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Responsibility and language practices in place
his volume includes chapters by junior and senior scholars hailing from Europe, Asia, North America, and Oceania, all of whom sought to understand the social and cultural implications surrounding how people take responsibility for the ways they speak or write in relation to a place—whether it is one they have long resided in, recently moved to, or left a long time ago.;The contributors to the…
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- 9789518582109
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- 225 p.
- Series Title
- Studia Fennica Anthropologica, 4
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- 306.44 RES r
Mental causation : a counterfactual theory
Our minds have physical effects. This happens, for instance, when we move our bodies when we act. How is this possible? Thomas Kroedel defends an account of mental causation in terms of difference-making: if our minds had been different, the physical world would have been different; therefore, the mind causes events in the physical world. His account not only explains how the mind has physical …
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- 9781108762717
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- x, 224p. : ill.
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- 128.2 KRO m
The onlife manifesto : being human in a hyperconnected era
What is the impact of information and communication technologies (ICTs) on the human condition? In order to address this question, in 2012 the European Commission organized a research project entitled The Onlife Initiative: concept reengineering for rethinking societal concerns in the digital transition. This volume collects the work of the Onlife Initiative. It explores how the development and…
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- 9783319040936
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- xiv, 264p. : ill.
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- 601 LUC t
The challenge of chance : a multidisciplinary approach from science and the h…
This book presents a multidisciplinary perspective on chance, with contributions from distinguished researchers in the areas of biology, cognitive neuroscience, economics, genetics, general history, law, linguistics, logic, mathematical physics, statistics, theology and philosophy. The individual chapters are bound together by a general introduction followed by an opening chapter that surveys 2…
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- 9783319263007
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- vii, 276p. : ill.
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- 123.3 KLA t
Political responsibility for a globalised world: after levinas' humanism
The aim of this book is to reflect on the complex practice of responsibility within the context of a globalised world and contemporary means of action. Levinas' exploration of the ethical serves as point of entry and is shown to be seeking inter-cultural political relevance through engagement with the issues of postcoloniality and humanism. Yet, Levinas fails to realise the ethical implications…
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- 9783839416945
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- 283 p.
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- 320.01 WOL p
Key concepts in philosophy: an introduction
The book provides an introduction to six fundamental philosophy concepts - philosophy, language, knowledge, truth, being and good. At the same time, it aims to initiate its readers into the process of philosophical thinking. The book is addressed to students and laypeople, but also contains new ideas for specialists. It is written in a clear, accessible and engaging style, and its author "share…
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- 9783896656483
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- 1 online resource (242 pages)
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- 100 FER k
The Philosophy of Human Rights: Contemporary Controversies
The notion of "human rights" is widely used in political and moral debates. The core idea, that all human beings have some inalienable basic rights, is appealing and has an important practical function: It allows moral criticism of various wrongs and calls for action in order to prevent them. The articles in this collection take up a tension between the wide political use of human rights claims…
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- 9783110263886
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- 323.01 ERN t
Museum of nonhumanity
Museum of Nonhumanity is the catalogue for a full-size touring museum that presents the history of the distinction between humans and animals, and the way that this artificial boundary has been used to oppress human and nonhuman beings over long historical periods. Throughout history, declaring a group to be nonhuman or subhuman has been an effective tool for justifying slavery, oppression, med…
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- 1st edition.
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- 9781950192120
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- 281p.:
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- B105.A55 GUS m
The eye of the crocodile
Val Plumwood was an eminent environmental philosopher and activist who was prominent in the development of radical ecophilosophy from the early 1970s until her death in 2008. Her book Feminism and the Mastery of Nature (1992) has become a classic. In 1985 she was attacked by a crocodile while kayaking alone in the Kakadu national park in the Northern Territory. She was death rolled three times …
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- 9781922144171
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- x, 99p. : ill.
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- -
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- 591.53 PLU t
Classic concepts in anthropology
Valerio Valeri ; [edited by] Rupert Stasch, Giovanni da Col.
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- 9780990505082
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- pages cm
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- Special collections in ethnographic theory; series
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- 301 VAL c
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