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The birth of feminism woman as intellect in Renaissance Italy and England / by Ross, Sarah Gwyneth, 1975-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction -- Her father's daughter -- Household academies in Venice and London -- The biographical tradition -- Models of feminist argument -- Learned wives and mothers in italy -- Collaborative marriages in Britain -- Discourses of equality and rights -- Conclusion.…”
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Heidegger and philosophical atheology a neo-scholastic critique / by Dillard, Peter S.

Table of Contents: “…Early Heidegger and scholasticism -- Heidegger's atheology of appropriation -- Heideggerian atheology and the Scotist causal argument -- Appropriation and the problem of sufficient comprehension -- Heidegger's atheology of nothingness -- Nothingness and the problem of possibility -- A positive application.…”
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The behavior of federal judges a theoretical and empirical study of rational choice / by Epstein, Lee, 1958-

Table of Contents: “…A realistic theory of judicial behavior -- The previous empirical literature -- The Supreme Court -- The Courts of Appeals -- The district courts and the selection effect -- Dissents and dissent aversion -- The questioning of lawyers at oral argument -- The auditioners.…”
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Gun ownership and the Second Amendment

Table of Contents: “…The Constitution of the United States of America -- Supreme Court of the United States -- Oral arguments of D.C. V. Dick Anthony Heller -- District of Columbia v. …”
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Our knowledge of the internal world by Stalnaker, Robert

Table of Contents: “…Starting in the middle -- Epistemic possibilities and the knowledge argument -- Locating ourselves in the world -- Notes on models of self-locating belief -- Phenomenal and epistemic indistinguishability -- Acquaintance and essence -- Knowing what one is thinking -- After the fall.…”
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Classic questions and contemporary film : an introduction to philosophy / by Kowalski, Dean A.

Table of Contents: “…Philosophy, rhetoric, and argument -- Epistemology and skepticism -- God, creation, and evil -- Freedom, fate, and determinism -- Mind, body, and consciousness -- Ethical foundations and moral truth -- Ethics and values -- The state, social contracts, and justice -- The human condition.…”
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Without Foundations : Justification in Political Theory / by Herzog, Don, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Without Foundations; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE / Hobbes's Prescriptive Arguments; TWO / Locke's Divine Politics; THREE / Against Utilitarianism; FOUR / Theory in Context: Hume and Smith; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index…”
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The Lazarus case life-and-death issues in neonatal intensive care / by Lantos, John D.

Table of Contents: “…Somebody will pay -- Passing out in the NICU -- Learning about death and dying -- Standards of care -- Prognostication and futility -- Consent, communication, shared decision making -- Getting paid -- Home births -- Mistakes in context -- Closing argument.…”
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Constitutions, courts, and history historical narratives in constitutional adjudication / by Uitz, Renáta

Table of Contents: “…Historical narratives in constitutional reasoning : intuitions and myths revisited -- An overview of arguments used in constitutional adjudication -- The constitutional text in the light of history -- Behind historical narratives : the promise of continuity -- The fruits of reconciliation : a bittersweet harvest.…”
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Art in context understanding aesthetic value / by Fenner, David E. W.

Table of Contents: “…A theory of "the aesthetic" -- The value of art -- Disinterest theory and formalist theory -- Contextualist theory -- Issues of definition -- Issues concerning the power of art -- Issues of meaningfulness -- Science and contextualist aesthetics -- A review of the arguments and evidence.…”
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Without Foundations : Justification in Political Theory / by Herzog, Don, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Without Foundations; Contents; Preface; Introduction; ONE / Hobbes's Prescriptive Arguments; TWO / Locke's Divine Politics; THREE / Against Utilitarianism; FOUR / Theory in Context: Hume and Smith; Conclusion; Bibliography of Works Cited; Index…”
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Vital conflicts in medical ethics a virtue approach to craniotomy and tubal pregnancies / by Rhonheimer, Martin, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Two methodologies for the moral evaluation of action : the principle of double effect (PDE) and the weighing of goods -- Overview of this study and brief summary of the argument -- "Vital indication" and a recent example : the moral justification of the act of saving a life -- The structure of the argumentation : weighing goods in the case of vital indication -- Church doctrine and past discussions in moral theology. …”
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Romans 4 and the new perspective on Paul faith embraces the promise / by Visscher, Gerhard H., 1953-

Table of Contents: “…-- What is the role of Genesis 15:6 in Paul's argument? -- Rom. 4:3-8 : Paul's first argument from Gen. 15:6 -- Faith and reckoning -- Abraham, the ungodly -- Even David ... (4:6-8) -- Rom. 4:9-12 : second argument from Gen. 15:6 -- Faith, circumcision and gentiles -- Rom 4:13-22 : third argument from Gen. 15:6 -- Promise, law, and gentiles (4:13- 16) -- Faith and promise (4:17-22) -- Rom. 4:23-25 fourth argument from Gen. 15:6 -- For us also.…”
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Legal reasoning collected essays / by Kennedy, Duncan, 1942-

Table of Contents: “…Freedom and constraint in adjudication : a critical phenomenology -- A semiotics of legal argument -- A left/phenomenological alternative to the Hart/Kelsen theory of legal interpretation -- Thoughts on coherence, social values and national tradition in private law.…”
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On the people's terms a republican theory and model of democracy / by Pettit, Philip, 1945-

Table of Contents: “…Democratic control; Conclusion: the argument, in summary.…”
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The anatomy of story : 22 steps to becoming a master storyteller. by Truby, John, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Story space, story time -- Premise -- The seven key steps of story structure -- Character -- Moral argument -- Story world -- Symbol web -- Plot -- Scene weave -- Scene construction and symphonic dialogue -- The never-ending story.…”
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Causation and explanation

Table of Contents: “…-- Mackie remixed -- Occasional causes -- In defense of explanatory deductivism -- Goal-directed action and teleological explanation -- Van Fraassens Dutch book argument against explanationism -- Counterfactuals in economics: a commentary -- Why don't you want to be rich? …”
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The priority of democracy political consequences of pragmatism / by Knight, Jack, 1952-

Table of Contents: “…Preliminaries -- Pragmatism and the problem of institutional design -- The appeal of decentralization -- The priority of democracy and the burden of justification -- Reconsidering the role of political argument in democratic politics -- Refining reflexivity -- Formal conditions : institutionalizing liberal guarantees -- Substantive conditions : pragmatism and effectiveness.…”
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Inside a class action the Holocaust and the Swiss banks / by Schapiro, Jane, 1956-

Table of Contents: “…Winds of truth -- Looking back -- Plaintiffs speak -- The devil's bridge -- An uneasy alliance -- A rough calculation -- Arguments and motions -- The hearing -- Stucki's ghost -- A victim's fund -- A separate peace -- Money dance -- An accounting -- The reckoning.…”
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Atomism in late medieval philosophy and theology

Table of Contents: “….) / Sander W. de Boer -- Nicholas of Autrecour's atomistic physics / Christophe Grellard -- William Crathorn's mereotopological atomism / Aurélien Robert -- An indivisibilist argumentation at Paris around 1335 : Michel of Montecalerio's question on point and the controversy with John Buridan / Jean Celeyrette -- John Wyclif's atomism / Emily Michael -- Blasius of Parma facing atomist assumptions / Joël Biard.…”
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