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Shapiro traces the genesis of the fact, a modern concept that originated not in natural science but in legal discourse. She follows the concept's evolution and diffusion across a variety of disciplines in early modern England.


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  • Author : Barbara J. Shapiro
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • Genre : Curiosities and wonders
  • Total Pages : 300 pages
  • ISBN : 9780801488498
  • PDF File Size : 17,5 Mb
  • Language : English
  • Rating : 4/5 from 21 reviews

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A Culture of Fact

A Culture of Fact
  • Publisher : Cornell University Press
  • File Size : 33,5 Mb
  • Release Date : 25 June 2024
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Indexers and Indexes in Fact and Fiction
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  • Release Date : 01 January 2001
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Bell examines the history of the index and the depiction of the indexer (from diffident drudge to frankly insane) in both fact and fiction. A fascinating look at a previously

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  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • File Size : 27,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 17 February 2011
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Why has punditry lately overtaken news? Why do lies seem to linger so long in the cultural subconscious even after they’ve been thoroughly discredited? And why, when more people

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All Facts Considered
  • Publisher : Turner Publishing Company
  • File Size : 34,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 05 November 2010
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For the bestselling miscellany market, an NPR librarian's compendium of fascinating facts on history, science, and the arts How much water do the Great Lakes contain? Who were the first

After the Fact?

After the Fact?
  • Publisher : Watkins Media Limited
  • File Size : 49,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 10 November 2020
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Why do we no longer trust facts, experts and statistics? In this essential guide to the turbulent times in which we live, Marcus Gilroy-Ware investigates our era of post-truths and

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Collusions of Fact and Fiction
  • Publisher : University of Iowa Press
  • File Size : 38,9 Mb
  • Release Date : 15 December 2021
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Fictions of history and historiopoetic performances of the past -- Digging, rep & rev-ing, faking: Suzan-Lori Parks's historiopoetic praxis -- A sidelong glance at history: unreliable narration and the silhouette as

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Fact and Fiction in Contemporary Narratives
  • Publisher : Routledge
  • File Size : 48,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 10 May 2021
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This book explores the complex interrelationship between fact and fiction in narratives of the twenty-first century. Current cultural theory observes a cultural shift away from postmodernism to new forms of

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New Meanings for Ancient Texts
  • Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
  • File Size : 39,8 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 January 2013
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"As . . . newer approaches [to biblical criticism] become more established and influential, it is essential that students and other serious readers of the Bible be exposed to them and become familiar

Is That a Fact?

Is That a Fact?
  • Publisher : ECW Press
  • File Size : 42,6 Mb
  • Release Date : 01 May 2014
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The bestselling “quackbuster” and “tireless tub-thumper against pseudoscience” fishes for the facts in a flood of misinformation (Maclean’s). Eat this and live to 100. Don’t, and die. Today, hyperboles