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De La Mettrie's ghost : the story of decisions / / by Chris Nunn
| De La Mettrie's ghost : the story of decisions / / by Chris Nunn |
| Autore | Nunn Chris <1940-> |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New York, : Macmillan, 2005 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (239 p.) |
| Disciplina |
123/.5
153.83 |
| Collana | Macmillan Science |
| Soggetto topico |
Consciousness
Mechanism (Philosophy) Mind and body Decision making Physiology Free will and determinism |
| Soggetto non controllato |
21st century
Age of Enlightenment drama drawing enlightenment free will memory nature philosophy physics politics prose style Victorian era |
| ISBN |
1-281-28369-X
9786611283698 0-230-54943-8 0-230-55221-8 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | spa |
| Nota di contenuto | Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction; 2 Back to basics; 3 Memory; 4 Free will and free won't; 5 Illusions of willing; 6 Susan's tale (Part I); 7 Objects in mind; 8 More cognitive objects; 9 Weariness - Victorian and modern; 10 Good ideas; 11 Susan's tale (Part II); 12 Stories and their people; 13 Of laws, physics and stories; Epilogue: On being a story; Notes; References; Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910597151903321 |
Nunn Chris <1940->
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| New York, : Macmillan, 2005 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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Engines of Truth : Producing Veracity in the Victorian Courtroom / / Wendie Ellen Schneider
| Engines of Truth : Producing Veracity in the Victorian Courtroom / / Wendie Ellen Schneider |
| Autore | Schneider Wendie Ellen |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2016 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (280 pages) : illustrations, figures, tables |
| Disciplina | 347.075 |
| Soggetto topico |
Procedure (Law) - Great Britain - History - 19th century
Cross-examination - Great Britain - History - 19th century |
| Soggetto genere / forma | History |
| Soggetto non controllato |
history
Adultery Barrister Cross-examination Defendant Divorce Divorce Court Perjury Proctor Victorian era |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. The Rise and Fall of Perjury Prosecutions -- 2. The Gentlemanly Art of Cross-examination -- 3. Perjury and Prevarication in British India -- 4. The Queen's Proctor: An Inquisitorial Experiment -- 5. Adultery, Sex Offenses, and the Criminal Evidence Act of 1898 -- Notes -- Index |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910136398303321 |
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Schneider Wendie Ellen
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| New Haven, : Yale University Press, 2016 | ||
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| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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