philosophy
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Issues in Philosophy of Language and Linguistics – ebook
Piotr Stalmaszczyk
Papers collected in this volume investigate several important issues in philosophy of language and linguistics, both traditional (such as the influences of analytic philosophy on language planning movements, or the concepts of truth and falsehood), and the most recent (including accounts of semantics and pragmatics of pejoratives and slurs; John MacFarlane’s views on disagreement; the status of Universal...Data dostępności:
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Between Divinity and Schema – ebook
Paweł Al Nowak
This book, split into two parts, blends psychology, philosophy, and religion, illuminated by the author’s experiences. Mesmerizing memories reveal surreal encounters intertwined with notable figures. Drawing from a rich tapestry of thought, the narrative explores esoteric realms, introducing innovative concepts and examining real-world events through a personal lens. From Warsaw to the Netherlands,...Data dostępności:
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Topics in Syntax and Semantics. Linguistic and Philosophical Perspectives – ebook
Wiktor Pskit
Syntax and semantics are traditional areas of the study of language recognised in linguistics and philosophy of language. This overlap of research areas seems to justify publication of a volume containing both linguistic and philosophical papers on selected issues pertaining to syntax and semantics. While linguistics and philosophy of language remain distinct disciplines in a number of ways, this...Data dostępności:
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The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin – ebook
Benjamin Franklin
For all value investors and Charlie Munger enthusiasts, don't miss out on "The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin." This book was a favorite of Munger's, and it's packed with practical wisdom. Franklin's life story teaches us about frugality, hard work, and building good habits—essential principles for success in both life and investing. Munger, a rational thinker himself, drew inspiration from Franklin's...Data dostępności:
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Listening and Acouological Education – ebook
Małgorzata Przanowska
The book is devoted to the analysis of the complex phenomenon of listening, with its own specific dynamics. Listening, understood as a way of being in the world, requires an acouological education, in which the logic of creative participation calls for a being with others that is responsible, inspiring, tasteful and that overcomes “reductionisms” in a translational way. The publication is intended...Data dostępności:
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The Battle of Life – ebook
Charles Dickens
The Battle of Life - a novel by Charles Dickens, an English writer who is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era. Two sisters, Grace and Marion, live happily in an English village with their two servants, Clemency Newcome and Ben Britain, and their good-natured widower father Dr Jeddler. Dr Jeddler is a man whose philosophy is to treat life as a farce. Marion, the younger...Data dostępności:
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Louis Lambert – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Prior to the twentieth century, philosophy was the driving force behind all literature. Authors used the novel as a means to communicate their ideas on man’s purpose and his place in the universe. With Louis Lambert, however, Balzac takes the idea of the philosophical novel a little too far in giving us this odd, chimerical mashup of philosophical treatise and coming-of-age novel. The novel seems to...Data dostępności:
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Gobseck – ebook
Honoré de Balzac
Originally published in 1830, here we have perhaps Balzac’s best short work, named simply „Gobseck”. Gobseck is a marvelous sketch of a money-lender and miser in Paris during the early part of the nineteenth century who is a font of psychological insight when it comes to humankind’s greed, vanity and other dark motives. His philosophy of never helping anyone because „adversity is the greatest of all...Data dostępności:
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SoundLab. Talks – ebook
Maciej Kaczmarski
„SoundLab. Talks” A collection of interviews with artists connected with electronic music. Tangerine Dream, Richard Devine, Andrzej Smolik and SBB, these are just some of the artists invited to the project. The key factor in selecting the interviewers was the repertoire of the concert series SoundLab - Philharmonic Laboratory of Electronic Music, which had been set up by the Philharmonic...Data dostępności:
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