Author: John Brockman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788173712562
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 32
Book Description
How Things Are:Science Tool Kit For The Mind
Author: John Brockman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788173712562
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 32
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9788173712562
Category :
Languages : fr
Pages : 32
Book Description
Theory of Knowledge for the IB Diploma: Skills for Success
Author: John Sprague
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1510402187
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Exam Board: IB Level: IB Subject: English First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: June 2016 Build confidence in a range of key Theory of Knowledge skills with this practical companion, full of advice and guidance from an experienced TOK expert. · Learn to apply analytical skills with Deeper Analysis, showing you how to go beyond simply identifying and explaining. · Develop awareness of the practical application of knowledge with In Practice pointers, offering guidance on how topics can be used in TOK activities. · Improve skills for formulating genuine knowledge questions for use in activities, a crucial part of assessment success. · Avoid making the mistakes that others make in the assessment with TOK Traps that highlight common errors and misconceptions.
Publisher: Hodder Education
ISBN: 1510402187
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Exam Board: IB Level: IB Subject: English First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: June 2016 Build confidence in a range of key Theory of Knowledge skills with this practical companion, full of advice and guidance from an experienced TOK expert. · Learn to apply analytical skills with Deeper Analysis, showing you how to go beyond simply identifying and explaining. · Develop awareness of the practical application of knowledge with In Practice pointers, offering guidance on how topics can be used in TOK activities. · Improve skills for formulating genuine knowledge questions for use in activities, a crucial part of assessment success. · Avoid making the mistakes that others make in the assessment with TOK Traps that highlight common errors and misconceptions.
Whitaker's Books in Print
Author:
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Bibliography, National
Languages : en
Pages : 2954
Book Description
How Things are
Author: John Brockman
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753807767
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A highly readable and accessible primer for learning to think about the world as scientists do
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780753807767
Category : Brain
Languages : en
Pages : 301
Book Description
A highly readable and accessible primer for learning to think about the world as scientists do
How Things Are:Science Tool Kit For The Mind
Author: John Brockman
Publisher: Universities Press
ISBN: 9788173712562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Publisher: Universities Press
ISBN: 9788173712562
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
From Brain Dynamics to the Mind
Author: Georg Northoff
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128227397
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
From Brain Dynamics to the Mind: Spatiotemporal Neuroscience explores how the self and consciousness is related to neural events. Sections in the book cover existing models used to describe the mind/brain problem, recent research on brain mechanisms and processes and what they tell us about the self, consciousness and psychiatric disorders. The book presents a spatiotemporal approach to understanding the brain and the implications for artificial intelligence, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders, and for ethical, societal and philosophical issues. Pulling concepts from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, the book presents a modern and complete look at what we know, what we can surmise, and what we may never know about the distinction between brain and mind. - Reviews models of understanding the mind/brain problem - Identifies neural processes involved in consciousness, sense of self and brain function - Includes concepts and research from neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science and philosophy - Discusses implications for AI, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders and issues of ethics - Suggests experimental designs and data analyses for future research on the mind/brain issue
Publisher: Elsevier
ISBN: 0128227397
Category : Medical
Languages : en
Pages : 692
Book Description
From Brain Dynamics to the Mind: Spatiotemporal Neuroscience explores how the self and consciousness is related to neural events. Sections in the book cover existing models used to describe the mind/brain problem, recent research on brain mechanisms and processes and what they tell us about the self, consciousness and psychiatric disorders. The book presents a spatiotemporal approach to understanding the brain and the implications for artificial intelligence, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders, and for ethical, societal and philosophical issues. Pulling concepts from neuroscience, psychology and philosophy, the book presents a modern and complete look at what we know, what we can surmise, and what we may never know about the distinction between brain and mind. - Reviews models of understanding the mind/brain problem - Identifies neural processes involved in consciousness, sense of self and brain function - Includes concepts and research from neuroscience, psychology, cognitive science and philosophy - Discusses implications for AI, novel therapies for psychiatric disorders and issues of ethics - Suggests experimental designs and data analyses for future research on the mind/brain issue
The Whole Creature
Author: Wendy Wheeler
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 194
Book Description
Arguing that humans are, in a fundamental sense, social beings, this book articulates that this can be grasped from understanding the complex social processes of evolution. It shows that through looking at the complex emergence of human society and culture, we can get a better understanding of how 'the whole creature' operates.
The Mind Thing
Author: Fredric Brown
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575102632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"HE" was really an "IT" He was incapable of love or mercy, or hate. And he certainly never felt the lack. He was almost pure thought. He was just doing what he had to do - looking for the right body to play host to him. Once he found it and moved in, he would execute one of the most incredible plans ever conceived. He would be hailed as a hero on his own planet and... EARTH WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT IT!
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 0575102632
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
"HE" was really an "IT" He was incapable of love or mercy, or hate. And he certainly never felt the lack. He was almost pure thought. He was just doing what he had to do - looking for the right body to play host to him. Once he found it and moved in, he would execute one of the most incredible plans ever conceived. He would be hailed as a hero on his own planet and... EARTH WOULD NEVER KNOW WHAT HIT IT!
Faith or Reason
Author: Sam Oputa
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Have you ever had a thought that there maybe life in other planets? Don't forget that our earth is only 4.7 billion years and much younger than this universe that is inching towards 14 billion years. Do you think that there may be another universe? Do you believe in aliens? What about spaceships and UFO? Perhaps, the UFOs and aliens have been visiting our planet and we don't know about it. Perhaps, some of us knows about the aliens and UFOs but are keeping it to ourselves because we don't want to be laughed at. It could be naïve on our part to think that we are the only life in the universe. Reports of UFO sightings occur from time to time though some sightings science cannot explain. No book has explained more about aliens and UFOs than the holy books. The holy books explained spaceships. The Prophet Ezekiel also told us about these airships. Did you miss the biblical mentions of the spaceships too? The Gods/aliens were not hiding themselves from our forefathers who likened these aliens to God and Satan, good and bad angels, and in some instances as monsters. The book of Enoch explained it all. The book even told us the names of the aliens and explained his flight in the spaceships. Prophet Enoch was not the only one who took a spin in the spaceships. A spaceships was described in a holy book to fly around the earth in one minute. All the above were science and technology. Not Faith. If the aliens moved by means of spaceships/airships,would that make them omnipresent or omniscience? Science and technology- yes but omnipresence--quality of being everywhere at the same instant--is not one of their characteristics. We as humans assigned those characteristics to the "Gods." Some people know that the Earth is 4.6 billion years by evidence through science. Some, also believe the earth is 6000 years by faith. One of the reasons for this work is to help channel some Bible readers and readers of books of other religious doctrines in the direction of logic and reason. The truth is that most readers have no idea how and what to believe, so they believe by faith. These ancient texts were produced by royal scribes and religious leaders in powerful economic and political positions and settings.They wrote to advocate and make legitimate, political or religious ideas and reforms so as to yield desired doctrines and ideologies. There is several illogical thinking when it comes to religion. We know according to religious books that: This/These God(s) created everything. Evil is a subsetof everything. Therefore, God created evil. When it becomes impossible to logically explain any given event, the bible believers resort to various methods to explain away illogical texts. Can religious dogma and its inherent confusion survive in the face of science and logic or is it doomed to the surfacing evidence revealing the workings of nature set in time by the Almighty Universal Creator who is sometimes referred to as Consciousness? Reading through the Bible and critically analyzing and connecting the dots, you too could come to have better understandings for the Bible's seemingly shocking inconsistencies and contradictions. These, among others, helped shape the viewpoint expressed in this book.
Publisher: Outskirts Press
ISBN:
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 201
Book Description
Have you ever had a thought that there maybe life in other planets? Don't forget that our earth is only 4.7 billion years and much younger than this universe that is inching towards 14 billion years. Do you think that there may be another universe? Do you believe in aliens? What about spaceships and UFO? Perhaps, the UFOs and aliens have been visiting our planet and we don't know about it. Perhaps, some of us knows about the aliens and UFOs but are keeping it to ourselves because we don't want to be laughed at. It could be naïve on our part to think that we are the only life in the universe. Reports of UFO sightings occur from time to time though some sightings science cannot explain. No book has explained more about aliens and UFOs than the holy books. The holy books explained spaceships. The Prophet Ezekiel also told us about these airships. Did you miss the biblical mentions of the spaceships too? The Gods/aliens were not hiding themselves from our forefathers who likened these aliens to God and Satan, good and bad angels, and in some instances as monsters. The book of Enoch explained it all. The book even told us the names of the aliens and explained his flight in the spaceships. Prophet Enoch was not the only one who took a spin in the spaceships. A spaceships was described in a holy book to fly around the earth in one minute. All the above were science and technology. Not Faith. If the aliens moved by means of spaceships/airships,would that make them omnipresent or omniscience? Science and technology- yes but omnipresence--quality of being everywhere at the same instant--is not one of their characteristics. We as humans assigned those characteristics to the "Gods." Some people know that the Earth is 4.6 billion years by evidence through science. Some, also believe the earth is 6000 years by faith. One of the reasons for this work is to help channel some Bible readers and readers of books of other religious doctrines in the direction of logic and reason. The truth is that most readers have no idea how and what to believe, so they believe by faith. These ancient texts were produced by royal scribes and religious leaders in powerful economic and political positions and settings.They wrote to advocate and make legitimate, political or religious ideas and reforms so as to yield desired doctrines and ideologies. There is several illogical thinking when it comes to religion. We know according to religious books that: This/These God(s) created everything. Evil is a subsetof everything. Therefore, God created evil. When it becomes impossible to logically explain any given event, the bible believers resort to various methods to explain away illogical texts. Can religious dogma and its inherent confusion survive in the face of science and logic or is it doomed to the surfacing evidence revealing the workings of nature set in time by the Almighty Universal Creator who is sometimes referred to as Consciousness? Reading through the Bible and critically analyzing and connecting the dots, you too could come to have better understandings for the Bible's seemingly shocking inconsistencies and contradictions. These, among others, helped shape the viewpoint expressed in this book.
The Poetics of Science Fiction
Author: Peter Stockwell
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317878175
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detailed investigation of new words and metaphors, to the exploration of new worlds, from pulp science fiction to the genre's literary masterpieces, its special effects and poetic expression. Speculations and extrapolations throughout the book engage the reader in thought-experiments and discussion points, with selected further reading making it a useful source book for classroom and seminar.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317878175
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 250
Book Description
The Poetics of Science Fiction uniquely uses the science of linguistics to explore the literary universe of science fiction. Developing arguments about specific texts and movements throughout the twentieth-century, the book is a readable discussion of this most popular of genres. It also uses the extreme conditions offered by science fiction to develop new insights into the language of the literary context. The discussion ranges from a detailed investigation of new words and metaphors, to the exploration of new worlds, from pulp science fiction to the genre's literary masterpieces, its special effects and poetic expression. Speculations and extrapolations throughout the book engage the reader in thought-experiments and discussion points, with selected further reading making it a useful source book for classroom and seminar.