World of Books - Find your book here

Galen and the Syllogism

Galen and the Syllogism

Nicholas Rescher

In this book, Nicholas Rescher seeks to settle debates about whether Galen originated the fourth figure of the categorical syllogism.
Welfare: The Social Issues in Philosophical Perspective

Welfare: The Social Issues in Philosophical Perspective

Nicholas Rescher

Nicholas Rescher examines the controversial social issue of the welfare state, and offers philosophical thoughts on the limits and liabilities of government and society.
Al-Farabi: An Annotated Bibliography

Al-Farabi: An Annotated Bibliography

Nicholas Rescher

He is also credited with categorizing logic into two separate groups, the first being “idea” and the second being “proof.” Nicholas Rescher assembles this annotated bibliography, listing printed materials relating to al-Farabi, and ...
Al-Kindi: An Annotated Bibliography

Al-Kindi: An Annotated Bibliography

Nicholas Rescher

Nicholas Rescher assembles this annotated bibliography, listing of over three hundred items, to assist students and scholars through the maze of publications related to al-Kindi.
Reality and Its Appearance

Reality and Its Appearance

Nicholas Rescher

The book proposes that while realism is a sensible and tenable position, nevertheless there is something to be said for idealism as well.
Complexity: A Philosophical Overview

Complexity: A Philosophical Overview

Nicholas Rescher

"This volume explores the nature of complexity and considers its bearing on our world and how we manage our affairs within it.
Philosophical Standardism: An Empiricist Approach to ...

Philosophical Standardism: An Empiricist Approach to ...

Nicholas Rescher

This study seeks to sidestep pretensions of necessity to allow a more modest and cautious perspective that asks what our experience of the world indicates to be the normal course of affairs.
Philosophical Dialectics: An Essay on Metaphilosophy

Philosophical Dialectics: An Essay on Metaphilosophy

Nicholas Rescher

A study in philosophical methodology aimed at providing a clear view of the scope and limits of philosophical inquiry.
What If?: Thought Experimentation In Philosophy

What If?: Thought Experimentation In Philosophy

Nicholas Rescher

The book concludes by arguing and illustrating how and when it becomes pointless to push speculation, or thought experimentation beyond the limits of intelligibility and cogent sense.
Pragmatic Idealism: Critical Essays on Nicholas Rescher's ...

Pragmatic Idealism: Critical Essays on Nicholas Rescher's ...

Preview

10 Enemies Within: Postwar Bethlem and the Maudsley Hospital Keir Waddington Apparently much is known about the Bethlem Royal Hospital and its alter-ego, Bedlam.1 It can boast to being the oldest mental hospital in England, while the ...
Luck: The Brilliant Randomness Of Everyday Life

Luck: The Brilliant Randomness Of Everyday Life

Nicholas Rescher

Luck touches us all. "Why me?" we complain when things go wrong—though seldom when things go right. But although luck has a firm hold on all our lives, we seldom reflect on it in a cogent, concerted way.
The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

The Kershner families of Maryland, 1731-1977

Mary Kershner Maxwell

Peter Peter Peter Peter (M) Nicholas Nicholas *l20 ac Nicholas *128 ac Nicholas *l28 ac Nicholas Nicholas Nicholas *5 persons Peter Peter* Anth'y* blksmith l50 a Peter *l76 a Peter* BPS Anthony *l50 a Anthony *150 a Anthony Martin *0 ...
Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Shalom and the Ethics of Belief: Nicholas Wolterstorff's ...

Nathan D. Shannon

he central concern of the present study is Nicholas Wolterstorff's theory of situated rationality. In Wolterstorff's view, the ... 1.1 NICHOLAS P. WOLTERSTORFF, CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHER In 2002, Nicholas P. Nicholas P. Wolterstorff, Christian ...
The Journal

The Journal

American-Irish Historical Society

... wife Richard and Jane Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan Nicholas and Eleanor Hogan ...
Exploring the Work of Edward S. Casey: Giving Voice to ...

Exploring the Work of Edward S. Casey: Giving Voice to ...

Preview

... John W Woell Peirce''s Philosophy of Communication, Mats Bergman Peirce''s Pragmatic Theory of Inquiry, Elizabeth Cooke Philosophy of History After Hayden White, edited by Robert Doran Pragmatist Metaphysics, Sami Pihlstr''om Quine on Meaning, Eve Gaudet Quine''s Naturalism, Paul A. Gregory Reality and Its Appearance, Nicholas Rescher Relativism in Contemporary American Philosophy, Timothy M. Mosteller Richard Rorty, edited by Alexander Gr''oschner, Colin Koopman, ...
The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

The Ancient and Present State of the County and City of ...

Charles Smith

Nicholas Gough. John Core. John White. Nicholas Mulgan. John Rope. Thomas Hull. Nicholas Gough. William Sattadel. Nicholas Mulgan. Nicholas Mulgan. William Corr, William Corr. John Rope. Foulke Commerford. 1449 William A. D. M A Y ...
The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Waterford: ...

The Great Charter of the Liberties of the City of Waterford: ...

Waterford (Ireland)

1438 Nicholas Murgart. 1439 J'ihn Rope. 144r» Thomas Hull.. 1441 Nicholas Gough. 1442 William Sattadel. 1443 Nicholas Mulgan. 1444 Nicholas Mulgan. 1445 William Corr. 1446 William Corr. 1447 John Rope. 1448 Foulke Commerford.
The history, topography and antiquities of the county and ...

The history, topography and antiquities of the county and ...

R H. Ryland

1437 John White ' 1438 Nicholas Mulgan ] 439 John Rope 1440 Thomas Hull 1441 Nicholas Gough 1442 William Sattadel 1443 Nicholas Mulgan 1444 Nicholas Mulgan 1445 William Corr 1446 William Corr 1447 John Rope 1448 Foulke ...
Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Introduction to Veterinary Genetics

Frank W. Nicholas

Frank W. Nicholas ... Ben Hayes, John James, Hannah Nicholas, Belinda Norris, Jonathan Usmar, Bethany Wilson, Peter Thomson, Claire Wade, Noelle Cockett, Rob Banks, Mohammad Shariflou, Malcolm Ferguson-Smith, and Xuan Zhang.
There Really Is a Santa Claus: The History of St. Nicholas & ...

There Really Is a Santa Claus: The History of St. Nicholas & ...

William J. Federer

Saint Nicholas - Sinter Klaas - Santa Claus Read the story of Nicholas, 3rd Century Bishop of Myra, Asia Minor (present day Turkey) and how over time stories of his holy, generous life were embelished into legend.
A Day in the Life of Nicholas B

A Day in the Life of Nicholas B

Lauri J. Hart

Nicholas B is a boy everyone can love.
Letters to a Law Student 3rd edn: A guide to studying law at ...

Letters to a Law Student 3rd edn: A guide to studying law at ...

Nicholas J McBride

A guide to studying law at university Nicholas J McBride. 20 Using the Internet From:NicholasJ. McBride ... on 'Useful links'. Happy exploring, and I'll be in touch soon! All best wishes, Nick 21 Your Teachers and You From:Nicholas J. McBride  ...
An Architectural and Historical Account of the Church of St. ...

An Architectural and Historical Account of the Church of St. ...

Samuel TYMMS

Mrs. Jane Clugett, wife of Mr. Nicholas Clagett, late Minister of this Parish, died August 23, 1673.1 The said Mr. Nicholas Clagett died in 1662. Mrs. Margaret Clagett, wife of Dr. Nicholas Clagett, Archdeacon of Sudbury, died May 16, 1719,  ...
Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars

Nicholas II: Last of the Tsars

Marc Ferro

A figure surrounded by myth and speculation, at the center of one of history's most cataclysmic events--the Russian Revolution--Nicholas II remains haunting and enigmatic.
The Making of the British Landscape

The Making of the British Landscape

Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities.
The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the ...

The Making Of The British Landscape: From the Ice Age to the ...

Nicholas Crane

Nicholas Crane's new book brilliantly describes the evolution of Britain's countryside and cities.
St. Nicholas and Mary Mapes Dodge: The Legacy of a ...

St. Nicholas and Mary Mapes Dodge: The Legacy of a ...

Preview

The work places St. Nicholas in American cultural history, and analyzes how it both influenced and was influenced over thirty years.
Reason, Method, and Value: A Reader on the Philosophy of ...

Reason, Method, and Value: A Reader on the Philosophy of ...

Preview

Taken together, the volume encapsulates the heart of Rescher's impressive lifelong contributions to philosophy between two covers, in a single volume that provides a solid overview of his thought while serving to direct readers to the ...

who called from an unknown number?