Author: Anne Reboul File Type: pdf This book proposes a new two-step approach to the evolution of language, whereby syntax first evolved as an auto-organizational process for the human conceptual apparatus (as a Language of Thought), and this Language of Thought was then externalized for communication, due to social selection pressures. Anne Reboul first argues that despite the routine use of language in communication, current use is not a failsafe guide to adaptive history. She points out that human cognition is as unique in nature as is language as a communication system, suggesting deep links between human thought and language. If language is seen as a communication system, then the specificities of language, its hierarchical syntax, its creativity, and the ability to use it to talk about absent objects, are a mystery. This book shows that approaching language as a system for thought overcomes these problems, and provides a detailed account of both steps in the evolution of language its evolution for thought and its externalization for communication.

Author: Paul M. Taylor File Type: pdf The scale and variety of acts of religious intolerance evident in so many countries today are of enormous contemporary concern. This timely study attempts a thorough and systematic analysis of both Universal and European practice. The standards applicable to freedom of religion are subjected to a detailed critique, and their development and implementation within the UN is distinguished from that within Strasbourg, in order to discern trends and obstacles to their advancement.ReviewAs an exercise in comparing European and International legal struggles in religious liberty, Taylors book is worth reading. -- The Law and Politics Book Review, Stephen McDougal, University of Wisconsin-La Crosse...highly technical and very thorough examination of the law of religious freedom as it has developed in the UN and European Union...it is a treasure trove...Taylor has written a detailed, exhaustive treatment of two different human rights system (UN and Europe) in light of their success or failure in securing religious freedom. It is a work that repays reading and reflection, at least by human rights lawyers. --William L. Saunders, JR., Senior Fellow in Bioethics and Human Rights Counsel, Family Research Council, Touchstone (Januaryebruary 2009)Book DescriptionFreedom of thought, conscience and religion is one of the core freedoms found in international human rights instruments at both UN and European level. This timely study is the first to provide a detailed critique of the standards applicable to freedom of religion. UN and European standards are examined side-by-side in order to highlight the rationale for any apparent departures between the two systems and to determine the level of recognition given to different aspects of the freedom.

Author: Terence Diggory File Type: pdf This work is designed to show a double influence first, that of American poets, especially Whitman, on W. B. Yeats, and, second, of Yeats on a wide range of American poets who began their careers during the first decades of the century.Originally published in 1983.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.**

Author: Justin Sands File Type: pdf Merold Westphal is considered to be one of the preeminent Continental philosophers of religion. His articulation of faith as the task of a lifetime has become a touchstone in contemporary debates concerning faiths relationship to reason. As Justin Sands explores his philosophy, he illuminates how Westphals concept of faith reveals the pastoral, theological intent behind his thinking. Sands sees Westphals philosophy as a powerful articulation of Protestant theology, but one that is in ecumenical dialogue with questions concerning apologetics and faiths relationship to ethics and responsibility, a more Catholic point of view. By bringing out these features in Westphals philosophy, Sands intends to find core philosophical methodologies as well as a passable bridge for philosophers to cross over into theological discourses.**ReviewJustinSands significantly engages the important work of Merold Westphal, adistinguished voice in current discussion of religion in contemporary Continentalphilosophy in the English-speaking world.Sands offers a wide-ranging exploration of Westphals work as a whole,from early investigations to more mature articulations. In a helpfully informative and thoughtfulmanner he charts the diverse influences and dialogue partners of Westphal, fromHegel and Kierkegaard to Derrida and Nietzsche, and many more. Sands showshimself a deft interpreter of his subject, and offers a thoughtful and engagingmap of Westphals work, from both philosophical and theological perspectives.In the process he also lays out many of the major landmarks of recentdiscussion of religion in current Continental thought. Well informed andinformative, it is an engaging and illuminating work which is to be recommendedwarmly --William Desmond,David Cook Chair in Philosophy, Villanova University, USAProfessor of Philosophy, Institute of Philosophy, KU Leuven, BelgiumJustin Sands reading of Westphals philosophy of religion shows how his crossings of philosophy and theology make for a compelling intellectual combustion. The authors exploration of comparative eschatological perspectives in Caputo, Ricoeur and other postmodern writers brings the debate to the cutting edge of contemporary continental philosophy. This is a long overdue critical homage to one of the bravest religious thinkers of our generation. -- Richard Kearney, Charles B. Seelig Chair of Philosophy at Boston CollegeReviewJustin Sands has composed a text that both succeeds at several points as an enlightening commentary on Merold Westphals intricate thought and provokes new questions concerning the original project of his diverse philosophy of religion and fundamental theology. (B. Keith Putt editor of The Future of Continental Philosophy of Religion) An excellent introduction to Merold Westphals work directed at both a philosophical and a theological audience. Extensive and thorough, balanced and fair. (Christina M. Gschwandtner author of Degrees of Givenness)