D.M. Armstrong is an eminent Australian philosopher whose work over many years has dealt with such subjects as: the nature of possibility, concepts of the particular and the general, causes and laws of nature, and the nature of human consciousness. This collection of essays, all specially written for this volume, explore the many facets of Armstrong's work, concentrating on his more recent interests. There are four sections to the book: possibility and identity, universals, laws and causality, philosophy of mind. The contributors comprise an international group of philosophers from the United...

In this, the second volume in the Soldiers Trilogy, we follow the Martin twins from carefree college days to the working world to the abyss of a world at war. As a newspaperman in Paris, Tommy Martin finds his love only to lose her as Paris is swallowed up in the Nazi occupation. The war reunites the twins' father and an old friend, but they are separated by the German Blitz on London. The Henderson family is shown on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

In this, the second volume in the Soldiers Trilogy, we follow the Martin twins from carefree college days to the working world to the abyss of a world at war. As a newspaperman in Paris, Tommy Martin finds his love only to lose her as Paris is swallowed up in the Nazi occupation. The war reunites the twins' father and an old friend, but they are separated by the German Blitz on London. The Henderson family is shown on the eve of the attack on Pearl Harbor.

Ordinary Americans in the armed services and at home face the poignancy and the raw emotions of wartime. In this, the third volume of The Soldiers Trilogy, members of the Henderson and Martin families put on military uniforms to defend their country after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, We follow them through training and watch some of the family at war in the Pacific. The major characters, however, serve in Europe. There through the eyes of a foot soldier, an airman, a paratrooper, a ranking officer at Supreme Headquarters, and a spy behind enemy lines we see preparations and training...

Ordinary Americans in the armed services and at home face the poignancy and the raw emotions of wartime. In this, the third volume of The Soldiers Trilogy, members of the Henderson and Martin families put on military uniforms to defend their country after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, We follow them through training and watch some of the family at war in the Pacific. The major characters, however, serve in Europe. There through the eyes of a foot soldier, an airman, a paratrooper, a ranking officer at Supreme Headquarters, and a spy behind enemy lines we see preparations and training...

D.M. Armstrong is an eminent Australian philosopher whose work over many years has dealt with such subjects as: the nature of possibility, concepts of the particular and the general, causes and laws of nature, and the nature of human consciousness. This collection of essays, all specially written for this volume, explore the many facets of Armstrong's work, concentrating on his more recent interests. There are four sections to the book: possibility and identity, universals, laws and causality, philosophy of mind. The contributors comprise an international group of philosophers from the United...