Simple Nature
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Simply Descartes
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Author : Kurt Smith
language : en
Publisher: Simply Charly
Release Date : 2018-09-21
Simply Descartes written by Kurt Smith and has been published by Simply Charly this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-09-21 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Simply Descartes is the perfect one-stop-shop for all matters Cartesian. Smith presents Descartes’s entire system from the ground up, building from metaphysics and epistemology to physics and morality. In some ways, he even goes one step further than the master himself for, with the benefit of hindsight and of the work of leading scholars, Smith reconstructs the system in a neat, orderly, clean and concise way, extracting the disparate pieces from Descartes’s many works scattered over many years. For those seeking entry into Descartes, or into philosophy in general, as well as for those seeking a refresher on this foundational thinker, you can do no better than this book.”—Andrew Pessin, author of The Irrationalist: The Tragic Murder of René Descartes and Professor of Philosophy at Connecticut College René Descartes was born in La Haye en Touraine, France, on March 31, 1596. He attended a Jesuit college and studied law for two years, but he soon gave up formal academics to immerse himself in “the great book of the world.” In 1618, he joined the army, where he became interested in military engineering and expanded his knowledge of physics and mathematics. Then, one night in 1619, he experienced what he described as divine visions, which inspired him to create a new mathematics-based philosophy. He spent the next 30 years writing a series of works that radically transformed mathematics and philosophy and, by the time of his death in 1650, he was recognized as one of Europe’s greatest philosophers and scientists. In Simply Descartes, Professor Kurt Smith offers the general reader an opportunity to get better acquainted with the philosophy of the man who, as much as any individual, helped shape our contemporary way of thinking. Written in simple, nonacademic language and based on the best recent scholarship, Simply Descartes is the ideal introduction to Descartes’ life and work—from the famous Cogito (“I think, therefore I am”) to the development of analytic geometry, to the nature of God. Not to mention which, if you’ve ever wondered whether all living things are nothing more than fancy machines, or whether life is really a Matrix-like dream, you’ll be amazed to discover that a 17th-century philosopher was asking (and answering) the same things!
The Battle Of The Gods And Giants Redux
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Author : Patricia Easton
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2015-09-07
The Battle Of The Gods And Giants Redux written by Patricia Easton and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-07 with History categories.
The Battle of the Gods and Giants Redux is a collection of 14 original essays in early modern philosophy by leading scholars in the field presented in honor of Thomas M. Lennon.
Laws Of Nature
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Author : Walter Ott
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2018-05-12
Laws Of Nature written by Walter Ott and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-12 with Philosophy categories.
What is the origin of the concept of a law of nature? How much does it owe to theology and metaphysics? To what extent do the laws of nature permit contingency? Are there exceptions to the laws of nature? Is it possible to give a reductive analysis of lawhood, or is it a primitive? Twelve new essays by an international team of leading philosophers take up these and other central questions on the laws of nature, whilst also examining some of the most important intuitions and assumptions that have guided the debate over laws of nature since the concepts invention in the seventeenth century. Laws of Nature spans the history of philosophy and of science, contemporary metaphysics, and contemporary philosophy of science.
Cartesian Questions
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Author : Jean-Luc Marion
language : en
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Release Date : 1999-04-15
Cartesian Questions written by Jean-Luc Marion and has been published by University of Chicago Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1999-04-15 with Philosophy categories.
Jean-Luc Marion is one of the most prominent young philosophers working today and one of the best contemporary Descartes scholars. Cartesian Questions, his fifth book on Descartes, is a collection of seven essays on Descartes' method and its relation to his metaphysics. Marion reads the philosopher's Discourse on Method in light of his Meditations, examining how Descartes' metaphysics changed from one book to the other and pursuing such questions as the status of the ontological argument before and after Descartes. The essays touch on the major themes of Marion's career, including the connection between metaphysics and method, the concept of God, and the constitution of the thinking subject. In their range, the essays are an excellent introduction to Marion's thought as well as a subtle and complex interpretation of Descartes. The collection is a crucial work not only for scholars of Descartes but also for anyone interested in the state of contemporary French philosophy. "Besides the impact of their content, the clarity and reach of these essays force one to consider foundational questions concerning philosophy and its history."—Richard Watson, Journal of the History of Philosophy
Artificial Intelligence Based Energy Management Systems For Smart Microgrids
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Author : Baseem Khan
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2022-06-07
Artificial Intelligence Based Energy Management Systems For Smart Microgrids written by Baseem Khan and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-07 with Technology & Engineering categories.
Modeling and optimization of energy management systems for micro- and mini-grids play an important role in the fields of energy generation dispatch, system operation, protection coordination, power quality issues, and peak demand conflict with grid security. This comprehensive reference text provides an in-depth insight into these topics. This text discusses the use of meta-heuristic and artificial intelligence algorithms for developing energy management systems with energy use prediction for mini- and microgrid systems. It covers important concepts including modeling of microgrid and energy management systems, optimal protection coordination-based microgrid energy management, optimal energy dispatch with energy management systems, and peak demand management with energy management systems. Key Features: Presents a comprehensive discussion of mini- and microgrid concepts Discusses AC and DC microgrid modeling in detail Covers optimization of mini- and microgrid systems using AI and meta-heuristic techniques Provides MATLAB®-based simulations on a mini- and microgrid Comprehensively discussing concepts of microgrids with the help of software-based simulations, this text will be useful as a reference text for graduate students and professionals in the fields of electrical engineering, electronics and communication engineering, renewable energy, and clean technology.
Nature Sparks
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Author : Aerial Cross
language : en
Publisher: Redleaf Press
Release Date : 2011-10-11
Nature Sparks written by Aerial Cross and has been published by Redleaf Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-10-11 with Education categories.
Nature has monumental power on children’s growth and development. Recent studies show that as children spend less time in nature, they miss out on the profound benefits that outdoor play and learning experiences provide. Nature Sparks is filled with inspiration and instruction to help educators and caregivers of children ages three to eight reclaim and strengthen connections to the outdoors. This resource supplies ideas to create a nature-oriented classroom and curriculum, incorporates Howard Gardner’s theory of multiple intelligences to encourage children’s individual talents as they experience the natural world, and includes more than fifty sensory-integrated activities, crafts, and instructional strategies.
Revival A Modern Introduction To Logic 1950
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Author : Lizzie Susan Stebbing
language : en
Publisher: Routledge
Release Date : 2018-05-08
Revival A Modern Introduction To Logic 1950 written by Lizzie Susan Stebbing and has been published by Routledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-05-08 with Philosophy categories.
As the author of this volume states, "the science of logic does not stand still." This book was intended to cover the advances made in the study of logic in the first half of the nineteenth century, during which time the author felt there to have been greater advances made than in the whole of the preceding period from the time of Aristotle. Advances which, in her eyes, were not present in contemporary text books. As such, this book offers a valuable insight into the progress of the subject, tracing this frenetic period in its development with a first-hand awareness of its documentary value.
Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii Rules For The Direction Of The Natural Intelligence
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Author : René Descartes
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2024-01-15
Regulae Ad Directionem Ingenii Rules For The Direction Of The Natural Intelligence written by René Descartes and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-01-15 with History categories.
Exactly four hundred years after the birth of René Descartes (1596-1650), the present volume now makes available, for the first time in a bilingual, philosophical edition prepared especially for English-speaking readers, his Regulae ad directionem ingenii / Rules for the Direction of the Natural Intelligence (1619-1628), the Cartesian treatise on method. This unique edition contains an improved version of the original Latin text, a new English translation intended to be as literal as possible and as liberal as necessary, an interpretive essay contextualizing the text historically, philologically, and philosophically, a com-prehensive index of Latin terms, a key glossary of English equivalents, and an extensive bibliography covering all aspects of Descartes' methodology. Stephen Gaukroger has shown, in his authoritative Descartes: An Intellectual Biography (1995), that one cannot understand Descartes without understanding the early Descartes. But one also cannot understand the early Descartes without understanding the Regulae / Rules. Nor can one understand the Regulae / Rules without understanding a philosophical edition thereof. Therein lies the justification for this project. The edition is intended, not only for students and teachers of philosophy as well as of related disciplines such as literary and cultural criticism, but also for anyone interested in seriously reflecting on the nature, expression, and exercise of human intelligence: What is it? How does it manifest itself? How does it function? How can one make the most of what one has of it? Is it equally distributed in all human beings? What is natural about it, and what, not? In the Regulae / Rules Descartes tries to provide, from a distinctively early modern perspective, answers both to these and to many other questions about what he refers to as ingenium.
Essays On Some Of The First Principles Of Metaphysicks Ethicks And Theology
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Author : Asa Burton
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1824
Essays On Some Of The First Principles Of Metaphysicks Ethicks And Theology written by Asa Burton and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1824 with Ethics categories.
Simple Nature Experiments With Everyday Materials
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Author : Anthony D. Fredericks
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 200?
Simple Nature Experiments With Everyday Materials written by Anthony D. Fredericks and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 200? with Environmental sciences categories.