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Author : Stanley Shostak
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789057025396
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (253 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Sameness and Difference written by Stanley Shostak and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-08-19 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Stanley Shostak
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 079148081X
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)
Download or read book The Evolution of Death written by Stanley Shostak and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2012-02-01 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Evolution of Death, the follow-up to Becoming Immortal: Combining Cloning and Stem-Cell Therapy, also published by SUNY Press, Stanley Shostak argues that death, like life, can evolve. Observing that literature, philosophy, religion, genetics, physics, and gerontology still struggle to explain why we die, Shostak explores the mystery of death from a biological perspective. Death, Shostak claims, is not the end of a linear journey, static and indifferent to change. Instead, he suggests, the current efforts to live longer have profoundly affected our ecological niche, and we are evolving into a long-lived species. Pointing to the artificial means currently used to prolong life, he argues that as we become increasingly juvenilized in our adult life, death will become significantly and evolutionarily delayed. As bodies evolve, the embryos of succeeding generations may be accumulating the stem cells that preserve and restore, providing the resources necessary to live longer and longer. If trends like this continue, Shostak contends, future human beings may join the ranks of other animals with indefinite life spans.
Author : Stanley Shostak
Publisher : CRC Press
ISBN 13 : 9789057025402
Total Pages : 360 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (254 download)
Download or read book Evolution of Sameness and Difference written by Stanley Shostak and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 1999-08-19 with total page 360 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An analysis of the problem of how the sameness and difference in living things are controlled normally, in the course of development and maintenance, and abnormally, in the course of defective growth, tumours and cancer. Like everything else in life, the biological sameness and difference in organisms has evolved. An understanding of this biological evolution will help control abnormalities, such as those associated with birth defects and invasive, destructive tumours.
Author : Jeffrey J. Kripal
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119654025
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (196 download)
Download or read book Comparing Religions written by Jeffrey J. Kripal and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2024-03-15 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Teaches students the art and practice of comparison in the globalizing world, fully updated to reflect recent scholarship and major developments in the field Comparing Religions: The Study of Us that Changes Us is a wholly original, absorbing, and provocative reimagining of the comparative study of religion in the 21st century. The first textbook of its kind to foreground the extraordinary or “paranormal” aspects of religious experience, this innovative volume reviews the fundamental tenets of the world’s religions, discusses the benefits and problems of comparative inquiry, explores how the practice can impact a person's worldview and values, and much more. Asserting that religions have always engaged in comparing one another, the authors provide insights into the history, trends, debates, and questions of explicit comparativism in the modern world. Easily accessible chapters examine the challenges of studying religion using a comparative approach rather than focusing on religious identity, inspiring students to think seriously about religious pluralism as they engage in comparative practice. Throughout the text, a wealth of diverse case studies and vivid illustrations are complemented by chapter outlines, summaries, toolkits, discussion questions, and other learning features. Substantially updated with new and revised material, the second edition of Comparing Religions: Draws from both comparative work and critical theory to present a well-balanced introduction to contemporary practice Explains classic comparative themes, provides a historical outline of comparative practices, and offers key strategies for understanding, analyzing, and re-reading religion Draws on a wide range of religious traditions to illustrate the complexity and efficacy of comparative practice Embraces the transcendent nature of the religious experience in all its forms, including in popular culture, film, and television Contains a classroom-proven, three-part structure with easy-to-digest, thematically organized chapters Features a companion website with information on individual religious traditions, additional images, a glossary, discussion questions, and links to supplementary material Comparing Religions: The Study of Us that Changes Us, Second Edition, is the perfect textbook for undergraduate students and faculty in comparative religion, the study of religion, and world religions, as well as a valuable resource for general readers interested in understanding this rewarding area.
Author : Thomas S. Popkewitz
Publisher : Psychology Press
ISBN 13 : 9780415922401
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (224 download)
Download or read book Critical Theories in Education written by Thomas S. Popkewitz and published by Psychology Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.
Author : James E. Fleming
Publisher : NYU Press
ISBN 13 : 0814738435
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (147 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Morality written by James E. Fleming and published by NYU Press. This book was released on 2012-09-10 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can theories of evolution explain the development of our capacity for moral judgment and the content of morality itself? If bad behavior punished by the criminal law is attributable to physical causes, rather than being intentional or voluntary as traditionally assumed, what are the implications for rethinking the criminal justice system? Is evolutionary theory and “nature talk,” at least as practiced to date, inherently conservative and resistant to progressive and feminist proposals for social changes to counter subordination and secure equality? In Evolution and Morality, a group of contributors from philosophy, law, political science, history, and genetics address many of the philosophical, legal, and political issues raised by such questions. This insightful interdisciplinary volume examines the possibilities of a naturalistic ethics, the implications of behavioral morality for reform of the criminal law, the prospects for a biopolitical science, and the relationship between nature, culture, and social engineering.
Author : Tania Mancheno
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 365840924X
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (584 download)
Download or read book Ma(r)king the Difference written by Tania Mancheno and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2023-03-30 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This research delivers a conceptual reconstruction of the trajectory of concepts used to mark qualitative differences among identities from the 16th to the 21st century in central Europe and the Americas. The surplus lies in the inclusion of colonial history in the genealogy of Western political thought and ideas, as well as in the postcolonial discussion of multiculturalism. The manuscript deals with the power and authority of translation providing the reader with an insight into the history of colonial racism through a deep conceptual analysis of three historical debates that have not been previously discussed together. By linking the so-called “Indian Question”, the “Jewish Question” and the multicultural question, this thesis includes a valuable critical revision of the origins of Humanism in colonial times and contexts and an original critique to the power and violence of language in ma(r)king differences, which is described in terms of translation. This thesis was selected among the three best dissertations in critical social thinking of the year 2019 by the Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung.
Author : Elaine M. Landry
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019874899X
Total Pages : 486 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (987 download)
Download or read book Categories for the Working Philosopher written by Elaine M. Landry and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 486 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first volume on category theory for a broad philosophical readership. It is designed to show the interest and significance of category theory for a range of philosophical interests: mathematics, proof theory, computation, cognition, scientific modelling, physics, ontology, the structure of the world. Each chapter is written by either a category-theorist or a philosopher working in one of the represented areas, in an accessible waythat builds on the concepts that are already familiar to philosophers working in these areas.
Author : Joseph Carroll
Publisher : University of Missouri Press
ISBN 13 : 9780826209795
Total Pages : 1096 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (97 download)
Download or read book Evolution and Literary Theory written by Joseph Carroll and published by University of Missouri Press. This book was released on 1995 with total page 1096 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Over the past two decades, poststructuralism in its myriad forms has come to dominate literary criticism to the exclusion of virtually any other point of view. Few scholars have escaped the coercive authority of its programmatic radicalism. In Evolution and Literary Theory, Joseph Carroll vigorously attacks the foundational principles of poststructuralism and offers in their stead a bold new theory that situates literary criticism within the matrix of evolutionary theory.
Author : Peter Bunyard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 166 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)
Download or read book Gaia and Evolution written by Peter Bunyard and published by . This book was released on 1989 with total page 166 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Magnus Enquist
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691240760
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (912 download)
Download or read book The Human Evolutionary Transition written by Magnus Enquist and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2023-02-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A major new theory of why human intelligence has not evolved in other species The Human Evolutionary Transition offers a unified view of the evolution of intelligence, presenting a bold and provocative new account of how animals and humans have followed two powerful yet very different evolutionary paths to intelligence. This incisive book shows how animals rely on robust associative mechanisms that are guided by genetic information, which enable animals to sidestep complex problems in learning and decision making but ultimately limit what they can learn. Humans embody an evolutionary transition to a different kind of intelligence, one that relies on behavioral and mental flexibility. The book argues that flexibility is useless to most animals because they lack sufficient opportunities to learn new behavioral and mental skills. Humans find these opportunities in lengthy childhoods and through culture. Blending the latest findings in fields ranging from psychology to evolutionary anthropology, The Human Evolutionary Transition draws on computational analyses of the problems organisms face, extensive overviews of empirical data on animal and human learning, and mathematical modeling and computer simulations of hypotheses about intelligence. This compelling book demonstrates that animal and human intelligence evolved from similar selection pressures while identifying bottlenecks in evolution that may explain why human-like intelligence is so rare.
Author : Paul A. Wagner
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 1475833539
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (758 download)
Download or read book Focus on Thinking written by Paul A. Wagner and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2017-01-23 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the wake of initiatives such as No Child Left Behind and the use of high-stakes testing, the emphasis in schools has been on drill and practice for the test. Genuine understanding and critical thinking have been increasingly shortchanged. As a result, students have fewer opportunities to advance their insight into cognitive and emotional challenges, even though both teachers and parents recognize the importance of developing deliberative and reflective thinking skills. This book uniquely combines two things. First, it provides resources for classroom teachers in middle and secondary school that make it possible to, at a moment’s notice, take advantage of a teachable moment by drawing students into productive intellectual discussions. Second, it gives the reader an overview of the rationale and the research base for engaging students in educational activities that are truly intellectual and that are not limited to training for testing success.
Author : A. James Arnold
Publisher : John Benjamins Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9027297770
Total Pages : 417 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (272 download)
Download or read book A History of Literature in the Caribbean written by A. James Arnold and published by John Benjamins Publishing. This book was released on 1997-08-15 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Cross-Cultural Studies is the culminating effort of a distinguished team of international scholars who have worked since the mid-1980s to create the most complete analysis of Caribbean literature ever undertaken. Conceived as a major contribution to postcolonial studies, cultural studies, cultural anthropology, and regional studies of the Caribbean and the Americas, Cross-Cultural Studies illuminates the interrelations between and among Europe, the Caribbean islands, Africa, and the American continents from the late fifteenth century to the present. Scholars from five continents bring to bear on the most salient issues of Caribbean literature theoretical and critical positions that are currently in the forefront of discussion in literature, the arts, and public policy. Among the major issues treated at length in Cross-Cultural Studies are: The history and construction of racial inequality in Caribbean colonization; The origins and formation of literatures in various Creoles; The gendered literary representation of the Caribbean region; The political and ideological appropriation of Caribbean history in creating the idea of national culture in North and South America, Europe, and Africa; The role of the Caribbean in contemporary theories of Modernism and the Postmodern; The decentering of such canonical authors as Shakespeare; The vexed but inevitable connectedness of Caribbean literature with both its former colonial metropoles and its geographical neighbors. Contributions to Cross-Cultural Studies give a concrete cultural and historical analysis of such contemporary critical terms as hybridity, transculturation, and the carnivalesque, which have so often been taken out of context and employed in narrowly ideological contexts. Two important theories of the simultaneous unity and diversity of Caribbean literature and culture, propounded by Antonio Benítez-Rojo and +douard Glissant, receive extended treatment that places them strategically in the debate over multiculturalism in postcolonial societies and in the context of chaos theory. A contribution by Benítez-Rojo permits the reader to test the theory through his critical practice. Divided into nine thematic and methodological sections followed by a complete index to the names and dates of authors and significant historical figures discussed, Cross-Cultural Studies will be an indispensable resource for every library and a necessary handbook for scholars, teachers, and advanced students of the Caribbean region.
Author : Neroli Colvin
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1350368296
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (53 download)
Download or read book Rurality, Diversity and Schooling written by Neroli Colvin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2024-02-22 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Migration and refugee settlement policies have brought significant demographic changes to some regional centres over the past two decades and this book focuses on one such centre, a mid-size town in New South Wales. Historically, social relations in rural settlements have been enacted primarily within a "white/black" (Anglo/Indigenous) binary but in recent years this town has become home to several hundred refugees from Africa, South-East Asia and the Middle East. Using interview, observational and documentary data, the book examines how multiculturalism is understood, valued and lived in the town's two public high schools. Schools are key sites for everyday interactions between people from diverse ethnic, cultural, language and religious backgrounds. Drawing on critical theories of discourse, space and race, the book examines a host of anxieties in the town and its schools about recent demographic changes revealing how notions of rurality, steeped in colonial narratives about European settlement, productivity and racial superiority, continue to shape how difference is perceived and experienced in regional communities.
Author : Lynne Cooper
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119974704
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (199 download)
Download or read book Business NLP For Dummies, UK Edition written by Lynne Cooper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2011-03-23 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Achieve business success with Neuro-linguistic Programming People around the globe use NLP to improve their communication skills, build rapport, make positive changes and accomplish their goals. When used in a business context, NLP techniques can transform both your own and your team's performances. This practical guide to NLP at work will help you increase your flexibility, become more influential and achieve professional success, whatever your career. Use NLP techniques in the workplace – overcome barriers to success and develop a winning mindset Build effective working relationships – improve your communication skills and create rapport with your colleagues Lead people to perform – enhance your ability to inspire peak performance Make changes that drive success – set and achieve ambitious goals 'This book is clear, engaging and practical – an excellent guide for business professionals who want to use the power of leading-edge NLP models and techniques to improve performance. It demonstrates, with great examples, the value of using NLP in business to create positive, successful change in both people and organisations.' –Judith Lowe, Managing Director, PPD Learning, NLP Training Company Open the book and find: How to use NLP to work more effectively How to implement changes that make a difference How to interact positively with your colleagues How to offer constructive feedback and get the most out of people How to deal with difficult people How to create a compelling vision How to achieve your business goals Learn to: Use NLP to realise your goals and aspirations at work Master exceptional influencing and negotiating skills Get the most out of your colleagues or team Achieve business excellence
Author : Myrdene Anderson
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
ISBN 13 : 3110849879
Total Pages : 632 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (18 download)
Download or read book On Semiotic Modeling written by Myrdene Anderson and published by Walter de Gruyter. This book was released on 2014-01-02 with total page 632 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Jassen Callender
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317339738
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)
Download or read book Architecture History and Theory in Reverse written by Jassen Callender and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-28 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at architecture history in reverse, in order to follow chains of precedents back through time to see how ideas alter the course of civilization in general and the discipline of architecture in particular. Part I begins with present-day attitudes about architecture and traces them back to seminal ideas from the beginning of the twentieth century. Part II examines how pre-twentieth-century societies designed and understood architecture, how they strove to create communal physical languages, and how their disagreements set the stage for our information age practices. Architecture History and Theory in Reverse includes 45 black-and-white images and will be useful to students of architecture and literature.
