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Philosophical Presentations of Raising Children: The Grammar of Upbringing
Philosophical Presentations of Raising Children: The Grammar of Upbringing

This book uses contemporary film to articulate a philosophical account of raising children. It forms part of a revaluation of the parent as a pedagogical figure, which stands in contrast to the instrumental accounts dominant in contemporary ‘parenting’ culture. Hodgson and Ramaekers use film in order to offer an...

Science and Social Science
Science and Social Science
Is social science really a science at all, and if so in what sense? This is the first real question that any course on the philosophy of the social sciences must tackle. In this brief introduction, Malcolm Williams gives the students the grounding that will enable them to discuss the issues involved with confidence.

Is social science
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Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain
Neuropsychedelia: The Revival of Hallucinogen Research since the Decade of the Brain
Neuropsychedelia examines the revival of psychedelic science since the "Decade of the Brain." After the breakdown of this previously prospering area of psychopharmacology, and in the wake of clashes between counterculture and establishment in the late 1960s, a new generation of hallucinogen researchers used the hype around...
The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)
The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism (Blackwell Companions to Philosophy)

The Blackwell Companion to Naturalism provides a systematic introduction to philosophical naturalism and its relation to other schools of thought.

  • Features contributions from an international array of established and emerging scholars from across the humanities
  • Explores the historical development of...
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning
e-Learning and the Science of Instruction: Proven Guidelines for Consumers and Designers of Multimedia Learning
Praise for the Second Edition of

e-Learning and the Science of Instruction

"Their first edition was a landmark work. This new edition is even better. Too many guidelines for instructional design are based on opinion or an attempt to be consistent with some philosophical position. It is most refreshing when one of the...

Set Theory and Its Philosophy: A Critical Introduction
Set Theory and Its Philosophy: A Critical Introduction
Michael Potter presents a comprehensive new philosophical introduction to set theory. Anyone wishing to work on the logical foundations of mathematics must understand set theory, which lies at its heart. What makes the book unique is that it interweaves a careful presentation of the technical material with a penetrating philosophical critique....
Design, Technology and the Development Process in the Built Environment (Built Environment Series of Textbooks)
Design, Technology and the Development Process in the Built Environment (Built Environment Series of Textbooks)

This second book in the BEST series explores the fundamental generators and contextual issues - philosophical, physical and political - that influence built environments. It draws on international examples to show how societies and cultures in different parts of the world react to similar problems. It contrasts dramatically different types of...

The Metacolonial State: Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam (Antipode Book Series)
The Metacolonial State: Pakistan, Critical Ontology, and the Biopolitical Horizons of Political Islam (Antipode Book Series)

'An urgent and extraordinary book. Weaving a philosophical analysis of Heidegger, Agamben and Foucault, Jan draws out the implications of their thought for a radical analysis of the ontological politics of Islam and Pakistan. Whether writing about the 'Ulama and Deoband schools, blasphemy laws, the military, beards, or the...

Information and the History of Philosophy (Rewriting the History of Philosophy)
Information and the History of Philosophy (Rewriting the History of Philosophy)

In recent years the philosophy of information has emerged as an important area of research in philosophy. However, until now information’s philosophical history has been largely overlooked.

Information and the History of Philosophy is the first comprehensive investigation of the history of philosophical...

Soft Methods for Handling Variability and Imprecision (Advances in Soft Computing)
Soft Methods for Handling Variability and Imprecision (Advances in Soft Computing)
Probability theory has been the only well-founded theory of uncertainty for a long time. It was viewed either as a powerful tool for modelling random phenomena, or as a rational approach to the notion of degree of belief. During the last thirty years, in areas centered around decision theory, artificial intelligence and information processing,...
50 Years of Artificial Intelligence: Essays Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
50 Years of Artificial Intelligence: Essays Dedicated to the 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence (Lecture Notes in Computer Science)
This Festschrift volume, published in celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Artificial Intelligence, includes 34 refereed papers written by leading researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. The papers were carefully selected from the invited lectures given at the 50th Anniversary Summit of AI, held at the Centro Stefano Franscini, Monte...
The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
The Philosophy of Mathematical Practice
Contemporary philosophy of mathematics offers us an embarrassment of riches. Among the major areas of work one could list developments of the classical foundational programs, analytic approaches to epistemology and ontology of mathematics, and developments at the intersection of history and philosophy of mathematics. But anyone familiar with...
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