Substantially updated and revised, the third edition of Philosophical Writing is designed to help those with little or no experience in philosophy to think and write successfully.
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Charles Siewert presents a distinctive approach to consciousness that emphasizes our first-person knowledge of experience and argues that we should grant consciousness, understood in this way, a central place in our conception of mind and intentionality. Written in an engaging manner that makes its recently controversial topic accessible to the thoughtful general reader, this book challenges theories that equate consciousness with a functional role or with the mere availability of sensory information to cognitive capacities. Siewert argues that the notion of phenomenal consciousness, slighted in some recent theories, can be made evident by noting our reliance on first-person knowledge and by considering, from the subject's point of view, the difference between having and lacking certain kinds of experience. This contrast is clarified by careful attention to cases, both actual and hypothetical, indicated by research on brain-damaged patients' ability to discriminate visually without conscious visual experience--what has become known as "blindsight." In addition, Siewert convincingly defends such approaches against objections that they make an illegitimate appeal to "introspection."

This non-technical introduction to ethics explores how we find true or reasonable moral principles, applicable to current concerns and issues. The reader is presented with seven radically different basic moral theories. Each theory attempts to provide an ultimate answer to the question of what ought to be done and why. Each theory is carefully described, put into historical perspective and critically assessed.

The failure to respect, protect, or fulfill human rights is a fundamental and leading obstacle to economic development and social justice. Practically speaking, however, we are still struggling to understand what this major organizational shift means. The term rights-based approaches (RBAs) has become so familiar that we tend to assume that it is well-understood and that it is a foregone conclusion that rights-based approaches offer more potential for sustainable impact.

Technology Management Handbook CRCnetBASE 1999 is the must have resource for any technical manager working into the next millennium! Written from the technical managers' perspective and written for technologists who are managers, this continually updated CD outlines information on management science and practice applying to all aspects of the production and operation of technical components and systems. Containing articles by more than 150 technical management experts, this updated guide supplies information on management science and practice as it applies to all aspects of the production and operation of technical components and systems. Unequaled in clarity and applicability, Technology Management Handbook CRCnet BASE 1999 is a comprehensive source of global information. It will answer management questions raised by engineers in all disciplines including electrical, mechanical, civil, environmental, and aerospace engineering.

Appears to be first edition with no other copyright date listed. Dark green cover with gilt along cover and spine. Contents include: mathematical introduction, acoustic phonons, plasmons, polarization waves, magnons, fermion fields and hartree-fock approximation, brillouin zones, magnetoresistance, and much more.

The first truly comprehensive work on vibrational spectroscopy, providing a one-stop reference for infrared, near-infrared and Raman spectroscopy.