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Engineering (R0) eBook Series

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  • Technen: Elements of Recent History of Information Technologies with Epistemological Conclusions

    by Andrzej Piotr Wierzbicki ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    The book expresses the conviction that the art of creating tools – Greek techne – changes its charactertogether with the change of civilization epochs and co-determines such changes. This does not mean that tools typical for a civilization epoch determine it completely, but they change our way of perceiving and interpreting the world. There might have been many such epochs in the history of human ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

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  • A Bible for the Liberal

    by Dagobert D. Runes ...
    The ethical teachings of Judaism and Christianity are presented in distilled form in this concise volume of Biblical writings.A Bible for the Liberal is not a new book. It is, rather, a selection of the principles of ethics, taken from all biblical literature, including the Hebrew Books of Wisdom and The Apocrypha, without the usual mythological and ritualistic framework.In these selections, ... Read more

    $11.59 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Cultural Phylogenetics

    Concepts and Applications in Archaeology

    Edited by Larissa Mendoza Straffon ...
    Series series Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
    This book explores the potential and challenges of implementing evolutionary phylogenetic methods in archaeological research, by discussing key concepts and presenting concrete applications of these approaches.The volume is divided into two parts: The first covers the theoretical and conceptual implications of using evolution-based models in the sociocultural domain, illustrates the sorts of ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Anthropology, History, and Education

    by Immanuel Kant, Robert B. Louden, Günter Zöller ...
    Series series The Cambridge Edition of the Works of Immanuel Kant
    Anthropology, History, and Education, first published in 2007, contains all of Kant's major writings on human nature. Some of these works, which were published over a thirty-nine year period between 1764 and 1803, had never before been translated into English. Kant's question 'What is the human being?' is approached indirectly in his famous works on metaphysics, epistemology, moral and legal ... Read more

    $49.19 USD

  • Pierre Musso and the Network Society

    From Saint-Simonianism to the Internet

    Edited by José Luís Garcia ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book is devoted to discussion of the views of Pierre Musso and starts with a central chapter written by Musso, entitled Network Ideology: from Saint-Simonianism to the Internet . Pierre Musso is a French philosopher and is one of the most original thinkers in the history of the network society. His thought develops a critique of information and communication technologies through their ... Read more

    $49.49 USD

  • Phaedrus

    by Plato ...
    Plato's Phaedrus is one of the first serious literary works concerning love. Socrates and his friend Phaedrus discuss the different loves that exist between humans. The dialogue includes the famous simile in which the soul is compared to a charioteer (the rational element) driving a black steed (the irrational appetites) and a white steed (the spiritual element). Although ostensibly about the ... Read more

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  • The Robotics Divide

    A New Frontier in the 21st Century?

    Edited by Antonio López Peláez ...
    Series series Engineering (R0)
    Societies survive in their environment and compete with each other depending on the technology they develop. Economic, military and political power are directly related to the available technology, while access to technology is key to the well-being of our societies at the individual, community and national level.The Robotics Divide analyzes how robotics will shape our societies in the twenty ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Animal Ethics in the Age of Humans

    Blurring boundaries in human-animal relationships

    Edited by Bernice Bovenkerk, Jozef Keulartz ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    This book provides reflection on the increasingly blurry boundaries that characterize the human-animal relationship. In the Anthropocene humans and animals have come closer together and this asks for rethinking old divisions. Firstly, new scientific insights and technological advances lead to a blurring of the boundaries between animals and humans. Secondly, our increasing influence on nature ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy

    Edited by Dermot Moran ...
    Series series Routledge Philosophy Companions
    The twentieth century was one of the most significant and exciting periods ever witnessed in philosophy, characterized by intellectual change and development on a massive scale. The Routledge Companion to Twentieth Century Philosophy is an outstanding authoritative survey and assessment of the century as a whole. Featuring twenty-two chapters written by leading international scholars, this ... Read more

    $79.99 USD

  • Luciano Floridi’s Philosophy of Technology

    Critical Reflections

    Edited by Hilmi Demir ...
    Series series Philosophy and Religion (R0)
    Information and communication technologies of the 20th century have had a significant impact on our daily lives. They have brought new opportunities as well as new challenges for human development. The Philosopher: Luciano Floridi claims that these new technologies have led to a revolutionary shift in our understanding of humanity’s nature and its role in the universe. Florodi’s philosophical ... Read more

    $89.09 USD

  • Desperately Seeking Ethics

    A Guide to Media Conduct

    by Howard Good ...
    Trends prevailing in the media suggest a seemingly disintegrating concept of media ethics. It is no surprise; being ethical is hard work and, could very well put a person in conflict with prevailing trends. Many of the people cited within the 13 essays of Desperately Seeking Ethics illustrate this-from Socrates and Martin Luther King Jr., who both died for their principles, to reporter David ... Read more

    $49.39 USD

  • Jurisprudence and Theology

    In Late Ancient and Medieval Jewish Thought

    by Joseph E. David ...
    Series series Law and Criminology (R0)
    The book provides in depth studies of two epistemological aspects of Jewish Law (Halakhah) as the ‘Word of God’ – the question of legal reasoning and the problem of knowing and remembering.- How different are the epistemological concerns of religious-law in comparison to other legal systems?- In what ways are jurisprudential attitudes prescribed and dependent on theological presumptions?- What ... Read more

    $89.09 USD