Let S Be Reasonable

Author : Jonathan Marks
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2023-01-31
Category : Education
ISBN : 9780691207728

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Let's Be Reasonable by Jonathan Marks Pdf

A conservative college professor's compelling defense of liberal education Not so long ago, conservative intellectuals such as William F. Buckley Jr. believed universities were worth fighting for. Today, conservatives seem more inclined to burn them down. In Let's Be Reasonable, conservative political theorist and professor Jonathan Marks finds in liberal education an antidote to this despair, arguing that the true purpose of college is to encourage people to be reasonable—and revealing why the health of our democracy is at stake. Drawing on the ideas of John Locke and other thinkers, Marks presents the case for why, now more than ever, conservatives must not give up on higher education. He recognizes that professors and administrators frequently adopt the language and priorities of the left, but he explains why conservative nightmare visions of liberal persecution and indoctrination bear little resemblance to what actually goes on in college classrooms. Marks examines why advocates for liberal education struggle to offer a coherent defense of themselves against their conservative critics, and demonstrates why such a defense must rest on the cultivation of reason and of pride in being reasonable. More than just a campus battlefield guide, Let's Be Reasonable recovers what is truly liberal about liberal education—the ability to reason for oneself and with others—and shows why the liberally educated person considers reason to be more than just a tool for scoring political points.

Author : Thomas Lam,Luc Lapointe,Jennifer Morse,Mark Shimozono
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2013-04-22
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821872949

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The Poset of $k$-Shapes and Branching Rules for $k$-Schur Functions by Thomas Lam,Luc Lapointe,Jennifer Morse,Mark Shimozono Pdf

The authors give a combinatorial expansion of a Schubert homology class in the affine Grassmannian $\mathrm{Gr}_{\mathrm{SL}_k}$ into Schubert homology classes in $\mathrm{Gr}_{\mathrm{SL}_{k+1}}$. This is achieved by studying the combinatorics of a new class of partitions called $k$-shapes, which interpolates between $k$-cores and $k+1$-cores. The authors define a symmetric function for each $k$-shape, and show that they expand positively in terms of dual $k$-Schur functions. They obtain an explicit combinatorial description of the expansion of an ungraded $k$-Schur function into $k+1$-Schur functions. As a corollary, they give a formula for the Schur expansion of an ungraded $k$-Schur function.

Author : William M. Kantor,Ákos Seress
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter
Page : 376 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2014-01-02
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9783110872743

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Groups and Computation III by William M. Kantor,Ákos Seress Pdf

This volume contains contributions by the participants of the conference "Groups and Computation", which took place at The Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, in June 1999. This conference was the successor of two workshops on "Groups and Computation" held at DIMACS in 1991 and 1995. There are papers on permutation group algorithms, finitely presented groups, polycyclic groups, and parallel computation, providing a representative sample of the breadth of Computational Group Theory. On the other hand, more than one third of the papers deal with computations in matrix groups, giving an in-depth treatment of the currently most active area of the field. The points of view of the papers range from explicit computations to group-theoretic algorithms to group-theoretic theorems needed for algorithm development.

Author : Anil Nerode,Richard A. Shore
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
Page : 528 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1985
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780821814475

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Recursion Theory by Anil Nerode,Richard A. Shore Pdf

Author : Evgeniĭ Aleksandrovich Asarin
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2006-09-19
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540450269

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Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems by Evgeniĭ Aleksandrovich Asarin Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th International Conference on Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems, FORMATS 2006. The book presents 22 revised full papers presented together with 3 invited talks. Coverage includes work on foundations and semantics of timed systems including timed automata, timed Petri nets, timed MSCs, hybrid automata, timed process algebra, timed temporal logics, timed abstract state machines, as well as probabilistic models.

Author : Lev D. Beklemishev
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 319 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000-04-01
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 0080957633

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Provability, Computability and Reflection by Lev D. Beklemishev Pdf

Provability, Computability and Reflection

Author : Wolfgang Grieskamp,Carsten Weise
Publisher : Springer
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2006-06-03
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783540344551

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Formal Approaches to Software Testing by Wolfgang Grieskamp,Carsten Weise Pdf

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Formal Approaches to Software Testing, FATES 2005, held in Edinburgh, UK, in July 2005 in conjunction with CAV 2005. The book presents 13 revised full papers together with 1 work-in-progress paper. These address formal approaches to testing and use techniques from areas like theorem proving, model checking, constraint resolution, program analysis, abstract interpretation, Markov chains, and various others.

Author : V. S. Subrahmanian
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 610 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262194368

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Heterogeneous Agent Systems by V. S. Subrahmanian Pdf

After a discussion of the theory of software agents, this book presents IMPACT (Interactive Maryland Platform for Agents Collaborating Together), an experimental agent infrastructure that translates formal theories of agency into a functional multiagent system that can extend legacy software code and application-specific or legacy data structures.

Author : Joel Sartore
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-01
Category : Photography
ISBN : 9780803235069

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Let's Be Reasonable by Joel Sartore Pdf

Joel Sartore has spent twenty years taking pictures for National Geographic magazine and has been a contributor to CBS News Sunday Morning since 2005, harmonizing words and images on topics ranging from mud to money, holiday trash to cancer. His fresh insights and engaging warmth and wit—accompanied by extraordinary photographs—provide a sensory experience that draws readers into one fascinatingly different world after another. Let’s Be Reasonable collects Sartore’s pieces—some aired on Sunday Morning, some never before published—pairing each story with the award-winning photography for which he is known. Assignments from the Amazon to Alaska, from wildlife refuges to state fairs have given Sartore a remarkable breadth of experience that is captured for the first time in this irresistible book.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 782 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2024-06-13
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 8210379456XXX

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Elements of Automata Theory by Anonim Pdf

Author : Torsten Polle,Torsten Ripke,Klaus-Dieter Schewe
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 190 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781461551379

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Fundamentals of Information Systems by Torsten Polle,Torsten Ripke,Klaus-Dieter Schewe Pdf

Fundamentals of Information Systems contains articles from the 7th International Workshop on Foundations of Models and Languages for Data and Objects (FoMLaDO '98), which was held in Timmel, Germany. These articles capture various aspects of database and information systems theory: identification as a primitive of database models deontic action programs marked nulls in queries topological canonization in spatial databases complexity of search queries complexity of Web queries attribute grammars for structured document queries hybrid multi-level concurrency control efficient navigation in persistent object stores formal semantics of UML reengineering of object bases and integrity dependence . Fundamentals of Information Systems serves as an excellent reference, providing insight into some of the most challenging research issues in the field.

Author : Martine Ceberio,Vladik Kreinovich
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 437 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-20
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9783031363948

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Uncertainty, Constraints, and Decision Making by Martine Ceberio,Vladik Kreinovich Pdf

In the first approximation, decision making is nothing else but an optimization problem: We want to select the best alternative. This description, however, is not fully accurate: it implicitly assumes that we know the exact consequences of each decision, and that, once we have selected a decision, no constraints prevent us from implementing it. In reality, we usually know the consequences with some uncertainty, and there are also numerous constraints that needs to be taken into account. The presence of uncertainty and constraints makes decision making challenging. To resolve these challenges, we need to go beyond simple optimization, we also need to get a good understanding of how the corresponding systems and objects operate, a good understanding of why we observe what we observe – this will help us better predict what will be the consequences of different decisions. All these problems – in relation to different application areas – are the main focus of this book.

Author : C.B. Jones,K.D. Jones,Peter Lindsay,R.D. Moore
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 426 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9781447131809

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mural: A Formal Development Support System by C.B. Jones,K.D. Jones,Peter Lindsay,R.D. Moore Pdf

Formal methods enable computer architecture and software design to be mathematically proved correct before they are implemented. The complexity and time-consuming nature of such proofs have limited the applications of formal methods in the main to defence and safety-critical applications. The mural project (a joint Alvey-funded project between Manchester University and Rutherford Appleton Laboratories) has developed a software support system to help the user of formal methods. mural has created a user-friendly software environment (with extensive use of windows) that makes best use of human talents to produce computer systems that are proved to be correctly designed. Professor Cliff Jones is internationally known as the developer of the VDM system of formal notation (Vienna Development Method). This book describes the requirements, concepts, and realisation of the mural system. The authors present systematically and completely the results of this substantial research project, from the basic theoretical level to its effective implementation. The book will be of equal interest to academics working on formal methods at research level (and perhaps to graduate research students), and to practitioners and software engineers who are using - or who will have to use for defence contracts, etc. - formal methods.

Author : Alison Green
Publisher : Ballantine Books
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2018-05-01
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780399181818

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Ask a Manager by Alison Green Pdf

From the creator of the popular website Ask a Manager and New York’s work-advice columnist comes a witty, practical guide to 200 difficult professional conversations—featuring all-new advice! There’s a reason Alison Green has been called “the Dear Abby of the work world.” Ten years as a workplace-advice columnist have taught her that people avoid awkward conversations in the office because they simply don’t know what to say. Thankfully, Green does—and in this incredibly helpful book, she tackles the tough discussions you may need to have during your career. You’ll learn what to say when • coworkers push their work on you—then take credit for it • you accidentally trash-talk someone in an email then hit “reply all” • you’re being micromanaged—or not being managed at all • you catch a colleague in a lie • your boss seems unhappy with your work • your cubemate’s loud speakerphone is making you homicidal • you got drunk at the holiday party Praise for Ask a Manager “A must-read for anyone who works . . . [Alison Green’s] advice boils down to the idea that you should be professional (even when others are not) and that communicating in a straightforward manner with candor and kindness will get you far, no matter where you work.”—Booklist (starred review) “The author’s friendly, warm, no-nonsense writing is a pleasure to read, and her advice can be widely applied to relationships in all areas of readers’ lives. Ideal for anyone new to the job market or new to management, or anyone hoping to improve their work experience.”—Library Journal (starred review) “I am a huge fan of Alison Green’s Ask a Manager column. This book is even better. It teaches us how to deal with many of the most vexing big and little problems in our workplaces—and to do so with grace, confidence, and a sense of humor.”—Robert Sutton, Stanford professor and author of The No Asshole Rule and The Asshole Survival Guide “Ask a Manager is the ultimate playbook for navigating the traditional workforce in a diplomatic but firm way.”—Erin Lowry, author of Broke Millennial: Stop Scraping By and Get Your Financial Life Together

Author : Feng Ye
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 577 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2022-12-12
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9789811981432

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Studies in No-Self Physicalism by Feng Ye Pdf

This book demonstrates how a radical version of physicalism (‘No-Self Physicalism’) can offer an internally coherent and comprehensive philosophical worldview. It first argues that a coherent physicalist should explicitly treat a cognitive subject merely as a physical thing and should not vaguely assume an amorphous or even soul-like subject or self. This approach forces the physicalist to re-examine traditional core philosophical notions such as truth, analyticity, modality, apriority because our traditional understandings of them appear to be predicated on a cognitive subject that is not literally just a physical thing. In turn, working on the assumption that a cognitive subject is itself completely physical, namely a neural network-based robot programmed by evolution (hence the term ‘No-Self’), the book proposes physicalistic theories on conceptual representation, truth, analyticity, modality, the nature of mathematics, epistemic justification, knowledge, apriority and intuition, as well as a physicalistic ontology. These are meant to show that this No-Self Physicalism, perhaps the most minimalistic and radical version of physicalism proposed to date, can accommodate many aspects that have traditionally interested philosophers. Given its refreshingly radical approach and painstakingly developed content, the book is of interest to anyone who is seeking a coherent philosophical worldview in this age of science.