Philosophy

This book, written approximately 2500 years ago, is probably the most influential book of all time. Its 81 chapters have been translated into English more times than any other Chinese document. The Tao Te Ching provides the basis for the philosophical school of Taoism. more...

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First published in 1928, The Letters of Sacco and Vanzetti represents one of the great personal documents of the twentieth century: a volume of priCommemorating the eightieth anniversary of Sacco and Vanzetti’s execution—with a new cover and new foreword Electrocuted in 1927 for the murder of two guards in Massachusetts, the Italian-American anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti defied the verdict against them, maintaining their innocence to the end. Whether they were guilty continues to be the subject of debate today. First published in 1928, Sacco and Vanzetti’s letters represent one of the great personal documents of the twentieth century: a volume of primary source material as famous for the splendor of its impassioned prose as for the brilliant light it sheds on the characters of the two dedicated anarchists who became the focus of worldwide attention.mary source material as famous for the splendor of its impassioned prose as for the brilliant light it sheds on the characters of the two dedicated anarchists--executed for the holdup murder of two guards--who became the focus of worldwide attention. more...

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Gilboa and Schmeidler provide a new paradigm for modelling decision making under uncertainty, one which suggests that people make decisions by analogies to past cases. The authors describe the general theory and its relationship to planning, repeated choice problems, inductive inference, and learning. more...

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The book deals with the problems of philosophy, and shows, I believe, that the reason why these problems are posed is that the logic of our language is misunderstood. The whole sense of the book might be summed up in the following words: what can be said at all can be said clearly, and what we cannot talk about we must pass over in silence. more...

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'In spite of initial criticisms from logicians and fellow philosophers, The Uses of Argument has been an enduring source of inspiration and discussion to students of argumentation from all kinds of disciplinary background for more than forty years. ' Frans van Eemeren, University of Amsterdam more...

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