What Functions Explain
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What Functions Explain
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Author : Peter McLaughlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2007-08-16
What Functions Explain written by Peter McLaughlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-08-16 with Science categories.
This book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such explanations carry with them. McLaughlin gives a critical review of the debate on functional explanation in the philosophy of science that has occurred over the past fifty years. He discusses the history of the philosophical question of teleology, and provides a comprehensive review of the postwar literature on functional explanation. The book provides a sophisticated and detailed Aristotelian analysis of our concept of natural functions, and offers a positive contribution to the ongoing debate on the topic.
What Functions Explain
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Author : Peter McLaughlin
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2000-12-18
What Functions Explain written by Peter McLaughlin and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2000-12-18 with Science categories.
This 2001 book offers an examination of functional explanation as it is used in biology and the social sciences, and focuses on the kinds of philosophical presuppositions that such explanations carry with them. It tackles such questions as: why are some things explained functionally while others are not? What do the functional explanations tell us about how these objects are conceptualized? What do we commit ourselves to when we give and take functional explanations in the life sciences and the social sciences? McLaughlin gives a critical review of the debate on functional explanation in the philosophy of science. He discusses the history of the philosophical question of teleology, and provides a comprehensive review of the post-war literature on functional explanation. What Functions Explain provides a sophisticated and detailed Aristotelian analysis of our concept of natural functions, and offers a positive contribution to the ongoing debate on the topic.
Persuasion
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Author : Daniel J. O'Keefe
language : en
Publisher: SAGE Publications
Release Date : 2015-02-18
Persuasion written by Daniel J. O'Keefe and has been published by SAGE Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-02-18 with Language Arts & Disciplines categories.
Persuasion: Theory and Research, Third Edition is a comprehensive overview of social-scientific theory and research on persuasion. Written in a clear and accessible style that assumes no special technical background in research methods, the Third Edition has been thoroughly revised to reflect developments in persuasion studies. New discussions of subjects such as reactance and the use of narratives as vehicles for persuasion, revised treatments of the theories of reasoned action and planned behavior, and two new chapters on social judgment theory and stage models provide your students with the most current work on persuasion in a clear, straightforward manner. In this edition, author Daniel J. O'Keefe has given special attention to the importance of adapting (tailoring) messages to audiences to maximize persuasiveness. Each chapter has a set of review questions to guide students through the chapter’s material and quickly master the concepts being introduced.
Can Science Explain Religion
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Author : James William Jones
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Release Date : 2016
Can Science Explain Religion written by James William Jones and has been published by Oxford University Press, USA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Psychology categories.
Argues that efforts by the anti-religious to explain and undermine religion through cognitive science are misguided and that these approaches can actually be used to support the belief in and practice of religion.
Functions Of A Complex Variable
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Author : Hemant Kumar Pathak
language : en
Publisher: Chapman & Hall/CRC
Release Date : 2016
Functions Of A Complex Variable written by Hemant Kumar Pathak and has been published by Chapman & Hall/CRC this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2016 with Mathematics categories.
Functions of a Complex Variable provides all the material for a course on the theory of functions of a complex variable at the senior undergraduate and beginning graduate level. Also suitable for self-study, the book covers every topic essential to training students in complex analysis. It also incorporates special topics to enhance students' understanding of the subject, laying the foundation for future studies in analysis, linear algebra, numerical analysis, geometry, number theory, physics, thermodynamics, or electrical engineering. After introducing the basic concepts of complex numbers and their geometrical representation, the text describes analytic functions, power series and elementary functions, the conformal representation of an analytic function, special transformations, and complex integration. It next discusses zeros of an analytic function, classification of singularities, and singularity at the point of infinity; residue theory, principle of argument, Rouché's theorem, and the location of zeros of complex polynomial equations; and calculus of residues, emphasizing the techniques of definite integrals by contour integration. The authors then explain uniform convergence of sequences and series involving Parseval, Schwarz, and Poisson formulas. They also present harmonic functions and mappings, inverse mappings, and univalent functions as well as analytic continuation.
Basics Of Medical Physiology
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Author : HH Sudhakar D Venkatesh
language : en
Publisher: Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd
Release Date : 2018-10-10
Basics Of Medical Physiology written by HH Sudhakar D Venkatesh and has been published by Wolters kluwer india Pvt Ltd this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-10-10 with Medical categories.
About the Book This book explains the basic concepts of medical physiology in a clear and concise style. The fourth edition presents revised and updated text with numerous new diagrams. The Applied Physiology aspect has been suitably emphasized.
Handbook Of Mathematical Functions With Formulas Graphs And Mathematical Tables
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Author : Milton Abramowitz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014-04-18
Handbook Of Mathematical Functions With Formulas Graphs And Mathematical Tables written by Milton Abramowitz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-04-18 with Mathematics categories.
2014 Reprint of 1964 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Despite the increasing use of computers, the basic need for mathematical tables continues. Tables serve a vital role in preliminary surveys of problems before programming for machine operation, and they are indispensable to thousands of engineers and scientists without access to machines. Because of automatic computers, however, and because of recent scientific advances, a greater variety of functions and a higher accuracy of tabulation than have been available until now are required. In 1954, a conference on mathematical tables, sponsored by M.I.T. and the National Science Foundation, met to discuss a modernization and extension of Jahnke and Emde's classical tables of functions. This volume, published 10 years later by the U.S. Department of Commerce, is the result. Designed to include a maximum of information and to meet the needs of scientists in all fields, it is a monumental piece of work, a comprehensive and self-contained summary of the mathematical functions that arise in physical and engineering problems. The book contains 29 sets of tables, some to as high as 20 places: mathematical constants; physical constants and conversion factors (6 tables); exponential integral and related functions (7); error function and Fresnel integrals (12); Bessel functions of integer (12) and fractional (13) order; integrals of Bessel functions (2); Struve and related functions (2); confluent hypergeometric functions (2); Coulomb wave functions (2); hypergeometric functions; Jacobian elliptic and theta functions (2); elliptic integrals {9); Weierstrass elliptic and related functions; parabolic cylinder functions {3); Mathieu functions (2); spheroidal wave functions (5); orthogonal polynomials (13); combinatorial analysis (9); numerical interpolation, differentiation and integration (11); probability functions (ll); scales of notation {6); miscellaneous functions {9); Laplace transforms (2); and others. Each of these sections is prefaced by a list of related formulas and graphs: differential equations, series expansions, special functions, and other basic relations. These constitute an unusually valuable reference work in themselves. The prefatory material also includes an explanation of the numerical methods involved in using the tables that follow and a bibliography. Numerical examples illustrate the use of each table and explain the computation of function values which lie outside its range, while the editors' introduction describes higher-order interpolation procedures. Well over 100 figures illustrate the text. In all, this is one of the most ambitious and useful books of its type ever published, an essential aid in all scientific and engineering research, problem solving, experimentation and field work. This low-cost edition contains every page of the original government publication. Preface by A. V. Astin. Foreword by Advisory Committee, Conference on Mathematical Tables. Editors' Introduction. Indices to Subjects, Notations.
Mbl
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Author : Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Mbl written by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with Marine biology categories.
Report
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Author : Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1889
Report written by Marine Biological Laboratory (Woods Hole, Mass.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1889 with categories.
Elements Of Chemistry With Its Application To Explain The Phenomena Of Nature And The Processes Of Arts And Manufactures
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Author : James MILLAR (M.D.)
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1820
Elements Of Chemistry With Its Application To Explain The Phenomena Of Nature And The Processes Of Arts And Manufactures written by James MILLAR (M.D.) and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1820 with categories.