![]() Hannan defends panpsychist metaphysics of will, comparing it with contemporary views according to which causal power is metaphysically basic. ![]() According to Hannan, Schopenhauer was struggling half-consciously to break altogether with Kant and transcendental idealism the anti-Kantian features of Schopenhauer's thought possess the most lasting value. In addition to providing a useful summary of Schopenhauer's main ideas, Hannan connects Schopenhauer's thought with ongoing debates in philosophy. Hannan emphasizes the peculiar inconsistencies and tensions in Schopenhauer's thought-he was torn between idealism and realism, and between denial and affirmation of the individual will. ![]() ![]() This book is an introduction to the philosophy of Arthur Schopenhauer, written in a lively, personal style. ![]()
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![]() Patrick McCray, “and I am delighted that UCSB and the Santa Barbara community will be able to continue to hear from an exciting roster of speakers over the coming years.” “This is wonderful news,” said history of science professor W. They will also have the opportunity to meet with graduate students in the History Department. Badash’s intellectual, professional, and personal commitment to the intersection of science and technology with broader social issues. ![]() These invited speakers give a public lecture on a topic reflecting Prof. ![]() Funds to support the Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture will be used to bring notable speakers to the University of California, Santa Barbara. Their generous donation recognizes and honors Larry’s long interest in the history of physics, arms control, civil liberties, academic freedom, and the environment. (The photo shows other founding supporters as well.) ![]() For the next five years, Nancy Hofbauer, Larry’s life partner, and his two children, Bruce Badash and Lisa Jones, will generously support the annual lecture series. ![]() UCSB’s Department of History is delighted to announce that a trio of private donors will provide funding to continue the annual Lawrence Badash Memorial Lecture. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Cassia was thrilled to have Xander be her match because she already knew him very well and loves him dearly, so she truly thought they were perfect matches. His name is Xander Carrow and he had been her best friend since childhood. At first, she expected the image to show the face of a random stranger who would be from another city but was soon shocked that instead, the screen showed the face of someone she knows very well. When she entered the room, there was a large screen in front of her, so she waited until it showed the person’s image of her perfect match. When Cassia arrives at her Match Banquet, she is extremely excited and eagerly waited until her name was called. ![]() Society determines who everyone will marry, so the officials are in charge of matching both boys and girls to find their perfect match because they believe that it will enhance happy marriages and produce well-balanced offspring. The story starts off with Cassia Reyes taking a train to attend her Match Banquet for her seventeenth birthday. The book is about a dystopian reality where the government will determine all the important decisions, such as who people will marry at seventeen, books/poems they can read, what they can eat when they die. Hey guys! In this article, I will be covering the first book of the Matched trilogy called Matched by Ally Condie. ![]() ![]() ![]() Since that day, with the industry in pursuit of its win-at-all-costs strategy, the situation has only grown more dire. Every year, the average American eats thirty-three pounds of cheese (triple what we ate in 1970) and seventy pounds of sugar (about twenty-two teaspoons a day). And by the time he sat down, the meeting was over. ![]() When he was done, the most powerful person in the roomthe CEO of General Millsstood up to speak, clearly annoyed. To deny the problem, he said, is to court disaster. This executive then launched into a damning PowerPoint presentation≱14 slides in allmaking the case that processed food companies could not afford to sit by, idle, as children grew sick and class-action lawyers lurked. Increasingly, the salt-, sugar-, and fat-laden foods these companies produced were being linked to obesity, and a concerned Kraft executive took the stage to issue a warning: There would be a day of reckoning unless changes were made. ![]() On the agenda: the emerging epidemic of obesity, and what to do about it. In the spring of 1999 the heads of the world's largest processed food companiesfrom Coca-Cola to Nabiscogathered at Pillsbury headquarters in Minneapolis for a secret meeting. Michael Moss reveals how companies use salt, sugar, and fat to addict us and, more important, how we can fight back. From a Pulitzer Prizewinning investigative reporter at The New York Times comes the explosive story of the rise of the processed food industry and its link to the emerging obesity epidemic. ![]() ![]() ![]() The longer Marian stays in the past, the more she cares about William. William Durham, a valiant knight comes to Marian's rescue and offers her protection. Until Marian tests his theories and finds herself in the Middle Ages during a dangerous peasant uprising. He's left behind tantalizing clues that suggest he's crossed back in time. But when her father falls into a coma after drinking a vial of holy water believed to contain traces of residue from the Tree of Life, Marian must question all of her assumptions. ![]() That's exactly what research scientist Marian Creighton has always believed about her father's quest, even if it does stem from a desire to save her sister Ellen from the genetic disease that stole their mother from them. The ultimate cure that could heal any disease? Crazy. ![]() ![]() ![]() Out of sentiment or to save labor, the bodies of children were placed alongside their mothers in the same coffin. The living were trying to identify the dead-a difficult task, since some of the bodies were bloated from drowning, while others had struck repeatedly against the rocks. Those victims who had already washed ashore lay in rough wooden boxes on a nearby hillside. ![]() When he arrived, fragments of the wreck were scattered across the strand. Two days later, a thirty-two-year-old Massachusetts native, en route from Concord to Cape Cod, got word of the disaster and detoured to Cohasset to see it for himself. All but nine crew members and roughly a dozen passengers perished. Within an hour, the ship had broken up entirely. Those below deck drowned when the hull smashed open. Early the next morning, the ship was caught in a northeaster, driven toward shore, and dashed upon the rocks just outside Cohasset Harbor. They had been at sea for a month now, with less than a day’s sail remaining, they celebrated the imminent end of their journey and, they hoped, the beginning of a better life in America. John was a so-called famine ship: Boston-bound from Galway, it was filled with passengers fleeing the mass starvation then devastating Ireland. ![]() On the evening of October 6, 1849, the hundred and twenty people aboard the brig St. ![]() Why, given his hypocrisy, sanctimony, and misanthropy, has Thoreau been so cherished? Illustration by Eric Nyquist ![]() ![]() ![]() And is it her imagination, or does her captor share those feelings? Even when she is finally released, Chloe vows to protect her captor at any cost. Though still fearing for her safety, she now fantasizes about a life together. Before long, Chloe begins to have feelings for him that take her by surprise. At least her kidnapper, although cold and distant, visits frequently, often bringing gifts. ![]() The weeks pass and, haunted by terrifying dreams and with only her thoughts to keep her company, Chloe fights to remain calm in an impossible situation. His revelation that she is being held as ransom for a prisoner exchange, however, does little to allay her fears. Chloe can only imagine the worst.Īfter several days of total isolation and utter despair, Chloe faces a new threat when her kidnapper appears, but she also feels a sense of relief. Waking up from a drug-induced sleep, she finds herself in a squalid warehouse. ![]() Seventeen-year-old Chloe's summer vacation in Greece comes to an abrupt end when she is suddenly bound, gagged and whisked away to an unidentified location. What happens when the source of your worst fears becomes the object of your affection? ![]() ![]() I think Gorey truly believed and wanted to convince people that his work was not for children, and that sad things did happen in his stories. This Gorey quote seems to perfectly summarize the way Gorey categorizes his work, however, I extremely disagree with Gorey in his evaluation. And there’s probably no happy nonsense, either.” Read more at: As Schubert said, there is no happy music. Sunny, funny nonsense for children - oh, how boring, boring, boring. I’m trying to think if there’s sunny nonsense. “If you’re doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there’d be no point. The juxtaposition between Gorey’s child-friendly artistic style and his stories’ content is quite obvious and got me to wonder, what was Gorey’s view of his own artwork? I remembered a quote mentioned in class about how Gorey did not consider his work to be for children, so I looked the quote up and this is what I found: ![]() ![]() Due to the friendly and childish nature of the characters within his book, one would assume the stories the images describe to be more appropriate for a younger audience, but of course the stories contain mature content. ![]() Amphigory, by Edward Gorey, was one of the most confusing and therefore intriguing works we have looked at all year. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Among the amazing builders you'll meet: Ovenbirds, who carry clumps of mud up into the trees to make their nest Darwin's bark spiders, who build webs stretching out as far as three buses, end-to-end Moles, who use their spade-like paws to dig extensive networks of tunnels with nesting spaces and storerooms where they keep earthworms to snack on later Polar bear mothers, who make their dens under the snow to stay in for five long months, nursing their cubs and eating nothing themselves Through lyrical text and entrancing edge-to-edge illustrations, admire the spectacular ingenuity of these animal architects. From big beaver dams to tiny caddisfly cases. Featuring 26 creatures from around the world, each amazing animal architect tells its own 'micro story' about its impressive architectural skills in this delightfully unique wildlife book. We Build Our Homes: Small Stories of Incredible Animal Architects is written by Laura Knowles and published by QEB Publishing. We Build Our Homes: Small Stories of Incredible Animal Architects Author: Laura Knowles, Illustrator: Chris Madden Start Reading It’s not only humans who can build incredible structures: around the world, mammals, birds, and insects can be found building incredible things. ![]() From big beaver dams to tiny caddisfly cases, this beautifully illustrated picture book explores each animal's incredible home and uncovers the reasons why they build. Laura Knowles Chris Madden We Build Our Homes Hardcover 44 ratings See all formats and editions Hardcover 26.46 3 New from 22.48 Publisher Australian Geographic Pty Ltd ISBN-10 1925695220 ISBN-13 978-1925695229 See all details The Amazon Book Review Book recommendations, author interviews, editors' picks, and more. ![]() It's not only humans who can build incredible structures: around the world, mammals, birds and insects can be found building incredible things. ![]() ![]() It was Mulligan’s exposure to children living on a landfill in the Philippines that inspired Trash, which he wrote while working as a teacher in Manila, though he drew on his experiences with impoverished communities in several cultures to flesh out the story and characters. Mulligan’s exposure to poverty in India made him question his life’s path and he returned to Britain to retrain as a teacher, after which he taught in Cornwall, England Vietnam Brazil and the Philippines. However, the economic downturn in Britain under Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher left Mulligan out of work in the 1980s, resulting in a life-changing visit to Calcutta, India, where a friend was repairing an orphanage. After completing university in the United Kingdom, he worked as a theater director and he had grand ambitions of running the Royal Shakespeare Company. ![]() Andy Mulligan was born and raised in South London. ![]() |
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