Even though, read in the light of later research, much of the first volume must necessarily be relegated to the region of the mythical, nonetheless, the historian was a laborious and accomplished reader and investigator of all available authorities, as well manuscript as printed ; while the roll of names of those who aided him includes every man of note in Scotland at the time, from Sir Thomas Craig and Sir George Mackenzie to Alexander Nisbet and Thomas Ruddiman.

His nephew Walter Ruddiman ( 1719 – 1781 ) also from Banff, similarly established a successful business in Edinburgh as a printer and publisher.

A society of scholars was formed in Edinburgh to " vindicate that incomparably learned and pious author from the calumnies of Mr Thomas Ruddiman "; but Ruddiman's remains the standard edition, though George Logan, John Love, John Man and others attacked him with vehemence.

Thomas Ruddiman, the Scottish scholar, for example, was rescued from a life of obscurity by his encouragement and assistance, and by no one was his memory more gratefully cherished.

* The Works of William Drummond of Hawthornden ( 1711 ) edited by John Sage and Thomas Ruddiman, with a life by the former, and some of the poet's letters.

While much of the environmental change occurring on Earth is suspected to be a direct consequence of the Industrial Revolution, William Ruddiman has argued that the proposed Anthropocene began approximately 8, 000 years ago with the development of farming and sedentary cultures.

With the death of his father, Preston left college and found a job as a secretary to Thomas Ruddiman, with whom he carried out extensive research, required by the same in his classical and linguistic studies.

Francis Atterbury and Thomas Ruddiman were among them, and Robert Keith was given materials for his Catalogue of Scottish Bishops.

He knew James Thomson, who apostrophises him in ‘ Autumn ,’ and patronised Thomas Ruddiman and other men of letters.

Popular reception for his Scots work, as evidenced in a number of verse epistles in its praise, helped persuade Ruddiman to publish a first general edition of his poems which appeared in early 1773 and sold around 500 copies, allowing Fergusson to clear a profit.

Besides biographical sketches of Defoe, Sir John Davies, Allan Ramsay, Sir David Lyndsay, Churchyard and others, prefixed to editions of their respective works, the British government paid Chalmers 500 pounds sterling to write a hostile biography of Thomas Paine, the author of the Rights of Man, that Chalmers published under the assumed name of Francis Oldys, A. M., of the University of Pennsylvania ; and a life of Ruddiman, in which considerable light is thrown on the state of literature in Scotland during the earlier part of the last century.

He had been a great collector of books, and his library, which is said to have been of considerable value, was, through the influence of Ruddiman, disposed of to Peter the Great of Russia.

As Ruddiman was a Jacobite, Buchanan's liberal views invited his criticism.

; George Chalmers, Life of Ruddiman ; William Lee, Daniel Defoe.

* January 19 – Thomas Ruddiman, Scottish classical scholar ( b. 1664 )

These were published by Ruddiman in 2 volumes, under the title of Poetarum Scotorum Musae Sacrae, today a well-known work of Scottish literature.

Mrs. Stanley Ruddiman, a Ford family intimate, remarked that ' I don't think Mr. Cameron ever wrote anything for publication without Mr. Ford's approval.

Thomas Ruddiman ( October 1674 – 19 January 1757 ) was a Scottish classical scholar.

Ruddiman was for many years the representative scholar of Scotland.

Writing in 1766, Dr Johnson, after reproving James Boswell for some bad Latin, significantly adds --" Ruddiman is dead.

Arguing the early Anthropocene hypothesis, William Ruddiman claims that the Anthropocene, as defined by significant human impact on greenhouse gas emissions, began not in the industrial era, but 8, 000 years ago, as ancient farmers cleared forests to grow crops.

With the death of Ruddiman, Preston became a printer for Walter Ruddiman, Thomas ' brother, to whom he had been apprenticed.

The lump of labour rebuttal argues that ( 1 ) is false.

A rebuttal, titled On Post-Modern Cryptography was posted by Oded Goldreich, who argues that the rigorous analysis methodology of provable security is the only one compatible with science.

In Freedom Evolves, Daniel Dennett argues that a no-free-will conclusion is based on dubious assumptions about the location of consciousness, as well as questioning the accuracy and interpretation of Libet's results.

Michael Novak, a specialist in the religious beliefs of the Founding Fathers, argues that the promotion of multiculturalism, moral relativism, and secularism among academics results in academic censorship that affects information and analysis supporting the Judeo-Christian heritage.

Adams concludes that “ right action, by act-utilitarian standards, and right motivation, by motive-utilitarian standards, are incompatible in some cases .” The necessity of this conclusion is rejected by Fred Feldman who argues that “ the conflict in question results from an inadequate formulation of the utilitarian doctrines ; motives play no essential role in it …( and that )… Precisely the same sort of conflict arises even when MU is left out of consideration and AU is applied by itself .” Instead, Feldman proposes a variant of act utilitarianism that results in there being no conflict between it and motive utilitarianism.

She argues that subversion occurs through the enactment of an identity that is repeated in directions that go back and forth which then results in the displacement of the original goals of dominant forms of power.

He argues that " failure " is a term which indicates nothing about the magnitude of goals set and results achieved.

Stigler argues that Bayes intended his results in a more limited way than modern Bayesians ; given Bayes ' definition of probability, his result concerning the parameter of a binomial distribution makes sense only to the extent that one can bet on its observable consequences.

Cal Newport argues that students ' brains acknowledge such daunting tasks will not yield positive results which results in procrastination.

Gabriel argues that this design style has key evolutionary advantages, though he questions the quality of some results.

Rather than depending on heroes to carry the day with extraordinary efforts, Wiegers argues that a team of ordinarily-skilled individuals can repeatedly deliver timely results in the right work environment.

" Tony Williams argues that the film's plot signified the results of the " victory of patriarchal corporate control.

Senior fellow Heather Mac Donald argues that successful crime prevention statistics from the 2008 – 2009 recession were a result of efficient policing, high incarceration rates, more police officers working, data – driven approaches such as CompStat which helps commanders target high – crime areas, and a policy of holding precinct commanders accountable for results.

Lanier further argues that the open source approach has destroyed opportunities for the middle class to finance content creation, and results in the concentration of wealth in a few individuals —" the lords of the clouds "— people who, more by virtue of luck rather than true innovation, manage to insert themselves as content concentrators at strategic times and locations in the cloud.

He argues that it is not likely that the results can be explained by trade: Because developed states have large economies, they do not have high levels of trade interdependence ( 2005: 70 and footnote 5 ; Mousseau, Hegre & Oneal 2003: 283 ).

Rummel ( 2005 ) criticizes Gartzke's methodology and argues that his results are invalid.

H. McIlvaine Parsons argues that in the studies where subjects received feedback on their work rates, the results should be considered biased by the feedback compared to the manipulation studies.

He also argues that the rest periods involved possible learning effects, and the fear that the workers had about the intent of the studies may have biased the results.

The other argues that the partial change is indeed of great conceptual significance, and aims to extend similar partial change results into more and more general population genetic models.

Any increase in power at supranational level, he argues, results from a direct decision by governments.

Paul Craig argues that this results in the courts adopting linguistically strained interpretations instead of issuing declarations of incompatibility.

OCAP argues they have produced measurable results in changing government policy, stopping deportations, increasing the supply and quality of affordable housing, and helping poor people gain needed social support payments.

The Road to Serfdom is a book written by the Austrian-born economist and philosopher Friedrich von Hayek ( 1899 – 1992 ) between 1940 – 1943, in which he " warned of the danger of tyranny that inevitably results from government control of economic decision-making through central planning ," and in which he argues that the abandonment of individualism, classical liberalism, and freedom inevitably leads to socialist or fascist oppression and tyranny and the serfdom of the individual.

Locke argues that civil unrest results from confrontations caused by any magistrate's attempt to prevent different religions from being practiced, rather than tolerating their proliferation.