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This book traces the contours of the symbiotic relationship between crop cultivation and cattle rearing in India by reading against the grain of several official accounts from the late colonial peri……続きを見る

In this open access book, Timothy Aylsworth and Clinton Castro draw on the deep well of Kantian ethics to argue that we have moral duties, both to ourselves and to others, to protect our autonomy fr……続きを見る

The public has voiced concern over the adverse effects of vaccines from the moment Dr. Edward Jenner introduced the first smallpox vaccine in 1796. The controversy over childhood immunization intens……続きを見る

The last century witnessed an explosion of theologies born out of the conviction that the science of evolution can and must contribute to our understandings of God, humanity, technology, suffering, ……続きを見る

This book focuses on Robert Rosen’s contributions to relational system theory, which is the science of organization and function. This science was originally developed by Nicolas Rashevsky, and furt……続きを見る

Heritage is a social construction rooted in modern and contemporary societies. It is commonly a positive assessment of many elements of the physical and human environment (e.g. ecosystems and landsc……続きを見る

The Estonian philosopher of science Rein Vihalemm (1938–2015) left two prominent and fruitful philosophical-methodological legacies that continue to captivate philosophers of science: a methodologic……続きを見る

John Bunyan’s Pilgrim’s Progress is one of the most recognizable books on the Christian bookshelf. Sort of „must read” or rather worth of being read and ponder. 続きを見る

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Bruno Latour is one of the leading figures in Social Sciences today, but his contributions are also widely recognised in the arts. His theories ‘flourished’ in the 1980s in the aftermath of the stru……続きを見る

This volume contends that Evidential Pluralismーan account of the epistemology of causation, which maintains that in order to establish a causal claim one needs to establish the existence of a corre……続きを見る

This open access book will examine the implications of digitalization for the understanding of humanity, conceived as a community of intelligent agency. It addresses important topics across a range ……続きを見る

For the first time, an Indian author brings science, yoga, and philosophy onto the same platform. The depth of understanding of the author of the subjects is admirable. Beginning with the Trika phil……続きを見る

Collected here are the best of 10 years' worth of essays from ideonexus.com covering science culture, Enlightenment ethics, skeptical inquiry, and celebration of natural wonders. 続きを見る

We exist in a highly interwoven quantum field: a cosmic web. To see this is to better understand how to live. This enlightening book weaves together current physics, in easy-to-grasp descriptions,……続きを見る

What is a language? What do scientific grammars tell us about the structure of individual languages and human language in general? What kind of science is linguistics? These and other questions are ……続きを見る

This book presents a recasting of Aristotle’s theory of spatial displacement of inanimate objects. Aristotle’s claim that projectiles are actively carried by the media through which they move (such ……続きを見る

The author of the acclaimed Proust and the Squid follows up with a lively, ambitious, and deeply informative book that considers the future of the reading brain and our capacity for critical thinkin……続きを見る

In the past, scientists have been caught up in various errors either because of the unsophisticated research equipment of their time or because of their own prejudices. Among such scientific errors,……続きを見る

Bryan Giemza challenges the myth of the solitary genius, both in scientific and humanistic endeavors, and demonstrates how Cormac McCarthy is the exceptional figure whose work allows and encourages ……続きを見る

This book describes the groundbreaking work of Chaim Leib Pekeris and his collaborators. Between 1955 and 1963 they used the first electronic computer built in Israel, the Weizmann Automatic Compute……続きを見る

In reviewing and reconsidering the intellectual history of scientism and antiscientism, the authors assess the process of reasoning and prejudices of these contrasting viewpoints, while discussing t……続きを見る

The Bhagavad-gita can be both intimidating and inspiring: intimidating because its message has many levels and its verses have many meanings; and inspiring because it provides us all philosophical l……続きを見る

Science journalist Sally Adee breaks open the field of bioelectricityーthe electric currents that run through our bodies and every living thingーits misunderstood history, and why new discoveries wi……続きを見る

In Unsettled Borders Felicity Amaya Schaeffer examines the ongoing settler colonial war over the US-Mexico border from the perspective of Apache, Tohono O’odham, and Maya who fight to protect their ……続きを見る

This open access book addresses a variety of issues relating to bioethics, in order to initiate cross-cultural dialogue. Beginning with the history, it introduces various views on bioethics, based o……続きを見る

On Creation and the Origins of Life is an in-depth exploration of the various possibilities and theories on the start of life on our planet. Bob Yari presents a logical discussion of the possible or……続きを見る

What is risk? How do we assess risk? What are the ethical implications of risk? The concept of risk is important – sometimes even crucial – for many philosophical domains, from philosophy of science……続きを見る

The arrow of time refers to the curious asymmetry that distinguishes the future from the past. Reversing the Arrow of Time argues that there is an intimate link between the symmetries of 'time itsel……続きを見る

El presente número de la revista Cultura de Guatemala reúne los textos de las ponencias al XII Congreso Internacional de Filosofía, «Pensar América Latina: Fenomenología, teoría crítica y descolonia……続きを見る