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"There are very few philosophical questions to which Charles Taylor has not devoted his attention. His work has made powerful contributions to our understanding of action, language, and mind. He has had a lasting impact on our understanding of the way in which the social sciences should be practiced, opposing an interpretive stance to dominant positivist methodologies. His powerful critiques of atomist versions of liberalism has redefined the agenda of political philosophers. He has, moreover, produced prodigious intellectual histories aiming to excavate the origins of the way in which we have construed the modern self, and of the complex intellectual and spiritual trajectories that have culminated in modern secularism. Despite the apparent diversity of his work, it is driven by a unified vision. Throughout his writings, Charles Taylor has sought to oppose reductive conceptions of the human and of human societies that were thought by empiricist and positivist thinkers from Hume to Skinner and beyond to lend rigour to the human sciences. In its place, Taylor has articulated a vision of humans as interpretive beings, who can be understood neither individually nor collectively without adverting to the fundamental goods and values through which they make sense of their lives. The contributors to this volume, all of them distinguished philosophers and social theorists in their own rights, offer critical assessments of the full range of Taylor's writings. Taken together, they provide the reader with an unrivalled perspective on the full extent of Charles Taylor's contribution to modern philosophy."--

Taylor, Charles, --- Taylor, Charles --- Taylor, Charles, - 1931 --- -Taylor, Charles, - 1931 --- -Taylor, Charles --- -Taylor, Charles, - 1931-

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Jim Taylor is an old school motorcycle rider and mechanic, an opportunist and adventurer: 'Hot Metal' is a helter-skelter ride of self-discovery, energised by the author's unquenchable passion for a life on the hard road. From bike club culture and camaraderie in the towns and villages of Britain to conflict and upheaval in a forgotten Asian war; the motorcycles are the driving force of this remarkably frank and hugely entertaining story.Prepare to be moved - in more ways than you ever thought possible - by this gripping and fascinating new book by the author of 'Wheels of Steel'.

Taylor, Jim,. --- Motorcyclists.

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In Reimagining Zen in a Secular Age André van der Braak offers an account of the exciting but also problematic encounter between enchanted Japanese Zen Buddhism and secular Western modernity over the past century, using Charles Taylor’s magnum opus A Secular Age as an interpretative lens. As the tenuous compromises of various forms of “Zen modernism” are breaking down today, new imaginings of Zen are urgently needed that go beyond both a Romantic mystical Zen and a secular “mindfulness” Zen. As a Zen scholar-practitioner, André van der Braak shows that the Zen philosophy of the 13th century Zen master Dōgen offers much resources for new hermeneutical, embodied, non-instrumental and communal approaches to contemporary Zen theory and practice in the West.

Zen Buddhism --- Buddhist modernism. --- Relations. --- Taylor, Charles,

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"In most people's minds, ambulances are best avoided--we pull over to let them pass, perhaps briefly thanking the universe that the day's events have not necessitated our own swift passage to the ER, and then we go on with business as usual. But have you ever wondered, as that siren screeches by, what it would be like to work as a paramedic, when the most dire emergency is just another day at the office? In A Paramedic's Tales, Graeme Taylor reveals all--from the humorous to the horrific. Not knowing what's around the bend makes for a fast-paced adventure every time a paramedic goes on duty. Taylor, who worked as a paramedic for twenty-one years in Vancouver's Lower Mainland, the BC Interior and Victoria, shares true stories that are both gritty and uncensored, yet the compassion and courage of co-workers, patients, strangers--and people who had previously threatened to kill our narrator--shines through the gore. The author writes that as a paramedic, to stop from crying you have to keep laughing, and readers will find themselves doing the same. From the near-daily task of deciding whether to send someone to the ER or the drunk tank, to the occasional miracle, to the just plain ridiculous, readers will gain insight into everyday life in emergency medicine. With stories set across the province, from Vancouver's Downtown Eastside to down the side of a cliff, these rollicking tales explain the perils of life before GPS, what to do if a drunk mob surrounds your ambulance, and how to drive like a paramedic."-- Provided by publisher.

Emergency medicine --- Emergency medical technicians --- Taylor, Graeme.

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Andrew Taylor Still, intelligent et déterminé, embrasse la même carrière que son père, dans une Amérique frustre où la médecine consiste à soulager le patient avec de l'alcool. À force d'observations et d'études notamment avec les indiens, il imagine une pratique centrée sur le squelette car des os bien en place permettent aux fluides de circuler et ainsi le corps comme l'esprit s'en portent mieux.

Osteopathic medicine --- History --- Comic books, strips, etc. --- Still, Andrew Taylor --- Still, A. T.