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Unsettled Thoughts

Author : Julia Staffel
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 0198833717
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Unsettled Thoughts written by Julia Staffel and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-01-05 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How should thinkers cope with uncertainty? What makes their degrees of belief rational, and how should they reason about uncertain matters? In epistemology, recent research has attempted to answer these questions by developing formal models of ideally rational credences. However, we know from psychological research that perfect rationality is unattainable for human thinkers--and so this raises the question of how rational ideals can apply to human thinkers. A popular reply is that the more a thinker's imperfectly rational credences approximate compliance with norms of ideal rationality, the better. But what exactly does this mean? Why is it better to be less irrational, if we can't ever be completely rational? And what does being closer to ideally rational amount to? If ideal models of rationality are supposed to help us understand the rationality of human, imperfect thinkers, we need answers to these questions. Unsettled Thoughts breaks new ground in the study of rationality in providing these answers: we can explain why it's better to be less irrational, because less irrational degrees of belief are generally more accurate and better at guiding our actions. Moreover, the way in which approximating ideal rationality is beneficial can be made formally precise by using a variety of distance measures that track the benefits of being more rational.

Unsettled

Author : Steven E. Koonin
Publisher : BenBella Books
ISBN 13 : 195329524X
Total Pages : 321 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (532 download)

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Download or read book Unsettled written by Steven E. Koonin and published by BenBella Books. This book was released on 2021-04-27 with total page 321 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unsettled is a remarkable book—probably the best book on climate change for the intelligent layperson—that achieves the feat of conveying complex information clearly and in depth." —Claremont Review of Books "Surging sea levels are inundating the coasts." "Hurricanes and tornadoes are becoming fiercer and more frequent." "Climate change will be an economic disaster." You've heard all this presented as fact. But according to science, all of these statements are profoundly misleading. When it comes to climate change, the media, politicians, and other prominent voices have declared that "the science is settled." In reality, the long game of telephone from research to reports to the popular media is corrupted by misunderstanding and misinformation. Core questions—about the way the climate is responding to our influence, and what the impacts will be—remain largely unanswered. The climate is changing, but the why and how aren't as clear as you've probably been led to believe. Now, one of America's most distinguished scientists is clearing away the fog to explain what science really says (and doesn't say) about our changing climate. In Unsettled: What Climate Science Tells Us, What It Doesn't, and Why It Matters, Steven Koonin draws upon his decades of experience—including as a top science advisor to the Obama administration—to provide up-to-date insights and expert perspective free from political agendas. Fascinating, clear-headed, and full of surprises, this book gives readers the tools to both understand the climate issue and be savvier consumers of science media in general. Koonin takes readers behind the headlines to the more nuanced science itself, showing us where it comes from and guiding us through the implications of the evidence. He dispels popular myths and unveils little-known truths: despite a dramatic rise in greenhouse gas emissions, global temperatures actually decreased from 1940 to 1970. What's more, the models we use to predict the future aren't able to accurately describe the climate of the past, suggesting they are deeply flawed. Koonin also tackles society's response to a changing climate, using data-driven analysis to explain why many proposed "solutions" would be ineffective, and discussing how alternatives like adaptation and, if necessary, geoengineering will ensure humanity continues to prosper. Unsettled is a reality check buoyed by hope, offering the truth about climate science that you aren't getting elsewhere—what we know, what we don't, and what it all means for our future.

Unsettled

Author : Reem Faruqi
Publisher : HarperCollins
ISBN 13 : 0063044722
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (63 download)

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Download or read book Unsettled written by Reem Faruqi and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2021-05-11 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Bank Street Best Children’s Book of the Year · Kid's Indie Next List · Featured in Today Show’s AAPI Heritage Month list · A Kirkus Children's Best Book of 2021 · A National Council of Teachers of English Notable Verse Novel · Jane Addams 2022 Children’s Book Award Finalist · 2021 Nerdy Award Winner · Muslim Bookstagram Award Winner for Best Middle School Book For fans of Other Words for Home and Front Desk, this powerful, charming immigration story follows a girl who moves from Karachi, Pakistan, to Peachtree City, Georgia, and must find her footing in a new world. Reem Faruqi is the ALA Notable author of award-winning Lailah's Lunchbox. "A lyrical coming of age story exploring family, immigration, and most of all belonging.” —Aisha Saeed, New York Times bestselling author of Amal Unbound “This empowering story will resonate with people who have struggled to both fit in and stay true to themselves.” —Veera Hiranandani, Newbery Honor author of The Night Diary “A gorgeously written story, filled with warmth and depth." —Hena Khan, author of Amina’s Voice When her family moves from Pakistan to Peachtree City, all Nurah wants is to blend in, yet she stands out for all the wrong reasons. Nurah’s accent, floral-print kurtas, and tea-colored skin make her feel excluded, until she meets Stahr at swimming tryouts. And in the water Nurah doesn’t want to blend in. She wants to win medals like her star athlete brother, Owais—who is going through struggles of his own in the U.S. Yet when sibling rivalry gets in the way, she makes a split-second decision of betrayal that changes their fates. Ultimately Nurah slowly gains confidence in the form of strong swimming arms, and also gains the courage to stand up to bullies, fight for what she believes in, and find her place.

A House Unsettled

Author : Trynne Delaney
Publisher : Annick Press
ISBN 13 : 177321697X
Total Pages : 253 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (732 download)

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Download or read book A House Unsettled written by Trynne Delaney and published by Annick Press. This book was released on 2022-10-11 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “Who built this house? Whose money? Whose blood?” Ghosts aren’t the only thing that can haunt a house. Trynne Delaney’s debut novel explores the insidious legacies of violence and oppression—and how Black, queer love and resistance can disrupt them. With her dad’s incarceration, escalating fights with her mom, and an overbearing stepdad she’s not sure she can trust, Asha is desperate for the fresh start promised by a move to the country. Her great aunt Aggie’s crumbling, pest-ridden house isn’t exactly what she had in mind, but the immediate connection she makes with her new neighbor Cole seems like a good sign. Soon, though, Asha’s optimism is shadowed by strange and disturbing occurrences within the old house’s walls: footsteps stalking the halls; a persistent chill; cold hands around her neck in the middle of the night . . . Fearing for her loved ones’ safety—and her own—Asha seeks out the source of these terrifying incidents and uncovers secrets from the past that connect her and Cole’s families and reach into the present. But as tensions with her mom and stepdad rise and Cole withdraws, Asha is left alone to try and break the cycle of violence that holds them all in its haunting grip.

Great Thoughts from Latin Authors

Author : Craufurd Tait Ramage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Great Thoughts from Latin Authors written by Craufurd Tait Ramage and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Great thoughts from Latin authors, by C.T. Ramage

Author : Craufurd Tait Ramage
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 690 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Great thoughts from Latin authors, by C.T. Ramage written by Craufurd Tait Ramage and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 690 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Unsettling

Author : Gilberto Rosas
Publisher : JHU Press
ISBN 13 : 1421446162
Total Pages : 296 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (214 download)

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Download or read book Unsettling written by Gilberto Rosas and published by JHU Press. This book was released on 2023-03-28 with total page 296 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Unsettling is a sharp, uncompromising interrogation of the transformation of the southern edge of the United States into a zone of migrant sacrifice and suffering, which culminates in a racist mass execution of twenty-two people in August 2019 in El Paso, Texas"--

Liquid Mind

Author : Danyel Seagan
Publisher : iUniverse
ISBN 13 : 0595269575
Total Pages : 118 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (952 download)

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Download or read book Liquid Mind written by Danyel Seagan and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2003-02-28 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What is human existence like when experienced through the Cosmic Consciousness of an astral traveler? To observe Earth from the outside is to discover an entirely new world. Inspired by a vision, Liquid Mind is written from the perspective of an astral traveler who exists in another reality and decides to have a human experience. This mixture of allegorical fiction and philosophical analysis is a parable for the Planetary Human. Before coming to Earth, the voyager has access to all Universal knowledge. At birth, perspective shifts, and humanity's confusion is revealed. The visitor has never experienced fear, but must in order to understand human emotions. Why has humanity created fears-as the UniVerse is One Verse and fear is unnecessary? Why do humans feel separate from the Creator? Human fears are the inherited thoughts of primordial awareness. If this is recognized, concepts can be redefined to understand why the ancient visions that became humanity's great religions are incompatible with present reality. Liquid Mind helps readers remember Life beyond Earth-in multidimensional realities. Humans understand Consciousness through localized realities, and this book raises questions and presents possibilities that can enable a person to be fearless when dealing with human issues.

Hold That Thought

Author : Gem Fadling
Publisher : InterVarsity Press
ISBN 13 : 0830846964
Total Pages : 155 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (38 download)

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Download or read book Hold That Thought written by Gem Fadling and published by InterVarsity Press. This book was released on 2022-09-20 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "You're not good enough." "You need to try harder." "Everything's fine!" These are the sorts of voices that we all have in our heads, and they often push us to act in ways that are both unhelpful and unsustainable. How do we quiet these narratives? More importantly, amid the chatter, how do we hear the voice of God? Gem Fadling helps us identify the competing voices and shows how they hinder our personal transformation. Drawing on years of spiritual direction and leadership at Unhurried Living, she shares her wisdom of how we make sense of inner voices and settle down enough to find our true voice. Using the discussion guide in the back of the book, groups can discuss the competing voices that they experience within their own souls and learn to notice, discern, and respond to the movement of God in their lives. When we find our true voice, we can let go of the striving and people-pleasing and rest in the presence of God and his plan for our lives.

Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind Volume 3

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Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198879466
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind Volume 3 written by and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-07-07 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Oxford Studies in Philosophy of Mind presents cutting-edge work in the philosophy of mind, combining invited articles and articles selected from submissions. Each volume will highlight two themes to bring focus to debates. The series will reflect the diversity of methods adopted in contemporary philosophy of mind and provide a venue for rigorous and innovative work by both established and up-and-coming voices in the field. The themes covered in the third volume are mind and science, sensory experience, and the philosophy of mind of Margaret Cavendish and C.A. Strong. It also contains a book symposium on David Papineau's The Metaphysics of Sensory Experience.

The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things

Author : Bernard L. Herman
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 146966853X
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book The Unfinished Business of Unsettled Things written by Bernard L. Herman and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2022-05-09 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book invites readers into a growing, dynamic conversation among scholars and critics around a vibrant community of artists from an African American South. This constellation of creative makers includes familiar figures, such as Thornton Dial Sr., Lonnie Holley, and quiltmakers Nettie Young and Mary Lee Bendolph, whose work is collected in major museum and private collections. The artists represented extend to lesser-known but equally compelling creators working across a wide range of artistic forms, themes, and geographies. The essays gathered here, accompanied by a generous selection of full-color plates, survey subjects such as the artists' engagement with enslavement and liberation, the spiritual and religious dimensions of their work, the technical aspects of their work (such as the common use of "assemblage" as an artistic medium), the links between art and biography, and the evolving status of their reception in narratives of contemporary, modern, southern, and American art. Contributors are Celeste-Marie Bernier, Laura Bickford, Michael J. Bramwell, Elijah Heyward III, Sharon P. Holland, and Pamela J. Sachant.

Camille Desmoulins and His Wife

Author : Jules Claretie
Publisher : London : Smith, Elder
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 506 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Camille Desmoulins and His Wife written by Jules Claretie and published by London : Smith, Elder. This book was released on 1876 with total page 506 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Some Remarks on the Present State of Affairs

Author : Matthew Stewart
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Some Remarks on the Present State of Affairs written by Matthew Stewart and published by . This book was released on 1831 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Red Dragon

Author : Charles Wilkins
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 686 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (32 download)

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Download or read book The Red Dragon written by Charles Wilkins and published by . This book was released on 1885 with total page 686 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Edinburgh Review

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Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 630 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book The Edinburgh Review written by and published by . This book was released on 1865 with total page 630 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Democracy in America, tr. by H. Reeve

Author : Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 456 pages
Book Rating : 4.R/5 (6 download)

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Download or read book Democracy in America, tr. by H. Reeve written by Alexis Henri C.M. Clérel comte de Tocqueville and published by . This book was released on 1862 with total page 456 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Spies

Author : La Fayette Curry Baker
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 406 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Spies written by La Fayette Curry Baker and published by . This book was released on 1894 with total page 406 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "In giving to the public this volume, it had been the design to present the operations of the Bureau of the National Detective Police during the war, so far as it is proper to make them known to the people. It is not a book of romantic adventures, but a narrative of facts in the secret history of the conflict.