奎因 （W.V.O.Quine.1908－ 美国当代著名哲学家。 1933－1978年在哈佛大学工作， 历任讲师、教授、高级研究员 和讲座教授。主要著作有：《从 逻辑的观点看》（1953），《语词 和对象》（1960），《逻辑哲学》 （1970），等等。

In "Pursuit of Truth" W. V. Quine gives us his latest word on issues to which he has devoted many years. As he says in the preface: "In these pages I have undertaken to update, sum up, and clarify my variously intersecting views on cognitive meaning, objective reference, and the grounds of knowledge?' The pursuit of truth is a quest that links observation, theory, and the wor...(展开全部)

威廉·麦克尼尔（William Hardy McNeill）1917年生于加拿大温哥华，著名美国历史学家。曾长期执教美国芝加哥大学历史系。他的研究着眼于跨国家、跨地区、跨民族、跨文化的文明互动现象。对于确立世界史在美国学术界的地位做出了不可磨灭的贡献。著作多达二十余种，影响深远，其中主要的有《西方文明史手册》、《西方的兴起》、《世界史》和《人类之网》。

Do you want your life to be perfect? We're all laboring under our own and society's expectations to be perfect in every way-to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the New York Times bestselling author of Happier , the pursuit of perfect may actually be the number-one internal obstacle to finding happiness. O...(展开全部)

Do you want your life to be perfect? We're all laboring under our own and society's expectations to be perfect in every way - to look younger, to make more money, to be happy all the time. But according to Tal Ben-Shahar, the "New York Times" bestselling author of "Happier", the pursuit of perfect may actually be the number-one internal obstacle to finding happiness. Or do you ...(展开全部)

Theories of Truth provides a clear, critical introduction to one of the most difficult areas of philosophy. It surveys all of the major philosophical theories of truth, presenting the crux of the issues involved at a level accessible to nonexperts yet in a manner sufficiently detailed and original to be of value to professional scholars. Kirkham's systematic treatment and metic...(展开全部)

Theories of Truth provides a clear, critical introduction to one of the most difficult areas of philosophy. It surveys all of the major philosophical theories of truth, presenting the crux of the issues involved at a level accessible to nonexperts yet in a manner sufficiently detailed and original to be of value to professional scholars. Kirkham's systematic treatment and metic...(展开全部)

In 1784, the German newspaper Berlinische Monatsschrift asked its audience to reply to the question "What is Enlightenment?" Immanuel Kant took the opportunity to investigate the purported truths and assumptions of his age. Two hundred years later, Michel Foucault wrote a response to Kant's initial essay,positioning Kant as the initiator of the discourse and critique of moderni...(展开全部)

In 1784, the German newspaper Berlinische Monatsschrift asked its audience to reply to the question "What is Enlightenment?" Immanuel Kant took the opportunity to investigate the purported truths and assumptions of his age. Two hundred years later, Michel Foucault wrote a response to Kant's initial essay, positioning Kant as the initiator of the discourse and critique of modern...(展开全部)

迈克尔·康奈利是深受比尔·克林顿、米克·贾格尔等人喜爱的悬疑小说家，他被《GQ》称为“世界上最好的悬疑小说家”。他的小说迄今销售了7400多万册，被翻译成40种文字，并且几乎每一部都能登上《纽约时报》畅销书排行榜的榜首。迈克尔·康奈利从事小说创作之前，在《洛杉矶时报》担任犯 罪新闻记者，丰富的经历为他的写作提供了坚实的基础。1992年，他创作了以洛杉矶警探哈里·博斯为主角的小说《黑色回声》，获得1993年爱伦·坡奖的最佳处女作奖。目前，“哈里·博斯系列”小说已出版了20部。