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Causing human actions :new perspectives on the causal theory of action
"A Bradford book.""The causal theory of action (CTA) is widely recognized in the literature of the philosophy of action as the "standard story" of human action and agency - the nearest approximation in the field to a theoretical orthodoxy. This volume brings together leading figures working in action theory today to discuss issues relating to the CTA and its applications, which range from exper…
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- 9780262290340
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- 1 online resource (viii, 327 pages)
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Surveillance or security? :the risks posed by new wiretapping technologies
In this book, the author argues that in embarking on an unprecedented effort to build surveillance capabilities deeply into communications infrastructure, the U.S. government is opting for short-term security and creating dangerous long-term risks. Landau describes what makes communications security hard, warrantless wiretapping and the role of electronic surveillance in the war on terror, the …
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- 9780262295581
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 383 pages) :illustrations, maps
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Pastoral capitalism :a history of suburban corporate landscapes
"Mozingo distinguishes among three forms of corporate landscapes--the corporate campus, the corporate estate, and the office park--and examines suburban corporate landscapes built and inhabited by such companies as Bell Labs, General Motors, Deere & Company, and Microsoft. She also considers the globalization of pastoral capitalism in Europe and the developing world including Singapore, India, …
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- 9780262338271
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- 1 online resource (x, 315 pages) :illustrations (some color).
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Flexibility in engineering design
Project teams can improve results by recognizing that the future is inevitably uncertain and that by creating flexible designs they can adapt to eventualities. This approach enables them to take advantage of new opportunities and avoid harmful losses. Designers of complex, long-lasting projects--such as communication networks, power plants, or hospitals--must learn to abandon fixed specificatio…
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- 9781613444115
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- 1 online resource (xvi, 293 pages) :illustrations.
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Hanging out, messing around, and geeking out :kids living and learning with n…
An examination of young people's everyday new media practices--including video-game playing, text-messaging, digital media production, and social media use. Conventional wisdom about young people's use of digital technology often equates generational identity with technology identity: today's teens seem constantly plugged in to video games, social networking sites, and text messaging. Yet there…
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- 9780262258920
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- 1 online resource (xix, 419 pages) :illustrations.
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Internet success :a study of open-source software commons
Drawing on literature from many disciplines and using a theoretical framework developed for the study of environmental commons, Schweik and English examine stages of open-source software (OSS) development, presenting multivariate statistical models of success and abandonment.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262301206
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- 1 online resource (xii, 351 pages) :illustrations
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The tone of our times :sound, sense, economy, and ecology
Sound, tone, music, voice, and noise as forms of sonority through which our current economic and ecological crises can be understood.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 9780262320580
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The men in my life
Gornick on V. S. Naipaul, James Baldwin, George Gissing, Randall Jarrell, H. G. Wells, Loren Eiseley, Allen Ginsberg, Hayden Carruth, Saul Bellow, and Philip Roth and the intimate relationship between emotional damage and great literature.Vivian Gornick, one of our finest critics, tackled the theme of love and marriage in her last collection of essays, The End of the Novel of Love, a National B…
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- 9780262274104
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- 1 online resource (xiii, 194 pages).
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Voice :vocal aesthetics in digital arts and media
This work provides perspectives on the voice and technology from discussions of voice mail and podcasts to reflections on dance and sound poetry.OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.
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- 0262289695
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- 1 online resource (xxxiii, 399 pages) :illustrations.
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Why America is not a new Rome
An investigation of the America-Rome analogy that goes deeper than the facile comparisons made on talk shows and in glossy magazine articles.America's post-Cold War strategic dominance and its pre-recession affluence inspired pundits to make celebratory comparisons to ancient Rome at its most powerful. Now, with America no longer perceived as invulnerable, engaged in protracted fighting in Iraq…
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- 9780262283885
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- 1 online resource (xii, 226 pages) :illustrations, maps
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