An integrated account of pretence
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What has been missing is a detailed and integrated account of the mental components that underlie this remarkable capacityas a result, the authors begin with an explicit and systematic account of pretence and imagination which proposes that pretence representations are contained in a separate mental workspace, the 'possible world box', which is part of the basic architecture of the human mindnichols and stich develop and defend a new account of the psychological mechanisms underlying mindreadingthe mechanisms underlying pretence get recruited when people attempt to understand others and predict their behaviourthis account provides a valuable framework for future work on mindreading and has broad implications for philosophical debates that have surrounded the issue for the last quarter centurythey maintain that it is, as common sense would suggest, vital to distinguish between reading others' minds and reading one's ownhowever, mindreading also implicates very different kinds of mechanisms that rely on rich bodies of information, as suggested by information-based accounts of mindreadingin addition, the authors argue, reading other minds involves important processes that don't fit into either categoryoxfam bookshop glossop road slight shelf wear to cover, otherwise very good condition the everyday capacity to understand the mind, fancifully dubbed 'mindreading', plays an enormous role in our livesin the latter half of the 20th century mindreading became the object of sustained scientific and theoretical research, capturing the attention of a wide range of disciplines, including philosophy, developmental psychology, behavioral ecology, anthropology, and cognitive psychopathologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhat we find, then, is an intricate web of mental components to explain our fascinating and multifarious knack of understanding mindsin some cases, we use our own mental mechanisms to simulate the mental processes of another, as suggested by the 'simulation theory' of mindreadingin reading other minds, the imagination plays a central rolenone of these mechanisms, though, explain how we read our own minds, which, according to the authors, requires invoking an entirely independent set of mechanisms
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Oxfam bookshop tunbridge wells a new history of england: giving an authentick account of all the various revolutions, and other memorable transactions, that have happened in it from the invasion of julius caesar, to the present timepage numbers and inclusion of two index sections, suggest that this may be an amalgamation of two editionscollected from the best writers, &c the second edition printed for r goadby, in sherborne, and sold by w owen, bookseller, at temple-bar, london pp, plus two index sections exact status of this edition is slightly unclear - four editions dated appear on estc, of which the "fourth edition" has the same number of pagesno pre-title pages - ffep appears to be missing, with slight tears to title pageleather binding, five raised bands and title to spineboards bumped and rubbed at extremities, marked in places, with some losses to top and bottom of spine includes 3 fold-out illustrations (one split at fold) and one other illustrationname in faint ink on endpaperpages are generally clean and tight - some a few more age-marked than others5 cm see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The authors reconcile a theory of the individual's construction of reality as a network of schemas 'in the head' with an account of the social construction of language, science, ideology and religion to provide an integrated schema-theoretic view of human knowledgeoxfam books & music totnes in this book, michael arbib, a researcher in artificial intelligence and brain theory, joins forces with mary hesse, a philosopher of science, to present an integrated account of how humans 'construct' reality through interaction with the social and physical world around themthe authors still find scope for lively debate, particularly in their discussion of free will and of the reality of godthe book is a major expansion of the gifford lectures delivered by the authors at the university of edinburgh in the autumn ofthe book integrates an accessible exposition of background information with a cumulative marshalling of evidence to address fundamental questions concerning human action in the world and the nature of ultimate realitythe dustjacket is sunned on the spine and has signs of wear around the edgesthe ffep has been torn outsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe boards are of blue cloth with silver gilt titlinghardback book with dustjacketon the lower end of the spine there is also has an orange sticker with the letters 'arb' written on it and sellotaped on
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Milton's book is neither a conventional biography nor simply a study of printed works, but instead constructs an integrated account of peter heylyn's career and writings in order to provide the key to understanding a profoundly polemical authorhistorians of early modern english politics and religion and literary scholars will find this book essential readingin the process, the author presents important new perspectives on the origins and development of laudianism and 'anglicanism' and on the tensions within royalist thoughtoxfam shop clitheroe this is the first full-length study of one of the most prolific and controversial polemical authors of the seventeenth centuryit provides for the first time a detailed analysis of the ways in which laudian and royalist polemical literature was created, tracing continuities and changes in a single corpus of writings from through tothroughout the book, heylyn's shifting views and fortunes prompt an important reassessment of the relative coherence and stability of royalism and laudianismsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop henley-on-thames an unknown people in an unknown land - an account of the life and customs of the lengua indians of the paraguayan chaco, with adventures and experiences met with during twenty years' pioneering and exploration amongst them original blue cloth, gilt titles, gilt vignette to front, corners and edges rubbed and bumped, boards (especially front) marked, spine and edges browned, name on ffep, endpapers browned, some pages foxed, a few heavily but text everywhere clear330 rough cut pages, including indexblack and white plateswith fold-out map at rearsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop exeter an account of tibet: the travels of ippolito desideri of pistoia, sthis is the revised editionin broadway travellers seriesfoxing to fore edges, but inner pages bright and clean, and binding is gooddenison ross and eileen powerspine and top edge of boards fadedbumped at corners and spinered cloth boards with gilt lettering to spinesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An integrated approach exploring orthodox methodologies and alternative approaches to the treatment and maintenance of asthmasee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop new street a detailed view of the topic of asthma
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Oxfam bookshop lower petergate a personal account of the spring offensive of that culminated in the capture of saigon and the end of the vietnam warin good condition, there are a number of small tears to the edge of the dust jacket, and some discolouration to the edges of the pageswritten by general van tien dung, chief of staff in the vietnam people's army and the officer in charge of the offensive, the narrative offers valuable insight into the vietnamese side of these historic eventstranslated by john spragens jr, with an afterword by cora weiss and don lucesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Human physiology: an integrated approach: international editionauthor:silverthorn, dee unglaub3 million books, saving over tonnes of books a year from going straight into landfill siteseach month we recycle over 2
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An unembroidered account of the narcotic effect of politics from one of the most fiercely intellectual governmental figures of the modern age, a different kind of weather is a beautifully weighted memoir of political success and failure, and the passing of an eraformative years spent at eton, oxford and harvard fortified his resolve to enter the political establishment, and by the early seventies he finally achieved his greatest ambitionoxfam bookshop cheltenham 'why did you go into politics in the first place?'a question that former cabinet minister has found himself asked, and indeed asking himself, over the years, lord waldegrave's is a life lived through politicsthe youngest of seven children, and the son of an earl, waldegrave's quintessentially english upbringing would go on to shape the course of his life, instilling in him a sense of independence and self-discipline needed to steel one for a successful career in governmenta spectator book of the year - 'refreshingly and engagingly candid' (jane ridley) see oxfam website for delivery information read moreas an fearless young conservative politician in the seventies and eighties, one who witnessed the fall of heath and the triumph and eventual decline of thatcher, waldegrave was firmly at the heart of one of the most exciting and tumultuous periods of modern british historyhowever just as his star was in the ascent, waldegrave became embroiled in a scandal which tarnished his reputation, but could not dampen his voracious enthusiasm for the political game
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford in the dramatic narratives that comprise the republic of nature, mark fiege reframes the canonical account of american history based on the simple but radical premise that nothing in the nation's past can be considered apart from the natural circumstances in which it occurredby focusing on materials and processes intrinsic to all things and by highlighting the nature of the united states, fiege recovers the forgotten and overlooked ground on which so much history has unfoldedrevisiting historical icons so familiar that schoolchildren learn to take them for granted, he makes surprising connections that enable readers to see old stories in a new lightboard of educationin topeka, kansas, transformations of land and life prompt a lawsuit that culminates in the momentous civil rights case of brown vamong the historical moments revisited here, a revolutionary nation arises from its environment and struggles to reconcile the diversity of its people with the claim that nature is the source of libertythe republic of nature points to a startlingly different version of history that calls on readers to reconnect with fundamental forces that shaped the american experiencecom/ see oxfam website for delivery information read moreabraham lincoln, an unlettered citizen from the countryside, steers the union through a moment of extreme peril, guided by his clear-eyed vision of nature's capacity for improvementfor more information, visit the author's website: http://republicofnaturein these pages, the nation's birth and development, pain and sorrow, ideals and enduring promise come to life as never before, making a once-familiar past seem new
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Being heumann: an unrepentant memoir of a disability rights activist, hardcover by heumann, judith; joiner, kristen, isbn , isbn-13 , brand new, free p&p in the uk an influential disability-rights activist recounts her lifelong battles for education, employment and societal inclusion, in a personal account that includes coverage of her role in advising the carter administration to help create the americans with disabilities act(biography & autobiography)
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Case history of schreber, papers on technique and other works ()this collection of twenty-four volumes is the first full paperback publication of the standard edition of the complete psychological works of sigmund freud in englishincludes:psycho-analytic notes on an autobiographical account of a case of paranoia ()papers on technique ()dreams in folklore ()on psycho-analysis ()formulations on the two principles of mental functioning ()types of onset neurosis ()contributions to a discussion on masturbation ()a note on the unconscious in psycho-analysis ()an evidential dream ()the occurrence in dreams of material from fairy tales ()the theme of the three caskets ()two lies told by children ()the disposition to obsessional neurosis ()introuduction to pfister's the psycho-analytic method ()preface to bourke's scatalogical rites of all nations ()shorter writings () see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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This book, with stamps from edmond hall school, newport, was published inoxfam books & music lichfield an intricatly detailed exploration of the hundred of bradford (north), you'll find information about and black and white photography of adderley, to hodnet, to shawbury & whitchurchsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Taking us from birth to death and from a&e to the mortuary, the language of kindness is an astounding account of a profession defined by acts of care, compassion and kindnessand in these dark days of division and isolationism, she encourages us all to stretch out a hand'it made me cryit made me laugh' adam kay, author of this is going to hurt and twas the nightshift before christmas christie watson was a nurse for twenty years1 sunday times bestselling memoir of nursing todayoxfam bookshop cheltenham read costa award-winning author christie watson's incredible noit made me thinkwe watch christie as she nurses a premature baby who has miraculously made it through the night, we stand by her side during her patient's agonising heart-lung transplant, and we hold our breath as she washes the hair of a child fatally injured in a fire, attempting to remove the toxic smell of smoke before the grieving family arriveshe is a guide, mentor and friendin our most extreme moments, when life is lived most intensely, christie is with us'a powerful insight into the life of nurses' the times, books of the year'a remarkable book about life and death and so brilliantly written it makes you hold your breath' ruby wax see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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The result is an enthralling account of life during the second world war and in the years of recovery and recrimination that followed the liberation of paris inhow would you have survived?
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Oxfam shop wolverhampton edna o'brien returns to the world of her debut novel, the country girls, in an inspired account of a dying mother and her daughterfrom her hospital bed in dublin, the elderly dilly awaits the visit of her daughter, eleanora, from londonshe also retraces eleanora's precipitate marriage to a foreigner, and dilly's heart-rending letters sent over the years in a determination to reclaim her daughterthe epochs of her life pass before her; emigrating to america in the s, a romantic liaison she had there, the destiny that brought her back to ireland, and her marriage into the stately rusheenunfortunately, eleanora's visit does not prove to be the glad reunion that it might have beensee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop newport revealing the whole of the plant kingdom in this lavish selection of beautifully reproduced plates and offering an accessible account of the development of botany as a science, 'the art of botanical illustration' has its main theme as the intimate relationship between exploration and illustration in botany see oxfam website for delivery information read moreinside the text block and images are clean and bright good conditionno highlighting or other notes beautiful black and white and colour illustrations include those of living artists and the best from previous centuries (see image 2 for example)dust jacket shows some signs of wear and scuffing with tears to the top and bottom of spine and page edgesthis publication will appeal to the amateur naturalist, botanical student, and plant lovergreen boards have minor rubbing to edges
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They also give an outstanding account of how the arabs not only preserved greek mathematics, but extended it in the 800 year period fromdahan-delmmédico and pfeiffer succeed splendidly in tracing each branch from its beginnings forwardoxfam original liverpool this is a novel, short, and eminently readable history of mathematicsmany histories provide a chronological history of the entire subject, which can sometimes make it difficult to follow the development of a particular branch over timethe large number of informative illustrations support the text and contribute to what is a great readsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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See oxfam website for delivery information read moregoodrich-freer's work with many illustrationsoxfam shop didsbury a reprint of a
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Oxfam shop west wickham these compelling memoirs, as absorbing and entertaining as any novel, comprise an unrivalled account of the many famous events in which jean baptiste antoine marcelin, baron de marbot participated during the period to , culminating in the first abdication of the emperor napoleon - years in which this distinguished office served as adc to five marshals and received thirteen woundssee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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My hometown concentration camp a survivor's account of life in the krakow ghetto and plaszow concent by bernard offen (paperback, a %0a delivery%0a uk delivery is usually within 6 to 8 working days%0a international delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Life in the far west a true account of travels across america's wilderness by george frederick ruxton (paperback, ) delivery uk delivery is usually within 12 to 14 working daysinternational delivery varies by country, please see the wordery store help page for details
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Oxfam books & music fareham risk to gain: the dramatic account of team ef's whitbread victory told by anna drougge and magnus olssonthe story of the winning team from the whitbread racepublished by max stromlarge format hardback with dust jacketsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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An uncertain idea of france provides a perspective which emerges from analysis of materials as disparate as french military doctrine and strategic planning, elite and popular mentalites, social biography and cultural propaganda, combined with the author's personal reminiscences about where and how his own past has intersected with the past of interwar franceoxfam shop colne road history is written over time, in the wake of research, by students doing their best to understandhere, in one volume, historian robert jyoung has assembled ten of his previously published essays on france in the s and s, in such a way as to offer an interpretive overview of the contentious third republicsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Estc calls for 16 unnumbered pages at the rear of burnet's work, whereas other records call for 12 only, as in the present copyepisodi storici a cortenaval battles and court eventsan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , ppan impartial history of the rebellion and civil wars in england, 1st edition, london: printed, and sold by all the booksellers in town and country, , estc t (hooper), r (burnet), t (harris: 750 copies printed), r730 (welwood); wing b (burnet), w (welwood)18th-century rebackinglarge heraldic bookplate lyme on the inner front panelcomplete with cover page and 26 large platesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiincluding: 'battle naseby', 'general fairfax with his forces before city oxford', 'kings declaration to his gentry & army september ', 'sea fight between admiral blake and the spaniards' etca large work, bound in full leather with six raised bands on the spinethomas wodehouse legh, 2nd baron newton (), politician (bookplate of lyme park books dated ; golden coat of arms at the foot of the spine)26 large full-page illustrations that include many of the most important battles of the english civil warsa very good copyplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storebattaglie navali
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Authors: hooper, johnproduct category: bookstitle: an illustrated history of oldham's railwayslist price (msrp): 9condition: goodbinding: paperbacktitle: an illustrated history of oldham's railways
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Product category: bookslist price (msrp): 9title: an illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbolscondition: goodtitle: an illustrated encyclopaedia of traditional symbols
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Oxfam bookshop knutsford an extraordinary collection of animal photographs by alfons alt, the winner of the european publishers award for photography for the yearthe work incorporates one of the oldest printing techniques (resino-pigmentype) which allows the photographer to manipulate the colouration of the images and whilst the work is remiscent of a medieval bestiary it is inescapably contemporary both in visual approach and contentalfons alt has exhibited widely throughout europe and the photographs from this book will begin a european tour in october colour platessee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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