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Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments (review)Philosophy in Review 14 275-277. 1994.
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5Propaganda and the Ethics of Persuasion - Second EditionBroadview Press, Peterborough, Ontario. 2013.This book develops a sophisticated account of propaganda and its intriguing history. It begins with a brief overview of Western propaganda, including Ancient Greek theories of rhetoric, and traces propaganda’s development through the Christian era, the rise of the nation-state, World War I, Nazism, Communism, and the present day. The core of the book examines the ethical implications of various forms of persuasion, not only hate propaganda but also insidious elements of more generally acceptable…Read more
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Cartesian Freedom and the Problem of the Mesland LettersIn Moyal (ed.), Early Modern Philosophy, Caravan Books. pp. 195--215. 1986.
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2Michael King, The Framework of Criminal Justice Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 3 (4): 176-178. 1983.
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Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, Volume II (review)Philosophy in Review 14 399-401. 1994.
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2Robert Baird and Stuart E. Rosenbaum, eds., Pornography: Private Right or Public Menace? Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 12 (2): 77-79. 1992.
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John Horton and Susan Mendus, eds., Aspects of Toleration Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 7 (3): 105-107. 1987.
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Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, Volume IV Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 14 (6): 405-408. 1994.
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1Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, Volume III (review)Philosophy in Review 14 (6): 402-404. 1994.
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13The Rhetoric Of Action Description: Ambiguity In Intentional ReferenceInformal Logic 6 (3). 1984.
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John Horton and Susan Mendus, eds., Aspects of Toleration (review)Philosophy in Review 7 105-107. 1987.
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Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, Volume II Reviewed byPhilosophy in Review 14 (6): 399-401. 1994.
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12Propaganda and the Ethics of PersuasionBroadview Press. 2002.This book aims to develop a sophisticated understanding of propaganda. It begins with a brief history of early Western propaganda, including Ancient Greek classical theories of rhetoric and the art of persuasion, and traces its development through the Christian era, the rise of the nation-state, World War I, Nazism, and Communism. The core of the book examines the ethical implications of various forms of persuasion, not only hate propaganda but also insidious elements of more generally acceptabl…Read more
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Christopher Macann, ed., Martin Heidegger: Critical Assessments, Volume IV (review)Philosophy in Review 14 405-408. 1994.
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4A comparison of Cassirer’s theory of language and meaning with logical empiricism and linguistic analysisDissertation, McGill. 1961.Throughout the history of the philosophy of language, roughly two traditions can be discerned. There are, on the one hand, those who look upon language as something static, something established once and for all by convention. On the other band are those who view language as something of an organic, or functional nature. To the latter category belong those philosophers who believe that the true meaning of a word or sentence is never, and can never be, instantly apparent from the word or sentence…Read more
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