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The American Philosopher: Conversations with Quine, Davidson, Putnam, Nozick, Danto, Rorty, Cavell, Macintyre, and Kuhn
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by Giovanna Borradori, Rosanna Crocitto. 180 pgs.

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Contributors:

   Giovanna Borradori, Rosanna Crocitto

Publisher:

   University of Chicago Press

Place of Publication:

  Chicago  

Publication Year:

  1994
Subjects:   Philosophy, American--20th Century, Philosophers--United States--Interviews
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Key Philosophers in Conversation: The Cogito Interviews
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...to the current state of philosophy. Nigel Warburton, Open...world at the end of the century. The reader already familiar...of women in modern Anglo-American philosophy is well represented...Cogito: A number of German philosophers, especially those associated...Circle, emigrated to the States in the thirties. Tell us...1989 is another elder statesman of Oxford philosophy. Since...in the Library of Living Philosophers series, edited by Lewis...
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Philosophy of Meaning, Knowledge, and Value in the Twentieth Century
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Subjects: Philosophy, American--20th Century, Philosophy, British, Philosophy, Modern--20th Century
...early 1930s and then in England, the United States and Scandinavia from 1930 until...theory of such talk in general. Other philosophers tried to round out the picture by...people, but only through their mental states or representations, which present...assumptions are under attack by the philosophers who will be discussed in the next...INTERPRETATION AND TRANSLATION Most philosophers who have thought about language...
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...Psychology and Philosophy 263 Postmodernism...central Europe in the early 20th century, some communication of the...finally a picture of the American academy as it looks from...family ended up in the United States where Irene lived into her...Richard, emigrated to the United States in 1890, having been sought...
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The Relationship of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology to 20th Century Art, Literature and Philosophy
Journal article by Ludwig Janus Phd.; Pre- and Peri-natal Psychology Journal, Vol. 8, 1993
...unconscious aspect of this identification becomes clear in 19th century beliefs about Utopian progress, which hoped through unlimited...the abdication of the rulers and kings in the 19th and 20th centuries who exercised the divine right signifies a collective...and as examples of the influence of early experience in philosophy, Heidegger and Sartre. I understand modern art and philosophy...join in the experience of the five-daymarathon with the American therapist, Dan Miller. In sessions with between 6 and 14...
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An Empowerment Philosophy for Rehabilitation in the 20th Century
Journal article by William G. Emener; The Journal of Rehabilitation, Vol. 57, 1991
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An Empowerment Philosophy for Rehabilitation in the 20th Century. by William G. Emener The field of rehabilitation...in positive directions, reflecting both traditional American optimism and the belief in human perfectability characteristic...
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A Review of Radio Coverage of Health-related Topics in the 20th Century
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Subjects: Behavior, Children & youth, Ideology, Learning, Medicine, Satellite radio, Students
...of health topics in the 20th century, focusing on radio programming...and sometimes angered) Americans about health topics. HOW...public health problem. In my philosophy, the greatest need for action...half million persons in the United States who acquire this disease...Columbia University and the United States Public Health Service (Barnouw...
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Working with Interpreters of the "meaning of Meaning": International Trends among 20th-century Sign Theorists
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The Serpent's Eye: the Cinema of 20th-century Combat
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The 20th-Century Scientific-Technical Revolution
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Hitler & Stalin, 20th Century Killers
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...took me out to dinner with some of the cutting-edge Americans involved. God knows why - I think I had only just...friendships." "I find the concept of friendship just so 20th century," he replied. Friends, he told me, were just the people...and dress up their social inadequacy as some kind of philosophy. But I thought about it when I read of new research...a surrogate family. Actual family members in this American comedy are seen as a kind of embarrassing intrusion...something far more serious. Or am I just being too 20th century for my own good? The writer is a columnist with...
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...exhibition shows that even abstractionists of the last century liked looking in the mirror, following the Greek myth...advancements in sociology, psychology, genetics, philosophy and other fields" during the late 19th and 20th centuries Artists, in turn, increasingly broke down...all that, but starts with more conventional images of American artists from the early 1900s. Edward Hoppers profile...Reflections/Refractions: Self-Portraiture in the Twentieth Century WHERE: National Portrait Gallery, Eighth and F streets...came to this country. NO CREDIT; In a 1933 drawing, American Impressionist Childe Hassam depicts his brimmed hat...
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Iconic Photo That Helped Shape World Image of Wales Is Up for Auction; Photo Journalist's Picture Is One of Most Important of 20th Century
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...Magnums archive manager Nick Galvin said Smith is among the 20th centurys finest photographers. He said: "Let truth be the prejudice was his whole philosophy. It wasnt like him to contrive something - he was reflecting...distance. Always, I am on the threshold." MASTER LENSMAN: American photo journalist Eugene Smith VANISHED WORLD: William Eugene...
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Newspaper article; The Washington Times, November 5, 2006
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New Montessori School Designed Follow Philosophy of Its Founder
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...Mishra, who teaches and is the director. Montessori is a philosophy based on psychology, she said. Early in the 20th century, Dr. Maria Montessori, Italys first woman physician, developed educational materials and methods based on her belief...size appropriate. The environment at a Montessori school is different than a traditional school. "Montessori is a philosophy where the childs spirit demands what they learn," Mishra said. Montessori teachers believe that children learn more by touching, seeing, smelling, tasting and exploring than by just listening. Mishras school is affiliated with the American Montessori Society. She provides half- or full-day options. Students can attend three, four or five days a week...
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