Martin Carrier: 3 books
Executive Politics in Semi-Presidential Regimes
Power Distribution and Conflicts between Presidents and Prime Ministers
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2015
This book analyzes the power variations between political executives in semi-presidential regimes. It contrasts institutional, partisan, and extra-institutional explanations and identifies patterns of change for the power distribution between presidents and prime ministers. It provides an empirical...
The Completeness of Scientific Theories
On the Derivation of Empirical Indicators within a Theoretical Framework: The Case of Physical Geometry
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2012
Earlier in this century, many philosophers of science (for example, Rudolf Carnap) drew a fairly sharp distinction between theory and observation, between theoretical terms like 'mass' and 'electron', and observation terms like 'measures three meters in length' and 'is _2° Celsius'. By simply looking...
Hommage à Noam Chomsky
Penseur aux empreintes multiples
Language: French
Release Date: September 11, 2018
Noam Chomsky célèbre cette année ses 90 ans ; depuis plus de 60 ans, il contribue au domaine des idées. L’auteur Normand Baillargeon, lui-même un penseur s’intéressant à mille et un aspects de l’humain et de la vie en société, a rassemblé dans ce collectif des chercheur(e)s et des...