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The finite element method (FEM) is an analysis tool for problem-solving used throughout applied mathematics, engineering, and scientific computing. Finite Elements for Analysis and Design provides a thoroughlyrevised and up-to-date account of this...

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In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied together, the question of real transnational government will finally have to be faced. The end of the Cold War has not brought the peace, freedom from atrocities, and decline ...

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In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have ...

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The 1990s saw a revival of interest in Kierkegaard's thought, affecting the fields of theology, social theory, and literary and cultural criticism. The resulting discussions have done much to discredit the earlier misreadings of Kierkegaard's work...

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The 1990s saw a revival of interest in Kierkegaard's thought, affecting the fields of theology, social theory, and literary and cultural criticism. The resulting discussions have done much to discredit the earlier misreadings of Kierkegaard&a...

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In his extraordinarily influential book on ethics, After Virtue, Alasdair MacIntyre maintained that Kierkegaard's notion of "e;choosing"e; to interpret one's choices in ethical terms implies an arbitrary and irrational leap. MacIntyre's cr...

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 Nature Journal is an innovative presentation of the best columns and photographs from L. J. Davenport s popular column in Alabama Heritage magazine. Readers of the magazine have come to relish his artful and often witty descriptions of commo...

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In contemporary philosophy, the will is often regarded as a sheer philosophical fiction. In Will as Commitment and Resolve, Davenport argues not only that the will is the central power of human agency that makes decisions and forms intentions but ...

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In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "e;life-narrative"e; might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars hav...

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In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "e;life-narrative"e; might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars hav...

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In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied together, the question of real transnational government will finally have to be faced. The end of the Cold War has not brought the peace, freedom from atrocities, and decline ...

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In the last two decades, interest in narrative conceptions of identity has grown exponentially, though there is little agreement about what a "life-narrative" might be. In connecting Kierkegaard with virtue ethics, several scholars have ...

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In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied together, the question of real transnational government will finally have to be faced.The end of the Cold War has not brought the peace, freedom from atrocities, and decline o...

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In the 21st century, as the peoples of the world grow more closely tied together, the question of real transnational government will finally have to be faced.The end of the Cold War has not brought the peace, freedom from atrocities, and decline o...

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The institutional fabric of our nation is afflicted by divisive politics. Trust in Congress and the Supreme Court has reached new lows, and a tsunami of misinformation and vote suppression is causing many Americans to lose faith in the electoral p...

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The institutional fabric of our nation is afflicted by divisive politics. Trust in Congress and the Supreme Court has reached new lows, and a tsunami of misinformation and vote suppression is causing many Americans to lose faith in the electoral p...

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