The Great Ideas

Author : Mortimer Adler
Publisher : Open Court
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2000-03-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780812696936

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How to Think About the Great Ideas by Mortimer Adler Pdf

Time magazine called Mortimer J. Adler a "philosopher for everyman." In this guide to considering the big questions, Adler addresses the topics all men and women ponder in the course of life, such as "What is love?", "How do we decide the right thing to do?", and, "What does it mean to be good?" Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Western literature, history, and philosophy, the author considers what is meant by democracy, law, emotion, language, truth, and other abstract concepts in light of more than two millennia of Western civilization and discourse. Adler's essays offer a remarkable and contemplative distillation of the Great Ideas of Western Thought.

Author : Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher : Scribner
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Great books of the Western world
ISBN : 0684859211

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The Great Ideas by Mortimer Jerome Adler Pdf

Previously published: New York : Macmillan, 1992.

Author : Dave Birss
Publisher : Nicholas Brealey
Page : 224 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781473692176

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How to Get to Great Ideas by Dave Birss Pdf

Sliver award winner in Business Reference 2020 Axiom Business Book Awards What makes a great idea? Where do great ideas come from? The highly practical lessons in HOW TO GET TO GREAT IDEAS are based on neuroscience,psychology, and behavioral economics. Written by the former Creative Director of OgilvyOne, Dave Birss, this book offers a brilliant new system for conceiving original and valuable ideas. It looks at how to frame the problem, how to push your thinking, how to sell the idea and build support for it, and how to inspire others to have great ideas. It proves that any organization - and any department within an organization - can become a fertile environment for ideas. Combining a practical research-based system with fascinating insights and inspiring and humorous writing,the book is also accompanied by the problem-solving system RIGHT THINKING. This is a tool that shows organizations a more effective way to generate more effective ideas and is based on the thinking in the book. This is available online and in person from the author.

Author : Mortimer J. Adler
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1997-12-01
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781439104927

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Six Great Ideas by Mortimer J. Adler Pdf

This enlightening study is the result of group discussions at Dr. Adler's annual seminar in Aspen, Colorado, and conversations between Dr. Adler and Bill moyers filmed for public television. Each summer, Mortimer J. Adler conducts a seminar at the Aspen Institute in Colorado. At the 1981 seminar, leaders from the worlds of business, literature, education, and the arts joined him in an in-depth consideration of the six great ideas that are the subject of this book: Truth, Goodness, and Beauty - the ideas we judge by; and Liberty, Equality and Justice - the ideas we act on. The group discussions and conversations between Dr. Adler and journalist Bill Moyers were filmed for broadcast on public television, and thousands of people followed their exploration of these important ideas. Discarding the out-worn and off-putting jargon of academia, Dr. Adler dispels the myth that philosophy is the exclusive province of the specialist. He argues that "philosophy is everybody's business," and that a better understanding of these fundamental concepts is essential if we are to cope with the political, moral, and social issues that confront us daily.

Author : John Ingledew
Publisher : Laurence King Publishing
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2016-02-01
Category : Design
ISBN : 9781780679907

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How to Have Great Ideas by John Ingledew Pdf

How to Have Great Ideas is the essential guide for students and young professionals looking to embrace creative thinking in design, advertising and communications. It provides 53 practical strategies for unlocking innovative ideas. Strategies include improvisation techniques, changing the scenery, finding hidden links, looking to nature for inspiration, combining unusual systems, challenging set boundaries and many more. Each strategy is packed with great examples of successful contemporary and historical designs – from a designer dress made out of an old typewriter to ticket machines powered by recycled bottles in China, via the reimagining of famous brand logos and mis-use of photocopiers. Packed with practical projects to kick-start inventive thought in idea-blocked moments, this book explores creative thinking across all visual arts disciplines.

Author : Robert Maynard Hutchins,Mortimer Jerome Adler
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 1970
Category : Revolutions
ISBN : 0852291507

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The Great Ideas Today, 1970 by Robert Maynard Hutchins,Mortimer Jerome Adler Pdf

Author : Confucius
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 91 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2005-08-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780141967226

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The First Ten Books by Confucius Pdf

Perhaps the most widely read thinker of all time, Confucius transformed Chinese philosophy with his belief that the greatest goal in life was pursuit of 'The Way': a search for virtue not as a means to rewards in this world or the next, but as the pinnacle of human existence.

Author : Persi Diaconis,Brian Skyrms
Publisher : Princeton University Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 48,9 Mb
Release : 2019-10-08
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 9780691196398

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Ten Great Ideas about Chance by Persi Diaconis,Brian Skyrms Pdf

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, gamblers and mathematicians transformed the idea of chance from a mystery into the discipline of probability, setting the stage for a series of breakthroughs that enabled or transformed innumerable fields, from gambling, mathematics, statistics, economics, and finance to physics and computer science. This book tells the story of ten great ideas about chance and the thinkers who developed them, tracing the philosophical implications of these ideas as well as their mathematical impact.

Author : Alan W. Biermann
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 576 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 1997-03-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 0262522233

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Great Ideas in Computer Science, second edition by Alan W. Biermann Pdf

In Great Ideas in Computer Science: A Gentle Introduction, Alan Biermann presents the "great ideas" of computer science that together comprise the heart of the field. He condenses a great deal of complex material into a manageable, accessible form. His treatment of programming, for example, presents only a few features of Pascal and restricts all programs to those constructions. Yet most of the important lessons in programming can be taught within these limitations. The student's knowledge of programming then provides the basis for understanding ideas in compilation, operating systems, complexity theory, noncomputability, and other topics. Whenever possible, the author uses common words instead of the specialized vocabulary that might confuse readers. Readers of the book will learn to write a variety of programs in Pascal, design switching circuits, study a variety of Von Neumann and parallel architectures, hand simulate a computer, examine the mechanisms of an operating system, classify various computations as tractable or intractable, learn about noncomputability, and explore many of the important issues in artificial intelligence. This second edition has new chapters on simulation, operating systems, and networks. In addition, the author has upgraded many of the original chapters based on student and instructor comments, with a view toward greater simplicity and readability.

Author : Fathali M. Moghaddam
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2013-10-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781780744506

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Great Ideas in Psychology by Fathali M. Moghaddam Pdf

This book focuses on the key ideas of the most important modern psychologists. Nineteen classic "great ideas" in psychology are critically assessed in their cultural and historical context, with topics ranging from neuroscience to personality, development to socio-cultural issues. The simple narrative style and chapter structure, combined with "critical thinking questions" and a shortlist of essential readings for further study at the end of each chapter, provides an ideal approach for anyone interested in learning about the key ideas and theories in psychology.

Author : Walter Benjamin
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 114 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2008-08-07
Category : Art
ISBN : 9780141963426

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The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction by Walter Benjamin Pdf

One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly – and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves – and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives – and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Author : Barrie Hawkins
Publisher : Kogan Page Publishers
Page : 116 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0749427612

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How to Generate Great Ideas by Barrie Hawkins Pdf

Shows employees at any level of an organisation how to come up with new ideas and then how to develop them.

Author : Paul Angone
Publisher : Zondervan
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2015-04-21
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780310341437

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All Groan Up by Paul Angone Pdf

All Groan Up: Searching for Self, Faith, and A Freaking Job! is the story of the GenY/Millennial generation told through the individual story of author Paul Angone. It’s a story of struggle, hope, failure, and doubts in the twilight zone of growing up and being grown, connecting with his twentysomething post-college audience with raw honesty, humor, and hope.

Author : John Locke
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 107 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2009-08-27
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780141956572

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Of the Abuse of Words by John Locke Pdf

John Locke was one of the greatest figures of the Enlightenment, whose assertion that reason is the key to knowledge changed the face of philosophy. These writings on thought, ideas, perception, truth and language are some of the most influential in the history of Western thought. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are.

Author : Paul F. Kisak
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 574 pages
File Size : 44,5 Mb
Release : 2017-08-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 197590205X

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The Great Books of the Western World by Paul F. Kisak Pdf

This 2 volume set gives a synopsis of more than 500 of these Great Books of The Western World by 161 authors which originally consisted of over 6 feet of books in 54 volumes.The Great Books of Western The Western World are books that are thought to constitute an essential foundation in the literature of Western culture. Specified sets of great books typically range from 100 to 150, though they differ according to purpose and context. For instance, some lists are built to be read by undergraduates in a college semester system (130 books, Torrey Honors Institute), some are compiled to be sold as a single set of volumes (500 books, Mortimer Adler), while some lists aim at a thorough literary criticism (2,400 books, Harold Bloom).The great books are those that tradition, and various institutions and authorities, have regarded as constituting or best expressing the foundations of Western culture (the Western canon is a similar but broader designation); derivatively the term also refers to a curriculum or method of education based around a list of such books. Mortimer Adler lists three criteria for including a book on the list:* the book has contemporary significance; that is, it has relevance to the problems and issues of our times;* the book is inexhaustible; it can be read again and again with benefit; "This is an exacting criterion, an ideal that is fully attained by only a small number of the 511 works that we selected. It is approximated in varying degrees by the rest." * the book is relevant to a large number of the great ideas and great issues that have occupied the minds of thinking individuals for the last 25 centuries. The Great Books of the Western World is a hardcover 60-volume collection (originally 54 volumes) of the books on the great books list (about 517 individual works). Many of the books in the collection were translated into English for the first time.This book is designed to be a state of the art, superb academic reference work and provide an overview of the topic and give the reader a structured knowledge to familiarize yourself with the topic at the most affordable price possible.The accuracy and knowledge is of an international viewpoint as the edited articles represent the inputs of many knowledgeable individuals and some of the most current knowledge on the topic, based on the date of publication.