Philosophy
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From  Protecting Research Participants, or Protecting the University from Research Participants? |
Looks at institutional conflict of interest when it comes to academic research involving human participants, ethics under the law, and the limited confidentiality afforded to researchers | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 11 | 2014 | $1.10 Add |
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From  Smashing Heads Doesn’t Open MindsWhy We Want to be Misled with Dan Kahan |
Group values impact risk perceptions and how our interpretation of scientific evidence is shaped by our cultural affiliations. Cultural cognition describes the tendency of individuals to conform … | James Hoggan | 8 | 2016 | $0.80 Add |
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From  Theorizing Our Class DivisionsNeo-Marxist and Post-Marxist Theories of Society From: Restless Ideas |
The Modern Legacy of Karl Marx … 138 The Many Faces of Contemporary Marxism … 147 Critical Theory … 150 Structuralist Marxism … 150 Post-Marxism … 164 The … | Tony Simmons | 43 | 2020 | $4.30 Add |
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From  NEW! Underground EcologiesFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the impact of pollution on the animal world and the forms of pollution our society creates as a byproduct of pharmaceutical production, power … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 34 | 2020 | $3.40 Add |
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From A Failure to CommunicateFacts are not Enough with George Lakoff |
Lakoff described frames as metaphors and conceptual frameworks that we use to interpret and understand the world. They give meaning to the words we hear more than the other way around, because … | James Hoggan | 7 | 2016 | $0.70 Add |
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From  A Special Kind of EvilFrom: On Love and Tyranny |
This chapter concerns Arendt’s flight from Germany, and her arrival in Paris in 1933. It also details some of the history of anti-Semitism in Europe. | Ann Heberlein | 5 | 2021 | $0.50 Add |
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From  Anselm’s Proof and Some Problems of Meaning and ReferenceFrom: God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique |
What exists necessarily in the strongest sense of necessarily is surely what could not under any circumstances fail to exist. And such an entity must be compatible with anything else which could … | Leslie Armour | 17 | 1999 | $2.04 Add |
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From  Chapter 6Globalization, Capital Accumulation, and Violence Against Women: An International and Historical Perspective |
The readings in Part Two of this title explore the ways in witch the attitudes that spawned the witch-hunt have survived into the modern world. This chapter consists of a discussion of the forms … | Silvia Federici | 14 | 2018 | $1.40 Add |
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From  NEW! Cloudy SwordsFrom: Being and Swine |
In this chapter, philosopher Fahim Amir discusses the role played by various insects and how our perception of them differs based on the impact they have on human activities. The chapter includes … | Corvin Russell; Fahim Amir; Geoffrey C. Howes | 44 | 2020 | $4.40 Add |
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From  NEW! I Will Go to the Wild WoodsFrom: In Praise of Retreat |
This chapter discusses the value of solitude as a way to connect with nature. The author discusses the life and writing of Henry David Thoreau. | Kirsteen MacLeod | 46 | 2021 | $4.60 Add |
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From  Ingarden and Contemporary Aesthetics |
Explains how Ingarden’s analyses of the ontology of art provide both a strong foundation and a powerful tool that could be employed in current research in aesthetics and theory of art. | Jeff Mitsecherling | 22 | 1997 | $2.42 Add |
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From  Loving the WorldFrom: Intrinsic Hope |
When I think about what loving the world means to me, I feel a deep aspiration for the happiness, flourishing, and wellbeing of other people, other species, and the earth. This could be called … | Kate Davies | 20 | 2018 | $2.00 Add |
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From  Marx, Productive Forces, and History |
Marx wants to show us that it is the productive forces that have developed out of our passionate engagements with each other and the world (of nature) that are at the heart of "actual … | Réal Fillion | 18 | 2008 | $2.34 Add |
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From  Money in PoliticsThe Ethics of Election Finance Regulation and Expense Claims Oversight From: Honest Politics Now |
Examines attempts by federal and provincial governments, dating from the 1970s, to constrain undue influence by both publicizing and placing limits on campaign contributions and fundraisers. … | Lori Turnbull | 28 | 2017 | $2.80 Add |
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From  Nature as Co-therapistFrom: Nature-Based Therapy |
Drawing on the work of many talented and creative nature connection facilitators, philosophers, and therapists, this chapter aims to illuminate some of the processes of doing nature-based … | David Segal; Kathryn Rose; Nevin Harper | 43 | 2019 | $4.30 Add |
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From Ogden v. SFU |
Ogden resolves to hold the univeristy responsible for his legal bills as a breach of contractual obligation between himself and the university as he followed every policy and procedue outlined to … | John Lowman; Ted Palys | 8 | 2014 | $0.80 Add |
