Language Philosophy

The majority of this book is based on the concept of fallacies. This idea is the notion that people often come up with the wrong reasoning, the wrong conclusions, and the wrong steps in their logic. Since they do this, they often argue about things that completely seem to contradict each other, but they don’t. Many people base their fallacies on emotions, past experiences, biased thoughts, or some other thing that gets in the way of pure, correct, infallible logic.

Es el tratado sobre estrategia más famoso del mundo, que se ha convertido en un libro de culto en el ámbito de la empresa. Varias películas ambientadas en Wall Street han contribuido a popularizar este pequeño libro, que nos propone unos principios válidos tanto en el mundo de la estrategia militar como en el de los negocios o la política. A pesar de su antigüedad, se trata de un libro extremadamente moderno, que ayudará a reflexionar sobre cualquier tipo de problema.

You would be surprised how much someone can say through the movement of their arms, legs, torso, head, and facial expressions without ever speaking a work out loud. Best-selling author William J. Coleman has been mastering the techniques of reading people for decades and has used this information to create a series of audiobooks, including body language, which you can use to learn how to read the people around you and understand what they’re thinking without them telling you.

Learn how to survive life's hardships and enjoy its pleasures with the modern stoic mindset. In this enlightening audiobook, philosopher Massimo Pigliucci offers a thoughtful and modern reinterpretation of Epictetus' 53 lessons for living a good life. Drawing on the ancient wisdom of the Stoics, this is a comforting guide that will help you reclaim the power of your emotional response and let go of the things you can't control.

Are your arguments relevant or not? Can you find logic in words, or are the concepts behind them related to the expression? These and many other questions regarding critical thinking skills will be addressed in this comprehensive guide. The author looks at things from a different perspective and uses scientific methods to uncover the truth.

Journeying to the dawn of Homo sapiens, evolutionary biologist Madeleine Beekman reveals the “happy accidents” hidden in our molecular biology that led to one of the most fateful events in the history of life on Earth: our giving birth to babies earlier in their development than our hominid cousins the Neanderthals and Denisovans. Faced with highly dependent infants requiring years of nurturing and protection, early human communities needed to cooperate and coordinate, and it was this unprecedented need for communication that triggered the creation of human language—and changed everything.

Why do Internet, financial service, and beer commercials dominate Super Bowl advertising? How do political ceremonies establish authority? Why does repetition characterize anthems and ritual speech? Why were circular forms favored for public festivals during the French Revolution? This book answers these questions using a single concept: common knowledge.

Why can’t you light a candle in a spaceship? What books are bad for you? Is nature natural? Every year Oxford and Cambridge’s learned professors pose such curious conundrums to potential students to separate the wheat from the chaff, and the clever from the both of them. Do You Think You’re Clever? provides dazzling answers to 60 of these infamously perplexing problems... How would you measure up against Oxbridge’s sharpest minds?

This audiobook begins with an account of the birth of John and of Jesus, the last representatives of prophecy in the house of Israel. The claim that Jesus is the son of God is firmly denied, as is the assertion of the pagans of Mecca that the angels are God’s daughters. It then mentions the missions of some earlier prophets, showing that only human beings are raised to reform the world. Consisting of 93 verses, this is one of the early Meccan chapters.

It’s Our Poems and We’re Stickin’ to It Anthology, by Author Reneé Drummond-Brown and masterful poets from across the globe who weigh in collectively by joining poetic forces: body to body, soul to soul and spirit to spirit, to pen profound works that nourish the reader’s mind. Some say “A mind is a terrible thing to waste.” Truth be told, philosophical poesies are, especially when penned by the gifted, honorable, brilliant-minded, and skilled writers in this compendium. This compilation of poetic writes are “a mind over matter” that hemorrhages on the white pages our ...

Una brújula para la era del pensamiento único, las teorías conspirativas y la acritud política en un mundo polarizado. La retórica, como análisis crítico y constructivo del discurso social, es un aprendizaje imprescindible para el respeto, la convivencia y la neutralización de los conflictos en nuestra sociedad, donde campan fake news y haters, con discursos parciales e irreflexivos. David Pujante reivindica y actualiza esta disciplina milenaria, mostrando el proceso de su desatención y las razones de su actual auge en nuestra sociedad mediática.

Andrea Chapela, una de las grandes autoras jóvenes en nuestra lengua, empieza con esta confesión: "A mí la ciencia me parece bella y, al escribir, quiero explorar esa belleza." En los tres ensayos aquí incluidos, "El acto de ver a través", "El acto de verse" y "La historia de ver", los objetos de la minuciosa observación y animada curiosidad de la autora son, respectivamente, la ventana, el espejo y la luz.

What the World Needs Now is Poems Sweet Poems Anthology, by author Reneé Drummond-Brown and mutually respected writers from across the globe who pen philosophical writings saturated in worldviews relating to: culture, subculture, principles, language, struggle, freedom, equality, inequality and war and peace. It has been said that poetry imitates life, therefore this Anthology gives the reader something of old, something new, something borrowed and ‘sum sho-nuff poetic blues.

John Locke: Enlightenment philosopher, father of liberalism, inventor of “natural rights,” and accidental spiritual patron of land developers, libertarians, and your uncle who won’t shut up about property taxes.

"Know your enemy know yourself and you will win all your battles." Sun Tzu, Chinese General. Want to figure out Chinese ideas? Want to talk about Chinese ideas using Chinese terms? With this comprehensive Anglo-Chinese reader, designed for aspiring State Department China experts and political analysts. Tailored to HSK4 proficiency, this 100-page parallel text dives deep into the ideologies of Marx, Lenin, Mao, and Xi Jinping, providing a robust resource for understanding contemporary Chinese political discourse. 您想用中国画谈政治次略吗? Decode contemporary Chinese political ...

Neste volume, Marilena Chaui aborda filosoficamente um tema que parece familiar e natural: a vida em sociedade. O ser humano é ou não um ser social, gregário? Poderia ele viver isoladamente, sem a interdependência de seus semelhantes? Este livro é mais do que uma tentativa de resposta; é também uma investigação dos pressupostos desse tipo de questão.

Reason has done much of the heavy lifting throughout history. In this second volume, this book presents quotations from many of history's key figures who both recognize the importance—and also the limitations—of reason.

Embark on a captivating journey through the landscapes of language with "Linguistic Arenas: Engaging with Wittgenstein's Language Games". This book unfolds the innovative concept of language games introduced by philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein, showcasing the rich and dynamic nature of human communication. Through engaging narrative, real-world examples, and hypothetical case studies, the book explores how language operates as a set of rules and conventions used for diverse purposes, akin to games played in a linguistic playground. As you traverse through historical contexts, delve into the ...

Neste volume, Tessa Moura Lacerda mostra como os filósofos, desde a Antiguidade até nossos dias, dedicam-se a compreender essa experiência que geralmente é associada apenas com os ímpetos amorosos, mas envolve uma torrente de outros sentimentos e ideias: a paixão.

Neste volume, Alfredo Culleton e Fernanda Bragatto refletem sobre as relações entre Justiça e Direito. Exploram dilemas como "deve-se ou não obedecer a uma lei que contraria nossa consciência?" e visitam teorias clássicas e contemporâneas sobre o justo e o legal.