10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HARD-HEADEDNESS»
Discover the use of
hard-headedness in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
hard-headedness and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Human Firm: A Socio-Economic Analysis of Its Behaviour ...
That is the balance between hard-headedness and soft-heartedness described
by Alan Blinder (1987). According to Blinder, hard-headedness refers to a
desirable quality of thinking that is rational, logical, sober and based on the
relevant ...
2
Philosophical Grounds of Rationality: Intentions, ...
Philosophers, like scientists, are urged to combine hard-headedness with open-
mindedness. Hard-headedness demands wielding Occam's razor; speaking of
theoretical or abstract entities requires justification, and it must be eschewed ...
Richard E. Grandy, Richard Warner, 1988
3
Galileo: Decisive Innovator
An entertaining, accessible biography of one of the greatest innovators ever known.
4
Ranelagh: The Irish Warlord
Observe, son: The woman brings that hard headedness instinctively. The
unsuspecting male has consciously to get beyond what the life force is doing to
him to find his own hard-headedness.” “I'm beginning to see. Now, we agree it's
too early ...
Charles Artaud Byrne, 2008
5
The Essential Chogyam Trungpa
That is precisely what is meant by the term vajra nature: hard- headedness, vajra-
headedness. Vajra is a quality of toughness and not being taken in by any kind of
seduction. We also talk about "hard truth." Such truth is hard, unyielding, and ...
6
The New Liberty: Survival and Justice in a Changing World
There is a shying-away from the future, and as a result a combination of short-
term hard- headedness and long-term illusions, dreamy or gloomy as the case
may be, and more often gloomy nowadays. In the end, such sustained dejection ...
7
Philosophy in Britain Today
What could be more worthy of admiration than a combination of hard-
headedness with open-mindedness? Would any deliberate deviation from this
ideal be tolerable in principle, or more likely to lead to philosophical insight in
practice?
8
Daniel Bell and the Decline of Intellectual Radicalism: ...
While Debs fully realized the messianic role of the prophet, he lacked the hard-
headedness of the politician, the ability to take the moral absolutes and break
them down to the particulars with the fewest necessary compromises. He lacked,
too ...
9
Bernard Malamud: A Writer's Life
However, it was her hard-headedness that pulled Max out of the economic rut he
was in. Neither of the boys had any affection for their step-mother. (HRC 20.2)
The hard-headedness may have been partly the sort of toughness that the
second ...
10
Leadership, Character and Strategy: Exploring Diversity
And although she sometimes had good things to say about less Warrior-like
leaders, she made it clear that, for her, “personal virtue is no substitute for
political hard-headedness.”30 For “political hard-headedness” I think you can
safely read ...
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HARD-HEADEDNESS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
hard-headedness is used in the context of the following news items.
Cars... No rose-tinted glasses: Golf estate does its job
There was a time, not so long ago, when the practical side of me would have argued relentlessly for the estate's resolute hard-headedness and ... «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
Updated | Euro area leaders getting tired of 'Greece's games'
“It is no longer about hard-headedness. That is over and they know it too … they know that now it's the abyss of a default,” Scicluna says, ... «MaltaToday, Jun 15»
Larry Gross: Charles Bukowski, Neat
... a defiant diabetic who smoked, drank, ate very little that I could tell and who lost at least two toes as a result of his medical hard-headedness. «Cincinnati CityBeat, Jun 15»
Asked and Answered: June 23
Seems a shame to waste a roster spot because of hard-headedness. Ah, an example of one of my favorite techniques: make statements that ... «Steelers.com, Jun 15»
Muscat's cabinet roadshow 'closing ears to critics' – PN
It only confirms Muscat's hard-headedness,” the PN said. The party accused Muscat of “turning Gaffarena into a multi-millionaire overnight”, ... «MaltaToday, Jun 15»
Mavs At No. 21: What Does History Draft?
His hard-headedness defined his bumpy career. Davis violated the NBA's drug policy, which sent him overseas, always longing to come back ... «Rays Digest, Jun 15»
Residents deserve answers
The hard-headedness surrounding this issue has reached absurd levels with doubletalk and what appears to us as outright deception — telling ... «Natchez Democrat, Jun 15»
Rumours of RRR cuts
Creditors' patience with Greece's hard-headedness is wearing really thin. The market sold off EUR/USD after Eurogroup President, Jeroen ... «IG, Jun 15»
Simon Busuttil warns on Zonqor: You will have to steamroll over us
The Nationalist Party leader said the Prime Minister's hard-headedness had united a movement of "moderates and progressives" against him ... «Times of Malta, May 15»
Science Fiction: Rebooting Earth
Mr. Stephenson balances remorseless hard-headedness with unflagging ingenuity. “Seveneves” is the kind of book where every reader will ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
