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Through the considerations of themes in the philosophy of language, ontology, and the philosophy of science, the book aims at offering an historically-informed introduction to the philosophy of mathematics, approached through the lenses of its most fundamental problemoxfam books & music totnes what is mathematics about? and if it is about some sort of mathematical reality, how can we have access to it? this is the problem raised by plato, which still today is the subject of lively philosophical disputesthis book traces the history of the problem, from its origins to its contemporary treatmentpalgrave macmillan paperback with a protective plastic cover around it, is in excellent conditionit discusses the answers given by aristotle, proclus and kant, through frege's and russell's versions of logicism, hilbert's formalism, gödel's platonism, up to the the current debate on benacerraf's dilemma and the indispensability argumentno internal marks and good bindingsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe title page and publishing information page have been torn out from the beginning of the book
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These are his reactions to the problems of the day, the pressing problem that beset malaysiahe believes this is necessary not only to encourage malays to know themselves, but also so that the non-malays can all better understand the malay's reactions to the problem of the daythis is how a politically-inclined malay understands the past, explains the behaviour of his own people and the behaviour of "immigrants",and the foresees the futurehere, for the first time, a malays has produced a book-lenght argument told with stark franknessnevertheless it is published because this is what an educated, modern, progressive malay thinks and believestun has examined and analysed the make-up of malay, his heredity, his way of life, his religionhe has revealed all some signs of previous use (ethis is not an objective bookthis is certain to be a controversial book, and assuredly the author will be called upon to defend many of his statements and claims, indeed even perhaps the accuracy of his historical and biological datanot ex-library and no notes or highlightingmahathir's interpretation of events, historic and recent, in malaysia and singaporescuffs, minor blemishes on the cover), but overall no significant flawssee oxfam website for delivery information read morein the past, it has often been difficult to know just what a malay thinksoxfam bookshop newport not all historians will agree with dras tun has explained, malays tend to shield friends-enemies-from embarrassment, and as a result, often conceal their true thoughts
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Discusses the nature of the problem, pre-war housing legislation and policy, the war period and post-war legislation, rent and mortgage restriction and voluntary associationsoxfam bookshop sevenoaks by sir francis fremantle msee oxfam website for delivery information read morea paperback pamphlet with rusted staples back cover foxed, wear to spine but otherwise in good condition for ageincludes a summary of the moyne committee report
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As it becomes clear that a mechanical fault has caused the problem and is sending the tardis hurtling towards destruction, the time machine itself is able to communicate with the crew and warn them of dangeroxfam music shop byres road the first three adventures for the doctor (william hartnell) from the classic bbc television sci-fi series, including all 13 episodeswhen the doctor interferes, the daleks learn information vital to their survival and hatch a plan to wipe out the thalsin 'the daleks' episodes, the team travel to the ravaged planet of skaro, where the meet the pacifist race of thals, and the evil mutant daleksthe doctor finally accepts ian and barbara as proper members of his crewthere, they become embroiled in a dangerous conflict between groups of cavemen who have lost the secret of making fireepisodes are: 'an unearthly child'; 'the cave of skulls'; 'the forest of fear'; 'the firemaker'; 'the dead planet'; 'the survivors'; 'the escape'; 'the ambush'; 'the expedition'; 'the ordeal'; 'the rescue'; 'the edge of destruction'; and 'the brink of disaster'see oxfam website for delivery information read morein the 'an unearthly child' episodes, the doctor takes schoolteachers ian (william russell) and barbara (jacqueline hill) back to the dawn of human history after they discover his tardis time machinein the 'edge of destruction' episodes, the tardis is hit by a massive explosion and at first the doctor suspects ian and barbara of sabotagebut, with the doctor's help, the thals start an attack that wipes out the daleks completely
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Contents include: the three lines of criticism - rise and conditions of the philosophical theory of the state - sociological compared with philosophical theory - the paradox of political obligation; self government - the problem of political obligation more radically treated - the conception of a "real" will - the conception of liberty as illustrated by the foregoing suggestions - psychological illustration of the idea of a real or general will - nature of the end of the state and consequent limit of state action - rousseau's theory as applied to the modern state: kant, fichte, hegel - the analysis of a modern state, hegel's "philosophy of right" - institutions considered as ethical ideas formerly owned by the university of dundee library it has the wrong cover on the bookoxfam shop ulverston originally published in this is the fourth edition, reprinted insee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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However, the early wittgenstein undertakes this descriptive project in the grip of a set of preconceptions concerning the essence of language that determine both how he conceives the problem and the approach he takes to the task of clarificationby this account, the aim of the work is to elucidate what language itself makes clear, namely, what is essential to its capacity to express thoughts that are true or falsenevertheless, the tractatus contains philosophical insights, achieved despite his early preconceptions, that form the foundation of his later philosophy see oxfam website for delivery information read morein very good condition, though there is a faint erased pencil mark on the first endpapermarie mcginn's principal aim in this book is to develop an alternative interpretative line, which rejects the idea, central to the metaphysical reading, that wittgenstein sets out to ground the logic of our language in features of an independently constituted reality, but which allows that he aims to provide positive philosophical insights into how language functionsmcginn takes as a guiding principle the idea that we should see wittgenstein's early work as an attempt to eschew philosophical theory and to allow language itself to reveal how it functionsoxfam bookshop hampstead elucidating the tractatus: wittgenstein's early philosophy of language and logic discussion of wittgenstein's tractatus is currently dominated by two opposing interpretations of the work: a metaphysical or realist reading and the 'resolute' reading of diamond and conant
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Thousands of books, articles and theses were published, dissecting every possible aspect of the problem and making it the most researched civil conflict in historyin that time, the conflict never strayed far off the news schedules of the world's mediabehind the wall of information and opinion there is a straightforward storyoxfam bookshop ilkley the troubles in northern ireland rolled grimly on for almost 30 years from the late s until the onset of the current shaky peace processsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethis is an account of what happened in the northern ireland conflict, and why, told by award-winning ireland correspondent for the "independent", david mckittrick, and historian david mcvea
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Linking armenian-islamic history is one way of dealing with the problemthis extensive work captures the multidimensional nature of the armenian experience in the medieval islamic worldcontradictory trends went into the making of armenian history, yet most narratives fail to reflect this rich texturedadoyan's concern is also to outline revolutionary elements in the making of armenian ideologies and politicsit is a composition of many elements arranged in certain forms: order, sequence, proportion, detail, intensity, etcdadoyan studies the armenian experience in the medieval islamic world and takes the reader through hitherto undiscovered paradigmatic cases of interaction with other populations in the regionsee oxfam website for delivery information read morebeing an armenian, dadoyan argues, means having an ethnic ancestry laden with narratives drawn from the vast historic armenian habitatoxfam bookshop aberystwyth in this first of a massive three-volume work, seta bthe author has composed and arranged the larger subjects and their sub-themes in such a way as to create an open, dynamic continuity to armenian history that is intellectually intriguing, aesthetically appealing, and close to lived experiencesthe author holds that every piece of literature, including historical writing, is an artifact
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It's the people around him who are the problemand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itif he blows that, he's all alonenot even behind his backryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karineoxfam bookshop hertford winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kids
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'bohr brainwashed a whole generation of physicists into believing that the problem had been solved', lamented the nobel prize-winning physicist murray gell-mannsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreas niels bohr said, if you weren't shocked by quantum theory, you didn't really understand ittake it nice and easy and savour the experience of your mind being blown without recourse to hallucinogens' nicholas lezard, guardian for most people, quantum theory is a byword for mysterious, impenetrable sciencein , albert einstein suggested that light was a particle, not a wave, defying a century of experimentswerner heisenberg's uncertainty principle and erwin schrodinger's famous dead-and-alive cat are similarly strange"quantum" is the essential read for anyone fascinated by this complex and thrilling story and by the band of brilliant men at its heartin this magisterial book, manjit kumar gives a dramatic and superbly-written history of this fundamental scientific revolution, and the divisive debate at its corein this tour de force of science history, manjit kumar shows how the golden age of physics ignited the greatest intellectual debate of the twentieth centuryand yet for many years it was equally baffling for scientists themselvesquantum theory is weirdquantum theory looks at the very building blocks of our world, the particles and processes without which it could not existyet for 60 years most physicists believed that quantum theory denied the very existence of reality itselfwhile "quantum" sets the science in the context of the great upheavals of the modern age, kumar's centrepiece is the conflict between einstein and bohr over the nature of reality and the soul of scienceoxfam shop worcester 'this is about gob-smacking science at the far end of reasonbut in "quantum", kumar brings einstein back to the centre of the quantum debate
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In 'winnie the pooh and tigger too' pooh and his friends try to get rid of tigger's annoying bounce, but when rabbit discovers a cure, it turns out to be worse than the problemin 'winnie the pooh and the honey tree' pooh tries to get to the top of a tree in order to steal some honey from the bees, but gets himself stuck insteadoxfam shop kendal case good video very good three animated stories featuring the lovable bear with a penchant for 'hunny'in 'winnie the pooh and the blustery day' a heavy storm hits the hundred acre wood and timid piglet performs a noble deedhis chums manage to release him with the aid of a balloon, but pooh then proceeds to get stuck (again!) in the door to rabbit's housesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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It's easy to see what summer means and also refreshing to hear how his own solution to the problem is in many ways as innovative as monk's original thinkingruby my dear see oxfam website for delivery information read moreboo boo's birthday 9rather than settling for cloning the originals and then just slapping a guitar part on top, summers has expertly deconstructed a cluster of monk favourites and then reassembled them with guitar parts elegantly integrated into the structure of each piecewhat's less easy to anticipate is the constant innovation of summers' interpretationspredictably, the selection includes "brilliant corners", "'round midnight" and so on, while the presence of sting as guest vocalist on the latter and summers' ability to rustle up some powerful jazz company for this recording (including peter erskine and hank roberts) is also par for the coursea commendable projectthink of one 12'round midnight 6oxfam bookshop lymington when this album was released, bournemouth's favourite ex-policeman expressed the view that most albums of the music of thelonious monk made by anyone other than monk himself tended to end up as solo-theme-solo blowing sessions which detracted from monk's skill as a composerbrilliant corners 4light blue/rhythm-a-ning 13green chimneys 2
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It's the people around him who are the problemoxfam shop evesham winner of the baileys' women's prize for fiction winner of the desmond elliot prize we all do stupid things when we're kidsand nobody says ryan's stupidthe neighbour who says she's trying to help but maybe wants something more than thatthe prostitute searching for the man she never knew she'd miss until he disappeared without trace one nightbut the truth is, you don't know your own strength till you need itif he blows that, he's all alonenot even behind his backryan cusack's grown up faster than most - being the oldest of six with a dead mum and an alcoholic dad will do that for youthe gangland boss using his dad as a 'cleaner'see oxfam website for delivery information read morethe only one on ryan's side is his girlfriend karine
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The problem of poor organisation is serious and costs trillions in waste, inefficiency and lowered productivityhow do you most efficiently and productively manage your time, your activities and your resources? how do you minimise distractions? and how do you align your strengths in order to accomplish your purposes? lthey only exist when natural laws are not understood and followedthis booklet contains only some of the most basic principles of the organising technology he developed, but these fundamentals are, by themselves, enough to greatly enhance the activity of any endeavour, whether that of a group or an individualattainment of one’s goals, no matter how small or how large, requires a knowledge of organisationon a more individual level, organisation is a key – and often missing – factor in personal successron hubbard recognised that man was lacking in his understanding of how to organise, and a sizeable portion of his research was devoted to clarify the subject of organisation, a task he fully accomplishedorder your copy today from church of scientology, 134a high street, poole, bh15 1dnit is also a necessity for a flourishing familywe have all had experiences with bureaucratic red tape, impersonal government agencies or careless commercial enterpriseshere are some of the natural laws of organisation and organisinganybody recognizes that if things were better organised people would be better offchaos and confusion are not natural conditions of life
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The problem is not just the surface battles but the underlying attitudes, wrong concepts and offensesbrothers and sisters are among the most important people in life! yet often they are also the most trouble
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A classic account of the belief, worship and life of the orthodox church which raises the basic issues of theology: god as hidden yet revealed, the problem of salvation, the meaning of faith, prayer, death and what lies beyondronald walls, fireacres chronicle: 'i have never, in reviewing a book, felt such a powerful desire to have the wealth to present each reader with a copy
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Sony headphones (blue)this item is functional but is partially broken as you can only hear sound on the right ear pad of the headphones, reason could be due to hardware issuehowever, if the buyer is familiar with the product and is able to discover the root of the problem, whether it be old parts that need replacing etcthe item can still provide a service
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Gombrich examines, questions and re-evaluates old and new ideas on such matters as the imitation of nature, the function of tradition, the problem of abstraction, the validity of perspective and the interpretation of expression: all of which reveal that pictorial representation is far from being a straightforward matterno inscriptionsin applying the findings of experimental science to a nuanced understanding of art and in tackling complex ideas and theoretical issues, gombrich is rigorousdecorated endpapersit seeks to answer a simple question: why is there such a thing as style? the question may be simple but there is no easy answer, and professor gombrich's brilliant and wide-ranging exploration of the history and psychology of pictorial representation leads him into countless crucial areasoxfam bookshop skipton "described by kenneth clark as 'one of the most brilliant books of art criticism that i have ever read', art and illusion is a classic study of image-makingblue boards with silver decorationfirst published more than 40 years ago, art and illusion has lost none of its vitality and importancesee oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Oxfam bookshop raeburn place with its inevitable dependency on the essential, and often contested, nature of art, the subject of assessment or evaluation in art and design education remains a matter of continuing controversysee oxfam website for delivery information read moretogether, the papers provide an historical and philosophical analysis of the present state of assessment in art and design in our schools and colleges, and significantly, they map out some possible directions for reformthis collection of essays examines the principal issues as they relate to the main phases of formal education, from primary to post-compulsory
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Oxfam bookshop bloomsbury street this work traces the development of british answers to the problem of childhood cancerthe establishment of the nhs and better training for paediatricians, meant children were given access to experimental chemotherapy, sending cure rates soaringchildren with cancer were thrust into the spotlight as individuals' stories of hope hit the headlinessee oxfam website for delivery information read morevery good condition, no annotations
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But where? when the problem is so vast and we are all so busy, how do you even begin to tackle the clutter mountain? professional organiser vicky silverthorn has the simple answer: start with your sock drawerperfect for fans of the netflix series tidying up with marie kondo and followers of mrs hinchusing tried-and-tested methods, vicky will guide you through practical, bite-sized tasks that will help you achieve a friendly level of organisation throughout your home and a life-changing clarity of mindsound familiar? many of us feel increasingly overwhelmed by the sheer amount of stuff packed into our homesboxes full of obsolete chargers and neglected children's toysbeing organised at home doesn't just mean always knowing where you left the remote; it means being able to face the world with a clear mind and increased energya dresser jammed full of mismatched socksreaders love start with your sock drawer: 'full of useful tips' 'great advice in this concise book, which will get you on your way to better organisation and leading an uncluttered life' 'as a professional declutterer, this is the only book i regularly recommended to my clients''informative and practical' 'excellent, sensible advice' see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop dumfries spring clean your life with this practical, achievable guide to decluttering from the british marie kondo wardrobes bursting with unworn clothesit all starts at homewith vicky's help, you can banish clutter and turn your home into a sanctuary
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Because these sites have become a focus for so much controversy, the problem of presenting them to the public assumes a critical importancearchaeological evidence suggests that neolithic sites had many different, frequently contradictory functions, and there may have been other uses for which no evidence surviveshow can archaeologists present an effective interpetation, with the consciousness that both their own subjectivity, and the variety of conflicting views will determine their approachin as new conditionoxfam bookshop leeds 173ppsee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe authors do not seek to provide a comprehensive review of the archaeology of all these causewayed sites in britain; rather they use them as case studies in the development of an archaeological interpetation
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The book examines one central philosophical problem- how can we know anything about the world around us? the author holds that scepticism- the view that we can have no such knowledge at all- is the only answer to the problem as traditionally posed  see oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam shop smithdown road nice, clean copy - no inscriptions, old price sticker on the back
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In this work, neal gillespie explores the fascinating relationship between charles darwin's theory of evolution and his ideas about science and godthe inside pages are all good and clean with no marksa good, tidy copysee oxfam website for delivery information read moreoxfam books & music wells this paperback copy is in very good conditionthe spine is faded, but otherwise the outer cover is good and clean
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Amy orr-ewing offers a heartfelt yet academically rigorous examination of how different belief systems deal with the problem of painshe also gives us hope in the reality of the suffering of which the answer is found in christ
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We will help solve the problemintroducing the stained art jigsaw puzzle! [country of manufacture]the world of mickey drawn by stephen fishwick
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Solve the problem by attaching the k&m drinks holder to your microphone standprice excellenteasy to use attaches to your microphone stand with easebrilliant quality drinks holder at a brilliant price
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We will work with you to resolve the problemchristmas in the cityproduct informationitem type village lighted building
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They may be able to solve the problem straightaway, and if not will advise you furtherit speeds things up if you can write your rma number clearly on the outside of your parcelcomprehensive product linewhat do i do if i have not received my order when expected?
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