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Tales of research misconduct : a Lacanian diagnostics of integrity challenges…
This monograph contributes to the scientific misconduct debate from an oblique perspective, by analysing seven novels devoted to this issue, namely: Arrowsmith by Sinclair Lewis (1925), The affair by C.P. Snow (1960), Cantor’s Dilemma by Carl Djerassi (1989), Perlmann’s Silence by Pascal Mercier (1995), Intuition by Allegra Goodman (2006), Solar by Ian McEwan (2010) and Derailment by Died…
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- 9783319655543
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- ix, 263p. : ill.
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- 174.95 ZWA t
Representation in cognitive science
"Our thoughts are meaningful. We think about things in the outside world; how can that be so? This is one of the deepest questions in contemporary philosophy. Ever since the 'cognitive revolution', states with meaning-mental representations-have been the key explanatory construct of the cognitive sciences. But there is still no widely accepted theory of how mental representations get their mean…
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- First edition.
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- 9780198812883
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- xi, 292 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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- 153 SHE r
Fading foundations : probability and the regress problem
This book addresses the age-old problem of infinite regresses in epistemology. How can we ever come to know something if knowing requires having good reasons, and reasons can only be good if they are backed by good reasons in turn? The problem has puzzled philosophers ever since antiquity, giving rise to what is often called Agrippa's Trilemma. The current volume approaches the old problem in a…
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- 9783319582955
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- xi, 238p. : ill.
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- 121 ATK f
Confucianisms for a changing world cultural orde
The rise of Asia has precipitated a dramatic sea change in the world’s economic and political orders, and deepening global predicaments, including climate change, migration, and increasing inequalities of wealth and opportunity, pose new challenges. This book critically explores how the pan-Asian phenomenon of Confucianism offers alternative values and depths of ethical commitment that cross …
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- 9780824872588
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- 269 p.; 22 cm.
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- Confucian Cultures
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- 181.11 CON c
Dignity in the 21st century : Middle East and West
This book offers a unique and insightful analysis of Western and Middle Eastern concepts of dignity and illustrates them with examples of everyday life. Dignity in the 21st Century - Middle East and West is unique and insightful for a range of reasons. First, the book is co-authored by scholars from two different cultures (Middle East and West). As a result, the interpretations of dignity cove…
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- 9783319580203
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- xiii, 101p. : ill.
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- 179.9 SCH d
Anti-vivisection and the profession of medicine in Britain : a social history
This book explores the social history of the anti-vivisection movement in Britain from its nineteenth-century beginnings until the 1960s. It discusses the ethical principles that inspired the movement and the socio-political background that explains its rise and fall. Opposition to vivisection began when medical practitioners complained it was contrary to the compassionate ethos of their profes…
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- 9781137556974
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- xxi, 217p. : ill.
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- 179.4 BAT a
Normed children: effects of gender and sex related normativity on childhood …
Gender- and sex-related norms have an impact on us from the first to the last day of our lives. What are the effects of such norms on the education of children and adolescents? Conveyed via parents/family, school, and peers, they seem to be an inseparable part of human relations. After its favorable reception in German-speaking countries from 2014 onwards, this title is now available in English…
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- 9783839430200
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- 370 p.; 22 cm.
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- 155.43 NOR n
Well-being, Sustainability and Social Development : The Netherlands 1850–2050
This open access book examines more than two centuries of societal development using novel historical and statistical approaches. It applies the well-being monitor developed by Statistics Netherlands that has been endorsed by a significant part of the international, statistical community. It features The Netherlands as a case study, which is an especially interesting example; although it wa…
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- 9783319766966
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- xxxii, 572p. : ill.
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- 113 WEL w
Aural history
Aural History is an anti-memoir memoir of encountering devastating grief that uses experimental storytelling to recreate the winding, fractured path of loss and transformation.Written by a thirty-something psychotherapist and queer theorist, Aural History is structured as a sequence of three sections that each use different narrative styles to represent a distinctive stage in the protagonist’…
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- 9781950192670
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- 324 p.; 22 cm.
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- 155.413 ASh a
Pioneering ethics in a longitudinal study : the early development of the ALSP…
"Available Open Access under CC-BY-NC licence The Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and Children (ALSPAC), also known as Children of the 90s, is a world-leading birth cohort study that uniquely enrolled participants in utero and obtained genetic material from a geographic population. It instigated the innovative but controversial ALSPAC Ethics and Law Committee. This book describes in detail t…
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- 9781447340423
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- XXi, 203 p.
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- 174 BIR p
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