Vernon Art And Science Inc : 41 books
Back to the Core
Rethinking the Core Texts in Liberal Arts & Sciences Education in Europe
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2017
Whereas liberal arts and sciences education arguably has European roots, European universities have evolved over the last century to become advanced research institutions, mainly offering academic training in specialized disciplines. The Bologna process, started by the European Union in the late nineties,...
The Road to Parnassus: Artist Strategies in Contemporary Art
Rise and Success of Glasgow Artist Douglas Gordon and of the wider YBA generation
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2016
How can one become a successful artist? Where should one start a career in the art world? What are useful strategies to achieve recognition in the art system? Such questions hoard in students' minds ever since entering art school and they probably chase every kind of art professional who is at an...
In the Sphere of the Personal
New Perspectives in the Philosophy of Persons
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2016
The papers in this collection were originally presented at the 13th International Conference on Persons, held at the University of Boston in August 2015. This biennial event, founded by Thomas O. Buford and Charles Conti in 1989, attracts a host of international scholars, both the venerable and...
Intervention or Protest
Acting for Nonhuman Animals
Language: English
Release Date: December 19, 2016
Within current political, social, and ethical debates – both in academia and society – activism and how individuals should approach issues facing nonhuman animals, have become increasingly important, ‘hot’ issues. Individuals, groups, advocacy agencies, and governments have all espoused competing...
Darwin's Incomplete Idea
Wittgenstein, language, our place in nature and our responsibility for the environment
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
Why is progress in environmental protection slow and faltering? Is it because we misunderstand our place in nature? This book argues that it is the normative implications of Darwinism and their powerful grip on collective social consciousness that are partly responsible for the tardiness. For...
Supply Chain Optimization under Uncertainty
Supply chain design for optimum performance
Language: English
Release Date: January 5, 2017
Drawing on cutting-edge research, this book proposes a new 'Supply Chain Optimization under Uncertainty’, technology. Its application can bring many proven benefits to supply chain entities, any associated service providers, and, of course, the customers. The technology can provide the best design...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2017
Atheism and the Christian Faith is an anthology of the proceedings from a conference of the same name which convened at Concordia University of Edmonton in May 2016. The book represents a wide diversity of subtopics—primarily from a philosophical perspective—including submissions from atheists,...
Self-Preservation at the Centre of Personality
Superego and Ego Ideal in the Regulation of Safety
Language: English
Release Date: January 16, 2017
The book discusses personality as a unified set of evolved and culturally developed structures that serves a single and definable purpose, to maintain the individual’s safety, in the context of dyadic relationships, group processes and more abstract and fluid social configurations. The infant-mother...
by Geran F. Dodson
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 5, 2017
The topic of human free will has received more attention in the past several years due to the important discoveries of neuroscience but no consensus of opinion is evident in related disciplines. The traditional approach to understanding free will in philosophy employs conceptual analysis to determine...
God
A brief philosophical introduction
Language: English
Release Date: March 9, 2017
This is a clear and original investigation of God's nature and existence. First of all, it considers two of God’s traditional properties: being all-knowing and being all-powerful. It argues he cannot possess these properties. But, it argues this is in accord with him being worthy of worship....
Leonardo Da Vinci's Treatise of Painting
The Story of The World's Greatest Treatise on Painting - Its Origins, History, Content, And Influence.
Language: English
Release Date: April 20, 2016
This book traces the story of the world's greatest treatise on painting - Leonardo Da Vinci's "Treatise of Painting". It combines an extensive body of literature about the Treatise with original research to offer a unique perspective on: • Its origins, and history of how it survived...
Politics and Web 2.0
The Participation Gap
Language: English
Release Date: August 11, 2016
A point of departure for this book is the paradox between the seemingly limitless promise modern web technologies hold for enhanced political communication and their limited actual contribution. Empirical evidence indicates that neither citizens nor political parties are taking full advantage of online...
The Distinction of Human Being
An Introduction to the Logotectonic Method of Conception
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Perhaps we are never done with thought, nor should be. If this is indeed the case, then Kant may have been right after all in supposing that folks will never lose interest in metaphysics, in thought thinking thought. But what of academics? Where would we find these days a comprehensive treatment of...
Sociology of Love
The Agapic Dimension of Societal Life
Language: English
Release Date: April 21, 2016
This short book deals with a sociological concept: love-agape. It is an attempt to demonstrate that love-agape resists, indeed insists, as a fact that cannot be reduced or concealed. Its simple goal is to introduce agape into the vocabulary of sociological analysis by demonstrating its potential to...