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Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in later
life? In the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic it is generally agreed
that Plato held that universals exist. But in Parmenides, he
subjected that theory to criticism. If the criticism were valid,
and Plato knew so, then the Parmenides marks a turning point in his
thought. If, however, Plato became aware that there are radical
differences in the logical behaviour of concepts, and the later
dialogues are a record of his attempt to analyse those differences,
then Plato's thought can be said to have moved in a new and vitally
important direction after the Parmenides. Studies in Plato's
Metaphysics brings together twenty essays by leading philosophers
from the UK and the USA reflecting upon this important issue and
upon the questions arising from it.
The learning objectives of this book are to: Show how individual
objectives drive towards the organizational objectives Answer the
question, "How do I influence leadership and get everyone on
board"? Build on the principles of enterprise excellence Understand
the relationship between behaviors, systems, principles, and how
they drive to results Learn how KBIs drive KPIs and how this leads
to excellent results.
Now available in the US, this is the revised and expanded fifth
edition of a book that has been the standard reference work for
divers, anglers and scientists for over 30 years. The new edition
covers 1,670 fish species found in the seas of tropical Southeast
Asia, the Southern Pacific islands and Australia--including the
Great Barrier Reef, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam and the
Philippines. A must-have reference for divers, marine biologists,
ecologists, commercial fisheries and sports anglers, this book
includes a comprehensive identification guide to the families of
reef fishes, with a definitive index. An informative and detailed
Introduction includes area coverage; faunal composition; biology,
behavior and ecology of reef fishes; classification of fishes, and
much more. Originally published as Marine Fishes of South-East
Asia, this edition contains numerous revisions in nomenclature
affecting both the scientific Latin names and common names of the
region's fishes. In all cases these have been made to reflect the
current universally-accepted terminology. The common names in this
book are the result of a recent initiative undertaken by the
Australian Government and Seafood Services Australia. Each species
is depicted in detailed, full-color illustrations by noted marine
artists Roger Swainston and Jill Ruse, including over 35 new
species. In many cases, the illustrations show both male and female
examples. With more than 2,000 illustrations and 29 color
photographs, this definitive field guide will continue to be an
invaluable resource for professionals and hobbyists alike.
Originally published in 1973, Origins of English Feudalism suggests
that English feudalism has, for a long time, been the most
controversial and thereby the most highly technical aspect of
English medieval history. The book contains relevant sources that
will be of use to readers and will allow them to study documentary,
literary and archaeological sources from the medieval period. The
debate over the establishment of feudalism in pre-Conquest England
involves not only the question of the presence or absence of fief,
but also of knights and cavalry, castles and vassilic commendation.
This book will be of interest to academics and the ease of use and
careful division of sources, will be of interest to students.
Future War and the Defence of Europe offers a major new analysis of
how peace and security can be maintained in Europe: a continent
that has suffered two cataclysmic conflicts since 1914. Taking as
its starting point the COVID-19 pandemic and way it will inevitably
accelerate some key global dynamics already in play, the book goes
on to weave history, strategy, policy, and technology into a
compelling analytical narrative. It lays out in forensic detail the
scale of the challenge Europeans and their allies face if Europe's
peace is to be upheld in a transformative century. The book upends
foundational assumptions about how Europe's defence is organised,
the role of a fast-changing transatlantic relationship, NATO, the
EU, and their constituent nation-states. At the heart of the book
is a radical vision of a technology-enabling future European
defence, built around a new kind of Atlantic Alliance, an
innovative strategic public-private partnership, and the future
hyper-electronic European force, E-Force, it must spawn. Europeans
should be under no illusion: unless they do far more for their own
defence, and very differently, all that they now take for granted
could be lost in the maze of hybrid war, cyber war, and hyper war
they must face.
LAUNCHING NEW VENTURES, 8e provides tomorrow's entrepreneurs with
the tools to launch a successful new business in a global
marketplace today. When you have completed this book and its
activities, you will not be able to make a wise decision about
whether entrepreneurship is for you, you will have learned and
practiced the skills and tools needed for success. Even if you
decide that entrepreneurship is not for you, the skills and tools
you will have acquired will be valuable in any career you choose
because every career is associated with business. You will find
that the book has a journalistic style, so it's very readable. And
with the new inline digital activities, you'll be able to break up
your reading with a learning activity to reinforce what you've
read. Part One introduces the foundations of entrepreneurship and
helps you understand the entrepreneur's journey including the kinds
of decisions that entrepreneurs make. It also explains the
opportunity creation process and the tasks that you must undertake
before starting a business. Part Two addresses the heart of
entrepreneurial activity -- the development and testing of a new
business model through feasibility analysis. Here you will learn
the tools and skills needed to validate an opportunity, build a
founding team, and estimate startup requirements. Part Three
focuses on the planning that goes into designing an effective,
scalable startup organization including a marketing plan. It also
addresses the key topics of ethics, social responsibility, and the
legal form of organization. Part Four looks at planning for growth
and change in your new organization and includes growth funding,
growth strategies, accessing the public markets, and planning for
harvest and exit.
Plato's Euthyphro is important because it gives an excellent
example of Socratic dialogue in operation and of the connection of
that dialectic with Plato's earlier theory of Forms. Professor
Allen's edition of the dialogue provides a translation with
interspersed commentary, aimed both at helping the reader who does
not have Greek and also elucidating the discussion of the earlier
Theory of Forms which follows. The author argues that there is a
theory of Forms in the Euthyphro and in other early Platonic
dialogues and that this theory is the foundation of Socratic
dialogue. However, he maintains that the theory in the early
dialogues is a realist theory of universals and this theory is not
to be identified with the theory of Forms found in the Phaedo,
Republic, and other middle dialogues, since it differs on the
issues of ontological status.
Originally published in 1973, Origins of English Feudalism suggests
that English feudalism has, for a long time, been the most
controversial and thereby the most highly technical aspect of
English medieval history. The book contains relevant sources that
will be of use to readers and will allow them to study documentary,
literary and archaeological sources from the medieval period. The
debate over the establishment of feudalism in pre-Conquest England
involves not only the question of the presence or absence of fief,
but also of knights and cavalry, castles and vassilic commendation.
This book will be of interest to academics and the ease of use and
careful division of sources, will be of interest to students.
Drawing together research and theory in ethology and psychology,
this book offers a clear and provocative account of the ways in
which living organisms learn. Throughout, the authors' focus is on
the importance of operational definition.
In lively prose, describing experiments in enough depth to involve
readers in the drama of experimental method, they recount the
history of scientists' attempts to answer basic questions, and show
how one study builds on another. Although they present the major
traditional positions, they demand that readers examine actual
evidence, recognize weaknesses, and consider alternatives.
This critical process leads to the delineation of a bottom up,
feed forward model in contrast to the traditional top down, feed
backward one. Recent research in robotics and fuzzy logic suggests
ways in which artificial as well as living systems pursue bottom
up, feed forward ethological solutions to practical problems. The
authors' extended discussion of their exciting work teaching sign
language to chimpanzees vividly illustrates the application of the
basic principles of learning elucidated in the book.
This handbook provides a comprehensive, yet succinct guide to the
evaluation, diagnosis, and treatment of various
musculoskeletal/extremity disorders in the emergency department. It
covers a wide variety of common patient presentations, advanced
imaging interpretation, proper anesthetic implementation, and
associated extremity reduction/immobilization techniques. Richly
illustrated, it assists clinical decision making with high-yield
facts, essential figures, and step-by-step procedural instruction.
Emergency Orthopedics Handbook is an indispensable resource for all
medical professionals that manage emergent orthopedic,
musculoskeletal, and local extremity injury care.
Drawing together research and theory in ethology and psychology,
this book offers a clear and provocative account of the ways in
which living organisms learn. Throughout, the authors' focus is on
the importance of operational definition. In lively prose,
describing experiments in enough depth to involve readers in the
drama of experimental method, they recount the history of
scientists' attempts to answer basic questions, and show how one
study builds on another. Although they present the major
traditional positions, they demand that readers examine actual
evidence, recognize weaknesses, and consider alternatives. This
critical process leads to the delineation of a bottom up, feed
forward model in contrast to the traditional top down, feed
backward one. Recent research in robotics and fuzzy logic suggests
ways in which artificial as well as living systems pursue bottom
up, feed forward ethological solutions to practical problems. The
authors' extended discussion of their exciting work teaching sign
language to chimpanzees vividly illustrates the application of the
basic principles of learning elucidated in the book.
Did Plato abandon, or sharply modify, the Theory of Forms in
later life? In the Phaedo, Symposium, and Republic it is generally
agreed that Plato held that universals exist. But in Parmenides, he
subjected that theory to criticism. If the criticism were valid,
and Plato knew so, then the Parmenides marks a turning point in his
thought. If, however, Plato became aware that there are radical
differences in the logical behaviour of concepts, and the later
dialogues are a record of his attempt to analyse those differences,
then Plato s thought can be said to have moved in a new and vitally
important direction after the Parmenides. Studies in Plato s
Metaphysics brings together twenty essays by leading philosophers
from the UK and the USA reflecting upon this important issue and
upon the questions arising from it.
Plato s Euthyphro is important because it gives an excellent
example of Socratic dialogue in operation and of the connection of
that dialectic with Plato s earlier theory of Forms. Professor
Allen s edition of the dialogue provides a translation with
interspersed commentary, aimed both at helping the reader who does
not have Greek and also elucidating the discussion of the earlier
Theory of Forms which follows. The author argues that there is a
theory of Forms in the Euthyphro and in other early Platonic
dialogues and that this theory is the foundation of Socratic
dialogue. However, he maintains that the theory in the early
dialogues is a realist theory of universals and this theory is not
to be identified with the theory of Forms found in the Phaedo,
Republic, and other middle dialogues, since it differs on the
issues of ontological status.
LAUNCHING NEW VENTURES, 7e provides tomorrow's entrepreneurs with
the tools to launch a successful new business in a global
marketplace. The text follows the logical development process: from
initial idea, to developing and testing a business model, to
designing a business and preparing for growth. The seventh edition
represents the most current thoughts, ideas, and practices in the
field of entrepreneurship. Allen focuses on the pre-startup and
startup stages of a new business, with special emphasis on the
process and activities that must take place prior to opening a new
business. The student-friendly material includes real-world case
studies, new venture action plans, and advice from successful
entrepreneurs and the author herself. Part One introduces the
foundations of entrepreneurship and entrepreneurial opportunity
that are important to understanding the decisions that
entrepreneurs make, the environment in which they make those
decisions, and the tasks they must undertake before launching a new
company. Part Two addresses the heart of entrepreneurial
activity--the development and testing of a new business model
through feasibility analysis. Part Three focuses on the planning
that goes into designing an effective, scalable startup
organization. Part Four looks at planning for growth and change in
the new organization.
This textbook offers a comprehensive overview of research on
LGBTQ-parent families. The new edition of the textbook provides
updated information and expands on the range and depth of current
research. The volume features contributions from scholars in
psychology, sociology, human development, family studies, gender
studies, sexuality studies, legal studies, social work, and
anthropology. In addition, the textbook offers an international
perspective, with coverage spanning many diverse nations and
cultures. Chapters highlight key research, exploring sexual
orientation in relation to other key social identities, such as
gender, race, and nationality. Chapters also discuss new, emerging
areas of research, including asexuality and immigration. The
textbook concludes with a section on the growing sophistication of
research methodology in the study of LGBTQ-parent families. The
second edition includes new chapters discussing: LGBTQ-parent
families and health. LGBTQ foster parents. LGBTQ adults and sibling
relationships. LGBTQ-parent families and poverty. LGBTQ-parent
families and separation/divorce. LGBTQ-parent families and
religion. LGBTQ-parent families and grief/loss. Methods,
recruitment, and sampling in research with LGBTQ families.
Teaching/pedagogy on LGBTQ-parent families. LGBTQ-Parent Families,
2nd Edition, is a valuable updated resource for graduate students
as well as veteran and beginning clinicians across disciplines,
including family studies, family therapy, gender studies, public
health, social policy, social work and child and adolescent
psychology as well as related disciplines across mental health and
educational services.
"As the World Turns" examines two of the major problems confronting
higher education in this modern world: access to higher education
remains a persistent problem for disadvantaged students around the
world; universities that are highly segregated by race, culture,
language, nationality, or immigration status have lower achievement
for disadvantaged students - who are also more often targets of
discrimination. This volume compares discriminated,
underrepresented and excluded groups in universities around the
globe; identifying personal, group, institutional and societal
factors related to persistent inequality. Through a consortium of
international scholars, the chapters present studies on minority
student experiences and achievement, asking whether and how
universities: exhibit difference, diversity and inequality;
integrate multiple social groups; encourage respect between diverse
communities; and use diversity to enhance student learning. This
volume demonstrates how diversity and equity help advance academic
excellence in global higher education.
LGBT-Parent Families is the first handbook to provide a
comprehensive examination of this underserved area. Reflecting the
nature of this issue, the volume is notably interdisciplinary, with
contributions from scholars in psychology, sociology, human
development, family studies, gender studies, sexuality studies,
legal studies, social work, and anthropology. Additionally,
scholarship from regions beyond the U.S. including England,
Australia, Canada, and South Africa is presented. In addition to
gender and sexuality, all contributors address issues of social
class, race, and ethnicity in their chapters.
Adaptive management is an approach to managing social-ecological
systems that fosters learning about the systems being managed and
remains at the forefront of environmental management nearly 40
years after its original conception. Adaptive management persists
because it allows action despite uncertainty, and uncertainty is
reduced when learning occurs during the management process. Often
termed "learning by doing", the allure of this management approach
has entrenched the concept widely in agency direction and statutory
mandates across the globe. This exceptional volume is a collection
of essays on the past, present and future of adaptive management
written by prominent authors with long experience in developing,
implementing, and assessing adaptive management. Moving forward,
the book provides policymakers, managers and scientists a powerful
tool for managing for resilience in the face of uncertainty.
This book presents a seven-step model for insight and change using
the action method, Psychotheatrics, which uses the expressive arts
to transform the storytelling experience into a phenomenological
framework for depicting challenges, strategies and outcomes
resulting in the dynamic illustration of inter-subjective meaning.
"Dramatic Psychological Storytelling" presents a seven-step model
for insight and change, anchored by the expressive arts and the
action method, Psychotheatrics. Combined with the expressive arts,
storytelling offers a way to frame experience. Psychotheatrics,
using the expressive arts, transforms the storytelling experience
into a phenomenological framework for depicting challenges,
strategies, and outcomes resulting in the dynamic illustration of
inter-subjective meaning.
A reissue of the classic guide to the origins, purpose and identity
of the great castles of England and Wales, built after the arrival
of the Normans. Castle studies have been shaped and defined over
the past half-century by the work of R. Allen Brown. His classic
English Castles, renamed here to acknowledge its definitive
approach to the subject, has never been superseded by other more
recent studies, and is still the foundation study of the English,
and Welsh, castles built between the Norman Conquest and the mid
1500s. As the subject evolved, so too did this book, and for the
most recent edition a considerable amount of French comparative
material was added, though it remains essentially a study of
English castles. For Allen Brown, castles were fortified residences
(or residential fortresses), and developed, from European
precursors, to support political and social realities as the Norman
and Angevin kings secured their realm. Once these political ends
had been largely met, the castle and castle-building entered a
period of decline, and domesticand military interests went in
opposite directions. This book, with numerous photographs and
plans, remains the outstanding guide to the origins, purpose and
identity of the great castles of England and Wales. R. ALLEN BROWN
was also the author of The Normans, The Norman Conquest of England
and The Normans and the Norman Conquest and founder of the annual
Battle Conference on Anglo-Norman Studies.
Dermatology is a fascinating subject. This is a statement you might
expect from a dermatologist, but what is the justification? It is a
highly clinical specialty and sophisticated techniques of diagnosis
are very much of secondary importance compared with clinical
skills. The skin is important not only as an organ with vital
physiological functions but also as a flag by which we communicate
with the outside world. A perfect skin is desired by all, and upon
this wish is based the multi-million pound cosmetics industry. Skin
disease therefore places a strain on sufferers out of proportion to
the disturbances in function which the pathology produces. A
"leper" complex is frequent, and social and sexual contact may be
shunned because of the embarrassment caused. It is also easy to
overlook the contribution that cutaneous physical signs make
towards diagnoses of internal disorders. Even straightforward
factors such as the pallor of anaemia, the icterus of biliary
obstruction or, quite simply, the age and sex of the patient are
recognised immediately from visible signs in the skin. Like most
other organs the skin has a limited repertoire of reactions, but
these can occur in patients of all ages, combined together in an
almost infinite number of permutations; hence the fascination
referred to above. It has been estimated that 10% of consultations
with general practioners are because of a skin-related problem, and
therefore a working knowledge of dermatology is essential for
anyone who has regular clinical contact with patients.
Artificial Intelligence is here, today. How can society make the
best use of it?Until recently, "artificial intelligence" sounded
like something out of science fiction. But the technology of
artificial intelligence, AI, is becoming increasingly common, from
self-driving cars to e-commerce algorithms that seem to know what
you want to buy before you do. Throughout the economy and many
aspects of daily life, artificial intelligence has become the
transformative technology of our time. Despite its current and
potential benefits, AI is little understood by the larger public
and widely feared. The rapid growth of artificial intelligence has
given rise to concerns that hidden technology will create a
dystopian world of increased income inequality, a total lack of
privacy, and perhaps a broad threat to humanity itself. In their
compelling and readable book, two experts at Brookings discuss both
the opportunities and risks posed by artificial intelligence and
how near-term policy decisions could determine whether the
technology leads to utopia or dystopia. Drawing on in-depth studies
of major uses of AI, the authors detail how the technology actually
works. They outline a policy and governance blueprint for gaining
the benefits of artificial intelligence while minimizing its
potential downsides. The book offers major recommendations for
actions that governments, businesses, and individuals can take to
promote trustworthy and responsible artificial intelligence. Their
recommendations include: creation of ethical principles,
strengthening government oversight, defining corporate culpability,
establishment of advisory boards at federal agencies, using
third-party audits to reduce biases inherent in algorithms,
tightening personal privacy requirements, using insurance to
mitigate exposure to AI risks, broadening decision-making about AI
uses and procedures, penalizing malicious uses of new technologies,
and taking pro-active steps to address how artificial intelligence
affects the workforce. Turning Point is essential reading for
anyone concerned about how artificial intelligence works and what
can be done to ensure its benefits outweigh its harm.
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