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J, Odell James, ed. Object-oriented methods: Pragmatic considerations. Prentice Hall PTR, 1996.

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Evolving quality in the new NHS: Policy, process, and pragmatic considerations. Nuffield Trust, 1998.

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Reisner, Andrew. Pragmatic Reasons for Belief. Edited by Daniel Star. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199657889.013.31.

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In some circumstances, a wedge may be driven between what is advantageous or beneficial to believe and what is true. Cases range from the exotic—with diabolical forces conspiring to punish a hapless victim for believing the truth—to the mundane—with excessive optimism increasing one’s chances of success at some tasks. In contemporary discussions about normative reasons for belief, it is often argued or assumed that all reasons for belief arise only from epistemological considerations. This chapter assesses the case for the contrary claim: that there are genuine pragmatic reasons for belief. Th

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Benton, Matthew A., ed. Pragmatic Encroachment and Theistic Knowledge. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198798705.003.0014.

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If knowledge is sensitive to practical stakes, then whether one knows depends in part on the practical costs of being wrong. When considering religious belief, the practical costs of being wrong about theism may differ dramatically between the theist (if there is no God) and the atheist (if there is a God). This chapter explores the prospects, on pragmatic encroachment, for knowledge of theism (even if true), and of atheism (even if true), given two types of practical costs: namely, by holding a false belief, or by missing out on a true belief. These considerations set up a more general puzzle

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Gerken, Mikkel. Cognition and Communication. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803454.003.0009.

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Chapter 8 connects the discussion of epistemic norms of assertion to pragmatics more generally and to the pragmatics of knowledge ascriptions in particular. Some pragmatic theories and recent work in cognitive pragmatics and psycholinguistics are presented. By conjoining these accounts with the psychological considerations of Chapter 5, it is argued that knowledge ascriptions are often used as communicative heuristics, which are effective, albeit inaccurate, ways of getting complex epistemic points across. This conclusion is developed with regard to knowledge ascriptions which carry the direct

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Peteet, John, Mary Lynn Dell, and Wai Lun Alan Fung, eds. Ethical Considerations at the Intersection of Psychiatry and Religion. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190681968.001.0001.

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Psychiatry and religious/spiritual share an interest in human flourishing, a concern with beliefs and values, and an appreciation for community. Yet historical tensions between science and religion have often reinforced disciplinary boundaries and obstructed dialogue, leaving clinicians uncertain about how to approach ethical dilemmas arising between them. Common questions concern conflicting values, the ways that religion/spirituality informs the value commitments of patients and their clinicians, and what principles should guide the interaction between clinicians’ own professional and person

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Capone, Alessandro. Pragmatics of Indirect Reports: Socio-Philosophical Considerations. Springer London, Limited, 2016.

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Capone, Alessandro. Pragmatics of Indirect Reports: Socio-Philosophical Considerations. Springer International Publishing AG, 2016.

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Capone, Alessandro. The Pragmatics of Indirect Reports: Socio-philosophical Considerations. Springer, 2018.

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Gerken, Mikkel. Diagnosing Contrast Effects. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803454.003.0012.

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Chapter 11 concerns the contrast effects on knowledge ascriptions. It begins by articulating the epistemic focal bias account according to which the contrast effects amount to false positives. On this basis, it is argued that the epistemic focal bias account fulfills an important desideratum of providing a unified account of the contrast effect and salient alternatives effects. The empirical case for the focal bias account is augmented with a number of experimental results. Moreover, it is related to further psychological considerations and the philosophical anti-contrastivist arguments from C

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Rescher, Nicholas. Pragmatism in Philosophical Inquiry: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies. Springer London, Limited, 2016.

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Rescher, Nicholas. Pragmatism in Philosophical Inquiry: Theoretical Considerations and Case Studies. Springer, 2016.

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Adeleke, Tunde, ed. Martin R. Delany's Civil War and Reconstruction. University Press of Mississippi, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.14325/mississippi/9781496826633.001.0001.

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Collectively the documents provide answers to the still unresolved existential question of Martin Delany historiography: Who was the real Martin Delany? Conflicting answers and interpretations compete for authenticity. Was Delany militant, anti-establishment, dogmatic and uncompromising; or, was he pragmatic, utilitarian, accommodating, and open to compromise when necessary? Could Delany have been a combination of some or all of these attributes? The documents show that he was not averse to reaching out across the racial and ideological divides to explore diverse political and social reforms s

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Hadfield, Andrew. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198789468.003.0001.

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There were few subjects that animated people in early modern Europe more than lying. The subject is endlessly represented and discussed in literature; treatises on rhetoric and courtiership; theology, philosophy, and jurisprudence; travel writing; pamphlets and news books; science and empirical observation; popular culture, especially books about strange, unexplained phenomena; and, of course, legal discourse. For many, lying could be controlled and limited even if not eradicated; for others, lying was a necessary element of a casuistical tradition, liars balancing complicated issues and short

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Gerken, Mikkel. Theoretical Responses and Methodology. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198803454.003.0004.

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Chapter 3 begins with a partial taxonomy of the theoretical responses to the puzzling patterns of knowledge ascriptions. This includes a characterization of pragmatic encroachment that captures a wide variety of views. Moreover, the main lines of argument from the various effects on knowledge ascriptions to unorthodox theories of knowledge are sketched. The chapter concludes with a discussion of methodology. Some critical points are set forth against DeRose’s methodology of the straightforward. On a positive note, some principles of an alternative equilibristic methodology are articulated. Acc

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Dockrell, Julie, and Nelly Joye. Communication Disorders: Neurodevelopmental Considerations. Edited by Thomas H. Ollendick, Susan W. White, and Bradley A. White. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780190634841.013.53.

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Communication disorders are a common neurodevelopmental disorder. Difficulties are evident with structural language, phonology, and pragmatics. Each area is differentiated within current diagnostic approaches. However, difficulties within the language system often co-occur. The assessment of communication difficulties requires professionals to profile linguistic skills rather than rely on single diagnostic measures. Social communication disorders raise particular challenges in their assessment and their differentiation with other neurodevelopmental disorders. Communication disorders also co-oc

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Javed, Jeffrey K., and Jason E. Moore. Respiratory Failure and Hypoxemia (DRAFT). Edited by Raghavan Murugan and Joseph M. Darby. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780190612474.003.0006.

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Respiratory failure and hypoxemia are among the most common problems encountered by the rapid response team (RRT) and can lead to rapid patient deterioration and arrest. A brief, systematic approach focusing on treatment priorities such as airway patency, correcting hypoxemia, and supporting work of breathing, allows RRT responders to quickly provide the appropriate level of supportive care and narrow the complex differential diagnosis of acute respiratory failure. This chapter reviews a logical and efficient clinical diagnostic evaluation, therapeutic modalities including rescue treatments an

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Corrigan, John. Problem of the Idea of Culture in John Paul II. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2019. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781978735491.

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In The Problem of the Idea of Culture in John Paul II: Exposing the Disruptive Agency of the Philosophy of Karol Wojtyla, John Corrigan provides a new lens with which to view and understand the philosophy of Karol Wojtyla/John Paul II. He exposes Wojtyla as a major player in contemporary philosophical debates. The work reformulates the “problem of experience” in light of the questions surrounding our idea of culture. Corrigan argues that for Wojtyla the drama of the “problem of experience” manifests in the apparently divergent accounts of the meaning of human experience as presented by the phi

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Sepielli, Andrew. Pragmatist Quietism. Oxford University PressOxford, 2022. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192856500.001.0001.

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Abstract Pragmatist Quietism argues that there are objective ethical truths that neither require nor admit of a vindication or foundation from domains outside of ethics—metaphysics, semantics, epistemology, and so on. First, it argues that normative-ethical debates are similar in important ways to debates that philosophers call ‘merely verbal’; the key difference is that the former influence action and affect in a way that the latter do not. It then uses this set of features to explain why there are objective ethical truths that don’t need or allow for extra-ethical vindication, but also why i

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Michael A, Newton. Part IV The ICC and its Applicable Law, 29 Charging War Crimes: Policy and Prognosis from a Military Perspective. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/law/9780198705161.003.0029.

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The Rome Statute was designed to largely align criminal norms with actual state practice based on the realities of warfare. Article 8 embodied notable new refinements (e.g. in relation to disproportionate attack under Article 8(2)(b)(iv)), but did so against a backdrop of pragmatic military practice. This chapter dissects the structure of war crimes under Rome Statute to demonstrate this deliberate intention of Article 8 and then describes the correlative considerations related to charging practices for the maturing institution, including command responsibility. When properly understood and ap

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Schuster, Peter. Relevance Theory Meets Markedness: Considerations On Cognitive Effort As A Criterion For Markedness In Pragmatics (European University Studies, Volume 259). Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2003.

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Kachru, Yamuna. World Englishes, Pragmatics, and Discourse. Edited by Markku Filppula, Juhani Klemola, and Devyani Sharma. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199777716.013.34.

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The central role of English in cross-cultural communication worldwide has made it a unique site for understanding diversity in systems of discourse pragmatics. In contact situations, these differences can help to refine theoretical models, such as the question of how universal speech acts or properties of facework and politeness are. They can also have significant real-world implications in the form of cross-cultural (mis-) communication in globalized contexts. This chapter reviews a selection of examples of speech acts and politeness in World Englishes contexts that use theoretical models to

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Richardson, Henry. Constructive Ethical Pragmatism. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190247744.003.0002.

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This chapter motivates the book’s exploration of the moral community’s moral authority by setting out the attractions of an approach to moral theory that presupposes the existence of such authority—namely, constructive ethical pragmatism (CEP). Setting aside the anodyne form of consequentialism popular among defenders of the possibility of consequentializing all moral theories, the text reconstructs, in the face of their skepticism the Rawlsian distinction between the right and the good. In that light, CEP can be distinguished from a more substantial consequentialism that defines right action

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Nakayama, Toshihide. Polysynthesis in Nuuchahnulth, a Wakashan Language. Edited by Michael Fortescue, Marianne Mithun, and Nicholas Evans. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199683208.013.35.

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Nuuchahnulth is a Southern Wakashan language spoken in British Columbia, Canada. It is a verb-initial head-marking language and is almost exclusively suffixing morphologically. The language exhibits polysynthesis involving holophrasis but does not allow compounding. Instead, it has numerous suffixes with heavy lexical content, traditionally termed ‘lexical suffixes’. This lexical suffixation serves as the central mechanism in Nuuchahnulth for bringing multiple lexically heavy morphemes into a word. The complexity of actual polysynthetic words in this language seems rather limited compared to w

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Bratman, Michael E. Consistency and Coherence in Plan. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190867850.003.0009.

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This essay focuses on the reflections of a planning agent on her distinctive synchronic norms of practical thinking. It develops the idea of planning agency that is self-reinforcing by way of considerations of self-governance: given that one is a planning agent whose practical thinking is guided by basic planning norms—something for which there is good reason—one’s self-governance will be such that conforming to those norms is partly constitutive of that self-governance. This helps articulate a framework within which (a) pragmatic grounds for planning agency quite generally, combine with (b) n

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Light, Caitlin. The pragmatics of demonstratives in Germanic. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198747840.003.0012.

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This chapter will seek to demonstrate that demonstrative pronouns in Germanic are inherently pragmatically contrastive, in that they conventionally signal a marked and unexpected referent given the existing discourse structure. Data on object topicalization show that in information-structurally driven operations, demonstrative pronouns pattern more like contrastive elements than like non-contrastive ones. In this way they can be analysed as subinformative in the sense of Gast (2010), with an information-structural function not unlike contrastive topics. This conclusion leads us to a better und

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Schuster, Peter. Revelance theory meets markedness: Considerations on cognitive effort as a criterion for markedness in pragmatics. 2003.

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Teters, Kristopher A. Practical Liberators. University of North Carolina Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.5149/northcarolina/9781469638867.001.0001.

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During the first fifteen months of the Civil War, the policies and attitudes of Union officers toward emancipation in the western theater were, at best, inconsistent and fraught with internal strains. But after Congress passed the Second Confiscation Act in 1862, army policy became mostly consistent in its support of liberating the slaves in general, in spite of Union army officers' differences of opinion. By 1863 and the final Emancipation Proclamation, the army had transformed into the key force for instituting emancipation in the West. However, Kristopher Teters argues that the guiding prin

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Alexandrova, Anna. A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199300518.001.0001.

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Well-being, happiness, and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort of well-being? The definition and measurement of these objects rest on assumptions that are partly normative, partly empirical, and partly pragmatic, producing a great diversity of definitions depending on the project and the discipline. This book, written from the perspective of philosophy of science, formulates principles for the responsible production and interpretation of this diverse knowledge. Traditionally

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Mark, Tushnet. 1 The United States: Eclecticism in the Service of Pragmatism. Oxford University Press, 2007. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199226474.003.0002.

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The traditions of constitutional interpretation in the United States make it possible, and indeed relatively easy, to use interpretation as the vehicle for constitutional adaptation. The distinction between interpretation and alteration is accordingly quite thin. The interpretive traditions are decidedly eclectic. Interpretation relies on the words of the text as understood when they were made part of the constitution, general propositions about how institutional arrangements promote constitutionalism, ideas about the values of democracy and individual autonomy, and much more. This chapter loo

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Relevance Theory Meets Markedness: Considerations on Cognitive Effort As a Criterion for Markedness in Pragmatics (European University Studies, Volume 259). Peter Lang Pub Inc, 2003.

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Wray, Alison. The Dynamics of Dementia Communication. Oxford University Press, 2020. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190917807.001.0001.

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Despite a plethora of good advice, it can be hard to sustain effective communicative behaviours when someone is living with a dementia. This book asks why that is. Part 1 explores how various dementia-causing diseases affect the linguistic, pragmatic (reasoning), and memory systems; how social perceptions and practices exacerbate the underlying biological problems; how people living with a dementia describe their experiences; and how dementia care currently addresses the challenges of communication. Part 2 asks why people communicate and what shapes how they communicate. The Communicative Impa

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Fradley, Michael. Methods in Medieval Archaeology. Edited by Christopher Gerrard and Alejandra Gutiérrez. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780198744719.013.44.

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Key trends in methodological practice in later medieval archaeology in Britain largely follow those seen elsewhere in the discipline of archaeology. This chapter considers the key field techniques used in the study of later medieval archaeology. This includes traditional techniques such as archaeological excavation and survey, as well as more recent innovations such as the analysis of LiDAR data. Consideration is also given to how methodological practice has been influenced by changing theoretical viewpoints within the discipline, as well as pragmatic constraints and opportunities in undertaki

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Bluhm, Robyn. Inductive Risk and the Role of Values in Clinical Trials. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/acprof:oso/9780190467715.003.0010.

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This chapter examines the implications of clinical research for philosophical discussions of inductive risk, focusing on three methodological debates: (1) the necessity of randomization, (2) the distinction between explanatory and pragmatic trials, and (3) the use of placebo versus active controls. All of these debates can usefully be recast in terms of inductive risk, which raises several important implications for philosophical discussion. They show that consideration of inductive risk, first, need not involve a straightforward trade-off between the consequences of false positive versus fals

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Epstein, William M. Introduction. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190467067.003.0001.

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The Introduction argues against the possibilities that power in the United States has been usurped by illegitimate elites or an autonomous federal government, or that pluralism has been seriously compromised. American decision making is democratic but populist rather than elitist, and defined by its embedded romantic notions in rejection of pragmatism. The Introduction lays out the proposition that policy making in the United States is determined by a broad democratic consensus. In spite of episodic pitfalls and threats to democratic processes, mass preferences prevail in policy making rather

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Trestman, Robert L., and Kenneth L. Appelbaum. Population management. Oxford University Press, 2015. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/med/9780199360574.003.0013.

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Jails and prisons share population management challenges with hotels: what beds are available meeting explicit requirements for which individuals? The management of large facilities and systems must incorporate ways to recognize a wide variety of safety and clinical demands in real time. Levels of security risk, medical, mental health and addictions treatment needs, and sex offender status, among others, must all be taken into account in placement decisions. Gang management and protective custody are added security factors that require consideration. Much of the work of population management i

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Petts, Jeffrey, Katherine Thomson-Jones, David Davies, et al. Aesthetics and Design. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2023. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9781350213067.

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What designers do and how we all, as users of designed things, live with their products raises fundamental philosophical questions about how we should live, and how the nature of design work and good design relates to our lives. Jeffrey Petts presents a holistic and pragmatist approach to the philosophy of design. Acknowledging the importance of function in design without downplaying the aesthetic dimension, Petts relates the manner of evaluating design to the designing process itself as demonstrated in the work of, for example, William Morris, Walter Gropius and Bauhaus, Charles and Ray Eames

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Chakravartty, Anjan. Structures. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780190651459.003.0005.

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This chapter continues the work of the previous chapter by examining a further case study. The example here focuses on an attempt to use scientific knowledge not merely as a launching pad for ontological theorizing but as a constraint on the forms such theorizing may take. It investigates an influential research program in recent philosophy of science concerning the ontology of fundamental physics in relation to the rather slippery notion of a subatomic “particle.” It is argued that different proposals, which have emerged to give content to this notion, exemplify a pattern of reasoning in whic

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Haroon, Harshita Aini. Apposition in Malay. UUM Press, 2010. http://dx.doi.org/10.32890/9789675311437.

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Apposition in Malay addresses the lack of a detailed exploration and description of the construction in the language.The book provides a lengthy detail of Malay apposition, by providing, in the first chapter, a case for its necessity.Moving away from the prescriptive tradition, the description is based on constructions derived from three text types: journalistic texts, academic texts and fictional texts.Chosen for their different functions, appeal and communicative potential, the book details the findings based on the analysis of apposition in the 450,000 word corpora used as database.The uses

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Roșu, Felicia. Campaigning. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198789376.003.0003.

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Chapter 2 focuses on electoral campaigning and underlines the interplay of idealism and pragmatism in the selection of a candidate. It starts by introducing the most important candidates competing in the first elections, then it discusses the most important factors influencing the voters’ decisions. The dominant factors in Poland-Lithuania were: the native–foreigner debate; the prestige of the Jagiellons; the power of the future king; geopolitical considerations such as fear of the ‘Turk’ or mistrust of the Habsburgs; religion; and manliness. In Transylvania, preferences revolved around the ch

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Allsop, Cheryl. Politics and Morality in Major Crime Reviews. Oxford University Press, 2018. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198747451.003.0010.

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This chapter examines the politics in relation to major crime reviews inherent in the everyday workings of the review team, evident in the decision making relevant to what is to be reviewed and where money and resources will be expended. What becomes apparent is that the decision making of the team, in deciding whether and how to progress individual cases, is a mixture of pragmatism combined with moral reasoning when deciding whether particular cold cases are worth pursuing. The foundations on which the case has been built for creating and continuing to invest in cold case reviews is reiterate

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Taylor, Dennis. Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation. The Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc., 2022. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781978729490.

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Shakespeare and the Elizabethan Reformation: Literary Negotiation of Religious Difference explores how Shakespeare’s plays dramatize key issues of the Elizabethan Reformation, the conflict between the sacred, the critical, and the disenchanted; alternatively, the Catholic, the Protestant, and the secular. Each play imagines their reconciliation or the failure of reconcilation. The Catholic sacred is shadowed by its degeneration into superstition, Protestant critique by its unintended (fissaparous) consequences, the secular ordinary by stark disenchantment. Shakespeare shows how all three persp

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Mott IV, William H., and Robert Sheldon. Laser Satellite Communication. Greenwood Publishing Group, Inc., 2000. http://dx.doi.org/10.5040/9798216186656.

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This introduction to the next generation of human telecommunications enterprise examines the development of laser satellite communications and describes its advantages over previous technologies. It looks at the development of the technology and the industry through wired and wireless media and presents the vision, promise, and challenges of free-space lasers. The book balances its focused consideration of the telecommunications industry and markets with practical thoughts on creating a business involved in the introduction of commercial laser satellite communications systems. Scholars, invest

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Pihlström, Sami. "The Unthinkable" in Ethics, History and Philosophical Anthropology. Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, 2025. https://doi.org/10.5040/9781350506558.

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What we find ‘unthinkable’ is not seriously considered as an ethical option in our thought and deliberation; it is ruled out from the outset. Combining a broadly pragmatist approach with a Kantian-inspired transcendental strategy, Sami Pihlström distinguishes between what is considered ‘unthinkable’ and what is merely ethically wrong.Pihlström demonstrates how different issues concerning the unthinkable vs the thinkable, ranging from the proper ethical response to the Holocaust to philosophical considerations of monstrous characters familiar in gothic fiction, may challenge the categories we u

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Freiberger, Oliver. Considering Comparison. Oxford University Press, 2019. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780199965007.001.0001.

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This book seeks to rehabilitate the comparative method in the study of religion by highlighting its fundamental role for the academic mission of religious studies and by proposing both a responsible theoretical approach and a methodological framework. Analyzing the ways in which comparison is used in the study of religion, the book identifies the primary goals of this method and argues that it is constitutive for religious studies as an academic discipline. Revisiting various critiques of comparison—decontextualization and essentialization charges, postcolonialist and postmodernist critiques,

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Baz, Avner. The Crisis of Method in Contemporary Analytic Philosophy. Oxford University Press, 2017. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780198801887.001.0001.

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The book presents a critique of what has come to be called “the method of cases”—theorizing on the basis of the “application” of words to cases—as well as of the recent debates between “armchair” and “experimental” philosophers concerning that method. It argues that the method of cases as commonly practiced by both armchair and experimental philosophers is underwritten by a “representationalist” conception of language that is philosophically challengeable and empirically poorly supported—a conception on which the primary function of language is to record and communicate “classifications” or “c

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