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Author : Nigel Lawson
Publisher : Bloomsbury Academic
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Global warming
ISBN : UCSD:31822037134418
The author argues that governments must consider both science and economics in the fight against global warming.
Author : Nigel Lawson
Publisher : Abrams
Page : 138 pages
File Size : 47,8 Mb
Release : 2009-12-29
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781590205266
“His insights are keen and refreshingly iconoclastic . . . [A] contrarian synthesis of political thinking and economic analysis” on the topic of climate change (Publishers Weekly). In this well-informed and hard-hitting response to the scaremongering of the climate alarmists, Nigel Lawson, former Secretary of State for Energy under Margaret Thatcher, argues that it is time for us to take a cool look at global warming. Lawson carefully and succinctly examines all aspects of the global warming issue: the science, the economics, the politics, and the ethics. He concludes that the conventional wisdom on the subject is suspect on a number of grounds, that global warming is not the devastating threat to the planet it is widely alleged to be, and that the remedy being proposed, which is in any event politically unattainable, would be worse that the threat it is supposed to avert. Argued with logic, common sense, and even wit, and thoroughly sourced and referenced, this is a long overdue corrective to the barrage of spin and hype to which the politicians and media have been subjecting the public on this important issue.
Author : Peg Tittle
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 456 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2011-02-21
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781136899959
In Critical Thinking: An Appeal to Reason, Peg Tittle empowers students with a solid grounding in the lifelong skills of considered analysis and argumentation that should underpin every student’s education. Starting with the building blocks of a good argument, this comprehensive new textbook offers a full course in critical thinking. It includes chapters on the nature and structure of argument, the role of relevance, truth and generalizations, and the subtleties of verbal and visual language. Special features include: • an emphasis on the constructive aspect of critical thinking—strengthening the arguments of others and constructing sound arguments of your own—rather than an exclusive focus on spotting faulty arguments • actual questions from standardized reasoning tests like the LSAT, GMAT, MCAT, and GRE • graduated end-of-chapter exercises, asking students to think critically about what they see, hear, read, write, and discuss • numerous sample arguments from books, magazines, television, and the Internet for students to analyze • many images for critical analysis • analyzed arguments that help students to read critically and actively • an extensive companion website for instructors and students A companion website features: • for instructors: an extensive instructor’s manual; a test bank; and PowerPoint slides • for students: extended answers, explanations, and analyses for the exercises and arguments in the book; supplementary chapters on logic and ethics; downloadable MP3 study guides; interactive flash cards; and thinking critically audio exercises. www.routledge.com/textbooks/tittle
Author : Bo Bennett
Publisher : eBookIt.com
Page : 429 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2012-02-19
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781456607371
This book is a crash course in effective reasoning, meant to catapult you into a world where you start to see things how they really are, not how you think they are. The focus of this book is on logical fallacies, which loosely defined, are simply errors in reasoning. With the reading of each page, you can make significant improvements in the way you reason and make decisions. Logically Fallacious is one of the most comprehensive collections of logical fallacies with all original examples and easy to understand descriptions, perfect for educators, debaters, or anyone who wants to improve his or her reasoning skills. "Expose an irrational belief, keep a person rational for a day. Expose irrational thinking, keep a person rational for a lifetime." - Bo Bennett This 2021 Edition includes dozens of more logical fallacies with many updated examples.
Author : Norman Macbeth
Publisher : Gambit, Incorporated, Publishers
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1978-12-31
Category : Evolution (Biology)
ISBN : 0876451059
Fair, detailed, carefully reasoned critique of Darwinian theory.
Author : Bernard L. Ramm
Publisher : Regent College Publishing
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1573830011
This book takes as its main thesis: (1) the Christian doctrine of sin is offensive to the reason and repelled by the intelligentsia and academia; (2) without this doctrine of sin much of human life and history remains forever opaque; (3) with it a shaft of light is cast upon personal existence, social existence, and the course of history, giving clarity that nothing else in the religions, nor the philosophies, of the world can provide.
Author : Douglas Walton
Publisher : Penn State Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2010-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780271042541
Author : Dalai Lama,Franz Alt
Publisher : HarperCollins
Page : 61 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2017-11-07
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780062835550
#1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER • FEATURES EXCLUSIVE NEW MATERIAL ON THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY "Makes the case for unity in a world rife with divisions." —New York Times Book Review In this brief yet profound address to global humanity, His Holiness the Dalai Lama of Tibet reveals that we all hold the seeds of world peace within us: “I see with ever greater clarity that our spiritual well-being depends,” the Nobel Peace Prize winner writes, “on our innate human nature, our natural affinity for goodness, compassion, and caring for others.” Already a major international bestseller, An Appeal to the World, the new book by one of the most revered spiritual leaders of our time, outlines both the inward and outward paths to peace, addressing a wide range of contemporary topics—from the rise of nationalism, Trump presidency, refugee crisis, climate catastrophes, and materialism to meditation, universal ethics, and even neuroscience. Here is a small book that can truly change the world.
Author : Walter Lippmann
Publisher : DigiCat
Page : 267 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2022-11-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : EAN:8596547389743
The book "Public Opinion" is a critical assessment of functional democratic government, especially of the irrational and often self-serving social perceptions that influence individual behavior and prevent optimal societal cohesion. The detailed descriptions of the cognitive limitations people face in comprehending their socio-political and cultural environments leading them to apply an evolving catalogue of general stereotypes to a complex reality, rendered Public Opinion a seminal text in the fields of media studies, political science, and social psychology. Walter Lippmann was an American writer, reporter, and political commentator famous for being among the first to introduce the concept of Cold War, coining the term "stereotype" in the modern psychological meaning, and critiquing media and democracy in his newspaper column and several books.
Author : James Kreines
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015-05-05
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780190204310
This book defends a new interpretation of Hegel's theoretical philosophy, according to which Hegel's project in his central Science of Logic has a single organizing focus, provided by taking metaphysics as fundamental to philosophy, rather than any epistemological problem about knowledge or intentionality. Hegel pursues more specifically the metaphysics of reason, concerned with grounds, reasons, or conditions in terms of which things can be explained-and ultimately with the possibility of complete reasons. There is no threat to such metaphysics in epistemological or skeptical worries. The real threat is Kant's Transcendental Dialectic case that metaphysics comes into conflict with itself. But Hegel, despite familiar worries, has a powerful case that Kant's own insights in the Dialectic can be turned to the purpose of constructive metaphysics. And we can understand in these terms the unified focus of the arguments at the conclusion of Hegel's Science of Logic. Hegel defends, first, his general claim that the reasons which explain things are always found in immanent concepts, universals or kinds. And he will argue from here to conclusions which are distinctive in being metaphysically ambitious yet surprisingly distant from any form of metaphysical foundationalism, whether scientistic, theological, or otherwise. Hegel's project, then, turns out neither Kantian nor Spinozist, but more distinctively his own. Finally, we can still learn a great deal from Hegel about ongoing philosophical debates concerning everything from metaphysics, to the philosophy of science, and all the way to the nature of philosophy itself.
Author : Paul Feyerabend
Publisher : Verso Books
Page : 430 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2020-05-05
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781789607437
Farewell to Reason offers a vigorous challenge to the scientific rationalism that underlies Western ideals of "progress" and "development," whose damaging social and ecological consequences are now widely recognized. For all their variety in theme and occasion, the essays in this book share a consistent philosophical purpose. Whether discussing Greek art and thought, vindicating the church's battle with Galileo, exploring the development of quantum physics or exposing the dogmatism of Karl Popper, Feyerabend defends a relativist and historicist notion of the sciences. The appeal to reason, he insists, is empty, and must be replaced by a notion of science that subordinates it to the needs of citizens and communities. Provocative, polemical and rigorously argued, Farewell to Reason will infuriate Feyerabend's critics and delight his many admirers.
Author : Janice Hallett
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 2022-01-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781982187477
INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of 2022 by The New York Times, Air Mail, and more! “[W]itty, original…a delight.” —The New York Times Perfect for fans of Ruth Ware and Lisa Jewell, this international bestseller and “dazzlingly clever” (The Sunday Times, London) murder mystery follows a community rallying around a sick child—but when escalating lies lead to a dead body, everyone is a suspect. The Fairway Players, a local theatre group, is in the midst of rehearsals when tragedy strikes the family of director Martin Hayward and his wife Helen, the play’s star. Their young granddaughter has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer, and with an experimental treatment costing a tremendous sum, their castmates rally to raise the money to give her a chance at survival. But not everybody is convinced of the experimental treatment’s efficacy—nor of the good intentions of those involved. As tension grows within the community, things come to a shocking head at the explosive dress rehearsal. The next day, a dead body is found, and soon, an arrest is made. In the run-up to the trial, two young lawyers sift through the material—emails, messages, letters—with a growing suspicion that the killer may be hiding in plain sight. The evidence is all there, between the lines, waiting to be uncovered. A wholly modern and gripping take on the epistolary novel, The Appeal is a “daring…clever, and funny” (The Times, London) debut for fans of Richard Osman and Lucy Foley.
Author : Elliott Shore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1988
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : UOM:39015018624760
In this history of radical publishing at the turn of the century, Elliott Shore focuses on the Appeal to Reason, the flagship newspaper of J.A. Wayland's publishing empire. As modern periodical publishing came of age with the appearance of the first mass-circulation newspapers and magazines, so too did both populism and socialism in the US. They drew strength from the same factors - the advance of technology, spreading industrialisation, the growth and concentration of urban populations and rising literacy rates.
Author : Jonathan Haidt
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 530 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2013-02-12
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780307455772
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The acclaimed social psychologist challenges conventional thinking about morality, politics, and religion in a way that speaks to conservatives and liberals alike—a “landmark contribution to humanity’s understanding of itself” (The New York Times Book Review). Drawing on his twenty-five years of groundbreaking research on moral psychology, Jonathan Haidt shows how moral judgments arise not from reason but from gut feelings. He shows why liberals, conservatives, and libertarians have such different intuitions about right and wrong, and he shows why each side is actually right about many of its central concerns. In this subtle yet accessible book, Haidt gives you the key to understanding the miracle of human cooperation, as well as the curse of our eternal divisions and conflicts. If you’re ready to trade in anger for understanding, read The Righteous Mind.
Author : Vicki Kunkel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2022-06-13
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1400232627
What do some of the biggest business successes in the world have in common? The secret to who and what has staying power lies in deeply ingrained biological and anthropological codes we all subconsciously share.?This book teaches you about the instant appeal of evolutionary psychology as it applies to business today. Instant Appeal reveals the often surprising yet proven reasons behind why we vote for certain people, listen to the same songs repeatedly, and favor one brand over another. Communications consultant expert Vicki Kunkel illuminates the human universals that cause positive and negative chemical reactions in our brains, and shows how anyone can use them to advance their career, cause, company, or product. In Instant Appeal, Kunkel reveals the secrets of the "stickiness" phenomenon such as: observations about human behavior and hypotheses on how to market people, ideas, and things how to use primal persuaders to make yourself stand out in a competitive marketplace and enhance your success the science, insights, and statistics behind what it takes to create instant appeal and make the factors of attraction work for you and your business The key is responsibility and the secrets of persuasion can be appealing and effective. When used in a reputable manner, the eight primal factors within Instant Appeal can help you achieve blockbuster success without abusing the power they contain.