Bøger af John Duffy

Experimental economics involves the use of controlled, experimental methods both in the laboratory and the field to better comprehend how individuals and groups make economic decisions and to more clearly identify causal relationships. This book takes the reader to the frontier of research in this exciting and rapidly growing field. Unlike other texts, this book discusses both the methodology of experimental economics and some of the main application areas.The material is organized as a series of 12 chapters or lectures that can be covered in a single academic term. The first five chapters cover the reasons for experimentation as well as basic experimental methodology. The last seven chapters discuss applications of experimental economics to areas such as game theory, public economics, social preferences, auctions and markets. The book assumes only a basic knowledge of economics and game theory and is written at a level that is suitable for advanced undergraduate, master's or PhD students.

""A Philosophy of Poetry: Based on Thomistic Principles"" is a book written by John Duffy that explores the relationship between poetry and philosophy. The book is based on the principles of Saint Thomas Aquinas, a prominent philosopher and theologian of the Middle Ages. Duffy argues that poetry and philosophy are not mutually exclusive, but rather, they complement each other. He asserts that poetry can provide a unique perspective on philosophical concepts and can help to make abstract ideas more accessible and relatable. The book is divided into several chapters, each of which focuses on a different aspect of poetry and philosophy. Duffy examines the role of language in both poetry and philosophy, the relationship between beauty and truth, and the importance of imagination in both disciplines. He also discusses the ways in which poetry can be used to explore ethical and moral issues. Throughout the book, Duffy draws on examples from a wide range of poets and philosophers, including Aristotle, Dante, and Shakespeare. ""A Philosophy of Poetry: Based on Thomistic Principles"" is a thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the intersection between poetry and philosophy.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.

This is a new release of the original 1945 edition.

All of us yearn for a lifelong love relationship, whether it is a marriage or a friendship-or both. But few of us know the secrets to cultivating and maintaining one. Secrets for a Lifelong Love is based on John V. Duffy's experience of lifelong love in his marriage of almost 60 years. In these pages, he unlocks the secrets he has learned and shares the tips, virtues, values, statements, and problem-solving techniques that he has found beneficial. Both young couples planning to get married and married couples experiencing marriage problems will benefit from the wisdom and guidance in these pages. Other lifelong love relationships will also benefit, such as strained parent/child relationships, as well as any long-term relationship that requires wisdom, understanding, and healthy problem-solving techniques. If your deepest heart's desire is developing and maintaining a lifelong love, Secrets for a Lifelong Love is a must-read for you.

John Duffy's The edge of seeing is a collection full of a deep-rooted love, one that finds its anchor in the sheer reliable physicality of the world and the universe it turns in. The poems range widely through Celtic legend, through revolutionary France and the schoolrooms and parlours of a Glasgow childhood. They move easily from the lyrical to the heft and swagger of Glasgow demotic speech. They are crowded with voices, and the felt observation of the natural world, its birds and its animals. They are, as he memorably writes of a new born fawn "as tough as mice / or daisies". The edge of seeing a delight from beginning to end. - John Foggin

Rhetoric Ethics and the Teaching of Writing.

?Students of the history of Vermont should find much to interest them in the book. Duffy and Muller probe more deeply into the phenomena they discuss than did David Ludlum, whose Social Ferment in Vermont, 1791-1850, provides the only previous systematic treatment of reform movements in the 1830s. ... An Anxious Democracy is a useful addition to the rapidly increasing literature about northern New England. Regional historians should become familiar with its contents.?-American Historical Review

We have a tendency today to over-parent, micro-manage, and under-appreciate our adolescents. Dr. John Duffy's The Available Parent is a revolutionary approach to taking care of teens and tweens. Teenagers are often left feeling unheard and misunderstood, and parents are left feeling bewildered by the changes in their child at adolescence and their sudden lack of effectiveness as parents. The parent has become unavailable, the teen responds in kind, and a negative, often destructive cycle of communication begins. The available parent of a teenager is open to discussion, offering advice and solutions, but not insisting on them. He allows his child to make some mistakes, setting limits, primarily where health and safety are concerned. He never lectures -- he is available but not controlling. He is neither cruel nor dismissive, ever. The available parent is fun and funny, and can bring levity to the most stressful situation. All of that is to say, there are no conditions to his availability -- it is absolute.