1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910466459603321

Titolo

Public broadcasting and the public interest / / Michael P. McCauley [and three others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, [England] ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2003

©2003

ISBN

1-315-29069-3

1-315-29067-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (301 pages)

Disciplina

384.54/0973

Soggetti

Public broadcasting - United States

Broadcasting policy - United States

Public interest - United States

Political participation - United States

Democracy - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910797873103321

Autore

Haas Gordian

Titolo

Minimal verificationism : on the limits of knowledge / / Gordian Haas

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Boston, [Massachusetts] ; ; Berlin, [Germany] : , : De Gruyter, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-5015-0198-4

1-5015-0200-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (224 p.)

Collana

Epistemische Studien, , 2198-1884 ; ; Band 31

Disciplina

121.2

Soggetti

Verification (Empiricism)

Logical positivism

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 indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Figures and Tables -- Introduction: Does This Make Nonsense to You? -- 1 Some Historic Formulations and Their Problems -- 2 More Problems Lie Ahead -- 3 Toward a Solution to the Problems -- 4 Minimal Verificationism -- 5 Fallibilist Theories of Justification -- 6 The Standard Theory of Belief Revision: AGM -- 7 Combining Theories of Justification and Belief Revision: Judas -- 8 Lewis’ Semantics for Counterfactuals -- 9 Towards a Verifiability-Friendly Semantics for Counterfactuals -- 10 (Non) Concluding Remarks -- References -- Name Index -- Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

Verificationism has been a hallmark of logical empiricism. According to this principle, a sentence is insignificant in a certain sense if its truth value cannot be determined. Although logical empiricists strove for decades to develop an adequate principle of verification, they failed to resolve its problems. This led to a general abandonment of the verificationist project in the early 1960's. In the last 50 years, this view has received tremendously bad press. Today it is mostly regarded as an outdated historical concept. Theories that have evolved since the abandonment of verificationism can, however, help overcome some of its key problems. More specifically, an adequate criterion of significance can be derived from a combination of modern theories of justification and belief revision, along with a formal semantics for



counterfactuals. In view of these potential improvements, the abandonment of verificationism appears premature. Half a century following its decline, it might be about time to revisit this disreputable view. The author argues in favor of a weak form of verificationism. This approach could be referred to as minimal verificationism, as it involves a weakening of traditional verificationist principles in various respects while maintaining their core idea.

3.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910829025203321

Autore

Savage Douglas

Titolo

The last years of Robert E. Lee : from Gettysburg to Lexington / / Douglas Savage

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Taylor Trade Publishing, , 2016

©2016

ISBN

1-63076-011-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (297 p.)

Disciplina

973.73092

Soggetti

Generals - Confederate States of America

College presidents - Virginia - Lexington

United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Biography

Lexington (Va.) Biography

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.

Nota di contenuto

Chapter One; Chapter Two; Chapter Three; Chapter Four; Chapter Five; Chapter Six; Chapter Seven; Chapter Eight; Chapter Nine; Chapter Ten; Chapter Eleven; Chapter Twelve; Chapter Thirteen; Chapter Fourteen; Chapter Fifteen; Chapter Sixteen; Chapter Seventeen; Chapter Eighteen; Chapter Nineteen; Chapter Twenty; Chapter Twenty-One; Chapter Twenty-Two; Chapter Twenty-Three; Chapter Twenty-Four; Acknowledgments; Endnotes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book details Lee's life from Gettysburg to his death just five years after the South's surrender at Appomattox. After the war, Lee sought to heal the nation, even meeting with his rival, Ulysses S. Grant, while he



occupied the White House. Leaving his military life behind, Lee went on to become president of Washington College.