Bøger af Howard Robinson

Learning From Life is an anthology of poems that reflect on both the mundane and the more challenging aspects of everyday life. In his poems, the author takes a look at everything from Sunday mornings and the importance of time in bed; the stresses and strains of everyday life, and reflections of more dramatic events, including the Covid pandemic and the Manchester Arena bombing.One of the poems, though - The Hope We Cling To - reflects on the trauma and uncertainty experienced when his son-in-law was suddenly diagnosed with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia in 2021. Thankfully, he received a stem cell transplant in 2022, arranged by the charity, Anthony Nolan. That is why ALL profits from the sale of this anthology are being donated to Anthony Nolan.Anthony Nolan saves the lives of people with blood cancer. The charity uses its register to match potential stem cell donors to blood cancer and blood disorder patients in need of stem cell transplants. It also carries out pioneering research to increase stem cell transplant success and supports patients through their transplant journeys. Every day Anthony Nolan gives three people a second chance at life. About 2,400 people in the UK need a stem cell transplant from a stranger every yearBlood cancer is the fifth most common type of cancer in the UK and the third biggest cancer killer. It accounts for 9% of all new cases of cancer diagnosed in the UKAnd It costs £40 to add each new donor to the register so Anthony Nolan always needs financialsupport.For more information, visit www.anthonynolan.org

What happens when the country you have always called home decides you're not welcome anymore? A new novel, which imagines what life might be like in France under a future Far Right President - as told through the stories of a series of different characters, The Sixth Republic is Howard Robinson's third novel. It begins with France having elected her first Far Right President, Marianne Mercier, who wastes no time in moving to create a nation only for those she deems to be "authentically French". This includes the closing of France's borders, the imposition of bans on ethnic minorities and the creation of guarded communes in remote parts of the country to which all members of ethnic communities must be sent. The novel explores the implications of such moves for those labelled the enemy within - people like young Muslim woman Inura Badour, her parents and her partner or Jewish teacher Andre Saloman and his family, including his grandmother Mathilde, who had been a member of the French Resistance during World War Two. The plot continues in the United Kingdom, where admirers of the new French President are poised to engineer a similar scenario. The rise of the National Independence Party and its leader Hugo Sherriden threatens anyone deemed undesirable by virtue of colour, religion or sexuality. But amid the darkness, there is always hope that tolerance can win out over extremism.

A small time rugby club, Haven RUFC are going on tour. The story begins at the end of season, county cup final. Haven are the underdogs playing a Team from the biggest town in the county, Malvil Park. The Haven club are a mixture of has-beens and never-wasses. They have two decent players, a gifted scrum half, who only plays well when protected by his friend and village bobby, the club's powerful no 8. The ageing chairman of Haven is approached by the County Deputy Chief Constable, who also happens to chair the selection panel for the county team, informing him under strict secrecy that someone at the Haven club is suspected of drug smuggling. The policeman informs Haven's chairman that a drug squad officer has been playing for Haven for some time, under cover. Who is the secret policeman and who is bringing in the drugs? What goes on tour is supposed to stay on tour but follow the story of Haven RUFC and see if you can spot angels and devils.

A controversial yet accessible introduction surveying perception. Covers theory from Descartes and the empiricists through Wittgenstein on privacy to contemporary physicalist theories, with a focus on the sense-datum theory.

The assumption of materialism (in its many forms) Howard Robinson believes is false. In his book he presents a very forceful critique of the modern forms that materialism has taken. In telling discussions of the theory of supervenience put forward by Davidson and Peacocke, the central state materialism attributable to Smart, Armstrong and others, Putnam's functionalism, and Rorty's disappearance theory, he shows that, whatever their local inconsistencies, these forms of materialism all overlook or quite inadequately explain elementary and unimpeachable intuitions about our own mental experiences. Robinson concludes with a consideration of the alternative views of the matter of which the mind is held to consist. These arguments will either serve to crystallise for the most part inchoate opposition to materialism among a number of philosophers, and will challenge its proponents to find a more secure defence for the basis of their view.