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A Blend of Absurdism and Humanism: Defending Kurt Vonnegut’s Place in the Secondary Setting [PDF]

, 2018
This essay argues that Kurt Vonnegut blends a unique humanist stance into his absurdist plots and characters, ultimately urging readers to confront the absurd with a kindness and human decency his protagonists often find rare.
Johnson, Krisandra R
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Early Quakers and their Theological Thought, 1647-1723

, 2017
It is with great appreciation to the authors and editors of this important volume on the theological thought of early Friends— Stephen Angell and “Ben” Pink Dandelion—as it fills a gap in the history of Quaker research in much needed ways.
Anderson, Paul N.
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Aquinas’ De malo and the Ostensibly Problematic Status of Natural Evil as Privation [PDF]

, 2018
Arguments concerning the nature of natural evil vary in their conclusions depending on the particular approach with which they commence inquiry; one of the most contested conclusions regards evil as privation, sourcing its justification primarily from ...
Pertierra, Iñaki Xavier Larrauri
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The Law Challenged and the Critique of Identity with Emmanuel Levinas. [PDF]

Int J Semiot Law, 2022
Petrilli S.
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Performance paradoxes: The politics of evaluation in public services [PDF]

, 2008
About the book: Public Services Inspection in the UK provides a detailed account of the changing role of inspection in public services management. It outlines the continuing debates about providing inspection that encourages not only accountability but ...
Clarke, John
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Relocating Stevenson: From a Victorian to a post/modern world

Literacy Trek, 2020
Robert Louis Stevenson’s novella, The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886) appears to be a Victorian novel. Yet, the highly acclaimed novella experiments with traditional concept of dualism and rejects the notion of dependent entities within a ...
Azer Banu Kemaloğlu
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Perfect Quasi-Perfect Equilibrium

, 2019
In strategic-form games Selten's (1975) perfect equilibria are admissible. This is not true for extensive-form perfection. Quasi-perfect equilibria solves this problem using Selten's (1975) trembles to introduce a refinement of Nash equilibrium wherein each player puts infinitesimal weight on other players's strategies, but not her own.
Blume, Larry, Meier, Martin
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Nature Writing, American Exceptionalism, and Philosophical Thoughts in Edward Bliss Emerson\u27s Caribbean Journal [PDF]

, 2014
Through the use of qualitative content analysis (Patton, 2002), this essay examines the philosophical thoughts presented in the journal and family letters of Edward B.
Mayo-Santana, Raúl
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Disability and other identities?-how do they intersect? [PDF]

Front Rehabil Sci, 2023
Wickenden M.
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The Gag Rule: From Compromise to Contradiction [PDF]

, 2015
This essay examines the gag rule of 1836, its motivations and effects. Enacted in 1836 to counter the growing vitriol of the slavery debates, it was later repealed in 1844, following sustained controversy.
Byram, Timothy A
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