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UNINA9910463317503321 |
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Ossa-Richardson Anthony <1981-> |
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Titolo |
The Devil's tabernacle [[electronic resource] ] : the pagan oracles in early modern thought / / Anthony Ossa-Richardson |
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Princeton, N.J., : Princeton University Press, c2013 |
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[Course Book] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (357 p.) |
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Oracles |
Electronic books. |
Europe Religion |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Note generali |
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Revision of the author's thesis (doctoral)--Warburg Institute, 2011. |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Front matter -- Contents -- Plates -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- Part One -- Chapter One. Authorities -- Chapter Two. Demons -- Part Two -- Chapter Three. Nature -- Chapter Four. Imposture -- Part Three -- Chapter Five. Enlightenment? -- Chapter Six. Solutions -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index |
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The Devil's Tabernacle is the first book to examine in depth the intellectual and cultural impact of the oracles of pagan antiquity on modern European thought. Anthony Ossa-Richardson shows how the study of the oracles influenced, and was influenced by, some of the most significant developments in early modernity, such as the Christian humanist recovery of ancient religion, confessional polemics, Deist and libertine challenges to religion, antiquarianism and early archaeology, Romantic historiography, and spiritualism. Ossa-Richardson examines the different views of the oracles since the Renaissance--that they were the work of the devil, or natural causes, or the fraud of priests, or finally an organic element of ancient Greek society. The range of discussion on the subject, as he demonstrates, is considerably more complex than has been realized before: hundreds of scholars, theologians, and critics commented on the oracles, drawing on a huge variety of intellectual contexts to frame their beliefs. In a central chapter, Ossa-Richardson interrogates the landmark dispute on the oracles between Bernard de Fontenelle and Jean-François Baltus, |
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challenging Whiggish assumptions about the mechanics of debate on the cusp of the Enlightenment. With erudition and an eye for detail, he argues that, on both sides of the controversy, to speak of the ancient oracles in early modernity was to speak of one's own historical identity as a Christian. |
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UNINA9910791326403321 |
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Autore |
Lewandowsky Stephan |
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Titolo |
Computational modeling in cognition [[electronic resource] ] : principles and practice / / Stephan Lewandowsky and Simon Farrell |
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Thousand Oaks, [Calif.], : SAGE, c2011 |
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1-4833-4942-X |
1-4522-3619-4 |
1-4522-2338-6 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (x, 359 p.) : ill |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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Cognition - Mathematical models |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
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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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Cover; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 - Introduction; Chapter 2 - From Words to Models: Building a Toolkit; Chapter 3 - Basic Parameter Estimation Techniques; Chapter 4 - Maximum Likelihood Estimation; Chapter 5 - Parameter Uncertainty and Model Comparison; Chapter 6 - Not Everything That Fits Is Gold: Interpreting the Modeling; Chapter 7 - Drawing It All Together: Two Examples; Chapter 8 - Modeling in a Broader Context; References; Author Index; Subject Index; About the Authors |
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This title introduces the principles of using computational models in psychology and provides a clear idea about how model construction, parameter estimation and model selection are carried out in practice. The book is written at a level that permits readers with a background in cognition, but without any modelling expertise. |
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