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The Scout Mindset

Author : Julia Galef
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0735217556
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (352 download)

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Download or read book The Scout Mindset written by Julia Galef and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "...an engaging and enlightening account from which we all can benefit."—The Wall Street Journal A better way to combat knee-jerk biases and make smarter decisions, from Julia Galef, the acclaimed expert on rational decision-making. When it comes to what we believe, humans see what they want to see. In other words, we have what Julia Galef calls a "soldier" mindset. From tribalism and wishful thinking, to rationalizing in our personal lives and everything in between, we are driven to defend the ideas we most want to believe—and shoot down those we don't. But if we want to get things right more often, argues Galef, we should train ourselves to have a "scout" mindset. Unlike the soldier, a scout's goal isn't to defend one side over the other. It's to go out, survey the territory, and come back with as accurate a map as possible. Regardless of what they hope to be the case, above all, the scout wants to know what's actually true. In The Scout Mindset, Galef shows that what makes scouts better at getting things right isn't that they're smarter or more knowledgeable than everyone else. It's a handful of emotional skills, habits, and ways of looking at the world—which anyone can learn. With fascinating examples ranging from how to survive being stranded in the middle of the ocean, to how Jeff Bezos avoids overconfidence, to how superforecasters outperform CIA operatives, to Reddit threads and modern partisan politics, Galef explores why our brains deceive us and what we can do to change the way we think.

Rationally Speaking

Author : Massimo Pigliucci
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781689600729
Total Pages : 251 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Rationally Speaking written by Massimo Pigliucci and published by . This book was released on 2019-08-30 with total page 251 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A collection of essays by Professor Massimo Pigliucci (currently at Stony Brook University in new York), on topics ranging from science to philosophy, from politics to religion. Rationally Speaking originated in 2000 as a monthly online column, eventually to be syndicated on more than 50 web sites worldwide. It was the beginning of a regular online presence, which evolved in 2006 into the more agile and open-ended form of a blog (rationallyspeaking.org). Why would a professional scientist who spends most of his time working on fairly speciﬁc scientiﬁc puzzles concerning gene-environment interactions (what is often referred to as "nature-nurture" questions) spend a considerable amount of time and emotional energy writing electronic "messages in a bottle" to be entrusted to the capricious currents of the Internet?Because Pigliucci firmly believes that academics have a duty to society to be public intellectuals. Of course, the word "intellectual" has, at best, a dubious reputation in the United States (as opposed to Europe, where it is not uncommon to see philosophers, sociologists and scientists appearing on tv talk shows). Indeed, anti-intellectualism as a phenomenon characteristic of American society almost from its inception, has been the object of much study by sociologists who have identiﬁed its various components (from disdain for "theoretical" pursuits because they are not in line with the capitalist ethos to religious fundamentalist attacks on evolution). Nonetheless, and indeed precisely because of the widespread anti-intellectualism, the U.S. desperately needs intellectuals, from the academic world as much from outside of it (artists, journalists, authors, etc.).Democracy, Winston Churchill once said, is the worst form of government except for every other one. Plato wasn't a friend of democratic government, especially after he saw the Athenian democracy kill his mentor, Socrates. If we want to have a truly liberal democracy, and not the kind of mob rule that Plato disdained, we need educated people. Education, in turn, is not just an accumulation of factual knowledge, nor is it the acquisition of skills useful to the large corporations who now run the world. It is, at its essence, the ability to think critically about anything that is relevant to our lives. We hope, therefore, that you will enjoy these essays in the spirit they were written, to provide good food for thinking and further discussion.

The Self-Disclosure of God

Author : William C. Chittick
Publisher : State University of New York Press
ISBN 13 : 0791498964
Total Pages : 527 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (914 download)

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Download or read book The Self-Disclosure of God written by William C. Chittick and published by State University of New York Press. This book was released on 2015-03-26 with total page 527 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Self-Disclosure of God offers the most detailed presentation to date in any Western language of the basic teachings of Islam's greatest mystical philosopher and theologian. It represents a major step forward in making available to the Western reading public the enormous riches of Islamic teachings in the fields of cosmology, mystical philosophy, theology, and spirituality. The Self-Disclosure of God continues the author's investigations of the world view of Ibn al-ʿArabī, the greatest theoretician of Sufism and the "seal of the Muhammadan saints." The book is divided into three parts, dealing with the relation between God and the cosmos, the structure of the cosmos, and the nature of the human soul. A long introduction orients the reader and discusses a few of the difficulties faced by Ibn al-ʿArabī's interpreters. Like Chittick's earlier work, The Sufi Path of Knowledge, this book is based primarily on Ibn al-ʿArabī's monumental work, al-Futūḥāt al-Makkīyah "The Meccan Openings." More than one hundred complete chapters and subsections are translated, not to mention shorter passages that help put the longer discussions in context. There are detailed indices of sources, Koranic verses and hadiths. The book's index of technical terminology will be an indispensable reference for all those wishing to delve more deeply into the use of language in Islamic thought in general and Sufism in particular.

Ace Jefferson Finlay II

Author : Ace Finlay
Publisher : Lulu.com
ISBN 13 : 1365615081
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (656 download)

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Download or read book Ace Jefferson Finlay II written by Ace Finlay and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2016-12-16 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 2nd Journal of Ace Jefferson Finlay April 1st,2013- July 1st,2014

We Are All Apocalyptic Now

Author : Robert Jensen
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
ISBN 13 : 9781481958479
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (584 download)

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Download or read book We Are All Apocalyptic Now written by Robert Jensen and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2013-01-11 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book offers a framework for understanding our moment in history as we face multiple, cascading criseseconomic and ecological, political and cultural. It also explores our obligations of those for communicating that understanding to a wider world.

THE Interview That Solves The Human Condition And Saves The World!

Author : Jeremy Griffith
Publisher : WTM Publishing and Communications PTY Limited
ISBN 13 : 1741290570
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (412 download)

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Download or read book THE Interview That Solves The Human Condition And Saves The World! written by Jeremy Griffith and published by WTM Publishing and Communications PTY Limited. This book was released on 2020-06-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The best introduction to biologist Jeremy Griffith’s world-saving explanation of the human condition! The transcript of acclaimed British actor and broadcaster Craig Conway’s astonishing, world-changing and world-saving 2020 interview with Australian biologist Jeremy Griffith about his book FREEDOM: The End Of The Human Condition which presents the completely redeeming, uplifting and healing understanding of the core mystery and problem about human behaviour of our so-called good and evil -stricken human condition thus ending all the conflict and suffering in human life at its source, and providing the now urgently needed road map for the complete rehabilitation and transformation of our lives and world! In fact, a former President of the Canadian Psychiatric Association, Professor Harry Prosen, has described it as the most important interview of all time! This world-saving interview was broadcast across the UK in 2020 and is being replayed on radio & TV stations around the world. This book is supported by a very informative website at www.humancondition.com, where you can watch the video of the interview.

Philosophy, Science, and History

Author : Lydia Patton
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1136626883
Total Pages : 443 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (366 download)

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Download or read book Philosophy, Science, and History written by Lydia Patton and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2014-06-27 with total page 443 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Philosophy, Science, and History: A Guide and Reader is a compact overview of the history and philosophy of science that aims to introduce students to the groundwork of the field, and to stimulate innovative research. The general introduction focuses on scientific theory change, assessment, discovery, and pursuit. Part I of the Reader begins with classic texts in the history of logical empiricism, including Reichenbach’s discovery-justification distinction. With careful reference to Kuhn’s analysis of scientific revolutions, the section provides key texts analyzing the relationship of HOPOS to the history of science, including texts by Santayana, Rudwick, and Shapin and Schaffer. Part II provides texts illuminating central debates in the history of science and its philosophy. These include the history of natural philosophy (Descartes, Newton, Leibniz, Kant, Hume, and du Châtelet in a new translation); induction and the logic of discovery (including the Mill-Whewell debate, Duhem, and Hanson); and catastrophism versus uniformitarianism in natural history (Playfair on Hutton and Lyell; de Buffon, Cuvier, and Darwin). The editor’s introductions to each section provide a broader perspective informed by contemporary research in each area, including related topics. Each introduction furnishes proposals, including thematic bibliographies, for innovative research questions and projects in the classroom and in the field.

Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices

Author : Andreas Oberprantacher
Publisher : Springer
ISBN 13 : 1137516593
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (375 download)

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Download or read book Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices written by Andreas Oberprantacher and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-12-25 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores, discusses, and assesses the actual and potential sense of subjectivation in a variety of contexts. In particular, it reflects the genealogies, connections, variations, and practical implications of various theories of subjectivity and subjection while providing an up-to-date and authoritative account of how to engage with the ‘subject’. Rather than addressing the ‘subject’ merely in theoretical terms, this book explores subjectivation as a seminal expression of subjective practices in the plural. To the extent that subjectivity and subjection are key terms in a plurality of discourses and for a number of disciplines, Subjectivation in Political Theory and Contemporary Practices advances a trans-disciplinary reading by taking into account relevant debates that stretch from poststructuralism via postfordism to postdemocracy. In this sense, the book introduces readers to current approaches to subjectivation by displacing conventional understandings and suggesting unexpected reformulations.

So You Want to Talk About Race

Author : Ijeoma Oluo
Publisher : Seal Press
ISBN 13 : 1541619226
Total Pages : 214 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book So You Want to Talk About Race written by Ijeoma Oluo and published by Seal Press. This book was released on 2019-09-24 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this #1 New York Times bestseller, Ijeoma Oluo offers a revelatory examination of race in America Protests against racial injustice and white supremacy have galvanized millions around the world. The stakes for transformative conversations about race could not be higher. Still, the task ahead seems daunting, and it’s hard to know where to start. How do you tell your boss her jokes are racist? Why did your sister-in-law hang up on you when you had questions about police reform? How do you explain white privilege to your white, privileged friend? In So You Want to Talk About Race, Ijeoma Oluo guides readers of all races through subjects ranging from police brutality and cultural appropriation to the model minority myth in an attempt to make the seemingly impossible possible: honest conversations about race, and about how racism infects every aspect of American life. "Simply put: Ijeoma Oluo is a necessary voice and intellectual for these times, and any time, truth be told." ―Phoebe Robinson, New York Times bestselling author of You Can't Touch My Hair

The Memory Eaters

Author : Elizabeth Kadetsky
Publisher : UMass + ORM
ISBN 13 : 1613767498
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)

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Download or read book The Memory Eaters written by Elizabeth Kadetsky and published by UMass + ORM. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On autopsy, the brain of an Alzheimer's patient can weigh as little as 30 percent of a healthy brain. The tissue grows porous. It is a sieve through which the past slips. As her mother loses her grasp on their shared history, Elizabeth Kadetsky sifts through boxes of the snapshots, newspaper clippings, pamphlets, and notebooks that remain, hoping to uncover the memories that her mother is actively losing as her dementia progresses. These remnants offer the false yet beguiling suggestion that the past is easy to reconstruct—easy to hold. At turns lyrical, poignant, and alluring, The Memory Eaters tells the story of a family's cyclical and intergenerational incidents of trauma, secret-keeping, and forgetting in the context of 1970s and 1980s New York City. Moving from her parents' divorce to her mother's career as a Seventh Avenue fashion model and from her sister's addiction and homelessness to her own experiences with therapy for post-traumatic stress disorder, Kadetsky takes readers on a spiraling trip through memory, consciousness fractured by addiction and dementia, and a compulsion for the past salved by nostalgia.

Linguistic Analysis and Phenomenology

Author : Wolfe Mays
Publisher : Bucknell University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780838710258
Total Pages : 326 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (12 download)

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Download or read book Linguistic Analysis and Phenomenology written by Wolfe Mays and published by Bucknell University Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume contains the proceedings of the six symposia of the 'Philosophers into Europe' conference held under the joint auspices of the Royal Institute of Philosophy and the British Society for Phenomenology at the University of Southampton in September 1969.

The principia; or, The first principles of natural things, tr. by A. Clissold

Author : Emanuel Swedenborg
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 410 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book The principia; or, The first principles of natural things, tr. by A. Clissold written by Emanuel Swedenborg and published by . This book was released on 1845 with total page 410 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism

Author : Jari Kaukua
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004514104
Total Pages : 264 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism written by Jari Kaukua and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-07-18 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In Suhrawardī’s Illuminationism, Jari Kaukua offers a new interpretation of Shihāb al-Dīn al-Suhrawardī’s (d. 1191 CE) illuminationist (ishrāqī) philosophy. Commonly portrayed as a philosophically inclined mystic, Suhrawardī appears here as a perspicacious critic of Avicenna who developed his critique into an alternative philosophical system. Focusing on metaphysics and theory of science, Kaukua argues that Suhrawardī’s illuminationist philosophy combines rigorous metaphysical monism with a modest but positive assessment of scientific explanation. This philosophical core of Suhrawardī’s illuminationism is reconcilable with but independent of the mystical side of the shaykh al-ishrāq.

Earth, Life, and System

Author : Bruce Clarke
Publisher : Fordham University Press
ISBN 13 : 0823265277
Total Pages : 368 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Download or read book Earth, Life, and System written by Bruce Clarke and published by Fordham University Press. This book was released on 2015-07-01 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Exploring the broad implications of evolutionary theorist Lynn Margulis’s work, this collection brings together specialists across a range of disciplines, from paleontology, molecular biology, evolutionary theory, and geobiology to developmental systems theory, archaeology, history of science, cultural science studies, and literature and science. Addressing the multiple themes that animated Margulis’s science, the essays within take up, variously, astrobiology and the origin of life, ecology and symbiosis from the microbial to the planetary scale, the coupled interactions of earthly environments and evolving life in Gaia theory and earth system science, and the connections of these newer scientific ideas to cultural and creative productions. Dorion Sagan acquaints the reader with salient issues in Lynn Margulis’s scientific work, the controversies they raised, and the vocabulary necessary to follow the arguments. Sankar Chatterjee synthesizes several strands of current theory for the origin of life on earth. James Strick tells the intertwined origin stories of James Lovelock’s Gaia hypothesis and Margulis’s serial endosymbiosis theory. Jan Sapp explores the distinct phylogenetic visions of Margulis and Carl Woese. Susan Squier examines the epigenetics of embryologist and developmental biologist C. H. Waddington. Bruce Clarke studies the convergence of ecosystem ecology, systems theory, and science fiction between the 1960s and the 1980s. James Shapiro discusses the genome evolution that results not from random changes but rather from active cell processes. Susan Oyama shows how the concept of development balances an over-emphasis on genetic coding and other deterministic schemas. Christopher Witmore studies the ways in which a concentrated animal feeding operation, or CAFO, mixes up natural resources, animal lives, and human appetites. And Peter Westbroek brings the insights of earth system science toward a new worldview essential for a proper response to global change.

Unclean

Author : Richard Beck
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 160899242X
Total Pages : 213 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (89 download)

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Download or read book Unclean written by Richard Beck and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2011-03-04 with total page 213 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "I desire mercy, not sacrifice." Echoing Hosea, Jesus defends his embrace of the "unclean" in the Gospel of Matthew, seeming to privilege the prophetic call to justice over the Levitical pursuit of purity. And yet, as missional faith communities are well aware, the tensions and conflicts between holiness and mercy are not so easily resolved. At every turn, it seems that the psychological pull of purity and holiness tempts the church into practices of social exclusion and a Gnostic "flight" from the world into a "too spiritual" spirituality. In an unprecedented fusion of psychological science and theological scholarship, Richard Beck describes the pernicious (and largely unnoticed) effects of the psychology of purity upon the life and mission of the church.

Philosopher of Revelation

Author : Joshua O. Haberman
Publisher : Jewish Publication Society
ISBN 13 : 9780827603530
Total Pages : 364 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book Philosopher of Revelation written by Joshua O. Haberman and published by Jewish Publication Society. This book was released on 1990 with total page 364 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Journal of Speculative Philosophy

Author :
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.B/5 (1 download)

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Download or read book The Journal of Speculative Philosophy written by and published by . This book was released on 1875 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: