M Paul: 620 books
by Fred Gifford, John Woods, Dov M. Gabbay
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: July 2, 2011
This volume covers a wide range of conceptual, epistemological and methodological issues in the philosophy of science raised by reflection upon medical science and practice. Several chapters examine such general meta-scientific concepts as discovery, reduction, theories and models, causal inference...
by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 31, 2011
Statisticians and philosophers of science have many common interests but restricted communication with each other. This volume aims to remedy these shortcomings. It provides state-of-the-art research in the area of philosophy of statistics by encouraging numerous experts to communicate with one another...
by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2008
Information is a recognized fundamental notion across the sciences and humanities, which is crucial to understanding physical computation, communication, and human cognition. The Philosophy of Information brings together the most important perspectives on information. It includes major technical approaches,...
by John Woods, Cliff A. Hooker, Dov M. Gabbay
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: May 23, 2011
The domain of nonlinear dynamical systems and its mathematical underpinnings has been developing exponentially for a century, the last 35 years seeing an outpouring of new ideas and applications and a concomitant confluence with ideas of complex systems and their applications from irreversible thermodynamics....
by Dov M. Gabbay, Paul Thagard, John Woods
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
Language: English
Release Date: November 26, 2006
The ambition of this volume is twofold: to provide a comprehensive overview of the field and to serve as an indispensable reference work for anyone who wants to work in it. For example, any philosopher who hopes to make a contribution to the topic of the classical-quantum correspondence will have...
by Paul M Sweezy
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
Karl Marx May 1818 – 14 March 1883) was a Prussian-born philosopher, economist, political theorist, sociologist, journalist, and revolutionary socialist. Born in Trier to a middle-class family, he later studied political economy and Hegelian philosophy. As an adult, Marx became stateless and spent...
Telling and Being Told
Storytelling and Cultural Control in Contemporary Yucatec Maya Literatures
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2013
Through performance and the spoken word, Yucatec Maya storytellers have maintained the vitality of their literary traditions for more than five hundred years. Telling and Being Told presents the figure of the storyteller as a symbol of indigenous cultural control in contemporary Yucatec Maya literatures....
by Leah Bradshaw, Charles R. Embry, Molly Brigid Flynn
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 16, 2012
This volume explores the role of some of the most prominent twentieth-century philosophers and political thinkers as teachers. It examines how these teachers conveyed truth to their students against the ideological influences found in the university and society. Philosophers from Edmund Husserl and...
Taming Alabama
Lawyers and Reformers, 1804-1929
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2010
Taming Alabama focuses on persons and groups who sought to bring about reforms in the political, legal, and social worlds of Alabama. Most of the subjects of these essays accepted the fundamental values of nineteenth and early twentieth century white southern society; and all believed, or came to...
World War I on Film
English Language Releases through 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2016
One of the central events of modern history, World War I has been poorly presented in English language films. Torn between the powerful isolationist movement in the U.S. and a growing hatred of the “Hun,” contemporary films were mainly propaganda calling citizens to arms. The American film industry...
Faith, Reason and Common Sense:
An Exploration of the Historical and Contemporary Role of Religion in Human Affairs
Language: English
Release Date: May 14, 2010
Have you ever wondered where religion is concerned, what you really believe?
In FAITH, REASON & COMMON SENSE the interdependence of religion and culture is examined with care and insight. Readers with strong religious convictions may be surprised to discover that the history of religion...
Science as Service
Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865–1930
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2015
Science as Service: Establishing and Reformulating American Land-Grant Universities, 1865–1930 is the first of a two-volume study that traces the foundation and evolution of America’s land-grant institutions. In this expertly curated collection of essays, Alan I Marcus has assembled a tough-minded...
Human Factors Methods and Accident Analysis
Practical Guidance and Case Study Applications
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2017
This book provides an overview of, and practical guidance on, the range of human factors (HF) methods that can be used for the purposes of accident analysis and investigation in complex sociotechnical systems. Human Factors Methods and Accident Analysis begins with an overview of different accident...
The Cold War in South Asia
Britain, the United States and the Indian Subcontinent, 1945–1965
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2013
The Cold War in South Asia provides the first comprehensive and transnational history of Anglo-American relations with South Asia during a seminal period in the history of the Indian Subcontinent, between independence in the late 1940s, and the height of the Cold War in the late 1960s. Drawing upon...