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  • Limits of the Numerical

    The Abuses and Uses of Quantification

    Edited by Dr. Christopher Newfield, Dr. Anna Alexandrova, Dr. Stephen John ...
    This collection examines the uses of quantification in climate science, higher education, and health.Numbers are both controlling and fragile. They drive public policy, figuring into everything from college rankings to vaccine efficacy rates. At the same time, they are frequent objects of obfuscation, manipulation, or outright denial. This timely collection by a diverse group of humanists and ... Read more

    $21.59 USD

  • A Philosophy for the Science of Well-Being

    by Anna Alexandrova ...
    Well-being, happiness and quality of life are now established objects of social and medical research. Does this science produce knowledge that is properly about well-being? What sort of well-being? The definition and measurement of these objects rest on assumptions that are partly normative, partly empirical and partly pragmatic, producing a great diversity of definitions depending on the project ... Read more

    $28.49 USD

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  • The Choice

    by Philly McMahon ...
    When Dublin footballer Philly McMahon lost his older brother John in 2012, it brought to an end a painful decade, during which John had slipped from the family circle into a deteriorating cycle of addiction. The effects were personally devastating, but amidst the loss there was a glimmer of hope, of opportunity, and what ultimately became the starting point for a journey of remarkable self ... Read more

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  • Mind and Body Are Not Two Things

    on the mystery of the body according to the yoga system of Patanjali

    by Osho ...
    Series series OSHO Singles
    Patanjali the founder of ancient Yoga has laid out a fascinating understanding of body and mind. Osho brings this ancient system into a contemporary understanding, creating a holistic approach to health and meditation. He give some significant attention and background understanding to vegetarianism stating that naturally, we should be vegetarians . ... Read more

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  • Healing and the Mind

    by Bill Moyers ...
    At last, the paperback edition of the monumental best-seller (almost half a million copies in print!) that has changed the way Americans think about sickness and health -- the companion volume to the landmark PBS series of the same name. In a remarkably short period of time, Bill Moyers's Healing And The Mind has become a touchstone, shaping the debate over alternative medical treatments and the ... Read more

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  • The Consolations of Mortality

    Making Sense of Death

    by Andrew Stark ...
    For those who don’t believe in an afterlife, the wisdom of the ages offers four great consolations for mortality: that death is benign and good; that mortal life provides its own kind of immortality; that true immortality would be awful; and that we experience the kinds of losses in life that we will eventually face in death. Can any of these consolations honestly reconcile us to our inevitable ... Read more

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  • How Can the Human Mind Occur in the Physical Universe?

    by John R. Anderson ...
    Series series Oxford Series on Cognitive Models and Architectures
    "The question for me is how can the human mind occur in the physical universe. We now know that the world is governed by physics. We now understand the way biology nestles comfortably within that. The issue is how will the mind do that as well."--Allen Newell, December 4, 1991, Carnegie Mellon University The argument John Anderson gives in this book was inspired by the passage above, from the last ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • The Buddha Said...

    Meeting the Challenge of Life's Difficulties

    by Osho ...
    One of the best-known and most provocative spiritual teachers of our time presents the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters, sharing his unique insights into its profound ancient wisdomThis rich and refreshing book invites us to travel with the Buddha on a path of radical wisdom. In his inimitable style, Osho interprets the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters—a scripture compiled by a Chinese emperor in the first ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • Mirrors in the Brain

    How our minds share actions and emotions

    by Giacomo Rizzolatti, Corrado Sinigaglia ...
    Emotions and actions are powerfully contagious; when we see someone laugh, cry, show disgust, or experience pain, in some sense, we share that emotion. When we see someone in distress, we share that distress. When we see a great actor, musician or sportsperson perform at the peak of their abilities, it can feel like we are experiencing just something of what they are experiencing. Yet only ... Read more

    Was $44.99 USD Now $39.99 USD

  • Truth Based Thinking

    by Gregg Fetter ...
    Truth Based Thinking takes you on a step-by-step journey into objective truth.• Learn the difference between relative truth, absolute truth and transcendent truth.• Learn why some truth is discovered and other truth is revealed.• Learn how to find truth beyond yourself.• Learn the difference between real faith and blind faith.• Learn how to LIVETRUE expressing your own unique vision.• Be able to ... Read more

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  • Doing Valuable Time

    by Cheshire Calhoun ...
    Doing Valuable Time explores the human concern with expending our life's time well. We pursue what we take to be valuable, strive to live meaningfully, judge whether our present circumstances are good enough, and have standards for what we are willing to take an interest in. Doing valuable time, however, is not an easy task. Expending time on big, important life-projects often entails lots of ... Read more

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  • Mental Disorders in Ancient Philosophy

    by Marke Ahonen ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book offers a comprehensive study of the views of ancient philosophers on mental disorders. Relying on the original Greek and Latin textual sources, the author describes and analyses how the ancient philosophers explained mental illness and its symptoms, including hallucinations, delusions, strange fears and inappropriate moods and how they accounted for the respective roles of body and mind ... Read more

    $107.09 USD