A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Steven L. Winter |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 446 |
Release | 2003-09 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 0226902226 |
Cognitive science is transforming our understanding of the mind. New discoveries are changing how we comprehend not just language, but thought itself. Yet, surprisingly little of the new learning has penetrated discussions and analysis of the most important social institution affecting our lives-the law. Drawing on work in philosophy, psychology, anthropology, linguistics, and literary theory, Steven L. Winter has created nothing less than a tour de force of interdisciplinary analysis. A Clearing in the Forest rests on the simple notion that the better we understand the workings of the mind, the better we will understand all its products-especially law. Legal studies today focus on analytic skills and grand normative theories. But, to understand how real-world, legal actors reason and decide, we need a different set of tools. Cognitive science provides those tools, opening a window on the imaginative, yet orderly mental processes that animate thinking and decisionmaking among lawyers, judges, and lay persons alike. Recent findings about how humans actually categorize and reason make it possible to explain legal reasoning in new, more cogent, more productive ways. A Clearing in the Forest is a compelling meditation on both how the law works and what it all means. In uncovering the irrepressibly imaginative, creative quality of human reason, Winter shows how what we are learning about the mind changes not only our understanding of law, but ultimately of ourselves. He charts a unique course to understanding the world we inhabit, showing us the way to the clearing in the forest.
A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Carol Carrick |
Publisher | Dial |
Pages | |
Release | 1970-11-01 |
Genre | |
ISBN | 9780803712485 |
A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Gloria Whelan |
Publisher | Open Road Media |
Pages | 107 |
Release | 2014-10-21 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 1497673909 |
An elderly woman and a young boy team up to save the countryside Old Frances Crawford is looking for wild mushrooms when she hears the gunshot. A few minutes later, the teenage hunter blunders into her clearing, two dead rabbits over his shoulder. As an apology for hunting on her land, Wilson offers her one of the rabbits, and Frances is happy to take it. She hasn’t been able to afford meat for some time. He is handing it over when she falls at his feet in a dead faint. Wilson carries Frances home and the two get to talking—about fossils, about the woods, about the best way to cook rabbit with wild mushrooms. Soon this tough old lady is teaching Wilson everything she knows about the forests of Northern Michigan. When an oil company threatens to destroy the natural landscape, these unlikely friends will work to save the woods that brought them together.
A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Gayle A. McCoy |
Publisher | |
Pages | 94 |
Release | 1980 |
Genre | |
ISBN |
A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Kim Love Stump |
Publisher | |
Pages | 332 |
Release | 2016-08-19 |
Genre | Young Adult Fiction |
ISBN | 9780997591408 |
Princess Adriana is about to leave the Kingdom of Ayrden on the Journey of her sixteenth year. If she is ever to ascend to the throne, Adriana must go--alone and unarmed--into the unknown. She's been trained and gifted for the Journey, just like all the royals who preceded her--even the ones who never returned. Adriana leaves Ayrden on Sultan, the black stallion gifted to her by her brother just the day before at her birthday celebration. With bravery in her heart and hopes for a quick return, she soon encounters three paths: one of grass, one of gold, and one of gemstones. She chooses the pragmatic path of grass. Although it seems safe, and the landscape familiar, she quickly finds that she will have to overcome nearly impossible challenges. Ultimately, an unexpected friendship changes not only Adriana, but the very kingdom she someday hopes to rule. The question is, will the friendship turn into everlasting love?
Out of a Forest Clearing
Title | Out of a Forest Clearing PDF eBook |
Author | Randall Beth Platt |
Publisher | Daniel & Daniel Publishers |
Pages | 228 |
Release | 1991 |
Genre | Fiction |
ISBN |
A Clearing in the Forest
Title | A Clearing in the Forest PDF eBook |
Author | Gloria Whelan |
Publisher | Putnam Publishing Group |
Pages | 126 |
Release | 1978-01-01 |
Genre | Conservation of natural resources |
ISBN | 9780399206399 |
An aging widow and a neighboring youth join forces to wage battle against a powerful company that threatens to destroy the northern Michigan woods where they live.