Author: Tim Bayne File Type: pdf This collection of essays focuses on the interface between delusions and self-deception. As pathologies of belief, delusions and self-deception raise many of the same challenges for those seeking to understand them. Are delusions and self-deception entirely distinct phenomena, or might some forms of self-deception also qualify as delusional? To what extent might models of self-deception and delusion share common factors? In what ways do affect and motivation enter into normal belief-formation, and how might they be implicated in self-deception and delusion? The essays in this volume tackle these questions from both empirical and conceptual perspectives. Some contributors focus on the general question of how to locate self-deception and delusion within our taxonomy of psychological states. Some contributors ask whether particular delusions - such as the Capgras delusion or anosognosia for hemiplegia - might be explained by appeal to motivational and affective factors. And some contributors provide general models of motivated reasoning, against which theories of pathological belief-formation might be measured.The volume will be of interest to cognitive scientists, clinicians, and philosophers interested in the nature of belief and the disturbances to which it is subject. **

Author: David D. Schein File Type: epub The Decline of America offers a carefully documented analysis of the last seventeen U.S. presidents. These men, eight Democrats and nine Republicans, have shaped the last 100 years, not only for America, but for the world. Each president is profiled with unsparing scrutiny so we can see where its all gone wrong. David Schein follows these critiques by proposing ways to improve Americas outlook for the next 100 yearsbefore its too late. **Review This is a book for all ages. It covers a breathtaking swath of American history in a way that should interest young adults and mature readers. In todays hyper-partisan environment, it was wonderful to read an objective, fact-based narrative of American presidential history. It is destined to become a veritable go to source to learn about U.S. presidents. (Vikas Mittal, Ph.D., J. Hugh Liedtke Professor of Marketing, Jones Graduate School of Business, Rice University, Houston, TX) David Schein has articulated the concerns that many Americans have been thinking for many years, especially since the 2006 presidential election. That is, the United States has been in a sharp and grave decline from its world leadership role for the better part of 50 to 100 years. InThe Decline of America,Schein offers an in-depth evaluation of every American president for the last 100 years and gives them each a grade, most of which are barely passing. In doing so, he uncovers underlying themes that have contributed to the decline we are now experiencing. He also provides a prescription for returning the country to its rightful world leadership role, which includes asking Americans to better educate themselves on the issues, not as the pundits, political consultants, and candidates spin them, but based on their own objective and non-partisan research and experience. Reading Dr. Scheins book is a huge first step in that process. (James D. Phillips Pd.D. J.D., Associate Dean, School of Management, Marist College) WhileThe Decline of Americaoffers a historical perspective of the presidency and the men who have occupied it for the last century, it also serves as a precursor to what we might expect from Oval Office inhabitants in years and generations to come. Scheins look backward...can shed light on what we, our children, and our grandchildren might have in store. (Ed Barks, President, Barks Communications) I thoroughly enjoyed readingThe Decline of America 100 Years of Leadership Failures.Based on performances and not popularity polls, Dr. Schein has assigned a grade for each president that represents an overall evaluation on their ethics and leadership. The recommendations for correcting the problems in the U.S. are clear and insightful. This remarkable book will help the reader with a new view of the last 100 years of U.S. presidents. (Wei Song, Ph.D., Professor of Marketing, School of Business, Black Hills State University) The book gives a vivid picture of US presidents during the last 100 years and examines two important aspects of the presidentstheir leadership decisions and their ethical orientation. The author is contributing to the field of research of the social, political, and economic systems around the world. Socially, the author has brought up the responsibility of presidency from the perspective of ethics and leadership. Politically, the author has brought out the failures of presidents from the angle of the US political system. Economically, the author has shown the municipal bankruptcies as a warning signal. I would recommend that my students in China read the book to broaden their vision of US society. (Crystal Feng, Associate Professor, International College of Business and Technology, Tianjin University of Technology, Tianjin, Chiina) About the Author Dr. David Schein is an attorney, consultant, author, and public speaker. He is an Associate Professor at the Cameron School of Business of the University of St. Thomas. He has been interviewed for television, radio, and numerous national and local publications.

Author: Michæl Frede File Type: epub Where does the notion of free will come from? How and when did it develop, and what did that development involve? In Michael Fredes radically new account of the history of this idea, the notion of a free will emerged from powerful assumptions about the relation between divine providence, correctness of individual choice, and self-enslavement due to incorrect choice. Anchoring his discussion in Stoicism, Frede begins with Aristotle--who, he argues, had no notion of a free will--and ends with Augustine. Frede shows that Augustine, far from originating the idea (as is often claimed), derived most of his thinking about it from the Stoicism developed by Epictetus.**

Author: Sarah Culpepper Stroup File Type: pdf This is a study of the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly late Republican socio-textual culture as recorded in the writings of this periods two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. It reveals a multi-faceted textual - rather than more traditionally defined literary - world that both defines the intellectual life of the late Republic, and lays the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration. By first questioning, and then rejecting, the traditional polarisation of Catullus and Cicero, and by broadening the scope of late Republican socio-literary studies to include intersections of language, social practice, and textual materiality, this book presents a fresh picture of both the socio-textual world of the late Republic and the primary authors through whom this world would gain renown. **Review By focusing on works that were intended to be dedicated to other participants of the society of patrons rather than published to the wider public (although how Stroup manages to make the distinction in the historical sense is never made clear), Stroup tries to approach the question of literary production in the Late Republic from a new perspective. -- Ryan Wei, Mouseion Book Description This book studies the emergence, development, and florescence of a distinctly late Republican socio-textual culture as recorded in the writings of this periods two most influential authors, Catullus and Cicero. This laid the foundations for those authors of the Principate and Empire who identified this period as their literary source and inspiration.