Aesthetics and Music By Andy Hamilton
2007 | 258 Pages | ISBN: 0826485189 | PDF | 14 MB
The Continuum Aesthetics Series looks at the aesthetic questions and issues raised by all major art forms. Stimulating, engaging and accessible, the series offers food for thought not only for students of aesthetics, but also for anyone with an interest in philosophy and the arts. Aesthetics and Music is a fresh and often provocative exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It draws on the rich heritage of the subject, while proposing distinctive new ways of thinking about music as an art form. The book looks at: The experience of listening Rhythm and musical movement What modernism has meant for musical aesthetics The relation of music to other 'sound arts' Improvisation and composition as well as more traditional issues in musical aesthetics such as absolute versus programme music and the question of musical formalism. Thinkers discussed range from Pythagoras and Plato to Kant, Nietzsche and Adorno. Areas of music covered include classical, popular and traditional music, and jazz. Aesthetics and Music makes an eloquent case for a humanistic, democratic and genuinely aesthetic conception of music and musical understanding. Anyone interested in what contemporary philosophy has to say about music as an art form will find this thought-provoking and highly enjoyable book required reading.
David Narrett, "Adventurism and Empire: The Struggle for Mastery in the Louisiana-Florida Borderlands, 1762-1803"
English | ISBN: 1469618338 | 2015 | 392 pages | PDF | 4 MB
In this expansive book, David Narrett shows how the United States emerged as a successor empire to Great Britain through rivalry with Spain in the Mississippi Valley and Gulf Coast. As he traces currents of peace and war over four critical decades-from the close of the Seven Years War through the Louisiana Purchase-Narrett sheds new light on individual colonial adventurers and schemers who shaped history through cross-border trade, settlement projects involving slave and free labor, and military incursions aimed at Spanish and Indian territories.
Advances in Architecture, Engineering and Technology
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3030869121 | 295 Pages | PDF | 28 MB
This book examines a range of subjects with a specific focus on architectural and technological advancements. Architecture is the constant innovation in designing for high efficiency in the performance of buildings, in terms of planning, construction and energy, while maintaining creativity in its form. Moreover, the field of architecture goes hand in hand with that of technology. Nowadays, engineering technology has to cope with the rapid industrialization and urbanization seen in most countries. Furthermore, creative design and construction practices are challenging tasks to the architects and engineers to meet the ever-growing demands of society. Therefore, this book on "Advances in Engineering Science and Architectural Design" is provided to cover a wide range of topics in architecture, engineering, and technology.
Access and Mediation: Transdisciplinary Perspectives on Attention by Maren Wehrle, Diego D'Angelo
English | 2022 | ISBN: 3110647249, 3110643057 | 304 pages | PDF | 10 MB
Recent years have seen a rise in interdisciplinary approaches to the study of the mind. However, relatively little emphasis has been placed on attention, its functions, and phenomenology. As a result, there are a multitude of definitions and explanatory frameworks that describe what attention is, what it does, and how it works. This volume proposes that one way to discuss attention is by utilizing an integrative multidisciplinary framework that takes into consideration aspects of attention as a means of accessing the world and as a mediator of experience. It brings together contributions from cognitive science, philosophy, and psychology in order to shed light on these aspects of attention. By including both theoretical and empirical approaches to attention, this volume will provide (1) an innovative framework for examining attention as something that mediates experience and (2) new perspectives on foundational and defi nitional issues of what attention is and how it contributes to our ability to access the world. By drawing together different disciplines, this volume broadens the concept of attention. It opens up a new way of looking at attention as an active process through which the world is disclosed for us.
A Philosophical Walking Tour with C.S. Lewis: Why It Did Not Include Rome By Stewart Goetz
2014 | 200 Pages | ISBN: 1628923164 | PDF | 1 MB
Although it has been almost seventy years since Time declared C.S. Lewis one of the world's most influential spokespersons for Christianity and fifty years since Lewis's death, his influence remains just as great if not greater today. While much has been written on Lewis and his work, virtually nothing has been written from a philosophical perspective on his views of happiness, pleasure, pain, and the soul and body. As a result, no one so far has recognized that his views on these matters are deeply interesting and controversial, and-perhaps more jarring-no one has yet adequately explained why Lewis never became a Roman Catholic. Stewart Goetz's careful investigation of Lewis's philosophical thought reveals oft-overlooked implications and demonstrates that it was, at its root, at odds with that of Thomas Aquinas and, thereby, the Roman Catholic Church.
A Companion to the Reformation in Scotland, C.1525-1638: Frameworks of Change and Development by William Ian P. Hazlett
2021 | ISBN: 9004329722 | English | 774 pages | PDF | 121 MB
This book presents customized chapters by 28 authors on the evolution of the Scottish Reformation from the late 1520s to 1638. The book has broad thematic frameworks into which the specific chapters fit. There are 10 such major themes, namely: external and internal pressures for change; breakthrough and revolution; theological and philosophical formulations; varieties of dissemination and implementation; humanism and higher education; legal systems and moral order; appropriations in literary and popular cultures; outsiders; evolution of new national identity; historiographical traditions and prospective developments. While there are introductory elements, the chapters both recall previous studies and off er new research. Concerns of the book are to recall Reformation core religious dimensions and to highlight Scottish contribution to the rich tapestry of the Reformation in Europe.
Elise C. Kinkead, "50 Ways to Paint Furniture: The Easy, Step-by-Step Way to Decorator Looks"
English | 2007 | ISBN: 1589232925 | PDF | pages: 130 | 116.6 mb
Revealing how to to create decorative furniture for any room or style, a handy manual offers detailed, photographic instructions for fifty simple furniture painting projects that use a variety of faux finishes, decorative paint techniques, and surface embellisments to enhance flea market finds, chests, shelves, tables, and other pieces. Original.
Embarcadero Delphi 11 Alexandria Version 28.0.44500.8973 Lite v17.1 (x86/x64) | 2.99 GB
Delphi® 11.1 is the fastest way to develop native cross-platform applications using cloud services and broad IoT connectivity. It provides powerful VCL components for Windows 10 and enables FMX development for Windows, Mac Mac64 and mobile devices. Delphi® 11 supports with a wide range of services for enterprise-oriented development. Look at increased memory for large projects, expanded multi-monitor support, an improved object inspector, and more. Delphi® 11.1 delivers 5x faster development and deployment speeds across multiple desktop, mobile, cloud and database platforms, including 32-bit and 64-bit Windows 10.
Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate 11.6.7.1 | macOS | 106 mb
Aimersoft Video Converter Ultimate for Mac is an intuitive and insanely fast all-in-one video/audio converter, DVD ripper, DVD burner, video editor and web video downloader for Mac. With it, you can effortlessly achieve all your multimedia demands on Mac and enjoy video/audio/DVD anywhere and anytime you like.
Windows 10 x64 Pro 21H2 Build 19044.1586 incl Office 2021 fr-FR March 2022
x64 | Language: FRENCH | 5.48 GB
Windows 10 is a series of personal computer operating systems produced by Microsoft as part of its Windows NT family of operating systems. Devices in enterprise environments can receive these updates at a slower pace, or use long-term support milestones that only receive critical updates, such as security patches, over their ten-year lifespan of extended support. This release contains two ISO images and 74 executable svf files. All exe files are created from original ISOs for each language. This is done with SmartVersion, a program that calculates the difference between two files (one of which is used as the source) and then creates an svf file based on that difference.