Author: Aladdin M. Yaq=ub
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Keywords: truth, theory, revision, defense, liar, speaks
Number of Pages: 168
Published: 1993-04-08
List price: $100.00
ISBN-10: 0195083431
ISBN-13: 9780195083439

In this book, Yaqub describes a simple conception of truth and shows that it yields a semantical theory that accommodates the whole range of our seemingly conflicting intuitions about truth. This conception takes the Tarskian biconditionals (such as "The sentence ’Johannes loved Clara’ is true if and only if Johannes loved Clara") as correctly and completely defining the notion of truth. The semantical theory, which is called the revision theory, that emerges from this conception paints a metaphysical picture of truth as a property whose applicability is given by a revision proce

Author: Aladdin Ayesh
Publisher: iUniverse, Inc.
Keywords: divinity, feminine
Number of Pages: 134
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $12.95
ISBN-10: 0595406505
ISBN-13: 9780595406500

Feminine Divinity is a collection of poems in three parts. The first part is Feminine Divinity, which gives the collection its title. It contains five poems inspired by Gnosticism and Gnostics writings, e.g. Dead Sea Scrolls and Nag Hammadi documents. Some of these writings manifested themselves in recent popular books such as Da Vinci Code, Jesus and The Goddess, and The Holy Grail Holy Blood. Feminine Divinity explores similarities between ancient and contemporary beliefs related to the Female element of human beings. Virginity, sexuality, relations, knowledge, and sense of centre seem to be