Aesthetics: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Daniel Herwitz

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• Aesthetics is the branch of philosophical thought that arises from deep engagement with the arts. It is about larger issues such as meaning, identity,... Lees meer

Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror

Alastair Finlan

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• Contemporary Military Strategy and the Global War on Terror offers an in-depth analysis of US/UK military strategy in Afghanistan and Iraq from 2001 t... Lees meer

Law: Key Concepts in Philosophy

David Ingram

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• The philosophy of law - inquiry into the origins, nature and theory of laws and legal principles, and those concepts that structure the practice of la... Lees meer

Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization

James W Skillen

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• Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the essays in this volume offer a critical, historica... Lees meer

Professional Lives, Personal Struggles

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• This is the first book published that specifically examines questions of ethics and advocacy that arise in conducting research on homelessness, explor... Lees meer

Prospects and Ambiguities of Globalization

James W Skillen

• Hardcover | Engels | Key Concepts in Philosophy
• Covering topics ranging from the New Silk Road to changes in school governance around the world, the essays in this volume offer a critical, historica... Lees meer

Logic: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Laurence Goldstein, Andrew Brennan, Max Deutsch, Joe Y F Lau

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• Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of ph... Lees meer

Well-Being

Ben Bradley

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• The concept of well-being plays a central role in moral and political theory. Policies and actions are justified or criticized on the grounds that the... Lees meer

Persons and Personal Identity

Amy Kind

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• As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. But in what, exactly, does this difference consist? What kinds of e... Lees meer

Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Brendan Sweetman

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• Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of ph... Lees meer

Politics: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Iain MacKenzie

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• The extent and nature of rights; the sources of state power; the promises and pitfalls of democracy; how to achieve a just distribution of social good... Lees meer

Rise, the Fall, and the Recovery of Southeast Asia's Minidragons

David Hollingsworth

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• This book explores how a clear-eyed set of policies can govern a country's wellbeing from an economic standpoint and the vision it takes to propel a c... Lees meer

Religion: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Brendan Sweetman

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• The philosophy of religion is a core area in the study of philosophy, as well as being a subject of growing contemporary interest. It encompasses some... Lees meer

Poverty Reduction Strategies in Action

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• This book examines the efforts of Ghana to reduce poverty and initiate changes that it believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its ci... Lees meer

Virtue

Heather Battaly

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• What is a virtue, and how are virtues different from vices? Do people with virtues lead better lives than the rest of us? Do they know more? Can we ac... Lees meer

Properties

Douglas Edwards

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• The world is populated with many different objects, to which we often attribute properties: we say, for example, that grass is green, that the earth i... Lees meer

Present State of Consumer Theory

Timothy P Roth

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• The neoclassical theory of choice is an integral part of a large and growing literature. Its elegance, simplicity and apparent generality appear, incr... Lees meer

Regulation for Revenue

Alan A Altshuler, Jose A Gomez-Ibanez, Arnold M Howitt

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• "A Brookings Institution Press and Lincoln Institute of Land Policy publication Over the past two decades Americans have become increasingly skeptical... Lees meer

Mind

Eric Matthews

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• Key Concepts in Philosophy is a series of concise, accessible and engaging introductions to the core ideas and subjects encountered in the study of ph... Lees meer

Language: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Jose Medina

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• Inquiry into the nature and purpose of language has long been a central concern of Western philosophy, within both the analytic, Anglo-American tradit... Lees meer

Liberal Arts Colleges

David W Breneman

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• " Private liberal arts colleges provide high-quality undergraduate education, but their survival is in doubt. Some see the liberal arts as increasingl... Lees meer

Science: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Steven French

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• The philosophical questions raised by the history and practice of science are among the most complex and stimulating. Science: Key Concepts in Philoso... Lees meer

Gender: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Tina Chanter

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• Gender: Key Concepts in Philosophy provides clear and comprehensive exposition and analysis of the main philosophical theories, ideas and arguments th... Lees meer

Politics: Key Concepts in Philosophy

Iain MacKenzie

• Paperback | Engels | Key Concepts in Philosophy
• The extent and nature of rights; the sources of state power; the promises and pitfalls of democracy; how to achieve a just distribution of social good... Lees meer