wyszukanych pozycji: 6
Willing the Good: Empirical Challenges to the Explanation of Human Behavior
ISBN: 9781443841511 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 280 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Science increasingly deals with human behavior: biology, neuroscience, genetics, psychology, evolutionary theory, and ethology all bring new insights into our actions and uncover new facts about our agency. However, what is the philosophical significance of their findings? The answer to this question varies according to one's background philosophical views. On the one hand, the dominant empiricist view contends that the sciences can in principle tell us everything there is to know about human agency. On the other hand, there are other non-empiricist views - such as Kantian or Aristotelian...
Science increasingly deals with human behavior: biology, neuroscience, genetics, psychology, evolutionary theory, and ethology all bring new insights ...
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236,06 zł |
Regional Parliaments: Effective Actors in Eu Policy-Making?
ISBN: 9780367589813 / Angielski / Miękka / 2020 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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220,31 zł |
Regional Parliaments: Effective Actors in Eu Policy-Making?
ISBN: 9781138542044 / Angielski / Twarda / 2018 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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708,33 zł |
Authority and the Metaphysics of Political Communities
ISBN: 9781032400372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022 / 252 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what principles or forces keep that unity together, and what threats that unity can be faced with. In Part I, the author justifies the need for the notion of substance in metaphysics in general and in the metaphysics of politics in particular. He spells out a moderately realist theory of substances and of their principles of unity, which supports substantial gradualism. Part II concerns action theory and the nature of practical reason. The author...
This book explores the metaphysics of political communities. It discusses how and why a plurality of individuals becomes a political unity, what princ...
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209,82 zł |
Public works and social protection in sub-Saharan Africa : do public works work for the poor?
ISBN: 9789280812046 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 304 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented in developing countries, often with funding from major international donor agencies. They provide employment for the chronically poor while creating assets for the state, offering a transfer of welfare which is also a tangible economic investment. This book critically explores the concept of the PWPs and questions their social protection performance in the context of chronic poverty. It reviews over 200 PWPs in eastern and southern Africa, using original research drawn from extensive field analysis, interviews and survey work. It also... Public Works Programmes (PWPs) are widely implemented in developing countries, often with funding from major international donor agencies. They pro... |
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214,67 zł |
Evolutionary Ethics and Contemporary Biology
ISBN: 9780521856294 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 222 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics� This book responds to this question by examining how evolutionism can explain and justify the existence of ethical normativity and the emergence of particular moral systems. Written by a team of philosophers and scientists, the essays collected in this volume deal with the limits of evolutionary explanations, the justifications of ethics, and methodological issues concerning evolutionary accounts of ethics, among other topics. They offer deep insights into the origin and...
How can the discoveries made in the biological sciences play a role in a discussion on the foundation of ethics� This book responds to this que...
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274,72 zł |