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The case for a carbon tax getting past our hang-ups to effective climate policy / by Hsu, Shi-Ling

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Climate change policy alternatives -- Ten arguments for a carbon tax -- Arguments against a carbon tax -- Carbon tax psychology -- Changing political fortunes? …”
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Postmodernism & cultural identities conflicts and coexistence / by Nemoianu, Virgil

Table of Contents: “…-- Leibniz, Vico, and alternative modernities -- Conservatism as a branch of liberalism -- Christian democracy and subsidiarity in the world -- Christian martyrdom and Christian humanism -- The insertion of religion : the model of Benedict and Habermas -- Pieper, hope, imperfection, and literature -- General literary values -- Globalism, multiculturalism, and comparative literature -- Teaching literature from a Catholic angle -- Literary canons and social value options -- The argument from variety -- The argument from persecution -- The argument from practicality -- The argument from opposition -- The argument from defeat -- Specific applicative examples -- Following the classics : layers of stylistic mimesis -- Reinventing Romanticism or nineteenth-century Kitsch? …”
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The syntax of aspect deriving thematic and aspectual interpretation /

Table of Contents: “…Aspect and the syntax of argument structure / Ken Hale and Samuel Jay Keyser -- How do verbs get their names? …”
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Critical reflection a textbook for critical thinking / by Murray, R. Malcolm (Robert Malcolm), 1959-

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Argument structure. 1. Overview -- 2. Argument components -- 3. …”
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Interpretation techniques and exercises / by Nolan, James, 1946-

Table of Contents: “…Speaking -- Preparation : anticipating the speaker -- Complex syntax : compression -- Word order : clusters -- General adverbial clauses -- Untranslatability -- Figures of speech -- Argumentation -- Diction : register -- Formal style -- A policy address -- Quotations, allusions, transposition -- Political discourse -- Economic discourse -- Humor -- Latinisms -- Numbers -- Note-taking.…”
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What Is Philosophy? / by Munro, Michael

Table of Contents: “…What is philosophy? -- On argument -- On not knowing.…”
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What Is Philosophy? / by Munro, Michael

Table of Contents: “…What is philosophy? -- On argument -- On not knowing.…”
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Creation, evolution and meaning by Attfield, Robin

Table of Contents: “…Meaning, verification, and analogy -- Realism, anti-realism, and religion -- God and falsification -- Creation -- Arguments from world to God -- Darwinism, disvalues, and design -- God and evil -- Purpose, immanence, and the argument from value -- Meaning, evolution, and stewardship -- The ethics and metaphysics of stewardship.…”
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The mathematics of sex how biology and society conspire to limit talented women and girls / by Ceci, Stephen J.

Table of Contents: “…A multidimensional problem -- Opening arguments: environment -- Opening arguments: biology -- Challenges to the environmental position -- Challenges to the biological position -- Background and trend data -- Comparisons across societies, cultures, and developmental stages -- Conclusions and synthesis -- What next? …”
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Trina deitas the controversy between Hincmar and Gottschalk / by Tavard, George H. (George Henry), 1922-

Table of Contents: “…Foreword -- Bibliography -- Some relevant dates -- The ninth century -- The controversy -- Gottschalk's Schedula -- Hincmar's De una: structure -- De una: argumentation -- De una: appendices -- Lessons of the controversy -- Epilogue -- Index.…”
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Starting with Descartes by Prado, C. G.

Table of Contents: “…Descartes and his project -- The first meditation: methodological doubt -- The second meditation: the cogito -- The third meditation: the causal argument for god's existence -- A brief interlude -- The fourth meditation: explaining the possibility of error -- The fifth meditation: the ontological argument for god's existence -- The sixth meditation: the world's existence.…”
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Bending Opinion Essays on Persuasion in the Public Domain /

Table of Contents: “…O'Keefe -- The contribution of praeteritio to arguers' strategic maneuvering in the argumentation stage of a discussion / A. Francisca Snoeck Henkemans -- Limits and effects of reductio ad absurdum argumentation / Henrike Jansen, Marianne Dingemanse and Ingrid Persoon -- Professionalizing speech production. …”
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Understanding agency social theory and responsible action / by Barnes, Barry

Table of Contents: “…pt. 1. Materials and arguments -- pt. 2. Speculations and evaluations.…”
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Ethical considerations in dealing with CNV information

Table of Contents: “…-- Existing guidelines on returning results -- National Bioethics Advisory Commission -- UK Biobank -- NIH guidelines -- Arguments FOR returning CNV results -- Arguments AGAINST returning CNV results -- Avoiding CNV exceptionalism -- What results mean to families -- What we still need to know.…”
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Ethical considerations in dealing with CNV information

Table of Contents: “…-- Existing guidelines on returning results -- National Bioethics Advisory Commission -- UK Biobank -- NIH guidelines -- Arguments FOR returning CNV results -- Arguments AGAINST returning CNV results -- Avoiding CNV exceptionalism -- What results mean to families -- What we still need to know.…”
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Ethical considerations in dealing with CNV information

Table of Contents: “…-- Existing guidelines on returning results -- National Bioethics Advisory Commission -- UK Biobank -- NIH guidelines -- Arguments FOR returning CNV results -- Arguments AGAINST returning CNV results -- Avoiding CNV exceptionalism -- What results mean to families -- What we still need to know.…”
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Philosophy of religion : thinking about faith / by Evans, C. Stephen

Table of Contents: “…Concepts of God ; The theistic concept of God ; A case study : divine foreknowledge and human freedom ; The problem of religious language ; Natural theology ; Proofs of God's existence -- Classical arguments for God's existence. Ontological arguments ; Cosmological arguments ; Teleological arguments ; Moral arguments ; Conclusions: the value of theistic argument -- Religious experience. …”
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Religion and morality by Wainwright, William J.

Table of Contents: “…The nineteenth century background -- Kant, God, and immortality -- Newman and the argument from conscience -- The argument from the objectivity of value -- The euthyphro problem -- Two recent divine command theories -- Objections to divine command theory -- The case for divine command theory -- Religious ethics and rational morality -- Abraham and the binding of Isaac -- Mysticism and morality.…”
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Brussels versus the Beltway advocacy in the United States and the European Union / by Mahoney, Christine

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- The U.S. and EU political systems -- Explaining advocacy -- Researching advocacy -- Lobbying positions -- Argumentation -- Lobbying targets -- Inside lobbying tactics -- Outside lobbying tactics -- Networking and coalitions -- Lobbying success -- Conclusion.…”
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Sensations and Phenomenology / by Chapman, Harmon M. (Harmon Marbold)

Table of Contents: “…Scientific humanism : Kepler and Galileo -- pt. 3. Descartes's direct argument for sensations -- pt. 4. The indirect arguments for sensations -- pt. 5. …”
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