From Nature to Experience: The American Search for Cultural Authority

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Rowman & Littlefield, 2007 - 278 Seiten
This is Volume Two, the second of two volumes which describe techniques for the inspection of railroad track in the United States. Track inspection is described from the personal perspective of a retired railroad and Federal Railroad Administration track inspector. This volume covers rail flaws, crossties, continuous welded rail, and other structural conditions. Volume Two ends with a chapter on new automated inspection systems. The book is recommended for new and experienced railroad track inspectors and anyone interested in railroad track safety.

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The Preferences of Eden
17
Delivered to the Dream Emerson and the Path to Pragmatism
41
Reading the Blooming Confusion William James and the Theology of Experience
71
Diminished Things Literature and the Disenchantment of the World
99
CULTURAL CONSEQUENCES
125
Divining Lives
127
Intentional Ironies
153
The Truth Beyond Method Fiction at the Limits of Experience
177
Conclusion
195
Notes
203
Bibliography
241
Index
255
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Seite 2 - Build, therefore, your own world. As fast as you conform your life to the pure idea in your mind, that will unfold its great proportions.

Autoren-Profil (2007)

Roger Lundin is Blanchard Professor of English at Wheaton College. His previous books include The Culture of Interpretation: Christian Faith and the Postmodern World, Emily Dickinson and the Art of Belief, and The Promise of Hermeneutics.

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