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Religion or halakha the philosophy of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik / by Schwartz, Dov

Table of Contents: “…The opening of Halakhic man : a covert dialogue with homo religiosus -- Homo religiosus: between religion and cognition -- The first paradigm of homo religiosus : Maimonides -- The second paradigm of homo religiosus : Kant -- Halakhic man as cognitive man -- The negation of metaphysics and of the messianic idea -- Mysticism, Kabbalah, and Hasidism -- Halakhic cognition and the norm -- Halakhic man's personality structure -- Religiosity after cognition : all-inclusive consciousness -- Myth as metaphor : halakhic man as a creator of worlds -- Change or interpretation: repentance as creativity -- On providence and prophecy -- Halakhic man after twenty years : what has changed?.…”
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Causation, physics, and the constitution of reality Russell's republic revisited /

Table of Contents: “…Norton -- What Russell got right / Christopher Hitchcock -- Causation with a human face / Jim Woodward -- Isolation and folk physics / Adam Elga -- Agency and causation / Arif Ahmed -- Pragmatic causation / Antony Eagle -- Causation in context / Peter Menzies -- Hume on causation : the projectivist interpretation / Helen Beebee -- Causal perspectivalism / Huw Price -- Counterfactuals and the Second Law / Barry Loewer -- The physical foundations of causation / Douglas Kutach -- Causation, counterfactuals, and entropy / Mathias Frisch.…”
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Mark and its subalterns a hermeneutical paradigm for a postcolonial context / by Joy, David, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Hermeneutic : general methodological considerations -- Hermeneutics : Indian methods--postcolonial biblical hermeneutics -- Towards a postcolonial biblical hermeneutics -- Mark : context and interpretation -- Colonial powers and their marks in Mark -- Mark and its subalterns : a product of conflict and resistance? …”
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British weather and the climate of enlightenment by Golinski, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Experiencing the weather in 1703 -- The "exquisite atmography" and its author -- The atmosphere and the earth -- Clouds in the head -- Public weather and the culture of enlightenment -- The great storm in public debate -- Providence and the British climate -- Conversation and weather lore -- Recording and forecasting -- The discipline of the diary -- The calendar and the seasons -- Forecasting by the heavens -- Barometers of enlightenment -- The genealogy of weather instruments -- The instrument trade and consumers -- Interpreting the "oraculous glasses" -- Sensibility and climatic pathology -- The hippocratic revival -- Aerial sensitivity and social change -- The politics of atmospheric reform -- Climate and civilization -- The enlightenment debate on climate -- Medicine and the colonial situation -- America: climate and destiny -- Conclusion: the science of weather.…”
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Deep waters the textual continuum in American Indian literature / by Teuton, Christopher B.

Table of Contents: “…Young Bear's Black eagle child and Remnants of the first earth -- Interpreting our world: authority and the written word in Robert J. …”
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The funeral kit mortuary practices in the archaeological record / by Baker, Jill L., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Archaeology of Death and Burial: Established Interpretations, Terminologies and Definitions Chapter 3: The Funeral Kit Model Chapter 4: Beyond the Model: The Funeral Kit in Wider Canaan (Middle Bronze IIB/C-Late Bronze Age II) Chapter 5: The Genesis and Extinction of the Funeral Kit in Canaan Chapter 6: Beyond Canaan: The Funeral Kit in Wider Geographical and Chronological Contexts Chapter 7: Theory and Practice Chapter 8: The Ties That Bind References Index About the Author.…”
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Fielding Derrida philosophy, literary criticism, history, and the work of deconstruction / by Kates, Joshua

Table of Contents: “…Derrida and the philosophy of language -- Literary theory's languages : the deconstruction of sense vs. the deconstruction of reference -- Jacques Derrida and the problem of philosophical and political modernity -- Jacob Klein and Jacques Derrida : the problem of modernity -- Jacob Klein and Jacques Derrida : historicism and history in two interpretations of Husserl's late writings -- Derrida's contribution to phenomenology : a problem of no species? …”
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Newton and the origin of civilization by Buchwald, Jed Z.

Table of Contents: “…Troubled Senses -- Troubled Numbers -- Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England -- Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry -- Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge -- Newtonian History -- Text and Testimony -- Interpreting Words -- Publication and Reaction -- The War on Newton in England -- The War on Newton in France -- The Demise of Chronology -- Evidence and History -- Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions -- Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods -- Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations -- Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe -- Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings.…”
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Edmund Burke in America the contested career of the father of modern conservatism / by Maciag, Drew, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Adams : federalist persuasions -- Democratic America : the ethos of liberalism -- American Whigs : a conservative response -- The Gilded Age : eclectic interpretations -- Theodore Roosevelt : blazing forward, looking backward -- Woodrow Wilson : confronting American maturity -- Modern times : conjunctions and consensus -- Natural law : a neo-traditionalist revival -- The Cold War : existential threat redux -- Contemporary conservatives : victories and illusions -- Conclusion : a world without fathers.…”
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Victimhood, vengefulness, and the culture of forgiveness by Urlec, Ivan

Table of Contents: “…-- Victimhood as psychopathology : diagnosis and interpretation point of view -- Victimhood as a plea for acknowledgement and justice : the emphatic point of view -- Victimhood : sociopolitical implications -- The common negative reaction towards vengeful wishes -- Placing revenge in a continuum from normal to pathological -- The sociopolitical aspect of processing vengeful wishes -- Aggression and its aftermath : trans-generational transmission of negative feelings prejudices, myths enmity -- Trauma and reparation : the healing potential of psychodynamic understanding and therapeutic approach -- To overcome conflicts : creating space for compassion, empathy and forgiveness in the process of reconciliation.…”
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From surface collection to prehistoric lifeways making sense of the multi-period site of Orlovo, south east Bulgaria /

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: from surface collection to past lifeways / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- The site of Orlovo in its local and regional context / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarka, and Ruslan Kostov -- The fired clay figurines / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ana Raduntcheva -- The ornaments / John Chapman and Ruslan Kostov -- The polished stone tools / Bisserka Gaydarska and Ruslan Kostov -- Interpreting the site and the objects / John Chapman, Bisserka Gaydarska, and Ana Raduntcheva -- Conclusions / John Chapman and Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 1: catalogue of finds / Bisserka Gaydarska -- Appendix 2: other finds / Ana Raduntcheva and John Chapman.…”
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Causal ubiquity in quantum physics : a superluminal and local-causal physical ontology / by Neelamkavil, Raphael, 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Introduction: The law of causality and its methodology -- Recent causal realism in quantum physics -- The law of causality : Hume, Quine and quantum physics -- Ontological and probabilistic causalisms -- Laplacean causalism in quantum physics -- Ontological commitment in quantum physics -- Causality in some quantum experiments -- Interpretations of important results in quantum physics -- Causality in the EPR paradox: Part 1. …”
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Mark and its subalterns a hermeneutical paradigm for a postcolonial context / by Joy, David, 1966-

Table of Contents: “…Hermeneutic : general methodological considerations -- Hermeneutics : Indian methods--postcolonial biblical hermeneutics -- Towards a postcolonial biblical hermeneutics -- Mark : context and interpretation -- Colonial powers and their marks in Mark -- Mark and its subalterns : a product of conflict and resistance? …”
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British weather and the climate of enlightenment by Golinski, Jan

Table of Contents: “…Experiencing the weather in 1703 -- The "exquisite atmography" and its author -- The atmosphere and the earth -- Clouds in the head -- Public weather and the culture of enlightenment -- The great storm in public debate -- Providence and the British climate -- Conversation and weather lore -- Recording and forecasting -- The discipline of the diary -- The calendar and the seasons -- Forecasting by the heavens -- Barometers of enlightenment -- The genealogy of weather instruments -- The instrument trade and consumers -- Interpreting the "oraculous glasses" -- Sensibility and climatic pathology -- The hippocratic revival -- Aerial sensitivity and social change -- The politics of atmospheric reform -- Climate and civilization -- The enlightenment debate on climate -- Medicine and the colonial situation -- America: climate and destiny -- Conclusion: the science of weather.…”
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Deep waters the textual continuum in American Indian literature / by Teuton, Christopher B.

Table of Contents: “…Young Bear's Black eagle child and Remnants of the first earth -- Interpreting our world: authority and the written word in Robert J. …”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view

The funeral kit mortuary practices in the archaeological record / by Baker, Jill L., 1964-

Table of Contents: “…Machine generated contents note: List of Figures Preface Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: The Archaeology of Death and Burial: Established Interpretations, Terminologies and Definitions Chapter 3: The Funeral Kit Model Chapter 4: Beyond the Model: The Funeral Kit in Wider Canaan (Middle Bronze IIB/C-Late Bronze Age II) Chapter 5: The Genesis and Extinction of the Funeral Kit in Canaan Chapter 6: Beyond Canaan: The Funeral Kit in Wider Geographical and Chronological Contexts Chapter 7: Theory and Practice Chapter 8: The Ties That Bind References Index About the Author.…”
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Fielding Derrida philosophy, literary criticism, history, and the work of deconstruction / by Kates, Joshua

Table of Contents: “…Derrida and the philosophy of language -- Literary theory's languages : the deconstruction of sense vs. the deconstruction of reference -- Jacques Derrida and the problem of philosophical and political modernity -- Jacob Klein and Jacques Derrida : the problem of modernity -- Jacob Klein and Jacques Derrida : historicism and history in two interpretations of Husserl's late writings -- Derrida's contribution to phenomenology : a problem of no species? …”
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Newton and the origin of civilization by Buchwald, Jed Z.

Table of Contents: “…Troubled Senses -- Troubled Numbers -- Erudition and Chronology in Seventeenth-Century England -- Isaac Newton on Prophecies and Idolatry -- Aberrant Numbers : The Propagation of Mankind before and after the Deluge -- Newtonian History -- Text and Testimony -- Interpreting Words -- Publication and Reaction -- The War on Newton in England -- The War on Newton in France -- The Demise of Chronology -- Evidence and History -- Appendix A: Signs, Conventions, Dating, and Definitions -- Appendix B: Newton's Computational Methods -- Appendix C: Commented Extracts from Newton's MS Calculations -- Appendix D: Placing Colures on the Original Star Globe -- Appendix E: Hesiod, Thales, and Stellar Risings and Settings.…”
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Edmund Burke in America the contested career of the father of modern conservatism / by Maciag, Drew, 1954-

Table of Contents: “…Adams : federalist persuasions -- Democratic America : the ethos of liberalism -- American Whigs : a conservative response -- The Gilded Age : eclectic interpretations -- Theodore Roosevelt : blazing forward, looking backward -- Woodrow Wilson : confronting American maturity -- Modern times : conjunctions and consensus -- Natural law : a neo-traditionalist revival -- The Cold War : existential threat redux -- Contemporary conservatives : victories and illusions -- Conclusion : a world without fathers.…”
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Victimhood, vengefulness, and the culture of forgiveness by Urlec, Ivan

Table of Contents: “…-- Victimhood as psychopathology : diagnosis and interpretation point of view -- Victimhood as a plea for acknowledgement and justice : the emphatic point of view -- Victimhood : sociopolitical implications -- The common negative reaction towards vengeful wishes -- Placing revenge in a continuum from normal to pathological -- The sociopolitical aspect of processing vengeful wishes -- Aggression and its aftermath : trans-generational transmission of negative feelings prejudices, myths enmity -- Trauma and reparation : the healing potential of psychodynamic understanding and therapeutic approach -- To overcome conflicts : creating space for compassion, empathy and forgiveness in the process of reconciliation.…”
An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view