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Unspoken Facts

Author : Marc Epprecht
Publisher : Galz
ISBN 13 : 9780797434837
Total Pages : 247 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (348 download)

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Download or read book Unspoken Facts written by Marc Epprecht and published by Galz. This book was released on 2008 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Homosexuality. Lesbians. Gay rights. Homophobia. These terms have come up quite a bit in recent years in Africa to the shock, embarrassment and even anger of many people. This book is about that, and about the coming out (into public view) of individuals who in the past tended to keep a low pro?le. What does the history of homosexuality and the reactions against it tell us about African history in general? And how might this knowledge help us in struggles against HIV/AIDS, gender violence and other social inequalities in contemporary Africa? Based on Marc Epprecht's award-winning monograph Hungochani: the history of a dissident sexuality in southern Africa, along with creative contributions from other pioneering scholars in the field Unspoken Facts offers a sympathetic portrayal of the lives of people who do not conform to society's dominant expectations in terms of love and marriage. Additional material includes several fictionalised accounts of same-sex relationships in southern Africa.

Spotting Fakers, lies, and illusions using elementary theories about the mind

Author : Miklos Zoltan
Publisher : Clear Think Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0991083504
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Spotting Fakers, lies, and illusions using elementary theories about the mind written by Miklos Zoltan and published by Clear Think Publishing. This book was released on 2013-10-14 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Our minds are more accurate than we might think. False information is the weak spot of our marvelous minds. It does not matter how precise a computer is, if we feed it false information (wrong data) the result of its computation will be incorrect. Similarly false information is the cause of most (if not all) human error. In this age, we have access to endless uncensored and unverified data, which contains significant quantities of false information. Unlike computers, our minds are highly trained to detect and filter out most of the false information but occasionally we accept some as true. The problem with false information is that once we accept it as true, we will think with it as true. Since we accepted it, we tend not to look at it again. The good news is that it is simple to find and handle false information once we know how. Every accepted false information, false assumption, illusion, and lie we handle gets us a step closer to our true potential. Every one of these is a hidden splinter in our mind therefore handling them is very rewarding. When accepted, even the smallest amount of false information is enough to cause us a great deal of trouble. This simple but in-depth exploration reveals why we accept some of the false information and how to give our “lie detector” a permanent turbo boost. The journey starts with Fakers who use lies, illusions, and deceit to get ahead in life instead of an honest exchange. They earned the spotlight because they intentionally spread large amounts of false information. The theories presented reveal the root cause of their actions as well as how to spot and deal with them. The casual writing style and everyday examples ensure easy understanding of these seemingly involved subjects. Prior education in the related fields is not required. It’s no fun to be exploited or betrayed. Life is much more fun when we can avoid such potential trouble. In addition, the introduced theories, methods, and practices can assist in solving persistent problems related to study, business, science, and more. Learning new skills can be time consuming and challenging even without the presence of false information. The increased ability to spot the fake and the false can positively affect our progress in life.

Facts and Fears

Author : James R. Clapper
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 0525558667
Total Pages : 466 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (255 download)

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Download or read book Facts and Fears written by James R. Clapper and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2019-05-21 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The former Director of National Intelligence speaks out in this New York Times bestseller When he stepped down in January 2017 as the fourth United States Director of National Intelligence, James Clapper had been President Obama's senior intelligence advisor for six and a half years, longer than his three predecessors combined. He led the US Intelligence Community through a period that included the raid on Osama bin Laden, the Benghazi attack, the leaks of Edward Snowden, and Russia's influence operation on the 2016 U.S election. In Facts and Fears, Clapper traces his career through the growing threat of cyberattacks, his relationships with Presidents and Congress, and the truth about Russia's role in the presidential election. He describes, in the wake of Snowden and WikiLeaks, his efforts to make intelligence more transparent and to push back against the suspicion that Americans' private lives are subject to surveillance. Finally, it was living through Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election and seeing how the foundations of American democracy were--and continue to be--undermined by a foreign power that led him to break with his instincts grown through more than five decades in the intelligence profession, to share his inside experience. Clapper considers such controversial questions as, is intelligence ethical? Is it moral to intercept communications or to photograph closed societies from orbit? What are the limits of what we should be allowed to do? What protections should we give to the private citizens of the world, not to mention our fellow Americans? Is there a time that intelligence officers can lose credibility as unbiased reporters of hard truths by asserting themselves into policy decisions? Facts and Fears offers a privileged look inside the United States intelligence community and addresses with the frankness and professionalism for which James Clapper is known some of the most difficult challenges in our nation's history.

Factfulness

Author : Hans Rosling
Publisher : Flatiron Books
ISBN 13 : 125012381X
Total Pages : 353 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (51 download)

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Download or read book Factfulness written by Hans Rosling and published by Flatiron Books. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 353 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER “One of the most important books I’ve ever read—an indispensable guide to thinking clearly about the world.” – Bill Gates “Hans Rosling tells the story of ‘the secret silent miracle of human progress’ as only he can. But Factfulness does much more than that. It also explains why progress is so often secret and silent and teaches readers how to see it clearly.” —Melinda Gates "Factfulness by Hans Rosling, an outstanding international public health expert, is a hopeful book about the potential for human progress when we work off facts rather than our inherent biases." - Former U.S. President Barack Obama Factfulness: The stress-reducing habit of only carrying opinions for which you have strong supporting facts. When asked simple questions about global trends—what percentage of the world’s population live in poverty; why the world’s population is increasing; how many girls finish school—we systematically get the answers wrong. So wrong that a chimpanzee choosing answers at random will consistently outguess teachers, journalists, Nobel laureates, and investment bankers. In Factfulness, Professor of International Health and global TED phenomenon Hans Rosling, together with his two long-time collaborators, Anna and Ola, offers a radical new explanation of why this happens. They reveal the ten instincts that distort our perspective—from our tendency to divide the world into two camps (usually some version of us and them) to the way we consume media (where fear rules) to how we perceive progress (believing that most things are getting worse). Our problem is that we don’t know what we don’t know, and even our guesses are informed by unconscious and predictable biases. It turns out that the world, for all its imperfections, is in a much better state than we might think. That doesn’t mean there aren’t real concerns. But when we worry about everything all the time instead of embracing a worldview based on facts, we can lose our ability to focus on the things that threaten us most. Inspiring and revelatory, filled with lively anecdotes and moving stories, Factfulness is an urgent and essential book that will change the way you see the world and empower you to respond to the crises and opportunities of the future. --- “This book is my last battle in my life-long mission to fight devastating ignorance...Previously I armed myself with huge data sets, eye-opening software, an energetic learning style and a Swedish bayonet for sword-swallowing. It wasn’t enough. But I hope this book will be.” Hans Rosling, February 2017.

Laboratory Life

Author : Bruno Latour
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 1400820413
Total Pages : 295 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (8 download)

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Download or read book Laboratory Life written by Bruno Latour and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2013-04-04 with total page 295 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This highly original work presents laboratory science in a deliberately skeptical way: as an anthropological approach to the culture of the scientist. Drawing on recent work in literary criticism, the authors study how the social world of the laboratory produces papers and other "texts,"' and how the scientific vision of reality becomes that set of statements considered, for the time being, too expensive to change. The book is based on field work done by Bruno Latour in Roger Guillemin's laboratory at the Salk Institute and provides an important link between the sociology of modern sciences and laboratory studies in the history of science.

Facts and Values

Author : Giancarlo Marchetti
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317354672
Total Pages : 440 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (173 download)

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Download or read book Facts and Values written by Giancarlo Marchetti and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-11-03 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This collection offers a synoptic view of current philosophical debates concerning the relationship between facts and values, bringing together a wide spectrum of contributors committed to testing the validity of this dichotomy, exploring alternatives, and assessing their implications. The assumption that facts and values inhabit distinct, unbridgeable conceptual and experiential domains has long dominated scientific and philosophical discourse, but this separation has been seriously called into question from a number of corners. The original essays here collected offer a diversity of responses to fact-value dichotomy, including contributions from Hilary Putnam and Ruth Anna Putnam who are rightly credited with revitalizing philosophical interest in this alleged opposition. Both they, and many of our contributors, are in agreement that the relationship between epistemic developments and evaluative attitudes cannot be framed as a conflict between descriptive and normative understanding. Each chapter demonstrates how and why contrapositions between science and ethics, between facts and values, and between objective and subjective are false dichotomies. Values cannot simply be separated from reason. Facts and Values will therefore prove essential reading for analytic and continental philosophers alike, for theorists of ethics and meta-ethics, and for philosophers of economics and law.

The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself

Author : Robin Reames
Publisher : Basic Books
ISBN 13 : 1541603982
Total Pages : 263 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (416 download)

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Download or read book The Ancient Art of Thinking For Yourself written by Robin Reames and published by Basic Books. This book was released on 2024-03-19 with total page 263 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How rhetoric—the art of persuasion—can help us navigate an age of misinformation, conspiracy theories, and political acrimony The discipline of rhetoric was the keystone of Western education for over two thousand years. Only recently has its perceived importance faded. In this book, renowned rhetorical scholar Robin Reames argues that, in today’s polarized political climate, we should all care deeply about learning rhetoric. Drawing on examples ranging from the destructive ancient Greek demagogue Alcibiades to modern-day conspiracists like Alex Jones, Reames breaks down the major techniques of rhetoric, pulling back the curtain on how politicians, journalists, and “journalists” convince us to believe what we believe—and to talk, vote, and act accordingly. Understanding these techniques helps us avoid being manipulated by authority figures who don’t have our best interests at heart. It also grants us rare insight into the values that shape our own beliefs. Learning rhetoric, Reames argues, doesn’t teach us what to think but how to think—allowing us to understand our own and others’ ideological commitments in a completely new way. Thoughtful, nuanced, and leavened with dry humor, The Ancient Art of Thinking for Yourself offers an antidote to our polarized, post-truth world.

Attitude Is a Choice—So Pick a Good One

Author : Bob Phillips
Publisher : Harvest House Publishers
ISBN 13 : 0736986855
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (369 download)

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Download or read book Attitude Is a Choice—So Pick a Good One written by Bob Phillips and published by Harvest House Publishers. This book was released on 2023-08-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Positive Attitude Changes Everything Author and leadership coach Bob Phillips has witnessed firsthand how choosing to face every day with a hopeful outlook is not only Christlike but life changing! Though it’s easy to fall into a pattern of negative thinking, you can make small decisions every day to make a habit of looking on the bright side. Inside Attitude Is a Choice—So Pick a Good One, you’ll find helpful tips, biblical truths, and inspiring quotes that reveal how a positive mentality toward life blesses you with perspective, motivation, and happiness. You’ll discover exercises and actions that help you make optimism your default setting principles from Scripture that illuminate the hopeful mindset God wants you to have check points for evaluating your attitude and noting your progress towards positivity Attitude Is a Choice—So Pick a Good One will move you towards growth in all areas of your life. Full of bite-sized wisdom and uplifting insights, this book will help you make lasting positive changes to how you approach each day.

Facts and Values

Author : M.C. Doeser
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 9400944543
Total Pages : 212 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (9 download)

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Download or read book Facts and Values written by M.C. Doeser and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The answer to philosophical questions will often depend on the position one takes regarding the fact-value problem. It is, therefore, not surprising that, in the tradition of western philosophy, the past 200 years or so record an animated discussion of it. In the present collection the debate is continued by representatives of various "schools" in contemporary western thought. A number of philosophers from non-western cultures, too, enter into it. The contributions do not all reflect on the same theme, nor do they use the same approach. Essays written by philosophers sympathetic to the analytical tradition are followed by reflections on the part of those inspired by phe nomenology. A third group of contributions is by non-western thinkers, who are more likely to approach the problem in terms of culture. Their engage ment with the issue clearly shows, among other things, that it is almost exclusively in the western tradition that the fact-value distinction is often understood as an outright dichotomy. The occasion for the publication of this collection is Dr. Cornelis Anthonie van Peursen's retirement as Professor of Philosophy. This year he leaves the Free University, Amsterdam; until 1982 he was professor at the University of Leyden as well. In the Netherlands and beyond he has become known for his concern with constructive comparison of diverging philosophical trends and the cross-cultural fertilization of thought. Characteristic of his career are his efforts to render the results of academic philosophizing understand able to a broader audience.

Psychoanalytic Disagreements in Context

Author : Dale Boesky
Publisher : Jason Aronson
ISBN 13 : 9780765705563
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (55 download)

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Download or read book Psychoanalytic Disagreements in Context written by Dale Boesky and published by Jason Aronson. This book was released on 2008 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contemporary psychoanalysts are eclectic and believe they use the best ideas from each of our numerous competing theoretic models. However, there is confusion and controversy about what constitutes "best." Critical differences between these theories are about inferences concerning the disguised meaning of what patients tell us There can be no meaning without context but we have never developed a consensus about how we establish context (contextualization). This book offers a number of detailed clinical examples to illustrate how confusion about contextualization serves as the source of some of our most important disagreements. Book jacket.

Christian identity and justice in a globalized world from a Southern African perspective

Author : Hermen Kroesbergen
Publisher : Digital on Demand
ISBN 13 : 1868044998
Total Pages : 309 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Christian identity and justice in a globalized world from a Southern African perspective written by Hermen Kroesbergen and published by Digital on Demand. This book was released on 2014-08-01 with total page 309 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What does the globalized world that we live in mean for our Christian identity and for our struggle for social justice? That is the central question that is addressed in this book from a wide array of angles by members of the Association of Theological Institutions of Southern and Central Africa (ATISCA) and Justo Mwale Theological University College (Lusaka, Zambia). "This book is about the struggle for social justice in relation to the self-understanding of Christians from Southern and East Africa in a globalizing world. Among other concerns, it brings out the connection between theology and disability where disability is reflected as an issue that calls for self-identity and self-re-definition. This book is an important resource on contextualisation of theology and it is worthy reading" Dr. Samuel Kabue, Executive Director of the World Council of Churches network EDAN. "In a work long overdue theologians and other researchers in Christianity investigate, discuss and critique the influence of globalization on Christian identity in Southern Africa and its consequences in the struggle for justice. Despite all talk about a 'global village', the voices of Christians from Southern Africa are hardly ever heard. This book represents an important change in this respect. The book has been well edited by Hermen Kroesbergen and it is a must read for all theologians and ministers who want to reflect on our shifting identifies. " Christian Literature Fund

A Companion to Ayn Rand

Author : Allan Gotthelf
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119099021
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to Ayn Rand written by Allan Gotthelf and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2021-11-08 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first volume to offer a comprehensive scholarly treatment of Rand’s entire corpus (including her novels, her philosophical essays, and her analysis of the events of her times), this Companion provides vital orientation and context for scholars and educated readers grappling with a controversial and understudied thinker whose enduring influence on American (and world) culture is increasingly recognized. The first publication to provide an in-depth scholarly treatment ranging over the whole of Rand’s corpus Provides informed contextual analysis for scholars in a variety of disciplines Presents original research on unpublished material and drafts from the Rand archives in California Features insightful and fair-minded interpretations of Rand’s controversial positions

Into the Fire

Author : Robin D. G. Kelley
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0195087011
Total Pages : 145 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (95 download)

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Download or read book Into the Fire written by Robin D. G. Kelley and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 1996-04-25 with total page 145 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When something goes from bad to worse, we say it "fell out of the frying pan and into the fire." This timeless phrases succinctly captures what has happened to the majority of African Americans since the 1970s. The civil rights movement of the 1960s brought about remarkable gains for most black people, and by 1970 African Americans were beginning to be key figures in national politics and in corporate board rooms. The black middle class was decidedly growing, and thus a handful of African Americans escaped the frying pan altogether. But after 1970, heavy industry began to disappear as American companies looked to foreign lands for cheaper manufacturing. Millions of jobs were lost. The number of black poor began to grow dramatically, city services declined, federal spending on cities dried up, affirmative action programs were dismantled, blatant acts of racism began to rise again, and the United States entered a deep economic recession.But this decline is only part of the story. Since 1970, the black community has resisted oppression, struggled for power, dealt with internal tensions and conflicts, and profoundly shaped American culture. This book explores a range of issues that the African American community faces in the late 20th century: the rebirth of black nationalism, the emergence of a new black conservative movement, the challenge of black feminism, the impact of Caribbean immigration, the rise of rap music and hip-hop culture. It looks at the impact on African American life of such diverse personalities as Roy Innis, Toni Morrison, Anita Hill, Jimi Hendrix, Louis Farrakhan, Angela Davis, Spike Lee, Barbara Jordan, Shirley Chisholm, and Jesse Jackson, among others. Into the Fire will challenge and be challenged by readers of all ages, and calls on our young people to exercise their power to determine the outcome of chapters yet to be written in the history of African Americans.

Define Universe and Give Two Examples

Author : Barton E. Dahneke
Publisher : Barton Dahneke
ISBN 13 : 9780966085884
Total Pages : 692 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (858 download)

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Download or read book Define Universe and Give Two Examples written by Barton E. Dahneke and published by Barton Dahneke. This book was released on 2006 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Optimos

Author : Horace Traubel
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 394 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)

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Download or read book Optimos written by Horace Traubel and published by . This book was released on 1910 with total page 394 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Forgiving What You Can't Forget

Author : Lysa TerKeurst
Publisher : Thomas Nelson
ISBN 13 : 0718039882
Total Pages : 284 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (18 download)

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Download or read book Forgiving What You Can't Forget written by Lysa TerKeurst and published by Thomas Nelson. This book was released on 2020-11-17 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER You deserve to stop suffering because of what other people have done to you. Have you ever felt stuck in a cycle of unresolved pain, playing offenses over and over in your mind? You know you can't go on like this, but you don't know what to do next. Lysa TerKeurst has wrestled through this journey. But in surprising ways, she’s discovered how to let go of bound-up resentment and overcome the resistance to forgiving people who aren’t willing to make things right. With deep empathy, therapeutic insight, and rich Bible teaching coming out of more than 1,000 hours of theological study, Lysa will help you: Learn how to move on when the other person refuses to change and never says they're sorry. Walk through a step-by-step process to free yourself from the hurt of your past and feel less offended today. Discover what the Bible really says about forgiveness and the peace that comes from living it out right now. Identify what's stealing trust and vulnerability from your relationships so you can believe there is still good ahead. Disempower the triggers hijacking your emotions by embracing the two necessary parts of forgiveness. Look for additional biblically based resources and devotionals from Lysa: Good Boundaries and Goodbyes It's Not Supposed to Be This Way Uninvited You're Going to Make It Embraced Seeing Beautiful Again

Tempus Transformare: Catalyst

Author : M. B. Christopher
Publisher : AuthorHouse
ISBN 13 : 146786207X
Total Pages : 724 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (678 download)

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Download or read book Tempus Transformare: Catalyst written by M. B. Christopher and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-10-15 with total page 724 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the day of Gradys birth, Graham felt the need to protect his small brother. After the loss of their parents, that need became his life. During the course of the last six months, that life was suddenly filled with chaos. That chaos was culminating in the events unfolding this day on a one-way course for a single moment. That moment in time at last arrived, bringing him to this final confrontation. Change is inevitable. For the high school students of the small town of Martin change had become a thing to fear or anticipate. In the course of half a year, the town had experienced the transformation of a number of their youth. Now four of them were facing the impact of those changes. It meant something different for Graham, Matthew and RJ. One dreaded it, one feared it meant discovery, and the other was directed toward a goal of stopping it. The three of them were on a path that would end in a way none could ever imagine. For Douglas, the first of the Changed, relocation meant a chance to help him cope with his volatile talent. What he didnt know was his talent was pushing him toward a conflict that would have dire consequences for him and the friends he had left behind in Martin. None of them were aware of the Catalyst, the search for it, the conspiracy to hide it, or how its existence was targeting one of them. Now is the time of transformation.