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Fifty years on from its original publication HLA Hart s The Concept of Law is widely recognized as the most important work of legal philosophy published in the twentieth century and remains the starting point for most students coming to the subject for the first time.... Lees meer.

This treatise explores what is at issue in narrowly moral questions and in questions of rational thought and conduct in general. It helps to explain why normative thought and talk so pervade human life and why our highly social species might have evolved to be gripped... Lees meer.

Richly illustrated with manuscripts printed objects and art works Bibliophobia tells a 5000-year history of writing and of books to give readers a fascinating account of why books matter and how they impact on our lives. Bibliophobia is a book about material books... Lees meer.

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This study proposes a new unified view of the mind which integrates the insights of philosophers psychologists and neuroscientists. Through a discussion of major theories from these and related disciplines the author reveals links to human thought and experience.... Lees meer.

The Adaptive Markets Hypothesis is a formal and systematic exposition. Lo and Zhang develop the mathematical foundations of the simple yet powerful evolutionary model and show that the most fundamental economic behaviours that we take for granted emerge solely through n... Lees meer.

Positioning itself within significant developments in genocide studies arising from misgivings about two noteworthy observers Arendt and Milgram this book asks what lies beyond the banality of evil . And suggests the answer lies within criminology. Offering the auth... Lees meer.

This book challenges the traditional distinction between eros the love found in Greek thought and agape the love characteristic of Christianity. By showing that Plato s account of eros is not founded on self-interest the author restores the place of erotic love as a... Lees meer.

This study offers an interpretation of Britain s policy towards Germany in the years immediately following World War II and a reassessment of the part played by Britain in the collapse of the Grand Alliance and the development of the Cold War. The Impossible Peace o... Lees meer.

The Dutch Golden Age was one of the most spectacularly creative episodes in world history. The age of Grotius Spinoza Rembrandt and Vermeer it was also remarkable for its immense impact in the spheres of commerce finance shipping and technology. This book provide... Lees meer.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution Gale initiated a revolution of its own. digi... Lees meer.

Frank Kermode returns to the literature of his youth to ask why we appear to have forgotten how urgent and powerful it seemed in a time of economic crisis and imminent world war. He also looks at postmodernism as a rejection of wholeness and a catastrophic break with t... Lees meer.

A critical study of Chopin s music which provides a detailed analysis of its style and structure in the light of Chopin scholarship and recent analytical methods. It also explores the creative process itself which is central to the lives of all composers. The lasti... Lees meer.

Tells the story of the birth of philosophy and its remarkable flourishing in the ancient Mediterranean world. This is the first of four volumes which unfolds the history of Western philosophy. It is suitable for those interested in the people and ideas that shaped the... Lees meer.

A second revised edition of this title in which the author discusses the nature of philosophy and posits his theories of absolute presuppositions causation and the logic of question and answer. Three other texts previously unpublished have been added to this volume... Lees meer.