M Paul Lewis: 20 books

Book cover of Computation and its Limits
by Paul Cockshott, Lewis M. Mackenzie, Gregory Michaelson
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2012

Computation and its Limits is an innovative cross-disciplinary investigation of the relationship between computing and physical reality. It begins by exploring the mystery of why mathematics is so effective in science and seeks to explain this in terms of the modelling of one part of physical reality...
Book cover of The Professions and Civic Life
by Christopher Caldwell, Paul A. Cantor, James W. Ceaser
Language: English
Release Date: June 10, 2016

Professions are institutions which, through their small size, self-governing elements, and sense of social mission, can assist in maintaining a sound civic culture. As mediating institutions in our democratic society that are neither entirely birthed by the state nor are entirely private, the individual...
Book cover of Truth in the Public Sphere
by David I. Backer, Chris Balaschak, Makeda Best
Language: English
Release Date: October 20, 2016

Truth in the Public Sphere seeks to understand the significance of truth for the everyday world of human communication. To this end, this book explores the place of truth in several facets of the public sphere: language, ethics, journalism, politics, media, and art. Featuring an international group...
Book cover of The Assimilation of Yogic Religions through Pop Culture
by Rex Barnes, Joel Bordeaux, Albion M. Butters
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2017

The image of the meditating yogi has become a near-universal symbol for transcendent perfection used to market everything from perfume and jewelry to luxury resorts and sports cars, and popular culture has readily absorbed it along similar lines. Yet the religious traditions grounding such images...
Book cover of Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising
by John Kloos, Jean-Marie Kauth, Zubair S. Amir
Language: English
Release Date: May 15, 2012

Utopian Images and Narratives in Advertising: Dreams for Sale, edited by Luigi Manca, Alessandra Manca, and Gail W. Pieper, is a collection of essays which examine narratives created on the advertising page, with special focus on gender images. Through a cross-disciplinary investigation, this collection...
Book cover of Expanding American Anthropology, 1945-1980
by Mary Elmendorf, Robert B Textor, John L Landgraf
Language: English
Release Date: January 10, 2012

Expanding American Anthropology, 1945–1980: A Generation Reflects takes an inside look at American anthropology’s participation in the enormous expansion of the social sciences after World War II. During this time the discipline of anthropology itself came of age, expanding into diverse subfields,...
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