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Duns Scotus on Divine Love Texts and Commentary on Goodness and Freedom God and Humans

Duns Scotus on Divine Love Texts and Commentary on Goodness and Freedom God and Humans

The medieval philosopher and theologian John Duns Scotus (1266-1308) was one of the great thinkers of Western intellectual culture exerting a considerable influence over many centuries. He had a genius for original and subtle philosophical analysis with the motive behind his philosophical method being his faith. His texts are famous not only for their complexity but also for their brilliance their systematic precision and the profound faith revealed. The texts presented in this new commentary show that Scotus' thought is not moved by a love for the abstract or technical but that a high level of abstraction and technicality was needed for his precise conceptual analysis of Christian faith. Presenting a selection of nine fundamental theological texts of Duns Scotus some translated into English for the first time this book provides detailed commentary on each text to reveal Scotus' conception of divine goodness and the nature of the human response to that goodness. Following an introduction which includes an overview of Scotus' life and works the editors highlight Scotus' theological insights many of which are explored here for the first time and shed new light on topics which were and still are hotly discussed. Scotus is seen to be the first theologian in the history of Christian thought who succeeds in developing a consistent conceptual framework for the conviction that both God and human beings are essentially free. Offering unique insights into Scotus' theological writings and faith and a particular contribution to contemporary debate on Scotus' ethics this book contributes to a clearer understanding of the whole of Scotus' thought. | Duns Scotus on Divine Love Texts and Commentary on Goodness and Freedom God and Humans

GBP 38.99
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Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake How Can Classroom Teachers Disrupt Discrimination and Promote Hope Foster Healing and Inspire Joyful Learning?

Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake How Can Classroom Teachers Disrupt Discrimination and Promote Hope Foster Healing and Inspire Joyful Learning?

Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake shows teachers how to confront racism and disrupt discrimination in order to deepen students’ understanding of social justice diversity and equity. Background information statistics and reports on incidents of hate will help students consider ethical and moral behavior. Forty step-by-step lessons involve discussion oral and written narratives case studies assumption charts and more. This thoughtful examination of today’s world will help teachers encourage reflection foster inclusion and inspire students to take action. This in-depth guide will show teachers of 8- to 14-year-olds how to start and manage important conversations that will lead to change. | Stop the Hate for Goodness Sake How Can Classroom Teachers Disrupt Discrimination and Promote Hope Foster Healing and Inspire Joyful Learning?

GBP 29.99
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Politics Innocence and the Limits of Goodness

Politics Innocence and the Limits of Goodness

First published in 1988. Moral innocence is of enduring interest because it seems to embody our ideals in their purest form. The place of moral innocence in politics is the central theme of Peter Johnson’s subtle and original book. Are there moral dispositions which are not only incompatible with politics but actually endanger it? If it is sometimes necessary to act badly in order to achieve desirable objectives what moral standpoints would exclude such a course at action? Peter Johnson demonstrates convincingly why philosophical accounts of morality past and present are unable to explain moral innocence: its full impact on politics can only be grasped by putting aside traditional theories. Literature provides the key to a deeper understanding of the relationship between politics and morality. Melville’s Billy Budd Shakespeare’s Henry VI and Graham Greene’s The Quiet American reveal moral innocence at work in political circumstances of great intensity. Through these and other literary figures we see at last the specific character of moral innocence and why it is connected with political disaster. This closely reasoned yet deeply passionate book illuminates a problem of great contemporary interest and nowhere more so than in American public life. Original in theme and content it confronts central issues of concern to the modern mind not simply to academics both teachers and taught but to all those interested in how they might be governed. | Politics Innocence and the Limits of Goodness

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Empirical Bayes Methods

Empirical Bayes Methods

Originally published in 1970; with a second edition in 1989. Empirical Bayes methods use some of the apparatus of the pure Bayes approach but an actual prior distribution is assumed to generate the data sequence. It can be estimated thus producing empirical Bayes estimates or decision rules. In this second edition details are provided of the derivation and the performance of empirical Bayes rules for a variety of special models. Attention is given to the problem of assessing the goodness of an empirical Bayes estimator for a given set of prior data. Chapters also focus on alternatives to the empirical Bayes approach and actual applications of empirical Bayes methods.

GBP 31.99
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Pure Sport Sport Psychology in Action

Pure Sport Sport Psychology in Action

Pure Sport is a practical guide that provides insights on asserting positive mindsets realising potential remaining resilient against setbacks and using these experiences to move on to greater success. The book follows the journey of the athlete through six clear steps creating a logical framework for applied sport psychology or a path you can follow in your own practice. The third edition is fully updated and now more accessible than ever including new advice on maintaining a resilient attitude and taking care of athletes’ mental well-being. Drawing on decades of both practical and theoretical knowledge the authors deliver practical advice with a thorough grounding in sport psychology supplemented by case studies reflection questions common problems and effective solutions and useful summaries of key points. Pure Sport is essential reading for all those actively involved and interested in sport from sports psychologists and academics to athletes and coaches. | Pure Sport Sport Psychology in Action

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Beyond Legal Reasoning: a Critique of Pure Lawyering

Beyond Legal Reasoning: a Critique of Pure Lawyering

The concept of learning to ‘think like a lawyer’ is one of the cornerstones of legal education in the United States and beyond. In this book Jeffrey Lipshaw provides a critique of the traditional views of ‘thinking like a lawyer’ or ‘pure lawyering’ aimed at lawyers law professors and students who want to understand lawyering beyond the traditional warrior metaphor. Drawing on his extensive experience at the intersection of real world law and business issues Professor Lipshaw presents a sophisticated philosophical argument that the pure lawyering of traditional legal education is agnostic to either truth or moral value of outcomes. He demonstrates pure lawyering’s potential both for illusions of certainty and cynical instrumentalism and the consequences of both when lawyers are called on as dealmakers policymakers and counsellors. This book offers an avenue for getting beyond (or unlearning) merely how to think like a lawyer. It combines legal theory philosophy of knowledge and doctrine with an appreciation of real-life judgment calls that multi-disciplinary lawyers are called upon to make. The book will be of great interest to scholars of legal education legal language and reasoning as well as professors who teach both doctrine and thinking and writing skills in the first year law school curriculum; and for anyone who is interested in seeking a perspective on ‘thinking like a lawyer’ beyond the litigation arena. | Beyond Legal Reasoning: a Critique of Pure Lawyering

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Nonparametric Regression and Spline Smoothing

Nonparametric Regression and Spline Smoothing

Provides a unified account of the most popular approaches to nonparametric regression smoothing. This edition contains discussions of boundary corrections for trigonometric series estimators; detailed asymptotics for polynomial regression; testing goodness-of-fit; estimation in partially linear models; practical aspects problems and methods for confidence intervals and bands; local polynomial regression; and form and asymptotic properties of linear smoothing splines. | Nonparametric Regression and Spline Smoothing

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The Pure Theory of International Trade and Distortions (Routledge Revivals)

The Pure Theory of International Trade and Distortions (Routledge Revivals)

First published in 1978. This book provides a simple systematic yet rigorous treatment of the key aspects of the pure theory of international trade and distortions. The opening chapter presents the standard two-factor two-commodity barter model of international trade and a comprehensive treatment of the important properties and relationships. The rest of the book consists of four sections: parts One and Two are devoted to an analysis of factor market imperfections and Parts Three and Four consider the trade-theoretical consequences of product market imperfections. A concluding chapter presents some generalised theorems. This book would be of interest to students of economics. | The Pure Theory of International Trade and Distortions (Routledge Revivals)

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A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics

A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics

Accessible to all students with a sound background in high school mathematics A Concise Introduction to Pure Mathematics Fourth Edition presents some of the most fundamental and beautiful ideas in pure mathematics. It covers not only standard material but also many interesting topics not usually encountered at this level such as the theory of solving cubic equations; Euler‘s formula for the numbers of corners edges and faces of a solid object and the five Platonic solids; the use of prime numbers to encode and decode secret information; the theory of how to compare the sizes of two infinite sets; and the rigorous theory of limits and continuous functions. New to the Fourth Edition Two new chapters that serve as an introduction to abstract algebra via the theory of groups covering abstract reasoning as well as many examples and applications New material on inequalities counting methods the inclusion-exclusion principle and Euler‘s phi function Numerous new exercises with solutions to the odd-numbered ones Through careful explanations and examples this popular textbook illustrates the power and beauty of basic mathematical concepts in number theory discrete mathematics analysis and abstract algebra. Written in a rigorous yet accessible style it continues to provide a robust bridge between high school and higher-level mathematics enabling students to study more advanced courses in abstract algebra and analysis.

GBP 180.00
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Empirical Bayes Methods with Applications

Empirical Bayes Methods with Applications

The second edition of Empirical Bayes Methods details are provided of the derivation and the performance of empirical Bayes rules for a variety of special models. Attention is given to the problem of assessing the goodness of an empirical Bayes estimator for a given set of prior data. A chapter is devoted to a discussion of alternatives to the empirical Bayes approach and there is also a chapter giving details of several actual applications of empirical Bayes method. | Empirical Bayes Methods with Applications

GBP 180.00
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A Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

A Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant's groundbreaking Critique of Pure Reason inaugurated a new way of understanding the world that continues to impact philosophy to the present day. With clear explanations and numerous examples A Companion to Kant's Critique of Pure Reason takes students step by step through the book in a way that captures their interest without sacrificing depth or intellectual rigor. Although it is informed by recent Anglo-American scholarship the Companion focuses on Kant's own arguments rather than secondary texts and scholarly debates that may otherwise distract from what Kant himself is attempting. The Companion first places the Critique in its historical and philosophical context before addressing the three main parts of the book in order: the Transcendental Aesthetic the Transcendental Analytic and the Transcendental Dialectic. The Companion also briefly explains how Kant continues his investigation into God freedom and immortality in the Critique of Practical Reason and it concludes with an assessment of Kant's importance in the history of modern philosophy. Key features include a glossary of technical terms with succinct definitions and cross-references as well as an annotated bibliography of the most important English-language secondary sources on Kant's theoretical philosophy.

GBP 130.00
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The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

The Most Comprehensive Book on the SubjectChronicles the Development of the Weibull Distribution in Statistical Theory and Applied StatisticsExploring one of the most important distributions in statistics The Weibull Distribution: A Handbook focuses on its origin statistical properties and related distributions. The book also presents various approaches to estimate the parameters of the Weibull distribution under all possible situations of sampling data as well as approaches to parameter and goodness-of-fit testing. Describes the Statistical Methods Concepts Theories and Applications of This DistributionCompiling findings from dozens of scientific journals and hundreds of research papers the author first gives a careful and thorough mathematical description of the Weibull distribution and all of its features. He then deals with Weibull analysis using classical and Bayesian approaches along with graphical and linear maximum likelihood techniques to estimate the three Weibull parameters. The author also explores the inference of Weibull processes Weibull parameter testing and different types of goodness-of-fit tests and methods. Successfully Apply the Weibull ModelBy using inferential procedures for estimating testing forecasting and simulating data this self-contained detailed handbook shows how to solve statistical life science and engineering problems. | The Weibull Distribution A Handbook

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An Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

An Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason is one of the most influential works in the history of philosophy – not to mention one of the most challenging. Its topic is the nature of human knowledge and the question of whether or not it is possible to have knowledge of the world at all. Over two centuries later Kant’s treatise remains a subject of fierce debate among philosophers who continue to offer new interpretations of his meaning. What is not in doubt is the work’s originality and brilliance – nor its mastery of creative thinking. Creative thinkers are able to bring a new perspective to questions and problems look at things from a different angle and show them in a fresh light. Kant achieved this by mediating between the two major schools of philosophical thought concerning knowledge – empiricism and rationalism – to create a complex third way. Where empiricists believed all knowledge is founded on experience and rationalists believed true knowledge is founded on reason alone Kant evaluated their arguments and proposed a third position – one incorporating elements of both but within specific limits. As infamously dense as it is profound Kant’s Critique shows creative thinking operating at a level few can aspire to reach. | An Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

GBP 6.50
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International Trade and Economic Growth (Collected Works of Harry Johnson) Studies in Pure Theory

International Trade and Economic Growth (Collected Works of Harry Johnson) Studies in Pure Theory

The studies collected in this volume embody the results of research conducted in the mid 1950s into various theoretical problems in international economics. They fall into three groups – comparative cost theory trade and growth and balance of payments theory. This volume consolidates the work of previous theorists and applies mathematically-based logical analysis to theoretical problems of economic policy. | International Trade and Economic Growth (Collected Works of Harry Johnson) Studies in Pure Theory

GBP 29.99
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The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

Policy thought integrates the “why” of political philosophy and the “how” of public policy formulation. Lee outlines five key principles for the development of policy thought: The Principle of Policy Statism The Principle of Policy Goodness The Principle of Policy Balance The Principle of Policy Practicality The Principle of Policy Humans: Interpenetrated Policy Humans with Non-humans Each principle is derived from a combination of Confucian and other East Asian philosophies as well as contemporary Western political philosophy. In combination they offer an innovative approach to formulating configuring and assessing public policy with ethics and efficacy. An essential guide to incorporating big picture philosophical questions into pragmatic policy for students practitioners and scholars of public policy and administration. | The Principles of Policy Thought A Philosophical Approach to Public Policy

GBP 34.99
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The Bounds of Sense An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

The Bounds of Sense An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

Peter Strawson (1919–2006) was one of the leading British philosophers of his generation and an influential figure in a golden age for British philosophy between 1950 and 1970. The Bounds of Sense is one of the most influential books ever written about Kant’s philosophy and is one of the key philosophical works of the late twentieth century. Whilst probably best known for its criticism of Kant’s transcendental idealism it is also famous for the highly original manner in which Strawson defended and developed some of Kant’s fundamental insights into the nature of subjectivity experience and knowledge – at a time when few philosphers were engaging with Kant’s ideas. The book had a profound effect on the interpretation of Kant’s philosophy when it was first published in 1966 and continues to influence discussion of Kant the soundness of transcendental arguments and debates in epistemology and metaphysics generally. This Routledge Classics edition includes a new foreword by Lucy Allais. | The Bounds of Sense An Essay on Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason

GBP 16.99
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The Good the Right Life and Death Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman

The Good the Right Life and Death Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman

Fred Feldman Professor of Philosophy at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst is widely recognized for his subtle defense of hedonistic consequentialism and for his plain-spoken and exact philosophical style. This book collects new and original articles from an international team of scholars to celebrate his philosophical contributions. The three main topics of the book - moral goodness moral rightness and the ethical and metaphysical puzzles posed by death - are topics that have occupied Professor Feldman throughout his philosophical career. Each contribution advances the state of the art in analytical ethics and metaphysics through critical analysis of previous work and the formulation of new positions. As a collection these essays represent a sustained reflection on the merits and limitations of a whole integrated research program in moral philosophy: hedonistic consequentialism. | The Good the Right Life and Death Essays in Honor of Fred Feldman

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The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

This title was first published in 2003. 'The art of suffering' is one of many strands of literature on suffering published in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. This book explores through the art of suffering the way in which the meaning for suffering which the seventeenth century inherited from the Middle Ages and which centres on the role of suffering as a manifestation of the hand of God in the process of salvation is refined and enhanced by successive puritan writers only to crumble under the impact of emerging anti-providential thought. It goes on to explore the challenge which the absence of meaning for suffering presents to the Judaeo-Christian concept of an omnipotent and infinitely good God and the ways in which themes and doctrines already present in the literature on suffering are reshaped and recombined to defend the omnipotence and infinite goodness of God. | The Art of Suffering and the Impact of Seventeenth-century Anti-Providential Thought

GBP 74.99
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An Introduction to Statistical Inference and Its Applications with R

An Introduction to Statistical Inference and Its Applications with R

Emphasizing concepts rather than recipes An Introduction to Statistical Inference and Its Applications with R provides a clear exposition of the methods of statistical inference for students who are comfortable with mathematical notation. Numerous examples case studies and exercises are included. R is used to simplify computation create figures and draw pseudorandom samples—not to perform entire analyses. After discussing the importance of chance in experimentation the text develops basic tools of probability. The plug-in principle then provides a transition from populations to samples motivating a variety of summary statistics and diagnostic techniques. The heart of the text is a careful exposition of point estimation hypothesis testing and confidence intervals. The author then explains procedures for 1- and 2-sample location problems analysis of variance goodness-of-fit and correlation and regression. He concludes by discussing the role of simulation in modern statistical inference. Focusing on the assumptions that underlie popular statistical methods this textbook explains how and why these methods are used to analyze experimental data.

GBP 42.99
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Applied Statistics for Business and Economics

Applied Statistics for Business and Economics

Designed for a one-semester course Applied Statistics for Business and Economics offers students in business and the social sciences an effective introduction to some of the most basic and powerful techniques available for understanding their world. Numerous interesting and important examples reflect real-life situations stimulating students to think realistically in tackling these problems. Calculations can be performed using any standard spreadsheet package. To help with the examples the author offers both actual and hypothetical databases on his website http://iwu. edu/~bleekley The text explores ways to describe data and the relationships found in data. It covers basic probability tools Bayes’ theorem sampling estimation and confidence intervals. The text also discusses hypothesis testing for one and two samples contingency tables goodness-of-fit analysis of variance and population variances. In addition the author develops the concepts behind the linear relationship between two numeric variables (simple regression) as well as the potentially nonlinear relationships among more than two variables (multiple regression). The final chapter introduces classical time-series analysis and how it applies to business and economics. This text provides a practical understanding of the value of statistics in the real world. After reading the book students will be able to summarize data in insightful ways using charts graphs and summary statistics as well as make inferences from samples especially about relationships.

GBP 59.99
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Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

This book provides engineers and scientists with a single source introduction to the concepts models and case studies for making credible reliability assessments. It satisfies the need for thorough discussions of several fundamental subjects. Section I contains a comprehensive overview of assessing and assuring reliability that is followed by discussions of:• Concept of randomness and its relationship to chaos• Uses and limitations of the binomial and Poisson distributions• Relationship of the chi-square method and Poisson curves• Derivations and applications of the exponential Weibull and lognormal models• Examination of the human mortality bathtub curve as a template for componentsSection II introduces the case study modeling of failure data and is followed by analyses of:• 5 sets of ideal Weibull lognormal and normal failure data• 83 sets of actual (real) failure data The intent of the modeling was to find the best descriptions of the failures using statistical life models principally the Weibull lognormal and normal models for characterizing the failure probability distributions of the times- cycles- and miles-to-failure during laboratory or field testing. The statistical model providing the preferred characterization was determined empirically by choosing the two-parameter model that gave the best straight-line fit in the failure probability plots using a combination of visual inspection and three statistical goodness-of-fit (GoF) tests. This book offers practical insight in dealing with single item reliability and illustrates the use of reliability methods to solve industry problems. | Reliability Assessments Concepts Models and Case Studies

GBP 48.99
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Simone Weil: Basic Writings

Simone Weil: Basic Writings

Simone Weil is one of the most profound and thought-provoking thinkers of the 20th century. A teacher factory and farm labourer a political activist at home and abroad a loving friend daughter and sister—all these manifest a life devoted to the good in its many forms. Her writings explore the good open to us and the various routes to it spanning philosophy politics science and spirituality. While she saw her vocation primarily as a philosopher—examining questions concerning human faculties action and thought the limits of language and our need of mediation suffering and beauty for contact with reality—her startlingly original thought is often obscured by her having been too readily categorized as a Christian mystic. Simone Weil: Basic Writings is an expertly edited anthology of Weil’s most important writings presenting her philosophy as it relates to the architecture of human nature politics work necessity beauty goodness and God. Working from the definitive French edition of Weil’s complete writings D. K. Levy and Marina Barabas have translated the essays anew or for the first time adding important notes and references absent from existing English language editions of Weil’s work. Following an extensive introduction that gives an overview of Weil's life and thought each part opens with a short preface situating the selected essays within Weil’s oeuvre. Simone Weil: Basic Writings provides an excellent entry point to Weil’s philosophy as well as a reference for students and scholars of Weil's thought in philosophy and related disciplines.

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Foundations of Predictive Analytics

Foundations of Predictive Analytics

Drawing on the authors’ two decades of experience in applied modeling and data mining Foundations of Predictive Analytics presents the fundamental background required for analyzing data and building models for many practical applications such as consumer behavior modeling risk and marketing analytics and other areas. It also discusses a variety of practical topics that are frequently missing from similar texts. The book begins with the statistical and linear algebra/matrix foundation of modeling methods from distributions to cumulant and copula functions to Cornish–Fisher expansion and other useful but hard-to-find statistical techniques. It then describes common and unusual linear methods as well as popular nonlinear modeling approaches including additive models trees support vector machine fuzzy systems clustering naïve Bayes and neural nets. The authors go on to cover methodologies used in time series and forecasting such as ARIMA GARCH and survival analysis. They also present a range of optimization techniques and explore several special topics such as Dempster–Shafer theory. An in-depth collection of the most important fundamental material on predictive analytics this self-contained book provides the necessary information for understanding various techniques for exploratory data analysis and modeling. It explains the algorithmic details behind each technique (including underlying assumptions and mathematical formulations) and shows how to prepare and encode data select variables use model goodness measures normalize odds and perform reject inference. Web ResourceThe book’s website at www. DataMinerXL. com offers the DataMinerXL software for building predictive models. The site also includes more examples and information on modeling.

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