Stories of Sickness (2nd Edition) [[electronic resource]]

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910456623003321
• Autore: Brody Howard
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cary, NC, USA, : Oxford University Press, USA, 20021001; Oxford University Press, USA
• ISBN: 1-280-83758-6; 9786610837588; 0-19-975979-0
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (310 p.)
• Disciplina: 610
• Soggetti: Sick - Psychology; Self-esteem; Diseases in literature; Ethics; Attitude to Health; Narration; Disease; Sick Role; Medicine in Literature; Data Collection; Pathologic Processes; Literature; Philosophy; Role; Attitude; Morals; Communication; Delivery of Health Care; Humanities; Health Care Quality, Access, and Evaluation; Health Care Evaluation Mechanisms; Information Science; Behavior and Behavior Mechanisms; Psychology, Social; Pathological Conditions, Signs and Symptoms; Health Care; Epidemiologic Methods; Group Processes; Behavior; Public Health; Psychiatry and Psychology; Diseases; Investigative Techniques; Quality of Health Care; Environment and Public Health; Analytical, Diagnostic and Therapeutic Techniques and Equipment
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Basic knowledge and conditions on knowledge / / Mark McBride

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910227351403321
• Autore: McBride Mark
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Open Book Publishers, 2017; Cambridge, England : , : Open Book Publishers, , 2017
• ISBN: 1-78374-286-0; 979-1-03-650965-0; 1-78374-285-2
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (240 pages)
• Disciplina: 121
• Soggetti: Justification (Theory of knowledge); Knowledge, Theory of; Cognitive science New
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Part one. Exploring basic knowledge -- Reflections on Moore's 'proof' -- First reflections on the problem of easy knowledge -- The problem ; of easy knowledge: towards a solution -- Evidence and transmission failure -- A puzzle for dogmatism -- Part two. Conditions on knowledge: conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety -- Conclusive reasons -- Sensitivity -- Safety -- Safety: an application.
• Sommario/riassunto: McBride's book considers a variety of puzzles concerning immediate justification and knowledge. These puzzles are of active interest in the field, and it is useful to address them all in a single volume. I learned from this book, even when it covered issues I already knew well. ―Prof. Christopher Tucker, William & Mary University How do we know what we know? In this stimulating and rigorous book, Mark McBride explores two sets of issues in contemporary epistemology: the problems that warrant transmission poses for the category of basic knowledge; and the status of conclusive reasons, sensitivity, and safety as conditions that are necessary for knowledge. To have basic knowledge is to know (have justification for) some proposition immediately, i.e., knowledge (justification) that doesn't depend on justification for any other proposition. This book considers several puzzles that arise when you take seriously the possibility that we can have basic knowledge. McBride's analysis draws together two vital strands in contemporary epistemology that are usually treated in isolation from each other. Additionally, its innovative arguments include a new application of the safety condition to the law.

International institutions and Asian development / / edited by Shiro Armstrong and Vo Tri Thanh

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910785575403321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2011
• ISBN: 1-136-83916-X; 1-136-83917-8; 1-283-04121-9; 9786613041210; 0-203-83284-1
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (235 p.)
• Collana: Pacific trade and development conference series
• Altri autori (Persone): ArmstrongShiro; VoTri Thanh
• Disciplina: 338.95
• Soggetti: International agencies - Asia; International agencies - Pacific Area; Asia Commerce Congresses; Pacific Area Commerce Congresses
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Drawn from papers presented to the 32nd Pacific Trade and Development conference in Hanoi in 2007.
• Nota di contenuto: Book Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Figures; Tables; Boxes; List of abbreviations; List of contributors; Preface; Part I: Issues and background; 1 Overview and issues; 2 International public goods; 3 Making the international system work for the platinum age of Asian growth; Part II: Institutions and their impact; 4 Effects of GATT/WTO on Asia's trade performance; 5 The IMF and East Asia: the legacy of the crisis and actions for the future; 6 The World Bank in the East Asia and Pacific region: past performance and future directions; 7 The evolution of the World Bank and its implications for the Asian Development BankPart III: Country experiences; 8 China's foreign trade, WTO accession and institutional quality; 9 Vietnam one year after WTO accession: a review of existing studies and a preliminary assessment; Part IV: Regional arrangements; 10 APEC: origins, rationale, evolution, ; achievements and potential; 11 Regional and international cooperation architecture as public goods; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Are international and Asian regional institutions serving the development goals of Asian and Pacific Economies as well they should? The global economy, led by the Asia Pacific region, has undergone immense change and growth. Have the existing institutions and arrangements been able to keep pace with those changes in the global economy? International Institutions and Asian Development tackles these questions and is an essential book for the assessment of regional and international institutions, as well as policy prescriptions for reforming them to ensure they deliver on sustainable, peaceful