A companion to pragmatism [[electronic resource] /] / John R. Shook

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910143291703321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Malden, Mass. ; ; Oxford, : Blackwell Pub., 2006
• ISBN: 1-78268-478-6; 1-280-28605-9; 9786610286058; 1-4051-6488-3; 0-470-99707-9; 1-4051-5311-3
• Descrizione fisica: xii, 431 p
• Collana: Blackwell companions to philosophy ; ; 32
• Altri autori (Persone): ShookJohn R; MargolisJoseph <1924->
• Disciplina: 144.3
• Soggetti: Pragmatism; Philosophy
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction : pragmatism, retrospective, and prospective / Joseph Margolis -- Part I: Major figures -- Charles Sanders Peirce / Vincent M. Colapietro -- William James / Ellen Kappy Suckiel -- F. C. S. Schiller and European pragmatism / John R. Shook -- John Dewey / Philip W. Jackson -- George H. Mead / Gary A. Cook -- Jane Addams / Marilyn Fischer -- Alain L. Locke / Leonard Harris -- C. I. Lewis / Murray G. Murphey -- W. V. Quine / Roger F. Gibson, Jr. -- Hilary Putnam / Harvey J. Cormier -- Jürgen Habermas / Joseph M. Heath -- Richard Rorty / Kai Nielsen -- Part II: Transforming philosophy -- Not cynicism, but synechism : lessons from classical pragmatism / Susan Haack -- Peirce and cartesian rationalism / Douglas R. Anderson -- James, empiricism, and absolute idealism / Timothy L. S. Sprigge -- Hegel and realism / Kenneth R. Westphal -- Dewey, dualism, and naturalism / Thomas M. Alexander -- Expressivism and Mead's social self / Mitchell Aboulafia -- Marxism and critical theory / Paulo Ghiraldelli, Jr. -- Philosophical hermeneutics / David Vessey -- Language, mind, and naturalism in analytic philosophy / Bjørn T. Ramberg -- Feminism / ; Shannon W. Sullivan -- Pluralism, relativism, and historicism / Joseph Margolis -- Experience as freedom / John J. McDermott -- Part III: Culture and nature -- Pragmatism as anti-authoritarianism / Richard Rorty -- Intelligence and ethics / Hilary Putnam -- Democracy and value inquiry / Ruth Anna Putnam -- Liberal democracy / Robert B. Westbrook -- Pluralism and deliberative democracy : a pragmatist approach / Judith M. Green -- Philosophy as education / Jim Garrison -- Creativity and society / Hans Joas and Erkki Kilpinen -- Religious empiricism and naturalism / Nancy K. Frankenberry -- Aesthetics / Richard Shusterman -- Aesthetic experience and the neurobiology of inquiry / Jay Schulkin -- Cognitive science / Mark Johnson -- Inquiry, deliberation, and method / Isaac Levi -- Pragmatic idealism and metaphysical realism / Nicholas Rescher -- Scientific realism, anti-realism, and empiricism / Cheryl J. Misak.

Highway infrastructure [[electronic resource] ] : federal efforts to strengthen security should be better coordinated and targeted on the nation's most critical highway infrastructure : report to the Chairman, Committee on Homeland Security, House of Representatives

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910698998403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [Washington, D.C.] : , : U.S. Govt. Accountability Office, , [2009]
• Descrizione fisica: iii, 79 pages : digital, PDF file
• Soggetti: Roads - Security measures - United States; Transportation - Security measures - United States; Risk assessment - United States
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Title from title screen (viewed on Mar. 30, 2009).; "January 2009."; "GAO-09-57."
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references.
• Sommario/riassunto: GAO was asked to assess the progress DHS has made in securing the ; nation's highway infrastructure. This report addresses the extent to which federal entities have conducted and coordinated risk assessments; DHS has developed a risk-based strategy; and stakeholders, such as state and local transportation entities, have taken voluntary actions to secure highway infrastructure--and the degree to which DHS has monitored such actions.