wyszukanych pozycji: 18
Schooling Selves: Autonomy, Interdependence, and Reform in Japanese Junior High Education
ISBN: 9780226367866 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 296 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 18-20 dni roboczych. Balancing the development of autonomy with that of social interdependence is a crucial aim of education in any society, but nowhere has it been more hotly debated than in Japan, where controversial education reforms over the past twenty years have attempted to reconcile the two goals. In this book, Peter Cave explores these reforms as they have played out at the junior high level, the most intense pressure point in the Japanese system, a time when students prepare for the high school entrance exams that will largely determine their educational trajectories and future livelihoods. Cave...
Balancing the development of autonomy with that of social interdependence is a crucial aim of education in any society, but nowhere has it been more h...
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171,21 zł |
Humanism: A Beginner's Guide
ISBN: 9781851685899 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 208 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? Does a Godless universe imply moral relativism? With adherents including Einstein, Freud, Philip Pullman, and Frank Zappa, and often described as the thinking person s religion, Humanism aims to make sense of such questions by appealing to shared human values, rationality, and tolerance. This lively and provocative book is essential reading for atheists, agnostics, freethinkers, rationalists, sceptics, and believers alike. Peter Cave is a writer, presenter, and lecturer in philosophy at...
Why should we believe in God without any evidence? How can there be meaning in life when death is final? Does a Godless universe imply moral relativis...
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51,82 zł |
Humanism: A Beginner's Guide (updated edition)
ISBN: 9780861543564 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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51,82 zł |
Jews: Nearly Everything You Wanted To Know* *But were Too Afraid to Ask
ISBN: 9781781797778 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 318 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Covers what it is like to be a Jew in modern times authored by a rabbi and a philosopher.
Covers what it is like to be a Jew in modern times authored by a rabbi and a philosopher.
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180,99 zł |
This Sentence is False
ISBN: 9781847062208 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An entertaining introduction to logic and reasoning, packed with puzzles and thought experiments for the reader to try
-Peter Cave takes us on an edifying tour through the world of paradoxes, and there is much to be learned, as well as much enjoyment to be had, in the process.- -Adrian W. Moore, University of Oxford, UK -'This sentence is false' is a sentence printed on the cover of this book. A sentence is not a name. So what is the name of the book? This book (whatever its name) is full of intriguing philosophical puzzles ... Paradoxes may seem trivial at first glance,... An entertaining introduction to logic and reasoning, packed with puzzles and thought experiments for the reader to try
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104,88 zł |
Primary School in Japan: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education
ISBN: 9780415446792 / Angielski / Twarda / 2007 / 264 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. This book discusses these debates and shows how reforms have been implemented at the school level. It explores how the balance between individuality and social interdependence is managed in practice.
The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. This book discusses these debates and shows how...
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760,80 zł |
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live
ISBN: 9781399405959 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. |
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57,00 zł |
Philosophy: A Beginner's Guide
ISBN: 9781851689378 / Angielski / Miękka / 2013 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Philosophy, the "love of wisdom," is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world - the child of wonder. Through it, we seek to answer the most fundamental of questions: How do we know what we know? Does God exist? What is beauty? How should we live our lives? Who am I? In this exhilarating tour, Peter Cave navigates all the main topics in the subject with verve and clarity, from political philosophy to existentialism. Using witty and whimsical examples, including stoical sofas and Reg, the "regular" human, who just happens to carry his brain in a rucksack, Cave...
Philosophy, the "love of wisdom," is the product of our endless fascination and curiosity about the world - the child of wonder. Through it, we seek t...
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51,82 zł |
The Myths We Live By: A Contrarian's Guide to Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Fictions
ISBN: 9781786495228 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. Discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world's most divisive issues
Discover how philosophy can shine a light on the world's most divisive issues
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51,82 zł |
This Sentence Is False: An Introduction to Philosophical Paradoxes
ISBN: 9781847062192 / Angielski / Twarda / 2009 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. An entertaining introduction to logic and reasoning, packed with puzzles and thought experiments for the reader to try " This sentence is false' is a sentence printed on the cover of this book. A sentence is not a name. So what is the name of the book? This book (whatever its name) is full of intriguing philosophical puzzles ... Paradoxes may seem trivial at... An entertaining introduction to logic and reasoning, packed with puzzles and thought experiments for the reader to try |
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682,09 zł |
How to Think Like a Philosopher: Scholars, Dreamers and Sages Who Can Teach Us How to Live
ISBN: 9781399405911 / Angielski / Twarda / 2023 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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102,06 zł |
The Myths We Live By: Adventures in Democracy, Free Speech and Other Liberal Inventions
ISBN: 9781786495204 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 352 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal that many issues are less straightforward than we'd like to believe. Leaving no sacred cow standing, Cave uses ingenious stories and examples to challenge our most strongly held assumptions. Is democracy inherently a good thing? What is the basis of so-called human rights? Is discrimination always bad? Are we morally obliged to accept refugees? In an age of identity politics and so-called 'fake news', this book is an essential resource for...
In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical argument to reveal th...
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77,74 zł |
Primary School in Japan: Self, Individuality and Learning in Elementary Education
ISBN: 9780415545365 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. A series of educational reforms since 1990, including the implementation of a new curriculum in 2002, has been a source of fierce controversy. This book, based on an extended, detailed study of two primary schools in the Kinki district of Japan, discusses these debates, shows how reforms have been implemented at the school level, and explores how the balance between individuality and social interdependence is managed in practice. It discusses these complex issues in relation to personal... The balance between individual independence and social interdependence is a perennial debate in Japan. A series of educational reforms since 1990, ... |
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283,28 zł |
Ethics: A Beginner's Guide
ISBN: 9781780745763 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 256 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. From Confucianism to Kant's categorical imperative, from the Ancient Greeks to Amnesty International, This essential volume presents ethics through a fascinating global historical lens and relates it to everyday life and 21st-century politics. Peter Cave traces the development of this key branch of philosophy up to the present day, introducing readers to all the main schools of thought. With his characteristic wit and clarity, Cave takes on good and evil, power and politics, and liberalism and relativism, and handily guides us around some of the most common potholes in ethical reasoning....
From Confucianism to Kant's categorical imperative, from the Ancient Greeks to Amnesty International, This essential volume presents ethics through a ...
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61,79 zł |
How to Outwit Aristotle: And 34 Other Really Interesting Uses of Philosophy
ISBN: 9780857388322 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 384 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 8-10 dni roboczych. How to know that you exist.
How to be an object of desire. How to think like a bat. How to bring meaning to life. From the realm of the unconscious to the principles of logic, How to Outwit Aristotle will help you think like a philosopher. Witty and accessible, this is a superb introduction to the subject by one of Britain's most engaging philosophical writers. How to know that you exist.
How to be an object of desire. How to think like a bat. How to bring meaning to life. From the realm of th... |
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57,00 zł |
Death in Godshill: An Isle of Wight Tragedy
ISBN: 9781909544055 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 84 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Early one morning in October 1940, on a quiet farm on the Isle of Wight, 61- year-old farmer Frank Cave was found dead, killed with his own shotgun. After a police investigation, the woman who raised the alarm, Frank's young housekeeper, Mabel Attrill, was charged with his murder. There followed a notorious criminal trial at Winchester Assizes, featuring the most prominent pathologist of the day and one of the country's most brilliant lawyers. After many twists and turns, the trial reached an unexpected conclusion. Peter Cave, Frank's great nephew, who was born on the Isle of Wight, has now...
Early one morning in October 1940, on a quiet farm on the Isle of Wight, 61- year-old farmer Frank Cave was found dead, killed with his own shotgun. A...
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45,77 zł |
Arguing about Judaism: A Rabbi, a Philosopher and a Revealing Debate
ISBN: 9780367334178 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
Arguing about Judaism: A Rabbi, a Philosopher and a Revealing Debate
ISBN: 9780367334062 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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199,33 zł |