John Perry

Explains the principles of structured procrastination and provides tips and techniques to chronic procrastinators for developing an attitude of acceptance for their accomplishments while enjoying the time they waste.

A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging, and Postponing

The Art of Procrastination

Oyalanma, Savsaklama ve Kaytarma Rehberi

Erteleme Sanati

"Perry's excellent dialogue makes a complicated topic stimulating and accessible without any sacrifice of scholarly accuracy or thoroughness. Professionals will appreciate the work's command of the issues and depth of argument, while students will find that it excites interest and imagination." -- David M. Rosenthal, CUNY, Lehman College

A Dialogue on Personal Identity and Immortality

The reader is warned to be careful around this book, which has already eaten several people and is always hungry.

The Book That Eats People

Barwise, Jon.

Situations and Attitudes

Pode soar contrário ao senso comum, mas funciona: você pode realizar muitas coisas deixando-as para depois. Essa é a filosofia apresentada no livro A arte da procrastinação. Se você é do tipo que reluta em entregar as coisas no prazo estabelecido, se distrai facilmente, navega na internet em vez de pagar as contas, ou é do tipo que compra o presente do seu amigo a caminho da festa, este livro vai mudar sua vida. Com uma linguagem simples e direta, John Perry nos mostra, por meio de exemplos práticos, como repensar a importância de nossos afazeres e conseguir realizar todos eles (e muito mais!), mesmo quando adiamos aquelas tarefas mais chatas. Prepare-se para descobrir estratégias efetivas e cientificamente testadas contra a procrastinação, mas lembre-se de que, acima de tudo, é necessário aceitar sua tendência a deixar as tarefas para amanhã. Crie coragem, faça o que tem de ser feito, mas não deixe, é claro, de aproveitar o tempo que você perde.

A arte da procrastinação

Personal Identity (Topics in Philosophy)

Dialogue on Good, Evil, and the Existence of God

Carrie Morgridge

De-Mystifying Philanthropy

Every Gift Matters

Electric Ladyland is one of the greatest guitar albums ever made. During the recording process, Jimi Hendrix at last had time and creative freedom to pursue the sounds he was looking for. In this remarkable and entertaining book, John Perry gets to the heart of Hendrix's unique talent - guiding the reader through each song on the album, writing vividly about Hendrix's live performances, and talking to several of Hendrix's peers and contemporaries. Excerpt Natural wit, sharpness of ear and a pervasive sense of fun prevented Hendrix from sticking just to the wah-wah pedal's literal use (and it's worth remembering that Hendrix off-stage was a natural mimic, whose imitations of Little Richard or of Harlem drag-queens made his friends howl). In fact, he found a use for the pedal without even using guitar. By turning his amp up high and treading the pedal he found he could modulate the natural hiss of amplifier valves, producing sounds of gentle breezes, howling storms or the susurration of waves on a beach; sounds that are all over "1983" and "Moon Turn The Tides". Hendrix had an ear and (though it's often overlooked) he also had a fine, sly sense of humour that - with characteristic lightness of touch - he was able to express in music.

Jimi Hendrix's Electric Ladyland

Patrick Doughtie

Eine bewegende Geschichte voller Inspiration und Hoffnung.

Briefe an Gott

A notre époque où règne une frénésie de productivité délétère, ce livre s'adresse particulièrement à ceux qui aiment paresser, décaler, lambiner, atermoyer, ajourner, proroger, différer, décaler, musarder. Au fil de ces méditations tantôt légères tantôt profondes, John Perry bâtit un plaidoyer convaincant en faveur de la procrastination structurée. Un procrastinateur doit en effet apprendre à tirer le meilleur parti de son don naturel, et accepter toutes les tâches qui se présentent à lui avec enthousiasme. Il ne les mènera pas toutes à bien et pas forcément dans le bon ordre, mais cela lui donnera souffle et créativité. Ce petit essai alerte et désopilant livre aussi des considérations inattendues sur l'art d'ignorer certains mails, le rythme des chansons de soul music, le bon usage des to-do lists, l'avantage de laisser son bureau en pagaille pour que les idées naissent du désordre, et sur l'histoire métaphysique du temps depuis Héraclite.

l'art de reporter au lendemain

La procrastination

This ebook novel is inspired by the major motion picture, Letters to God, scheduled for theatrical release in spring 2010. Viewers of the film will be eager to hear more of this inspiring story. Tyler, a nine-year-old boy, is stricken with incurable brain cancer and begins to write letters to God. He turns his suffering into spiritual lessons for his widowed mother, his embittered adolescent brother, and a troubled postman. Letters to God probes some of the most important and most-often-asked questions that trouble people of faith: “Why do we suffer?” “Where is God?” “Why do godly, faithful children have to battle cancer?” This inspiring story of hope will help people from all walks work toward greater understanding of God’s presence and care.

From the Major Motion Picture

Letters to God

This volume brings together the vital contributions of distinguished past and contemporary philosophers to the important topic of personal identity. The essays range from John Locke's classic seventeenth-century attempt to analyze personal identity in terms of memory, to twentieth-century defenses and criticisms of the Lockean view by Anthony Quinton, H.P. Grice, Sydney Shoemaker, David Hume, Joseph Butler, Thomas Reid, and Bernard Williams. New to the second edition are Shoemaker's seminal essay "Persons and Their Pasts," selections from the important and previously unpublished Clark-Collins correspondence, and a new paper by Perry discussing Williams.

Second Edition

Personal Identity

A collection of twelve essays by John Perry and two essays he co-authored, this book deals with various problems related to "self-locating beliefs": the sorts of beliefs one expresses with indexicals and demonstratives, like "I" and "this." Postscripts have been added to a number of the essays discussing criticisms by authors such as Gareth Evans and Robert Stalnaker. Included with such well-known essays as "Frege on Demonstratives," "The Problem of the Essential Indexical," "From Worlds to Situations," and "The Prince and the Phone Booth" are a number of important essays that have been less accessible and that discuss important aspects of Perry's views, referred to as "Critical Referentialism," on the philosophy of language and the philosophy of mind.

and Other Essays

The Problem of the Essential Indexical

This book brings secular utilitarians and Christian ethicists together around the work of Peter Singer, the world's most controversial contemporary philosopher.

Perspectives on Peter Singer

God, the Good, and Utilitarianism

Mitch is a lonely boy without any friends who feels lost, because he is different. He desperately wants companionship and to find his place. He is so eager to make friends and longs for a chance to fit in. No matter how hard he tries, it's like he's invisible. Then, one day out of nowhere, this happens...

The Story of Mitch

John Martin Fischer

Michael Bratman

Introduction to Philosophy: Classical and Contemporary Readings is the most comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary philosophy available. Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, the text offers a broad range of readings and depth. The text includes sections on God and Evil, Knowledge and Reality, the Philosophy of Science, the Mind/Body problem, Freedom of Will, Consciousness, Ethics, Political Philosophy, Existential Issues, and philosophical Puzzles and Paradoxes. (The unique section on Puzzles and Paradoxes is often praised by both instructors and students.) Easy to use for both students and instructors alike, the book incorporates boldfaced key terms (listed after each reading and defined in the glossary); a guide to writing philosophy papers; and a Logical Toolkit; and study questions after each reading selection. These features have allowed more students to learn philosophy by using what is seen as the highest quality collection of philosophical readings available. The ninth edition will be revised based on reviewer suggestions, and will include more diversity and readings by female philosophers.

Introduction to Philosophy

Introduction to Philosophy, 3/e is the most comprehensive topically organized collection of classical and contemporary philosophy available. Ideal for introductory philosophy courses, the third edition of this classic text now includes a general introduction and features eighteen selections new to this volume and an expanded glossary of philosophical terms. A serious and challenging work, it includes sections on the meaning of life, God and evil, epistemology, philosophy of science, the mind/body problem, freedom of will, consciousness, ethics, and philosophical puzzles. This exceptionally successful anthology presents a large number of substantial--and in some cases complete--selections from major works, offering a unique balance between classical and contemporary readings.This third edition adds selections by Plato, Nelson Pike, J.L. Mackie, Elizabeth Anderson, David Lewis, Hilary Putnam, Frank Jackson, John Perry, Peter Strawson, Rosalind Hursthouse, G.A. Cohen, Samuel Scheffler, Debra Satz, and Kwame Anthony Appiah as well as Kavka's Toxin Puzzle and Quinn's Puzzle of the Self-Torturer.

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