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Springer Die Relativität von „Welt“: Wie Pseudoprobleme in
Book SynopsisDas Werk zeigt, inwiefern ein naives Verständnis von „Welt“ der Komplexität moderner Wissenschaften nicht gerecht wird. Es liefert einen wissenschaftstheoretischen Rahmen, in dem die interdisziplinären Fragestellungen von Psychologie, Neurowissenschaften, Biologie und Quantenphysik verstanden werden können, ohne in Aporien zu führen. Auf diese Weise trägt der Autor dazu bei, dass Grundlagenprobleme wie der Zusammenhang von Körper und Geist, Gehirn und Bewusstsein oder die Lokalisierung physikalischer Objekte in Raum und Zeit angemessen verstanden werden können. Entscheidend ist dabei der jeweilige Bezugsrahmen, der zu beachten ist: Epistemisch verschiedene Welten (Epistemological Different Worlds, abgekürzt EDW's) helfen, hypertrophe Begriffe (Scheinwelten) einer „realen Welt“ ab- bzw. in die jeweiligen Schranken zu verweisen. Trade Review“... einen interessanten Versuch, einen neuen Zugang zu Psychologie, den Neurowissenschaften und der Quantenphysik zu finden ohne dabei in Widersprüche zu geraten. Obwohl an ein breiteres Publikum gewandt, sind philosophische Grundkenntnisse bei der Lektüre hilfreich.” (Karl Schäfer, in: Amazon.de, 17. August 2016)Table of ContentsPrinzipien Epistemisch verschiedener Welten (EDW)s.- Ichbewusstsein/Körper/Geist.- Cartesianischer Dualismus und Dichotomien.- Der Begriff mentaler Repräsentation.- Schlüsselbegriffe in den Neuro- und Kognitionswissenschaften.- Zur Interpretation von Relativitätstheorie und Quantenphysik.
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Springer Quo Vadis, Humanismus?: Wie wir unsere
Book SynopsisWie steht es mit den humanistischen Grundlagen unseres Lebens und Zusammenlebens? Müssen wir uns nicht gerade heute dieser Fundamente versichern? Wer greift diese Fundamente an? Um diese Fragen beantworten zu können, nutzt der Autor ein Konstruktionsprinzip, mit dem die humanistischen Anstrengungen seit Petrarca in dreifacher Weise gerahmt werden: Zum einen werden diese Anstrengungen in die jeweiligen historischen Kontexte eingeordnet; zum zweiten greift er auf Reflexionen zurück, die sich in den verschiedenen Entwicklungsetappen der Psychologie explizit oder implizit auf den Humanismus beziehen; drittens schließlich macht er auf judenfeindliche und antisemitische Äußerungen, Vorurteile, Diskriminierungen und Vernichtungsexzesse aufmerksam, um die Ambivalenzen der verschiedenen humanistischen Anstrengungen zu verdeutlichen. Denn, so der Autor, die Einstellung und das Verhalten gegenüber Jüdinnen und Juden sind der Lackmustest eines jeglichen Humanismus.Table of ContentsProlog.- Teil I: Geschichten über "Wiedergeburt" und "Erleuchtung".- Teil II: Geschichten über das "lange" Jahrhundert.- Teil III: Geschichten über "Urkatastrophen.- Teil IV: Geschichten über reale, sozialistische und andere Humanismen.- Teil V: "Der Schlaf der Vernunft gebiert Ungeheuer": heutige Gefahren.- Epilog.
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Springer Als Gleicher unter Verschiedenen?:
Book SynopsisWarum fallen Menschen in alte, zerstörerische Verhaltensmuster zurück? Wegen schlechten Charakters oder einer schlimmen Kindheit? Wenn wir die evolutionär geformte Natur des Menschen berücksichtigen, erkennen wir Möglichkeiten zur Kooperation und zu regelhaft gestalteter Konkurrenz.Soziale Diskriminierung als Begleiterscheinung der kulturellen Evolution kann kooperatives Verhalten untergraben. Konkurrenz als unverzichtbarer Bestandteil für den Prozess der Evolution muss dem gegenüber nicht notwendig in Feindschaft und Aggression münden, sondern kann menschengemachten Regeln folgen. Dieses Buch versucht zu zeigen, Ansatzpunkte in der frühen Phylogenese zu suchen und nicht zu große Hoffnungen auf unsere neuesten kultur-evolutionären Errungenschaften (gesinnungsethische Empfehlungen, Antidiskriminierungsgesetze, Änderung sprachlicher Symbole) zu setzen. Wenn die evolutionär geformte Natur des Menschen berücksichtigt wird, erkennen wir Möglichkeiten zur Kooperation und zu regelhaft gestalteter Konkurrenz. Dies wiederum kann helfen, dass evolutionspsychologische Erkenntnisse zur Vermeidung oder Verminderung sozialer Diskriminierung beitragen können. Table of ContentsGleichheit und Diskriminierung.- Soziale Diskriminierung psychologisch.- Die Gleichgültigkeit der Evolution.- Natürliche Auslese, Verschiedenheit und Anpassung bei Darwin und in der Psychologie.- Psychologische Anpassungsprozesse.- Diskriminierung infolge Gruppenzugehörigkeit.- Veränderungen psychischer Vorgänge in der Gruppe und zwischen Gruppen.- Gegenseitigkeit und Komplementarität als evolutionäre Verteilungsmuster.- Koordination und Kommunikation in der kulturellen Evolution.- Evolutionäre Versuche, Einmaligkeit und Gleichheit zu vereinen.- Komplementarität in und zwischen Gruppen.- Konkurrenz und/oder Feindschaft?.- Psychologische Regulierungsmöglichkeiten, die gegen Diskriminierung genutzt werden können.
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Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden Die Lust auf Neues: Ein Essay über Kreativität
Book SynopsisVor dem Hintergrund der Tatsache, dass innovatives Handeln in der Gegenwart eine große Wertschätzung erfährt, unternimmt das Buch eine Untersuchung des Begriffs, des Ursprungs, des Werts und der Spielarten der Kreativität. Kreativität ist immer ein bewusstes Menschenwerk, das überraschende Neuigkeiten hervorbringt; dabei können solche Neuigkeiten durchaus unterschiedlich bewertet werden und auch ihre Schattenseiten haben. Zur Anwendung kommt die Lust auf Neues in allen Bereichen des Lebens – in den Künsten und in den Wissenschaften, im Privatleben und in der Politik, bei Beziehungen zu anderen Personen und bei der Beziehung zu uns selbst. Das Buch geht detailliert auf die multiplen Facetten des Phänomens ein. Ob auch künstliche Intelligenzen zu kreativen Leistungen in der Lage sind, ist heute eine wichtige und stark umstrittene Frage, deren Antwort nicht zuletzt vom Begriff der Kreativität abhängen wird. Als besonders förderlich für die Ausbildung und Ausübung einer Lust auf Neues haben sich das Nichtstun, die Langeweile und Tagträumereien erwiesen.Table of Contents1. Überraschungen.- 2. Menschenwerk.- 3. Licht und Schatten.- 4. Expressive Kunst.- 5. Erkenntnisfortschritte.- 6. Die Meise des Indianers.- 7. Demokratische Innovationen.- 8. Eine Verwegenheit.- 9. Künstliche Intelligenz.- 10. Durch Langeweile lernen.- Literatur.- Danksagung.
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Springer Die Geschwindigkeit der Zeit
Book SynopsisZentrale Frage.- Sprachfallen.- Gefährliches Halbwissen.- Dichteeffekt.- Bepposyndrom.- Rentner-Paradoxon.- Zeitsprünge.- Zeit-Wert.- Das neue Dings.
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Reverte Management International Meditaciones Meditations Spanish Edition
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Vergara Una Vida Infinita. El Revelador Viaje del Alma
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La vergüenza es revolucionaria
Book SynopsisYsiaprovecháramoselpoder de lavergüenzacomo un motor vital ypolítico?El nuevoensayo delautor de Andar,unafilosofía. La vergüenza es un sentimiento omnipresente en el mundo contemporáneo, un signo de nuestra responsabilidad. Podemos avergonzarnos del estado del mundo, de las propias pertenencias frente a los que no tienen nada, de la indecente riqueza de los poderosos, del modo en que asfixiamos el planeta, de las actitudes sexistas o racistas...La vergüenza no es solo tristeza y retraimiento; también es portadora de ira, de una energía transformadora. Por eso Marx proclamó que la vergüenza es revolucionaria.En este ensayo, Frédéric Gros recurre a autores como Primo Levi, a Annie Ernaux, a Virginie Despentes y a James Baldwin, para explorar las profundidades de un sentimiento demasiado olvidado en la filosofía moral y política.La crítica ha dich
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Editorial Kairos El alma del Samurái: Una traducción contemporánea
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Editorial Kairos El Yo Evolutivo: Una Psicología Para Un Mundo
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Editorial Kairos La Visión Integral: Introducción Al
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Ediciones Amara El Libro tibetano de la muerte
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Trotta Filosofía y vida intelectual
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Oxford University Press, USA Malebranches Theory of the Soul
Book SynopsisThis book offers a provocative interpretation of the theory of the soul in the writings of the French Cartesian, Nicolas Malebranche (1638-1715). Though recent work on Malebranche''s philosophy of mind has tended to emphasize his account of ideas, Schmaltz focuses rather on his rejection of Descartes'' doctrine that the mind is better known than the body. In particular, he considers and defends Malebranche''s argument that this rejection has a Cartesian basis. Schmaltz reveals that this argument not only provides a fresh perspective on Cartesianism but also is relevant to current debates in the philosophy of mind.Trade Review"Schmaltz's book...comes as a welcome addition to the Malebranche literature; that he has given us such a well-researched and carefully argued study is even more welcome....this is an excellent book....Schmaltz has given us an excellently researched and carefully analyzed account of an important aspect of the thought of one of the leading philosophers of the seventeenth century."--The Philosophical Review"A very fine piece of scholarship, and displays real philosophical acumen as well....An original and stimulating discussion....It makes a solid and important contribution to early modern scholarship."--Steven Nadler, University of Wisconsin, Madison
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Oxford University Press The Foundations of Mind
Book SynopsisIn Foundations of the Mind, Jean Mandler presents a new theory of cognitive development in infancy, focusing on the processes through which perceptual information is transformed into concepts. Drawing on extensive research, Mandler explores preverbal conceptualisation and shows how it forms the basis for both thought and language. She also emphasises the importance of distinguishing automatic perceptual processes from attentive conceptualisation, and argues that these two kinds of learning follow different principles, so it is crucial to specify the processes required by a given task. Countering both strong nativist and empiricist views, Mandler provides a fresh and markedly different perspective on early cognitive development, painting a new picture of the abilities and accomplishments of infants and the development of the mind.Trade Review"Mandler's book offers a powerful new synthesis on the emergence of cognitive capacities in infancy and early childhood. It is a compelling and important treatment of the origins of higher level thought from a cognitive science perspective. I would recommend it highly to anyone interested in cognition or cognitive development." -Frank C. Keil, Professor of Psychology and Linguistics, Yale University "The perceptual/conceptual debate about the origins of meaning in the human mind continues to rage in the cognitive sciences, a debate that Mandler confronts head on. A masterful overthrow of a number of entrenched Piagetian assumptions, this eloquently written book about the conceptual capacities of young infants and the roots of language and consciousness is backed by extensive, innovative experimental data." -Annette Karmiloff-Smith, Professor of Neurocognitive Development and Head of Neurocognitive Development Unit, Institute of Child Health, LondonTable of Contents1. How to Build a Baby ; 2. Piaget's Sensorimotor Infant ; 3. Kinds of Representation: Seeing and Thinking ; 4. Perceptual Meaning Analysis and Image-Schemas: The Infant as Interpreter ; 5. Some Image-Schemas and their Functions ; 6. Some Differences Between Percepts and Concepts: The Case of the Basic Level ; 7. Some Preverbal Concepts ; 8. Concepts as Induction Machines ; 9. Continuity in the Conceptual System: Acquisition, Breakdown, and Reorganization ; 10. Recall of the Past ; 11. Language Acquisition ; 12. Consciousness and Conclusions
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Clarendon Press Fiction and Emotion
Book SynopsisWhy do people respond emotionally to fiction when they know that it is only make-believe? This question which is fundamental to aesthetics and literary studies, is here tackled from a new perspective. The author first discusses the various answers that have been offered by philosophers form Aristotle to Roger Scruton. He shows that while some philosophers have denied any rational basis to our emotional responses to fiction, others have argued that the emotions evoked by fiction are not real emotions at all. In contrast, Dr Boruah argues that fictional emotions are rational, and that they are based on the same sorts of beliefs that we form about real situations and real people. He illustrates his discussion throughout by an extensive use of literary examples, ranging from Shakespeare to Tolstoy.Trade Review'This is a competent book about a rich and tantalizing topic ... welll written' Robert C. Solomon, The University of Texas at Austin, Review of Metaphysics'this is a serious, sensible, and open-minded attempt to deal with the complexities of aesthetic experience' Peter Kitson, University College of North Wales, Bangor, Notes and QueriesTable of ContentsEmotion and belief; rationality, belief and emotional responses to fiction; two reformist theories - Schaper and Walton; the radical theory - Roger Scruton; the conservative theory - a new proposal.
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Clarendon Press Aristotle on Perception Clarendon Aristotle Series
Book SynopsisStephen Everson presents a comprehensive new study of Aristotle''s account of perception and related mental capacities. Recent debate about Aristotle''s theory of mind has focused on this account, which is Aristotle''s most sustained and detailed attempt to describe and explain the behaviour of living things. Everson places it in the context of Aristotle''s natural science as a whole, showing how he applies the explanatory tools developed in other works to the study of perceptual cognition. Everson demonstrates that, contrary to the claims of many recent scholars, Aristotle is indeed concerned to explain perceptual activity as the activity of a living body, in terms of material changes in the organs which possess the various perceptual capacities. By emphasizing the unified nature of the perceptual system, Everson is able to explain how Aristotle accounts for our ability to perceive not only such things as colours and sounds but material objects in our environment. This rich and broad-ranging book will be essential reading not only for students of Aristotle''s theory of mind but for all those concerned to understand the explanatory principles of his natural science. ''No part of Aristotle''s psychological theory has been of greater interest to scholars over the past few years than his account of perception. . . . this excellent book . . . will appeal to Aristotelian scholars and philosophers of mind alike . . . Everson manifests a thorough understanding of much of the literature on Aristotle''s psychological theory and displays a talent for offering sophisticated arguments that are informed by the conceptual possibilities demarcated in both ancient and modern philosophy . . . Everson has presented a rich and insightful critique of a thesis which has had significant impact upon contemporary discussions of Aristotle''s psychological theory. Further, in offering ths critique, he has avoided many of the snares and entanglements to which others have fallen prey.'' John E. Sisko, Oxford Studies in Ancient PhilosophyTrade ReviewHis treatment of perception as one case of Aristotle's general explanation of natural change, including mental changes, is a very fruitful one. * Richard Wallace, Greece and Rome *although it is a tough read, it is rich and rewarding. * Robin Waterfield, Heythrop Journal *E's discussion is philosophically refined: and his reader is expected to have a nodding acquantaince with various notions in contemporary philosophical psychology ... The book is good enough to deserve detailed criticism. Indeed, I am not sure that I have read a better book on Aristotle's psychology. I enjoyed it, and I learned from it. It is rare that such things can be said about a book on ancient philosophy. * Jonathan Barnes, The Classical Review *Spiritualists and materialists alike will learn from reading this book. * Allan Siverman, Ancient Philosophy 19, 1999 *Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION; 1. PERCEPTION AND ITS PROPER OBJECTS; 2. PERCEPTUAL CHANGE AND MATERIAL CHANGE; 3. PROPER SENSIBLES AND SECONDARY QUALITIES; 4. THE PERCEPTUAL SYSTEM; 5. PERCEPTUAL CONTENT; 6. PERCEPTION AND MATERIAL EXPLANATION; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEXES.
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Oxford University Press TRANSFORMATIVE EXPERIENCE C
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Clarendon Press Reference and Consciousness Oxford Cognitive Science Series
Book SynopsisWhat explains our ability to refer to the objects we perceive? John Campbell argues that our capacity for reference is explained by our capacity to attend selectively to the objects of which we are aware; that this capacity for conscious attention to a perceived object is what provides us with our knowledge of reference. When someone makes a reference to a perceived object, your knowledge of which thing they are talking about is constituted by your consciously attending to the relevant object. Campbell articulates the connections between these three concepts: reference, attention and consciousness. He looks at the metaphysical conception of the environment demanded by such an account, and at the demands imposed on our conception of consciousness by the point that consciousness of objects is what explains our capacity to think about them. He argues that empirical work on the binding problem can illuminate our grasp of the way in which we have knowledge of reference, supplied by conscious attention to the relevant object.Reference and Consciousness illuminates fundamental problems about thought, reference, and experience by looking at the underlying psychological mechanisms on which conscious attention depends. It is an original and stimulating contribution to philosophy and to cognitive science.The Oxford Cognitive Science Series is a forum for the best contemporary work in this flourishing field, where various disciplines - cognitive psychology, philosophy, linguistics, cognitive neuroscience, and computational theory - join forces in the investigation of thought, awareness, understanding, and associated workings of the mind. Each book will constitute an original contribution to its subject, but will be accessible beyond the ranks of specialists, so as to reach a broad interdisciplinary readership. The series will be carefully shaped and steered with the aim of representing the most important developments in the field and bringing together its constituent disciplines.General Editors: Martin Davies, James Higginbotham, Philip Johnson-Laird, Christopher Peacocke, Kim PlunkettTrade ReviewThis is important work which should be widely read. * The Philosophical Quarterly *... this book is an exciting contribution to an area which urgently needs a new sense of direction. Campbell has opened up an original set of problems and has identified links between subjects that have been pursued independently, to the impoverishment of each. * The Philosophical Quarterly *This is the most striking and interesting of the long series of recent books on consciousness. Refreshingly, it has absolutely nothing to say about the philosophical preoccupations standard in this area. * The Philosophical Quarterly *Campbell has many important things to say about the mechanisms that relate perception to action, memory and our awareness of space. All readers will be able to learn from his treatment of these issues. * David Papineau, Times Literary Supplement, 2003 *Table of ContentsIntroduction ; 1. Experiential Highlighting ; 2. What is Knowledge of Reference? ; 3. Space and Action ; 4. Sortals ; 5. Sense ; 6. The Relational View of Experience ; 7. The Explanatory Role of Consciousness ; 8. Joint Attention ; 9. Memory Demonstratives ; 10. The Anti-Realist Alternative ; 11. Indeterminacy and Inscrutability ; 12. Dispositional vs. Categorical ; Bibliography ; Index
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Oxford University Press Beyond Consequentialism
Book SynopsisConsequentialism, the theory that morality requires us to promote the best overall outcome, is the default alternative in contemporary moral philosophy, and is highly influential in public discourses beyond academic philosophy. Paul Hurley argues that current discussions of the challenge consequentialism tend to overlook a fundamental challenge to consequentialism. The standard consequentialist account of the content of morality, he argues, cannot be reconciled to the authoritativeness of moral standards for rational agents. If rational agents typically have decisive reasons to do what morality requires, then consequentialism cannot be the correct account of moral standards. Hurley builds upon this challenge to argue that the consequentialist case for grounding the impartial evaluation of actions in the impartial evaluation of outcomes is built upon a set of subtle and mutually reinforcing mistakes. Through exposing these mistakes and misappropriations, he undermines consequentialist arguments against alternative approaches that recognize a conception of impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of actions which is distinct from the impartiality appropriate to the evaluation of outcomes. A moral theory that recognizes a fundamental role for such a distinct conception of impartiality can account for the rational authority of moral standards, but does so, Hurley argues, by taking morality beyond consequentialism in both its standard and non-standard forms.Trade ReviewThere have been a number of excellent books published in moral philosophy in recent years, but even when measured against this impressive comparison-class Hurleys book represents an outstanding achievement. * Alan Thomas, The Philosophical Quarterly *Hurley's book is thoroughly and densely argued and presents a number of powerful objections to consequentialism. ... an important book which contains many innovating arguments. It deserves serious attention from defenders of consequentialism. * Andrews Reath, Journal of Utilitas *insightful . . . Beyond Consequentialism is a model of rigorous and creative argument. Though the idea that we need to look to an interpersonal conception of impartiality to find an intuitively plausible alternative to consequentialism has been in the air for a while now, Hurley has done an exemplary job of making clear, in a way it had not previously been, the considerable promise of developing an interpersonal understanding of impartiality as what is needed if the lingering appeal of consequentialism is to be exorcised once and for all. * Rahul Kumar, Notre Dame Philosophical Reviews *This really is an impressive book. It provides the most rigorous argument that I have seen so far for the attractive and increasingly popular suggestion that, by developing the idea of an interpersonal point of view, we get better accounts of both the content and the authority of morality than anything the consequentialists can offer. * Robert H. Myers, Ethics *Table of Contents1. Introduction ; 2. The Challenge to Consequentialism: A Troubling Normative Triad ; 3. The Demandingness Objection: Too Demanding, Or Not Demanding at All? ; 4. Harnessing Williams to Sharpen the Challenge to Consequentialism ; 5. Deflating the Challenge iof Consequentialism ; 6. From Impersonality to Interpersonality: Alternative Conceptions of Impartiality ; 7. Impartial Evaluation and Rational Authority ; 8. Generalizing to Other Forms of Consequentialism ; Bibliography
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Taylor & Francis Religion Neuroscience and the Self
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Taylor & Francis Rousseau and the Modern State 14 Routledge Library Editions 18th Century Philosophy
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Taylor & Francis Ltd The Meaning of Behaviour 11 Psychology Library
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1983, this title is a determined attack on personality theories current at the time. It critically examines their basic motivational constructs and rejects any that invoke goal-seeking as being inescapably teleological and therefore unacceptable as natural science. Dr Maze argues the necessity for an unqualified determinism in psychology, yet one that incorporates the role of cognitive processes in the formation of behaviour. However, action theories which profess to offer a causal account of apparently goal-seeking or voluntarist behaviour by reference to the internal states of desire for a goal and a belief about how to get it are also dismissed. For the concept of belief as an internal state is argued to be a relativistic one, defined as being intrinsically related to its object. This is an incoherent notion and one which cannot specify anything acceptable as a causal state.The one motivational theory in dynamic psychology which offered a solution tTable of ContentsPreface. Acknowledgements. 1. Introduction 2. Teleological and Causal Explanations 3. Analysis of ‘Agency’ 4. Cognition and Determinism 5. The Constitution of the ‘Self’ 6. Drives and Consummatory Actions 7. Higher Activities and their Basic Meanings. Bibliography. Author Index. Subject Index.
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