Tag: Engaging

Engaging Putnam


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English | ISBN: 3110769166 | 2022 | 430 pages | EPUB, PDF | 3 MB + 4 MB
Hilary Whitehall Putnam was one of the leading philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. As student of Rudolph Carnap’s and Hans Reichenbach’s, he went on to become not only a major figure in North American analytic philosophy, who made significant contributions to the philosophy of mind, language, mathematics, and physics but also to the disciplines of logic, number theory, and computer science. He passed away on March 13, 2016. The present volume is a memorial to his extraordinary intellectual contributions, honoring his contributions as a philosopher, a thinker, and a public intellectual. It features essays by an international team of leading philosophers, covering all aspects of Hilary Putnam’s philosophy from his work in ethics and the history of philosophy to his contributions to the philosophy of science, logic, and mathematics. Each essay is an original contribution.

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Embodied Activism Engaging the Body to Cultivate Liberation, Justice, and Authentic Connection–A Practical Guide for T


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English | ISBN: 1623176999 | 2023 | 224 pages | EPUB | 7 MB
A radically different approach to social and environmental justice work for fans of adrienne maree brown and Bessel van der Kolk

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Exceptional Experiences Engaging with Jolting Events in Art and Fieldwork


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English | ISBN: 1805390201 | 2023 | 246 pages | PDF | 5 MB
Looking at encounters that can puncture or jolt us, this volume uses art as a lens through which to register and understand exceptional experiences. The volume also includes the fieldworker’s experience of unexpected events that can lead to key understandings, as well as revelatory moments that happen during artistic creation and while looking at art. By exploring exceptional experiences through art, the volume asks probing questions for anthropology. In recognizing that art is all-encompassing – including, as it does, narrative, performance, dance and images –

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America’s Challenge Engaging a Rising China in the Twenty-First Century


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English | 2011 | ISBN: 0870032577, 0870032585 | EPUB | pages: 673 | 1.2 mb
The emergence of the People’s Republic of China on the world scene constitutes the most significant event in world politics since the end of World War II. As the world’s predominant political, economic, and military power, the United States faces a particularly significant challenge in responding to China’s rising power and influence, especially in Asia.

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