Oxford University Press

Japan in World History addresses the entire scope of Japanese history, beginning with Japan's prehistoric culture and ending with a look at Japan in the world today. The majority of large-scale history books on Japan, by contrast, focus on the modern era, and those that cover the entire scope of its history are not written for general readers and...

This volume presents twelve original papers on the idea that moral objectivity is        to be understood in terms of a suitably constructed social point of view that all        can accept. The contributors offer new perspectives, some sympathetic and some        critical, on constructivist understandings - Kantian or otherwise - of morality...

A text aimed at researchers and postgraduates actuarial science, statistics, and        actuarial mathematics providing a comprehensive and detailed description of        statistical methods for projecting mortality, and an extensive discussion of some        important issues concerning the longevity risk in the area of life annuities...

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This book explores the theme of 'memory' in Augustine's works, tracing its        philosophical and theological significance. It shows how Augustine inherits this        theme from classical philosophy and how Augustine's theological understanding of        Christ draws on and resolves tensions in the theme of memory....

An Essay on Rational Belief RevisionAn account of how a rational agent should revise beliefs in the light of new        evidence. This theory is set apart from previous belief revision theories by being        computationally implementable, provides rigorous mathematical theory of dependency        networks and formulates and investigates the...