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The History of Skepticism
  • Language: en

The History of Skepticism

This book reconstructs the history of skepticism ranging from ancient to contemporary times, from Pyrrho to Kripke. The main skeptical stances and the historical reconstruction of the concept of skepticism are connected with an analysis of their recurrent inconsistency. The author reveals that this inconsistency is not a logical contradiction but a pragmatic one. She shows that it is a contradiction between the content of the skeptical position and the implicit presumption of the act of its assertion. The thesis of global skepticism cannot be accepted as true without falling into the pragmatic inconsistency. The author explains, how skepticism was important for exposing the limits of human knowledge and inspired its development.

A Country In The Moon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 276

A Country In The Moon

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2011-06-02
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  • Publisher: Granta Books

In this uproarious memoir and meticulously researched cultural journey, writer Michael Moran keeps company with a gallery of fantastic characters. In chronicling the resurrection of the nation from war and the Holocaust, he paints a portrait of the unknown Poland, one of monumental castles, primeval forests and, of course, the Poles themselves. This captivating journey into the heart of a country is a timely and brilliant celebration of a valiant and richly cultured people.

Selected compositions
  • Language: en

Selected compositions

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 1976
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  • Publisher: Unknown

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Wife Beating
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 264
The Philobiblon
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 84

The Philobiblon

"Will always hold an honorable place for bibliophiles." — The University of Chicago Press One of the earliest treatises on the value of preserving neglected manuscripts, building a library, and book collecting, Richard De Bury's The Philobiblon was written in 1345 and circulated widely in manuscript form for over a century. The first printed edition appeared in Cologne in 1473, and several others soon followed as the invention of the printing press spread throughout the late Medieval world. The chapter titles of this legendary work reflect its nature, combining the author's love for and commitment to the importance of books and the knowledge they contain with thoughts on collecting them, l...

The Radical Enlightenment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 312

The Radical Enlightenment

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The Cynic Enlightenment
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 285

The Cynic Enlightenment

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2010
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  • Publisher: JHU Press

Reveals the importance of ancient Cynicism in defining the Enlightenment and its legacy. This book explores modernity's debt to Cynicism by examining the works of thinkers who turned to the ancient Cynics and dared to imagine an alliance between a socially engaged Enlightenment and the least respectable of early Greek philosophies.

Sonnets from the Crimea
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 27

Sonnets from the Crimea

  • Type: Book
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  • Published: 2008
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  • Publisher: Masterlab

The Crimean Sonnets are a series of 18 sonnets constituting an artistic telling of a journey through the Crimea by Adam Mickiewicz. Published in 1826. The Crimean Sonnets are romantic descriptions of oriental nature and culture of the East which show the despair of the poet - a pilgrim, an exile longing for the homeland, driven from his home by a violent enemy. Tagi: Crimea, Ukraine, poem, poetry, polish, classic

Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 150

Designs for an Anthropology of the Contemporary

In this compact volume two of anthropology’s most influential theorists, Paul Rabinow and George E. Marcus, engage in a series of conversations about the past, present, and future of anthropological knowledge, pedagogy, and practice. James D. Faubion joins in several exchanges to facilitate and elaborate the dialogue, and Tobias Rees moderates the discussions and contributes an introduction and an afterword to the volume. Most of the conversations are focused on contemporary challenges to how anthropology understands its subject and how ethnographic research projects are designed and carried out. Rabinow and Marcus reflect on what remains distinctly anthropological about the study of conte...

Some Mathematical Problems in Biology
  • Language: en
  • Pages: 128

Some Mathematical Problems in Biology

Presents a model for biological clocks, and covers topics in ecology and evolutionary genetics.