Author: Robert Audi
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, introductions, philosophy, routledge, theory, introduction, epistemology, knowledge
Number of Pages: 384
Published: 2002-12-30
List price: $120.00
ISBN-10: 0415281083
ISBN-13: 9780415281089

This comprehensive book introduces the concepts and theories central for understanding knowledge. It aims to reach students who have already done an introductory philosophy course.Topics covered include perception and reflection as grounds of knowledge, and the nature, structure, and varieties of knowledge. The character and scope of knowledge in the crucial realms of ethics, science and religion are also considered.Unique features of Epistemology:* Provides a comprehensive survey of basic concepts and major theories* Gives an up-to-date account of important developments in the field* Contains

Authors:Marva Cappello, Barbara G. Moss,
Publisher: Sage Publications, Inc
Keywords: contemporary, series, reading, literacy, readings, education
Number of Pages: 424
Published: 2009-12-08
List price: $46.95
ISBN-10: 1412965918
ISBN-13: 9781412965910

The latest research on literacy education-made more accessible!To help students and beginning teachers understand contemporary issues in literacy education, this book provides a collection of edited readings and accompanying strategies. The articles have been selected to provide a balance between readings that focus on key theoretical concerns and others that suggest classroom applications of those guiding principles.Key FeaturesThe text is organized into sections representing today’s most important literacy concerns.The readings are contextualized with section introductions by the editors t

Author: Robert Audi
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, introductions, philosophy, routledge, theory, introduction, epistemology, knowledge
Number of Pages: 432
Published: 2010-08-23
List price: $110.00
ISBN-10: 0415879221
ISBN-13: 9780415879224

Epistemology, or “the theory of knowledge,” is concerned with how we know what we know, what justifies us in believing what we believe, and what standards of evidence we should use in seeking truths about the world and human experience.  This comprehensive introduction to the field of epistemology explains the concepts and theories central to understanding knowledge. Along with covering the traditional topics of the discipline in detail, Epistemology explores emerging areas of research.  The third edition features new sections on such topics as the nature of intuition, the skeptical chal

Author: M. J. Heale
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Keywords: contemporary, history, world, blackwell, dependency, america, power, globalization
Number of Pages: 328
Published: 2011-05-10
List price: $94.95
ISBN-10: 1405136405
ISBN-13: 9781405136402

This history of America’s recent past focuses on the importance of the United States’ interaction with the outside world and includes detailed accounts of the presidencies of Reagan, Clinton and George W. Bush. Provides a substantial account of the dramatic history of America since 1980, covering the Reagan years, the Clinton presidency, the impact of 9/11, the War on Terror, and the election of Barack ObamaBased on both secondary and primary resources, and includes research taken from newspapers, magazines, official documents, and memoirsWritten by a distinguished contemporary historian

Authors:Peilin Luo, Yuk-Ying Ho, Xinbang Ruan,
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: contemporary, studies, china, village, chinese, sex, marriage, gender
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 2004-06-30
List price: $86.95
ISBN-10: 0765612534
ISBN-13: 9780765612533

This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. According to the authors, the rural economic reforms of the 1980s in southern China have challenged and reinforced the deep structure of Chinese familism and this has lead to tensions between tradition and modernity. The first section of the book explores how attitudes toward marriage and courtsh

Authors:Sun-pong Yuen, Pui-Lam Law, Yuk-Ying Ho,
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Keywords: contemporary, china, sharpe, paperback, studies, chinese, gender, sex, marriage, village
Number of Pages: 295
Published: 2004-05
List price: $36.95
ISBN-10: 0765612542
ISBN-13: 9780765612540

This book explores changing concepts of marriage and gender relationships and attitudes toward sex in a rural Chinese community over the past five decades. The book is based on a study of an industrialized peasant village in Guangdong Province from 1994 to 1996 and subsequent visits from 2000 to 2002. According to the authors, the rural economic reforms of the 1980s in southern China have challenged and reinforced the deep structure of Chinese familism and this has lead to tensions between tradition and modernity. The first section of the book explores how attitudes toward marriage and courtsh

Authors:Michael David Kandiah, Anthony Seldon,
Publisher: Routledge
Keywords: contemporary, british, history, volume, britain, tanks, ideas, think
Number of Pages: 216
Published: 1997-04-01
List price: $170.00
ISBN-10: 0714647713
ISBN-13: 9780714647715

This study looks at the influence of ideas and think tanks in Britain, contemplating how ideas have shaped politics and society. The purveyors of ideas for change - the think tanks - are examined, and academics and participants views are recorded in a number of interviews.