Global philosophical and ecological concepts
List global philosophical and ecological concepts
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Black boards with gilt titles to spine - edges and corners are scuffed with some small marks of shelf - wearsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is an illustrated dust jacket which shows some wear around the edges and a few creasesvolume 2: evolution and appendicesoxfam shop shirley cycles, causality, ecology and evolution in various traditions and their impact on modern biologypages are in very good condition with just a few tiny creases and a small mark on the title page
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Underhill seeks to situate these key cultural concepts within four languages (english, french, czech and german)not only do these concepts differ from language to language, but they go on changing over timethis book offers an original approach to ethnolinguistics, discussing how abstract concepts such as truth, love, hate and war are expressed across cultures and ethnicitiesit offers a clear and thought-provoking account of how concepts are understood and will be welcomed by those working in the fields of sociolinguistics, linguistic anthropology, discourse analysis, semantics and pragmaticsthe book explores issues such as how far meaning is politically and culturally influenced, how far language shapes the thought of ethnic groups and how far their thought shapes language, and the role of individuals in the consolidation of cultural conceptssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston 'ethnolinguistics' is the study of how language relates to culture and ethnicity
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To manage the global economy, prevent runaway environmental destruction, reign in nuclear proliferation, or confront other global challenges, we must cooperateranging over the main areas of global concern, from security to the global economy and the environment, this book examines these mechanisms of gridlock and pathways beyond themthe problems themselves have also grown harder as global policy issues penetrate ever more deeply into core domestic concernsbut at the same time, our tools for global policymaking - chiefly state-to-state negotiations over treaties and international institutions - have broken downall of these processes - in part a function of previous, successful efforts at cooperation - have led global cooperation to fail us even as we need it mostthe result is gridlock, which manifests across areas via a number of common mechanismsit is written in a highly accessible way, making it relevant not only to students of politics and international relations but also to a wider general readership see oxfam website for delivery information read moreexisting institutions, created for a different world, also lock-in pathological decision-making procedures and render the field ever more complexthe rise of new powers representing a more diverse array of interests makes agreement more difficultoxfam bookshop victoria appears unread and in pristine condition: the issues that increasingly dominate the 21st century cannot be solved by any single country acting alone, no matter how powerful
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It threatens ecological catastrophe while perpetuating povertyroy carr-hill and john lintott propose an alternative policy framework based explicitly on welfare and suggest where cuts in consumption, working hours and ecological risks might be made most usefullysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop reading consumption, jobs and the environment argues that the present pattern of development, based on everlasting economic growth, is completely unsatisfactory from a welfare point of view
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In the course of the investigation the concepts of the senses are anatomized and the concepts of sundry perceptual qualities subjected to scrutinyan analysis of sensation and perception leads to an examination of four theses: that such perceptual qualities, as we perceive them, are sensations; that as they are in objects, they are dispositions to cause us to have such sensations; that the concepts of such qualities are explained by reference to how things appear to a normal observer under normal conditions; that secondary qualities, though not subjective, are relativethe origins and development of this conception of appearance and reality are sketchedthe book concludes with an analytical account of the notions of the apparent and the real, and of the distinctions between appearances and perceptual experiencesspine is creased and sun-faded, and there are some annotations inside the book in ink, but the book is otherwise in good conditionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop preston this book, now published in paperback, investigates the venerable claim that colours, tastes and sounds are mind-dependent or relative rather than objective characteristics of the world
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It offers an overview and assessment of key perspectives in global ethics and their implications for substantive moral issues in global politicsthis book provides an accessible introduction to the field of global ethics for students of politics, international relations and globalisationoxfam bookshop reading the field of global ethics draws on traditions of moral theory, mostly derived from western philosophy, in order to address moral problems specific to an increasingly globalised worldthese issues include the morality of state and non-state violence, the obligations of rich to poor in a globalising world and the scope and nature of international human rightssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe aim of the book is to help non-specialist students understand the assumptions underpinning different moral traditions and to enable them to make up their own minds about the best way of approaching moral judgment and prescription in a shared world, which is nevertheless marked by massive cultural differences and inequalities of power
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The author gives full descriptions and ecological details of over 200 of the commoner or more notable species, illustrating each to show its diagnostic microscopic and macroscopic features, and also provides brief notes on many other speciesthis third edition incorporates a further 26 species and has brought the taxonomy and nomenclature into line with contemporary practicereprint  laminated boards with a slight crease to back cover and also to top of spine see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music aberdeen dr watson's lucid introduction to british mosses and liverworts, first published in , has since become a standard workthe introduction on the general characteristics of bryophytes, and the simple terminology (technical terms are kept to a minimum and defined in a glossary) enable a beginner to use the book without difficulty; the keys and habitat lists will be invaluable to beginners and specialists alike
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In addition to early drafts of his published works, the journals contain his thoughts on current events and philosophical and theological matters, notes on books he was reading, miscellaneous jottings, and ideas for future literary projectssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street this volume offers new insight into kierkegaard's inner life
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Here, leading artists and thinkers assess the relevance of live art and its impact within the visual arts and the broader cultural sphereaccessible, critically astute, and expansive, live is an indispensable resourceoxfam bookshop victoria live art is one of the most controversial and hotly discussed areas of creative practice to emerge in the second half of the 20th centurysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreno longer at the margins of cultural production and recognition, performance is now a common occurrence in major art institutionshugo glendinning's stunning color photographs of performance events are combined with essays examining the political, philosophical, and cultural resonances of the work of a diverse range of live artists, both historical and contemporary
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The authors consider a range of analytical issues including lexical polysemy, semantic change, the relationship between lexical and grammatical semantics, and the concepts of semantic molecules and templatessome are basic like men, women, and children or abstract nouns like trauma and violence; others describe qualities such as hot, hard, and rough, emotions like happiness and sadness, or feelings like painoxfam bookshop preston in a series of cross-cultural investigations of word meaning, cliff goddard and anna wierzbicka examine key expressions from different domains of the lexicon - concrete, abstract, physical, sensory, emotional, and socialthis fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and wordsthey focus on complex and culturally important words in a range of languages that includes english, russian, polish, french, warlpiri and malaythey ground their discussions in real examples from different cultures and draw on work ranging from leibniz, locke, and bentham, to popular works such as autobiographies and memoirs, and the dalai lama on happinesssee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe book opens with a review of the neglected status of lexical semantics in linguisticstheir fascinating book is for everyone interested in the relations between meaning, culture, ideas, and words
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This book captures the resurgence of the dancing body in the second half of the twentieth century by introducing students to the key phenomenological, kinaesthetic and psychological concepts relevant to both theatre and dance studiesoxfam books & music islington while the body appears in almost all cultural discourses, it is nowhere as visible as in dancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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In the context of a far more competitive global market and chronic insecurity, gray argues that the task of fostering common institutions and a common life around these diverse, and sometimes conflicting, principles of fairness is the most urgent political challenge of our timesin this pathbreaking new essay, he shows why social democracy too has become obsolete, and why a 'communitarian liberalism' is now needed to succeed itsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road in his previous writings john gray has mapped the flaws and contradictions of the new right projectit is a task we must carry out in ways that avoid nostalgia and go with the grain of a far more plural and individualistic culturein place of the mistaken social democratic belief that there is a single goal of social justice or equality, gray argues that there are distinct principles of fairness appropriate to the different circumstances of schools or benefits systems, health or employment
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The final section addresses problems of ecological restoration in a societal context -Â ecological restoration is meant to achieve sustainable, resilient and interconnected ecosystems and socioecological systemsoxfam bookshop brighton restoration ecology explores the interface between restoration ecology and ecological restorationthe academic foundations of restoration ecology are revisited for this purpose, to pave the way towards a review of the causes of successes and failures and to identify the perspectives of ecological restoration in different ecosystem typesthese are dealt with biome-by-biome and considered from the historical perspective of land usesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit aims at introducing masters and phd students, teachers, researchers and natural-resource managers to interactions between theory and practicethis book challenges ecologists to explore the applicability of current theories and concepts, recognizing that these have not been developed with such applications in mindthis will result in newly emerging ecosystems
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It also provides in-depth coverage of modeling biochemical, thermodynamic, engineering, and ecological systemsamong other methods and concepts based in logic, computer science, and dynamical systems, it explores pragmatic techniques of general systems theoryoxfam bookshop wallingford with extraordinary clarity,the systems biology: principles, methods, and concepts focuses on the technical practical aspects of modeling complex or organic general systemsa complete resource for anyone interested in biology as an exact science, it includes a comprehensive survey, review, and critique of concepts and methods in systems biologysee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis text presents biology as an autonomous science from the perspective of fundamental modeling techniques
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The global significance of the ecological themes that traverse his writings is presented here in english for the first timemore specifically, this ecocritical study examines the ecological implications of trassard's literary and photographic production through the lens of scienceoxfam bookshop raeburn place as new conditionhimself a lifelong inhabitant of an agricultural area in the northwest of france, his fiction, nonfiction and photography bear witness to the many changes that have affected our relationship to the earth over the same period" see oxfam website for delivery information read moredespite the diverse generic and stylistic diversity of his work, he has remained constant in his effort to depict the rural way of lifeunexpected convergences between disciplines foster a deeper appreciation of the endeavors of each and their capacity for mutual enrichment"jean-loup trassard has published more than forty books over the past 50 years
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Avoids the use of philosophical jargonconstitutes an essential reference work for elucidation of concepts in cognitive neuroscience and psychologyoxfam bookshop preston some highlighting from previous owner, books text is clear howeversee oxfam website for delivery information read moresurveys the conceptual problems inherent in many neuroscientific theorieswritten by a distinguished philosopher and leading neuroscientistcover slightly creased in this provocative survey, a distinguished philosopher and a leading neuroscientist outline the conceptual problems at the heart of cognitive neuroscienceencourages neuroscientists to pay more attention to conceptual questionsprovides conceptual maps for students and researchers in cognitive neuroscience and psychology
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Oxfam bookshop newport behind the public's hope of effective action by governments on environmental issues lies a complex terrain of conceptual confusion, conflicts of interest and philosophical disputeand they warn the 'global ecology' seen in a managerial perspective, may degenerate into an effort to redesign and manage nature in order to keep economic growth going in the face of a rising tide of resource plunder and pollutiongood tight bindingthis is why some the world's leading environmental thinkers have come together in this volume to probe critically the new language being developed by the environmental professionalsthis book seeks to launch a critical debate in order to clarify issues involved and what might constitute appropriate actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethey examine the contradictions inherent in the fashionable notion of sustainable developmentthey explore the emerging conflicts over the distribution of environmental risk between north and southpaperback book in good overall conditioncover shows signs of shelf wear, sticker ghost and light creases to laminate on spineinside contains no marks, annotation or marginalia
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A philosophy which takes its name from ecological and biological concepts, it puts forward ideals developed from traditional japanese philosophy and culture, while continually acknowledging the presence of the multivalent, contemporary worldas such, it is thought to be one of the most essential statements of post-modern culture to datesee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is a philosophy of "both-and" rather than "either-or", a practice of mix-and-match rather than creation from scratch, an ethic of inclusion rather than exclusionoxfam bookshop bloomsbury street symbiosis, as defined by kisho kurokawa, one of japan's leading architects, is a new way of interpreting today's culturekurokawa feels that we will recognize each other's differing personalities while competing and will co-operate while we oppose and criticize each other
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Interpretation is often considered only in theory, or as a philosophical problem, but this book attempts to demonstrate and reflect on the interpretive results of analysishardback with dust jacketoxfam books & music fareham analytical strategies and musical interpretation: essays on nineteenth and twentieth century music edited by craig ayrey and mark everistsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe repertoire discussed ranges from schumann through wagner, mahler, zemlinsky, debussy, schoenberg, berg, webern and stravinsky to carter and birtwistletwo associated types of practice are emphasised: 'translation', the transformation of one type of experience or art object into the musical work, the artistic attempt to persuade us that the new product is as valid as its original, or more so than its origin; and 'rhetoric', the attempt to persuade us, through structure, to accept the signifying power of the workowners book plate stamp on fly leafin very good conditionthe unifying theme of the essays is the interpretive transformation of concepts, ideas and forms that constitutes the heart of the compositional process of nineteenth- and twentieth-century music1st edition published by cambridge university pressthis book is devoted to music analysis as an interpretive activity
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Published by imperial college press in collaboration with the royal society of london, the book features many articles originating from invited papers published in the philosophical transactions of the royal societyeleven of the distinguished contributors hold prestigious royal society research fellowships see oxfam website for delivery information read morethis exciting volume explains how powerful methodologies such as satellite remote sensing and supercomputing simulations are now profoundly changing research in the earth sciences; how the earth system is increasingly being viewed in a holistic way, linking the atmosphere, ocean and solid earth; and how the societal impact of the research in the earth sciences has never been more importantit contains invited and refereed articles by leading younger researchers on their cutting-edge research, but aimed at a general scientific audienceoxfam bookshop victoria appears unread and in pristine condition: advances in earth science outlines the latest developments and new research directions currently being made world-wide in the earth sciences
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While keeping to the highest standards of scholarship and philosophical rigour, the volume aims to be engaging and comprehensible to a wide audience, thus mirroring the clarity and accessibility that are the hallmarks of kenny's own philosophical writingsa preface by the editors describes anthony kenny's philosophical career, and the volume also includes a complete bibliography of his writingsin contrast to many of his contemporaries, who have played down philosophy's debt to its past, kenny's work has always been rooted in the great tradition of western philosophical inquiryin the wide range and historical breadth of his interests, he has influenced many parts of the philosophical landscape, especially in the philosophy of mind and the theory of human action and responsibilitystrongly linked together by their focus on philosophy of mind, action and responsibility, the papers make a significant contribution to those areas of philosophy that kenny has made particularly his own, and constitute a timely celebration of his work mind, method and morality celebrates kenny's work by focusing on the four great philosophers to whom kenny has given special attention, namely aristotle, aquinas, descartes, and wittgensteinsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit contains sixteen essays (four on each philosopher) written by leading specialists in the relevant areaoxfam bookshop preston sir anthony kenny is one of the most distinguished and prolific philosophers of our time
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Oxfam bookshop preston this is the most comprehensive book ever published on philosophical methodologythe entries in the second part address topics in philosophical methodology, such as intuitions, conceptual analysis, and transcendental argumentsthe first part is devoted to broad traditions and approaches to philosophical methodology (including logical empiricism, phenomenology, and ordinary language philosophy)see oxfam website for delivery information read morea team of thirty-eight of the world's leading philosophers present original essays on various aspects of how philosophy should be and is donethe third part of the book is devoted to essays about the interconnections between philosophy and neighbouring fields, including those of mathematics, psychology, literature and film, and neuroscience
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Combining his passions for politics and geography, david harvey charts a cosmopolitan order more appropriate to an emancipatory form of global governancepolitical agendas tend to fail, he argues, because they ignore the complexities of geographydemonstrated by incidents at abu ghraib and guantánamo bay, the pursuit of liberty and freedom can lead to violence and repression, undermining our trust in universal theories of liberalism, neoliberalism, and cosmopolitanismbush have built their policies on some version of these noble valuesharvey begins with an insightful critique of the political uses of freedom and liberty, especially during the george wthen, through an ontological investigation into geography's foundational concepts, space, place, and environment, he radically reframes geographical knowledge as a basis for social theory and political actionsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreyet in practice, idealist agendas often turn sour as they confront specific circumstances on the groundpresidents as diverse as woodrow wilson, franklin delano roosevelt, john foxfam bookshop wanstead liberty and freedom are frequently invoked to justify political actionas harvey makes clear, the cosmopolitanism that emerges is rooted in human experience rather than illusory ideals and brings us closer to achieving the liberation we seekkennedy, ronald reagan, and george wincorporating geographical knowledge into the formation of social and political policy is therefore a necessary condition for genuine democracybush administration
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Almost all ecological and conservation work involves carrying out a census or surveyoxfam shop fulwood road this is an updated version of the best selling first edition, ecological census techniques, with updating, some new chapters and authorsthis practically focussed book describes how to plan a census, the practical details and shows with worked examples how to analyse the resultsas many censuses also relate the results to environmental variability, there is a chapter explaining the main methodsin the subsequent chapters international experts describe the appropriate methods for counting plants, insects, fish, amphibians, reptiles, mammals and birdssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefinally, there is a list of the most common mistakes encountered when carrying out a censusthe first three chapters describe planning, sampling and the basic theory necessary for carrying out a censusprevious ownership inscription on first page
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