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Mentality and Machines Mentality and Machines Keith Gunderson 1985 Spring
Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time Verbal Art, Verbal Sign, Verbal Time Roman Jakobson Krystyna Pomorska and Stephen Rudy, Editors 1985 Spring
Postures of the Mind: Essays on Mind and Morals Postures of the Mind Essays on Mind and Morals Annette Baier 1975 Spring
Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700 Spain and Portugal in the New World, 1492-1700 Lyle N. McAlister 1984 Fall
A narrative and interpretive history of Spanish and Portuguese exploration, settlement, and colonization of the Americas.
Solidarity Forever: An Oral History of the IWW Solidarity Forever An Oral History of the IWW Stewart Bird, Dan Georgakas and Deborah Shaffer None None
Utility and Rights Utility and Rights R.G. Frey, Editor 1984 Fall
The Limits of Scientific Reasoning The Limits of Scientific Reasoning David Faust 1984 Fall
Draws upon the findings of cognitive psychology to show that human judgment is far more limited than we have tended to believe, and that all individuals, scientists included, have a surprisingly restricted capacity to interpret complex information.
Kant on Causality, Freedom, and Objectivity Kant on Causality, Freedom, and Objectivity William L. Harper and Ralf Meerbote, Editors 1984 Fall
Theory of the Avant-Garde Theory of the Avant-Garde Peter Bürger 1984 Spring
This volume sets before English-language readers for the first time a fully elaborated theory of the “institution of art.” The author argues that it is the social status of art, its function and prestige in society, that provides the connection between the individual art work and history. Bürger’s concept of the institution of art establishes a framework within which a work of art is both produced and received.
Practical Reason, Aristotle, and Weakness of the Will Practical Reason, Aristotle, and Weakness of the Will Norman O. Dahl 1984 Fall