspectives and Themes

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Steans, Jill / Stearns, Jill / Pettiford, Lloyd, PUBLISHER: Longman Publishing Group, "This jargon-free, comprehensive and challenging account of International Relations theory provides readers with the information they need to understand International Relations from a variety of distinct theoretical viewpoints. Offers a balanced and objective viewpoint. Clearly explains key terms and ideas, including a glossary of less familiar terms, recognizes and solves the problems readers have with International Relations specific 'language', and covers all the major theories, concepts and issues. For those interested international relations. scount Code -- F

African Students Studying in America: Their Experiences and

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Blake, Dr. Andrew C., PUBLISHER: iUniverse.com, This book explores the adjustment problems and experiences of international students who have studied in the United States of America. First, it examines the varied adjustments that international students have had to deal with in general, and second, it investigates the experiences of African students in particular that studied at a historically black institution, rare study on Africans studying at a specifi cally black institution.

Body Fluids & Electrolytes: A Programmed Presentation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Speakman, Elizabeth / Speakman / Weldy, Norma J., PUBLISHER: Mosby, BODY FLUIDS & ELECTROLYTES is designed for nursing students who are learning about the complex problems associated with fluid balance. This informative text addresses a difficult topic involving multiple body systems in a concise, organized fashion, presenting information in a sequence from simple to complex. Building on the student's current knowledge, the text allows for individual progress. This text is an excellent source to help nursing students understand fluids and electrolytes.

Short Course in Cloud Physics

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Rogers, R. R. / Yau, M. K., PUBLISHER: Butterworth-Heinemann, Covers essential parts of cloud and precipitation physics and has been extensively rewritten with over 60 new illustrations and many new and up to date references. Many current topics are covered such as mesoscale meteorology, radar cloud studies and numerical cloud modelling, and topics from the second edition, such as severe storms, precipitation processes and large scale aspects of cloud physics, have been revised. Problems are included as examples and to supplement the text.

Patient Care Standards: Collaborative Practice Planning

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tucker, Susan Martin / Wells, Marjorie Fyfe / Paquette, Eleanor Vargo, PUBLISHER: C.V. Mosby, "Patient Care Standards" provides students and practicing nurses with the most comprehensive guidelines for planning care for medical-surgical clients in today's dynamic health-care environment. The book provides standards of care for more than 400 medical-surgical client problems and procedures in a consistent nursing process framework. The 6th edition has been thoroughly updated and includes a number of new features to reflect changes in practice.

The Second Coming of Science

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: O'Leary, Brian / C'Leary, Brian, PUBLISHER: North Atlantic Books, From the ashram of India's Satya Sai Baba to the Princeton University laboratories of Dr. Robert Jahn, Dr. O'Leary provides firsthand accounts of materializations, controlled experiments in psychokinesis, the mysterious crop circles, and other enigmatic occurrences. A co-founder of the International Association for New Science, he argues for an expanded scientific framework that can encompass this challenging spectrum of phenomena and lead us to new understandings that may solve our most urgent problems.

Continental Philosophy of Social Science: Hermeneutics,

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Sherratt, Yvonne, PUBLISHER: Cambridge University Press, Yvonne Sherratt argues for the importance of an historical understanding of the continental traditional approach to social science in order to appreciate its individual, humanist character. Examining the key traditions of hermeneutic, genealogical and critical theory, and the texts of major thinkers such as Gadamer, Ricoeur, Derrida, Nietzsche, Foucault, the Early Frankfurt School and Habermas, she also contextualizes contemporary developments within strands of thought stemming back to Ancient Greece and Rome. Sherrat demonstrates how these modes of thinking developed through the ages to become part of twentieth-century disciplines.

European Review of Philosophy, 5: Emotion and Action

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pacherie, Elizabeth / CSLI Publications, PUBLISHER: Center for the Study of Language and Informat, Recent years have seen an explosion of interest in the study of emotion and cognition, and an increasing rejection of the traditional philosophical prejudice against emotions as irrational or disruptive. The essays in this collection explore various facets of the relationships among emotion, action, rationality, and self-knowledge, with particular attention to three main sets of issues: the relationships between emotions and action, the roles emotion and action play in the development of self-awareness, and the rationality of emotions and emotional action.

What on Earth Can You Do?: Making Your Church a Creation

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Lehman, Donna, PUBLISHER: Herald Press (VA), There are countless books on the market about pollution and saving our endangered earth. Here is one with something different. Donna Lehman directs her book toward the congregation. She offers practical ideas and guidelines for any church to become a creation awareness center. Small groups, Sunday schools, or individuals can use this accessible book to learn how to make a difference in environmental problems that threaten God's earth and its fragile beauty.

Happy-People-Pills for All

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Walker, Mark, PUBLISHER: John Wiley & Sons Inc, "Happy-People-Pills for All" explores current theories of happiness while demonstrating the need to develop advanced pharmacological agents for the enhancement of our capacity for happiness and wellbeing.Presents the first detailed exploration of the enhancement of happinessA controversial yet rigorous argument that demonstrates the moral imperative for the development and mass distribution of 'happy-pills', to promote the wellbeing of the individual and societyBrings together the philosophy, psychology and biology of happinessMaps the development of the next generation of positive mood pharmacologyOffers a corrective to contemporary accounts of happiness

Psychiatric Care of the Medical Patient

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Stoudemire, Alan / Fogel, Barry S., PUBLISHER: Oxford University Press, USA, This is the definitive account of the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric disorders in the medically ill. Greatly expanded in this Second Edition, it will serve as an indispensable reference for psychiatrists and other physicians who treat these patients. The book examines psychiatric disorders in a wide range of medical problems including disease, trauma, surgery, and behavioral medicine. It also addresses medical-legal considerations in detail. This authoritative work identifies the boundaries and future directions for medical psychiatry.

The Physician Within You: Medicine for the Millennium

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: McGarey, Gladys / Stearn, Jess, PUBLISHER: Health Communications, Dr. Gladys Taylor McGarey gives readers an exhilarating glimpse of what medicine can be by sharing the philosophy and case histories of her 50-year medical practice. By taking responsibility for their own health, accepting a full partnership with physicians and being open to alternative modalities, patients can be healed into life or ushered into death with grace and dignity. Dr. McGarey teaches her patients to access that natural healing process inherent in every human being.

Embedded Visual Basic: Windows CE and Pocket PC Mobile

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Tacke, Christopher / Bassett, Tim, PUBLISHER: Sams, This book is an in-depth exploration into eVB's inherent features, and how to use them to solve likely mobile application programming tasks. After reading the book the reader will be able to write applications tackling a wide array of business problems for Windows CE-powered devices, both customized and for PocketPC and Handheld PC products. This book will help ease the transition into the language, and provide a reference for even more experienced developers.

Bildung

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Meyer, Kirsten, PUBLISHER: Walter de Gruyter, Education, knowledge, equal opportunity, autonomy and a good life. These are the keywords shaping current social debate. Is education just an economic program or does knowledge have a value in its own right? Does education promise autonomy and a good life? What educational goals should the state set? What does the decree of equal opportunity mean? In ancient philosophy, an interest in education grew out of the core question of human happiness and a good life. By reviving that connection this book returns education to the philosophical agenda.

Handbook of Critical Care Nursing

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Moreau, David / Springhouse, PUBLISHER: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, For each alphabetically organized condition, nurses learn pathophysiology, clinical assessment, the diagnostic tests likely to be ordered, treatment and care (including medical and nursing interventions), prognosis, and discharge planning. Pathophysiology drug charts alert readers to significant drugs and protocols used to treat major body system disorders. Readers will find discussions of ethical problems, current trends, a helpful index, and more. Appendices offer crucial data on common emergency drugs and laboratory values, therapeutic and toxic drug levels, normal hemodynamic variables, and commonly encountered nursing diagnoses.

Quick Reference to Physical Therapy

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Reed, Kathlyn L. / Pauls, Julie, PUBLISHER: Aspen Publishers, The Quick Reference to Physical Therapy organizes and synthesizes what has been published about the practice of physical therapy in an easy-to-use, accessible format. The book is divided into major categories and subtopics based on the classification of diseases, disorders, and dysfunction found in the Merck Manual. Each subtopic summarizes the condition, etiology, assessment, problems, treatment/management, prognosis, and outcome. Supplemental material on tests, measurements, functional outcomes, guidelines for the use of modalities, references, and suggested reading is also included.

What Should I Feed My Baby?: The Complete Nutrition Guide

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Olivier, Susannah / Olivier, Suzannah, PUBLISHER: Orion Publishing Group, All parents want the best for their children, but when it comes to food, it is hard to know how to deliver the best options. This book gives clear and balanced advice on how to deal with problems, and answers questions on eating habits and diet which crop up for every parent. Meal planners are included to help with the daunting task of weaning onto solids and recipes are provided to correspond to all stages of development.

The Self-Help Guide for Special Kids and Their Parents

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Matthews, Joan / Williams, James, PUBLISHER: Jessica Kingsley Publishers, James Williams is an SP or special person -- he was diagnosed with autism during early childhood. His mother, Joan Matthews, is an NP or normal person. As James grew up, his different perception of the world and the lack of understanding from NPs created problems. As a result, James and Joan decided to write a book of their practical solutions. The Self-Help Guide is that book.

Einstein's Jewish Science: Physics at the Intersection of

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Gimbel, Steven, PUBLISHER: Johns Hopkins University Press, Is relativity Jewish? The Nazis denigrated Albert Einstein's revolutionary theory by calling it "Jewish science," a charge typical of the ideological excesses of Hitler and his followers. Philosopher of science Steven Gimbel explores the many meanings of this provocative phrase and considers whether there is any sense in which Einstein's theory of relativity is Jewish. Arguing that we must take seriously the possibility that the Nazis were in some sense correct, Gimbel examines Einstein and his work to explore how beliefs, background, and environment may--or may not--influence the work of the scientist. You cannot understand Einstein's science, Gimbel declares, without knowing the history, religion, and philosophy that influenced it. No one, especially Einstein himself, denies Einstein's Jewish heritage, but many are uncomfortable saying that he was a Jew while he was at his desk working. To understand what "Jewish" means for Einstein's work, Gimbel first explores the many definitions of "Jewish" and asks whether there are elements of Talmudic thinking apparent in Einstein's theory of relativity. He applies this line of inquiry to other scientists, including Isaac Newton, Ren? Descartes, Sigmund Freud, and ?mile Durkheim, to consider whether and how their specific religious beliefs or backgrounds manifested in their scientific endeavors. "Einstein's Jewish Science" intertwines science, history, philosophy, theology, and politics in fresh and fascinating ways to solve the multifaceted riddle of what religion means--and what it means to science. There are some senses, Gimbel claims, in which Jews can find a special connection to "E = mc2," and this claim leads to the engaging, spirited debate at the heart of this book. Acquista Ora

Statistical Learning Theory

Come nuovo. Volume universitario sulla teoria statistica dell'autoapprendimento di Vapkin. Vendo causa errato acquisto. A comprehensive look at learning and generalization theory. The statistical theory of learning and generalization concerns the problem of choosing desired functions on the basis of empirical data. Highly applicable to a variety of computer science and robotics fields, this book offers lucid coverage of the theory as a whole. Presenting a method for determining the necessary and sufficient conditions for consistency of learning process, the author covers function estimates from small data pools, applying these estimations to real-life problems, and much more.

Springs of Life: India's Water Resources

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pangare, Ganesh / Pangare, Vasudha / Das, Binayak, PUBLISHER: Academic Foundation, This exhaustive account of water in India documents the natural beauty of the country's bodies of water, the ways in which communities live and interact with water (particularly in turbulent ecosystems), the resilience of people living in water-stressed regions, and common sense solutions to local water problems. Detailing the past, present, and future of India's water resources, this unique book combines thorough research with a coffee-table style presentation with photographs that document the authors' extensive travels across the country.

Head First Software Development

ISBN: , SKU: , AUTHOR: Pilone, Dan / Miles, Russ, PUBLISHER: O'Reilly Media, Even the best developers have seen well-intentioned software projects fail -- often because the customer kept changing requirements, and end users didn't know how to use the software you developed. Instead of surrendering to these common problems, let Head First Software Development guide you through the best practices of software development. Before you know it, those failed projects will be a thing of the past. With its unique visually rich format, this book pulls together the hard lessons learned by expert software developers over the years. You'll gain essential information about each step of the software development lifecycle -- requirements, design, coding, testing, implementing, and maintenance -- and understand why and how different development processes work. This book is for you if you are: Tired of your customers assuming you're psychic. You'll learn not only how to get good requirements, but how to make sure you're always building the software that customers want (even when they're not sure themselves) Wondering when the other 15 programmers you need to get your project done on time are going to show up. You'll learn how some very simple scheduling and prioritizing will revolutionize your success rate in developing software. Confused about being rational, agile, or a tester. You'll learn not only about the various development methodologies out there, but how to choose a solution that's right for your project. Confused because the way you ran your last project worked so well, but failed miserably this time around. You'll learn how to tackle each project individually, combine lessons you've learned on previous projects with cutting-edge development techniques, and end up withgreat software on every project. Head First Software Development is here to help you learn in a way that your brain likes... and you'll have a blast along the way. Why pick up hundreds of boring books on the philosophy of this approach or the formal techniques required for that one? Stick with Head First Software Development, and your projects will succeed like never before. Go on, get started... you'll learn and have fun. We promise. Acquista Ora

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