The Problems of Philosophy (1912) is one of Bertrand Russell's attempts to create a brief and accessible guide to the problems of philosophy. Focusing on problems he believes will provoke positive and constructive discussion, Russell concentrates on knowledge rather than metaphysics: If it is uncertain that external objects exist, how can we then have knowledge of them but by probability. There is no reason to doubt the existence of external objects simply because of sense data.
BBC Knowledge Magazine’s international publication for everyone who is curious about the world we all share – the natural life that inhabits it, the history that has shaped our lives upon it, and the science that is propelling us onward into the 21st century.
Dictionary of Language Teaching and Applied Linguistics, Fourth Edition
The indispensable reference for students of applied linguistics and language teaching. * 2000 detailed entries from subject areas such as teaching methodology, curriculum development, sociolinguistics, syntax and phonetics. * Clear and accurate definitions assume no prior knowledge of the subject matter and includes helpful examples, diagrams and tables. * Links related subject areas and helps broaden students' knowledge
Each chapter deals with a different technique from which we can best represent and make explicit the forms of knowledge used by designers. The book explores whether design knowledge is special, and attempts to get to the root of where design knowledge comes from. Crucially, it focuses on how designers use drawings in communicating their ideas and how they 'converse' with them as their designs develop. It also shows how experienced designers use knowledge differently to novices suggesting that design 'expertise' can be developed. Overall, this book builds a layout of the kinds of skill, knowledge and understanding that make up what we call designing.
Defining Literary Criticism: Scholarship, Authority and the Possession of Literary Knowledge, 1880-2002
Outlining the controversies that have surrounded the academic discipline of English Literature since its institutionalization in the late nineteenth century, this important book draws on a range of archival sources.
