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This book presents the state of the art in the fields of formal
logic pioneered by Graham Priest. It includes advanced technical
work on the model and proof theories of paraconsistent logic, in
contributions from top scholars in the field. Graham Priest's
research has had a considerable influence on the field of
philosophical logic, especially with respect to the themes of
dialetheism-the thesis that there exist true but inconsistent
sentences-and paraconsistency-an account of deduction in which
contradictory premises do not entail the truth of arbitrary
sentences. Priest's work has regularly challenged researchers to
reappraise many assumptions about rationality, ontology, and truth.
This book collects original research by some of the most esteemed
scholars working in philosophical logic, whose contributions
explore and appraise Priest's work on logical approaches to
problems in philosophy, linguistics, computation, and mathematics.
They provide fresh analyses, critiques, and applications of
Priest's work and attest to its continued relevance and topicality.
The book also includes Priest's responses to the contributors,
providing a further layer to the development of these themes .
This book aids in the rehabilitation of the wrongfully deprecated
work of William Parry, and is the only full-length investigation
into Parry-type propositional logics. A central tenet of the
monograph is that the sheer diversity of the contexts in which the
mereological analogy emerges - its effervescence with respect to
fields ranging from metaphysics to computer programming - provides
compelling evidence that the study of logics of analytic
implication can be instrumental in identifying connections between
topics that would otherwise remain hidden. More concretely, the
book identifies and discusses a host of cases in which analytic
implication can play an important role in revealing distinct
problems to be facets of a larger, cross-disciplinary problem. It
introduces an element of constancy and cohesion that has previously
been absent in a regrettably fractured field, shoring up those who
are sympathetic to the worth of mereological analogy. Moreover, it
generates new interest in the field by illustrating a wide range of
interesting features present in such logics - and highlighting
these features to appeal to researchers in many fields.
This book presents the state of the art in the fields of formal
logic pioneered by Graham Priest. It includes advanced technical
work on the model and proof theories of paraconsistent logic, in
contributions from top scholars in the field. Graham Priest's
research has had a considerable influence on the field of
philosophical logic, especially with respect to the themes of
dialetheism-the thesis that there exist true but inconsistent
sentences-and paraconsistency-an account of deduction in which
contradictory premises do not entail the truth of arbitrary
sentences. Priest's work has regularly challenged researchers to
reappraise many assumptions about rationality, ontology, and truth.
This book collects original research by some of the most esteemed
scholars working in philosophical logic, whose contributions
explore and appraise Priest's work on logical approaches to
problems in philosophy, linguistics, computation, and mathematics.
They provide fresh analyses, critiques, and applications of
Priest's work and attest to its continued relevance and topicality.
The book also includes Priest's responses to the contributors,
providing a further layer to the development of these themes .
This book aids in the rehabilitation of the wrongfully deprecated
work of William Parry, and is the only full-length investigation
into Parry-type propositional logics. A central tenet of the
monograph is that the sheer diversity of the contexts in which the
mereological analogy emerges - its effervescence with respect to
fields ranging from metaphysics to computer programming - provides
compelling evidence that the study of logics of analytic
implication can be instrumental in identifying connections between
topics that would otherwise remain hidden. More concretely, the
book identifies and discusses a host of cases in which analytic
implication can play an important role in revealing distinct
problems to be facets of a larger, cross-disciplinary problem. It
introduces an element of constancy and cohesion that has previously
been absent in a regrettably fractured field, shoring up those who
are sympathetic to the worth of mereological analogy. Moreover, it
generates new interest in the field by illustrating a wide range of
interesting features present in such logics - and highlighting
these features to appeal to researchers in many fields.
Some of Macaulay's letters were printed in nineteenth-century
memoirs, but a 'Complete Letters' of this eminent Victorian has
long been needed. Professor Pinney is editing the whole body of
surviving letters by Macaulay, giving accurate texts and textual
and explanatory notes. The letters are in chronological order,
grouped by historical theme and phases of Macaulay's life. The
first two volumes deal with his childhood, career at Cambridge,
early legal career and early political career, and end with him
about to leave for India. The letters are lively because Macaulay
(as lawyer, essayist, historian, politician, administrator, poet)
was a man of enormous energy and very wide interests. They will add
greatly to our sense of early Victorian political and cultural life
as well as to our understanding of Macaulay himself.
Some of Macaulay's letters were printed in nineteenth-century
memoirs, but a 'Complete Letters' of this eminent Victorian has
long been needed. Professor Pinney is editing the whole body of
surviving letters by Macaulay, giving accurate texts and textual
and explanatory notes. The letters are in chronological order,
grouped by historical theme and phases of Macaulay's life. The
first two volumes deal with his childhood, career at Cambridge,
early legal career and early political career, and end with him
about to leave for India. The letters are lively because Macaulay
(as lawyer, essayist, historian, politician, administrator, poet)
was a man of enormous energy and very wide interests. They will add
greatly to our sense of early Victorian political and cultural life
as well as to our understanding of Macaulay himself.
The third volume of Thomas Pinney's acclaimed edition of Macaulay's
letters brings the work to its halfway point. This volume begins
with Macaulay preparing to sail for India as a member of the
supreme Council, covers his Indian career, his return to England,
renewed election to Parliament and appointment to the Whig Cabinet;
it ends with the defeat of Melbourne's ministry. Many of the
letters are previously unpublished, and are notable for their brisk
and vivid style, clear and readable as was all Macaulay's prose.
They throw particular light on his Indian years, in which Macaulay
played a significant part in liberalising movement begun by
Bentinck. The period also took Macaulay through several personal
crises, brought about by the death of one favourite sister and the
marriage of another. In these letters too Macaulay often concerns
himself with his continuing literary career.
The fourth volume of Thomas Pinney's acclaimed edition of
Macaulay's letters covers the period between September 1841 and
December 1848, in which Macaulay is shown keeping up an active
political life as MP for Edinburgh and member of Lord John
Russell's Whig Cabinet. At the same time his literary reputation is
extended by The Lays of Ancient Rome, the collected Essays, and, at
the end of the period spanned by this volume, the triumphant
publication of the first two volumes of the History of England. In
the same years Macaulay was enjoying perhaps the most satisfactory
period of his private life: we see him comfortably established in
the Albany, enjoying the society of his sister and her family,
taking part as a leading figure in Whig political and literary
circles, and confidently at work on the book which was to crown his
fame.
The years covered in this fifth volume of Macaulay's letters were a
striking mixture of triumph and loss. The publication of the first
part of The History of England at the end of 1848 set Macaulay at
the top of his fame, not merely in England, but on the Continent
and in America. Honours came pouring in, and the sales of his books
began to make him a rich man. The publication of the second part of
the History in 1855 was a publishing event of unparalleled
magnitude: 25,000 copies were subscribed at once in England, and
four times that number were quickly sold in the United States. To
add to his triumph, the people of Edinburgh, who had so rudely and
unexpectedly rejected him in 1847 as their representative in
parliament, now recanted; though Macaulay refused even to appear
before them, they insisted upon returning him to parliament, and
did so in 1852.
The last four years of Macaulay's life, documented in this final
volume of the Letters, began as an agreeable coda to the rest. He
had come to terms with his invalid state, and took great
satisfaction in the achievement that he had already realised. He
continued to work at his History, but without any expectations or
anxieties, instead he enjoyed what his labours had already brought
him. First among these was his house, Holly Lodge, in Kensington,
where he removed early in 1856 after nearly fifteen years in
chambers at the Albany. At Holly Lodge, attended by servants, and
visited by a steady company of family and friends, Macaulay took
pleasure in entertaining, and in supervising the care of his trees,
lawn and flowers - novel amusements to an urban bachelor of
literary habits.
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The History of England (Paperback)
Hugh Trevor-Roper; Thomas Macaulay; Edited by Hugh Trevor-Roper; Introduction by Hugh Trevor-Roper
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Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859) won instantaneous and outstanding success in prose and poetry, in politics and oratory. His History, translated throughout Europe and achieving sales in America second only to the Bible, immediately became the canon of historical orthodoxy, replacing previous histories so completely that it is now difficult to see past its long and apparently effortless triumph. In the sweep and power of his writing Macaulay rivals the finest novelists. He was much influenced by Sir Walter Scott and relied heavily on literature to recapture the atmosphere of the past. Though the theme of his History is clearly defined - the 1688 Revolution and the reign of William III which effectively consolidated that Revolution - it succeeds in presenting Macaulay's interpretation of the whole course of English history. He possessed an unerring grasp of political reality and he firmly reasserted the primacy of politics in the historical process as the essential motor of social change.
Title: Dzieje Anglii, etc. Translated under the direction of Adolf
Pawin ski.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
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Pawin ski, Adolf; 1873, 74. 10 tom.; 8 . 9507.aa.1.
Title: Dzieje Anglii, etc. Translated under the direction of Adolf
Pawin ski.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
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Pawin ski, Adolf; 1873, 74. 10 tom.; 8 . 9507.aa.1.
Title: Dzieje Anglii, etc. Translated under the direction of Adolf
Pawin ski.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
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Pawin ski, Adolf; 1873, 74. 10 tom.; 8 . 9507.aa.1.
Title: Ein Macaulay-Commentar. Anmerkungen zu Macaulay's History of
England, vol. I. Zur Einfu hrung in ein grundliches Versta ndniss
... der englischen Sprache, etc.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection includes works chronicling the development of Western
civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development
of language, political and educational systems, philosophy,
science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil
war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central
Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations,
and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was
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Schmitz, Bernhard; Macaulay, Thomas; 1870. 2 vol.; 8 . 9525.cc.7.
Title: Dzieje Anglii, etc. Translated under the direction of Adolf
Pawin ski.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
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Babington Macaulay Baron; Pawin ski, Adolf; 1873, 74. 10 tom.; 8 .
9507.aa.1.
Title: Dzieje Anglii, etc. Translated under the direction of Adolf
Pawin ski.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL
HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library
digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material
that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include
health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology,
culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and
social order. ++++The below data was compiled from various
identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title.
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Pawin ski, Adolf; 1873, 74. 10 tom.; 8 . 9507.aa.1.
Title: The Reformers of the Anglican Church, and Mr. Macaulay's
History of England. A postscript.Publisher: British Library,
Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national
library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest
research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known
languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The HISTORY OF EUROPE collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This
collection includes works chronicling the development of Western
civilisation to the modern age. Highlights include the development
of language, political and educational systems, philosophy,
science, and the arts. The selection documents periods of civil
war, migration, shifts in power, Muslim expansion into Central
Europe, complex feudal loyalties, the aristocracy of new nations,
and European expansion into the New World. ++++The below data was
compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic
record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool
in helping to insure edition identification: ++++ British Library
Harington, Edward; Macaulay, Thomas; 1849 8 . 4707.c.20.
Title: The Case for the Crown in re the Wigtown Martyrs proved to
be myths versus Wodrow and Lord Macaulay, Patrick the Pedler and
Principal Tulloch.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United
Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries
holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats:
books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps,
stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14
million books, along with substantial additional collections of
manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The
GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British
Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes
material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world.
Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture,
environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry,
mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++The below data was
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Napier, Mark; Macaulay, Thomas; 1863. 8 . 9509.h.19.
Title: Macaulay et l'histoire contemporaine. Discours prononce a la
rentre e des Faculte s, le mercredi 28 novembre.Publisher: British
Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the
national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's
largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all
known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound
recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its
collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial
additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating
back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes
books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied
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agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and
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British Library Dareste de la chavanne, Antoine; Macaulay, Thomas;
1860. 24 p.; 8 . 9525.c.3.
Title: Altro mische Heldenlieder ... Deutsch von H. von
Pilgrim.Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe
British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It
is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150
million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals,
newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and
much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along
with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and
historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The POETRY &
DRAMA collection includes books from the British Library digitised
by Microsoft. The books reflect the complex and changing role of
literature in society, ranging from Bardic poetry to Victorian
verse. Containing many classic works from important dramatists and
poets, this collection has something for every lover of the stage
and verse. ++++The below data was compiled from various
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Pilgrim, Harry; 1888. 154 p.; 8 . 11611.d.20.
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