Chance And Intent

Author : David L. Bodde,Caron H. St. John
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2012-01-27
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781136457678

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Chance and Intent by David L. Bodde,Caron H. St. John Pdf

A compact and readable book will help executives, entrepreneurs, and venture investors learn to search out and plan for those enterprise hazards that reside outside the bell curve, the conventional domain of risk: Uncertainty, where outcomes can be characterized in advance, reliable estimates cannot be made for the likelihood that they will occur; Ambiguity, where the events and outcomes cannot be well characterized, in some cases because we cannot imagine them and in others because characterization depends upon the institutional interests or cultural values of the observer; and, Ignorance, where neither likelihood estimates nor well-characterized events enjoy much credibility. This edited volume emphasizes practical strategies for understanding and managing the hazards of the new venture in light of recent research. It will help corporate innovators, entrepreneurs, and investors employ a wider spectrum of risk management strategies than is now possible.

Author : Christoph Schoenborn
Publisher : Ignatius Press
Page : 157 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2009-09-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781681490854

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Chance or Purpose? by Christoph Schoenborn Pdf

Cardinal Christoph Schönborn's article on evolution and creation in The New York Times launched an international controversy. Critics charged him with biblical literalism and 'creationism'. In this book, Cardinal Schönborn responds to his critics by tackling the hard questions with a carefully reasoned "theology of creation". Can we still speak intelligently of the world as 'creation' and affirm the existence of the Creator, or is God a 'delusion'? How should an informed believer read Genesis? If God exists, why is there so much injustice and suffering? Are human beings a part of nature or elevated above it? What is man's destiny? Is everything a matter of chance or can we discern purpose in human existence? In his treatment of evolution, Cardinal Schönborn distinguishes the biological theory from 'evolutionism', the ideology that tries to reduce all of reality to mindless, meaningless processes. He argues that science and a rationally grounded faith are not at odds and that what many people represent as 'science' is really a set of philosophical positions that will not withstand critical scrutiny. Chance or Purpose? directly raises the philosophical and theological issues many scientists today overlook or ignore. The result is a vigorous, frank dialogue that acknowledges the respective insights of the philosopher, the theologian and the scientist, but which calls on them to listen and to learn from each another.

Author : Bradford McCall
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 123 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2022-02-10
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781725283855

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The God of Chance and Purpose by Bradford McCall Pdf

This brief title will pursue a triangulation of chance, divine involvement, and theology through a fundamentally Peircean lens--at least epistemologically and semiotically. The argument proceeds over five distinct chapters, and a conclusion that constitutes a sixth chapter. In Part I, I discuss the Modern Synthetic theory in evolutionary biology. In particular, I refer to what I have labeled the secular evolutionary worldview (SEW). Also in Part I, I dismiss the French physicist Pierre-Simon de Laplace's claim that a sufficiently informed intelligence could forecast everything that is going to happen in the whole universe--and, working backwards, tell you everything that did happen, not by direct citation and rebuke, but rather by implicit argumentation and demonstration of the God of Chance. In Part II of this book, I explore the God of chance and purpose, with theological assists provided by Philip Clayton and Alister McGrath over two chapters. So then, we live in a world of both chance and purpose. One may even go so far as to state that this world is designed for both chance and purpose.

Author : Fausto Pedro García Márquez,Benjamin Lev
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2019-01-04
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9783319956510

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Data Science and Digital Business by Fausto Pedro García Márquez,Benjamin Lev Pdf

This book combines the analytic principles of digital business and data science with business practice and big data. The interdisciplinary, contributed volume provides an interface between the main disciplines of engineering and technology and business administration. Written for managers, engineers and researchers who want to understand big data and develop new skills that are necessary in the digital business, it not only discusses the latest research, but also presents case studies demonstrating the successful application of data in the digital business.

Author : John J. Kaag
Publisher : Lexington Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 9780739167809

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Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism by John J. Kaag Pdf

Idealism, Pragmatism, and Feminism provides an account of the life and writings of Ella Lyman Cabot (1866-1934), a woman who received formal training, but not formal recognition, in the field of classical American philosophy. It highlights the themes of idealism, pragmatism and feminism as they emerged in the course of career as an educational reformer and ethicist that spanned nearly four decades. Cabot's writings, developed in graduate seminars at Harvard and Radcliffe at the turn of the century complement, and in many cases anticipate, the thinking of the "fathers" of the American philosophical cannon: Charles Sanders Peirce, Josiah Royce, William James, and John Dewey. Her formal philosophical writing focuses on the concepts of growth, creativity, and the moral imagination--a fact that is especially interesting given that these concepts are developed by a woman who faced serious obstacles in her personal and intellectual development. Indeed, these concepts are not merely philosophical ideals, but practical tools that Ella Lyman Cabot used to negotiate the gender roles and intellectual marginalization that she faces at the turn of the century. The discipline of philosophy was very slow to incorporate the insights of women into its self-definition. An analysis of the writings of Ella Lyman Cabot reveals this point, but also the pointed ways in which she sought to express her genuinely creative insights.

Author : Jonathan H. Ebel
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 2010-04-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9780691139920

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Faith in the Fight by Jonathan H. Ebel Pdf

Faith in the Fight tells a story of religion, soldiering, suffering, and death in the Great War. Recovering the thoughts and experiences of American troops, nurses, and aid workers through their letters, diaries, and memoirs, Jonathan Ebel describes how religion--primarily Christianity--encouraged these young men and women to fight and die, sustained them through war's chaos, and shaped their responses to the war's aftermath. The book reveals the surprising frequency with which Americans who fought viewed the war as a religious challenge that could lead to individual and national redemption. Believing in a "Christianity of the sword," these Americans responded to the war by reasserting their religious faith and proclaiming America God-chosen and righteous in its mission. And while the war sometimes challenged these beliefs, it did not fundamentally alter them. Revising the conventional view that the war was universally disillusioning, Faith in the Fight argues that the war in fact strengthened the religious beliefs of the Americans who fought, and that it helped spark a religiously charged revival of many prewar orthodoxies during a postwar period marked by race riots, labor wars, communist witch hunts, and gender struggles. For many Americans, Ebel argues, the postwar period was actually one of "reillusionment." Demonstrating the deep connections between Christianity and Americans' experience of the First World War, Faith in the Fight encourages us to examine the religious dimensions of America's wars, past and present, and to work toward a deeper understanding of religion and violence in American history.

Author : Francis Herbert Bradley
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 338 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1876
Category : Ethics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105002094899

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Ethical Studies by Francis Herbert Bradley Pdf

Author : Francis Andrew March
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1502 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 1925
Category : English language
ISBN : STANFORD:36105129721804

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March's Thesaurus Dictionary by Francis Andrew March Pdf

Author : Ellis Lewis
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 724 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1848
Category : Criminal law
ISBN : CORNELL:31924020159400

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An Abridgment of the Criminal Law of the United States by Ellis Lewis Pdf

Author : Dan Lockton
Publisher : Dan Lockton
Page : 111 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9780956542113

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Design with Intent by Dan Lockton Pdf

Author : Denis Alexander
Publisher : Monarch Books
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2018-06-22
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780857217158

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Is There Purpose in Biology? by Denis Alexander Pdf

Atheists assert that the natural world has no meaning or purpose. Dr Denis Alexander, Emeritus Director of The Faraday Institute for Science and Religion at St. Edmunds College, Cambridge, draws a different conclusion. Not only do recent evolutionary biological data appear inconsistent with the claim that the world is purposeless, but the Christian doctrine of creation has provided and continues to provide both context and stimulus for the study of the natural world. Christians started biology! However, is a belief in an omnipotent, benign Creator consistent with a world of pain and suffering? From a lifetime's study in the biological sciences, Denis Alexander believes that whilst the cost of existence is extremely high, it can nonetheless be squared with the idea of a God of love whose ultimate purposes for humankind render that cost more comprehensible.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 1873
Category : Law
ISBN : PRNC:32101079839005

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Chicago Legal News by Anonim Pdf

Author : Carol Camp Yeakey,Ronald D. Henderson
Publisher : IAP
Page : 405 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2000-09-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781607527879

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Surmounting All Odds - Vol. 2 by Carol Camp Yeakey,Ronald D. Henderson Pdf

Volume 2 in the two volume set about overcoming the odds in African American Education.

Author : United States. Navy. Office of the Judge Advocate General
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1964
Category : Courts-martial and courts of inquiry
ISBN : STANFORD:36105211331496

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The JAG Journal by United States. Navy. Office of the Judge Advocate General Pdf

Author : Peter Mark Roget
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 754 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 1883
Category : English language
ISBN : HARVARD:HW1ZFG

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Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases, Classified and Arranged So as to Facilitate the Expression of Ideas and Assist in Literary Composition by Peter Mark Roget Pdf