Philosophy Social Aspects category: 5622 books
Philosophy of Development
Reconstructing the Foundations of Human Development and Education
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2013
Philosophy of development is a fascinating area of research at the intersection of philosophy, psychology, and education. This book is unique in that it combines a broad sketch of contemporary developmental theory with detailed discussions of its central issues, in order to construct a general framework...
by Richard P. McKeon, David B. Owen
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2018
Well before the current age of discourse, deconstruction, and multiculturalism, Richard McKeon propounded a philosophy of pluralism showing how "facts" and "values" are dependent on diverse ways of reading texts. This book is a transcription of an entire course, including both...
Digital Citizenship in Action
Empowering Students to Engage in Online Communities
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2017
For years, much of the available curricula for teaching digital citizenship focused on “don’ts.” Don’t share addresses or phone numbers. Don’t give out passwords. Don’t bully other students. But the conversation then shifted and had many asking, “Why aren’t we teaching kids the power...
Personal Knowledge
Towards a Post-Critical Philosophy
Language: English
Release Date: June 22, 2015
The publication of Personal Knowledge in 1958 shook the science world, as Michael Polanyi took aim at the long-standing ideals of rigid empiricism and rule-bound logic. Today, Personal Knowledge remains one of the most significant philosophy of science books of the twentieth century, bringing the...
Mind and Cosmos:Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly False
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2012
The modern materialist approach to life has conspicuously failed to explain such central mind-related features of our world as consciousness, intentionality, meaning, and value. This failure to account for something so integral to nature as mind, argues philosopher Thomas Nagel, is a major problem,...
The Realistic Empiricism of Mach, James, and Russell
Neutral Monism Reconceived
Language: English
Release Date: August 28, 2014
In the early twentieth century, Ernst Mach, William James, and Bertrand Russell founded a philosophical and scientific movement known as 'neutral monism', based on the view that minds and physical objects are constructed out of elements or events which are neither mental nor physical, but neutral...
Epiphany Z
Eight Radical Visions for Transforming Your Future
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
"Epiphany Z" is Futurist Thomas Frey’s dynamic approach to envisioning, comprehending, and ultimately thriving in the radically different futures emerging around us at the speed of light.
Frey’s unparalleled ability to detect emerging trends from the smallest of clues gives him...
Philosophical Chemistry
Genealogy of a Scientific Field
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2015
Philosophical Chemistry furthers Manuel DeLanda's revolutionary intervention in the philosophy of science and science studies. Against a monadic and totalizing understanding of science, DeLanda's historicizing investigation traces the centrality of divergence, specialization and hybridization through...
A Deadly Wandering
A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2014
"Deserves a spot next to Fast Food Nation and To Kill a Mockingbird in America’s high school curriculums. To say it may save lives is self-evident.” —New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice)
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: San Francisco Chronicle, Chrisitian...
Pathways for Remembering and Recognizing Indigenous Thought in Education
Philosophies of Iethi'nihstenha Ohwentsia'kekha (Land)
Language: English
Release Date: April 24, 2017
Indigenous scholars have been gathering, speaking, and writing about Indigenous knowledge for decades. These knowledges are grounded in ancient traditions and very old pedagogies that have been woven with the tangled strings and chipped beads of colonial relations.
Pathways for Remembering...
Transhumanism
A Grimoire of Alchemical Agendas
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
The ultimate question is no longer "who am I" or "why am I here." These questions were answered in the earliest civilizations by philosophers and priests. Today we live in an age of such rapid advances in technology and science that the ultimate question must be rephrased: what...
by Hercules Bantas
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2012
In 'Existentialism is a Humanism', Jean-Paul Sartre defended existential philosophy from a wide range of criticisms, including a popular perception that many of its key tenets were overly pessimistic. This essay-length guide explains many of the arguments Sartre presented in the lecture, including key concepts such as abandonment, and existence preceding essence.
Introducing Philosophy of Science
A Graphic Guide
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2015
What do scientists actually do? Is science "value-free"? How has science evolved through history? Where is science leading us? "Introducing Philosophy of Science" is a clear and incisively illustrated map of the big questions underpinning science. It is essential reading for students, the general public, and even scientists themselves.
by Wilhelm Ostwald
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2014
Along with several collaborators, Russian-born chemist Wilhelm Ostwald is regarded as one of the key figures in developing the field now known as physical chemistry. In 1909, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for his work on catalysis and several other key processes. In this comprehensive volume, Ostwald...