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Taylor & Francis Ltd Nominalism and Constructivism in
Book SynopsisWhat was the basis for the adoption of mathematics as the primary mode of discourse for describing natural events by a large segment of the philosophical community in the seventeenth century? In answering this question, this book demonstrates that a significant group of philosophers shared the belief that there is no necessary correspondence between external reality and objects of human understanding, which they held to include the objects of mathematical and linguistic discourse. The result is a scholarly reliable, but accessible, account of the role of mathematics in the works of (amongst others) Galileo, Kepler, Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, and Berkeley. This impressive volume will benefit scholars interested in the history of philosophy, mathematical philosophy and the history of mathematics.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements; Chapter 1: Introduction - Mathematization and the ‘Language of Nature’; Chapter 2: Realists and Nominalists: Language and Mathematics before the Scientific Revolution; Chapter 3: Ontology Recapitulates Epistemology: Gassendi, Epicurean Atomism, and Nominalism; Chapter 4: British Empiricism, Nominalism, and Constructivism; Chapter 5: Three Mathematicians: Constructivist Epistemology and the New Mathematical Methods; Conclusion: Mathematization and the Nature of Language; Notes; References; Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Leibnizs Final System
Book SynopsisGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz was one of the central figures of seventeenth-century philosophy, and a huge intellectual figure in his age. This book from Glenn A. Hartz (editor of the influential Leibniz Review) is an advanced study of Leibniz's metaphysics. Hartz analyzes a very complicated topic, widely discussed in contemporary commentaries on Leibniz, namely the question of whether Leibniz was a metaphysical idealist, realist, or whether he tried to reconcile both trends in his mature philosophy. Because Leibniz is notoriously unclear about this, much has been written on the subject. In recent years, the debate has centered on whether it is possible to maintain compatibility between the two trends. In this controversial book, Hartz demonstrates that it is not possible to maintain compatibility of idealist and realist views - they must be understood as completely separate theories. As the first major work on realism in Leibniz's metaphysics, this key text will interest international Table of Contents1. Introduction 2. Substance 3. Mereology 4. Introduction to Aggregates 5. Idealist Analyses of Aggregates 6. Realist Analyses of Aggregates 7. Is Realism Compatible with Idealism? 8. Animals 9. A Final Look
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Philosophy Through Science Fiction
Book SynopsisPhilosophy Through Science Fiction offers a fun, challenging, and accessible way in to the issues of philosophy through the genre of science fiction. Tackling problems such as the possibility of time travel, or what makes someone the same person over time, the authors take a four-pronged approach to each issue, providing a clear and concise introduction to each subject a science fiction story that exemplifies a feature of the philosophical discussion historical and contemporary philosophical texts that investigate the issue with rigor, and glossary, plot profiles of pertinent science fiction stories and films, and questions for further reflection.Philosophy Through Science Fiction includes stories from contemporary science fictioTable of ContentsAcknowledgements Preface List of Boxes Chapter 0: What is Philosophy? Chapter 1: Philosophical Method and Philosophical Disagreement Chapter 2: Knowledge and Skepticism Chapter 3: Religion and Belief in God Chapter 4: Spacetime and Time Travel Chapter 5: Mind Chapter 6: Personal Identity Chapter 7: Free Will Glossary Index
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Sex on the Couch What Freud Still Has To Teach Us About Sex and Gender
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Machine and Metaphor
Book SynopsisAmerican literary realism burgeoned during a period of tremendous technological innovation. Because the realists evinced not only a fascination with this new technology but also an ethos that seems to align itself with science, many have paired the two fields rather unproblematically. But this book demonstrates that many realist writers, from Mark Twain to Stephen Crane, Charles W. Chesnutt to Edith Wharton, felt a great deal of anxiety about the advent of new technologies precisely at the crucial intersection of ethics and language. For these writers, the communication revolution was a troubling phenomenon, not only because of the ways in which the new machines had changed and increased the circulation of language but, more pointedly, because of the ways in which language itself had effectively become a machine: a vehicle perpetuating some of society's most pernicious clichés and stereotypes particularly stereotypes of race in unthinking iteration. This work takes a close look aTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. Humbug Talky-Talk: Rhetoric, Ethics, Mechanics in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2. Stephen Crane’s The Monster: Iteration, Ethics, and the Engine of Convention 3. A Conflict of Languages: The Rhetoric of Reason and the Call to Metaphor in The Conjure Woman 4. On the Brink of Eloquence: Circulation, Silence, and The 'Fitting Word' in The House of Mirth and Ethan Frome 5. Telling the Tale Over Again: Reclaiming Repetition in Winesburg, Ohio and Death in the Woods Conclusion. Notes. Bibliography. Index
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Penguin Random House Group The Logical Leap
Book SynopsisA groundbreaking solution to the problem of induction, based on Ayn Rand's theory of concepts.
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Penguin Random House LLC Why Businessmen Need Philosophy The Capitalists Guide to the Ideas Behind Ayn Rands Atlas Shrugged By Ghate Debi November 2011
Book SynopsisSheds light on the reasons why philosophy is not an ivory tower of escape but a practical necessity at various levels of business, influencing from day-to-day decisions to the issues of politics and economics. This book addresses the philosophical ideas underlying the attacks against businessmen.
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Penguin Random House Group Understanding Objectivism
Book SynopsisA fascinating examination of Any Rand's philosophy based on lectures by her literary heir, Leonard Peikoff.
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Alfred A. Knopf Gratitude
Book SynopsisA deeply moving testimony and celebration of how to embrace life. No writer has succeeded in capturing the medical and human drama of illness as honestly and as eloquently as Oliver Sacks. During the last few months of his life, he wrote a set of essays in which he movingly explored his feelings about completing a life and coming to terms with his own death.“A series of heart-rending yet ultimately uplifting essays….A lasting gift to readers. —The Washington Post“It is the fate of every human being,” Sacks writes, “to be a unique individual, to find his own path, to live his own life, to die his own death.” Together, these four essays form an ode to the uniqueness of each human being and to gratitude for the gift of life.“My predominant feeling is one of gratitude. I have loved and been loved. I have been given much and I have given something in return. Above all, I have been a sentient being, a thinking animal, on this beautiful planet, and that in itself has been an enormous privilege and adventure.” —Oliver Sacks “Oliver Sacks was like no other clinician, or writer. He was drawn to the homes of the sick, the institutions of the most frail and disabled, the company of the unusual and the ‘abnormal.’ He wanted to see humanity in its many variants and to do so in his own, almost anachronistic way—face to face, over time, away from our burgeoning apparatus of computers and algorithms. And, through his writing, he showed us what he saw.” —Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
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Penguin Publishing Group The Essential Erasmus Includes the Full Text of the Praise of Folly Meridian
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Penguin Random House LLC Return of the Primitive the AntiIndustrial Revolution The AntiIndustrial Revolution
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Penguin Publishing Group Letters of Ayn Rand
Book SynopsisThe publication of the letters of Ayn Rand is a cause for celebration, not only among the countless millions of Ayn Rand admirers the world over, but also among all those interested in the key political, philosophical, and artistic issues of our century. For there is no separation between Ayn Rand the vibrant, creative woman and Ayn Rand the intellectual dynamo, the rational thinker, who was also a passionately committed champion of individual freedom.These remarkable letters begin in 1926, with a note from the twenty-year-old Ayn Rand, newly arrived in Chicago from Soviet Russia, an impoverished unknown determined to realize the promise of the land of opportunity. They move through her struggles and successes as a screenwriter, a playwright, and a novelist, her sensational triumph as the author of The Fountainhead and Atlas Shrugged, and her eminence as founder and shaper of Objectivism, one of the most challenging philosophies of our time. They are written
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Blurb, Inc. The Problems of Philosophy
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Basic Books Worlds Of Experience Interweaving Philosophical And Clinical Dimensions In Psychoanalysis
Book SynopsisThe intersubjective perspective regards all psychological processes as emanating from personal interrelatedness. First presented by Robert D. Stolorow in his classic work Faces in a Cloud (1978), it is one of the most powerful concepts to be introduced into the post-Freudian era. In Worlds of Experience, Dr. Stolorow and two eminent colleagues elabourate on intersubjectivity, going beyond the clinical and theoretical questions of earlier work to explore the philosophical underpinnings of psychoanalytic theory and practice. The culmination of three decades of collabourative work, this book will be essential reading for academics, students, and clinicians.
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Wiley True Blood and Philosophy
Book SynopsisTRUEBLOOD and Philosophy Does God hate fangs? Is Sam still Sam when he turns into a collie? Is coming out of the coffin the same as coming out of the closet? Are all vampires created evil? Vampires, werewolves, shapeshifters, fairies, telepathsTrue Blood has it all. In a world where supernatural creatures coexist with human beings, Sookie Stackhouse and Bill Compton wrestle with powerful desires while facing complex issues concerning sex, romance, bigotry, violence, death, and immortality. Now, True Blood and Philosophy calls on the minds of some of history's great thinkers to perform some philosophical bloodletting on this thought-provoking series. From the metaphysics of mind reading to Maryann Forrester's cult of Dionysus, from vampire politics to the nature of personal identity, and from contemporary feminism to the rights of nonhuman species, True Blood and Philosophy mines the thinking of philosoTrade ReviewCan John Locke's memory theory explain the nature of vampire identity? Is there a PETA message buried in True Blood's take on vampire-human relations? These and other biting issues constitute the smart and amusing essays in the latest William Irwin-edited Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series (after Mad Men and Philosophy). Authors invoke the likes of Kant, Sartre, and Freud and approach their topics with the seriousness of a devoted fan balanced with the levity and wit the series is known for. More than one essay focusing on God and vampires duplicate efforts, but highlights include Christopher Robichaud's examination of consent in creating a vampire, William M. Curtis's discussion of metaphor and the mainstreaming of blood suckers, Ron Hirschbein's exploration of the "Edible Complex," and Patricia Brace and Robert Arp's analysis of the not-so-subtle similarities between vampire rights and gay rights. These easily-digestible philosophical morsels are perfect for fans of Jon Stewart and anyone else who likes to laugh while they learn. (June) (PW.com, August 16, 2010)Table of ContentsAcknowledgments: For the “Supes” We Just Can’t Live Without ix Introduction: “If a Tree Falls in the Woods, It’s Still a Tree—Ain’t It?” 1 Part One “I Used to Hate Vampires, Until I Got To Know One”: Vampire-human Ethics 1 To Turn or Not to Turn: The Ethics of Making Vampires 7 Christopher Robichaud 2 Dressing Up and Playing Human: Vampire Assimilation in the Human Playground 19 Jennifer Culver 3 Pets, Cattle, and Higher Life Forms on True Blood 33 Ariadne Blayde and George A. Dunn Part Two “life-challenged Individuals”: The Politics of Being Dead 4 Signed in Blood: Rights and the Vampire-Human Social Contract 51 Joseph J. Foy 5 “Honey, If We Can’t Kill People, What’s the Point of Being a Vampire?”: Can Vampires Be Good Citizens? 65 William M. Curtis 6 Un-True Blood: The Politics of Artificiality 79 Bruce A. McClelland Part Three “their Very Blood Is Seductive”: Eros, Sexuality, and Gender 7 Coming Out of the Coffin and Coming Out of the Closet 93 Patricia Brace and Robert Arp 8 “I Am Sookie, Hear Me Roar!”: Sookie Stackhouse and Feminist Ambivalence 109 Lillian E. Craton and Kathryn E. Jonell 9 Sookie, Sigmund, and the Edible Complex 123 Ron Hirschbein Part Four “i Am Actually Older Than Your Jesus”: Natural, Supernatural, and Divine 10 Let the Bon Temps Roll: Sacrifice, Scapegoats, and Good Times 139 Kevin J. Corn and George A. Dunn 11 Are Vampires Unnatural? 157 Andrew Terjesen and Jenny Terjesen 12 Does God Hate Fangs? 175 Adam Barkman Part Five “our Existence Is Insanity”: the Metaphysics of Supernatural Beings 13 A Vampire’s Heart Has Its Reasons That Scientific Naturalism Can’t Understand 187 Susan Peppers-Bates and Joshua Rust 14 Keeping Secrets from Sookie 203 Fred Curry 15 Vampires, Werewolves, and Shapeshifters: The More They Change, the More They Stay the Same 215 Sarah Grubb Contributors: “I Don’t Know Who You Think You Are, but Before the Night Is Through .” 229 Index: Sookie’s Words of the Day 237
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Tuwhiri Project Ltd What is this
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) A Thousand Plateaus Capitalism and Schizophrenia
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) To Be Two Athlone Contemporary European Thinkers S
Book SynopsisA feminist critique of the accounts of "Being" found in some of the key texts of existentialism and phenomenology, in particular Sartre, Levinas and Merleau-Ponty. Knowing the other as beloved is intimately related to a changing perception of the other of the cosmos.Table of ContentsPrologue; the wedding between the body and language; daughter and woman; to perceive the invisible in you; the love to the point of safeguarding you; I announce to you that we are different; to conceive silence; between us, a fabricated world; she before the king; each transcendant to the other; how can I touch you if you are not there?; a mystery which illuminates.
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment Cambridge Companions to Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press Philosophy Themes and Thinkers by Phelan J W published by Cambridge University Press 2005
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Cambridge University Press Thinking through Philosophy An Introduction Cambridge International Examinations
Book SynopsisChris Horner and Emrys Westacott present a clear and accessible introduction to some of the central problems of philosophy through challenging and stimulating the reader to think beyond the conventional answers to fundamental questions.Table of Contents1.Theory of knowledge; 2. Moral philosophy; 3. Philosophy of religion; 4. Philosophy of mind; 5. Political philosophy; 6. Philosophy of science; 7. Philosophy of aesthetics; 8. Metaphysics; Index
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to the Scottish Enlightenment
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Penguin Random House Sea Determined
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Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc A Path with Heart Guide Through the Perils and
Book Synopsis“This important guidebook shows in detail and with great humor and insight the way to practice the Buddha’s universal teachings here in the West. Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller and a great teacher.”—Thich Nhat Hanh“Jack is helping to pave the path for American Buddhism, bringing essential basics into our crazy modern lives. And the language he uses is as simple and as lovely as our breath.”—Natalie Goldberg Perhaps the most important book yet written on meditation, the process of inner transformation, and the integration of spiritual practice into our American way of life, A Path with Heart brings alive one by one the challenges of spiritual living in the modern world. Written by a teacher, psychologist, and meditation master of international renown, this warm, inspiring, and expert book touches on a wide range of essential issues including many rarely addressed in spiritual books.
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Random House Publishing Group Facing the Fire Experiencing and Expressing Anger Appropriately Experiencing E
Book SynopsisThe author of The Flying Boy describes how repressing anger can have profound effects on personal health and guides readers step by step through the process of getting past their fears.“Facing the Fire is the best book on anger I have read; it is responsible, honest, practical, and a good read. I know the techniques Lee describes work, and the exercises alone make it a valuable book. I will use Facing the Fire personally and professionally.”—Dr. Patricia Love, author of The Emotional Incest Syndrome: What to Do When a Parent’s Love Rules Your LifeDo you believe: Anger is a “negative” emotion? “Nice” or “emotionally sophisticated” people don't get angry? Anger will disappear when you have understood intellectually what causes it? You won’t be angry if you just learn to forgive? If so, you are not alone. Anger is the most misunderstood and, conse
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Random House USA Inc Mindsight
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) Wittgensteins Religious Point of View Continuum Studies in British Philosophy
Book SynopsisTim Labron is Associate Professor of Religious Studiesat Concordia University College of Alberta, Canada.Table of Contents1. Wittgenstein's Early Philosophy and the "Religious Point of View"2. Wittgenstein's Later Philosophy3. Wittgenstein and Greek Thought4. Wittgenstein's and Hebraic Thought5. Wittgenstein's "Religious Point of View"ReferencesIndex
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Bloomsbury Publishing (UK) John Duns Scotus
Book SynopsisÉtienne Gilson (1884-1978) was a French philosopher and historian of philosophy.James Colbert is an Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at Fitchburg State University, USA. He has published translations from French, Spanish, and Italian.Trade ReviewThis classic book offers a way of understanding Scotus, as well as contemporary interpretations of Scotus. In his Preface, Gilson cautions that 'it is always imprudent to extract in Scotus's name consequences that he has not deduced.' The timeliness of this warning--which henceforth I intend to heed--makes clear the importance of this translation. * Matthew Levering, James N. and Mary D. Perry Jr. Chair of Theology, Mundelein Seminary, USA *At long last we have a highly readable translation of Étienne Gilson's Jean Duns Scot. This book is utterly indispensable for three reasons. First, it offers a lucid introduction to the most important medieval thinker after Aquinas; secondly, it illuminates the thought of the most prominent mediaevalist of the 20th century; and thirdly, John Milbank’s interpretative Afterword is a genuine masterclass in its own right. * Rik Van Nieuwenhove, Durham University, UK *Why translate into English today a six hundred eighty-page history of a medieval author’s treatment of diverse metaphysical issues, published in French back in 1952? Probably for many of the same reasons that this work was translated into Italian only in 2007. Gilson’s original Preface and the translator’s Appendices provide the perspective to see the worth of translating the mammoth text: together they all offer an invitation to pursue today a deeper understanding of Scotus’s collection of metaphysical themes. * Stephen F. Brown, Boston College, USA *…Colbert delivers to English readers a translation of a difficult and expansive book. This translation is not only lucidly rendered, as well as faithful to Gilson; it is also a deeply learned volume. Colbert distinguishes this translation throughout by profound immersion in the complex theology and philosophy of Duns Scots—and of medieval scholastic thought in general. For the herculean effort, assiduity, and deep erudition that this volume required, […] readers of Gilson and of Scotus, as well as historian of medieval Christian history and thought, owe Colbert their enthusiasm and gratitude. * Kevin Madigan, Harvard Divinity School, USA *Table of ContentsForeword Translator's Preface Preface Chapter 1: The Object of Metaphysics Chapter 2: The Existence of Infinite Being Chapter 3: The Divine Nature Chapter 4: Origin of the Contingent Chapter 5: Angels Chapter 6: Matter Chapter 7: The Human Soul Chapter 8: Intellectual Knowledge Chapter 9: The Will Chapter 10: Duns Scotus and the Philosophers Appendices A, Bibliographical Information B, Biographical Information C. Alphabetum Scoti Afterword: The Dissolution of Divine Government: Gilson and the 'Scotus Story' Bibliography Index of Names Index of Terms
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Faber & Faber The Meaning of Culture
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Raven Recording, Inc Dark Light of the Soul
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Richard J. Bernstein Pragmatic Naturalism John Deweys Living Legacy
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Jerry Nelson Is Heaven Really For Real What are the Odds
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Penguin Publishing Group The Obstacle Is the Way Expanded 10th Anniversary
Book SynopsisAn updated and expanded edition of the book that launched a global phenomenon, The Obstacle Is the Way presents an infinitely elastic formula for turning our toughest trials into our greatest triumphs.Since bestselling author Ryan Holiday introduced Stoicism to the world with The Obstacle Is the Way in 2014, this simple but powerful philosophy for life has taken the world by storm. This brilliant and engaging book is an invaluable source of wisdom for anyone who wants to become more successful at what they do, whether you?re a student, a parent, a professional athlete, or a world leader. Now, Ryan Holiday has updated and expanded this modern classic with a new introduction and new content featuring a diverse set of inspiring characters.Icons of history?fromEpictetus and Demosthenes to Amelia Earhart and Richard Wright?followed a simple formula to achieve greatness.They were not exceptionally brilliant, lucky, or gifted. Their success in overcoming extreme obstacles was the result of a timeless set of philosophical principles that the greatest men and women have always pursued.In The Obstacle Is the Way, Ryan Holiday unpacks those lessons and reframes them for today''s world, giving us an indispensable formula for turning our toughest trials into triumphs. This new edition is a chance for old fans to revisit a classic and for a new generation to discover the power of Stoicism.
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DK Publishing (Dorling Kindersley) The Philosophy Book
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iUniverse Men of Ideas
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iUniverse Olivononics Two How To Think Like a Philosopher 02
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iUniverse Martin Heidegger on Being Human An Introduction to Sein Und Zeit
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iUniverse A Philosophy for the Heart and Mind
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iUniverse Journey into Consciousness
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iUniverse Beginnings to Endings Philosophical Ramblings for Avoiding Global Destruction
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iUniverse Clarity of Mind FAITH SCIENCE AND MENTAL WELLBEING
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iUniverse The Heart of the Matter A Case for Meaning in a Material World
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