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Autore |
Woodward Gary C |
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Titolo |
Rhetoric of intention in human affairs / / Gary C. Woodward |
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Lanham : , : Lexington Books, , [2013] |
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©2013 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (162 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Motivation (Psychology) |
Intention |
Rhetoric |
Electronic books. |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; Preface; Chapter 1: How We Know What We Can't; Chapter 2: Them: Conspiracies, Disasters, and Presumed Culpability; Chapter 3: Theater, Acting, and the Sources of Motivation; Chapter 4: The Telepathic Journalist; Chapter 5: Legal Benchmarks for Establishing Intent; Chapter 6: God's Plan: Agency, and the Quandary of Divine Intention; Postscript; Selected Bibliography; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Assumed intentions are embedded in virtually all forms of human discussion. The Rhetoric of Intention in Human Affairs draws on a vast range of resources to describe the social and psychological forces at work in shaping the human impulse to explain why others act. |
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