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Author: Michael Denton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2002-02
Total Pages: 482
ISBN-13: 0743237625
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA leading evolutionary thinker, biologist, and medical researcher asks the question: "Could life elsewhere be substantially different from life on Earth?"--and builds a step-by-step argument for human inevitability. 65 illustrations and photos.
Author: George C. Williams
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Published: 1997
Total Pages: 258
ISBN-13: 9780753800423
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn Plan and Purpose in Nature George C. Williams examines Darwinian evolution in the natural world. He tells the story not only of adaptations which natural selection produces through nature, but also the limitations of evolution for modern human beings, and how the rapid evolution of micro-organisms is likely to pose an alarming threat to human health.
Author: Colin Allen
Publisher: Mit Press
Published: 1998
Total Pages: 597
ISBN-13: 9780262011686
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWithin the natural sciences, only biologists take seriously teleological statements about design, purpose and adaptive function. Some biologists claim that to understand the complex morphological and behavioural traits of organisms we must say what they are for, which is to give a teleological explanation of why organisms have them. Others argue that the theory of natural selection, in providing statistical explanations for the same phenomena, obviates any need for teleological thinking. If teleology cannot be eliminated from biology, it raises fundamental questions about the nature of biological explanation and about the relationship of biology to the rest of science.
Author: David Mamet
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Published: 2020-10-01
Total Pages: 59
ISBN-13: 1350129003
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNow published in the Bloomsbury Revelations series, this is a classic work on the power and importance of drama by renowned American playwright, screenwriter and essayist David Mamet. In this short but arresting series of essays, David Mamet explains the necessity, purpose and demands of drama. A celebration of the ties that bind art to life, Three Uses of the Knife is an enthralling read for anyone who has sat anxiously waiting for the lights to go up on Act 1. In three tightly woven essays of characteristic force and resonance, Mamet speaks about the connection of art to life, language to power, imagination to survival, public spectacle to private script. Self-assured and filled with autobiographical touches Three Uses of the Knife is a call to art and arms, a manifesto that reminds us of the singular power of the theatre to keep us sane, whole and human.
Author: Charles MARSHALL (of Tetherton.)
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Published: 1680
Total Pages: 8
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Jeffrey Johnson
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Published: 2020
Total Pages:
ISBN-13: 9780988668195
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Steven Pinker
Publisher: Penguin Books
Published: 2012-09-25
Total Pages: 834
ISBN-13: 0143122010
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFaced with the ceaseless stream of news about war, crime, and terrorism, one could easily think this is the most violent age ever seen. Yet as bestselling author Pinker shows in this startling and engaging new work, just the opposite is true.
Author: Jonathan Leicester
Publisher: Bentham Science Publishers
Published: 2016-08-10
Total Pages: 234
ISBN-13: 1681082632
DOWNLOAD EBOOKWhat Beliefs Are Made From explores the nature and purpose of belief. The book describes several strange beliefs that have been shared by many members of whole communities. The intellectualistic, dispositional, feeling and eliminativist theories of belief are then examined critically. This is followed by a review of factors that can influence people in their beliefs. These include faulty use of evidence, unconscious reasoning biases, inability to withhold judgement, wishful thinking, prior beliefs, shared beliefs, personal experience, testimony, judgements about the source of testimony, personality, in-group psychology, emotions and feelings, language, symbolism, non-verbal communication, repetition, propaganda, mysticism, rumour, conspiracy theories, and illness. The book also covers beliefs of children and belief during dreaming. The regulation of inquiry by belief and disbelief is described. What Beliefs Are Made From is a useful reference for general readers interested in the philosophy of the mind, and the psychology of belief.
Author: Linda C. Raeder
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Published: 2017-04-03
Total Pages: 80
ISBN-13: 9781545148730
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe Nature and Purpose of Government elaborates the Lockean social contract that informed revolutionary thought in the American colonies prior to the War for Independence. It explores in detail the narrative of Locke's Second Treatise of Government and relates it to the American situation in the following century.
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Published: 1857
Total Pages: 264
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