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Dialogues with Davidson
Leading scholars discuss Donald Davidson's work in relation to a wide range of contemporary philosophical issues and approaches.The work of the philosopher Donald Davidson …
Whitehead’s The Function of Reason
Whitehead presented these three lectures at Princeton University in 1929. Although 85 years have passed, his central thesis and his analysis remain remarkably current. The …
Reflections Upon Laughter, and Remarks Upon the Fable of the Bees. by Francis Hutcheson, ... Carefully Corrected.
Pragmatic Reasons
This book shows how a sophisticated version of pragmatism, resting on a novel conception of rationality, can justify a range of important practices, including our practices of …
Seven Seasons at Asyut: First Results of the Egyptian-German Cooperation in Archaeological Fieldwork
Volume 2 in the series "The Asyut Project" presents the contributions of an international conference held at Sohag University after the first seven seasons of Egyptian-German …
William Lloyd Garrison at Two Hundred
William Lloyd Garrison (1805–79) was one of the most militant and uncompromising abolitionists in the United States. As the editor of the abolitionist paper The Liberator and …
Reason and Necessity
Plato's Timaeus contains a powerful and influential myth, of the construction of the universe by a divine craftsman. A god imposes reason on necessity, to bring order from a …
The Prison of Oblivion
Companion to Lyndon B. Johnson
This companion offers an overview of Lyndon B. Johnson's life, presidency, and legacy, as well as a detailed look at the central arguments and scholarly debates from his term in …
Cambridge Companion to Thomas Jefferson
This Companion forms an accessible introduction to the life and work of Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence. Essays …
Father and Son
At birth Edmund Gosse was dedicated to 'the Service of the Lord'. His parents were Plymouth Brethren. After his mother's death Gosse was brought up in stifling isolation by his …
Political Imprisonment and the Irish, 1912-1921
For a revolutionary generation of Irishmen and Irishwomen - including suffragettes, labour activists, and nationalists - imprisonment became a common experience. In the years …