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Bayesian Data Analysis, Second Edition (Chapman & Hall/CRC Texts in Statistical Science)

CRC Press, 2003

This book is intended to have three roles and to serve three associated audiences: an introductory text on Bayesian inference star ting from first principles, a graduate text on effective current approaches to Bayesian modeling and computation in statistics and related fields, and a handbook of Bayesian meth ods in applied...

Postcolonial Philosophy of Religion

Springer, 2010

The essays in this volume take up the history of philosophy of religion and contemporary problems within the discipline. They pursue these tasks as opportunities to correct Eurocentric biases that distort knowledge not only of religions originating beyond the West, but of the West’s own traditions.

This is the first collection of...

Yoga - Philosophy for Everyone: Bending Mind and Body

John Wiley & Sons, 2011

Stimulates thoughts and expands awareness of the philosophical dimensions of yoga in its many forms and practices

Yoga — Philosophy for Everyone presents a wide array of perspectives by people whose lives have been touched by yoga. Addressing myriad aspects of yoga's divergent paths, topics include body...

Ecology, Cognition and Landscape

Springer, 2009

It is more and more evident that our living system is completely disturbed by human intrusion. Such intrusion affects the functioning of entire systems in ways we do not yet fully understand. We use paradigms such as the disturbance to cover large and deep gaps in our scientific knowledge.

Human ecology is an uncertain terrain for...

Phenomenology of Space and Time: The Forces of the Cosmos and the Ontopoietic Genesis of Life: Book Two (Analecta Husserliana)

Springer, 2014

This work celebrates the investigative power of phenomenology to explore the phenomenological sense of space and time in conjunction with the phenomenology of intentionality, the invisible, the sacred, and the mystical. It examines the course of life through its ontopoietic genesis, opening the cosmic sphere to logos. The work also explores,...

Why We Fight: One Man's Search for Meaning Inside the Ring

Ecco, 2019

A physical and philosophical mediation on why we are drawn to fight each other for sport, what happens to our bodies and brains when we do, and what it all means

Anyone with guts or madness in him can get hit by someone who knows how; it takes a different kind of madness, a more persistent...

Visions of the Future: Chemistry and Life Science

Cambridge University Press, 2001

‘… you can’t deny the excitement the writers felt for what they are doing; and in these secular times such excitement must serve to replace the fear of the Lord as the beginning of wisdom.’?Sir Brian Pippard, Times Higher Education Supplement

‘I enjoyed these glimpses of what is going on and (always a good...

From a Philosophical Point of View: Selected Studies

Princeton Press, 2004

One of the most important philosophers of recent times, Morton White has spent a career building bridges among the increasingly fragmented worlds of the humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. From a Philosophical Point of View is a selection of White's best essays, written over a period of more than sixty years. Together these...

Middle Age (The Art of Living)

Routledge, 2014

Middle age, for many, marks a key period for a radical reappraisal of one's life and way of living. The sense of time running out, both from the perspective that one's life has ground to a halt, and from the point of view of the greater closeness of death, and the sense of loneliness engendered by the compromised and wasteful nature...

Twilight and Philosophy: Vampires, Vegetarians, and the Pursuit of Immortality (The Blackwell Philosophy and Pop Culture Series)

John Wiley & Sons, 2009

The first look at the philosophy behind Stephenie Meyer's bestselling Twilight series

Bella and Edward, and their family and friends, have faced countless dangers and philosophical dilemmas in Stephenie Meyer's Twilight novels. This book is the first to explore them, drawing on the wisdom of philosophical heavyweights to...

Applied Computing in Medicine and Health (Emerging Topics in Computer Science and Applied Computing)

Morgan Kaufmann, 2015

Applied Computing in Medicine and Health is a comprehensive presentation of on-going investigations into current applied computing challenges and advances, with a focus on a particular class of applications, primarily artificial intelligence methods and techniques in medicine and health.

Applied computing is the use of...

Toward Artificial Sapience: Principles and Methods for Wise Systems

Springer, 2007

The current attempt to emulate human sapience (wisdom) by artificial means should be a step in the right direction beyond the Artificial/Computational Intelligence and Soft Computing disciplines, but is it warranted? Have humans achieved a level of modeling smart systems that justifies talking about sapience-wisdom?

This book presents...

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