"The Power of Stoicism" is your gateway to discovering and harnessing the transformative principles of Stoic philosophy for a resilient and purposeful life in the contemporary world. This insightful guide delves into the profound teachings of Stoicism, offering practical wisdom and actionable strategies to cultivate inner strength, navigate challenges, and lead a life aligned with virtue.Stoic Principles for Modern Living: Uncover the timeless virtues of Stoi...

Growing up as a middle child in a happy Mennonite home, Mary enjoys good friends, excels in school, and has a growing interest in her brothers best friend. Then tragedy strikes! Marys faith in God is shattered as she questions everything she always believed to be trueGod, family, and friends. Wading through a mountain of hurts and disappointments, she struggles to find purpose in her life. Anxious and alone, Mary is forced to decide between good and evil, between life and death. Francis is...

Mary has a secret.A piece of her past is so painful and shameful that she has told only her parents. Now as a vibrant young woman from a Mennonite family, Mary’s secret stands in the way of her finding happiness. John, a missionary passionate for the Lord’s work, wants to make Mary his wife. How can Mary commit to him when he doesn’t know her true self?“Francis? Is that you?” With those four words over the phone, the life Francis—a single-mother of two—knew comes to a screec...

This book contains twelve original contributions from leading epistemologists, which connect the debate over epistemic dilemmas with fundamental issues in contemporary epistemology.In an epistemic dilemma, any doxastic response of an agent will violate an epistemic requirement. Recently, there has been a surge of interest in epistemic dilemmas. However, few attempts have been made to systematically connect epistemic dilemmas to a wider range of issues in epistemology and normative ...

Stoicism; Inner Strength; Resilience; Self-Discipline; Modern Living; Stoic Philosophy; Happiness; Personal Growth; Emotions; Practical Wisdom; Self-Help"The Power of Stoicism" is your gateway to discovering and harnessing the transformative principles of Stoic philosophy for a resilient and purposeful life in the contemporary world. This insightful guide delves into the profound teachings of Stoicism, offering practical wisdom and actionable strategies to cultivate inner strength, navigat...

The author defends nonconceptualism, the claim that perceptual experience is nonconceptual and has nonconceptual content. Continuing the heated and complex debate surrounding this topic over the past two decades, she offers a sustained defense of a novel version of the view, Modest Nonconceptualism, and provides a systematic overview of some of the central controversies in the debate.An explication of the notion of nonconceptual content and a distinction between nonconceptualist vi...

This volume celebrates the work of Hans-Johann Glock, a philosopher renowned for both his exegesis of Wittgenstein and his many contributions to debates in contemporary philosophy. It brings together 16 new essays by up-and-coming and distinguished philosophers engaging with Glock’s work, and it concludes with a "Reflections and Replies" chapter in which Glock responds to his interlocutors.Glock’s distinctive philosophical voice features a rare combination of a Wittgenstein-inspire...

What is knowledge? Where does it come from? What kinds of knowledge are there? Can we know anything at all? What is the practical relevance of learning about epistemology?This lucid and engaging introduction grapples with these central questions in the theory of knowledge, offering a clear, non-partisan view of the main themes of epistemology. Both traditional issues and contemporary ideas are discussed in 22 easily digestible chapters, each of which concludes with a useful summary...

"Managing Anger for Marriage Growth: A Step-by-Step Guide for Couples to Overcome Anger Issues and Nurture Love."Discover the transformative power of anger management with "Managing Anger for Marriage Growth," a comprehensive guide designed to help couples navigate the complexities of anger and build a resilient, loving relationship. This essential book offers practical strategies and insightful advice to turn conflicts into opportunities for deeper connection and understanding.

Language, Cognition, and Human Nature collects together for the first time much of Steven Pinker's most influential scholarly work on language and cognition. Pinker's seminal research explores the workings of language and its connections to cognition, perception, social relationships, child development, human evolution, and theories of human nature. This eclectic collection spans Pinker's thirty-year career, exploring his favorite themes in greater depth and scientific detail. It ...

When life suddenly comes apart, a widow finds a new path forward with the help of a close-knit island community in this heartwarming novel.As a native New Englander, Sydney Webster is surprised to find herself starting over on an island off the coast of Florida. Yet here she is in Cedar Key, trying to pull herself together after her husband's untimely death—and the even more untimely revelation of his gambling addiction. Bereft of her comfortable suburban life, Syd...

Using path-breaking discoveries of cognitive science, Mark Johnson argues that humans are fundamentally imaginative moral animals, challenging the view that morality is simply a system of universal laws dictated by reason. According to the Western moral tradition, we make ethical decisions by applying universal laws to concrete situations. But Johnson shows how research in cognitive science undermines this view and reveals that imagination has an essential role in ethical deliberation.