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On The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Miroslav Krleza
language : en
Publisher: New Directions Publishing
Release Date : 1995
On The Edge Of Reason written by Miroslav Krleza and has been published by New Directions Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1995 with Fiction categories.
In 1930s Croatia, a respected lawyer utters a truth at a party and is punished for it by the establishment. Paradoxically, his trial and imprisonment give him a sense of freedom. A study of individualism. By the author of The Return of Philip Latinovicz.
The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Julian Baggini
language : en
Publisher: Yale University Press
Release Date : 2016-09-22
The Edge Of Reason written by Julian Baggini and has been published by Yale University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016-09-22 with Philosophy categories.
An urgent defense of reason, the essential method for resolving—or even discussing—divisive issues: “A timely masterpiece.”—Patricia S. Churchland, author of Touching a Nerve Reason, long held as the highest human achievement, is under siege. According to Aristotle, the capacity for reason sets us apart from other animals, yet today it has ceased to be a universally admired faculty. Rationality and reason have become political, disputed concepts, subject to easy dismissal. Julian Baggini argues eloquently that we must recover our reason and reassess its proper place, neither too highly exalted nor completely maligned. Rationality does not require a cold, sterile worldview—it simply involves the application of critical thinking wherever thinking is needed. Addressing such major areas of debate as religion, science, politics, psychology, and economics, the author calls for commitment to the notion of a “community of reason,” where disagreements are settled by debate and discussion, not brute force or political power. Baggini’s insightful book celebrates the power of reason, our best hope—indeed our only hope—for dealing with the intractable quagmires of our time. “The toxic gloating of ‘gut feelings,’ hateful politics and heart-over-head attacks on good sense urgently need an antidote. Baggini has risen to the occasion…compelling.”—Patricia S. Churchland, author of Conscience: The Origins of Moral Intuition
Journey To The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Stephen Budiansky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021
Journey To The Edge Of Reason written by Stephen Budiansky 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 2021 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A remarkable account of the brilliant, troubled mathematician and philosopher Kurt Gödel. From his famous Incompleteness Theorem, which shook the foundations of mathematical truth, to his perilous escape from Nazi Vienna, this book weaves together his creative genius, mental illness, and idealism in the face of adversity.
The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Alex Bentley
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2008-09-22
The Edge Of Reason written by Alex Bentley and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-22 with Religion categories.
Should scientists challenge religious beliefs? Is religion inevitable in human society? Is religion harmful to society? Can science itself inspire spiritual wonder? Confrontation between science and religion has defined much public debate about religion in recent years, most lately in bestsellers portraying a clash between scientists and religious believers, such as Richard Dawkins' The God Delusion and Sam Harris's The End of Faith or Letter to a Christian Nation. But what does this 'us versus them' divide mean for society? This collection of essays gives voice to social scientists, natural scientists and theologians whose experience holds direct relevance on these major issues, and clarifies the position of science in the modern debate. Includes contributions by Mary Midgley (University of Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK), Denis Alexander (Cambridge University, UK), Richard Roberts (Lancaster University, UK), Bob Layton (Durham University, UK), Simon Coleman (Sussex University, UK), Michael Shermer (Executive Director of the Sceptics Society and monthly columnist for Scientific American), Lewis Wolpert (University College London, UK), Andrew Newberg (University of Pennsylvania), Timothy Taylor (University of Bradford, UK), Steven Mithen (University of Reading, UK), David Sloan Wilson (Binghamton University), Herbert Maschner (Idaho State University), Ian Reader (University of Manchester, UK), Hiroko Kawanami (Lancaster University, UK), Andrian Kreye (Süddeutsche Zeitung), John Hedley Brooke (Oxford University, UK), Gordy Slack (Author of The Battle Over The Meaning Of Everything), Seth Shostak (Seti Institute), William Calvin (University Of Washington), and David Wilkinson (Durham University, UK).
At The Edge Of Reason
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Author : David Lafaille
language : en
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Release Date : 2013-11
At The Edge Of Reason written by David Lafaille and has been published by Xlibris Corporation this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11 with Drama categories.
Malibu, CA, 1968. Denny Martel, a twenty-seven-year-old trial lawyer wunderkind in the Los Angeles County Public Defender's office, becomes deeply involved in the hunt for a serial killer. He soon realizes he's the target of a secret LAPD unit, and his Malibu beach cottage is no refuge. In the gritty LA trial courts, on the Venice Beach testosterone-charged "A" basketball court, in the "wilds" of Malibu, and among an amazing cadre of beautiful and complicated women, Denny seeks justice and his true self. In the summer of 1968, a serial killer is loose in Los Angeles. The press calls him the Night Slayer, and he robs "mom-and-pop" businesses in South Central LA, leaving no witnesses. As the Slayer's body count increases, the city begins to destabilize and a repeat of the Watts Riots is brewing. Denny's high school pal, Jack Hansen, is the lead LAPD homicide detective charged with catching the Slayer. As the Public Defender for many of the suspects arrested, Denny begins to formulate a profile of the Slayer. As the search continues, Denny wins and loses trials and women. He's an emerging star in the criminal justice system and is realizing the significance and vulnerability of that role. Then, using Denny's insight to the Slayer, Jack makes the arrest, and Denny will now represent the Slayer at the lineup.
Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Helen Fielding
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2009-08-21
Bridget Jones The Edge Of Reason written by Helen Fielding and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-08-21 with Fiction categories.
With an introduction by journalist Hadley Freeman 9st 2, cigarettes smoked in front of Mark 0 (v.g.), cigarettes smoked in secret 7, cigarettes not smoked 47 (v.g.). Bridget’s second diary ushers in a reformed woman. She is no longer a smoker (well, not much), the wilderness years are over, and she is at last united with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. But things aren’t perfect: there’s an eight-foot hole in the wall of her flat, she’s increasingly worried about a certain boyfriend-stealing beauty, and her friends’ mad advice is getting her nowhere – something has to change. And so Bridget decides to embark on a spiritual epiphany to the palm- and magic-mushroom-kissed shores of Thailand. Surely it will be the perfect place to set her life on course once and for all . . . Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason is Bridget at her best: funny, wise, and, as ever, a little bit sloshed. A number-one bestseller by Helen Fielding, it is, alongside Bridget Jones’s Diary, a modern classic and one of the funniest books you’ll ever read.
Dreaming At The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Vishnu Aiyappan
language : en
Publisher: PartridgeIndia
Release Date : 2014-04
Dreaming At The Edge Of Reason written by Vishnu Aiyappan and has been published by PartridgeIndia this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04 with Philosophy categories.
The book mostly deals with the poignancy of dreams and how transient they are. The poems also deal with the way the world appears to the eyes of the author describing the emotions and states of mind that he thinks in. In many ways this collection of poetry is more like a lyrical commentary of the author's take on what it takes to live in today's modern world of fast pace and fleeting dreams.
Journey To The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Stephen Budiansky
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2021-05-11
Journey To The Edge Of Reason written by Stephen Budiansky 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 2021-05-11 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A remarkable account of Kurt Gödel, weaving together creative genius, mental illness, political corruption, and idealism in the face of the turmoil of war and upheaval. At age 24, a brilliant Austrian-born mathematician published a mathematical result that shook the world. Nearly a hundred years after Kurt Gödel's famous 1931 paper "On Formally Undecidable Propositions" appeared, his proof that every mathematical system must contain propositions that are true - yet never provable within that system - continues to pose profound questions for mathematics, philosophy, computer science, and artificial intelligence. His close friend Albert Einstein, with whom he would walk home every day from Princeton's famous Institute for Advanced Study, called him "the greatest logician since Aristotle." He was also a man who felt profoundly out of place in his time, rejecting the entire current of 20th century philosophical thought in his belief that mathematical truths existed independent of the human mind, and beset by personal demons of anxiety and paranoid delusions that would ultimately lead to his tragic end from self-starvation. Drawing on previously unpublished letters, diaries, and medical records, Journey to the Edge of Reason offers the most complete portrait yet of the life of one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers. Stephen Budiansky's account brings to life the remarkable world of philosophical and mathematical creativity of pre-war Vienna, and documents how it was barbarically extinguished by the Nazis. He charts Gödel's own hair's-breadth escape from Nazi Germany to the scholarly idyll of Princeton; and the complex, gently humorous, sensitive, and tormented inner life of this iconic but previously enigmatic giant of modern science. Weaving together Gödel's public and private lives, this is a tale of creative genius, mental illness, political corruption, and idealism in the face of the turmoil of war and upheaval.
Summary Of Julian Baggini S The Edge Of Reason
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Author : Everest Media,
language : en
Publisher: Everest Media LLC
Release Date : 2022-06-09T22:59:00Z
Summary Of Julian Baggini S The Edge Of Reason written by Everest Media, and has been published by Everest Media LLC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-09T22:59:00Z with Philosophy categories.
Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Sample Book Insights: #1 The first part of the book will focus on the use of reason in religion and science. In these and other domains, there is an ineliminable role of judgement, but that does not mean we should be skeptical about reason and rationality. #2 The debate between God and science is another example of how theism and atheism rarely change their minds. The currency of philosophy of religion is supposed to be rational argument, but it can’t buy an opposing position at any price. #3 The big arguments carry weight. When it comes to the big issues, it’s the big arguments that carry weight. And intellectuals do not like to admit this because it brings them down to the same level as simpler people, like Homer Simpson. #4 The central fact about the worship was blindingly obvious: the Holy Spirit was not at work at all. It was all people’s doing. The reality of God is obvious to some believers because it feels or seems obvious, and no one other than the believer is required to verify its obviousness.
Bridget Jones S Diary
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2009
Bridget Jones S Diary written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009 with Readers categories.
Reading level: 5 [blue].