1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910456383403321

Titolo

Boyle on atheism / / transcribed and edited by J. J. MacIntosh

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Toronto, [Ontario] ; ; Buffalo, [New York] ; ; London, [England] : , : University of Toronto Press, , 2005

©2005

ISBN

1-281-99170-8

9786611991708

1-4426-7155-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (520 p.)

Collana

Toronto Studies in Philosophy

Disciplina

212.1

Soggetti

Atheism

God - Proof

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Contents -- ACKNOWLEDGMENTS -- ABBREVIATIONS FOR BOYLE'S WORK -- GENERAL INTRODUCTION -- Boyle's Life -- 1. Boyle's Headings and Overview -- 2. Demonstration and Its Difficulties -- 3. Arguments for God's Existence -- 4. The Unprevalence of Arguments against God's Existence -- 5. The Conclusion -- APPENDIX A: DATING -- APPENDIX B: PEOPLE MENTIONED BY BOYLE IN THIS VOLUME -- NOTES -- INDEX

Sommario/riassunto

Opposition to atheism flourished in the seventeenth century, and famed scientist-philosopher Robert Boyle (1627-91) was so opposed to it that he had planned throughout his life to publish a work on his various objections, a project that never came to fruition. Despite this, a great deal of his thought on atheism still exists within the manuscripts he left behind after his death.With Boyle on Atheism, J.J. MacIntosh has culled the Boyle manuscripts held at the Royal Society Library in London and transcribed the portions that relate to atheism, arranging them in the order Boyle appears to have intended (as outlined in one of the pieces). The volume contains Boyle's views on the causes (and remedies) of atheism, the nature of God, various possible arguments



for God's existence, the excellency of Christianity, and the character of atheists and the deficiencies to be found in their arguments.To round out the volume, MacIntosh has added a short biography of Boyle, a general introduction to the text, introductions to the various sections, and explanatory footnotes. Boyle on Atheism provides, for the first time, and at length, publication of the material that Boyle himself thought worth marshalling on a subject of great personal importance.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910969923103321

Autore

Zhou Jianping

Titolo

Reforming Employment Protection Legislation in France / / Jianping Zhou

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C. : , : International Monetary Fund, , 2006

ISBN

9786613821232

9781462346783

1462346782

9781451994407

1451994400

9781282448049

1282448048

9781451909029

1451909020

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (29 p.)

Collana

IMF Working Papers

Soggetti

Labor laws and legislation - France - Econometric models

Industrial laws and legislation - France

Demand and Supply of Labor: General

Employment protection

Income economics

Job creation

Labor Contracts

Labor Demand

Labor market

Labor markets

Labor

Labour

Manpower policy

Unemployment rate



Unemployment

Unemployment: Models, Duration, Incidence, and Job Search

France

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"April 2006."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""I. INTRODUCTION""; ""II. EMPLOYMENT PROTECTION LEGISLATION (EPL) IN FRANCE""; ""III. LITERATURE REVIEW""; ""IV. ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK""; ""V. SIMULATION RESULTS""; ""VI. CONCLUDING REMARKS""; ""REFERENCES""

Sommario/riassunto

Over the last 15 years, the reforms of employment protection legislation (EPL) in European countries have mainly eased hiring and firing restrictions for temporary employment while leaving the strict EPL provisions for regular or permanent contracts unchanged. Recent reforms in France follow this pattern. Using a search-matching model, we argue that this type of partial reform is inefficient: easing restrictions on temporary jobs fosters both job creation and job destruction, but strict EPL discourages both. The overall impact on equilibrium unemployment is thus ambiguous, depending on the characteristics of the specific labor market. Simulations of the model, calibrated for the French labor market, suggest that the job destruction effect is stronger, thus raising the unemployment rate.