Pulling Up the Ladder

Pulling Up the Ladder
Author: Richard R. Brockhaus
Publisher:
Total Pages: 360
Release: 1991
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN:

Pulling up the Ladder discusses how Wittgenstein's early philosophy became widely known largely through the efforts of Russell and other empirically-minded British philosophers, and to a lesser extent, the scientifically-oriented German-speaking philosophers of the Vienna Circle. However, Wittgenstein's primary philosophical concerns arose in a far different context, and failure to grasp this has led to many misunderstandings of the Tractatus. From Brockhaus' investigation of that context and its problems emerges this new interpretation of Wittgenstein's early thought, which also affords fresh insights into the later Wittgenstein.

PULL UP THE LADDER JACK

PULL UP THE LADDER JACK
Author: Eric G. Bennett
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 183
Release: 2012-10-25
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 1479734772

'This book is a factual story of the ups and downs in the life of a British Merchant Seaman during the 1940's and 50's. The book is neither an accusation nor a confession, the names and identifying details of the individuals have been changed to protect their privacy'.

Kicking Away the Ladder

Kicking Away the Ladder
Author: Ha-Joon Chang
Publisher: Anthem Press
Total Pages: 196
Release: 2002-07-01
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0857287613

How did the rich countries really become rich? In this provocative study, Ha-Joon Chang examines the great pressure on developing countries from the developed world to adopt certain 'good policies' and 'good institutions', seen today as necessary for economic development. His conclusions are compelling and disturbing: that developed countries are attempting to 'kick away the ladder' with which they have climbed to the top, thereby preventing developing countries from adopting policies and institutions that they themselves have used.

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal

No Longer Separate, Not Yet Equal
Author: Thomas J. Espenshade
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Total Pages: 569
Release: 2009
Genre: Education
ISBN: 0691162131

How do race and social class influence who gets into America's elite colleges? This important book takes a comprehensive look at how all aspects of the elite college experience--from application and admission to enrollment and student life--are affected by these factors. To determine whether elite colleges are admitting and educating a diverse student body, the authors investigate such areas as admission advantages for minorities, academic achievement gaps tied to race and class, unequal burdens in paying for tuition, and satisfaction with college experiences. Arguing that elite higher education affects both social mobility and inequality, the authors call on educational institutions to improve access for students of lower socioeconomic status. Annotation ♭2010 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).

Author:
Publisher: Delene Kvasnicka
Total Pages: 123
Release:
Genre:
ISBN:

The Theatrical Cast of Athens

The Theatrical Cast of Athens
Author: Edith Hall
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Total Pages: 494
Release: 2006-10-12
Genre: Literary Criticism
ISBN: 0199298890

An examination of ancient Greek drama, and its relationship to the society in which it was produced. By focusing on the ways in which the plays treat gender, ethnicity, and class, and on their theatrical conventions, Edith Hall offers an extended study of the Greek theatrical masterpieces within their original social context.

Uncommon Therapy

Uncommon Therapy
Author: Jay Haley
Publisher: W. W. Norton
Total Pages: 848
Release: 1906
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN:

Milton H. Erickson, M.D. is generally acknowledged to have been the world's leading practitioner of medical hypnosis. His "strategic therapy," using hypnotic techniques with or without actually inducing trance, allows him to get directly to the core of a problem and prescribe a course of action that can lead to rapid recovery.This book provides a comprehensive look at Dr. Erickson's theories in practice, through a series of case studies covering the kinds of problems that are likely to occur at various stages of the human life cycle. The results Dr. Erickson achieves sometimes seem to border on the miraculous, but they are brought about by a finely honed technique used by a wise, intuitive, highly trained psychiatrist-hypnotist whose work is recognized as a major contribution to the field.

The Prophecy of the Gate

The Prophecy of the Gate
Author: B. J. Vanderhoof
Publisher: B. J. Vanderhoof
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2023-01-30
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

It is the week of peace, a long-established tradition set forth by the two dragons, the overseers of the land. With the week of peace comes a meeting of all the races in the land. Except for the humans. In a world where humans are oppressed by an evil wizard and his Knights of Enchantment, the humans do not have a voice. A young man named Jyres decides to try to change the fortune of his race. During the process, he is thrust into the role of a hero. This takes him on adventures he never imagined, where he meets new friends from other races including gargoyles, elves, and dwarves. Yet even as they fight back against the evil wizard, a dangerous power threatens to be unlocked. Jyres soon discovers that he is participating in events that were prophesied long ago. The prophecy of the gate looms like a shadow over the land as the forces of good and evil collide. Jyres and his new friends must fight against a wizard, orcs, incredible odds, and fate itself in an effort to prevent a far greater evil from being unleashed upon the world.

Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon

Theoretical Knowledge in the Mohist Canon
Author: Matthias Schemmel
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 217
Release: 2023-01-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 3031087976

This open access book presents a new translation, interpretation and analysis of selected passages from the so-called Mohist Canon, a Chinese text from ca. 300 BCE, and discusses the role of the text in the world history of science, arguing that it represents an early emergence of theoretical, systematized knowledge that is independent from parallel developments in ancient Greece. It is aimed at historians of science, of knowledge and of philosophy, and generally at readers interested in these topics from an intercultural perspective and particularly with respect to China.