Sinnott: 18 books
by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2009
Some argue that atheism must be false, since without God, no values are possible, and thus "everything is permitted." Walter Sinnott-Armstrong argues that God is not only not essential to morality, but that our moral behavior should be utterly independent of religion. He attacks several core ideas:...
Think Again
How to Reason and Argue
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2018
Our personal and political worlds are rife with arguments and disagreements, some of them petty and vitriolic. The inability to compromise and understand the opposition is epidemic today, from countries refusing to negotiate, to politicians pandering to their base. Social media has produced a virulent...
God? : A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist
A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2003
The question of whether or not God exists is profoundly fascinating and important. Now two articulate spokesmen--one a Christian the other an atheist--duel over God's existence in an illuminating battle of ideas. In God? A Debate between a Christian and an Atheist William Lane Craig and Walter Sinnott-Armstrong...
by Walter Sinnott-Armstrong
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: January 26, 2006
All contentious moral issues--from gay marriage to abortion and affirmative action--raise difficult questions about the justification of moral beliefs. How can we be justified in holding on to our own moral beliefs while recognizing that other intelligent people feel quite differently and that many...
The Art and Craft of Coffee
An Enthusiast's Guide to Selecting, Roasting, and Brewing Exquisite Coffee
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
“In the decades that Kevin Sinnott has spent meeting with and interviewing hundreds of coffee professionals, rather than crossing over to the dark side and becoming one himself, he has taken what he has learned and translated it from coffee geek-speak into English. Why? For the sole purpose of allowing...
by Alice M. Sinnott
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 5, 2017
This book examines the personification of Wisdom as a female figure - a central motif in Proverbs, Job, Sirach, Wisdom and Baruch. Alice M. Sinnott identifies how and why the complex character of Wisdom was introduced into the Israelite tradition, and created and developed by Israelite/Jewish wisdom...
by Dennis Sinnott
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 4, 2012
If you've ever toyed with the idea of getting into music publishing - now you can - and for practically nothing. The reason? The rapid advance of digital has practically zeroed out overheads. This book shows you in simple steps how to do it. Here's your chance to get into the most lucrative field in the music industry! Get your copy today!
by Dennis Sinnott
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 27, 2015
The Number one book for starting and operating a digital record company- from licensing, distributing, to promotion and marketing recordings globally.This ebook will show you how to release recordings, and have them selling globally within 48 hours! You will also find all the information you need...
Being Amoral
Psychopathy and Moral Incapacity
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2014
Investigations of specific moral dysfunctions or deficits that shed light on the capacities required for moral agency.
Psychopathy has been the subject of investigations in both philosophy and psychiatry and yet the conceptual issues remain largely unresolved. This volume approaches psychopathy...
The Development of Logic in Adulthood
Postformal Thought and Its Applications
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2013
In this book Jan D. Sinnott synthesizes her 20 years of research on lifespan cognitive development to describe the growth of complex (or `postformal') thought in adults. She shows specifically how adults improve mentally over a lifetime and learn to think in more complex and wiser ways. Applications...
Lorraine Hansberry
Award-Winning Playwright and Civil Rights Activist
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1999
Lorraine Hansberry tells the fascinating story of the brave and talented woman who, almost single-handedly, overcame the racial obstacles that made for a segregated American theatre in the years following World War II. Hansberry was just twenty-nine years old when her play A Raisin in the Sun opened...
by 華特．西諾—阿姆斯壯(Walter Sinnott-Armstrong)
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 12, 2019
Language: Chinese
Release Date: March 12, 2019
◆本書教的是邏輯，而非詭辯之詞◆
「美國最頂尖的學府之一」杜克大學最受歡迎的論辯課，吸引來自一百五十個國家、超過九十萬名學生線上註冊學習
你將學到如何理解並評斷他人的論據，以及如何基於感興趣的話題建構自己的論證
沒有人認為自己是好戰分子，更不是無知的傻瓜。如果你渴望擁有清楚闡述個人意見的能力，足以判讀何者是正確論證抑或巧用話術的詭辯，能夠分析其他人（包括政客、網紅、意見領袖，甚至你的老師）的論點，以及分析自身的論點－－本書將是你最佳的入門導引！
★☆我們的生活，能從華特教授這一劑「強效的理性思考與論證」獲益
朱家安 「沃草公民學院」主編、哲學雞蛋糕腦闆
哲學新媒體｜Philosophy...
Golden Aging
Prospects for Healthy, Active, and Prosperous Aging in Europe and Central Asia
Language: English
Release Date: June 23, 2015
Societies across Europe and Central Asia are aging, but people are not necessarily living longer. This demographic trend-caused by a decrease in fertility rather than improved longevity-presents both challenges and opportunities for governments, the private sector, and individuals alike. Some of the...
Chemical Engineering Design
Principles, Practice and Economics of Plant and Process Design
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2012
Chemical Engineering Design, Second Edition, deals with the application of chemical engineering principles to the design of chemical processes and equipment. Revised throughout, this edition has been specifically developed for the U.S. market.
It provides the latest US codes and standards,...
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