Contemporary philosophers of mind tend to explain rationality by viewing the mind as a kind of machine—the only alternative, it has seemed, to a ghostly supernatural explanation. Marcus rejects this choice as false and defends a third way—via rational causation, which draws on the theoretical and practical inferential abilities of human beings.

**A history making memoir of the first openly gay professional athlete in North America, now the producer of Fellow Travelers and My Policeman“Rogers made history.” —Sports Illustrated**Robbie Rogers knows better than most that keeping secrets can crush you. But for much of his life Robbie lived in paralyzing fear that sharing his big secret would cost him the love of his family and his career as a professional soccer player. So he never told anyo...

The Vested Outsourcing Manual: The Ultimate Outsourcing Guide That Will Help You Automate and Expand Your Business to Achieve More for LessSome people may think that outsourcing is a new thing but it has actually been going on for years. The essence of outsourcing is engaging the services of an individual or organization outside your full-time staff to handle certain aspects of your business plan. These aspects could be public relations, marketing, and other administrative functions. As th...

Business Outsourcing Bundle, 2 in 1 bundle: A Guide To Outsourcing and The Vested Outsourcing ManualIt’s no secret running an online business is hard work. It’s also no secret that many online businesses are a single-man effort, which makes handling all the tasks associated with the business not only difficult to manage, but incredibly time consuming, as well. Which kind of defeats one of the common reasons for starting an online business which is to free up more time to pursue oth...

Many people are drifting in the sea of life. No compass marks their direction; no rudder holds the course. Their souls sail to the winds of social conformity and iconic compliance. Social media, internet, trends, fads, trending videos-what are we becoming? The world around us can become the envelope that seals us from our innate selves rather than finding true passion within. Many appear to have public victory but in private, they remain defeated. They follow the status quo bias, televisio...

This audiobook is narrated by a digital voice.Daily Motivation to Overcome StressStress touches every corner of modern life—quietly draining motivation, clouding judgment, and stealing the calm we desperately need. But what if there was a way to take back control of your mindset, find inner peace, and spark daily motivation without waiting for perfect conditions?This transformative guide is your companion for regaining mental clarity and emotional s...

Become a better crisis leader while equipping yourself with the tools for every day transformative leadershipToday, in an instant, leaders can find themselves face-to-face with crisis. An active shooter. A media controversy. A data breach. In You're It, the faculty of the National Preparedness Leadership Initiative at Harvard University takes you to the front lines of some of the toughest decisions facing our nation's leaders-from how to mobilize during a ...

"Rich and often moving . . . at times shocking, but often enlightening and inspiring: oral history at its most potent and rewarding." — Kirkus ReviewsA completely revised and updated edition of the classic volume of oral history interviews with high-profile leaders and little-known participants in the gay rights movement that cumulatively provides a powerful documentary look at the struggle for gay rights in America.From the Boy Sc...

According to the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention, in our lifetimes 80 percent of us will have some up-close experience with the suicide of someone we know. And more than 20 percent of us will have a family member die by suicide. Journalist Eric Marcus knows this better than most people. In 1970, his father took his life at the age of 44. In 2008, his 49-year-old sister-in-law took her life as well.In a completely revised and updated edition of the landmark original ...

When Making History was first published in 1992, the acclaimed oral historian Studs Terkel called it, "One of the definitive works on gay life." Novelist Armistead Maupin said that author "Eric Marcus not only writes with grace and clarity but makes it look so easy—the ultimate measure of historian and novelist alike." Now, for the first time, the original complete edition of Making History is available in e-book.Through his engaging oral historie...

The answers to all the questions you've ever had about sexual orientation but were afraid to ask. Eric Marcus provides insightful, no-nonsense answers to hundreds of the most commonly asked questions about same-sex orientation. Offering frank and accepting insight on everything you've always wanted-and needed-to know about same-gender relationships, coming out, family roles, politics, and much more, including:How do you know if you're gay or lesbian?What should you do if yo...

It is impossible to hold patently contradictory beliefs in mind together at once. Why? Because we know that it is impossible for both to be true. This impossibility is a species of rational necessity, a phenomenon that uniquely characterizes the relation between one person's beliefs. Here, Eric Marcus argues that the unity of the rational mind--what makes it one mind--is what explains why, given what we already believe, we can't believe certain things and must believe cer...