Author: Michael Dominic Taylor
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1725264978
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 283
Book Description
Will the ecological crises of our time be resolved using the same form of thought that has brought them about? Are technological prowess and political power the proper tools to address them? Is there not a deeper connection between our ecological crises and our human, social, political, economic, and ethical crises? This book argues that the popular approaches to ecological, bioethical, and other human crises are not working because they fail to examine the problem in its full depth. This depth escapes us because we have abandoned true metaphysical reflection on the whole and substituted it unknowingly for a series of inadequate alternatives. Both the technocratic paradigm that views all of nature mechanistically and its antagonists—the eco-philosophies that argue for the realities of intrinsic value, relationality, and beauty—carry partial truths but are insufficient. This book presents a more radical alternative, rooted in the classical tradition yet fresh and vibrant. The metaphysics of gift, based in the giftedness of existence shared by all, offers a deeper and more satisfying vision of all things that can transform our relationship with nature and touches every aspect of human life: social, political, economic, technical, and ethical.
The Foundations of Nature
Foundations of Botany
Author: Joseph Young Bergen
Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
Publisher:
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Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 664
Book Description
The metaphysical foundations of modern physical science
Author: E.A. Burtt
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5873923868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Publisher: Рипол Классик
ISBN: 5873923868
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 377
Book Description
Foundations of the Earth
Author: H.H. Shugart
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231537697
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" God asks Job in the "Whirlwind Speech," but Job cannot reply. This passage—which some environmentalists and religious scholars treat as a "green" creation myth—drives renowned ecologist H. H. Shugart's extraordinary investigation, in which he uses verses from God's speech to Job to explore the planetary system, animal domestication, sea-level rise, evolution, biodiversity, weather phenomena, and climate change. Shugart calls attention to the rich resonance between the Earth's natural history and the workings of religious feeling, the wisdom of biblical scripture, and the arguments of Bible ethicists. The divine questions that frame his study are quintessentially religious, and the global changes humans have wrought on the Earth operate not only in the physical, chemical, and biological spheres but also in the spiritual realm. Shugart offers a universal framework for recognizing and confronting the global challenges humans now face: the relationship between human technology and large-scale environmental degradation, the effect of invasive species on the integrity of ecosystems, the role of humans in generating wide biotic extinctions, and the future of our oceans and tides.
Publisher: Columbia University Press
ISBN: 0231537697
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
"Where were you when I laid the foundation of the earth?" God asks Job in the "Whirlwind Speech," but Job cannot reply. This passage—which some environmentalists and religious scholars treat as a "green" creation myth—drives renowned ecologist H. H. Shugart's extraordinary investigation, in which he uses verses from God's speech to Job to explore the planetary system, animal domestication, sea-level rise, evolution, biodiversity, weather phenomena, and climate change. Shugart calls attention to the rich resonance between the Earth's natural history and the workings of religious feeling, the wisdom of biblical scripture, and the arguments of Bible ethicists. The divine questions that frame his study are quintessentially religious, and the global changes humans have wrought on the Earth operate not only in the physical, chemical, and biological spheres but also in the spiritual realm. Shugart offers a universal framework for recognizing and confronting the global challenges humans now face: the relationship between human technology and large-scale environmental degradation, the effect of invasive species on the integrity of ecosystems, the role of humans in generating wide biotic extinctions, and the future of our oceans and tides.
Modeling Nature
Author: Sharon E. Kingsland
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226437286
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The first history of population ecology traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the twentieth century through 1970. Kingsland chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical, and institutional development, with special attention to tensions between the descriptive studies of field biologists and later mathematical models. This second edition includes a new afterword that brings the book up to date, with special attention to the rise of "the new natural history" and debates about ecology's future as a large-scale scientific enterprise.
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 9780226437286
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 326
Book Description
The first history of population ecology traces two generations of science and scientists from the opening of the twentieth century through 1970. Kingsland chronicles the careers of key figures and the field's theoretical, empirical, and institutional development, with special attention to tensions between the descriptive studies of field biologists and later mathematical models. This second edition includes a new afterword that brings the book up to date, with special attention to the rise of "the new natural history" and debates about ecology's future as a large-scale scientific enterprise.
Foundations of Biology
Author: Lorande Loss Woodruff
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Biology
Languages : en
Pages : 508
Book Description
World, Mind, and Ethics
Author: James Edward John Altham
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521479301
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A distinguished international team of philosophers offer responses to the work of Bernard Williams, followed by the author's reply.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521479301
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 244
Book Description
A distinguished international team of philosophers offer responses to the work of Bernard Williams, followed by the author's reply.
Kant's Construction of Nature
Author: Michael Friedman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521198399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
This book develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 0521198399
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 645
Book Description
This book develops a new reading of the Metaphysical Foundations and articulates an original perspective of Kant's critical philosophy as a whole.
Foundations for a Science of Personality
Author: Andras Angyal
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Publisher:
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Mathematical Foundations of Nature-Inspired Algorithms
Author: Xin-She Yang
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030169367
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This book presents a systematic approach to analyze nature-inspired algorithms. Beginning with an introduction to optimization methods and algorithms, this book moves on to provide a unified framework of mathematical analysis for convergence and stability. Specific nature-inspired algorithms include: swarm intelligence, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, bee-inspired algorithms, bat algorithm, firefly algorithm, and cuckoo search. Algorithms are analyzed from a wide spectrum of theories and frameworks to offer insight to the main characteristics of algorithms and understand how and why they work for solving optimization problems. In-depth mathematical analyses are carried out for different perspectives, including complexity theory, fixed point theory, dynamical systems, self-organization, Bayesian framework, Markov chain framework, filter theory, statistical learning, and statistical measures. Students and researchers in optimization, operations research, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, computer science, and management sciences will see the pros and cons of a variety of algorithms through detailed examples and a comparison of algorithms.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 3030169367
Category : Mathematics
Languages : en
Pages : 114
Book Description
This book presents a systematic approach to analyze nature-inspired algorithms. Beginning with an introduction to optimization methods and algorithms, this book moves on to provide a unified framework of mathematical analysis for convergence and stability. Specific nature-inspired algorithms include: swarm intelligence, ant colony optimization, particle swarm optimization, bee-inspired algorithms, bat algorithm, firefly algorithm, and cuckoo search. Algorithms are analyzed from a wide spectrum of theories and frameworks to offer insight to the main characteristics of algorithms and understand how and why they work for solving optimization problems. In-depth mathematical analyses are carried out for different perspectives, including complexity theory, fixed point theory, dynamical systems, self-organization, Bayesian framework, Markov chain framework, filter theory, statistical learning, and statistical measures. Students and researchers in optimization, operations research, artificial intelligence, data mining, machine learning, computer science, and management sciences will see the pros and cons of a variety of algorithms through detailed examples and a comparison of algorithms.