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This is a major collection of essays examining the legacy of Friedrich Kittler in the turn towards Media Philosophy.

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This is a major collection of essays examining the legacy of Friedrich Kittler in the turn towards Media Philosophy.

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Why do some doctors routinely deny birth control refills without additional tests, and why do some doctors disrespect patient autonomy in decisions about abortions, labor and delivery, organ transplants, and more This book argues that medical sexism is a major cause of this pervasive mistreatment.

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Why do some doctors routinely deny birth control refills without additional tests, and why do some doctors disrespect patient autonomy in decisions about abortions, labor and delivery, organ transplants, and more This book argues that medical sexism is a major cause of this pervasive mistreatment.

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Medicine and Money: A Study of the Role of Beneficence in Health Care Cost Containment is a frank discussion of the moral problems associated with the need to control health care costs.

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The concept of needs works to sort out social policies. Yet the idea is in disrepute with many thinkers who, led by economists, accuse it of being too fluid, or too narrow, or of serving no purpose that the concept of preferences does not serve better. David Braybrooke refutes these charges by providing a model of how the concept of needs works whe

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Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony.

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Melancholia Africana argues that in the African and Afro-diasporic context, melancholy is rooted in collective experiences such as slavery, colonization, and the post-colony.

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This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melvilles writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melvilles work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, The Encantadas, and Clarel.

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This book is aimed at both philosophers and scholars of American literature who wish to reexamine the philosophical depth of Melvilles writings. Contributions deal with various philosophical aspects of Melvilles work, including well-known texts such as Moby-Dick as well as lesser-known works such as Pierre, The Encantadas, and Clarel.

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In this vivid and iconoclastic memoir, John Passmore takes us on an unsentimental journey from his childhood in Manly, then half-village, half-resort - ""seven miles from Sydney, a thousand miles from care"" - to the hot house environment of the University of Sydney, and on to the realities of his imagined Europe.

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This title reconstructs the philosophy of Adorno and Heidegger in the light of the importance that these thinkers attach to two proper names: Auschwitz and Germanien.

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This book integrates insights from philosophy, gender studies, political theory, and media studies to present an in depth analysis of masculinity politics in contemporary U.S. culture. While primarily a philosophical work, it also creates a discussion committed to feminist theory and progressive gender politics.

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This book integrates insights from philosophy, gender studies, political theory, and media studies to present an in depth analysis of masculinity politics in contemporary U.S. culture. While primarily a philosophical work, this book also creates a discussion committed to feminist theory and progressive gender politics.

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This book examines issues relating to Menkitis Person and Community in African Traditional Thought, which articulates an African notion of personhood. Contributors not only show that personhood is normative but also explore the implications this notion of personhood and citizenship holds for the nation-state in Africa.

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It seems reasonable to believe that there might have existed things other than those that in fact exist, or have existed. This title develops a framework for clarifying this problem, and explores a number of actualist strategies for solving it.

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Realities are structured categorically, and comprehension of our internal and external conditions do not appear to be global or unitary. Drawing upon many areas of life, the authors consider the ontological, mereological and multi-faceted structure of experience to explore how an understanding of categories can further knowledge.

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Argues that a deterministic world does not preclude moral responsibility, rationality, and love - in short, meaningful lives - but that there would still be something lamentable about a deterministic world.