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The Rights Paradox - Bok av Michael A. Zilis - Häftad

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The Epistemic Consequences of Paradox - Bok av Bryan Frances - Häftad

Analyzing paradoxes proves interesting results regarding philosophical progress, agreement, knockdown arguments, belief, the status of metaphysics, and common sense. As examples, this Element examines the Sorites Paradox, the Liar Paradox, and the Problem of the Many - although many other paradoxes can do the trick too.

SEK 316.00

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The Road to Paradox - Bok av Volker (University of Oxford) Halbach - Inbunden

SEK 1516.00

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Biodiversity and Landscapes - A Paradox of Humanity - Bok - Häftad

This book is concerned with the paradox that humanity depends on biodiversity and landscape systems for its survival, yet, at the same time, the current burden of humanity's use of living resources places the existence of these natural systems at risk.

SEK 690.00

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Biodiversity and Landscapes - A Paradox of Humanity - Bok - Inbunden

This book is concerned with the paradox that humanity depends on biodiversity and landscape systems for its survival, yet, at the same time, the current burden of humanity's use of living resources places the existence of these natural systems at risk.

SEK 1737.00

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Organizational Paradox - Bok av Medhanie Gaim - Häftad

Paradoxes, contrary propositions that are not contestable separately but that are inconsistent when conjoined, constitute a pervasive feature of contemporary organizational life. When contradictory elements are constituted as equally important in day-to-day work, organizational actors frequently experience acute tensions in engaging with these contradictions. This Element discusses the presence of paradoxes in the life of organizations, introduces the reader to the notion of paradox in theory and..

SEK 311.00

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The Banach?Tarski Paradox - Bok av Grzegorz Tomkowicz - Häftad

The Banach-Tarski Paradox is the most surprising result in mathematics. This new edition of a classic book offers a comprehensive, accessible presentation, with many related results, especially connections to non-Euclidean geometry, to squaring the circle, and even to some art by Escher. This material is suited to projects for undergraduates or masters students.

SEK 646.00

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The Banach?Tarski Paradox - Bok av Grzegorz Tomkowicz - Inbunden

The Banach-Tarski Paradox is the most surprising result in mathematics. This new edition of a classic book offers a comprehensive, accessible presentation, with many related results, especially connections to non-Euclidean geometry, to squaring the circle, and even to some art by Escher. This material is suited to projects for undergraduates or masters students.

SEK 1406.00

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Lotteries, Knowledge, and Rational Belief - Essays on the Lottery Paradox - Bok - Inbunden

A book for readers interested in the latest theories about knowledge and rational belief, with an emphasis on how outright belief relates to degrees of certainty. The most straightforward connection between those has given rise to a paradox, which is central to all of the essays in this volume.

SEK 1236.00

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The Modern Prison Paradox - Politics, Punishment, and Social Community - Bok av Amy E. (Princeton University Lerman - Inbunden

In The Modern Prison Paradox, Amy E. Lerman examines the shift from rehabilitation to punitivism that has taken place in the politics and practice of American corrections. She argues that this punitive turn has had profoundly negative consequences for both crime control and American community life.

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The Modern Prison Paradox - Politics, Punishment, and Social Community - Bok av Amy E. (Princeton University Lerman - Häftad

In The Modern Prison Paradox, Amy E. Lerman examines the shift from rehabilitation to punitivism that has taken place in the politics and practice of American corrections. She argues that this punitive turn has had profoundly negative consequences for both crime control and American community life.

SEK 470.00

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Praise and Paradox - Merchants and Craftsmen in Elizabethan Popular Literature - Bok av Laura Caroline Stevenson - Häftad

Praise and Paradox explores the relationship of language, literary structure, and social ideology in the popular Elizabethan literature that praised merchants, industrialists and craftsmen. This literature relied on paradoxical new stereotypes because its authors had no language or ideology that enabled them to separate bourgeois values from the old aristocratic ones.

SEK 576.00

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The Broken Ladder - The Paradox and Potential of India's One-Billion - Bok av Anirudh (Duke University Krishna - Häftad

This book is for people interested in making the world a better place for poorer people, those who are curious about the paradox of India, those concerned to know more about the effects of globalization in developing countries, and those who are looking for a balanced view.

SEK 421.00

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The Wealth Paradox - Economic Prosperity and the Hardening of Attitudes - Bok av Frank (University of Queensland) Mols - Inbunden

Integrating theory and research from social psychology, political science, sociology, and history, Mols and Jetten systematically investigate why prosperity and success can also fuel intolerance, social unrest, and intergroup hostility. The Wealth Paradox provides a timely and important re-evaluation of the role that economic forces play in shaping prejudice.

SEK 767.00

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Cycles and Social Choice - The True and Unabridged Story of a Most Protean Paradox - Bok av Thomas (University of California Schwartz - Inbunden

The centuries-old paradox of voting is that majorities sometimes prefer x to y, y to z, and z to x - a cycle. This book is about the numerous and diverse sources and consequences of cycles, under majority rule and countless other regimes. Their discovery constitutes much of the mathematical theory of voting and social choice.

SEK 1376.00

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The Death of Stephane Mallarme - Bok av Leo Bersani - Häftad

This book explores a fundamental paradox within Mallarme work as a whole.

SEK 470.00

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Universality and the Liar - An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument - Bok av Keith Simmons - Inbunden

This book is about one of the most baffling of all paradoxes - the famous Liar paradox.

SEK 1376.00

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Universality and the Liar - An Essay on Truth and the Diagonal Argument - Bok av Keith Simmons - Häftad

This book is about one of the most baffling of all paradoxes - the famous Liar paradox.

SEK 530.00

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Continuity, Chance and Change - The Character of the Industrial Revolution in England - Bok av E. A. (All Souls College Wrigley - Häftad

The Industrial Revolution brought affluence, longevity and mobility, and a great surge of economic growth was balanced against severe constraints on the opportunities for expansion, revealing an intriguing paradox. This book explores the paradox and attempts to provide a distinct 'model' of the changes that comprise the Industrial Revolution.

SEK 597.00

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Elite Parties, Poor Voters - How Social Services Win Votes in India - Bok av Tariq (Yale University Thachil - Häftad

Why do poor people often vote against their material interests? This puzzle has been famously studied within wealthy Western democracies, yet the fact that the poor voter paradox also routinely manifests within poor countries has remained unexplored. This book studies how this paradox emerged in India, the world's largest democracy.

SEK 620.00

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Managing Creativity - Exploring the Paradox - Bok - Inbunden

The creative industries are an area of increasing economic importance. In Managing Creativity a team of experts from a diverse range of fields - including management, fine art, music, the internet, design, theatre and publishing - discuss the challenges and opportunities of managing people in creative-based organizations.

SEK 1346.00

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Managing Creativity - Exploring the Paradox - Bok - Häftad

The creative industries are an area of increasing economic importance. In Managing Creativity a team of experts from a diverse range of fields - including management, fine art, music, the internet, design, theatre and publishing - discuss the challenges and opportunities of managing people in creative-based organizations.

SEK 660.00

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Is the Bangladesh Paradox Sustainable? - Bok - Inbunden

This book offers a novel approach to the role of institutions in development and applies it to Bangladesh with special attention to historical context and the political economy. It will interest development professionals in international and bilateral development agencies, policy-makers in developing countries; academics and graduate students.

SEK 1606.00

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Proofs and Models in Philosophical Logic - Bok av Greg (University of St Andrews Restall - Häftad

This Element is an introduction to recent work proofs and models in philosophical logic, with a focus on the semantic paradoxes the sorites paradox. It introduces and motivates different proof systems and different kinds of models for a range of logics, including classical logic, intuitionistic logic, a range of three-valued and four-valued logics, and substructural logics. It also compares and contrasts the different approaches to substructural treatments of the paradox, showing how the structural..