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The Felicity Theory

Author : Davina Stone
Publisher : Feather and Stone Publishing
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645006568

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He’s grumpy… She’s sunshine… And they’re about to take a road trip across Australia. Successful, handsome, and a little bit OCD, finance guru Oliver Blake has the perfect life. Until his fiancée leaves him on their wedding day, and his carefully constructed world crumbles around him. Still trying to piece his life together six months later, the last thing Oliver needs at his brother’s wedding is a bubbly British bridesmaid plunging his life into more chaos. Felicity Green doesn’t believe in perfect. She’s had enough disappointments to prove dreams don’t come true. She has a theory— life is what you make it, and she’s determined to make her trip to Australia one big adventure. Somehow, Oliver and Felicity find themselves in a combi van traveling across Australia. As they share confined sleeping arrangements and nights under the stars, it’s not long before the chemistry between them is sizzling off the charts. En route to Sydney, it seems that Oliver and Felicity may have stumbled on something almost perfect after all. until they meet a hurdle that just might be too big for either of them to overcome. Will they find a way through this, or has their love met the end of a long dusty road? For fans of Christina Lauren and Tessa Bailey comes this steamy heart-warming fourth book in The Laws of Love series.

The Felicity Theory

Author : Davina Stone
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2022-03-07
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0645006572

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He's grumpy? she's sunshine? And they're about to take a road trip across Australia.Successful, handsome and a little bit OCD, finance guru Oliver Blake believes he has the perfect life. Until his fiancée leaves him on their wedding day, and his carefully constructed world crumbles around him.Still trying to piece his life together six months later, the last thing Oliver needs at his brother's wedding is a bubbly British bridesmaid plunging his life into more chaos.Felicity Green doesn't believe in perfect. She's had enough disappointments to prove dreams don't come true. She has a theory- life is what you make it, and she's determined to make her trip to Australia one big adventure.Somehow, Oliver and Felicity find themselves in a combi van traveling across Australia. As they share confined sleeping arrangements and nights under the stars, it's not long before the chemistry between them is sizzling off the charts.En route to Sydney it seems that Oliver and Felicity may have stumbled on something almost perfect after all. until they meet a hurdle that just might be too big for either of them to overcome.Will they find a way through this, or has their love met the end of a long dusty road?

Hobbes and the Two Faces of Ethics

Author : Arash Abizadeh
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2018-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781108417297

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Uncovers Hobbes's distinction between reasons of the good and the right, which was a watershed in the history of ethics.

Film, Theory and Philosophy

Author : Felicity Colman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 596 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781317492436

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Philosophy, and in particular continental philosophy, has provided a conceptual underpinning for cinema since its beginnings, especially in the development of cinematic aesthetics. In its turn, film has rethought the abstractions of space and time and the categories of sex and gender and has created new concepts which illuminate phenomenology, metaphysics and epistemology. "Film and Philosophy" brings together leading scholars to provide a detailed overview of the key thinkers who have shaped the field of film philosophy. The thinkers include continental and 'post-continental' philosophers, analytic philosophers, film-makers, film reviewers, sociologists, and cultural theorists.The essays reveal how philosophy can be applied to film analysis and how film can be used to illustrate philosophical problems. But more importantly, the essays explore how film has shaped what philosophy thinks and how philosophy has lead to a reappraisal of film. The book will prove an invaluable reference and guide to readers interested in a deeper understanding of the issues and insights presented by film philosophy." Film and Philosophy" includes essays on: Hugo Munsterberg, Vilem Flusser, Siegfried Kracauer, Theodor Adorno, Antonin Artaud, Henri Bergson, Maurice Merleau-Ponty, Emmanuel Levinas, Andre Bazin, Roland Barthes, Serge Daney, Jean-Luc Godard, Stanley Cavell, Jean-Luc Nancy, Jacques Derrida, Gilles Deleuze, Sarah Kofman, Paul Virilio, Jean Baudrillard, Jean-Francois Lyotard, Fredric Jameson, Felix Guattari, Raymond Bellour, Christian Metz, Julia Kristeva, Laura Mulvey, Homi Bhabha, Slavoj Zizek, Stephen Heath, Alain Badiou, Jacques Ranciere, Leo Bersani, Giorgio Agamben, and Michel Chion.

Film Theory

Author : Felicity Colman
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 145 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Performing Arts
ISBN : 9780231850605

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Film Theory addresses the core concepts and arguments created or used by academics, critical film theorists, and filmmakers, including the work of Dudley Andrew, Raymond Bellour, Mary Ann Doane, Miriam Hansen, bell hooks, Siegfried Kracauer, Raul Ruiz, P. Adams Sitney, Bernard Stiegler, and Pier Paolo Pasolini. This volume takes the position that film theory is a form of writing that produces a unique cinematic grammar; and like all grammars, it forms part of the system of rules that govern a language, and is thus applicable to wider range of media forms. In their creation of authorial trends, identification of the technology of cinema as a creative force, and production of films as aesthetic markers, film theories contribute an epistemological resource that connects the technologies of filmmaking and film composition. This book explores these connections through film theorisations of processes of the diagrammatisation (the systems, methodologies, concepts, histories) of cinematic matters of the filmic world.

A Theory of Precedent

Author : Raimo Siltala
Publisher : Hart Publishing
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2000-11-25
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781841131238

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In this study, the author identifies six types of judicial precedent-ideology and are tests them against judicial experiences in various countries.

Modern Perspectives in Type-Theoretical Semantics

Author : Stergios Chatzikyriakidis,Zhaohui Luo
Publisher : Springer
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2017-02-07
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783319504223

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Modern Perspectives in Type-Theoretical Semantics by Stergios Chatzikyriakidis,Zhaohui Luo Pdf

This book is a collective volume that reports the state of the art in the applications of type theory to linguistic semantics. The volume fills a 20 year gap from the last published book on the issue and aspires to bring researchers closer to cutting edge alternatives in formal semantics research. It consists of unpublished work by some key researchers on various issues related to the type theoretical study of formal semantics and further exemplifies the advantages of using modern type theoretical approaches to linguistic semantics. Themes that are covered include modern developments of type theories in formal semantics, foundational issues in linguistic semantics like anaphora, modality and plurals, innovational interdisciplinary research like the introduction of probability theory to type theories as well as computational implementations of type theoretical approaches. This volume will be of great interest to formal semanticists that are looking for alternative ways to study linguistic semantics, but will also be of interest to theoretical computer scientists and mathematicians that are interested in the applications of type theory.

Rituals of Care

Author : Felicity Aulino
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2019-10-15
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501739743

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End-of-life issues are increasingly central to discussions within medical anthropology, the anthropology of political action, and the study of Buddhist philosophy and practice. Felicity Aulino's Rituals of Care speaks directly to these important anthropological and existential conversations. Against the backdrop of global population aging and increased attention to care for the elderly, both personal and professional, Aulino challenges common presumptions about the universal nature of "caring." The way she examines particular sets of emotional and practical ways of being with people, and their specific historical lineages, allows Aulino to show an inseparable link between forms of social organization and forms of care. Unlike most accounts of the quotidian concerns of providing care in a rapidly aging society, Rituals of Care brings attention to corporeal processes. Moving from vivid descriptions of the embodied routines at the heart of home caregiving to depictions of care practices in more general ways—care for one's group, care of the polity—it develops the argument that religious, social, and political structures are embodied, through habituated action, in practices of providing for others. Under the watchful treatment of Aulino, care becomes a powerful foil for understanding recent political turmoil and structural change in Thailand, proving embodied practice to be a vital vantage point for phenomenological and political analyses alike.

A Kiss for Carter

Author : Davina Stone
Publisher : Feather and Stone Publishing
Page : 250 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780645006544

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A Kiss for Carter by Davina Stone Pdf

Sometimes Love is a Tall Story One kiss… one crazy week… is Carter Wells’ luck about to change? He’s six-foot-six of soft heart, bad hair days, and dating disasters. But now Carter (Carts to all his friends) has met his dream woman and he’s determined to make it work. Judith has always settled for sub-par love, played peacemaker between her mum and sister and baked brownies to keep everyone happy. But now she’s falling for Carts and she’s determined to put her own needs first. But when their first date turns into a disaster of gargantuan proportions and major family dramas erupt around them, it will take more than one magical kiss to save their budding relationship. Are Carts and Judith destined to be apart forever? Or will the universe take pity on them and intervene? Find out in this heart-warming third novel in The Laws of Love series.

Language and Characterisation

Author : Jonathan Culpeper
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-23
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781317879596

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Textual Explorations General Editors- Mick Short, Lancaster University Elena Semino, Lancaster University The focus of this series is on the stylistic analysis of literary and non-literary texts, and the theoretical issues which such work raises. Textual Explorations will include books that cover studies of literary authors, genres and other groupings, stylistic studies of non-literary texts, translation study, the teaching of language and literature, the empirical study of literature, and corpus approaches to stylistics and literature study. Books in the series will centre on texts written in English. Readership of the series is mainly undergraduate and postgraduate students, although advanced sixth formers will also find the books accessible. The series will be of particular interest to those who study English language, English literature, text linguistics, discourse analysis and communication studies. Language & Characterisation- People in Plays & Other Texts explores how the words of a text create a particular impression of a character in the reader's mind. Drawing together theories from linguistics, social cognition and literary stylistics, it is the first book-length study to focus on: the role of language and characterisation characterisation in the dialogue of play texts Containing numerous examples from Shakespeare's plays, the book also considers a wide range of other genres, including, prose fiction, verse, films, advertisements, jokes and newspapers. Language and Characterisation is as practical as it is theoretical and equips readers with analytical frameworks to reveal and explain both the cognitive and the linguistic sides of characterisation. Clear and detailed introductions are given to the theories, and useful suggestions for further analysis are also made at the end of each part of the book. The book will be essential reading for students and researchers of language, literature and communication.

Watershed Research Traditions in Human Communication Theory

Author : Donald P. Cushman,Branislav Kovacic
Publisher : State University of New York Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 1995-08-23
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781438400266

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This sampling of watershed research traditions in interpersonal, organizational, and mass communication manifests how communication theory is developed, defended and extended at a philosophical, theoretical and practical level of inquiry from a plurality of research perspectives. The book includes the foundational works of Pearce, Cronen, and Associates on the coordinated management of meaning; Berger, Gudykunst, and Associates on uncertainty and anxiety reduction theory; Cushman, Nicotera and Associates on the communication rules involved in establishing and maintaining interpersonal relationships; Delia, Clark, and Associates on constructivism; Deetz, Mumby, and Associates on critical theory; Desmond and Associates on mass communication theory; Sanders and Gottman on communication sequences; Cushman, King, and Associates on high-speed management; and Philipsen and Associates on the ethnography of communication.

The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics

Author : Yan Huang
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 753 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2017
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9780199697960

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This volume brings together distinguished scholars from all over the world to present an authoritative, thorough, and yet accessible state-of-the-art survey of current issues in pragmatics. Following an introduction by the editor, the volume is divided into five thematic parts. Chapters in Part I are concerned with schools of thought, foundations, and theories, while Part II deals with central topics in pragmatics, including implicature, presupposition, speech acts, deixis, reference, and context. In Part III, the focus is on cognitively-oriented pragmatics, covering topics such as computational, experimental, and neuropragmatics. Part IV takes a look at socially and culturally-oriented pragmatics such as politeness/impoliteness studies, cross- and intercultural, and interlanguage pragmatics. Finally, the chapters in Part V explore the interfaces of pragmatics with semantics, grammar, morphology, the lexicon, prosody, language change, and information structure. The Oxford Handbook of Pragmatics will be an indispensable reference for scholars and students of pragmatics of all theoretical stripes. It will also be a valuable resource for linguists in other fields, including philosophy of language, semantics, morphosyntax, prosody, psycholinguistics, and sociolinguistics, and for researchers and students in the fields of cognitive science, artificial intelligence, computer science, anthropology, and sociology.

A Companion to Hobbes

Author : Marcus P. Adams
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 548 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2021-09-28
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781119634997

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Offers comprehensive treatment of Thomas Hobbes’s thought, providing readers with different ways of understanding Hobbes as a systematic philosopher As one of the founders of modern political philosophy, Thomas Hobbes is best known for his ideas regarding the nature of legitimate government and the necessity of society submitting to the absolute authority of sovereign power. Yet Hobbes produced a wide range of writings, from translations of texts by Homer and Thucydides, to interpretations of Biblical books, to works devoted to geometry, optics, morality, and religion. Hobbes viewed himself as presenting a unified method for theoretical and practical science—an interconnected system of philosophy that provides many entry points into his thought. A Companion to Hobbes is an expertly curated collection of essays offering close textual engagement with the thought of Thomas Hobbes in his major works while probing his ideas regarding natural philosophy, mathematics, human nature, civil philosophy, religion, and more. The Companion discusses the ways in which scholars have tried to understand the unity and diversity of Hobbes’s philosophical system and examines the reception of the different parts of Hobbes’s philosophy by thinkers such as René Descartes, Margaret Cavendish, David Hume, and Immanuel Kant. Presenting a diversity of fresh perspectives by both emerging and established scholars, this volume: Provides a comprehensive treatment of Hobbes’s thought in his works, including Elements of Law, Elements of Philosophy, and Leviathan Explores the connecting points between Hobbes’ metaphysics, epistemology, mathematics, natural philosophy, morality, and civil philosophy Offers readers strategies for understanding how the parts of Hobbes’s philosophical system fit together Examines Hobbes’s philosophy of mathematics and his attempts to understand geometrical objects and definitions Considers Hobbes’s philosophy in contexts such as the natural state of humans, gender relations, and materialist worldviews Challenges conceptions of Hobbes’s moral theory and his views about the rights of sovereigns Part of the acclaimed Blackwell Companions to Philosophy series, A Companion to Hobbes is an invaluable resource for scholars and advanced students of Early modern thought, particularly those from disciplines such as History of Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Intellectual History, History of Politics, Political Theory, and English.

Toward a Motivation Model of Pragmatics

Author : Rong Chen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 2022-07-18
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9783110787856

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With the “discursive turn” has come a distrust – a complete rejection by some – of theories that seek deeper reasons for surface phenomena. Rong Chen argues that this distrust, with its accompanying overemphasis on specificity and fluidity of linguistic meaning and social values, is unwarranted and unhelpful. Drawing on insights from social theories and various strands of pragmatics, he proposes a motivation model of pragmatics (MMP), contending that language use can be adequately, coherently, and elegantly studied via the motivation behind it in its varied and dynamic contexts. The model, with its well-laid out components, is then applied to (im)politeness research, cross-cultural pragmatics, diachronic pragmatics, discourse and genre analysis, conversation analysis, identity construction, and the study of metaphor, sarcasm, parody, and lying. MMP is thus a framework aimed at accounting for fluidity with stable notions, specificity with general principles, and differences with similar underlying factors. As such, the book should appeal to students of pragmatics, (im)politeness, conversation analysis, sociolinguistics, applied linguistics, communication, sociology, and psychology.

The Principles of Islamic Political Economy

Author : Masudul Alam Choudhury
Publisher : Springer
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2016-07-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781349224395

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This book examines the methodological development of the principles of Islamic political economy in its theoretical and applied aspects. This is carried out in a general equilibrium framework using the theory of social choice. Thus a comparative study is also undertaken here in these areas while developing the theory of Islamic political economy. In these respects this book appears to be the first one of its kind.