J R Lucas: 23 books
by J.R. Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2002
The Conceptual Roots of Mathematics is a comprehensive study of the foundation of mathematics. J.R. Lucas, one of the most distinguished Oxford scholars, covers a vast amount of ground in the philosophy of mathematics, showing us that it is actually at the heart of the study of epistemology and metaphysics.
Value Economics
The Ethical Implications of Value for New Economic Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2016
The last financial crisis revealed a gap between business practice and ethics. In Value Economics, Griffiths and Lucas examine some of the reasons for this ethical gap and discuss the resulting loss of confidence in the financial system. One of the reasons has been hazy or inadequate thinking about...
An Engagement with Plato's Republic
A Companion to the Republic
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Outrageous, unfashionable, politically incorrect though many of Plato's opinions undoubtedly are, we should not just dismiss them as thoughts now unthinkable, but think through them, recognising the force of the arguments that led Plato to enunciate them and consider the counter-arguments he might...
Geldanlagen für Mann und Frau
Investiere wie eine Frau
Language: German
Release Date: May 28, 2018
Das Thema Frauen und Geldanlage hat mich lange beschäftigt. Wie es einmal war und wie es heute ist. Sind Frauen wirklich die besseren Geldanleger? Nun eines gilt als sicher, Frau kann auch in Geldanlage. Frauen meiden das Risiko und handeln mit Bedacht. Frauen sind erfolgreicher als Männer bei der...
Zurück in mein Leben
Der letzte Versuch dich zu retten
Language: German
Release Date: September 17, 2018
Offensichtlich hatte die neue Psychologin die Wurzel des Übels erkannt. Meine Lebenspartnerin traute sich wieder unter Menschen. Obwohl es immer noch Situationen gab die einen Rückschlag sehr nahe kamen. Sie hielt sich ganz gut, aber irgendwann war auch bei ihr der Moment erreicht, wo sie wieder...
Mein Ratgeber Liebe
Wenn die Chemie stimmt
Language: German
Release Date: April 25, 2018
Was ist die Liebe? Nun einfach ist das nicht zu erklären, denn wie soll man etwas erklären, was quasi ein Phänomen darstellt? Ein einfaches Beispiel hierfür wäre: Du hast noch nie Honig genascht, also wie sollst du wissen wie Honig schmeckt? Dazu, wenn du es noch nie probiert hast? So verhält...
Autonation.de
Der Dieselskandal
Language: German
Release Date: March 20, 2018
Das Buch Autonation.de zeigt die historische Entwicklung Deutschlands zur Auto-Nation. Den Dieselskandal und seine Folgen. Schaut man aus dem Fenster oder sieht sich auf dem Parkplatz beim Einkaufen um, so sind wir von Autos deutscher Marken umgeben. Rund ein Drittel von ihnen sind Dieselfahrzeuge....
by J. R. Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Originally published in 1976. This comprehensive study discusses in detail the philosophical, mathematical, physical, logical and theological aspects of our understanding of time and space. The text examines first the many different definitions of time that have been offered, beginning with some...
by J.R. Ripley, Nick Lucas
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
Got five minutes? Well good, here’s what Nick Lucas’ amazing Five Minutes is all about…
Todd Jones is a hotshot realtor in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. He’s got a hot girlfriend, too. The trouble is that Todd is a real bad judge of character, especially his own. Todd’s got himself tangled up...
The Psychology of Marriage
An Evolutionary and Cross-Cultural View
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2017
From their location in the heart of Detroit, Michigan, the Weisfelds’ lab has reached out for thirty years to couples in long-term partnerships around the world. In living rooms of Detroit, London, Moscow, Beijing, and beyond, couples of all types and ages have shared their insights into adult romantic...
Box Set: Dark Stories
Contains: Hides the Dark Tower, In a Cat's Eye, and Dark Luminous Wings
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2018
This 3-book box set is a collection of three anthologies of Dark Stories:
Hides the Dark Tower
In a Cat's Eye
Dark Luminous Wings
Hides the Dark Tower
Mysterious and looming, towers and tower-like structures pierce the skies and shadow the lands. Hides the Dark Tower includes over...
by Katharina Gerlach, Ava Fairhall, K.V. Moffet
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2018
Solve a mermaid's problem…
Step off the edge of a roof…
Dig up a grave at midnight…
Take advice from a fortune cookie…
Visit the last library…
Meet a bridge troll…
And more…
In one instant, like a bolt of lightning, a single impossible event changes a person's life. And like the...
by Phyllis A. Morse, Ian W. Brown, Marvin T. Smith
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2009
A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication
Specialists from archaeology, ethnohistory, physical anthropology, and cultural anthropology bring their varied points of view to this subject in an attempt to answer basic questions about the nature and extent of social change within the time period. The...
Bioarchaeological Studies of Life in the Age of Agriculture
A View from the Southeast
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2015
Investigations of skeletal remains from key archaeological sites reveal new data and offer insights on prehistoric life and health in the
Southeast.
The shift from foraging to farming had important health consequences for prehistoric peoples, but variations in health existed
within communities...
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