“…The Trump Administration, for instance, is said to be responsible for the U.S.’s inept and deceptive handling of COVID-19 and the harms that American citizens have suffered as a result. But are groups subject to normative assessment simply in virtue of their individual members being so, or are they somehow agents in their own right? …”

“…A double revolution is at work in modern American love: A revolution in higher education has created the most professionally accomplished and independent generation of young women in history, and a revolution in mating has created a prolonged and perplexing search for Mr. …”

“…Indeed, the very first American soldier killed by hostile fire in the "War on Terrorism" was shot by a fourteen-year-old Afghan boy. …”

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“…Charles Sanders Peirce (1839-1914) is generally regarded as the founder of pragmatism, and one of the greatest ever American philosophers. Peirce is also widely known for his work on truth, his foundational work in mathematical logic, and an influential theory of signs, or semiotics. …”
Sumario

“…As part of the Leadership for Learning initiative of the American Association of School Administrators (AASA), this invaluable resource clearly explains complex ideas in an accessible, well-illustrated manner. …”
Sumario

“…La intensa vida de oración presente en estos movimientos no implica un refugiarse en el intimismo o un encerrarse en una vida ‘privada’. …”

“…Tal como nos revelan sus páginas, algunos obstáculos tradicionales (la Iglesia, la Corona, la corrupción electoral) se han ido superando con el paso de los años, pero aún perviven escollos detectados magistralmente por Galdós, como esa concepción patrimonial del poder que implica “gobernar para los nuestros”, así como las profundas raíces de clientelismo político. …”

“…La verdad es una relación, su búsqueda implica el encuentro entre las diferentes perspectivas que se pueden encontrar dentro de una comunidad. …”

“…Ha sido presidente de la American Psychological Association. Ha sido el narrador de la galardonada serie documental de la PBS Discovering Psychology. - El efecto lucifer tiene la virtud de leerse como una novela, aunque se apoya en una sólida investigación científica…”

“…La conversión del gran escritor ruso implica ante todo recusar la moralidad del desencanto y el cinismo estéril en la que él mismo ha militado, para abrirse a la sabiduría genuina de los hombres sencillos, esos "creadores de vida", en cuyos gestos y tradiciones "refulge lo sagrado"…”

“…Los hombres se comunican por el lenguaje escrito y oral, intercambian continuamente mensajes por medio de la prensa, la radio, la televisión, la publicidad, el simple hecho de andar a solas por la calle implica recibir una gran variedad de signos de comunicación : el color de las luces de los semáforos, el aviso de los cláxones de los coches, los letreros y anuncios de las tiendas, la misma indumentaria de la gente que transmite determinadas actitudes y posturas ante la vida, etc. …”

“…No obstante, algunos autores medievales como Ramon Llull, que supuestamente trataban temas considerados extra-científicos, formularon las bases para que fuera posible la recepción del lenguaje matemático. Esto implica la continuidad entre el lenguaje de la física aristotélica y el lenguaje matemático basada en dos grandes cambios: la aparición durante el siglo XIII de una nueva perspectiva acerca de la cuantificación y las relaciones entre los objetos aplicada al movimiento; y la discusión atomista que indaga por las partes mínimas que componen a la naturaleza…”

Materias:

“…The Cult of the Constitution reveals how deep fundamentalist strains in both conservative and liberal American thought keep the Constitution in the service of white male supremacy. …”

“…The fourth edition of the Handbook of Educational Psychology, sponsored by Division 15 of the American Psychological Association, addresses new developments in educational psychology theory and research methods while honoring the legacy of the field's past. …”

“…The contributors to this volume analyse the causes and consequences of economic crises from the Great Depression to the present day, incorporating post-World War II reconstruction, the oil crisis of the 1970s and the "lost" Latin American decade of the 1980s, among others. This longer-term view allows the book to provide insights into understanding economic cycles in the long run, not just at a specific moment in time, and the ways in which they have spread internationally. …”

“…Over the course of those four years, Stalin, at Churchill's insistence, accepted an Anglo-American press corps in Moscow to cover the Eastern Front. …”

“…In addition to his Nobel lecture, the volume includes essays on the condition of exile, the nature of history, the art of reading, and the idea of the poet as an inveterate Don Giovanni, as well as a homage to Marcus Aurelius and an appraisal of the case of the double agent Kim Philby (the last two were selected for inclusion in the annual Best American Essays volume). The title essay is a consideration of the poetry of Robert Frost, and the book also includes a fond appreciation of Thomas Hardy, a "Letter to Horace", a close reading of Rilke's poem "Orpheus. …”

“…This book draws on a number of traditions, from Africa, Hindu, and Buddhist understandings of justice to Latin American theological and Scriptural readings of justice to develop a new concept for our times. …”