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Beyond Evolution

Author : Anthony O'Hear
Publisher : Clarendon Press
ISBN 13 : 0191519669
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (915 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Evolution written by Anthony O'Hear and published by Clarendon Press. This book was released on 1997-10-09 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anthony O'Hear takes a stand against the fashion for explaining human behaviour in terms of evolution. He maintains, controversially, that while the theory of evolution is successful in explaining the development of the natural world in general, it is of limited value when applied to the human world. Because of our reflectiveness and our rationality we take on goals and ideals which cannot be justified in terms of survival-promotion or reproductive advantage. O'Hear examines the nature of human self-consciousness, and argues that evolutionary theory cannot give a satisfactory account of such distinctive facets of human life as the quest for knowledge, moral sense, and the appreciation of beauty; in these we transcend our biological origins. It is our rationality that allows each of us to go beyond not only our biological but also our cultural inheritance: as the author says in the Preface, 'we are prisoners neither of our genes nor of the ideas we encounter as we each make our personal and individual way through life'.

Beyond Honour

Author : Tahira S. Khan
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Honour written by Tahira S. Khan and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2006 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Beyond Honour" addresses the issue of honour related violence by using Marx's Historical Materialist approach. This study is a blend of academic research and personal experiences. It is an attempt to look beyond the cultural notion of honour as the main/only motive behind gender-based violence by examining related issues through historical academic research along with the simple narration of present day stories of victims around the globe.

Beyond Phenomenology

Author : Gavin Flood
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1441178228
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (411 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Phenomenology written by Gavin Flood and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 1999-08-01 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book argues that the understanding and explanation of religion is always historically contingent. Grounded in the work of Bakhtin and Ricoeur, Flood positions the academic study of religion within contemporary debates in the social sciences and humanities concerning modernity and postmodernity, particularly contested issues regarding truth and knowledge. It challenges the view that religions are privileged, epistemic objects, argues for the importance of metatheory, and presents an argument for the dialogical nature of inquiry. The study of religion should begin with language and culture, and this shift in emphasis to the philosophy of the sign in hermeneutics and away from the philosophy of consciousness in phenomenology has far-reaching implications. It means a new ethic of practice which is sensitive to the power relationship in any epistemology; it opens the door to feminist and postcolonial critique, and it provides a methodology which allows for the interface between religious studies, theology, and the social sciences.

Beyond Kuhn

Author : Edwin H.-C. Hung
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351955632
Total Pages : 149 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Kuhn written by Edwin H.-C. Hung and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-03-02 with total page 149 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Thomas Kuhn's celebrated work, 'The Structure of Scientific Revolutions' revolutionized thinking in the philosophy of science and to a large extent his 'paradigm shift' view has replaced logical positivism and the philosophy of Karl Popper. This book goes beyond Kuhn by explicating the non-deductive notion of 'paradigm shift' in terms of the new concept of representational space. In doing so, Edwin H.-C. Hung is able to produce the first-ever unitary theory that solves the five central problems in the philosophy of science: scientific explanation, the structure of scientific theories, incommensurability, scientific change and physical necessity. The book identifies the main task of science as representing reality. This involves the construction of a representational space and the subsequent modeling of reality with configurations of 'objects' in that space. Newton's mechanics, Einstein's relativity and quantum mechanics, then, all serve as representational spaces. 'Beyond Kuhn' is a significant progression in scientific methodology. Other than serving as a sequel to Kuhn's 'Scientific Revolutions', it will be of great use in the fields of artificial intelligence, cognitive psychology and education.

The Best of Alastair Reynolds

Author : Alastair Reynolds
Publisher : Gollancz
ISBN 13 : 9781473216365
Total Pages : 784 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (163 download)

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Download or read book The Best of Alastair Reynolds written by Alastair Reynolds and published by Gollancz. This book was released on 2017-06-15 with total page 784 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is an amazing collection of some of the best short fiction ever written in the SF genre, by an author acclaimed as 'the mastersinger of space opera' THE TIMES. With an introduction by noted SF critic Johnathan Strahan, this collection of twenty short stories, novellettes and novellas includes MINLA'S FLOWERS, SIGNAL TO NOISE, TROIKA, and seven previous uncollected stories, including TRAUMA POD, THE WATER THIEF and IN BABELSBERG. Alastair Reynolds has won the Sidewise Award and been nominated for The Hugo Awards for his short fiction. One of the most thought-provoking and accomplished short-fiction writers of our time, this collection is a delight for all SF readers

Explanation of the psalms

Author : Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus
Publisher : Paulist Press
ISBN 13 : 9780809104451
Total Pages : 558 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (44 download)

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Download or read book Explanation of the psalms written by Flavius Magnus Aurelius Cassiodorus and published by Paulist Press. This book was released on 1991 with total page 558 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Beyond Quick Fixes

Author : William B. Rouse
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198892578
Total Pages : 190 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Beyond Quick Fixes written by William B. Rouse and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-09-21 with total page 190 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We seem to be stuck, staring at insurmountable challenges. The pandemic is the opening act for climate change, and we need to get much better at anticipating and preparing for these types of challenge. Simply rebuilding bridges once they fall, or houses once they are swept away, is both expensive and risks human lives. Anticipation and preparation costs more now, but is much less costly over time. Of course, spending now to save later is not a dominant American tradition. We have managed - or at least reacted to - the Aids epidemic (1981-2013), Internet bubble bursting (2001), the real estate bubble bursting (2007), the opioid epidemic (2017), forest fires on the West Coast (2018), and the coronavirus pandemic (2020). Very recently, we have experienced the fall of Afghanistan (2021), the latest earthquake and hurricane in Haiti (2021), and the attack on Ukraine (2022). Various earthquakes, hurricanes, and recently cicadas, but fortunately not locusts, have been sprinkled throughout. Beyond Quick Fixes steps back from business as usual to rethink how we can approach the complex challenges of contemporary society — health, education, energy, and social media. Rouse retreats, initially, into the principals of design thinking rather than policy making; he rigorously reconsiders our typical modes of operation and explores alternative ways of thinking about complex problems and potential solutions. The result is an integrated approach to addressing complexity to assist leaders and advisors responsible for addressing these challenges.

Beyond Enlightenment

Author : Osho
Publisher : Fivestar
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 374 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book Beyond Enlightenment written by Osho and published by Fivestar. This book was released on 2023-07-06 with total page 374 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Enlightenment is the last host. Beyond it, all boundaries disappear, all experiences disappear. Experience comes to its utmost in enlightenment; it is the very peak of all that is beautiful, of all that is immortal, of all that is blissful -- but it is an experience. Beyond enlightenment there is no experience at all, because the experiencer has disappeared. Enlightenment is not only the peak of experience, it is also the finest definition of your being. Beyond it, there is only nothingness; you will not come again to a point which has to be transcended. Experience, the experiencer, enlightenment -- all have been left behind. You are part of the tremendous nothingness that is infinite. This is the nothingness out of which the whole existence comes, the womb; and this is the nothingness in which all the existence disappears.

Space-time and Beyond

Author : Bob Toben
Publisher : Bantam
ISBN 13 : 9780553131291
Total Pages : 188 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (312 download)

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Download or read book Space-time and Beyond written by Bob Toben and published by Bantam. This book was released on 1983 with total page 188 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Building a Community of Interpreters

Author : Walter R. Dickhaut
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 1630870986
Total Pages : 120 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Building a Community of Interpreters written by Walter R. Dickhaut and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2013-07-03 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Building a Community of Interpreters Walter Dickhaut argues that the practice of reading (and, by extension, listening) is no less creative than the practice of writing (and speaking); readers and hearers, just as much as writers and speakers, are producers of meaning. Hence, the work of biblical interpretation is the work--the calling--of a community. Focused on the experience of the reader (or hearer) of biblical texts, he explores such questions as: -What happens when the author disappears? -What happens when a reader opens a book to meet the author? -What happens when a book is read? -What happens when the reader changes spectacles? Into discussion of such issues as the reader's angle of vision, when texts open and close, the reader's expectations, the reader's meeting up with the text, and the functions of filters and lenses in the practice of reading and hearing, the author introduces mystery, surprise, and expectation as hermeneutical lenses that can enlarge what may be seen in biblical texts. In addition to some homiletical samples, the author concludes with a suggested teaching plan for building a community of interpreters.

The Sociogony

Author : Mark P. Worrell
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004384022
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (43 download)

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Download or read book The Sociogony written by Mark P. Worrell and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2018-11-26 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Sociogony attempts to forge a new strain of critical social theory by repositioning Durkheim’s relationship to Hegel and Marx. A fresh look at social facts, authority, and processes of genesis, rule, and decay provide a stable social ontology for a world turned upside down.

Wisdom Beyond Years

Author : J. Sauve’
Publisher : Trafford Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1466975571
Total Pages : 141 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (669 download)

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Download or read book Wisdom Beyond Years written by J. Sauve’ and published by Trafford Publishing. This book was released on 2013-02-27 with total page 141 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is an understanding of how people’s behavior controls our destiny. It is a study of what makes us as human beings do the things we do. It then studies and dissects what causes us to do the things we do and why. Once we understand what makes us tick, we can make the changes we desire to live the life we want to live instead of the life we are living. Living in love, peace, and Joy can be a challenge because of the way the world looks to us. Many people believe the world is happening to them. The truth, once understood from this powerful book, can be very freeing. The world isn’t happening to you; it is coming from you. This will become your new reality once you understand the concepts and you take action on the exercises in the book. You have a unique opportunity to make changes in your life that will attract the abundance, love, peace, and joy we all desire in our lives. Personal development takes commitment, discipline, and patience, which are all qualities taught in this book. When you learn the principles and laws of the universe, everything you ever wanted in your life comes with ease and effortlessly. Make this book one of your sources for your personal growth and recognize this is not something that can be understood with your mind. You will either feel it with your heart or you are not ready for it yet. If that is the case, then put it down and pick it up in six months after you have had more experiences of suffering in your life. You see pain is a given; it will happen in all our lives at some point. Whether you suffer or not will be your choice. I have put handling the pain of life into an easy, step-by-step way to remove the suffering part so you can live a happy, more enjoyable life. This book will change your destiny if you choose to accept the challenges laid out in its pages. Don’t let it pass you by. This is the life-changing book you have been waiting for.

Contexts for Amos

Author : Mark Daniel Carroll R.
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 0567620921
Total Pages : 369 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (676 download)

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Download or read book Contexts for Amos written by Mark Daniel Carroll R. and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 1992-02-01 with total page 369 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This learned volume offers a close reading of chapters 3 to 6 of the book of Amos, and attempts to locate biblical study and theological reflection within the complex cultural context of Latin America. The author prefaces his study with a wide-ranging survey of the continuing debate over the proper use of the Bible as a model for the structures of society. The author's particular focus is Latin America, and through sociological and textual analysis, he seeks to define the role of the prophetic biblical voice in this society and presses for a recognition of moral complexities and a constant questioning and self-evaluation from those who would claim to speak for God in society.

Technologies of Seeing

Author : Brian Winston
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 183871846X
Total Pages : 261 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (387 download)

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Download or read book Technologies of Seeing written by Brian Winston and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-07-25 with total page 261 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This text examines the complex forces pushing and constraining technological developments in cinema. It contests the view that technological advance is simply the result of scientific progress. Rather, the author argues that social forces control the media technology agenda at every stage.

Buddhism of the Heart

Author : Jeff Wilson
Publisher : ReadHowYouWant.com
ISBN 13 : 1458783553
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (587 download)

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Download or read book Buddhism of the Heart written by Jeff Wilson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-10-08 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Includes a foreword by Mark Unno and Taitetsu Unno. Jeff Wilson started his walk on the Buddha's Path as a Zen practitioner-taking up a tradition of vigorous self-effort, intensive meditation, and meticulous attention to rectitude in every action. But in Jeff's case, rather than freeing him from his suffering, he found those Zen practices made him nothing short of insufferable. And so he turned to Shin Buddhism-a path that is easily the most popular in Zen's native land of Japan but is largely unknown in the West. Shin emphasizes an ''entrusting heart,'' a heart that is able to receive with gratitude every moment of our mistake-filled and busy lives. Moreover, through walking the Shin path, Jeff comes see that each of us (himself especially included) are truly ''foolish beings,'' people so filled with endlessly arising ''blind passions'' and ingrained habits that we so easily cause harm even with our best intentions. And even so, Shin holds out the tantalizing possibility that, by truly entrusting our foolish selves to the compassionate universe, we can learn to see how this foolish life, just as it is, is nonetheless also a life of grace. Buddhism of the Heart is a wide-ranging book of essays and open-hearted stories, reflections that run the gamut from intensely personal to broadly philosophical, introducing the reader to a remarkable religious tradition of compassionate acceptance.

Eleanor Cameron

Author : Paul V. Allen
Publisher : Univ. Press of Mississippi
ISBN 13 : 1496814495
Total Pages : 275 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (968 download)

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Download or read book Eleanor Cameron written by Paul V. Allen and published by Univ. Press of Mississippi. This book was released on 2018-02-20 with total page 275 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Eleanor Cameron (1912-1996) was an innovative and genre-defying author of children's fiction and children's literature criticism. From her beginnings as a librarian, Cameron went on to become a prominent and respected voice in children's literature, writing one of the most beloved children's science fiction novels of all time, The Wonderful Flight to the Mushroom Planet, and later winning the National Book Award for her time fantasy The Court of the Stone Children. In addition, Eleanor Cameron played an often vocal role in critical debates about children's literature. She was one of the first authors to take up literary criticism of children's novels and published two influential books of criticism, including The Green and Burning Tree. One of Cameron's most notable acts of criticism came in 1973, when she wrote a scathing critique of Roald Dahl's Charlie and the Chocolate Factory. Dahl responded in kind, and the result was a fiery imbroglio within the pages of the Horn Book Magazine. Yet despite her many accomplishments, most of Cameron's books went out of print by the end of her life, and her star faded. This biography aims to reinsert Cameron into the conversation by taking an in-depth look at her tumultuous early life in Ohio and California, her unforgettably forceful personality and criticism, and her graceful, heartfelt novels. The biography includes detailed analysis of the creative process behind each of her published works and how Cameron's feminism, environmentalism, and strong sense of ethics are reflected in and represented by her writings. Drawn from over twenty interviews, thousands of letters, and several unpublished manuscripts in her personal papers, Eleanor Cameron is a tour of the most exciting and creative periods of American children's literature through the experience of one of its valiant purveyors and champions.

Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future

Author : Sean A. Hays
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400717873
Total Pages : 391 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Nanotechnology, the Brain, and the Future written by Sean A. Hays and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-13 with total page 391 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our brain is the source of everything that makes us human: language, creativity, rationality, emotion, communication, culture, politics. The neurosciences have given us, in recent decades, fundamental new insights into how the brain works and what that means for how we see ourselves as individuals and as communities. Now – with the help of new advances in nanotechnology – brain science proposes to go further: to study its molecular foundations, to repair brain functions, to create mind-machine interfaces, and to enhance human mental capacities in radical ways. This book explores the convergence of these two revolutionary scientific fields and the implications of this convergence for the future of human societies. In the process, the book offers a significant new approach to technology assessment, one which operates in real-time, alongside the innovation process, to inform the ways in which new fields of science and technology emerge in, get shaped by, and help shape human societies.