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By Doug Muder, David C Kay. 1999
This book contains advice on dictating, editing, Web browsing, and running your computer with voice commands using voice recognition software.…
Discover how to: verbally control your Windows desktop and all applications, dictate and edit documents and e-mails, maximize voice recognition accuracy, use a pocket recorder on the run, and add specialized terms and verbal shortcuts to Dragon's vocabulary. 1999.By Jane Jacobs. 2004
Architectural and city-planning scholar Jacobs argues that Western civilization in general and North American society in particular are headed for…
a period of reconfiguration, chaos, and lost cultural memory. She credits this to the erosion of five key pillars of Western civilization: community and family, higher education, scientific advancement, taxation, and self-policing by learned professions, as well as changes in agriculture and transportation. 2004.By Christopher Norris. 1987
Jacques Derrida is one of the most important people in contemporary Anglo-American literary theory. This book sets out to explain…
the significance of Derrida's writings and to place them within the western philosophical tradition. The author also discusses some reasons for the massive institutional resistance which has prevented philosophers from engaging seriously with Derrida's work. 1987.By Hal Niedzviecki, Steve Mann. 2001
Steve Mann uses his own experience with inventing and testing his various wearable computer prototypes to assess the state of…
wearable computers and their potential impact on our lives. He articulates a vision for a tomorrow that sees humanity freer, safer, and smarter in ways most of us can only imagine. 2001.By Bryan Magee. 1997
The author tells the story of his discovery of philosophy, and in doing so introduces the subject to his reader.…
Experiences of everyday life provide discussion of philosophers and explain why certain philosophical questions persistently exercise our minds. 1997.By Nancy Muir. 2008
Step-by-step computer basics for mature users who want to learn how to buy a computer and access the Internet. Explains…
using the mouse, keyboard, and e-mail; working with files and folders; adding a printer, scanner, or fax machine; enjoying digital photography; listening to music; and playing games. 2008.By Ronald J Deibert. 2013
Cyberspace is all around us. We depend on it for everything we do. We have reengineered our business, governance, and…
social relations around a planetary network unlike any before it. But there are dangers looming, and malign forces are threatening to transform this extraordinary domain. The author, a leading expert on digital technology, security, and human rights, lifts the lid on cyberspace and shows what’s at stake for internet users and citizens. 2013.By Lydia Flem. 1997
A psychoanalyst examines the life and memoirs of the self-professed great lover. Describes Giacomo Casanova's pleasure in reliving his experiences…
as he wrote twelve volumes of his reflections. Analyzes his amorous pursuit of women. Some descriptions of sex. c1997. Uniform title: Casanova, ou, L'exercise du bonheur.By Jean-Paul Sartre, Hazel Estella Barnes. 2003
This monumental book, regarded by many as Sartre's greatest achievement, is one of the most influential philosophical works of the…
20th century. In it Sartre set out his fundamental views on philosophy and laid the foundations of existentialism. 2003.By Jean Vanier. 1998
Jean Vanier shares his vision for creating a common good that radically changes our communities, our relationships, and ourselves. He…
proposes that by opening ourselves to others, those we perceive as weak, different, or inferior, we can achieve true personal and societal freedom. 1998.By Richard E Rubenstein. 2003
Europe was in the long slumber of the Dark Ages, the Roman Empire was in tatters, and the Greek language…
was all but forgotten, until a group of Arab, Jewish, and Christian scholars rediscovered and translated the works of Aristotle. His ideas spread across Europe like wildfire, offering the scientific point of view that the natural world, including the soul of man, was a proper subject of study. The Catholic Church convulsed, and riots took place at the universities of Paris and Oxford. 2003.By Barbara T Mates, Doug Wakefield, Judith M Dixon. 1999
Advice for librarians and others on ways to improve disabled persons' access to electronic resources, including computers and the Internet.…
Provides information about screen readers, braille displays, voice-recognition systems, and hearing-assistance devices. Lists web sites, vendors, manufacturers, consultants, and libraries with special programs. 1999.By Rolf Tiedemann, Theodor W Adorno, Robert Hullot-Kentor, Gretel Adorno. 1997
Aesthetic Theory is Adorno's posthumous magnum opus and the culmination of a lifetime's investigation. Analysing the sublime, the ugly and…
the beautiful, Adorno shows how such concepts frame and distil human experience and that it is human experience that ultimately underlies aesthetics. In Adorno's formulation 'art is the sedimented history of human misery'. 1997.By Mary Wollstonecraft, Miriam Brody. 2004
Writing in an age when the call for the rights of man had brought revolution to America and France, Mary…
Wollstonecraft produced her own declaration of female independence in 1792. Passionate and forthright, A Vindication of the Rights of Woman attacked the prevailing view of docile, decorative femininity, and instead laid out the principles of emancipation: an equal education for girls and boys, an end to prejudice, and for women to become defined by their profession, not their partner. Mary Wollstonecraft's work was received with a mixture of admiration and outrage - Walpole called her 'a hyena in petticoats' - yet it established her as the mother of modern feminism. Originally published in 1792. c2004.By Charles Taylor. 2007
Traces the emergence of secularity and the processes of secularization in the modern age, and challenges the idea that the…
secular takes hold in a world where religion is experienced as a loss or where religions are subtracted from the culture. The Protestant Reformation, with its emphasis on breaking down the invidious political structures of the Catholic Church, provides the starting point down the road to the secular age. Taylor concludes that a focus on the religious has never been lost in Western culture, but that it is one among many stories striving for acceptance. 2007. If you request this book on CD it will be on 2 or more CDs. You must play the first CD to the end before playing the next CD.By Robert C Solomon, Kathleen Marie Higgins. 1997
Portrays the evolution of philosophical ideas and trends from ancient times to postmodern thinking, which arose after World War II.…
Traces the development of key ideologies and movements, explaining their meanings, relationships, and historical significance. 1997.By Emily Esfahani Smith, Danielle Lafarge. 2017
Notre société est obsédée par la quête du bonheur, d'où émergent parfois des sentiments d'impuissance et même de désespoir. Et…
si cette quête n'était pas la bonne? Si la clé d'une vie pleine et heureuse n'était pas le bonheur, mais plutôt le sens qu'on lui donne? S'appuyant sur des recherches récentes dans le domaine de la psychologie et explorant des concepts littéraires et philosophiques, Emily Esfahani Smith appuie sa théorie sur 4 piliers: Appartenance (développer le sentiment d'appartenir à un groupe: une famille, une entreprise, une équipe sportive, etc.); Raison d'être (repérer ce qui motive réellement nos comportements et y prendre appui); Art du récit (prêter attention à ce que l'on se raconte à soi-même sur sa vie afin d'être plus résilient); Transcendance (se sentir en lien avec quelque chose de plus grand que soi, l'art ou la nature, par exemple). L'auteur nous fournit également des pistes pour intégrer une culture du sens à notre vie de famille, à notre vie professionnelle et à notre communauté. Dans ce livre inspirant qui regorge d'exemples très actuels, elle nous ouvre la voie vers une existence plus enrichissante et plus satisfaisante. 2017. Titre uniforme: The power of meaning.By Bertrand Russell. 1984
This book, first published in 1946, is considered a masterpiece in its field. By presenting a history of Western philosophy…
in relation to its social and economic background, this book creates an understanding of the past with its changing philosophical doctrines. 1984.By Adam Morton. 1997
This text is designed to be used on introductory courses in epistemology. It covers both historically important topics as well…
as current issues and debates. Topics include: beliefs and perception, induction and probability, and knowledge of minds. 1997.By Fabien Loszach. 2016
" Les téléphones ont-il tué l'ennui? Où sont passées nos photos de famille? Les objets connectés sont-ils de simples gadgets?…
La dernière décennie, avec son lot d'innovations numériques, nous donne parfois l'impression que l'on a atterri sur une nouvelle planète. Pourtant, en grattant un peu, on s'aperçoit bien souvent que derrière le vernis de notre culture et de nos comportements modernes se cachent nombre de fonctionnements anciens. À travers 50 questions, Fabien Loszach tente d'expliquer que le monde tel qu'il est aujourd'hui façonné par les nouvelles technologies de l'information n'est peut-être pas si différent du bon vieux temps . " -- 4e de couv.