A New Perspective on Sexual Orientation
Theory Meets Reality
Common perspectives on sexual orientation are inaccurate. This book establishes criteria for a robust theory, evaluates major perspectives, and proposes the first novel theory in decades: a four-component approach that explains many fascinating sexual orientation occurrences.
Common perspectives on sexual orientation are inaccurate. This book establishes criteria for a robust theory, evaluates major perspectives, and proposes the first novel theory in decades: a four-component approach that explains many fascinating sexual orientation occurrences.
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A New Social Question
Capitalism, Socialism and Utopia
Bringing together papers presented at a conference on “Capitalism and Socialism: Utopia, Globalization and Revolution”, this volume provides analyses of how recent events such as the economic crisis have impacted upon societies across the world.
Bringing together papers presented at a conference on “Capitalism and Socialism: Utopia, Globalization and Revolution”, this volume provides analyses of how recent events such as the economic crisis have impacted upon societies across the world.
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This book presents a new theory of capitalism where disequilibrium and “imperfect competition” are the functional norm. It shows that equilibrium is a functional anomaly that causes crises, and details the principles of crisis-proof policies and behavior.
This book presents a new theory of capitalism where disequilibrium and “imperfect competition” are the functional norm. It shows that equilibrium is a functional anomaly that causes crises, and details the principles of crisis-proof policies and behavior.
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A New Theory of Mind
The Theory of Narrative Thought
This book presents a unique way of understanding how humans think. It argues that narratives are the natural mode of thinking, that the “urge” to think narratively reflects known neurological processes and enables us to transcend our evolutionary limits and shape our own futures.
This book presents a unique way of understanding how humans think. It argues that narratives are the natural mode of thinking, that the “urge” to think narratively reflects known neurological processes and enables us to transcend our evolutionary limits and shape our own futures.
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So fiercely anti-clerical it was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, this 15th-century Italian collection is a landmark of short fiction. Its tales of murder, incest, and ingenious adultery are by turns grim, comic, tragic, and erotic.
So fiercely anti-clerical it was placed on the Index of Prohibited Books, this 15th-century Italian collection is a landmark of short fiction. Its tales of murder, incest, and ingenious adultery are by turns grim, comic, tragic, and erotic.
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A selection from the unpublished notebooks of Northrop Frye, Canada’s greatest literary critic. These insightful, startling, and unguarded passages reveal his fertile mind at work and showcase the seeds of the ideas he developed in his books and essays.
A selection from the unpublished notebooks of Northrop Frye, Canada’s greatest literary critic. These insightful, startling, and unguarded passages reveal his fertile mind at work and showcase the seeds of the ideas he developed in his books and essays.
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A Pacifist’s Life and Death
Grigorios Lambrakis and Greece in the Long Shadow of Civil War
Using written and oral sources, Gkotzaridis’s study weaves a narrative of the life and death of Grigorios Lambrakis, Greece's most committed defender of democracy and peace of the post-Civil War period, highlighting political divisions and obstacles to peace in Cold War Greece.
Using written and oral sources, Gkotzaridis’s study weaves a narrative of the life and death of Grigorios Lambrakis, Greece’s most committed defender of democracy and peace of the post-Civil War period, highlighting political divisions and obstacles to peace in Cold War Greece.
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This analysis of masterpieces by Proust, Kafka, Tolstoy, and others demonstrates that reality “imitates” literary possibilities. These works should be treated not as mere fiction, but as paradigms on whose basis we grasp and understand the actual world.
This analysis of masterpieces by Proust, Kafka, Tolstoy, and others demonstrates that reality “imitates” literary possibilities. These works should be treated not as mere fiction, but as paradigms on whose basis we grasp and understand the actual world.
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Uncover the hidden life of words. This groundbreaking bifocal approach to lexicology maps the hierarchies of word formation and relationships with crystal-clear distinctions. An essential guide for language professionals and anyone curious about how our words are made.
Uncover the hidden life of words. This groundbreaking bifocal approach to lexicology maps the hierarchies of word formation and relationships with crystal-clear distinctions. An essential guide for language professionals and anyone curious about how our words are made.
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This book offers a comprehensive delineation of Persian syntax using the Principles & Parameters approach. It examines Universal Grammar and its significant implications for first and second language acquisition, translation, and language typology.
This book offers a comprehensive delineation of Persian syntax using the Principles & Parameters approach. It examines Universal Grammar and its significant implications for first and second language acquisition, translation, and language typology.
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A Pessimistic Guide to Anti-aging Research
Death is Immortal
This book provides an overview of the biology of aging and a critical analysis of past, present, and future anti-aging interventions. It offers a balanced, realistic analysis of the field, discussing the shortcomings and drawbacks of existing strategies.
This book provides an overview of the biology of aging and a critical analysis of past, present, and future anti-aging interventions. It offers a balanced, realistic analysis of the field, discussing the shortcomings and drawbacks of existing strategies.
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A Philosopher Looks at the Natural World
Twenty-One Acres of Common Ground
Weaving personal story with science and philosophy, this book chronicles a three-decade labor to restore ruined land. It advances the case for the intelligence and kinship of all living things, an ethic of respect, and the need to rethink how human societies live on Earth.
Weaving personal story with science and philosophy, this book chronicles a three-decade labor to restore ruined land. It advances the case for the intelligence and kinship of all living things, an ethic of respect, and the need to rethink how human societies live on Earth.
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A Philosopher’s Perspective on the UK’s Higher Education
Teaching in the Iron Cage
How can teachers pursue the creative goals of an ideal university within real bureaucracies? Larvor reflects on teaching undergraduates, experts, and prisoners, insisting on the importance of the affective dimension of learning and the unpredictability of the student encounter.
How can teachers pursue the creative goals of an ideal university within real bureaucracies? Larvor reflects on teaching undergraduates, experts, and prisoners, insisting on the importance of the affective dimension of learning and the unpredictability of the student encounter.
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A Philosophical Approach to Creation Process
Our Lady of the Lamp
This book is about creation as conceived by the classical Greeks. Whether a plan for a form of government or a work of art, this sort of creation is used to do something that has never been done before.
This book is about creation as conceived by the classical Greeks. Whether a plan for a form of government or a work of art, this sort of creation is used to do something that has never been done before.
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Molecular structure is fundamental to chemistry, yet no one has ever seen it, nor can it be derived from quantum mechanics. Is what chemists take to be molecular structure real? This book addresses this head-on, exploring the grounds of a core concept of chemistry.
Molecular structure is fundamental to chemistry, yet no one has ever seen it, nor can it be derived from quantum mechanics. Is what chemists take to be molecular structure real? This book addresses this head-on, exploring the grounds of a core concept of chemistry.
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A Philosophical Look at Keynes and Hayek
Semiotic Paths to Complexity
This book examines the crossing between philosophy, semiotics, and economics. Reconsidering the contributions of Keynes and Hayek through the semiotic approach of Charles S. Peirce, it creates new conceptual frameworks to rethink the paths to complexity in our world.
This book examines the crossing between philosophy, semiotics, and economics. Reconsidering the contributions of Keynes and Hayek through the semiotic approach of Charles S. Peirce, it creates new conceptual frameworks to rethink the paths to complexity in our world.
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This book applies Saint Augustine’s ethics to contemporary social justice. In dialogue with modern political philosophy, it offers new frameworks for addressing 21st-century challenges and prepares readers for today’s most urgent social justice debates.
This book applies Saint Augustine’s ethics to contemporary social justice. In dialogue with modern political philosophy, it offers new frameworks for addressing 21st-century challenges and prepares readers for today’s most urgent social justice debates.
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This book provides a comprehensive overview of ethics and morality, setting out what the field is about, what its demands are, and the rationale for its injunctions. Without being contentious, it provides a comprehensive account of what the contentions are about.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of ethics and morality, setting out what the field is about, what its demands are, and the rationale for its injunctions. Without being contentious, it provides a comprehensive account of what the contentions are about.
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This phonetic investigation of the vowel system of Civili, an indigenous language of Gabon, analyzes articulation and perception. It contributes to establishing a credible orthography, with findings significant for linguistics and human language technologies.
This phonetic investigation of the vowel system of Civili, an indigenous language of Gabon, analyzes articulation and perception. It contributes to establishing a credible orthography, with findings significant for linguistics and human language technologies.
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A Physicist’s Journey between Science and Faith
Friends or Foes?
Science and religion are often presented as two opposing universes. This volume argues that the reality is different: science and faith are both expressions of the human desire to know. They are not mutually exclusive, but invite a close and constructive dialogue.
Science and religion are often presented as two opposing universes. This volume argues that the reality is different: science and faith are both expressions of the human desire to know. They are not mutually exclusive, but invite a close and constructive dialogue.
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