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Words without meaning
"A Bradford book."According to the received view of linguistic communication, the primary function of language is to enable speakers to reveal the propositional contents of their thoughts to hearers. Speakers are able to do this because they share with their hearers an understanding of the meanings of words. Christopher Gauker rejects this conception of language, arguing that it rests on an unt…
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- 9780262273596
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- 1 online resource (xi, 299 pages).
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The wind of the hundred days :wow Washington mismanaged globalization
Provocative essays on international trade, with particular focus on U.S. foreign trade policy. In The Wind of the Hundred Days , a new collection of public policy essays, Jagdish Bhagwati applies his characteristic wit and accessible style to the subject of globalization. Notably, he argues that the true Clinton scandal lay in the administration's mismanagement of globalization -- resulting in …
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- 0262268515
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- 1 online resource (397 pages).
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Zen & the Brain: Toward an Understand of Meditation & Consciousness.
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- 0262511096
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- 1 online resource (868 pages)
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The workplace within :psychodynamics of organizational life
In this revealing study, Larry Hirschhorn examines the rituals, or social defenses, organizations develop to cope with change. Using extended ease studies from offices, factories, and social services, he describes why these often irrational practices that fragment and injure individuals within the workplace exist, how they operate, and how they can be reshaped to enhance people's work experienc…
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- 0262275449
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- 1 online resource.
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Women in mathematics
Examines the lives and scholarly endeavors of women who have profoundly affected mathematical thought since antiquity.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0585308055
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- 1 online resource (xii, 185 pages) :portraits
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Without miracles :universal selection theory and the second Darwinian revolut…
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- 9780262316040
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Without justification
"A Bradford book."In the contentious debate among contemporary epistemologists and philosophers regarding justification, there is one consensus: justification is distinct from knowledge; there are justified beliefs that do not amount to knowledge, even if all instances of knowledge are instances of justified belief. In Without Justification, Jonathan Sutton forcefully opposes this claim. He pro…
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- 9780262284608
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- 1 online resource (vi, 180 pages).
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Without a map :political tactics and economic reform in Russia
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- 0585263787
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- 1 online resource (ix, 223 pages) :illustrations
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The wired homestead :an MIT Press sourcebook on the Internet and the family
"The use of the internet in homes rivals the advent of the telephone, radio, or television in social significance. Daily use of the World Wide Web and e-mail is taken for granted in many families, and the computer-linked internet is becoming an integral part of the physical and audiovisual environment. The internet's features of personalization, interactivity, and information abundance raise pr…
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- 9780262285285
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- 1 online resource (ix, 502 pages).
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Why so slow? :the advancement of women
Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. Accordi…
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- 9780262285391
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- 1 online resource (xvii, 401 pages) :illustrations
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