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Wittgenstein and Naturalism
Av Kevin M. Cahill, Thomas Raleigh
Häftad, 2020
706 kr
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Wittgenstein was centrally concerned with the puzzling nature of the mind, mathematics, morality and modality. He also developed innovative views about the status and methodology of philosophy and was explicitly opposed to crudely "scientistic" worldviews. His later thought has thus often been …
Towards a Philosophical Anthropology of Culture
Naturalism, Relativism, and Skepticism
Inbunden, 2021
2746 kr
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This book explores the question of what it means to be a human being through sustained and original analyses of three important philosophical topics: relativism, skepticism, and naturalism in the social sciences.Kevin M. Cahill’s approach involves an original employment of historical and …
Towards a Philosophical Anthropology of Culture
Naturalism, Relativism, and Skepticism
Häftad, 2023
648 kr
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This book explores the question of what it means to be a human being through sustained and original analyses of three important philosophical topics: relativism, skepticism, and naturalism in the social sciences.Kevin M. Cahill’s approach involves an original employment of historical and …
Framework for Survival
Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters
Inbunden, 1999
2746 kr
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Wars and natural disasters--from the Balkans to the Sudan, and from Afghanistan to Central Africa--have increasingly placed humanitarian workers in the crossfire. Kevin M. Cahill has assembled an international team of renowned experts to offer a much-needed assessment of the moral, legal and …
Framework for Survival
Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters
Häftad, 1999
721 kr
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Wars and natural disasters--from the Balkans to the Sudan, and from Afghanistan to Central Africa--have increasingly placed humanitarian workers in the crossfire. Kevin M. Cahill has assembled an international team of renowned experts to offer a much-needed assessment of the moral, legal and …
Preventive Diplomacy
Stopping Wars Before They Start
Inbunden, 2000
1522 kr
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The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In …
Preventive Diplomacy
Stopping Wars Before They Start
Häftad, 2000
502 kr
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The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In …
Emergency Relief Operations
Inbunden, 2002
1124 kr
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Early Warning Systems: From Surveillance to Risk Assessment to Action Ted R. Gurr and Barbara Harff Initial Response to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters Ed Tsui Evidence-Based Health Assessment Process in Complex Emergencies Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D. Concern Worldwide's Approach to …
Emergency Relief Operations
Häftad, 2002
469 kr
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Early Warning Systems: From Surveillance to Risk Assessment to Action Ted R. Gurr and Barbara Harff Initial Response to Complex Emergencies and Natural Disasters Ed Tsui Evidence-Based Health Assessment Process in Complex Emergencies Frederick M. Burkle, Jr., M.D. Concern Worldwide's Approach to …
Traditions, Values, and Humanitarian Action
Häftad, 2003
427 kr
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This third volume in the pioneering series, International Humanitarian Affairs, goes beyond the practical to address fundamental questions at the heart of humanitarian actions. How do different religious, cultural, and social systems—and the values they support—shape humanitarian action? What are …
Human Security for All
A Tribute to Sergio Vieira De Mello
Av Kevin M. Cahill, Kevin M. Cahill
Häftad, 2004
473 kr
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The tragic death in Baghdad in 2003 of Sergio Vieira de Mello, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, brought into bitter relief the challenges faced by peacekeepers and humanitarian aid workers. The contributors to this book, all leading scholars and practitioners, offer invaluable …
To Bear Witness
A Journey of Healing and Solidarity
Inbunden, 2005
337 kr
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For more than fifty years, Dr. Cahill has been helping to heal the world, as a leading specialist in tropical medicine and as a driving force in humanitarian assistance and relief efforts around the globe. In this revised and expanded edition, he chronicles extraordinary achievements of compassion …
Even in Chaos
Education in Times of Emergency
Inbunden, 2010
1216 kr
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Children have a fundamental right to education, and to the protection that schools uniquely provide in the chaos that characterizes life for refugees and internally displaced persons. This book is grounded in the personal experiences of children, aid workers, and national leaders involved in …
Tropical Medicine
A Clinical Text, 8th Edition, Revised and Expanded
Häftad, 2011
541 kr
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The history of tropical medicine is as dramatic as the story of humankind. It has its own myths and legends, including tales of epidemics that destroyed whole civilizations. Today, with silent stealth, tropical diseases still claim more lives than all the current wars combined. Having had the …
Labyrinths
Häftad, 2020
232 kr
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Labyrinths explores the origins of thirteen books I have written in the past few decades, texts that have helped to define the emerging parameters of relief operations that inevitably follow armed conflicts or natural disasters. Widely used in international training programs, these books provide …
Perspectives in a Pandemic
Häftad, 2020
219 kr
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Perspectives in a Pandemic is a series of enlightening essays written by Kevin M. Cahill, M.D., providing a unique insight into the early phase of the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Cahill draws on his extensive experiences in earlier epidemics, natural disasters, and armed conflicts to offer lessons, …
Framework for Survival
Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters
E-bok, 2013
764 kr
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Wars and natural disasters--from the Balkans to the Sudan, and from Afghanistan to Central Africa--have increasingly placed humanitarian workers in the crossfire. Kevin M. Cahill has assembled an international team of renowned experts to offer a much-needed assessment of the moral, legal and …
Framework for Survival
Health, Human Rights, and Humanitarian Assistance in Conflicts and Disasters
E-bok, 2013
764 kr
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Wars and natural disasters--from the Balkans to the Sudan, and from Afghanistan to Central Africa--have increasingly placed humanitarian workers in the crossfire. Kevin M. Cahill has assembled an international team of renowned experts to offer a much-needed assessment of the moral, legal and …
Preventive Diplomacy
Stopping Wars Before They Start
E-bok, 2013
589 kr
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The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In …
Preventive Diplomacy
Stopping Wars Before They Start
E-bok, 2013
576 kr
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The suppression of war has been the primary objective of the United Nations for almost fifty years, and stopping a war before it starts is easier than ending a war already underway. History, however, has shown that military interventions and economic sanctions often do more harm than good. In …
Wittgenstein and Naturalism
Av Kevin M. Cahill, Thomas Raleigh
Inbunden, 2018
2513 kr
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Wittgenstein was centrally concerned with the puzzling nature of the mind, mathematics, morality and modality. He also developed innovative views about the status and methodology of philosophy and was explicitly opposed to crudely "scientistic" worldviews. His later thought has thus often been …
Wittgenstein and Naturalism
Av Thomas Raleigh, Kevin M. Cahill
E-bok, 2018
831 kr
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Wittgenstein was centrally concerned with the puzzling nature of the mind, mathematics, morality and modality. He also developed innovative views about the status and methodology of philosophy and was explicitly opposed to crudely "scientistic" worldviews. His later thought has thus often been …
Wittgenstein and Naturalism
Av Thomas Raleigh, Kevin M. Cahill
E-bok, 2018
831 kr
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Wittgenstein was centrally concerned with the puzzling nature of the mind, mathematics, morality and modality. He also developed innovative views about the status and methodology of philosophy and was explicitly opposed to crudely "scientistic" worldviews. His later thought has thus often been …
Wittgenstein on Practice
Back to the Rough Ground
Inbunden, 2024
1638 kr
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This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems. While Wittgenstein’s thought frames the collection as a whole, each …
Wittgenstein on Practice
Back to the Rough Ground
E-bok, 2024
2065 kr
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This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems. While Wittgenstein’s thought frames the collection as a whole, each …
Wittgenstein on Practice
Back to the Rough Ground
Häftad, 2025
1638 kr
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This volume brings together twelve previously unpublished essays on the theme of Wittgenstein on practice and on the insight that careful attention to human or animal activity is essential for thinking about philosophical problems. While Wittgenstein’s thought frames the collection as a whole, each …
Finite but Unbounded: New Approaches in Philosophical Anthropology
Av Kevin M. Cahill, Martin Gustafsson m. fl.
Inbunden, 2017
1920 kr
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World-leading anthropologists and philosophers pursue the perplexing question fundamental to both disciplines: What is it to think of ourselves as human? A common theme is the open-ended and context-dependent nature of our notion of the human, one upshot of which is that perplexities over that …
Finite but Unbounded: New Approaches in Philosophical Anthropology
Av Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Martin Gustafsson m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1982 kr
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World-leading anthropologists and philosophers pursue the perplexing question fundamental to both disciplines: What is it to think of ourselves as human? A common theme is the open-ended and context-dependent nature of our notion of the human, one upshot of which is that perplexities over that …
Finite but Unbounded: New Approaches in Philosophical Anthropology
Av Thomas Schwarz Wentzer, Martin Gustafsson m. fl.
E-bok, 2017
1939 kr
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World-leading anthropologists and philosophers pursue the perplexing question fundamental to both disciplines: What is it to think of ourselves as human? A common theme is the open-ended and context-dependent nature of our notion of the human, one upshot of which is that perplexities over that …
