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Second philosophy a naturalistic method / by Maddy, Penelope

Table of Contents: “…-- Descartes's first philosophy -- Neo-Cartesian skepticism -- Hume's naturalism -- Kant's transcendentalism -- Carnap's rational reconstruction -- Quine's naturalism -- Putnam's anti-naturalism -- The second philosopher at work -- What's left to do? …”
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Second philosophy a naturalistic method / by Maddy, Penelope

Table of Contents: “…-- Descartes's first philosophy -- Neo-Cartesian skepticism -- Hume's naturalism -- Kant's transcendentalism -- Carnap's rational reconstruction -- Quine's naturalism -- Putnam's anti-naturalism -- The second philosopher at work -- What's left to do? …”
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Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit a critical rethinking in seventeen lectures / by Winfield, Richard Dien, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Lecture 1: introduction -- Lecture 2: sense-certainty -- Lecture 3: perception -- Lecture 4: understanding -- Lecture 5: independence and dependence of self-consciousness -- Lecture 6: the freedom of self-consciousness: stoicism, skepticism -- And the unhappy consciousness -- Lecture 7: reason as observation of nature -- Lecture 8: reason as observation of self-consciousness -- Lecture 9: reason as self-actualization of self-consciousness -- Lecture 10: reason as individuality real in and for itself -- Lecture 11: spirit and the ethical order -- Lecture 12: self-alienated spirit -- Lecture 13: the enlightenment -- Lecture 14: morality -- Lecture 15: nature religion and the religion of art -- Lecture 16: revealed religion -- Lecture 17: absolute knowing.…”
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Hegel's Phenomenology of spirit a critical rethinking in seventeen lectures / by Winfield, Richard Dien, 1950-

Table of Contents: “…Lecture 1: introduction -- Lecture 2: sense-certainty -- Lecture 3: perception -- Lecture 4: understanding -- Lecture 5: independence and dependence of self-consciousness -- Lecture 6: the freedom of self-consciousness: stoicism, skepticism -- And the unhappy consciousness -- Lecture 7: reason as observation of nature -- Lecture 8: reason as observation of self-consciousness -- Lecture 9: reason as self-actualization of self-consciousness -- Lecture 10: reason as individuality real in and for itself -- Lecture 11: spirit and the ethical order -- Lecture 12: self-alienated spirit -- Lecture 13: the enlightenment -- Lecture 14: morality -- Lecture 15: nature religion and the religion of art -- Lecture 16: revealed religion -- Lecture 17: absolute knowing.…”
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What's so great about Christianity by D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The world beyond our senses : Kant and the limits of reason -- In the belly of the whale : why miracles are possible -- A skeptic's wager : Pascal and the reasonableness of faith -- Pt. 6: Christianity and suffering. …”
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What's so great about Christianity by D'Souza, Dinesh, 1961-

Table of Contents: “…The world beyond our senses : Kant and the limits of reason -- In the belly of the whale : why miracles are possible -- A skeptic's wager : Pascal and the reasonableness of faith -- Pt. 6: Christianity and suffering. …”
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Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics /

Table of Contents: “…Epicureans, stoics, skeptics, and neo-platonists -- 13. Lucretius and naturalism [1961] / Gilles Deleuze ; translated by Jared C. …”
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Contemporary Encounters with Ancient Metaphysics /

Table of Contents: “…Epicureans, stoics, skeptics, and neo-platonists -- 13. Lucretius and naturalism [1961] / Gilles Deleuze ; translated by Jared C. …”
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Libertarianism defended by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…-- The ideology of death that will not die -- Libertarianism and conservatism -- Socialism redux on the horizon -- Two philosophers skeptical of negative liberty -- Does libertarianism imply the welfare state? …”
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Libertarianism defended by Machan, Tibor R.

Table of Contents: “…-- The ideology of death that will not die -- Libertarianism and conservatism -- Socialism redux on the horizon -- Two philosophers skeptical of negative liberty -- Does libertarianism imply the welfare state? …”
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Future, inc how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / by Garland, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Futurism: the antidote to chaos -- Systems thinking: a superhighway to change -- Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype -- Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts -- Strategic implications: what the future means to you -- Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future -- Communicating the future--even to the skeptical -- pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world -- Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power -- Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders -- Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life -- Energy: getting more out of less -- Nanotechnologies: smaller is better -- Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people -- Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good -- Epilogue: Where do we go from here?…”
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Premises and Problems : Essays on World Literature and Cinema /

Table of Contents: “…In search of universal laws : Averroes' interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics / Tarek Shamma -- Lost in transliteration : Morisco travel writing and the Coplas del hijante de Puey Monçón / Benjamin Liu -- Modern Hebrew literature as "world literature" : the political theology of Dov Sadan / Hannan Hever -- Islam in the theory and practice of world literature : translating Adab in the Middle Eastern novel / Karim Mattar -- Selective invisibility : Elizabeth Bishop, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and world literature / Luiza Franco Moreira -- Latin America and the world : Borges, Bolaño, and the inconceivable universal / Patrick Dove -- Analysis of the socio-culture in the study of the modern world-system / Richard E. Lee -- Ethics of skepticism : a case study in contemporary world cinema / Jeroen Gerrits -- Polycentrism, periphery, and the place of Brazilian cinema in world cinema / Cecília Mello.…”
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Future, inc how businesses can anticipate and profit from what's next / by Garland, Eric

Table of Contents: “…Futurism: the antidote to chaos -- Systems thinking: a superhighway to change -- Analyzing trends: real change vs. media hype -- Into the future: making judgments, evaluating forecasts -- Strategic implications: what the future means to you -- Scenario generation: drawing a picture of the future -- Communicating the future--even to the skeptical -- pt. 2. Drivers of the future. Aging: preparing for a new grey world -- Information technology: falling in price, increasing in power -- Health care: new gadgets vs. following doctors' orders -- Biotechnoogy: scratching the surface of the secrets of life -- Energy: getting more out of less -- Nanotechnologies: smaller is better -- Media and communications: six billion channels for six billion people -- Ecology and sustainability: growth can be good -- Epilogue: Where do we go from here?…”
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Premises and Problems : Essays on World Literature and Cinema /

Table of Contents: “…In search of universal laws : Averroes' interpretation of Aristotle's Poetics / Tarek Shamma -- Lost in transliteration : Morisco travel writing and the Coplas del hijante de Puey Monçón / Benjamin Liu -- Modern Hebrew literature as "world literature" : the political theology of Dov Sadan / Hannan Hever -- Islam in the theory and practice of world literature : translating Adab in the Middle Eastern novel / Karim Mattar -- Selective invisibility : Elizabeth Bishop, Carlos Drummond de Andrade, and world literature / Luiza Franco Moreira -- Latin America and the world : Borges, Bolaño, and the inconceivable universal / Patrick Dove -- Analysis of the socio-culture in the study of the modern world-system / Richard E. Lee -- Ethics of skepticism : a case study in contemporary world cinema / Jeroen Gerrits -- Polycentrism, periphery, and the place of Brazilian cinema in world cinema / Cecília Mello.…”
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The anatomy of influence literature as a way of life / by Bloom, Harold

Table of Contents: “…Johnson and critical influence -- The skeptical sublime. Anxieties of Epicurean influence : Dryden, Pater, Milton, Shelley, Tennyson, Whitman, Swinburne, Stevens ; Leopardi's Lucretian swerve ; Shelley's heirs : Browning and Yeats ; Whose condition of fire? …”
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The anatomy of influence literature as a way of life / by Bloom, Harold

Table of Contents: “…Johnson and critical influence -- The skeptical sublime. Anxieties of Epicurean influence : Dryden, Pater, Milton, Shelley, Tennyson, Whitman, Swinburne, Stevens ; Leopardi's Lucretian swerve ; Shelley's heirs : Browning and Yeats ; Whose condition of fire? …”
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Of Elephants and Toothaches : Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue' /

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Of Elephants and Toothaches : Ethics, Politics, and Religion in Krzysztof Kieslowski's 'Decalogue' /

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Reflections on constitutional law by Anastaplo, George, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…-- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law : the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. …”
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Reflections on constitutional law by Anastaplo, George, 1925-

Table of Contents: “…-- Realism and the study of constitutional law -- The challenges of skepticism for the constitutionalist -- Constitutionalism and the common law : the Erie problem reconsidered -- The Confederate Constitution (1861-1865) -- The Japanese relocation cases (1943,1944) -- Calder v. …”
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