Physicalism (2010)

2010 | 264 Pages | ISBN: 0415452627 | PDF | 2 MB Physicalism, the thesis that everything is physical, is one of the most controversial problems in philosophy. Its adherents argue that there is no more important doctrine in philosophy, whilst its opponents claim that its role is...
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Interspecies Ethics (2014)

English | 2014 | 233 Pages | ISBN: 0231167776 | PDF | 0.9 MB Interspecies Ethics explores animals’ vast capacity for agency, justice, solidarity, humor, and communication across species. The social bonds diverse animals form provide a remarkable model for communitarian justice and cosmopolitan peace, challenging the human...
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A Field Guide to a Happy Life (2020)

English | September 15th, 2020 | ISBN: 1541646932 | 160 Pages | EPUB | 3.98 MB A brilliant philosopher reimagines Stoicism for our modern age in this thought-provoking guide to a better life. For more than two thousand years, Stoicism has offered a message of resilience in the...
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A Daoist Theory of Chinese Thought (1992)

English | December 31, 1992 | ISBN: 0195067290 | Pages: 464 | PDF | 8,8 MB This ambitious book presents a new interpretation of Chinese thought guided both by a philosopher’s sense of mystery and by a sound philosophical theory of meaning. That dual goal, Hansen argues, requires...
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Shame and Desire (2007)

English | 2007 | ISBN: 9052010625 | PDF | 154 Pages | 5,7 MB Shame and Desire defines the contemporary cinematic experience in terms that go beyond the visual. Adopting an intersubjective perspective on film studies, the author maintains that the dialectical poles of subject and object, seeing...
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An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Ed 2 (2003)

English | ISBN: 0470848340 | 2003 | 188 Pages | PDF | 12 MB An Introduction to Modern Cosmology Third Edition is an accessible account of modern cosmological ideas. The Big Bang Cosmology is explored, looking at its observational successes in explaining the expansion of the Universe, the...
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Nonimaging Optics in Solar Energy (2008)

English | 2008 | 133 Pages | ISBN: 1598293303 | PDF | 8.6 MB Nonimaging optics is a subdiscipline of optics whose development over the last 35-40 years was led by scientists from the University of Chicago and other cooperating individuals and institutions. The approach provides a formalism...
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Meso- to Micro- Actuators (2008)

English | 2008 | 418 Pages | ISBN: 0849390893 | PDF | 8.2 MB Exploring the design and use of micro- and meso-actuators, this book begins with theory and a general synopsis of the state-of-the-art in theoretical research. It discusses how to employ modern approaches in research and...
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