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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Montesquieu and the Spirit of Rome argues that the
eighteenth-century French author Charles-Louis de Secondat, Baron
de La Brede et de Montesquieu (1689-1755) developed a novel,
comprehensive account of Roman history that framed his new
political science and grounded his political teachings. Rome's
legacy in early-modern thought turns on the work of Montesquieu,
and through Rome Montesquieu articulated the strengths and
weaknesses of the modern state-the moderation that can distinguish
it and sources of extremism that must haunt it. This book is the
first to unify Montesquieu's Roman thoughts; it is the first to
reconstruct the Rome that was one of his most powerful legacies in
the 18th and 19th centuries. Montesquieu and the Spirit of Rome
restores Rome to its proper place at the peak of Montesquieu's
thought and Montesquieu's thought to its proper place in the
history of classical study. It treats Montesquieu as what he
claimed to be-a jurist, a poet, a historian, and a political writer
of the first rank, and it revives his hard-nosed defence of
moderation.
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
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The author identifies and defines the features of traditional
utilitarian theories which account for their appeal, demonstrates
that no theory which is exclusively act-oriented can have all the
properties that ultilitarians have attempted to build into their
theories, and develops a new theory co-operative utilitarianism,
Cities are conspicuous among settlements because of their bulk and
pace: Venice, Paris, or New York. Each is distinctive, but all
share a social structure that mixes systems (families, businesses,
and schools), their members, and a public regulator. Cities alter
this structure in ways specific to themselves: orchestras play
music too elaborate for a quartet; city densities promote
collaborations unachievable in simpler towns. Cities, Real and
Ideal avers with von Bertalanffy, Parsons, Simmel, and Wirth that a
theory of social structure is empirically testable and confirmed.
It proposes a version of social justice appropriate to this
structure, thereby updating Marx's claim that justice is realizable
without the intervention of factors additional to society's
material conditions.
Logic and philosophy have many interfaces, some dating back to
Antiquity, some developed only recently. These two companion
volumes chart the variety and liveliness of modern logic at this
interface, opening windows to key topics for researchers in other
disciplines and other cultural traditions, including India and
China. The articles presented here were written by a wide spectrum
of international experts, showing the field also as a living
community of junior and senior scholars across different university
departments. The articles in Volume 2 give extensive coverage of
contacts with Philosophy, as well as several congenial other
disciplines, from argumentation theory to cognitive science, game
theory, and physics.
Logic and philosophy have many interfaces, some dating back to
Antiquity, some developed only recently. These two companion
volumes chart the variety and liveliness of modern logic at this
interface, opening windows to key topics for researchers in other
disciplines and other cultural traditions, including India and
China. The articles presented here were written by a wide spectrum
of international experts, showing the field also as a living
community of junior and senior scholars across different university
departments. Volume 1 illustrates the core areas of History,
Mathematical Foundations, Process and Computation, as well as
Information and Agency.
Why does the world look to us as it does? Generally speaking, this
question has received two types of answers in the cognitive
sciences in the past fifty or so years. According to the first, the
world looks to us the way it does because we construct it to look
as it does. According to the second, the world looks as it does
primarily because of how the world is. In The Innocent Eye, Nico
Orlandi defends a position that aligns with this second,
world-centered tradition, but that also respects some of the
insights of constructivism. Orlandi develops an embedded
understanding of visual processing according to which, while visual
percepts are representational states, the states and structures
that precede the production of percepts are not representations. If
we study the environmental contingencies in which vision occurs,
and we properly distinguish functional states and features of the
visual apparatus from representational states and features, we
obtain an empirically more plausible, world-centered account.
Orlandi shows that this account accords well with models of vision
in perceptual psychology - such as Natural Scene Statistics and
Bayesian approaches to perception - and outlines some of the ways
in which it differs from recent 'enactive' approaches to vision.
The main difference is that, although the embedded account
recognizes the importance of movement for perception, it does not
appeal to action to uncover the richness of visual stimulation. The
upshot is that constructive models of vision ascribe mental
representations too liberally, ultimately misunderstanding the
notion. Orlandi offers a proposal for what mental representations
are that, following insights from Brentano, James and a number of
contemporary cognitive scientists, appeals to the notions of
de-coupleability and absence to distinguish representations from
mere tracking states.
In Everything Ancient Was Once New, Emalani Case explores
Indigenous persistence through the concept of Kahiki, a term that
is at once both an ancestral homeland for Kanaka Maoli (Hawaiians)
and the knowledge that there is life to be found beyond Hawai'i's
shores. It is therefore both a symbol of ancestral connection and
the potential that comes with remembering and acting upon that
connection. Tracing physical, historical, intellectual, and
spiritual journeys to and from Kahiki, Emalani frames it as a place
of refuge and sanctuary, a place where ancient knowledge can
constantly be made anew. It is in Kahiki, she argues, and in the
sanctuary it creates, that today's Kanaka Maoli can find safety and
reprieve from the continued onslaught of settler colonial violence,
while also confronting some of the often uncomfortable and
challenging realities of being Indigenous in Hawai'i, in the
Pacific, and in the world. Each chapter of the book engages with
Kahiki as a shifting term, employed by Kanaka Maoli to explain
their lives and experiences to themselves at different points in
history. In doing so, Everything Ancient Was Once New proposes and
argues for reactivated and reinvigorated engagements with Kahiki,
each supporting ongoing work aimed at decolonizing physical and
ideological spaces, and reconnecting Kanaka Maoli to other peoples
and places in the Pacific region and beyond in ways that are both
purposeful and meaningful. In the book, Kahiki is therefore traced
through pivotal moments in history and critical moments in
contemporary times, explaining that while not always mentioned by
name, the idea of Kahiki was, and is, always full of potential. In
writing that is both personal and theoretical, Emalani weaves the
past and the present together, reflecting on ancient concepts and
their continued relevance in movements to protect lands, waters,
and oceans; to fight for social justice; to reexamine our
responsibilities and obligations to each other across the Pacific
region; and to open space for continued dialogue on what it means
to be Indigenous both when at home and when away. Combining
personal narrative and reflection with research and critical
analysis, Everything Ancient Was Once New journeys to and from
Kahiki, the sanctuary for reflection, deep learning, and continued
dreaming with the past, in the present, and far into the future.
Informed by co-author Debby Hutchins' extensive teaching experience
and research on logic education, The Art of Reasoning is the most
effective text for teaching logic today. The Fifth Edition features
a new chapter on cognitive biases, along with a new learning
framework and newly designed problem sets that encourage
incremental learning. Supporting resources are enhanced by
InQuizitive, an award-winning adaptive learning tool that
facilitates mastery of core concepts.
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