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Shadow Box (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Cooke
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The philosophy of Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is very
important at every stage of the history of modern American thought.
It informs William James's evolutionary metaphysics, John Dewey's
theory of logic, W.V.O. Quine's naturalism, and Richard Rorty's
notion of the Linguistic Turn. Similarly, many Continental
philosophers, like Jurgen Habermas, Karl-Otto Apel, Jacques
Derrida, and Umberto Eco, have developed Peirce's semiotic logic as
central to their own philosophical views. Yet until now there has
been a yawning gap in the literature on what is arguably the most
essential idea in the entire Peircean corpus, namely his
"fallibilism." The basic idea of fallibilism is that all knowledge
claims, including those metaphysical, methodological,
introspective, and even mathematical claims - all of these remain
uncertain, provisional, merely fallible conjectures.
As Elizabeth Cooke explains in "Peirce's Pragmatic Theory of
Inquiry," one long-standing concern with the idea of fallibilism is
that it might all too easily slide into "skepticism." And this
would certainly undermine the overall project of making Peirce's
fallibilism the linchpin for any realistic pragmatism. So, it is
essential to show Peirce's philosophy does not require any claims
to certitude, in order to keep his fallibilism from falling into
skepticism or contextualism. Cooke's solution to this problem is to
interpret Peirce as having reconceived knowledge - traditionally
defined as "foundational" and even "static" - as a dynamic process
of inquiry, one which evolves within a larger ontological process
of evolution. Her book will be of great interest not only to Peirce
and Pragmatism specialists but also to contemporary epistemologists
more generally.
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Bowl (Paperback)
Elizabeth Cook
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Lux (Paperback)
Elizabeth Cook
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R308
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King David sings his psalms. A world away, King Henry plots. And
courtier Thomas Wyatt sees them both, his beloved falcon Lukkes on
his arm. David wants Bathsheba. Henry too must have what he wants.
He wants Ann, a divorce, a son. He looks up at his tapestry of
David and sees a mighty predecessor who defended his faith and took
what he liked. But he leaves it to others to count the costs. Among
those counting is the poet Wyatt, who sees a different David, a man
who repented before God, in song as in life. This is the version of
the biblical king which Wyatt must give voice to as he translates
David's psalms. As David pursues Bathsheba, Henry courts Ann, and
Wyatt interweaves the past and present. Lux is a story of love and
its reach, fidelity and faith, power and its abuses.
This book comprises a collection of papers given at the fifth
biennial conference of the Centre for Property Law at the
University of Reading held in March 2004,and is the third in the
series Modern Studies in Property Law. The Reading conference has
become well-known as a unique opportunity for property lawyers to
meet and confer both formally and informally. This volume includes
a refereed and revised selection of the papers given there. The
papers thus cover a broad range of topics of immediate importance
including: land registration, leasehold and commonhold,
prescription and law and equity. A growing and popular aspect of
the series is its coverage of property law matters worldwide; this
volume includes essays on property law in developing countries, in
South Africa, Canada, and Eastern Europe.
The law of estoppel is a modern concept with a medieval label. It concerns the enforcement of obligations outside the law of contract and tort; we might call it the law of consistency, which obliges people to stand by things they have said. This is a book for lawyers, but will be of interest to other readers as a picture of how the law has tried to deal with its own shortcomings. The book will be of interest practitioners and scholars in other jurisdictions particularly Australia and New Zealand.
This authoritative edition was originally published in the
acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of
Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Keats's
poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by a generous
selection of Keats's letters - to give the essence of his work and
thinking.
In his tragically short life Keats wrote an astonishing number of
superb poems; his stature as one of the foremost poets of the
Romantic movement remains unassailable. This volume contains all
the poetry published during his lifetime, including Endymion in its
entirety, the Odes, "Lamia," and both versions of "Hyperion." The
poetry is presented in chronological order, illustrating the
staggering speed with which Keats's work matured. Further insight
into his creative process is given by reproducing, in their
original form, a number of poems that were published posthumously.
Keats's letters are admired almost as much as his poetry and were
described by T. S. Eliot as "certainly the most notable and most
important ever written by any English poet." They provide the best
biographical detail available and shed invaluable light on Keats's
poems.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has
made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the
globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to
scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of
other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading
authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date
bibliographies for further study, and much more.
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