Books written by Ralph D. Ellis
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Questioning Consciousness: The interplay of imagery, cognition, and emotion in the human brain
The interplay of imagery, cognition, and emotion in the human brain Ralph D. Ellis. Bechtel, William. 1.986. Lecture at Southern Society for Philosophy and Psychology. Bechtel, William. 1987. "Connectionism and thephilosophyof mind: An ...
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Consciousness & Emotion: Agency, Conscious Choice, and Selective Perception
The papers in this volume of Consciousness & Emotion Book Series are organized around the theme of "enaction." Enactive emotional processes are not merely the recipients of information or the passive victims of input and learning.
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Interpreting Construction Contracts: Fundamental Principles for Contractors, Project Managers, and Contract Administrators
Thomas and Ellis discuss the most troublesome contract clauses and present rules to construe them so as to avoid disputes that must be resolved in court.
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Consciousness & Emotion: Agency, conscious choice, and selective perception
The papers in this volume of Consciousness & Emotion Book Series are organized around the theme of "enaction." Enactive emotional processes are not merely the recipients of information or the passive victims of input and learning.
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Questioning Consciousness: The Interplay of Imagery, Cognition, and Emotion in the Human Brain
"Questioning Consciousness" brings together neuroscientific, psychological and phenomenological research, combining in a readable format recent developments in image research and neurology.
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Coherence and Verification in Ethics
This book is an attempt to come to grips with problems of the epistemological basis of ethical beliefs by building on criticisms of approaches to this problem which have been attempted in the recent past.
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Love and the Abyss: An Essay on Finitude and Value
This book develops the notion of a "culture of narcissism," a concept originally proposed by Christopher Lasch. The author puts forward a coherent theory of the role played by love...
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Illumination Guidelines for Nighttime Highway Work
BACKGROUND Recently many states have shifted their priority from building new facilities to maintaining and improving ... As a result, more construction and rehabilitation work is being performed at night when traffic flow is minimal.
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Construction Site Management and Labor Productivity Improvement: How to Improve the Bottom Line and Shorten Project Schedules
Thomas and Ellis provide detailed, straightforward management practices to improve construction site activity and reduce losses in labor productivity from the most common site challenges.
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Just Results: Ethical Foundations for Policy Analysis
Drawing on philosophical works on justice from Kant through John Rawls, this book is informed by a theoretical defense of distributive justice that emphasizes diminishing marginal utility, thus favoring the poor.
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Categorical Versus Dimensional Models of Affect: A Seminar on the Theories of Panksepp and Russell
In this volume Panksepp and Russell each articulate their positions on eleven fundamental questions about the nature of affect followed by a discussion of these target papers by noted emotion theorists and researchers.
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Foundations of Civic Engagement: Rethinking Social and Political Philosophy
Foundations of Civic Engagement is a comprehensive survey and reassessment of the entire field of social and political philosophy. Suitable for use as a primary text for courses on political...