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Just as there are many types of heterosexualities, there are many types of homosexualities. This text traces the journey of gay people and the search for spirituality from early Greek times to contemporary culture via the myths, poems and symbols of male homosexualities through the centuries.

Exploring the work of Howard Stein, these essays treat such topics as: Plato's conception of exact science; the structure of argumentation in Newton's "Principia"; imagery in the work of Descartes and Newton; patterns of reasoning in Maxwell; and Mach's conception of space, time and motion.

This collection of philosophical essays looks at various technical problems in the use of probability theory for guidance in practical decisions. This text is intended for those who already have a basic grounding in philosophy, logic and probabilty theory.

Develops the notion of a "culture of narcissism," a concept originally proposed by Christopher Lasch. The author puts forward a coherent theory of the role played by love in human problems of finitude and the experience of the basic value of being.

These essays explore the dialogue between science and religion. Contributors address ideas on the evolution of matter, life and mind; the evolution of language and brain; consciousness and creativity; religion as a moral framework; science and the Qur'an; and religion and enviromental ethics.

This volume captures the philospher and public icon's battles with injustice, ignorance and cruelty through more than 400 letters. They express his views on a wide range of subjects and tell us much about the social and political history of the time.

The author puts forth two arguments in this volume: that Western science and education are products of an Abrahamic world view and; that all religions, regardless of tradition, enhance our non-material lives by providing direction towards a religious experience, a sense of "fully belonging".

This examination of Simone de Beauvoir's form of existentialism pays special attention to her work, "The Ethics of Ambiguity", in which de Beauvoir draws from many thinkers in the continental tradition to argue that one's own freedom is intertwined with that of others.

Paradoxes are sets of propositions that are individually plausible, but collectively inconsitent. This book introduces the subject of paradoxes, it surveys the range of types of paradoxes, and introduces an integrated theory of paradoxes. It explains and analyzes over 130 paradoxes.

This collection of essays discusses the work of Jurgen Habermas - the philosopher and exponent of the tradition known as "Critical Theory". His works defend the Enlightenment ideas of rationality, humanism, and the possibilities of discourse.

Events in the Middle East, Indonesia and the Balkans during the 1990s illustrate the many negative aspects of nationalism. This collection of essays investigates both the strengths and weaknesses of nationalism from a variety of cultural perspectives.

Presenting a wide range of views and strategies, The Green Halo analyzes the problematic relations between humans and the rest of the natural world. The author looks at the views of thinkers including John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Al Gore, and suggests alternative ways to view nature, assign it value, and respond to ecological crises.

Celebrating Eliot Deutsch's project promoting understanding of Asian philosophical ideas among Westerners, these essays discuss and comment on his ideas. Topics covered in the essays include mysticism, aesthetics and truth. Also included are Deutch's own replies to the essays.

Scientists, ethicists, religious leaders and legal experts explore the benefits and costs of cloning. Topics include: is cloning against human nature?; the separation of reproduction from human relationships; clones in medicine; eugenic/dysgenic and the cultural consequences of human cloning.

Scientific naturalism, or scientism, is the theory that science has all the answers. This book argues that not all philosophical explanations can be reduced to scientific ones. Refuting support for scientism, it suggests that reliabilist and causal theories of epistemic justification are unsound.

Scientists, ethicists, religious leaders and legal experts explore the benefits and costs of cloning. Topics include: is cloning against human nature?; the separation of reproduction from human relationships; clones in medicine; eugenic/dysgenic and the cultural consequences of human cloning.

Written in the genre known as narrative philosophy, this text examines philosophical snapshots of family life - showing that the ordinary journey through marriage, maturity and parenting is fraught with questions about ethics, knowledge and metaphysics.

Recently, economic pressures resulting from less federal revenue and Americans' growing aversion to tax increases have led many state governments to liberalize gambling laws or sponsor gambling. This book looks at the arguments for and against doing so.

This collection of metaphysician Charles Hartshorne's writings provides an introduction to his contribution to contemporary philosophy. Central to his outlook are interpretations of such notions as God, freedom, chance, creativity and the social character of experience.

This text examines the philosophy of Paul Weiss. Much of Dr Weiss's impact has come through his example, discussions, and such activities as founding and editing the "Review of Metaphysics" and founding and leading the Metaphysical Society of America.

This text debates the question: "Does reliance on reason require an unreasonable faith in reason?" Fideists (advocates of faith) argue that there are beliefs and commitments that are necessarily beyond reason.

The TQM movement is rapidly taking hold in the educational system, but so far it has stopped at the classroom door. This book is a manual for the next stage: the application of TQM methods in supervising and evaluating teachers, so that quality teaching becomes an attainable goal.

This is the personal story of one woman's journey through breast cancer, a disease which has reached epidemic proportions and now claims the lives of 46,000 American women each year. For Barbara Stone, cancer was not a death sentence, but a challenge to survive the "firing process" of the illness.

Are the supposed memories recovered in therapy genuine? There is no scientific evidence that memories can be repressed, but plenty that false ones can be created. The authors offer a critical and comprehensive analysis of recovered memory therapy in all its ignorance, irrationality and cruelty.

This revised edition examines different notions of rationality, such as the means-end concept, hedonism and the "evil-avoidance" view, and then rejects them in favour of the theory that to act rationally is to act "for the best", a theory the author characterises as "critical pluralism".

Contains a selection of addresses given to the Parliament, including contributions by Protestant ministers, African Americans, Jews, Muslims, Buddhists, Hindus, and other Asian religions. Also included are various "points of contact and contention", between counterparts in different traditions.

Challenges the belief-system of psychiatry and the brutal and disrespectful treatment frequently given to the "mentally ill". The author presents a critique of the medical model as applied to individuals undergoing spiritual or emotional crises.

The essays written for this volume reflect the scope of Professor Fingarette's scholarship, which ranges from social philosophy to Confucian thought, and the essential unity in his concern with what it means to live a personal life.

Part of a series of studies of contemporary philosophers, this volume focuses on Rudolf Carnap.