Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780575005464
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Three tales of science fiction: "How It Was When the Past Went Away," "The Eve of RUMOKO," "We All Die Naked."
Three for Tomorrow
Author: Robert Silverberg
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780575005464
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Three tales of science fiction: "How It Was When the Past Went Away," "The Eve of RUMOKO," "We All Die Naked."
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780575005464
Category : Science fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 224
Book Description
Three tales of science fiction: "How It Was When the Past Went Away," "The Eve of RUMOKO," "We All Die Naked."
Opting for the Best
Author: Douglas W. Portmore
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190945362
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
We ought to opt for the best-that is, we ought to choose the option that is best in terms of whatever ultimately matters. So, if maximizing happiness is what ultimately matters, then we ought to perform the option that results in the most happiness. And if, instead, abiding by the Golden Rule is what ultimately matters, then we ought to perform the option that best abides by this rule. However, even if we know what ultimately matters, this is not always sufficient for determining which option we ought to perform. There are other questions that we need to consider as well. Which events are options for us? How do we rank our options-in terms of their own goodness or in terms of the goodness of the best options that entail them? How exactly does that which ultimately matters determine which options we ought to perform? In Opting for the Best, Douglas W. Portmore focuses on these three questions, which he argues can best be answered by putting aside any specific determination of what ultimately matters. He argues that tackling these three questions is crucial to solving many of the puzzles concerning what we ought to do, including those involving supererogation, indeterminate outcomes, overdetermined outcomes, predictable future misbehavior, and good acts that entail bad acts, among others. Engaging with arguments in areas as wide-ranging as action theory and deontic logic, the solutions that Portmore offers systematize our thinking about some of the most complex issues in practical philosophy.
Publisher: Oxford University Press
ISBN: 0190945362
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 345
Book Description
We ought to opt for the best-that is, we ought to choose the option that is best in terms of whatever ultimately matters. So, if maximizing happiness is what ultimately matters, then we ought to perform the option that results in the most happiness. And if, instead, abiding by the Golden Rule is what ultimately matters, then we ought to perform the option that best abides by this rule. However, even if we know what ultimately matters, this is not always sufficient for determining which option we ought to perform. There are other questions that we need to consider as well. Which events are options for us? How do we rank our options-in terms of their own goodness or in terms of the goodness of the best options that entail them? How exactly does that which ultimately matters determine which options we ought to perform? In Opting for the Best, Douglas W. Portmore focuses on these three questions, which he argues can best be answered by putting aside any specific determination of what ultimately matters. He argues that tackling these three questions is crucial to solving many of the puzzles concerning what we ought to do, including those involving supererogation, indeterminate outcomes, overdetermined outcomes, predictable future misbehavior, and good acts that entail bad acts, among others. Engaging with arguments in areas as wide-ranging as action theory and deontic logic, the solutions that Portmore offers systematize our thinking about some of the most complex issues in practical philosophy.
New Public Personnel Studies
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ability
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Ability
Languages : en
Pages : 284
Book Description
South Carolina Historical and Geneaological Magazine
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ISBN:
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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ISBN:
Category : South Carolina
Languages : en
Pages : 646
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And this is War
Author: Carl Hermon Dudley
Publisher:
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Category : War
Languages : en
Pages : 168
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Category : War
Languages : en
Pages : 168
Book Description
Approaches to Intentionality
Author: William Lyons
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191590789
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Professor Lyons in this book both explores others' approaches to intentionality and expounds his own. Part I gives a critical account of the five most comprehensive and prominent contemporary approaches to intentionality. These approaches can be summarised as the instrumentalist approach, derived from Carnap and Quine and culminating in the work of Daniel Dennett; the linguistic approach, derived from the work of Chomsky and exhibited most fully in the work of Jerry Fodor; the biological approach, developed by Ruth Garrett Millikan, Colin McGinn, and others; the information-processing approach which has been given a definitve form in the work of Fred Dretske; and the functional role approach of Brian Loar. In Part II, Professor Lyons sets out a multi-level, developmental approach to intentionality. Drawing upon work in neurophysiology and psychology, the author argues that intentionality is to be found, in different forms, at the levels of brain functioning, prelinguistic consciousness, language, and at the holistic level of `whole person performance' which is demarcated by our ordinary everyday talk about beliefs, desires, hopes, intentions, and the other `propositional attitudes'. Written in a direct, clear, and lively style, the extended survey of contemporary debate in Part I will be invaluable to the student of philosophy of mind or cognitive science as well as to the scholars and graduate students who will find an original new theory to contend with in Part II.
Publisher: Clarendon Press
ISBN: 0191590789
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 278
Book Description
Professor Lyons in this book both explores others' approaches to intentionality and expounds his own. Part I gives a critical account of the five most comprehensive and prominent contemporary approaches to intentionality. These approaches can be summarised as the instrumentalist approach, derived from Carnap and Quine and culminating in the work of Daniel Dennett; the linguistic approach, derived from the work of Chomsky and exhibited most fully in the work of Jerry Fodor; the biological approach, developed by Ruth Garrett Millikan, Colin McGinn, and others; the information-processing approach which has been given a definitve form in the work of Fred Dretske; and the functional role approach of Brian Loar. In Part II, Professor Lyons sets out a multi-level, developmental approach to intentionality. Drawing upon work in neurophysiology and psychology, the author argues that intentionality is to be found, in different forms, at the levels of brain functioning, prelinguistic consciousness, language, and at the holistic level of `whole person performance' which is demarcated by our ordinary everyday talk about beliefs, desires, hopes, intentions, and the other `propositional attitudes'. Written in a direct, clear, and lively style, the extended survey of contemporary debate in Part I will be invaluable to the student of philosophy of mind or cognitive science as well as to the scholars and graduate students who will find an original new theory to contend with in Part II.
Ariana
Author: Edward Stewart
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480470597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
DIVDIVThe rarefied realm of opera comes alive in the story of a diva torn between passion and ambition/divDIV She is Kavalaris—the most magnificent singer ever to grace the international operatic stage. Her talent is the stuff of legend and has made the men around her rich. Mark Rutherford first saw her when he was a young boy—and he cannot forget her. It will be almost two decades—separated by a depression and a world war—before they meet again and fall deeply in love./divDIV Beginning in 1928 and continuing for almost six decades, Ariana tells the story of a performer whose extraordinary gift touches everyone who hears her. But who is the woman behind the phenomenon? As Ariana bestows her gift on other singers, she ensures her immortality. It will come at a great cost to her own life. Because ambition—and the kind of success most people only dream of—always exacts a price./divDIV/div/div
Publisher: Open Road Media
ISBN: 1480470597
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 796
Book Description
DIVDIVThe rarefied realm of opera comes alive in the story of a diva torn between passion and ambition/divDIV She is Kavalaris—the most magnificent singer ever to grace the international operatic stage. Her talent is the stuff of legend and has made the men around her rich. Mark Rutherford first saw her when he was a young boy—and he cannot forget her. It will be almost two decades—separated by a depression and a world war—before they meet again and fall deeply in love./divDIV Beginning in 1928 and continuing for almost six decades, Ariana tells the story of a performer whose extraordinary gift touches everyone who hears her. But who is the woman behind the phenomenon? As Ariana bestows her gift on other singers, she ensures her immortality. It will come at a great cost to her own life. Because ambition—and the kind of success most people only dream of—always exacts a price./divDIV/div/div
The Linen Guildsman
Author: Irish and Scottish Linen Damask Guild, Inc
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linen
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Linen
Languages : en
Pages : 240
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Oliver Cromwell's Letters and Speeches
Author: Oliver Cromwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
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Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1130
Book Description
Letters and Speeches
Author: Oliver Cromwell
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 504
Book Description