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Serie: Key concepts in philosophy
PaperbackEngels9780761862994
18-3-2014
Mendler contends that many of the beliefs, tenets, conclusions, and understandings that are widely accepted as “truths” are, in fact, not valid at all. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780815777618
31-7-1977
"Hess brings not only first-rate credentials, but a cool, dispassionate perspective, an incisive analytical approach, and a willingness to stick his neck out in making judgments. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780761849698
11-11-2009
This book is a concise explanation of capitalism's moral and economic superiority to socialism, including America's current mixed-economy welfare state. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780761809449
29-12-1997
The neoclassical theory of choice is an integral part of a large and growing literature. Its elegance, simplicity and apparent generality appear, increasingly, to influence the thinking of psychologists, sociologists, and political scientists. Meer
GebondenEngels9780745649436
22-2-2013
* This is the next book in the Key Concepts in Philosophy series focusing on the core and difficult topic of paradoxes. * An accessible and entertaining introduction to the study of paradoxes, in which the author provides a detailed examination of a wide variety of paradoxes. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780745684840
27-3-2015
In the social sciences and in everyday speech we often talk about groups as if they behaved in the same way as individuals, thinking and acting as a singular being. Meer
GebondenEngels9780745670744
20-1-2017
How can we understand another person's feelings, thoughts, words or behaviour? Through empathy, it is hoped, we might use our imaginations to shift our perspective into another person's, thereby grasping their thoughts and emotions. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780745670751
20-1-2017
How can we understand another person's feelings, thoughts, words or behaviour? Through empathy, it is hoped, we might use our imaginations to shift our perspective into another person's, thereby grasping their thoughts and emotions. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780745653457
12-9-2014
Each of us, right now, is having a unique conscious experience. Nothing is more basic to our lives as thinking beings and nothing, it seems, is better known to us. Meer
GebondenEngels9780745656359
1-5-2015
Emotion is at the centre of our personal and social lives. To love or to hate, to be frightened or grateful is not just a matter of how we feel on the inside: our emotional responses direct our thoughts and actions, unleash our imaginations, and structure our relationships with others. Meer
GebondenEngels9780739110102
24-12-2007
Examines the efforts of Ghana to reduce poverty and initiate changes that it believes are essential to ensure a prosperous future for its citizens in the 21st century. Meer
GebondenEngels9780745664064
3-10-2014
The most forceful philosophical objections to belief in God arise from the existence of evil. Bad things happen in the world and it is not clear how this is compatible with the existence of an all-powerful and perfectly loving being. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780745647838
10-10-2014
We talk about irrationality when behaviour defies explanation or prediction, when decisions are driven by emotions or instinct rather than by reflection, when reasoning fails to conform to basic principles of logic and probability, and when beliefs lack coherence or empirical support. Meer
GebondenEngels9780745649535
5-12-2014
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 acquire virtues if so, how? Meer
GebondenEngels9780745654317
7-8-2015
As persons, we are importantly different from all other creatures in the universe. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780815703556
1-4-1993
Over the past two decades Americans have become increasingly skeptical about the benefits of community growth and hostile to new taxes--while continuing to demand improvements in local services. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780815702788
4-8-2009
Automatic offers an innovative new way to think about how Americans can save for retirement. Over the past quarter century, America's pension system has shifted away from defined benefit plans and toward defined contribution savings programs such as 401(k)s and IRAs. Meer
PaperbackEngels9780815710615
1-1-1994
Private liberal arts colleges provide high-quality undergraduate education, but their survival is in doubt. David Breneman, an economist and former college president, explores educational and economic issues in this book, a detailed analysis of more than 200 liberal arts colleges. Meer