|
|
|
 Beyond Matter: Why Science Needs Metaphysics By Roger Trigg 2015 | 176 Pages | ISBN: 1599474956 | PDF | 1 MB Does science have all the answers? Can it even deal with abstract reasoning which reaches beyond the world experienced by us? How can we be so sure that the physical world is sufficiently ordered to be intelligible to humans? How is it that mathematics, a product of human minds, can unlock the secrets of the physical universe? Are all such questions to be ruled out as inadmissible if science cannot settle them?Metaphysics has traditionally been understood as reasoningbeyond the reach of science, sometimes even claiming realities that are beyond its grasp. Because of this, metaphysics has often been contemptuously dismissed by scientists and philosophers who wish to remain within the bounds of what can be scientifically proven. Yet scientists at the frontiers of physics unwittingly engage in metaphysics, as they are now happy to contemplate whole universes that are, in principle, beyond human reach.Roger Trigg challenges those who deny that science needs philosophical assumptions. In fact, Trigg claims that the foundations of science themselves have to lie beyond science. It takes reasoning apart from what can be experienced to discover what is not yet known, and this metaphysical reasoning to imagine realities beyond what can be accessed."In Beyond Matter, Roger Trigg advances a powerful, persuasive, fair-minded argument that the sciences require a philosophical, metaphysical foundation. This is a brilliant book for new-comers to philosophy of science and experts alike." -Charles Taliaferro, professor of philosophy, St. Olaf College  Best Treatment for Sciatica Pain: Relieve Sciatica Symptoms, Piriformis Muscle Pain and SI Joint Pain in 20 Minutes or Less per Day by Morgan Sutherland English | December 12, 2018 | ISBN: 1791565425 | 62 pages | EPUB | 2.59 Mb Best Treatment for Sciatica Pain  Norman Davies, "Beneath Another Sky: A Global Journey into History" English | 2018 | ISBN: 1846148316, 0141976985 | 768 pages | EPUB | 125 MB 'He writes history like nobody else. He thinks like nobody else ... He sees the world as a whole, with its limitless fund of stories' Bryan Appleyard, Sunday Times Where have the people in any particular place actually come from? What are the historical complexities in any particular place? This evocative historical journey around the world shows us. 'Human history is a tale not just of constant change but equally of perpetual locomotion', writes Norman Davies. Throughout the ages, men and women have endlessly sought the greener side of the hill. Their migrations, collisions, conquests and interactions have given rise to the spectacular profusion of cultures, races, languages and polities that now proliferates on every continent. This incessant restlessness inspired Davies's own. After decades of writing about European history, and like Tennyson's ageing Ulysses longing for one last adventure, he embarked upon an extended journey that took him right round the world to a score of hitherto unfamiliar countries. His aims were to test his powers of observation and to revel in the exotic, but equally to encounter history in a new way. Beneath Another Sky is partly a historian's travelogue, partly a highly engaging exploration of events and personalities that have fashioned today's world - and entirely sui generis. Davies's circumnavigation takes him to Baku, the Emirates, India, Malaysia, Mauritius, Tasmania, Tahiti, Texas, Madeira and many places in between. At every stop, he not only describes the current scene but also excavates the layers of accumulated experience that underpin the present. He tramps round ancient temples and weird museums, summarises the complexity of Indian castes, Austronesian languages and Pacific explorations, delves into the fate of indigenous peoples and of a missing Malaysian airliner, reflects on cultural conflict in Cornwall, uncovers the Nazi origins of Frankfurt airport and lectures on imperialism in a desert oasis. 'Everything has its history', he writes, 'including the history of finding one's way or of getting lost.' The personality of the author comes across strongly - wry, romantic, occasionally grumpy, but with an endless curiosity and appetite for knowledge. As always, Norman Davies watches the historical horizon as well as what is close at hand, and brilliantly complicates our view of the past.  Beginner Guitar Chords In Theory And Practice: Master Essential Beginner Guitar Chords, Progressions And Scales And Discover Real Musicianship (Learn the Basic Guitar Chords) by Sean Laughton English | May 19, 2018 | ISBN: 1982944919 | 169 pages | EPUB | 1.99 Mb Want To Learn Beginner Guitar Chords But The Right Way, From The Start?
 Michael J. Kaufman, "Badges and Incidents: A Transdisciplinary History of the Right to Education in America " English | ISBN: 1316510433 | 2019 | 242 pages | PDF | 2 MB In Badges and Incidents, Michael J. Kaufman undertakes an interdisciplinary investigation of American education law and pedagogy. By weaving together the invaluable insights of law, education, history, political science, economics, psychology, and neuroscience, this book illuminates the ways in which the design of the American educational system does not reflect how human beings live and learn. It examines the principles of the nation's Founders and demonstrates how a distorted presentation of the Founders' views curtailed the development of a truly democratic educational system. The influence of this distortion on several critical Supreme Court decisions is exposed, and these decisions have largely failed to facilitate the educational system the Founders envisioned. By placing contemporary challenges in context and endorsing social constructivist pedagogy as the best path forward, Kaufman's study will prove invaluable to advocates of equity in education, helping them navigate a contentious political climate with an eye toward future reform efforts.
 Awesome Jokes That Every 9 Year Old Should Know!: Hundreds of rib ticklers, tongue twisters and side splitters (Awesome Jokes for Kids) by Mat Waugh English | May 7, 2018 | ISBN: 1999914759 | 107 pages | EPUB | 2.95 Mb Which dog always wins the race?  Joshua S. Nunziato, "Augustine and the Economy of Sacrifice: Ancient and Modern Perspectives" English | ISBN: 1108481396 | 2019 | 244 pages | PDF | 2 MB Business is generally viewed as a means to generate personal or corporate wealth, but business transactions can also sacrificially serve the common good. In conversation with contemporary social theorists, Joshua S. Nunziato in this book critically evaluates the spiritual significance and aims of economic exchange. Inspired by Augustine's vision of the Church as a 'universal sacrifice', he explores how Augustine's approach teaches us detachment - both personal and collective - which releases us from illusory claims of ownership and reframes business as an exercise in loving and letting go. Nunziato's volume engages with the big questions of economic life and considers both why and how we acknowledge people through business in a way that results in collective well-being. It will be of interest to scholars and students of Augustinian studies, philosophy of exchange, and economic ethics.
 Atlas of Contraception, Second Edition (ENCYCLOPEDIA OF VISUAL MEDICINE SERIES) By Pramilla Senanayake; Malcolm Potts 2008 | 120 Pages | ISBN: 1842143050 | PDF | 11 MB [center]  Assessment and Remediation of Petroleum Contaminated Sites By G. Mattney Cole 2017 | 360 Pages | ISBN: 0873718240 | PDF | 141 MB [center]  Richard D. McBride II, "Aspiring to Enlightenment: Pure Land Buddhism in Silla Korea " English | ISBN: 0824882601 | 2020 | 212 pages | PDF | 4 MB Centered on the practice of seeking rebirth in the Pure Land paradise Sukhāvatī, the Amitābha cult has been the dominant form of Buddhism in Korea since the middle of the Silla period (ca. 300-935). In Aspiring to Enlightenment, Richard McBride combines analyses of scriptural, exegetical, hagiographical, epigraphical, art historical, and literary materials to provide an episodic account of the cult in Silla times and its rise in an East Asian context through the mutually interconnected perspectives of doctrine and practice. |
: 