ARCHITECTURES FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING
ARCHITECTURES FOR DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING

Author: Peter Pirsch

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-08

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13:

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About The Book: This book fuses signal processing algorithms and VLSI circuit design to assist digital signal processing architecture developers. The author then shows how this technique can be used in applications such as: signal transmission and storage, manufacturing process quality control and assurance, autonomous mobile system control and biomedical process analysis. This new publication is a revised and expanded version.

Kant and Applied Ethics
Kant and Applied Ethics

Author: Matthew C. Altman

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-26

Total Pages: 330

ISBN-13: 1118114132

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Kant and Applied Ethics makes an important contribution to Kant scholarship, illuminating the vital moral parameters of key ethical debates. Offers a critical analysis of Kant’s ethics, interrogating the theoretical bases of his theory and evaluating their strengths and weaknesses Examines the controversies surrounding the most important ethical discussions taking place today, including abortion, the death penalty, and same-sex marriage Joins innovative thinkers in contemporary Kantian scholarship, including Christine Korsgaard, Allen Wood, and Barbara Herman, in taking Kant’s philosophy in new and interesting directions Clarifies Kant's legacy for applied ethics, helping us to understand how these debates have been structured historically and providing us with the philosophical tools to address them

Sloterdijk Now
Sloterdijk Now

Author: Stuart Elden

Publisher: Polity

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 233

ISBN-13: 0745651364

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This book represents the first major engagement with Sloterdijk's thought in the English language, and will provoke new debates across the humanities. The collection ranges across the full breadth of Sloterdijk's work, covering such key topics as cynicism, ressentiment, posthumanism and the role of the public intellectual.

Just the Arguments
Just the Arguments

Author: Michael Bruce

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2011-08-24

Total Pages: 435

ISBN-13: 1444344412

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Does the existence of evil call into doubt the existence of God? Show me the argument. Philosophy starts with questions, but attempts at answers are just as important, and these answers require reasoned argument. Cutting through dense philosophical prose, 100 famous and influential arguments are presented in their essence, with premises, conclusions and logical form plainly identified. Key quotations provide a sense of style and approach. Just the Arguments is an invaluable one-stop argument shop. A concise, formally structured summation of 100 of the most important arguments in Western philosophy The first book of its kind to present the most important and influential philosophical arguments in a clear premise/conclusion format, the language that philosophers use and students are expected to know Offers succinct expositions of key philosophical arguments without bogging them down in commentary Translates difficult texts to core arguments Designed to provides a quick and compact reference to everything from Aquinas’ “Five Ways” to prove the existence of God, to the metaphysical possibilities of a zombie world

Blues - Philosophy for Everyone
Blues - Philosophy for Everyone

Author: Jesse R. Steinberg

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2012-01-03

Total Pages: 261

ISBN-13: 0470656808

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The philosophy of the blues From B.B. King to Billie Holiday, Blues music not only sounds good, but has an almost universal appeal in its reflection of the trials and tribulations of everyday life. Its ability to powerfully touch on a range of social and emotional issues is philosophically inspiring, and here, a diverse range of thinkers and musicians offer illuminating essays that make important connections between the human condition and the Blues that will appeal to music lovers and philosophers alike.

A Brief History of American Literature
A Brief History of American Literature

Author: Richard Gray

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2010-12-28

Total Pages: 434

ISBN-13: 1444392468

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A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from its origins until the present day. Represents the only up-to-date concise history of American literature Covers fiction, poetry, drama and non-fiction, as well as looking at other forms of literature including folktales, spirituals, the detective story, the thriller and science fiction Considers how our understanding of American literature has changed over the past twenty years Offers students an abridged version of History of American Literature, a book widely considered the standard survey text Provides an invaluable introduction to the subject for students of American literature, American studies and all those interested in the literature and culture of the United States