a priori, and what is more, to a rejection based ultimately on a posteriori findings; in other words, the "pure" science of nature in Kant's sense of the term had proved to be, not only not pure, but even false. As for logic and mathematics, the decisive works of Frege, Russell, and White head suggested two conclusions: first, that it was possible to construct mathematics on the basis of logic (logicism), and secondly, that logical propositions had an irrevocably analytic status. But withi...

Why in America Common Sense Isn't So Common: Simple Fixes for America's Absurdities examines many everyday issues Americans face. The book covers several topics:Criminal JusticeThe book explores plea deals, government indictments, non-violent offenders, and long sentences. It critiques the system where accused individuals can't speak freely in their defense while accusers can. It questions public announcements of indictments and plea deals,...

This book is the result of an international research team pursuing the intuitive notion that the atomic nucleus should have structural properties. Starting with a few logical assumptions, they discovered that many properties of the atom and the nucleus can be explained rationally without resorting to quantum mechanics or the limiting dogmas about the nucleus that dominate current physics. Using feedback from known experimental data, they identified several organizational principles that na...

When he is invited to work at a new antimatter facility for USSMC, Grum Hewson sees the opportunity to create a new source of energy. With his boss demanding ridiculous results, he works in secret with a small team to come up with alternatives.If they succeed, they could change the future of energy supply. If they fail, they could lose their jobs and the lives they have built for themselves.Are they willing to take the risk?

Human beings rely equally on narrative (or storytelling) and metaphor (or analogy) for making sense of the world. Narrative and Metaphor in Education integrates the two perspectives of narrative and metaphor in educational theory and practice at every level from pre-school to lifelong civic education. Bringing together outstanding educational researchers, the book interweaves for the first time the rich strand of current research about how narrative may be used productively in edu...

Bringing together a body of related research which has recently developed in Critical Discourse Analysis, this book is the first to address the role of perspective in socio-political discourse. Specifically, the contributions to this volume seek to explore, from a cognitive standpoint, the way in which perspective functions in three dimensions – space, time, and evaluation – to enact ideology and persuasion. A range of discourse genres are analysed, including political discourse, media dis...

This book presents different dietary patterns, some utilizing wild foods and others facing drastically changing dietary patterns, and shows their implications for health in terms of wealth, mutual assistance, food sufficiency and food diversity. The book examines these globally important issues through a case study of Tanzania.Using a novel methodology based on a global standard quality of life indicator, the book sheds light on the relationship between wild food intake and health ...

David Thorne has quickly established himself as the worlds leading internet troublemaker. Since his emailed efforts to settle an overdue bill with a drawing of a spider achieved massive worldwide online exposure in 2008 millions of people have followed Thornes hilarious exchanges with unwitting victims reported via the mainstream media online and email inboxes globally. Thornes razor-sharp writings compiled in his first book The Internet is a Playground say something about everyday life we ca...

Why do we speak the way we do? What are the social factors that influence our choices of expression? This best-selling introduction to the study of language and society encourages students to think about these fundamental questions, asking how and why we select from the vast range of different words, accents, varieties and languages available to us. In this new and updated edition, students are taken step-by-step through the analysis of linguistic expressions, speech varieties and language...

Book 2 of the Ambassador space oper thriller series.THE SECOND-QUICKEST way to get yourself killed when dealing with Coldi people of the planet Asto is to look a superior in the eye. The Coldi people possess an instinct that demands the formation of hierarchical networks in which every person has a prescribed place. These networks provide stability. They also place one person at the top.Ezhya Palayi is that person.After having been released by his previous employers...

This comprehensive new edition of Wardhaugh’s textbook incorporates additional study features and numerous new and updated references to bring the book completely up-to-date, whilst maintaining the features that made the book so popular with lecturers and students: accessible coverage of a wide range of issues, clearly written, and with useful student study features.A fully revised new edition of Ronald Wardhaugh’s popular introduction to sociolinguistics, which now includes ...