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Emerging from the Brentano-Husserl tradition, this volume charts new ground in the conceptual discourse of questioning and answering. John Bruin examines the "logic" of interrogation and makes the case that intentionality itself has the structure of question and answer....

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Parution : 2001-02-22
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Télécharger le livre :  The Existence of the External World
Do the objects we perceive though our senses exist autonomously, independent of the mind that perceives them? Three and a half centuries have gone by without a universally acceptable solution. Jean-René Vernes shows that this failure results from the fundamental error...

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Parution : 2000-11-23
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The revolutionary movements of 1848 viewed the political cataclysm of continental Europe as an explosion of liberty, a new age of freedom and equality. This collection focuses on the relationship between democratic and socialist currents in 1848, seeking to reassess the...

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Parution : 2000-10-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Between Actor and Presence
This collection of essays situates Canadian interests within the larger context of political change taking place in Europe and provides a context for the changing nature of this historical relationship and the relative influence of existing institutions.Published in...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 2000-09-01
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Télécharger le livre :  Is There a Canadian Philosophy?
Is There a Canadian Philosophy? addresses the themes of community, culture, national identity, and universal human rights, taking the Canadian example as its focus. The authors argue that nations compelled to cope with increasing demands for group recognition may do so...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 2000-05-15
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Télécharger le livre :  Assisted Suicide
When it became possible to extend the dying process, it became necessary to decide when to stop doing so because of the enormous personal and social costs. But perspectives on "assisted suicide" vary greatly. Physicians see it as a medical issue, jurists as a legal...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 2000-04-25
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Télécharger le livre :  From Arabye to Engelond
This collection of essays explores the dialogue between Arabic and European cultures during the medieval period starting from the year 700. Using critical approaches the contributors examine a variety of thematic and cultural concerns. Published in English.

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 2000-03-21
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Télécharger le livre :  Dominant Impressions
Canadian critics and scholars, along with a growing number from around the world, have long recognized the achievements ofCanadian short story writers. However, these critics have tended to view theCanadian short story as a historically recent phenomenon. This...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1999-11-02
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Télécharger le livre :  God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique
Given the challenge of anti-realism, anti-foundationalism, and post-modernism, is rational argument concerning religious belief still possible? God and Argument - Dieu et l'argumentation philosophique provides a range of perspectives on discussions on the place of...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1999-10-12
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Télécharger le livre :  Poles Apart
Poles Apart covers a range of themes about the Arctic  and Antarctic, including the geography, glaciology and glacial history, ecology, living resources, governance, and history of exploration. Topics are examined separately for each pole and each theme is summarized by...

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Parution : 1999-09-02
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This book looks at the role played throughout history by translators and interpreters in international relations. It considers how political linguistics function and have functioned throughout history. It fills a gap left by political historians, who seldom ask...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1999-05-31
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Télécharger le livre :  A Theology for the Earth
While many feel that something must be done, few perceive the state of the ecological crisis as a "profound religious problem".While Thomas Berry sought to fire the imagination and motivate his listener to action, Bernard Lonergan was absorbed by the growing gulf...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1999-04-23
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Télécharger le livre :  Bolder Flights
A growing number of literary historians and critics now recognize the contemporary long poem as a distinctively Canadian genre. This collection of essays leads the reader to a deeper understanding of Canadian literary cultures in terms of their local intimacies and...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1999-01-07
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Télécharger le livre :  The Fallacy of Race and the Shoah
Naomi Kramer and Ronald Headland approach the universal issues that inevitably arise in discussing the Holocaust -- evil, courage, human dignity, moral responsibility and the existential qualities of humankind -- through individual experience. Consisting of two main...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1998-11-25
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Proceedings of the 22nd International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Ottawa from August 18 to 23, 1996. Published in English.

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1998-07-06
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Télécharger le livre :  Myths We Live By
Colin Grant challenges the popular use of "myth" as a dismissive designation of the superstitions and falsehoods of "other" cultures. The author maintains that myths occupy a place in our present-day lives that is every bit as important to us as the divinities and...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1998-05-19
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Télécharger le livre :  Women and Political Representation in Canada
This collection of essays explores the often antagonistic relationship between women and political life in Canada. While women make up little over half of the total population in Canada, they are in many ways conspicuous by their absence from the Canadian political...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1998-02-13
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Télécharger le livre :  Bringing Back the Past
Over the past century and a half, Canadian archaeology rehabilitated large portions of a history once thought to be lost beyond recovery. This book is among the first to document and analyze the growth of archaeology in Canada.

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1998-01-01
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Télécharger le livre :  New Women
New Women is an anthology of short fiction written by Canadian women between 1900 and 1920. The carefully selected stories by writers such as L.M. Montgomery, Nellie McClung, and Marjorie Pickthall provide dramatic and imaginative glimpses of Canadian society and of the...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1997-10-18
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Télécharger le livre :  Stories Subversive
Stories Subversive offers a selection of Nellie McClung's best short fiction, which includes depictions of difficult rural living conditions in Western Canada as well as "consciousness-raising" stories reflecting the undue restrictions on women and the anti-female laws...

Editeur : University of Ottawa Press
Parution : 1997-10-17
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