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Explaining the Cosmos is a major reinterpretation of Greek scientific thought before Socrates. Focusing on the scientific tradition of philosophy, Daniel Graham argues that Presocratic philosophy is not a mere patchwork of different schools and styles of thought. Rather, there is a discernible and unified Ionian tradition that dominates Presocratic debates. Graham rejects the common interpretation of the early Ionians as "material monists" and also the view of the later Ionians as desperately trying to save scientific philosophy from Parmenides' criticisms. In Graham's view, Parmenides plays a constructive role in shaping the scientific debates of the fifth century BC. Accordingly, the history of Presocratic philosophy can be seen not as a series of dialectical failures, but rather as a series of theoretical advances that led to empirical discoveries. Indeed, the Ionian tradition can be seen as the origin of the scientific conception of the world that we still hold today.
This book presents some of the most recent trends and developments in Presocratic scholarship. A wide range of topics are covered - from the metaphysical to the moral to the methodological - as well as a broad a range of authors: from recognized figures such as Heraclitus and Parmenides to Sophistic thinkers whose place has traditionally been marginalized, such as Gorgias and the author of the Dissoi Logoi. Several of the pieces are concerned with the later reception and influence of the Presocratics on ancient philosophy, an area of study important both for the light it sheds on our evidence for Presocratic thought and for understanding the philosophical power of their ideas. Drawing together contributions from distinguished authorities and internationally acclaimed scholars of ancient philosophy, this book offers new challenges to traditional interpretations in some areas of Presocratic philosophy and finds new support for traditional interpretations in other areas.
Are Jane Austen and Charles Darwin the two great English empiricists of the nineteenth century? Peter W. Graham poses this question as he brings these two icons of nineteenth-century British culture into intellectual conversation in his provocative new book. Graham shows that while the one is generally termed a naturalist (Darwin's preferred term for himself) and the other a novelist, these characterizations are at least partially interchangeable, as each author possessed skills that would serve well in either arena. Both Austen and Darwin are naturalists who look with a sharp, cold eye at the concrete particulars of the world around them. Both are in certain senses novelists who weave densely particularized and convincingly grounded narratives that convey their personal observations and perceptions to wide readerships. When taken seriously, the words and works of Austen and Darwin encourage their readers to look closely at the social and natural worlds around them and form opinions based on individual judgment rather than on transmitted opinion. Graham's four interlocked essays begin by situating Austen and Darwin in the English empirical tradition and focusing on the uncanny similarities in the two writers' respective circumstances and preoccupations. Both Austen and Darwin were fascinated by sibling relations. Both were acute observers and analysts of courtship rituals. Both understood constant change as the way of the world, whether the microcosm under consideration is geological, biological, social, or literary. Both grasped the importance of scale in making observations. Both discerned the connection between minute, particular causes and vast, general effects. Employing the trenchant analytical talents associated with his subjects and informed by a wealth of historical and biographical detail and the best of recent work by historians of science, Graham has given us a new entree into Austen's and Darwin's writings.
During the first World War, a flag with a gold star identified families who had lost soldiers. Grieving women were "Gold Star" mothers and widows. Between 1930 and 1933, the United States government took 6,654 Gold Star pilgrims to visit their sons' and husbands' graves in American cemeteries in Belgium, England, and France. Veteran Army officers acted as tour guides, helping women come to terms with their losses as they sought solace and closure. The government meticulously planned and paid for everything from transportation and lodging to menus, tips, sightseeing, and interpreters. Flowered wreaths, flags, and camp chairs were provided at the cemeteries, and official photographers captured each woman standing at her loved one's grave. This work covers the Gold Star pilgrimages from their launch to the present day, beginning with an introduction to the war and wartime burial. Subsequent topics include the legislative struggle and evolution of the pilgrimage bill; personal pilgrimages, including that of the parents of poet Joyce Kilmer; the role of the Quartermaster Corps; the segregation controversy; a close examination of the first group to travel, Party A of May 1930; and the results of the pilgrimage experience as described by participants, observers, organizers, and scholars, researched through diaries, letters, scrapbooks, interviews, and newspaper accounts.
First published in 1994. Mission Statements: A Guide to the Corporate and Nonprofit Sectors offers the most exciting opportunities for advancing the study of organization direction in the four decades that it has been actively pursued. The study of missions of organizations has remained on the “back burner” of scholarly pursuits because of the great difficulty that researchers have faced in gathering appropriate formal statements from corporations and nonprofit organizations. As a result, the importance of missions to distinguish among organizations and to guide the development and execution of implementing strategies has become a nearly universally endorsed but unenthusiastically practiced element in organizational planning activities. This information laden new book by John Graham and Wendy Havlick invites managers and academic researchers to undertake the study of missions with greater expectations that much can be learned about the organizations, their leaders, and their strategies through a comprehensive assessment of their written statements of values and priorities.
American Public Opinion on NATO, Extended Deterrence, and Use of Nuclear Weapons
Thomas W. Graham
University Press of America
1989
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This volume, a comprehensive review of forty years of public opinion data, shows Americans do not support initiating use of nuclear weapons to defend allies in Western Europe, but they strongly support NATO, internationalist policies, and the defense of Western Europe. Since the advent of standardized public opinion polling in the mid-1930s, a large academic literature has been produced on public attitudes and American foreign policy.
Darwin's Replacement: Introducing the Godly Life-Science of Atomic Biology As the Replacement for Darwin's Theory of Evolution
Graham McLennan; Thomas W. Rogers
Lifetime Reference Guides Inc.
2018
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In 1987, a curiosity came to the mind of a new believer in our Creator God. Thomas W. Rogers came from a background in engineering, research, construction, and manufacturing. His nature is to understand how material things are constructed and maintained. The curiosity was to determine how this Creator actually constructs and maintains living entities, including us. When his research and findings went to where previous science had not gone, it was time to get serious. Tom established "Reality Research & Development Inc." to proceed more formally with the research. Through three decades of R&D with input from forty-five scholars, with special credit to the 2016 Nobel Prize Winners for Chemistry, super-intelligence is proven essential for building cell-parts, cells, and us. This, of course, eliminates Evolution as the cause of life as it has no intelligence with which to do the essential works. A new science was created to study the selection and assembly of the right numbers of the right atoms into cell-parts for living entities. The group called the science "Atomic Biology." Tom and his co-author, Dr. Graham McLennan have written the details into "Darwin's Replacement." This may sound technical but the basics are simple enough for a fifth-grader to understand. There seems to be only one real super-intelligent force; the majority of our citizens and our governments call this force, "God." Coupling this science with the facts that God is already highly recognized by the governments of Canada, the USA, the UK, and Australia, this gives our students the inalienable right to be taught Why God is a highly recognized part of Their Governments; especially now for scientific reasons. "The Atomic Biology Institute" has been established as a non-profit organization to further the research and education regarding this subject. Potential benefits that can be produced by applying Atomic Biology include, but are not limited to, improvements in Nutrition, Agriculture, Aquaculture, Medicine, Education, Belief in God, Mental and Physical Health. This is an exciting major project. The Purpose is to bring the credit for creating and maintaining us back to our Creator where it belongs. The Goal is to bring Him into science classes at all levels from grade five through university, to show the enormous scientific works and care He provides for each one of us every second of every day.Your interest is greatly appreciated. It will take many participants to be proud of helping to get the message out there and to make this happen.
A comprehensive yet accessible survey of ancient philosophy, covering Greek, Roman, and early Judeo-Christian philosophy, ideal for introductory courses in the ancient roots of modern worldviews Part of the popular Fundamentals of Philosophy series, Ancient Philosophy is an ideal resource for beginning students as well as for advanced students wishing to hone their understanding of the philosophies of the ancient world. Clear and engaging, this book covers a representative selection of major ancient thinkers, movements, and schools of thought, including the Sophists and other significant Presocratics, Socrates, Plato, Aristotle, Hellenistic philosophy, the Stoics, the Skeptics, and early Judeo-Christian philosophy up to Augustine. Written by a prominent scholar and author in ancient philosophy studies, this book: Provides an overview of important issues in the study of the philosophies of the ancient worldExplores the relevance of the theories of ancient thinkers to the modern worldCharts the progression in the ancient world from worldviews based in mythology to systems of thought based on the analysis of evidencePresents up-to-date scholarship as well as historical material from ancient sourcesAssumes no prior knowledge of philosophy and examines all arguments carefully and sequentially
Are Jane Austen and Charles Darwin the two great English empiricists of the nineteenth century? Peter W. Graham poses this question as he brings these two icons of nineteenth-century British culture into intellectual conversation in his provocative new book. Graham shows that while the one is generally termed a naturalist (Darwin's preferred term for himself) and the other a novelist, these characterizations are at least partially interchangeable, as each author possessed skills that would serve well in either arena. Both Austen and Darwin are naturalists who look with a sharp, cold eye at the concrete particulars of the world around them. Both are in certain senses novelists who weave densely particularized and convincingly grounded narratives that convey their personal observations and perceptions to wide readerships. When taken seriously, the words and works of Austen and Darwin encourage their readers to look closely at the social and natural worlds around them and form opinions based on individual judgment rather than on transmitted opinion. Graham's four interlocked essays begin by situating Austen and Darwin in the English empirical tradition and focusing on the uncanny similarities in the two writers' respective circumstances and preoccupations. Both Austen and Darwin were fascinated by sibling relations. Both were acute observers and analysts of courtship rituals. Both understood constant change as the way of the world, whether the microcosm under consideration is geological, biological, social, or literary. Both grasped the importance of scale in making observations. Both discerned the connection between minute, particular causes and vast, general effects. Employing the trenchant analytical talents associated with his subjects and informed by a wealth of historical and biographical detail and the best of recent work by historians of science, Graham has given us a new entree into Austen's and Darwin's writings.
First published in 1994. Mission Statements: A Guide to the Corporate and Nonprofit Sectors offers the most exciting opportunities for advancing the study of organization direction in the four decades that it has been actively pursued. The study of missions of organizations has remained on the “back burner” of scholarly pursuits because of the great difficulty that researchers have faced in gathering appropriate formal statements from corporations and nonprofit organizations. As a result, the importance of missions to distinguish among organizations and to guide the development and execution of implementing strategies has become a nearly universally endorsed but unenthusiastically practiced element in organizational planning activities. This information laden new book by John Graham and Wendy Havlick invites managers and academic researchers to undertake the study of missions with greater expectations that much can be learned about the organizations, their leaders, and their strategies through a comprehensive assessment of their written statements of values and priorities.
The Southwest Pacific and the War
Malbone W. Graham; Clifford M. Zierer; Harry Hoijer
Literary Licensing, LLC
2011
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Studies in the Morphology, Taxonomy, and Ecology of the Peridiniales: Biology III
Herbert W. Graham
Literary Licensing, LLC
2013
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The Soviet Security System: International Conciliation, No. 252, September, 1929
Malbone W. Graham Jr; Nicholas Murray Butler
Literary Licensing, LLC
2013
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The book titled ""The Soviet Security System: International Conciliation, No. 252, September, 1929"" is written by Malbone W. Graham Jr. The book offers a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet security system during the year 1929. The author examines the various components of the Soviet security system, including the secret police, the military, and the political apparatus. The book explores the Soviet Union's foreign policy and its relations with other countries during the time period. The author also discusses the challenges faced by the Soviet security system, including internal dissent and external threats. Overall, the book provides a detailed account of the Soviet security system and its role in shaping the country's political and social landscape during the early years of the Soviet Union.This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the old original and may contain some imperfections such as library marks and notations. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions, that are true to their original work.
The Soviet Security System: International Conciliation, No. 252, September, 1929
Malbone W. Graham Jr; Nicholas Murray Butler
Literary Licensing, LLC
2013
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