Metaphysics as Rhetoric

Metaphysics as RhetoricParens argues that Alfarabi, the tenth century Muslim philosopher, demonstrated that Plato is not the originator of Western metaphysics, and that what appears to be Plato's metaphysics was intended as a rhetorical defense of his politics. The most widely accepted view in the West today, particularly among postmodernists, is that Plato attempted to ground politics on a rational metaphysics and initiated the tradition of foundationalism that has given

Who ought to receive more (or less) health care

Krockow draws some sobering and novel conclusions about the unfolding drama in general and the Holocaust in particular

It begins by providing an overview of the current use of growth regulators in both cool-season and warm-season turfgrass species

there are certain challenges associated with their usage

it was actually continuing a long trend more openly

With supplementary tools such as simulations and code notebooks

Sugarcane breeding has until very recently been based solely on phenotype

Ernst Bloch

Ireland sent large organized bodies of men to fight on opposite sides in the Spanish Civil War

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and shows how during the civil rights movement he articulated a standard for assessing democracy in terms of ability to facilitate individual citizen participation