The Situated Self

The Situated Self
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 261
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ISBN-10 : 9780195174366
ISBN-13 : 0195174364
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis The Situated Self by : Jenann Ismael

This text focuses on the metaphysics and the philosophy of language and mind. It tackles a philosophical question whose origin goes back to Descartes: What am I? The self is not a mere thing among things - but if so, what is it, and what is its relationship to the world?

How Physics Makes Us Free

How Physics Makes Us Free
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Publisher : Oxford University Press
Total Pages : 289
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ISBN-10 : 9780190269456
ISBN-13 : 0190269456
Rating : 4/5 (56 Downloads)

Synopsis How Physics Makes Us Free by : J. T. Ismael

In 1687 Isaac Newton ushered in a new scientific era in which laws of nature could be used to predict the movements of matter with almost perfect precision. Newton's physics also posed a profound challenge to our self-understanding, however, for the very same laws that keep airplanes in the air and rivers flowing downhill tell us that it is in principle possible to predict what each of us will do every second of our entire lives, given the early conditions of the universe. Can it really be that even while you toss and turn late at night in the throes of an important decision and it seems like the scales of fate hang in the balance, that your decision is a foregone conclusion? Can it really be that everything you have done and everything you ever will do is determined by facts that were in place long before you were born? This problem is one of the staples of philosophical discussion. It is discussed by everyone from freshman in their first philosophy class, to theoretical physicists in bars after conferences. And yet there is no topic that remains more unsettling, and less well understood. If you want to get behind the façade, past the bare statement of determinism, and really try to understand what physics is telling us in its own terms, read this book. The problem of free will raises all kinds of questions. What does it mean to make a decision, and what does it mean to say that our actions are determined? What are laws of nature? What are causes? What sorts of things are we, when viewed through the lenses of physics, and how do we fit into the natural order? Ismael provides a deeply informed account of what physics tells us about ourselves. The result is a vision that is abstract, alien, illuminating, and-Ismael argues-affirmative of most of what we all believe about our own freedom. Written in a jargon-free style, How Physics Makes Us Free provides an accessible and innovative take on a central question of human existence.

Ismael

Ismael
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 226
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ISBN-10 : UCAL:B4013180
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Ismael by : Edward Bulwer Lytton Baron Lytton

Ismael and His Sisters

Ismael and His Sisters
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Publisher : Granta Books
Total Pages : 154
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ISBN-10 : 9781847089472
ISBN-13 : 184708947X
Rating : 4/5 (72 Downloads)

Synopsis Ismael and His Sisters by : Louise Stern

Siblings Ismael, Rosie and Cristina are deaf, and so are many in their Maya village. The deaf and hearing alike communicate in sign language, forming a tightly-knit community with an unsophisticated, simple lifestyle. But when Ismael gets into a fight at the local fiesta and flees the village, leaving Rosie and Cristina to fend for themselves, the daily rhythms of village life are disrupted, and all that they trust in comes under threat. Ismael and His Sisters is a remarkable debut novel from the acclaimed author of Chattering. It conjures up a world set apart, made visceral through its concentrated language, where sign language bridges exterior and interior worlds and gives a physical shape to the way we experience the world. It explores the interplay between the powerful forces within us and the dark elemental forces beyond our control, exposing the 'bottomless, hostile ocean' in which we all flounder. This is an extraordinary novel about the power of familial bonds, the barriers we build out of language, the dark elemental forces that threaten to overwhelm us, and above all, what it is like to be human.

Ismael; An oriental tale, With other poems, Written Between The Age Of Thirteen And Fifteen

Ismael; An oriental tale, With other poems, Written Between The Age Of Thirteen And Fifteen
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Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Total Pages : 242
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ISBN-10 : 9783387096880
ISBN-13 : 3387096887
Rating : 4/5 (80 Downloads)

Synopsis Ismael; An oriental tale, With other poems, Written Between The Age Of Thirteen And Fifteen by : Edward Bulwer Lytton

Reproduction of the original. The publishing house Megali specialises in reproducing historical works in large print to make reading easier for people with impaired vision.

Ismael Friedmann

Ismael Friedmann
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 408
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ISBN-10 : PRNC:32101068389129
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (29 Downloads)

Synopsis Ismael Friedmann by : Carl Hauptmann

Essays on Symmetry

Essays on Symmetry
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 228
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ISBN-10 : 9781135702458
ISBN-13 : 1135702454
Rating : 4/5 (58 Downloads)

Synopsis Essays on Symmetry by : Jenann Ismael

Drawing from physics and philosophical debates, Ismael combines a set of essays on the time worn debate of symmetry from both fields.