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The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences

Author : Ian Shapiro
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 140082690X
Total Pages : 236 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book The Flight from Reality in the Human Sciences written by Ian Shapiro and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2009-02-09 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this captivating yet troubling book, Ian Shapiro offers a searing indictment of many influential practices in the social sciences and humanities today. Perhaps best known for his critique of rational choice theory, Shapiro expands his purview here. In discipline after discipline, he argues, scholars have fallen prey to inward-looking myopia that results from--and perpetuates--a flight from reality. In the method-driven academic culture we inhabit, argues Shapiro, researchers too often make display and refinement of their techniques the principal scholarly activity. The result is that they lose sight of the objects of their study. Pet theories and methodological blinders lead unwelcome facts to be ignored, sometimes not even perceived. The targets of Shapiro's critique include the law and economics movement, overzealous formal and statistical modeling, various reductive theories of human behavior, misguided conceptual analysis in political theory, and the Cambridge school of intellectual history. As an alternative to all of these, Shapiro makes a compelling case for problem-driven social research, rooted in a realist philosophy of science and an antireductionist view of social explanation. In the lucid--if biting--prose for which Shapiro is renowned, he explains why this requires greater critical attention to how problems are specified than is usually undertaken. He illustrates what is at stake for the study of power, democracy, law, and ideology, as well as in normative debates over rights, justice, freedom, virtue, and community. Shapiro answers many critics of his views along the way, securing his position as one of the distinctive social and political theorists of our time.

Flight from Reality

Author : Norman Taylor
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Flight from Reality written by Norman Taylor and published by . This book was released on 1949 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flight from Reality

Author : David Stafford
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 204 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Flight from Reality written by David Stafford and published by . This book was released on 2002 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of one of the most bizarre and mysterious chapters of the Second World War, the Deputy Fuhrer's flight to Scotland to negotiate a peace deal with Britain and Germany. A number of conspiracy theories have been created from this peculiar event and in Flight from Reality David Stafford has assembled an international group of experts to give a definitive account of Hess's mission that separates the facts from the fiction that has arisen.

The Flight from Reality

Author : Clarence Buford Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Flight from Reality written by Clarence Buford Carson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An updated version of material that appeared serially in the Freeman from 1964-66. Bibliographical footnotes.

Flight Towards Reality

Author : Sir Victor Goddard
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780855000455
Total Pages : 176 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Flight Towards Reality written by Sir Victor Goddard and published by . This book was released on 1975 with total page 176 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flight From Reality

Author : David Stafford
Publisher : Independently Published
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Flight From Reality written by David Stafford and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2022-08-25 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Shortly after 11 pm on 10 May 1941, a Scottish ploughman spotted a parachutist floating to the ground in a field at Floors Farm, a dozen miles south of Glasgow. He ran out to find a burning twin-engine Messerschmitt Bf 110 bomber and an injured officer wearing the uniform of a captain of the German air force. The aviator identified himself as Captain Albert Horn and asked to be taken to see the Duke of Hamilton for whom, he claimed, he was carrying an important message. In reality, 'Captain Horn' was none other than Rudolf Hess, Deputy Führer and right-hand man of Adolf Hitler. Arrested and interrogated by various government officials, it soon emerged that Hess was seeking to negotiate a peace deal between Britain and Germany. Held as a prisoner of war for the next four years, he was convicted of conspiracy and crimes against peace at the Nuremberg Trials and sentenced to life imprisonment. Hess's flight to Britain has remained one of the most bizarre and mysterious chapters in the history of the Second World War and has created a multitude of colourful conspiracy theories. Some have claimed that Hess came as an emissary of Hitler or that his mission was engineered by British Intelligence; others that Hitler's deputy had died in a plane crash while flying with the Duke of Kent in 1942 and that a double went to trial in Nuremberg. In Flight from Reality, editor David Stafford has assembled an international team of experts on this episode, including Hugh Trevor-Roper, John Erickson, Warren Kimball and Len Deighton. The result is the definitive account of Hess's mission that separates fact from fiction and sheds new light on its significance in the history of the Second World War. Praise for Flight from Reality: 'Fascinating ... far more intriguing than the wildest conspiracy theory' - Scotland on Sunday David Stafford is the author or editor of several books on intelligence history, including Britain and European Resistance, Churchill and Secret Service, Roosevelt and Churchill: Men of Secrets and Secret Agent: The True Story of the Special Operations Executive. He is Project Director at the Centre for Second World War Studies in the Department of History at the University of Edinburgh.

The Reality of Everything

Author : Rebecca Yarros
Publisher : Entangled: Amara
ISBN 13 : 1649370210
Total Pages : 441 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (493 download)

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Download or read book The Reality of Everything written by Rebecca Yarros and published by Entangled: Amara. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 441 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Two years after the man she loved was killed in Afghanistan, Morgan Bartley is trying to put the pieces of her life back together. Renovating her dilapidated beach house in the Outer Banks might be just the distraction she needs to manage her debilitating anxiety attacks and begin to heal. That is, if she can ignore the ridiculously handsome guy next door... Jackson Montgomery’s life revolves around his five-year-old daughter and his job as a Coast Guard Search and Rescue pilot. But while his gorgeous new neighbor is clearly in distress, he’s pretty sure she’s no damsel. Morgan is stubborn with more defenses than the Hope Diamond, and the dog tags hanging from her rearview mirror give him a pretty good clue as to why. Morgan swore she’d never fall for another pilot, let alone a military man—and Jackson is heartbreak waiting to happen. But love never plays by the rules...especially when you try to play it safe. The Flight & Glory series is best enjoyed in order. Reading Order: Book #1 Full Measures Book #2 Eyes Turned Skyward Book #3 Beyond What is Given Book #4 Hallowed Ground Book #5 The Reality of Everything

The Flight from Reality

Author : Hector Hawton
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (41 download)

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Download or read book The Flight from Reality written by Hector Hawton and published by . This book was released on 1941 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Inflight Science

Author : Brian Clegg
Publisher : Icon Books Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1848312806
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (483 download)

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Download or read book Inflight Science written by Brian Clegg and published by Icon Books Ltd. This book was released on 2011-04-07 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The perfect companion to any flight - a guide to the science on view from your window seat. There are few times when science is so immediate as when you're in a plane. Your life is in the hands of the scientists and engineers who enable tons of metal and plastic to hurtle through the sky at hundreds of miles an hour. Inflight Science shows how you stay alive up there - but that's only the beginning. Brian Clegg explains the ever changing view, whether it's crop circles or clouds, mountains or river deltas, and describes simple experiments to show how a wing provides lift, or what happens if you try to open a door in midair (don't!). On a plane you'll experience the impact of relativity, the power of natural radiation and the effect of altitude on the boiling point of tea. Among the many things you'll learn is why the sky is blue, the cause of thunderstorms and the impact of volcanic ash in an enjoyable tour of mid-air science. Every moment of your journey is an opportunity to experience science in action: Inflight Science will be your guide.

The Flight of Rudolf Hess

Author : Roy Conyers Nesbit
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752472763
Total Pages : 201 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (524 download)

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Download or read book The Flight of Rudolf Hess written by Roy Conyers Nesbit and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2007-05-24 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On 10 May 1941, Rudolf Hess - Deputy Fuhrer of the Third Reich - embarked on his astonishing flight from Augsburg to Scotland. At dusk the same day, he parachuted on to a Scottish moor and was taken into custody. His arrival provoked widespread curiosity and speculation, which has continued to this day. Why did Hess fly to Scotland? Had Hitler authorized him to attempt to negotiate peace? Was British Intelligence involved? What was his state of mind at the time? Drawing on a variety of reliable archive and eyewitness sources in Britain, Germany and the USA, authors Roy Conyers Nesbit and Georges van Acker have written what must be the most objective assessment of the Hess' story yet to be published. Their compelling narrative not only dispels many of the extraordinary conspiracy theories, but also uncovers some intriguing new facts.

Choice

Author : Richard Harper
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 0745683908
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (456 download)

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Download or read book Choice written by Richard Harper and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-01-21 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: We make decisions every day. Yet we are sometimes perplexed by these decisions and the decisions of others. To complicate things further, we live in an age where there are more things to choose from than ever before – the Internet is transforming our choices and making us more accountable for them: what we choose is recorded, modelled and used to predict our future behaviour. So are we in a position to make better choices today than we were a decade ago? Certainly there are some who believe so. Psychologists claim we are subject to hidden mental processes that lead us to one thing rather than another; economists offer predictions about what people will buy; and some philosophers claim that our choices echo our evolutionary past. Are these claims merited? Do they reflect the beginnings of a new science of choice? This book offers a critical overview of these and other claims, showing where they are justified and where they are exaggerated. It will be an essential reference for anyone interested in whether science can help us to understand both the ways people make choices in their everyday lives and how these may be changing.

The Flight from Reality

Author : Clarence B.. Carson
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book The Flight from Reality written by Clarence B.. Carson and published by . This book was released on 1969 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Flight Risk

Author : Jennifer Fenn
Publisher : Roaring Brook Press
ISBN 13 : 1626727597
Total Pages : 383 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (267 download)

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Download or read book Flight Risk written by Jennifer Fenn and published by Roaring Brook Press. This book was released on 2017-07-18 with total page 383 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jennifer Fenn's debut novel inspired by true events, about a teenage boy who has stolen—and crashed—not one, but three airplanes. And each time he’s walked away unscathed. Who is Robert Jackson Kelly? Is he a juvenile delinquent? A criminal mastermind? A folk hero? One thing is clear: Robert always defies what people think of him. And now, the kid who failed at school, relationships, and almost everything in life, is determined to successfully steal and land a plane. Told as an investigation into Robert’s psyche, the narrative includes multiple points of view as well as documentary elements like emails, official records, and interviews with people who knew Robert. Ultimately, Flight Risk is a thrilling story about one teenager who is determined to find a moment of transcendence after everyone else has written him off as lost.

The Theory of Flight

Author : Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu
Publisher : Catalyst Press
ISBN 13 : 9781946395412
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (954 download)

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Download or read book The Theory of Flight written by Siphiwe Gloria Ndlovu and published by Catalyst Press. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "On the third of September, not so long ago, something truly wondrous happened on the Beauford Farm and Estate. At the moment of her death, Imogen Zula Nyoni - Genie - was seen to fly away on a giant pair of silver wings ..."

Flight Into Reality

Author : Greta Manville
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 1475957033
Total Pages : 207 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (759 download)

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Download or read book Flight Into Reality written by Greta Manville and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2012-10 with total page 207 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Garrick Thomas, a mystery writer, first meets Mara Edwards as he yearns for oblivion on the edge of a cliff outside the Caribbean asylum where they are both confined. As the killer from his bestselling novel lurks deep within his soul, Garrick battles his desire to end it all. Some days Mara, also a writer, is Irene Dun≠ other days she is Marlene Dietrich. Most days she wanders around the asylum, the helpless victim of her own hallucinations. But when both patients witness a brutal fight and possible strangling on the asylum grounds, no one believes their account. After detailing the fight to a security guard, Mara and Garrick meet with Dr. Stan Dickerson, who immediately suggests that the scuffle may have been just another one of their dreams. But just as Mara’s visiting daughter, Lauren, begins to dig into the details of the fateful night, she finds herself being romantically pursued by the man Mara says dragged a body into the bushes after the scuffle. In this thrilling murder mystery, Garrick, Mara, and her daughter must take matters into their own hands as they investigate a potential murder. But there is only one problem—someone wants them dead too.

Free Flight

Author : James Fallows
Publisher : PublicAffairs
ISBN 13 : 0786741759
Total Pages : 242 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (867 download)

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Download or read book Free Flight written by James Fallows and published by PublicAffairs. This book was released on 2008-11-05 with total page 242 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The troubles of the airline system have become acute in the post-terrorist era. As the average cost of a flight has come down in the last twenty years, the airlines have survived by keeping planes full and funneling traffic through a centralized hub-and-spoke routing system. Virtually all of the technological innovation in airplanes in the last thirty years has been devoted to moving passengers more efficiently between major hubs. But what was left out of this equation was the convenience and flexibility of the average traveler. Now, because of heightened security, hours of waiting are tacked onto each trip. As James Fallows vividly explains, a technological revolution is under way that will relieve this problem. Free Flight features the stories of three groups who are inventing and building the future of all air travel: NASA, Cirrus Design in Duluth, Minnesota, and Eclipse Aviation in Albuquerque, New Mexico. These ventures should make it possible for more people to travel the way corporate executives have for years: in small jet planes, from the airport that's closest to their home or office directly to the airport closest to where they really want to go. This will be possible because of a product now missing from the vast array of flying devices: small, radically inexpensive jet planes, as different from airliners as personal computers are from mainframes. And, as Fallows explains in a new preface, a system that avoids the congestion of the overloaded hub system will offer advantages in speed, convenience, and especially security in the new environment of air travel.

Flights in Dreams and Falls in Reality

Author : George Shominov
Publisher : BookCountry
ISBN 13 : 1463003773
Total Pages : 95 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Flights in Dreams and Falls in Reality written by George Shominov and published by BookCountry. This book was released on 2013-09-11 with total page 95 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The author, George Shominov, was born in 1958, wrote a book based on his own long-term experience the practical Yoga of Sleep and Dreams, narrates about passing from simple dreams to Conscious Dreams, further improvement of Consciousness and eliminating dual perception of Life (esoteric, philosophy)...