The Re Emergence Of Emergence

Author : Philip Clayton,Paul Davies
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 345 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-06-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199287147

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The Re-Emergence of Emergence by Philip Clayton,Paul Davies Pdf

Much of the modern period was dominated by a `reductionist' theory of science. On this view, to explain any event in the world is to reduce it down to fundamental particles, laws, and forces. In recent years reductionism has been dramatically challenged by a radically new paradigm called `emergence'. According to this new theory, natural history reveals the continuous emergence of novel phenomena: new structures and new organisms with new causal powers. Consciousness is yet onemore emergent level in the natural hierarchy. Many theologians and religious scholars believe that this new paradigm may offer new insights into the nature of God and God's relation to the world.This volume introduces readers to emergence theory, outlines the major arguments in its defence, and summarizes the most powerful objections against it. Written by experts but suitable as an introductory text, these essays provide the best available presentation of this exciting new field and its potentially momentous implications.

Author : Gerald Vision
Publisher : MIT Press
Page : 259 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780262015844

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Re-emergence by Gerald Vision Pdf

A philosopher offers a non-physicalist theory of mind, revisiting and defending a key doctrine of emergentism. The presence of sentience in a basically material reality is among the mysteries of existence. Many philosophers of mind argue that conscious states and properties are nothing beyond the matter that brings them about. Finding these arguments less than satisfactory, Gerald Vision offers a nonphysicalist theory of mind. Revisiting and defending a key doctrine of the once widely accepted school of philosophy known as emergentism, Vision proposes that conscious states are emergents, although they depend for their existence on their material bases. Although many previous emergentist theories have been decisively undermined, Vision argues that emergent options are still viable on some issues. In Re-Emergence he explores the question of conscious properties arising from brute, unthinking matter, making the case that there is no equally plausible non-emergent alternative. Vision defends emergentism even while conceding that conscious properties and states are realized by or strongly supervene on the physical. He argues, however, that conscious properties cannot be reduced to, identified with, or given the right kind of materialist explanation in terms of the physical reality on which they depend. Rather than use emergentism simply to assail the current physicalist orthodoxy, Vision views emergentism as a contribution to understanding conscious aspects. After describing and defending his version of emergentism, Vision reviews several varieties of physicalism and near-physicalism, finding that his emergent theory does a better job of coming to grips with these phenomena.

Author : Leighton Evans
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 112 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2018-10-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781351009300

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The Re-Emergence of Virtual Reality by Leighton Evans Pdf

In this short book, Evans interrogates the implications of VR’s re-emergence into the media mainstream, critiquing the notion of a VR revolution by analysing the development and ownership of VR companies while also exploring the possibilities of immersion in VR and the importance of immersion in the interest and ownership of VR enterprises. He assesses how the ideologies and desires of both computer programmers and major Silicon Valley industries may influence how VR worlds are conceived and experienced by users while also exploring the mechanisms that create the immersive experience that underpins interest in the medium.

Author : Sheryl Nestel
Publisher : UBC Press
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2011-11-01
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9780774840729

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Obstructed Labour by Sheryl Nestel Pdf

Obstructed Labour analyzes how the movement to legalize midwifery in Ontario reproduced racial inequality by excluding from practice hundreds of professional midwives from the global south. Global macroprocesses of power, institutional forms of exclusion, and interpersonal expressions of racism all play a part. Sheryl Nestel shows that unequal relations between women underlie the successful challenge to patriarchal medical authority mounted by provincial midwifery activists. This is a disquieting but fascinating counter-history of the re-emergence of midwifery.

Author : Derek Rydall
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2015-01-06
Category : Self-Help
ISBN : 9781476731605

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Emergence by Derek Rydall Pdf

In his bestselling book Emergence, Derek Rydall helps you throw aside the self-help books and recognize one simple, radical truth: the answer is already in you. The harder we try to change, the deeper in the hole we get. We find a new partner but have the same old fights. We strive for an ever-bigger paycheck but end up broke at a higher income bracket. This is what happens when the basic principle of life—the Law of Emergence—is disrupted, stopping you from knowing that you are the perfect you. Like an acorn is a perfect acorn that becomes a perfect oak tree, there is not a part of you from beginning to end that isn't exactly what you should be. The Law of Emergence provides the foundation to re-engage with this ancient principle. In this seven-stage framework, spiritual life coach Derek Rydall shows that we aren’t lacking anything; everything we need to fulfill our full potential is already inside us. Backed by an ancient truth that has largely been lost, Rydall changes the conversation around how to achieve your potential by showing you how to activate the genius already in you and empower your purpose in life. If you are struggling to improve something about yourself—your health, your mindset, your relationships, then Emergence is the book and Derek is the teacher you have been waiting for.

Author : David Herman
Publisher : U of Nebraska Press
Page : 326 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780803234987

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Emergence of Mind by David Herman Pdf

An anthology that traces the representation of consciousness and mind creation in English literature from 700 to the present.

Author : Gilles Dauvé,François Martin
Publisher : Revolutionary Pocketbooks
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1629630438

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Eclipse and Re-emergence of the Communist Movement by Gilles Dauvé,François Martin Pdf

The original essays included here were first written between 1969 and 1972 by people involved in the most radical aspects of the French general strike and circulated among left communist and worker circles. Over the years these three essays have been published separately in various languages and printed as books in both the U.S. and the UK with few changes. This third English edition is updated to take into account the contemporary political situation; half of the present volume is new material. The book argues that doing away with wage-labor, class, the State, and private property is necessary, possible, and can only be achieved by a historical break, one that would certainly differ from October 1917, yet it would not be a peaceful, gradual, piecemeal evolution either. Like their historical predecessors, the authors still believe in revolution.

Author : Phyllis Tickle
Publisher : Baker Books
Page : 283 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781441239655

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Emergence Christianity by Phyllis Tickle Pdf

Whatever else one might say about Emergence Christianity, says Phyllis Tickle, one must agree it is shifting and re-configuring itself in such a prodigious way as to defy any final assessments or absolute pronouncements. Yet the insightful and well-read Tickle offers us a dispatch from the field to keep us informed of where Emergence Christianity now stands, where it may be going, and how it is aligning itself with other parts of God's church. Through her careful study and culture-watching, Tickle invites readers to join this investigation and conversation as open-minded explorers rather than fearful opponents. As readers join Tickle down the winding stream of Emergence Christianity, they will discover fascinating insights into concerns, organizational patterns, theology, and most pressing questions. Anyone involved in an emergence church or a traditional one will find here a thorough and well-written account of where things are--and where they are going.

Author : Steven Johnson
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 2012-09-11
Category : Science
ISBN : 9780743218269

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Emergence by Steven Johnson Pdf

In the tradition of Being Digital and The Tipping Point, Steven Johnson, acclaimed as a "cultural critic with a poet's heart" (The Village Voice), takes readers on an eye-opening journey through emergence theory and its applications. A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK A VOICE LITERARY SUPPLEMENT TOP 25 FAVORITE BOOKS OF THE YEAR AN ESQUIRE MAGAZINE BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR Explaining why the whole is sometimes smarter than the sum of its parts, Johnson presents surprising examples of feedback, self-organization, and adaptive learning. How does a lively neighborhood evolve out of a disconnected group of shopkeepers, bartenders, and real estate developers? How does a media event take on a life of its own? How will new software programs create an intelligent World Wide Web? In the coming years, the power of self-organization -- coupled with the connective technology of the Internet -- will usher in a revolution every bit as significant as the introduction of electricity. Provocative and engaging, Emergence puts you on the front lines of this exciting upheaval in science and thought.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : BRILL
Page : 287 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2007-01-01
Category : Education
ISBN : 9789087901677

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The Re-Emergence of Values in Science Education by Anonim Pdf

Issues relating to values have always had a place in the school science curriculum. Sometimes this has been only in terms of the inclusion of topics such as ‘the nature of science’ and/or ‘scientific method’ and/or particular intentions for laboratory work that relate to ‘scientific method.’sometimes it has been much broader, for example in curricula with STS emphases. Of importance to aspects of this proposal is that different countries/cultures have had different traditions in terms of the place of values in the school [science] curriculum. One obvious very broad difference of this form is the central place in [science] education thinking in many European countries of bildung, and the complete absence of this construct from most [science] curriculum thinking in English speaking contexts. There are numbers of such country/cultural differences. In the 1990s many countries moved towards various conceptualizations of Outcomes Based Education - OBE (sometimes so labelled and sometimes not). It was usual (but not universal) for OBE focused science curricula to have constrained views of the values that should be implicit and explicit in curriculum; that is views concerned only with ‘the nature of science’ and ‘scientific method’ (both usually seen as quite unproblematic). Currently there are a number of education systems that are changing again, and choosing to move away from Outcomes Based Education (for example, South Africa and several Australian states). One of the most interesting features of many of these movements is the re-embracing of a wider view of the science curriculum, including a reconsideration of the nature and place of the values associated with science in the purposes for and approaches to science education.

Author : Roy Irving Jones,Aretta Jenkins
Publisher : Advantage Media Group
Page : 165 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Education
ISBN : 9781599323398

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Call Me Mister by Roy Irving Jones,Aretta Jenkins Pdf

In the pages of this book, you will find the words of the young men, whose passion for teaching is finally connecting with America's African American youth. Their stories tell it all. Young men who have teetered on tragedy, who have had trauma and disappointment in their lives are inspired to new heights--Call Me MISTER has opened the doors to a great future in which they can give back in remarkable ways.

Author : David R. Palmer
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 304 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0450411060

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Emergence by David R. Palmer Pdf

Author : Werner Sengenberger,Gary Loveman,Michael J. Piore
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 334 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : STANFORD:36105043191084

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The Re-emergence of Small Enterprises by Werner Sengenberger,Gary Loveman,Michael J. Piore Pdf

Author : Franceska Perot
Publisher : Universal-Publishers
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2008-02
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN : 9781581123906

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The Re-Emergence of the Divine Feminine and Its Significance for Spiritual, Psychological and Evolutionary Growth by Franceska Perot Pdf

For millennia a patriarchal society has ruled to the exclusion of the feminine or the Goddess who was peacefully worshipped before being completely replaced by a warrior Father God. The Goddess and hence women have been relegated to second-class citizens. The concept of woman as defined by traditional patriarchal society has disempowered the female sex and deemed them inferior. This exclusion and denigration of the divine feminine has done serious damage to women and men both individually and collectively, not to mention the damage this masculine mindset has caused to the environment through wars and other aggressive acts. In this dissertation, the history of the Goddess from the Paleolithic to the present is discussed and causes for the rise of patriarchy, such as invasions by warrior cults, the advent of language and the development of the ego are explored. Then the re-emergence of the divine feminine and its psychological, spiritual and evolutionary effects are discussed. This negative perception of the self by women is challenged by re-imaging women after the Greek Goddess archetypes: Athena, Hera, Demeter, Artemis, Aphrodite and Persephone. The Goddess archetypes are discussed in a therapeutical context as well as other therapeutical techniques such as aspecting, visualizations and women's' groups and circles. The author proposes the re-introduction of the "Sacred Marriage," a sacred ritual performed in temples since Neolithic times and in certain sects today, as a technique for therapy. This sexual ritual along with an understanding of the history of the divine feminine will have individual, collective and evolutionary effects with its use.

Author : Joseph Manuel
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2013-11
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1482800586

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First Discipline, Discipline of Disciplines by Joseph Manuel Pdf

The graphic user interface took technology to the masses. This book does the same to management, facilitating accelerated learning and mastery of the critical set of sustained high performance competencies. Through visual semiotics, the integral meta-framework takes the reader to the philosophical foundations of management connecting the east and the west and the process of achieving mastery of these competencies. At a time when the very relevance of the discipline is at stake, the book is a welcome offering.