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Macat International Limited An Analysis of David Brion Davis's The Problem of
Book SynopsisHow was it possible for opponents of slavery to be so vocal in opposing the practice, when they were so accepting of the economic exploitation of workers in western factories – many of which were owned by prominent abolitionists? David Brion Davis's The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823, uses the critical thinking skill of analysis to break down the various arguments that were used to condemn one set of controversial practices, and examine those that were used to defend another. His study allows us to see clear differences in reasoning and to test the assumptions made by each argument in turn. The result is an eye-opening explanation that makes it clear exactly how contemporaries resolved this apparent dichotomy – one that allows us to judge whether the opponents of slavery were clear-eyed idealists, or simply deployers of arguments that pandered to their own base economic interests.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was David Brion Davis? What does The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 Say? Why does The Problem of Slavery in the Age of Revolution, 1770-1823 Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Franz Boas's Race, Language and
Book SynopsisFranz Boas’s 1940 Race, Language and Culture is a monumentally important text in the history of its discipline, collecting the articles and essays that helped make Boas known as the ‘father of American anthropology.’ An encapsulation of a career dedicated to fighting against the false theories of so-called ‘scientific racism’ that abounded in the first half of the 20th-century, Race, Language and Culture is one of the most historically significant texts in its field – and central to its arguments and impact are Boas’s formidable interpretative skills. It could be said, indeed, that Race, Language and Culture is all about the centrality of interpretation in questioning our assumptions about the world. In critical thinking, interpretation is the ability to clarify and posit definitions for the terms and ideas that make up an argument. Boas’s work demonstrates the importance of another vital element: context. For Boas, who argued passionately for ‘cultural relativism,’ it was vital to interpret individual cultures by their own standards and context – not by ours. Only through comparing and contrasting the two can we reach, he suggested, a better understanding of humankind. Though our own questions might be smaller, it is always worth considering the crucial element Boas brought to interpretation: how does context change definition?Table of ContentsWays in to the text Who was Franz Boas? What does Race, Language and Culture Say? Why does Race, Language and Culture Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Theda Skocpol's States and Social
Book SynopsisMany people want to understand what revolutions are and – especially – how they come about, from the academics who study them to the states that wish to prevent (or, in some cases, provoke) them. But it is arguably the US scholar Theda Skocpol who has done most to create a viable model of revolution, and States and Social Revolutions is the work in which she sets out her intellectual stall. Skocpol's magnum opus can be considered a classic product of the critical thinking skill of problem-solving. She assesses several different revolutions – those of France, Russia and China – and asks new, productive questions about their causes and outcomes. The answers, collectively, allow her to move beyond existing theories such as the ‘voluntarist’ school (which suggests that revolutionaries have agency) and the Marxist school (which sees state institutions as nothing more than a front for class interests). Skocpol's model assumes that states are autonomous bureaucratic institutions, which act in their own interests – a fundamental re-imagining based on fresh interpretations of the evidence. Her analysis extends beyond the causes of revolution to their consequences, and her argument that the revolutionary state that survives is the one that successfully implements a far-reaching program of reform helps to explain not only why the three revolutions she studied have proved enduringly influential, but also why hundreds of others, less successful, are barely remembered today.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was Theda Skocpol? What does States and Social Revolutions Say? Why does States and Social Revolutions Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Ian Kershaw's The Hitler Myth :
Book SynopsisFew historical problems are more baffling in retrospect than the conundrum of how Hitler was able to rise to power in Germany and then command the German people – many of whom had only marginal interest in or affiliation to Nazism – and the Nazi state. It took Ian Kershaw – author of the standard two-volume biography of Hitler – to provide a truly convincing solution to this problem. Kershaw's model blends theory – notably Max Weber's concept of ‘charismatic leadership’ – with new archival research into the development of the Hitler ‘cult’ from its origins in the 1920s to its collapse in the face of the harsh realities of the latter stages of World War II. Kershaw’s model also looks at dictatorship from an unusual angle: not from the top down, but from the bottom up, seeking to understand what ordinary Germans thought about their leader. Kershaw's broad approach is a problem-solving one. Most obviously, he actively interrogates his evidence, asking highly productive questions that lead him to fresh understandings and help generate solutions that are credibly rooted in the archives. Kershaw’s theories also have application elsewhere; the model set out in The ‘Hitler Myth’ has been used to analyse other charismatic leaders, including several from ideologically-opposed backgrounds. Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was Ian Kershaw? What does The "Hitler Myth" Say? Why does The "Hitler Myth Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Immanuel Kant's Religion within
Book SynopsisThe eighteenth-century philosopher Immanuel Kant is as daunting as he is influential: widely considered to be not only one of the most challenging thinkers of all time, but also one of the most important. His Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason takes on two of his central preoccupations – the reasoning powers of the human mind, and religion – and applies the full force of his reasoning abilities to consider the relationship between them. In critical thinking, reasoning is all about constructing arguments: arguments that are persuasive, systematic, comprehensive, and well-evidenced. And any examination involves stripping reasoning back to its barest essentials and attempting to get at the nature of the world by asking what we can know about God and morality from the power of our minds alone. Beginning from the axiom that God is, by definition, unknowable, Kant reasons that it is humans who bear the responsibility of creating the Kingdom of God. This, he suggests, we can do by acting morally in the world we experience – with a morality that can be shaped by reason alone. Dense and challenging, but closely and persuasively reasoned, Kant’s case for human responsibility shows reasoning skills at their most impressive.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was Immanuel Kant? What does Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason Say? Why does Religion Within the Boundaries of Mere Reason Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Michael R. Gottfredson and Travish
Book SynopsisMichael R. Gottfredson and Travish Hirschi’s 1990 A General Theory of Crime is a classic text that helped reshape the discipline of criminology. It is also a testament to the powers of clear reasoning and interpretation. In critical thinking terms, reasoning is all about presenting a solid and persuasive case – and as many people instinctively understand, the most persuasive reasoning is that which bases itself on a single, simple hook. In Gottfredson and Hirschi’s case, this hook was what has come to be known as the “self-control theory of crime” – the idea that the tendency to commit crime is directly related to an individual’s level of self-control. While the dominant schools of thought of the time tended to focus on crime as the product of complex environmental factors, with little attempt to unify different theories, Gottfredson and Hirschi sought to interpret things so as to provide a single overarching concept that explained why crimes of all sorts were committed. Moreover, while other theories of crime concentrated on understanding and explaining specific types of law-breaking, the self-control model could, in Gottfredson and Hirschi’s view, be seen as the basis for understanding the root cause for all crime in all contexts. While such simplicity inevitably attracted as much criticism as agreement, subsequent studies have provided real-world corroboration for the General Theory’s persuasive reasoning.Table of ContentsWays In to the Text Who were Michael R. Gottfredson and Travish Hirschi? What does A General Theory of Crime Say? Why does A General Theory of Crime Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Thomas Paine's Rights of Man
Book SynopsisThomas Paine’s 1791 Rights of Man is an impassioned political tract showing how the critical thinking skills of evaluation and reasoning can, and must, be applied to contentious issues. Divided into two parts, Rights of Man is, first, a response to Edmund Burke’s arguments against the French Revolution, put forward in his Reflections on the Revolution in France – also available in the Macat Library – and, second, an argument for how to run a fair and just society. The first part is a sustained performance in evaluation: Paine takes Burke’s arguments, and systematically exposes the ways in which Burke’s reasons against revolution are inadequate compared to the necessity of having a just society run according to a universal notion of people’s rights as individuals. The second part turns to an examination of different political systems, setting out a powerfully-structured argument for universal rights, a clear constitution enshrined in law, and a universal right to vote. Though Paine is in many ways a stronger rhetorician than he is a clear thinker, his reasons for preferring democracy to hereditary forms of government are compelling, coherent and clear. Rights of Man is a masterclass in how to use good reasoning to present a persuasive argument.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was Thomas Paine? What does Rights of Man Say? Why does Rights of Man Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Amartya Sen's Inequality
Book SynopsisAmartya Sen’s Inequality Re-Examined is a seminal text setting out a theory to evaluate social arrangements and inequality. By asking the question, ‘equality of what’?, Sen shows that (in)equality should be assessed as human freedom; for people to have the ability to pursue and achieve goals they value or have reason to value. The text lays out the fundamental ideas to Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach. This approach is celebrated in diverse academic disciplines because of its specific contribution towards the improvement to debates on inequality beyond economic deprivation and utility measures. Furthermore, the arguments put forward by Sen in Inequality Re-Examined has had many practical applications throughout policy circles including the Human Development Index, the Multi –Dimensional Poverty Measure, the compilation of lists of capabilities and drawing further attention to human agency and democracy. Amartya Sen won the Nobel Prize for Economics in 1998 for his contribution to welfare economics; the core arguments of this work is found in this book.Table of ContentsWays In to the Text Who is Amartya Sen? What does Inequality Re-Examined Say? Why does Inequality Re-Examined Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Macat International Limited An Analysis of Erwin Panofsky's Meaning in the
Book SynopsisErwin Panofsky’s Meaning in the Visual Arts is considered a key work in art history. Its ideas have provoked widespread debate, and although it was first published more than sixty years ago, it continues to feature regularly on numerous university reading lists. Meaning in the Visual Arts comprises nine essays. In these, Panofsky argues for the independence of iconology as a branch of history. He moves on to demonstrate the anatomy of art and its study, as well as the controlling principles of interpretation. He then deals with the theories of human proportions, Gothic architecture, and the Northern Renaissance. Finally, Panofsky discusses his own American experiences.Table of ContentsWays in to the Text Who was Erwin Panofsky? What does Meaning in the Visual Arts Say? Why does Meaning in the Visual Arts Matter? Section 1: Influences Module 1: The Author and the Historical Context Module 2: Academic Context Module 3: The Problem Module 4: The Author's Contribution Section 2: Ideas Module 5: Main Ideas Module 6: Secondary Ideas Module 7: Achievement Module 8: Place in the Author's Work Section 3: Impact Module 9: The First Responses Module 10: The Evolving Debate Module 11: Impact and Influence Today Module 12: Where Next? Glossary of Terms People Mentioned in the Text Works Cited
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Shieldcrest Publishing Taming The Wild: Book 1
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Aeon Books Ltd After Progress
Book SynopsisThe acclaimed climate futurist examines our unquestioning faith in progress, and its limits in the face of peak oil and climate change.Since the Industrial Age began, scientific and technological progress has been nothing short of miraculous. As a result, progress itself has become the new religion of the West. Our faith in it is so complete that many of us ignore the perils of peak oil and climate change, believing that our lab-coated high priests will surely bring forth yet another miracle to save us all.Unfortunately, progress as we''ve known it has been entirely dependent on the breakneck exploitation of half a billion years of stored sunlight in the form of fossil fuels. As the age of this cheap, abundant energy draws to a close, progress is grinding to a halt. Unforgiving planetary limits are teaching us that our blind faith in endless exponential growth is a dangerous myth.After Progress addresses this looming paradigm shift, exploring the shape of history from a perspective on the far side of the coming crisis. With a startling examination of the role our belief systems play in our collective fate, John Michael Greer makes a persuasive argument for seeking new sources of meaning, value, and hope for the era ahead.
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Wessex Astrologer Ltd Astrology as a Therapeutic Art: Healing Human
Book SynopsisThis book illustrates the union of astrology and psychotherapeutic methods, interpreting planetary symbolism in the light of attachment and personality theories, family systems, existential therapy, and Jungian dreamwork. Greg Bogart describes how he practises astrology therapeutically, in a way that’s emotionally centred, process-oriented, and strategic, focusing on tasks, intentions, and positive behavioural change. Abundant examples show how astrological insights can help resolve emotional and interpersonal conflicts related to past traumas, depression, alcohol abuse, compulsive media immersion, workplace stress, and marital disagreements. Seen and experienced through a celestial lens, relationships are a path to wholeness, and this book shows in practical terms how astrological insights open paths to greater harmony and synergy with our family, friends and spouses. Through the case studies in this lovely book we gain appreciation for our common human predicaments and derive insights that we can apply to our own lives. All astrologers will find its insights rewarding.Trade Review"Greg Bogart’s newest publication is a treat for the professional and upcoming astrological consultant and an important contribution to our field.” Frank Clifford, Principal of the London School of Astrology
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Ria University Press The Prospect of Immortality - Fifty Years Later
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For Beginners Malcolm X for Beginners Malcom X for Beginners
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Sea Raven Press Britannia Rules: Goddess-Worship in Ancient
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New Haven Publishing Ltd California Dreaming and Primal Screaming
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Restoration Archive The Teachings of Denver C. Snuffer, Jr. Volume 4:
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Beyond Publishing Made for This: Finding Purpose in the Pain and
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Buddha Sasana Foundation (Aka) Bsf Burma's Voices of Freedom in Conversation with
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Xlibris Us Chaplain's Guide to Death in Islam:
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Xlibris Us Exploring the God Idea: In Search of a Pragmatic
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Hachette Livre - BNF Manuel de Philosophie Par Demandes & Par
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Hachette Livre - BNF Le Poème de Lucrèce: Morale, Religion, Science
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Hachette Livre - BNF Phédon: Dialogue (Éd.1877)
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Hachette Livre - BNF La Dissertation Philosophique: Choix de Sujets,
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Hachette Livre - BNF Abrégé de la Philosophie de Gassendi. Tome 6
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Editions Flammarion La pensee et le mouvant
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Les Editions Du Cenacle Comprendre Pascal (analyse complète de sa pensée)
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Intellectual Freedom and the Culture Wars
Book SynopsisThis book offers a sustained and vigorous defence of free expression and objective enquiry situated in the context of the current culture wars. In the spirit of J. S. Mill, Benn investigates objections to the ideal of free expression in relation to harm and offence, reaching broadly liberal conclusions with reference to recent examples of attempts to curb free speech on university campuses. Accepting that some expressions can cause non-physical harm, Benn also considers objections to free speech based on certain understandings of power and privilege. In its exploration and rejection of arguments against the possibility of obtaining objective truth, the book navigates hotly contested fields of contemporary debate, including feminism and identity politics. It challenges the dogma of social constructionism and examines current notions of identity, arguing that a case for fairness can be made without appealing to them. Offering a qualified endorsement of friendship between ideological opponents, Benn highlights common obstacles to civil and rational discussions, concluding with a rational, moral, and broadly spiritual solution to the cultural combat that monopolises present-day society. Table of Contents1 Freedom of Enquiry 2 Taking Offence 3 Subjective Authority and Unwelcome Facts 4 Power, Privilege, and Identity 5 ‘Friending’ the Enemy 6 The Sleep of Reason
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Life and Its Future
Book SynopsisThis book is aimed at those who wish to understand more about the molecular basis of life and how life on earth may change in coming centuries. Readers of this book will gain knowledge of how life began on Earth, the natural processes that have led to the great diversity of biological organisms that exist today, recent research into the possibility of life on other planets, and how the future of life on earth faces unprecedented pressures from human-made activities. Readers will obtain a perspective on the potential risks of chemical or nuclear warfare, and the ever-increasing risks from human activities that are causing pollution and climate change with global heating. Readers will also learn about ongoing research efforts to generate “designer lifeforms” through synthetic biology and applications of artificial intelligence. The book makes an integrated, up-to-date, overview of topics often considered as separate fields. It should be valuable to students, teachers, and people who are concerned about the future of life.Table of ContentsIntroduction.- Early Ideas About the Origin of Life.- The Scientific View of the Origin of Life.- Biological Evolution.- Manipulated Evolution and Artificial Life.- Natural Risks to Life.- Human-made Risks from Nuclear and Chemical Warfare.- Human-made Risks and Climate Change with Global Heating.- Artificial Intelligence: Opportunity or Risk?- Life on Other Planets.- Outlook.
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Humanism and its Discontents: The Rise of
Book SynopsisThis book explains that while posthumanism rose in opposition to the biblical contention that ‘Man was created in the image of God’, transhumanism ascertained the complementary view that ‘Man has been assigned dominion over all creatures’, further exploring a path that had been opened up by the Enlightenment’s notion of human perfectibility.It explains also how posthumanism and transhumanism relate to deconstruction theory, and on a broader level to capitalism, libertarianism, and the fight against human extinction which may involve trespassing the boundary of the skin, achieving individual immortality or dematerialization of the Self and colonisation of distant planets and stars.Two authors debate about truth and reason in today’s world, the notion of personhood and the legacy of the Nietzschean Superhuman in the current varieties of anti-humanism.Table of ContentsIntroduction: Humanism and its Discontents - The Rise of Transhumanism and Posthumanism, Paul JorionI. Humanism on the waneStrong Artificial Intelligence and theological anthropology: one problem, two solutions, Marius DorobantuII. Complement and supplementsOn Prosthetic Existence: what differentiates deconstruction from transhumanism and posthumanism, Susanna LindbergIII. Boundaries and frontiersDiscourse between Stefan Lorenz Sorgner and Paul Jorion on Nietzsche, Fascism and Moving Beyond Humanism: From Friedrich Nietzsche to Stefan Sorgner: the short path leading from superhumanism to metahumanism, Paul JorionDignity, Personhood, and the Sacred, Stefan Lorenz SorgnerTruth? Still breathing!, Paul JorionEnlightenment, Truths, and the Sciences, Stefan Lorenz SorgnerWhen skin and technology intertwine, Hélène JeanninIV. The Enlightenment recoveredOn Max More’s extropianism, Salomé BourTranshumanism and Advanced Capitalism: elitist logics and dangerous implications, Alexander ThomasV. The cunning of ReasonPosthumanism, transhumanism, superhumanism and metahumanism from an adaptive standpoint, Paul JorionEthics and Complexity: Why standard ethical frameworks cannot cope with socio-technological change, Clément Vidal & Francis Heylighen
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Personalized Medicine in the Making:
Book SynopsisThis book offers a multidisciplinary look at the much-debated concept of “personalized medicine”. By combining a humanistic and a scientific approach, the book builds up a multidimensional way to understand the limits and potentialities of a personalized approach in medicine and healthcare. The book reflects on personalized medicine and complex diseases, the relationship between personalized medicine and the new bio-technologies, personalized medicine and personalized nutrition, and on some ethical, political, economic, and social implications of personalized medicine. This volume is of interest to researchers from several disciplines including philosophy, bio-medicine, and the social sciences. Chapter 16, “The Impact of Fantasy” is available open access under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License via link.springer.com.Table of ContentsPart I: Personalized Medicine and Complex Diseases.- Chapter 1. Personalized Treatments: Where Patient’s History and Biological Background Meet (Mariano Bizzarri).- Chapter 2. Why Precision Oncology is not Very Precise (and why this should not surprise us) (Anya Plutynski).- Chapter 3. Conceptual and Theoretical Specifications towards Accuracy in Medicine (Maël Montévil).- Part II: Personalized Medicine and Nutrition.- Chapter 4. Personalized Nutrition: Overrated or Misconceived? (Vincenzo Fogliano et al).- Part III: Personalized Medicine and New Bio-technologies.- Chapter 5. Drug Safety and Personalized Medicine: a Possible Interaction through E-Synthesis? (Francesco De Pretis et al).- Chapter 6. Organoids and Mouse Avatars in Personalized Medicine – Towards a Science of the Individual? (Sara Green).- Part IV: Personalized Medicine and Ethics of Innovation.- Chapter 7. From Ecogenetics to Exposomics: What is New in Molecular Epidemiology? (Xavier Guchet).- Chapter 8. Personalized Medicine and Research Biobanking: from Traditional Informed Consent to Participatory governance (Antonella Ficorilli).- Chapter 9. A GDPR-compliant blockchain-based system for sharing synthetic data and for computation “bringing the algorithms to the data” (Edwin Fletcher).- Part V: Personalized Medicine: the Societal and Economical Impact.- Chapter 10. U.S. Opioid Epidemic: An Integral Approach to Prevention, Treatment, and Prognosis (Maria Sophia Aguirre).- Chapter 11. TBA (Roger Strand).- Chapter 12. TBA (Massimo Ciccozzi).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG How to Make a Database in Historical Studies
Book SynopsisThis book is a greatly supplemented translation from Portuguese, originally published in 2015. It discusses the most appropriate ways to create databases for research on history and other humanities, including an extensive debate about the usages that historians have made of computing since the 1950s. It has four chapters: the first is dedicated to theoretical and methodical questions about the usage of databases in history; the second is about technical issues; the third presents the concept of research engineering (how to improve research in groups); the last is about the construction of databases. The author states that the use of technology in research in history and humanities should be preceded and mediated by theories and methods which deal with these disciplines and not by technical issues. The historian must know how to think “correctly” in order to use the technological tools in an autonomous way. The book provides a background, demonstrating how theory, methodology, and technique are always articulated in historical research, and will appeal to history students and researchers.Table of ContentsIntroductionSome theoretical and methodical questions One craftsman, one operationDismantling things in a organized way On the shoulders of giants Some computer issues Data structureRelational databasesConceptual, logical and physical modelsPhysical model Visual aspects concerning databases Colors Technique and theory: everyday problems and practical decisions Update, standardize or maintain the original? Fuzzy informationResearch Engineering Initial surveyCollection Strategies Manual filling of the database Importing data (digital) Database administration Constructing databases: some concrete examples Source-centered databases Method-centered databases Conclusion Bibliografia
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Ethics, Governance, and Policies in Artificial Intelligence
Book SynopsisThis book offers a synthesis of investigations on the ethics, governance and policies affecting the design, development and deployment of artificial intelligence (AI). Each chapter can be read independently, but the overall structure of the book provides a complementary and detailed understanding of some of the most pressing issues brought about by AI and digital innovation. Given its modular nature, it is a text suitable for readers who wish to gain a reliable orientation about the ethics of AI and for experts who wish to know more about specific areas of the current debate.Table of ContentsAcknowledgement.- Chapter 1. Introduction – The Importance of an Ethics First Approach to the Development of AI (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 2. A unified framework of Five Principles for AI in Society (Luciano Floridi and Josh Cowls).- Chapter 3. An Ethical framework for a Good AI Society: Opportunities, Risks, Principles and Recommendations (Luciano Floridi, Josh Cowls, Monica Beltrametti, Raja Chatila, Patrice Chazerand, Virginia Dignum, Christoph Luetge, Robert Madelin, Ugo Pagallo, Francesca Rossi, Burkhard Schafer, Peggy Valcke and Effy Vayena).- Chapter 4. Establishing the Rules for Building Trustworthy AI (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 5. The Chinese Approach to AI: An Analysis of Policy, Ethics, and Regulation (Huw Roberts, Josh Cowls, Jessica Morley, Mariarosaria Taddeo, Vincent Wang and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 6. Translating Principles into Practices of Digital Ethics: Five Risks of Being Unethical (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 7. How AI can be a force for good (Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 8. The Ethics of Algorithms (Andreas Tsamados, Nikita Aggarwal, Josh Cowls, Jessica Morley, Huw Roberts, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 9. How to Design AI for Social Good: Seven Essential Factors (Luciano Floridi, Josh Cowls, Thomas C King and Mariarosaria Taddeo).- Chapter 10. From What to How: An initial Review of Publicly Available AI Ethics Tools, Methods and Research to Translate Principles into Practices (Jessica Morley, Luciano Floridi, Libby Kinsey and Anat Elhalal).- Chapter 11. The Explanation Game: A Formal Framework for Interpretable Machine Learning (David Watson and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 12. Artificial Agents and Their Moral Nature (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 13. Artificial Intelligence Crime: An Interdisciplinary Analysis of Foreseeable Threats and Solutions (Thomas C King, Nikita Aggarwal, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 14. Regulate Artificial Intelligence to Avert Cyber Arms Race (Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 15. Trusting Artificial Intelligence in Cybersecurity is a Double-edged Sword (Mariarosaria Taddeo, Tom McCutcheon and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 16. Prayer-bots and Religious Worship on Twitter: A Call for a Wider Research Agenda (Carl Öhman, Robert Gorwa and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 17. Artificial Intelligence, Deepfakes and a Future of Ectypes (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 18. The Ethics of AI in Healthcare: A Mapping Review (Jessica Morley, Caio Machado, Christopher Burr, Josh Cowls, Indra Joshi, Mariarosaria Taddeo and Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 19. Autonomous Vehicles: from Whether and When to Where and How (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 20. Innovating with Confidence: Embedding AI Governance and Fairness in a Financial Services Risk Management Framework (Michelle Lee, Luciano Floridi and Alexander Denev).- Chapter 21. Robots, Jobs, Taxes and Responsibilities (Luciano Floridi).- Chapter 22. What the Near Future of Artificial Intelligence Could Be (Luciano Floridi).
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Emotions in Korean Philosophy and Religion:
Book SynopsisThis pioneering book presents thirteen articles on the fascinating topic of emotions (jeong 情) in Korean philosophy and religion. Its introductory chapter comprehensively provides a textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious background on this topic in terms of emotions West and East, emotions in the Chinese and Buddhist traditions, and Korean perspectives. Chapters 2 to 5 of part I discuss key Korean Confucian thinkers, debates, and ideas. Chapters 6 to 8 of part II offer comparative thoughts from Confucian moral, political, and social angles. Chapters 9 to 12 of part III deal with contemporary Buddhist and eco-feminist perspectives. The concluding chapter discusses ground-breaking insights into the diversity, dynamics, and distinctiveness of Korean emotions.This is an open access book.Trade Review“This new volume … in Korean philosophy and religion will, without doubt, significantly contribute to the widening dialogue on the importance of Confucian ideals for our current global age. … the text is an interesting compilation that covers many important aspects of Korean philosophies and religions.” (Lehel Balogh, Religious Studies Review, Vol. 49 (3), September, 2023)Table of Contents Table of Contents Preface (vii) Acknowledgments (ix) Note on Transliteration, Translation, and Citation Style (xii) ________________ Chapter 1: Introduction (p. 1) Edward Y. J. Chung and Jea Sophia Oh (editors) “Emotions (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Philosophy and Religion” 1. emotions in general, East and West 2. emotions (jeong/qing 情) in the Chinese tradition: textual, philosophical, ethical, and religious 3. emotions in the Buddhist tradition 4. emotions (jeong) in Korean philosophy and religion Part I: Confucian Perspectives Chapter 2: Bongrae Seok (p. 136) “Moral Psychology of Emotion (Jeong/Qing 情) in Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Philosophical Debates on the Affective Nature of the Mind” Chapter 3: Suk Gabriel Choi (p. 170) “The Idea of Gyeong/Jing 敬 in Yi Toegye’s Korean Neo-Confucianism and Its Availability in Contemporary Ethical Debate” Chapter 4: Edward Y. J. Chung (p. 200) “Yi Yulgok on the Role of Emotions in Self-Cultivation and Ethics: A Modern Korean Neo-Confucian Interpretation” Chapter 5: Don Baker (p. 235) “Dasan Jeong Yagyong on Emotions and the Pursuit of Sagehood” Part II: Comparative Perspectives Chapter 6: Joseph Harroff (p. 262) “Thinking through the Emotions with Korean Confucianism: Philosophical Translation and the Four-Seven Debate” Chapter 7: Hyo-Dong Lee (p. 298) “Jeong (情), Civility, and the Heart of a Pluralistic Democracy in Korea” Chapter 8: Iljoon Park (p. 327) “Korean Social Emotions: Han (恨), Heung (興), and Jeong (情)” Part III: Contemporary Perspectives Chapter 9: Hyekyung Lucy Jee (p. 355) “Hanmaum, One Mind: The Buddhist Philosophical Basis of Jeong (情).” Chapter 10: Chungnam Ha (p. 383) “Resentment and Gratitude in Korean Won Buddhism.” Chapter 11: Sharon A. Suh (p. 408) “Jeong and the Interrelationality of Self and Other in Korean Buddhist Cinema.” Chapter 12: Jea Sophia Oh (p. 431) “Emotions (Jeong 情) in Korean Confucianism and Family Experience: An Ecofeminist Perspective.” _______________ Chapter 13: Conclusion (p. 457) Edward Y. J,. Chung and Jea Sophia Oh “The Diversity, Dynamics, and Distinctiveness of Korean Jeong”
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Springer Nature Switzerland AG Economic Evaluation, Cost-Benefit Analysis,
Book SynopsisWith cost-benefit analysis, economic sciences cultivate a specific decision-making procedure, which has also been partially adopted in politics. Although economists do not experience the approach as normative, on closer examination the approach can be identified as an economic ethics. The present philosophical and at the same time transdisciplinary (with special legal and economic components) treatment examines the persuasive power of this approach using climate change as an example, as the most important sustainability issue. The objections raised against the economisation of decision-making with regard to the utilitarian tradition, such as the criticism of the orientation towards weighing up options, the alleged lack of distributive justice or the tendency to describe people in behavioural science as selfish, are hardly or not at all convincing on closer examination. In several respects, however, it turns out that cost-benefit analysis faces insoluble problems. Firstly, the theoretical basis of (hidden normative) cost-benefit analysis in philosophical empiricism does not seem tenable. This means the idea of empiricism that normative questions must be transformed into questions of factual (countable and reproduceable) preferences of people. Secondly, there are massive collisions of cost-benefit analysis with a liberal-democratic constitutional law, whose principles are universal ethical principles. This concerns both freedom rights (which must not depend on the ability of humans to pay) and the model of democracy and respect for the rule of law. Thirdly, insoluble problems of application arise for cost-benefit analyses, which are particularly (but not only) apparent in the context of climate protection, in general considerations as in the case of legislation as well as in individual analyses, as done when constructing a coal-fired power plant. A strongly deflated cost-benefit analysis could nevertheless contribute factual material – such as partial aspects of decision consequences that can actually be depicted in monetary terms – to ethical or legal decision-making processes. In this respect the approach appears helpful and complementary, but not beyond that.Table of ContentsChapter 1: Problem and Fundaments.-Chapter 2. Idea-historical foundations and dubious (standard) objections to cost-benefit analysis.- Chapter 3. Frictions on the application level: costs and benefits, discounting, uncertainty, fact base.- Chapter 4. Collision of the cost-benefit analysis with liberal-democratic basic principles and the claim of validity of law.- Chapter 5. Cost-benefit analysis without convincing theoretical basis.- Chapter 6. Remaining relevance of cost-benefit elements in balancing.
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De Gruyter Der Aufbau der realen Welt
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De Gruyter Vom Sinn der Selbsterkenntnis
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De Gruyter Vorentwürfe von Moderne
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De Gruyter Das Problem Des Geistigen Seins: Untersuchungen
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De Gruyter Zur Grundlegung Der Ontologie
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Gesammelte Werke in deutscher Sprache: Band 5:
Book SynopsisDas sozialphilosophische Hauptwerk von Karl Popper behandelt vor allem die Geschichte des Historizismus, das heißt, die Idee eines gesetzmäßigen historischen Ablaufs, bei Platon (Band I) sowie bei Hegel, Marx und deren Nachfolgern (Band II). Es enthält außerdem eine Vielzahl von Erörterungen über erkenntnistheoretische, philosophische, ethische und politische Fragen, die bis heute von brennender Aktualität sind. Daß dieses Buch seit 1945 in 23 Sprachen übersetzt wurde, macht deutlich, daß Poppers 'Kriegsbeitrag' weit mehr ist als eine originelle Auseinandersetzung mit den philosophischen Systemen von der Antike bis heute.Die Theorie der offenen Gesellschaft, also die ständige schrittweise Verbesserung von Institutionen in parlamentarisch-demokratischen Gesellschaften, ist in diesen beiden Bänden so gründlich entwickelt, daß alle an der Begründung und Weiterentwicklung von Zivilgesellschaften interessierten Personen sich mit ihr auseinandersetzen sollten.
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JCB Mohr (Paul Siebeck) Philologos Kosmos: Kleine Schriften zur antiken
Book SynopsisDie kleinen Schriften von Herwig Görgemanns, die in diesem Band anlässlich des 80. Geburtstages des Heidelberger Gräzisten versammelt sind, vereinen, was andernorts in disziplinärer Zersplitterung und im Auseinanderdriften von Spezialistentum und Vermittlungskompetenz auseinanderfällt: Detailstudien zur antiken Literatur, Geistesgeschichte und Naturwissenschaft verbinden sich im Werk von Herwig Görgemanns mit einer souveränen Darstellung der großen philosophischen und religiös-theologischen Zusammenhänge. Die hier versammelten Beiträge reichen von der Frage nach "Wahrheit und Fiktion in Platons Atlantis-Erzählung" über das Problem der "Sonnenfinsternisse in der antiken Astronomie" bis hin zu Darstellungen der Geschichte der Ethik, der "Jenseitsfurcht und Jenseitshoffnung bei den Griechen" und von "Kosmologie, Kosmogonie und Schöpfung". Sie enthalten Interpretationen von Platon und dem homerischen Hermeshymnus bis hin zu Cicero, Plutarch und Mark Aurel, dem 4. Makkabäerbuch und Origenes.
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Springer International Publishing AG On the Origin of Autonomy: A New Look at the
Book SynopsisThis volume describes features of autonomy and integrates them into the recent discussion of factors in evolution. In recent years ideas about major transitions in evolution are undergoing a revolutionary change. They include questions about the origin of evolutionary innovation, their genetic and epigenetic background, the role of the phenotype and of changes in ontogenetic pathways. In the present book, it is argued that it is likewise necessary to question the properties of these innovations and what was qualitatively generated during the macroevolutionary transitions.The author states that a recurring central aspect of macroevolutionary innovations is an increase in individual organismal autonomy whereby it is emancipated from the environment with changes in its capacity for flexibility, self-regulation and self-control of behavior.The first chapters define the concept of autonomy and examine its history and its epistemological context. Later chapters demonstrate how changes in autonomy took place during the major evolutionary transitions and investigate the generation of organs and physiological systems. They synthesize material from various disciplines including zoology, comparative physiology, morphology, molecular biology, neurobiology and ethology. It is argued that the concept is also relevant for understanding the relation of the biological evolution of man to his cultural abilities.Finally the relation of autonomy to adaptation, niche construction, phenotypic plasticity and other factors and patterns in evolution is discussed. The text has a clear perspective from the context of systems biology, arguing that the generation of biological autonomy must be interpreted within an integrative systems approach.Trade Review“The core of Rosslenbroich’s book is a series of chapters examining the evolutionary trajectory of autonomy in more detail, through the lenses of history and function. The depth of the treatment of evidence is remarkable, his command of principles and facts of anatomy and physiology enviable.” (Daniel W. McShea, Biology & Philosophy, Vol. 30 (3), May, 2015)“The volume explores the nature of biological autonomy and its application to understanding major evolutionary trends. … this is an important book that deserves to play a role in the reforming of an updated evolutionary synthesis; it will appeal to evolutionary biologists, philosophers of science, and even zoologists who will accordingly reconsider morphological, anatomical, physiological, and behavioral features of animal life in a new, dynamic context.” (Mark Riegner, The Quarterly Review of Biology, Vol. 90 (1), March, 2015)“I recommend the book as a fine blend of thought-provoking holism, built around a conscientious survey of the deeper implications of dynamic systems and process thinking, essential to revise our still-too-static view of biology, and incorporate a mature understanding of autonomy.” (Martin Lockley, Acta Biotheoretica, August, 2014)Table of ContentsWhat is the outcome of evolution?.- The problem of macroevolutionary trends.- The concept of biological autonomy.- The major transitions in early evolution.- The Cambrian explosion and thereafter.- Fluid management in animals.- Reproduction.- Nervous systems and the flexibility of movements.- Endothermy.- The evolution of brains and behavior: is there a trend?.- The evolution of man.- Conclusion and implications.
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Springer International Publishing AG Causal Overdetermination and Contextualism
Book SynopsisThis work explains how different theories of causation confront causal overdetermination. Chapters clarify the problem of overdetermination and explore its fundamental aspects. It is argued that a theory of causation can account for our intuitions in overdetermination cases only by accepting that the adequacy of our claims about causation depends on the context in which they are evaluated.The author proposes arguments for causal contextualism and provides insight which is valuable for resolution of the problem. These chapters enable readers to quickly absorb different perspectives on overdetermination and important theories of causation, therefore it is a work that will have a broad appeal. Trade Review Table of Contents
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VDM Verlag Cosmos, Chaos, and Process in Western Thought
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AV Akademikerverlag Das philosophische Denken Edith Steins
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