“…These include basic ontological distinctions - society and culture, general and 'special' history, the discontinuity of cultural objects, the importance of definition for special history, scales, facets and fiat objects as forms of historical structure, the nature of evidence and proof, historical truth and controversies. Stressing critical realism as the stratified, multi-causal approach needed for productive research today in the academy, this book creates the subject of the ontology of art history and sets aside a theoretical space for metaphysical reflection, thus clarifying the usually muddy distinction between theory, methodology and historiography in art history"--…”
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Tabla de Contenidos: “…Introduction: This time is different -- The American hegemonic system in theoretical and historical perspective -- How hegemonic orders unravel -- Exit from above : Russia and China seek to transform the international order -- Exit from below : regime security, exit options and the rise of new external patrons -- Exit from within : right-wing transnationalism as counter-order movements -- Exit made in America : the Trump presidency -- Conclusions: Heading for the exit…”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…The death penalty today. Facing the truth -- The appearances and realities of lethal injection / Kim Philip Hansen -- Seeing ourselves from an international perspective -- An international perspective on the death penalty / Amanda Beal -- Trying to get it right -- Rethinking the death penalty / Trudy D. …”
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“…As more and more Victorian asylum doctors looked to the bodily fabric to reveal the ‘truth’ of mental disease, a whole host of techniques and technologies were brought to bear upon the patient's body. …”

“…Calling for the discipline to turn its focus back to truth and the external world, Ferraris s manifesto which sparked lively debate in Italy and beyond offers a wiser realism with social and political relevance.In the new atmosphere of Anglophone continental thought, realism is not just a viable option but is arguably home to the most promising innovations of our time. …”

“…While we can all understand the semantics of negation in its role of altering truth values, this ambitious book aims to take the reader much further. …”

“…This book includes the following essays: • A Historical Gaze at the Mathematical Aesthetic, by Nathalie Sinclair and David Pimm • Aesthetics for the Working Mathematician, by Jonathan M. Borwein • Beauty and Truth in Mathematics, by Doris Schattschneider • Experiencing Meanings in Geometry, by David W. …”

“…Contextualizing these recordings in the long history of attempts to capture the moment of death in American culture, Malkowski shows how digital media are unable to deliver death "in full detail," as its metaphysical truth remains beyond representation…”

“…How should historians speak truth to power - and why does it matter? Why is five hundred years better than five months or five years as a planning horizon? …”

“…The idolatrous and mythopoietic imagination that is described in La Scienza Nuova (New Science) has much in common with the "pagan" mind (that is to say the mind subjugated to passions, sensitivity and fantasy that is described in La Recherche (The Search after Truth). Some of the themes discussed here are myth, the metaphoric nature of thought, idolatry, the formation of mentality, the relationships which bind passions and representations and the association of ideas through iconic images. …”

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“…But who doesn't enjoy it when an arrogant but untalented contestant is humiliated on American Idol, or when the embarrassing vice of a self-righteous politician is exposed, or even when an envied friend suffers a small setback? The truth is that joy in someone else's pain-known by the German word schadenfreude--permeates our society. …”

Tabla de Contenidos: “…: el SALALM, los libreros y el libro que está por venir / Alvaro Risso -- Don't try to change them : how SALALM's history provides insight into the future of Latin American studies library development / Mark L. Grover -- The truth that no one wants to know : preserving the record of unprecedented violence in Ciudad Juárez, 2008-present / Molly Molloy -- Reading Leonés in New Haven : cataloging backlogged materials in other Iberian languages / Ellen Jaramillo -- From trash to treasure : incorporating the voices of the marginalized into the collection of Indiana University libraries / C. …”

“…In this function they serve as our truth sources. Different beliefs stem from different sources or different hierarchies between same sources. …”

“…Written by Nancy Duarte, President and CEO of Duarte Design, the firm that created the presentation for Al Gore's Oscar-winning film, An Inconvenient Truth , this book is full of practical approaches to visual story development that can be applied by anyone. …”

“…Many market pundits have decried the concept without examining the underlying dynamics associated with these companies' failures. The truth is, prior business models were built on a flawed business case, not bad technology. …”

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