Paul Allen: 76 books
Robot Ethics
The Ethical and Social Implications of Robotics
Language: English
Release Date: December 9, 2011
Prominent experts from science and the humanities explore issues in robot ethics that range from sex to war.
Robots today serve in many roles, from entertainer to educator to executioner. As robotics technology advances, ethical concerns become more pressing: Should robots be programmed to...
Transgender Communication Studies
Histories, Trends, and Trajectories
Language: English
Release Date: February 5, 2015
Transgender Communication Studies: Histories, Trends, and Trajectories brings scholarship in transgender studies to the forefront of the communication discipline. Leland Spencer and Jamie Capuzza provide a broad foundation that documents the evolution of transgender communication studies and challenges...
Kant's Critique of Pure Reason
Critical Essays
Language: English
Release Date: November 13, 1998
The central project of the Critique of Pure Reason is to answer two sets of questions: what can we know and how can we know it? What can't we know and why can't we know it? The essays in this collection are intended to help students read the Critique of Pure Reason with a greater understanding of...
by Mark Allen, Dr Paul McCarthy
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2014
The Psychology Express undergraduate revision guide series will help you understand key concepts quickly, revise effectively and make your answers stand out.
The American Civil War on Film and TV
Blue and Gray in Black and White and Color
Language: English
Release Date: October 5, 2017
Whether on the big screen or small, films featuring the American Civil War are among the most classic and controversial in motion picture history. From D. W. Griffith’s Birth of a Nation (1915) to Free State of Jones (2016), the war has provided the setting, ideologies, and character archetypes...
Coaching in Three Dimensions
Meeting the Challenges of a Complex World
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2018
Traditional approaches to coaching fail to account for the way organizations really work. Attempts to enhance leadership capability one person at a time, through private one-to-one coaching sessions, are unlikely to succeed by themselves. Coaching in Three Dimensions: Meeting the Challenges of a Complex...
Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature
Perspectives on Business from Novels and Plays
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2016
Capitalism and Commerce in Imaginative Literature are committed to treating literary texts with integrity and believe that business should have a larger claim upon people’s literary consciousness. In addition, they all value the important role of literature in dealing with the complexities of a...
Endings That Begin...
A Journey into Love Through the Universal Laws of Reciprocity
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2012
Endings That Begin A Journey Into Love Through The Universal Laws of Reciprocity takes you on the journey of several people, from all walks of life, as they become friends. It is written with a conversational voice, as if they sat around the fire, sharing their life lessons and stories about the Universal...
by Paul Green, Padmaprabha Dalby, Harriet Mowat
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2011
Positive shifts in attitudes mean that emphasis is now being placed on the person with dementia and their personal relationships, rather than the illness. There is also growing recognition of the significance of a person's spiritual life in forming an essential basis for their sense of identity, and...
by Paul L. Allen
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2016
Scientists, philosophers and theologians have wrestled repeatedly with the question of whether knowledge is similar or different in their various understandings of the world and God. Although agreement is still elusive, the epistemology of critical realism, associated with Ian Barbour, John Polkinghorne...
by Paul Connolly, Andy Biggart, Dr. Sarah Miller
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: July 3, 2017
The use of randomised controlled trials (RCTs), most commonly a medical sciences research tool, is a hotly debated topic in Education. This book examines the controversial aspects of RCTs in Education and sets out the potential and pitfalls of the method.
Drawing on their own extensive experience...
by Duane Garrett, Dr. Paul R. House, Bruce M. Metzger
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2018
The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, linguistic, structural, and theological evidence. The result is judicious and...
But God, I Don't Love Me !
Key to Fulfilling Jesus' Great Commandment
Language: English
Release Date: May 6, 2013
Being Creator and Sustainer of all creation, Gods primary mandate for his creations is to put Him first and never to dissociate this from properly relating to His other creations. What about persons who struggle with loving others because they habitually degrade themselves, not loving themselves as...
by Dr Paul Richardson, Dr Allen Goodwin, Dr Emma Vine
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2011
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This accessible introductory text addresses the core knowledge domain of research methods. It provides concise coverage of the central concepts, techniques, problems and debates in this key area, while encouraging a critical approach...