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How did we make reliable predictions before Pascal and Fermat's discovery of the mathematics of probability in 1654? What methods in law, science, commerce, philosophy, and logic helped us to get at the truth in cases where certainty was not attainable? In The Science of Conjecture, James Franklin examines how judges, witch inquisitors, and juries evaluated evidence; how scientists weighed reasons for and against scientific theories; and how merchants counted shipwrecks to determine insurance rates.The Science of Conjecture provides a history of rational methods of dealing with uncertainty and explores the coming to consciousness of the human understanding of risk.

To scientists, the tsunami of relativism, scepticism, and postmodernism that washed through the humanities in the twentieth century was all water off a duck's back. Science remained committed to objectivity and continued to deliver remarkable discoveries and improvements in technology.In What Science Knows, the Australian philosopher and mathematician James Franklin explains in captivating and straightforward prose how science works its magic. He begins with an account of the nature of evidence, where science imitates but extends commonsense and legal reasoning in basing conclusions solidly on inductive reasoning from facts.After a brief survey of the furniture of the world as science sees it--including causes, laws, dispositions and force fields as well as material things--Franklin describes colorful examples of discoveries in the natural, mathematical, and social sciences and the reasons for believing them. He examines the limits of science, giving special attention both to mysteries that may be solved by science, such as the origin of life, and those that may in principle be beyond the reach of science, such as the meaning of ethics.What Science Knows will appeal to anyone who wants a sound, readable, and well-paced introduction to the intellectual edifice that is science. On the other hand it will not please the enemies of science, whose willful misunderstandings of scientific method and the relation of evidence to conclusions Franklin mercilessly exposes.

Mathematics is as much a science of the real world as biology is. It is the science of the world's quantitative aspects (such as ratio) and structural or patterned aspects (such as symmetry). The book develops a complete philosophy of mathematics that contrasts with the usual Platonist and nominalist options.

Why do students take the instruction "prove" in examinations to mean "go to the next question"? Because they have not been shown the simple techniques of how to do it. Mathematicians meanwhile generate a mystique of proof, as if it requires an inborn and unteachable genius. True, creating research-level proofs does require talent; but reading and understanding the proof that the square of an even number is even is within the capacity of most mortals. Proof in Mathematics: an Introduction takes a straightforward, no nonsense approach to explaining the core technique of mathematics. "Mathematics teaches you to think" is often an empty marketing slogan. With this book, it can become a reality.

Philosophers deal with hard and basic questions — the meaning of life, whether the mind is more than the brain, whether people have more rights than animals. Their answers affect how they and their students conduct their lives, make legal decisions, think about politics. Corrupting the Youth follows a large cast of Australian thinkers, from admirable geniuses to dangerous fanatics, as they struggle with fundamental questions, argue, write and plot. Aboriginal philosophy, nineteenth century idealism, John Anderson's Sydney realism, Sixties hedonism, feminist and environmental philosophy and the ethics of Peter Singer and his opponents pass in review as philosophers, judges, Communists, priests, teachers, doctors and students promote their visions of the way the world is and how life should be lived.

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Humans are made in God's image, Christians believe. As beings of immense value, they possess objective worth and inalienable rights. Since society is made for humans, economic and political arrangements must respect human rights, from the right to life to the rights to education, association and free expression. In this collection, experts consider the full range of rights that go to make up a free society fit for a full human life. They apply to current Australian conditions the insights of Catholic social thinking, a perspective both older than the competing ideologies of socialism and capitalism and more in accordance with the real world of the new century.

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The bullets in her skull had been fired from three different directions, as if he had used her for target practice. Her brassiere had been pulled up and her jeans undone; the killer had taken her underwear as a trophy. The police were convinced he was murdering backpackers purely for pleasure...Read about the shocking backpacker murders of Ivan Milat, along with the horrific stories of Eric Edgar Cook and William MacDonald in this 3 in 1 True Crime Compendium. Three brutal serial killers who truly were the Epitome of Evil. Short, sharp as a blade and straight to the heart, the Epitome of Evil brings together the world's worst killers in a quick to read format that is waiting to be devoured. Each book in the series provides an absorbing insight into the monstrous minds of the most dangerous and disturbed people who ever lived. Ivan Milat Eric Edgar Cooke William MacDonald

This is a book to enliven any discussion about the Catholic Church and Australian society. Readers will profit from James Franklin's rich research in out-of-the-way corners of our history. Edmund Campion, Emeritus Professor of History Catholic Institute of SydneyThe Catholic quarter of the Australian population have been driven by a unique vision of how humans fit in God's universe and of how objective ethics should inform individual and collective action. Following Jesus' command to be witnesses "to the ends of the earth", Australian Catholics have worked hard to reform their own souls and Australian society. In this wide-ranging volume, James Franklin shows how core Catholic ideas have played out and motivated action across many fields of endeavour - remote area missions, virtuous rural communities, religious life, multicultural refugee programs, Labor politics, Magdalen laundries, Catholic philosophy. He brings to life the colourful characters behind the action, like F.X. Gsell, the "Bishop with 150 wives", pugnacious immigration minister Arthur Calwell, fiery anti-Communist speaker Dr P.J. Ryan and ex-nun memoirist Cecilia Inglis. Saints and sinners, they transformed Australian society in directions it would not otherwise have moved. James Franklin is the editor of the Journal of the Australian Catholic Historical Society and an honorary professor at the University of New South Wales, Sydney. His books include Corrupting the A History of Philosophy in Australia, Catholic Values and Australian Realities, The Real Archbishop Mannix and The Worth of The Foundation of Ethics.Contents Introduction 1 Sydney, 1803: The experiment in toleration of Catholics 2 1821: A new beginning for the Church in Europe and Australia 3 Catholic missions to Aboriginal an evaluation 4 F. X. The missionary with 150 Wives 5 Catholic rural virtue in ideal and reality 6 Catholic Scholastic philosophy in Australia 7 Catholic thought and Catholic Dr Paddy Ryan MSC and the Red Peril 8 Convent slave laundries? Magdalen asylums in Australia 9 Catholics versus Masons 10 Archbishop Mannix and the politics of social justice 11 Memoirs by Australian priests, religious and ex-religious 12 Calwell, Catholicism and the origins of multicultural Australia 13 Catholic Action, Sydney Lay organisations from friendly societies to the Vice Squad 14 Gerald Ridsdale, pedophile priest, in his own words 15 Natural law ethics and the Mabo decision 16 Random thoughts Index

The death of a person is a tragedy while the explosion of a lifeless galaxy is a mere firework. The moral difference is grounded in the nature of humans have intrinsic worth, a worth that makes their fate really matter. This is the worth that the Australian philosopher James Franklin proposes as the foundation of ethics. In The Worth of Persons he explains that ethics in the usual sense of right and wrong actions, rights and virtues, and how to live a good life, is founded on something more basic that is not itself about actions, namely the worth of persons. Human moral worth arises from certain properties that distinguish humans from the rest of creation (though some animals share a lesser degree of those properties): rationality, consciousness, the ability to act for reasons, emotional structure and love, individuality. This complex package makes humans the "piece of work" of which Hamlet says, “How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty."In clear prose and deeply informed philosophical argument, The Worth of Persons establishes a foundation for ethics in the equal worth of persons, which makes ethics absolutely objective and immune to relativist attacks because it is based on the metaphysical truth about humans.The Worth of Persons will appeal to all those who feel that endless debate about ethical dilemmas, rules, and principles fails to connect with what is really important ethically, that is, what makes humans matter.

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition ++++British LibraryT147569London : printed for J. Hinton and W. Adams, 1784. [6],156p. ; 12°

Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. This book is printed in black & white, Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Reprinted in 2022 with the help of original edition published long back 1828. As this book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages. If it is multi vo Resized as per current standards. We expect that you will understand our compulsion with such books. 428 The Present State of Hayti (Saint Domingo): With Remarks on Its Agriculture, Commerce, Laws ... 1828 James Franklin

The Making of Modern U.S. Supreme Court Records and Briefs, 1832-1978 contains the world's most comprehensive collection of records and briefs brought before the nation's highest court by leading legal practitioners - many who later became judges and associates of the court. It includes transcripts, applications for review, motions, petitions, supplements and other official papers of the most-studied and talked-about cases, including many that resulted in landmark decisions. This collection serves the needs of students and researchers in American legal history, politics, society and government, as well as practicing attorneys. This book contains copies of all known US Supreme Court filings related to this case including any transcripts of record, briefs, petitions, motions, jurisdictional statements, and memorandum filed. This book does not contain the Court's opinion. The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping ensure edition Franklin (James) v. Fukuoka (S. George)Jurisdictional Statement / James Franklin / 1969 / 1338 / 398 U.S. 901 / 90 S.Ct. 1690 / 26 L.Ed.2d 59 / 3-20-1970

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The story of Achilles, the greatest warrior of the Trojan War, told by Achilles himself. The central character in the Iliad, Achilles has always been an enigma, a great warrior who does not want to fight, the scourge of the Trojans who says he has no quarrel with them. We hear of his anger at a slight and of his wounded pride, but we are never shown why this man, a hero to his men, a respected friend of kings, the beloved brother of Patroclus, behaves in such way at such a crucial time. In this first volume of The Winter Wolf, we finally hear Achilles' side of the story. From his father's voyage on the Argo and his meeting with Achilles' mother, the goddess Thetis, to Priam begging for Hector's body outside the walls of Troy, The Winter Wolf describes how Achilles became the greatest and most reluctant warrior of Bronze Age Greece and why he is at Troy, fighting for a king he despises. Far from another retelling of the Iliad, The Winter Wolf strips away the mythologising of Homer and portrays the realities of the Trojan War on a human scale. It describes the pitilessness of war and the endemic violence of the Bronze Age through the eyes of Achilles, from his first memories as a small boy, hungering after glory, to a cold night outside the walls of Troy with the corpses of two great and noble men for company.

This book offers a fascinating glimpse into 18th-century New England through the lens of the New England Courant, a newspaper that pushed boundaries and sparked controversy. The author delves into the life of James Franklin, the paper's founder, and his circle, known as the Hell-Fire Club, who used the Courant to challenge authority and expose social ills. The book explores the paper's role in opposing political corruption, criticizing religious dogma, and advocating for scientific advancements. By examining the Courant's content and its impact on society, this book sheds light on the vibrant intellectual and cultural landscape of Colonial America, highlighting the enduring power of free expression and its role in shaping society.

There are many stories which you read and forget in some time but this is a love story which will touch your heart and stay with you forever. This is not an adult romance. This is a story of pure love. There were many readers who laughed and cried with the characters. All the characters in this romantic story will instantly form an emotional connection with you. So get ready to have an entertaining ride of emotions and love. Share it with your friends and family or anyone whom you love. It will also inspire you and teach you some important lessons of life. We hope that you will enjoy this journey. ENJOY YOUR LIFE.GOOD LUCKJAMES FRANKLIN

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First published in 1972. This is Volume four of a collection of ten source books on Haiti and looks at the present state of its agriculture, economics, laws, religion and details of its inhabitants as in 1842. Franklin was a frequent visitor to the West Indies and sook to understand the Haitian experience of independence in order to assess the probable impact of emancipation in the Anglophone Caribbean.

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Australian Catholics have made a unique contribution to the nation. At its centre is a solid grasp of the objectivity of ethics. Persons or societies cannot "choose their own values", because what is right and wrong is founded in the way things are. In his wide-ranging book on Australian Catholic thought and action, James Franklin, author of the much-praised polemical history of Australian philosophy, Corrupting the Youth, shows how core Catholic values have played out in the issues where Catholics have challenged their host society - in debates on land rights, immigration and values in schools, and in combats with Freemasons, Protestants and Communists.