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  • On Preserving

    Essays on Preservationism and Paraconsistent Logic

    by Peter Schotch, Bryson Brown, Raymond Jennings ...
    Series series Toronto Studies in Philosophy
    Paraconsistent logic is a theory of reasoning in philosophy that studies inconsistent data. The discipline has several different schools of thought, including preservationism, which responds to the problems that arise when human beings continue to reason when faced with inconsistent data. On Preserving is the first complete account of the Preservationist School, which developed in Canada out of ... Read more

    $44.69 USD

  • Philosophy of Ecology

    by Kevin de Laplante, Kent Peacock, Bryson Brown, John Woods, Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard ...
    Series Book 11 - Handbook of the Philosophy of Science
    The most pressing problems facing humanity today — over-population, energy shortages, climate change, soil erosion, species extinctions, the risk of epidemic disease, the threat of warfare that could destroy all the hard-won gains of civilization, and even the recent fibrillations of the stock market — are all ecological or have a large ecological component. in this volume philosophers turn their ... Read more

    $188.99 USD

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  • Future Arctic

    Field Notes from a World on the Edge

    by Edward Struzik ...
    In one hundred years, or even fifty, the Arctic will look dramatically different than it does today. As polar ice retreats and animals and plants migrate northward, the arctic landscape is morphing into something new and very different from what it once was. While these changes may seem remote, they will have a profound impact on a host of global issues, from international politics to animal ... Read more

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  • Thermophobia

    Shining a Light, #3

    by Rod Martin, Jr ...
    Series Book 3 - Shining a Light
    Top 25 Weather BestsellerThermophobia means "fear of warmth."Did you know that Global Warming made civilization possible 12,000 years ago? What were the benefits back then? What changed?We live in an Ice Age and governments want to cool down the planet. That could trigger the next glacial period, and Ice Age glacials are brutal. They make the 1998 Great Ice Storm, and 1816 Year Without a Summer, ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • To Mock a Mocking Bird

    by Raymond M. Smullyan ...
    In this entertaining and challenging new collection of logic puzzles, Raymond Smullyan—author of What Is the Name of This Book? And The Lady or the Tiger?—continues to delight and astonish us with his gift for making available, in the thoroughly pleasurable form of puzzles, some of the most important mathematical thinking of our time.In the first part of the book, he transports us once again to ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • On the Soul (Illustrated Edition)

    by Aristotle ...
    Along with Plato and Socrates, Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) is one of the triumvirate of philosophers responsible for the establishment of Western philosophy as it exists today. Socrates, Plato and Aristotle were among the first to refine philosophical thought, and Socrates is credited with devising the Socratic Method as a way to argue and debate points rationally. The Ancient Greek philosophers ... Read more

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  • Earth Governance

    Trusteeship of the Global Commons

    by Klaus Bosselmann ...
    Series series New Horizons in Environmental and Energy Law series
    The predicament of uncontrolled growth in a finite world puts the global commons - such as oceans, atmosphere, and biosphere - at risk. So far, states have not found the means to protect what, essentially, is outside their jurisdiction. However, the jurisprudence of international law has matured to a point that makes global governance beyond state-negotiated compromises both possible and desirable ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • The 100 Day Action Plan to Save the Planet

    A Climate Crisis Solution for the 44th President

    by William S. Becker ...
    When the 44th President of the United States is elected, he will face urgent crises on three major fronts: the American economy, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, and the growing threat to the world environment caused by climate change.This short, powerful book shows the way forward: a clear action plan for the new President's first 100 days, that if implemented will set America on course for ... Read more

    $12.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Logical Investigations Volume 1

    by Edmund Husserl ...
    Series series International Library of Philosophy
    Edmund Husserl is the founder of phenomenology and the Logical Investigations is his most famous work. It had a decisive impact on twentieth century philosophy and is one of few works to have influenced both continental and analytic philosophy.This is the first time both volumes have been available in paperback. They include a new introduction by Dermot Moran, placing the Investigations in ... Read more

    $57.99 USD

  • Pulp Friction in Tasmania: A Review of the Environmental Assessment of Gunns' Proposed Pulp Mill

    by Fred Gale ...
    This book documents the failure of Gunns Limited, a giant wood chip exporter, to build a massive pulp mill in Tasmania, Australia. A dramatic lesson in corporate social irresponsibility, the book highlights how government-industry collusion led to serious deficiencies in the environmental assessment process, which generated a massive and so far successful campaign against the mill. ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Big Think Book

    Discover Philosophy Through 99 Perplexing Problems

    by Peter Cave ...
    What makes me, me – and you, you?What is this thing called ‘love’?Does life have a point?Is ‘no’ the right answer to this question?Philosophy transports us from the wonderful to the weird, from the funny to the very serious indeed. With the aid of tall stories, jokes, fascinating insights and common sense, Peter Cave offers a comprehensive survey of all areas of philosophy, addressing the big ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Practical Environmental Ethics

    by A. Pablo Iannone ...
    This essential volume for professionals and academics proposes a new approach to environmental ethics and to environmental policymaking in particular. All too frequently, policy makers focus only on what ends should ideally be pursued, ignoring whether the means have any negative unintended consequences. Such approaches tend to have a focus on consequentialist, deontological, virtue-cantered, or ... Read more

    $61.99 USD