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Geoffrey Hellman presents a detailed interpretation of mathematics as the investigation of structural possibilities, as opposed to absolute, Platonic objects. After dealing with the natural numbers and analysis, he extends his approach to set theory, and shows how to dispense with a fixed universe of sets. Finally, he addresses problems of application to the physical world.

These collected essays supply theoretical background to the author's work on moral philosophy. His central theme is the paradox that, if moral judgements were just statements of fact, relativism would be inescapable.

This imaginative and unusual book analyses the moral sensibilities and assumptions that were at the heart of political debate in Victorian and early twentieth-century Britain, focusing on the role as public moralists of intellectuals from John Stuart Mill and Matthew Arnold to J. M. Keynes and F. R. Leavis.

This is an account of how moral concepts such as forgiveness, praise, guilt and punishment apply to human interaction and behaviour. The author attempts to reach conclusions about which versions of traditional Christian doctrines utilizing such notions are morally acceptable.

This study traces the development of Karl Marx's ethics as they underwent shifts and changes during different periods of his life.

What is music for? How does it work? What can it teach us? This thought-provoking book, combining musical and appropriate scientific research, seeks the answers to these and other fundamental questions about music.

This study offers an interpretation of Britain's policy towards Germany in the years immediately following World War II, and a reassessment of the part played by Britain in the collapse of the Grand Alliance and the development of the Cold War.

These essays represent the full range of Dodds' literary and philosophical interests, and his ability to combine profound scholarship with the lucid humanity of a teacher convinced of the value of Greek studies to the modern world.

The influence of J.L.Austin on contemporary philosophy was substantial during his lifetime, and has grown greatly since his death, at the height of his powers, in 1960. This book, first published in 1961, was the first of three volumes to increase the influence and popularity of his work.

This book examines two notable forms of chamber music involving piano and strings. Smallman surveys the development of these genres from their origins in the mid-eighteenth century to the present day.

A selection of writings from the "Ancrene Wisse", a guide for female recluses written in the West Midlands in the early 13th century, and the closely related religious works of the "Katherine Group". This edition is designed to introduce them to a wider audience.

Based on public lectures given in Oxford, this book contributes to one of the most fundamental debates in modern European history - that concerning the conflict which debilitated and transformed Europe between 1914 and 1918.

This study of the West Indies in the mid-19th century draws on the experiences of more than a dozen sugar colonies to illustrate the politics and society of the islands on the eve of emancipation. It places British government policies towards the region in the context of Victorian attitudes.

An analysis of Vergil's epic poem, which explores the secondary narrators whose voices can be heard throughout the work. The author examines Vergil's method of using such further voices to comment upon, question or occasionally subvert the epic's main narrator.

This work by two economists who were involved as experts in the reform of the Polish economy in the 1950s and 1960s present the results of their efforts to develop in theory an economic system which could avoid the worst excesses of both capitalism and central planning.

A study tracing the emergence of the Zionist movement through which the Jews were reformed as a political people. It concentrates on 1897, when Herzl launched the Zionist movement, and the following decade, which saw the establishment of the movement's main ideas and central institutions.

This book provides a clear and much-needed guide to the mass of literature on Northern Ireland since the current troubles started in 1968,

Provides a comprehensive picture of the life and thought of George Berkeley, integrating his philosophy with his religion. The book reveals Berkeley to be a deep and human thinker, rather than a virtuous idealist.

This text tackles a central problem of Jewish and comparative religious history: proselytization and the origins of mission in the Early Church. The author offers a controversial theory that mission is not an inherent religious instinct, and that its importance was rarely stressed in antiquity.

This work covers the themes and personalities of the Catholic revival in Anglicanism.

How far have women progressed in the "unfeminine" career of policing? How far do they want to go and how far will their male colleagues and the public let them? This is a comparative work on women and law enforcement in Britain and the United States.

Based on the testimony of over 200 children who have been victims of a wide range of crimes this book gives voice for the first time to their experiences, their views, and their needs. The authors contrast the treatment of children who are victims of sexual abuse with those who are victims of other crimes.

Winner of the 1988 Paul Reuter Prize awarded by the International Committee of the Red Cross, this book examines the rights of national liberation movements to resort to force to secure self-determination, and the application of laws of armed conflict to national liberation wars.

This revised edition has been updated and expanded to include a new essay on freedom of contract and the New Right, which charts the latest shift in the development of contract law. The author argues that this shift can be traced to the New Right's advocacy of political and economic freedom.

Argues that no metaphysical account of laws can succeed. This is a book in the philosophy of science, which examines the concept of laws of nature. The author analyses and rejects arguments for the existence of such laws, and argues that there is no point in us believing that they exist.

`...an interesting and original contribution to the realist argument' The Times Higher Education Supplement.

This study sets out to test the traditional view that English landed society has accommodated new families made rich by business or public office. From an examination of the landed elites of three counties between 1540 and 1880, the authors come to radical conclusions about the landed class.

The text here with an introduction by Mozart scholar Cliff Eisen, draws the reader's attention to the virtues of the volume, it also examines the developments in Mozart scholarship.

This is a study of William Walton's life and works. In this biography Walton's personality emerges as a creative artist committed to his art yet plagued by misgiving and doubts and prey to insecurity and frustration. Kennedy was appointed biographer by the composer himself.

Schroeder here sets out to challenge the widely held view of Haydn as an inspired instrumental musician who composed in isolation from 18th-century enlightened thinking. By means of both documentary and musical investigation the author seeks instead to present him as a culturally and politically sensitive representative of the Age of Enlightenment.