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Introducing formal logic, this book provides insight into how a simple logic works. It concentrates on using logic as a tool, and is divided in to four parts. Aimed at undergraduates and graduates in computer science, logic, mathematics, and philosophy, this text includes reference to and exercises based on the computer software package Jape.

How do Christian ethics begin? This study explores the grammar of the Christian life as it is embodied in worship as the formative experience of Christian communities. In an analysis of biblical and traditional conceptions of worship, it demonstrates how worship challenges the deepest antagonisms in political thought and social practice.

A work-by-work commentary on the Bach cantatas by the world's most famous Bach scholar, now available in English and in paperback for the first time. It includes all the cantata librettos in German-English parallel text. An indispensable reference book for anyone listening to, performing in, or studying any of the Bach cantatas.

The author draws together his essays on three subjects to which he has made contributions: the rule-following character of thought; how choice can be responsive to different sorts of factors; and the implications of this view of choice and rationality for normative regulation of social behaviour.

Birds show bewildering diversity in their life histories, mating systems and risk of extinction. Why, for example, are fairy-wrens so sexually promiscuous while swans show life long monogamy? This fascinating book is a comprehensive re-appraisal of avian diversity, and is the most extensive application of modern comparative methods yet undertaken.

A translation of the third book (Beta) of Metaphysics, with related chapters from the eleventh book (Kappa). The introduction and commentary give detailed guidance to the texts, in which Aristotle sets out the main problems of metaphysics or "first philosophy" and assesses possible solutions.

Provides an introduction to probability and random processes and their practical applications. This third edition emphasizes modeling and understanding rather than abstraction. Many important random processes are developed in the text through examples. It includes exercises and problems, with solutions provided in the companion volume.

Provides a selection of informative problems, together with their solution. This edition of the popular exercise manual includes modeling and many applications of probability theory, as well as theoretical aspects. There are questions at all ability levels, the majority being of elementary or intermediate standard.

This volume contains a translation of three of the eight books of "Eudemian Ethics", together with a philosophical commentary on them from a contemporary point of view.

This book is part of a five-volume set that makes available all of Kurt Godel's writings. The first three volumes, already published, consist of the papers and essays of Godel. The final two volumes of the set deal with Godel's correspondence with his contemporary mathematicians. This fourth volume consists of material from correspondents from A-G.

A close translation of the fourth, fifth and sixth books of the "Metaphysics", in which Aristotle discusses the nature and scope of metaphysics. The translation is accompanied by an interpretative and critical commentary. The second edition includes an expanded bibliography.

Borderline personality disorder is a multidimensional disorder best considered as severe personality dysfuction. This book provides an accessible and practical summary of the options for clinical management and treatment of this, once considered untreatable, disorder.

Graham Priest presents an expanded edition of his exploration of the nature and limits of thought. Embracing contradiction and challenging traditional logic, he engages with issues across philosophical borders, from the historical to the modern, Eastern to Western, continental to analytic.

A second revised edition of this title in which the author discusses the nature of philosophy and posits his theories of absolute presuppositions, causation and the logic of question and answer. Three other texts, previously unpublished, have been added to this volume, and expand on the original essay.

"A Treatise of Human Nature" (1739-40), David Hume's comprehensive attempt to base philosophy on a new, observationally grounded study of human nature, is one of the most important texts in Western philosophy. This volume offers the Treatise, Hume's abstract, annotation and explanation.

In 2009 and 2010, the European Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights underwent reforms to their judicial appointments processes, with the result that many of the candidates proposed by Member State governments were rejected. This book examines the rationale behind these reforms from the point of view of the Member States.

This book provides a fascinating examination of Chinese foreign and security policymaking, and provides new critical insights on Chinese foreign policy.

Mary S. Barton explores the global war on terror that Great Britain, the United States, and France waged during the interwar years between World War I and World War II.

This ground-breaking book is the first volume to systematically investigate the heterogeneity of radical right-wing voters.

Gauge Field theory in Natural Geometric Language addresses the need to clarify basic mathematical concepts at the crossroad between gravitation and quantum physics.

The Oxford Textbook of Migrant Psychiatry brings together the theoretical and practical aspects of the mental health needs of migrants, refugees and asylum seekers into one comprehensive resource for researchers and professionals.

What if our ability to make decisions was more a matter of chance than a rational process? That question is at the heart of this book, exploring how the human decision making process evolves from brain matter. Written in a lively and accessible style, the book presents an exciting perspective on understanding decision making.

Jurisdiction is a fundamental concept in law, as it provides the link between a government, its territory, and its people. Data travels through the internet without concern for any borders. This book argues how and why the concept of jurisdiction needs to be adapted across public and private areas - from criminal to commercial law.

Compassion in Healthcare gives an account of the nature and content of compassion and its role in healthcare based on notions of pilgrimage and civic life. Drawing on the author's real-world collaborations, the book proposes strategies for an improved understanding of compassionate relationships in healthcare practice.

Rhetoric and Religious Identity in Late Antiquity takes an interdisciplinary approach to the question of how individuals and groups ascribed religious categories during late antiquity. Particular focus is given to the role of rhetoric in the expression of religious identity, in order to give mutual illumination to both phenomena in this period.

Randomized Control Trials in the Field of Development provides a critical perspective on the use of randomized control trials in development and poverty alleviation policies, warning against their excessive use and proposing improvements and alternatives.

This book examines the relationship between social science and public policy in left-wing politics. It focuses on the time period between the end of the Second World War and the end of the first Wilson government through the figure of the policy maker, sociologist and social innovator Michael Young.

Based on the bestselling Marketing by Baines, Fill, Rosengren, and Antonetti, Fundamentals of Marketing is the most relevant, concise guide to marketing, combining the most essential theories with a global range of practitioner insights.