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Free Download Science, Religion, the Humanities and Hope: Essays in Honour of Willem B. Drees (Issues in Science and Religion: Publications of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology, 8) by Anne Runehov, Michael Fuller
English | March 20, 2024 | ISBN: 3031522915 | 284 pages | PDF | 4.99 Mb
This book collects a multidisciplinary range of contributions focusing on the prolific and seminal work of Willem Drees in the fields of philosophy of religion, philosophy of the humanities, and science and theology/religion. Trained in both theoretical physics and theology/philosophy of religion, Drees holds doctoral degrees in both theology and in philosophy and, amongst other distinguished positions, held professorships at the University of Leiden and at the University of Tilburg. Drees was also Editor-in-Chief of Zygon, Journal of Religion & Science, between 2008 and 2018, and served as President of the European Society for the Study of Science and Theology (ESSSAT) between 2002 and 2008. In 2018, he was elected as member of the Royal Holland Society of Sciences and Humanities (KHMW). This contributed volume builds on Drees’ expansive and provocative scholarly contributions, notably around the concept and meaning of naturalism and the humanities to the fields of science and religion, as exemplified by his works Religion, Science and Naturalism (1996) and What Are the Humanities For? (2021). In a time where more and more young people across the globe are entering higher education such cross-disciplinary explorations and (re-)evaluations are vital to the field. Accordingly, by approaching his work from a variety of disciplines this collection illuminates the broad reach of Drees’ work and provides scholars from various fields with many new and rich opportunities avenues for research.

Free Download Essays on the Great Depression, Revised Edition by Ben S. Bernanke
English | January 9, 2024 | ISBN: 0691254133 | True EPUB | 352 pages | 8.6 MB
From the Nobel Prize-winning economist and former chair of the U.S. Federal Reserve, a landmark book that provides vital lessons for understanding financial crises and their sometimes-catastrophic economic effects

Free Download Abstraction and Representation: Essays on the Cultural Evolution of Thinking By Peter Damerow (auth.)
1996 | 418 Pages | ISBN: 9048146445 | PDF | 10 MB
The author of this book is affiliated with the Center for Development and Socialization of the Max Planck Institute for Human Development and Ed ucation in Berlin and heads its program on culture and cognition which de votes its labors to the reconstruction of scientific concepts through history in a perspective of what might be called "historical epistemology." He is also a member of a related research group in the newly founded Max Planck Institute for the History of Science in Berlin. Perhaps this double affiliation throws some light on the scope of Damerow’s scientific interests. In any event it will explain why representatives of both these institutions join in an effort to introduce Peter Damerow’s writings to an English speaking audi ence. Damerow’s scholarship ranges across widely different areas including philosophy and history of science, psychology, and education. Among his fields of expertise are the emergence of writing, early Babylonian mathe matics, the history of arithmetic, the relationship between pure and applied mathematics, the theory and methods of mathematics instruction, the tran sition from preclassical to classical mechanics, and the history and theory of relativity.

Free Download Bijender Singh, "Writers of Indian Diaspora: Critical Essays"
English | ISBN: 1036410161 | 2024 | 336 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This anthology is a voluminous compendium of 37 unique and meticulously crafted chapters, each analysing a separate text by a pioneering Indian diaspora writer, with no repetition of authors or texts. This enhances the analytical depth and diversity of this unique anthology. Within these chapters, a carefully curated and evocative array of diverse themes and concerns addressed by these writers unfolds, offering a comprehensive exploration of the diasporic literary terrain. Assimilation and acculturation in the host country, as well as repatriation in the native country, can be challenging issues for the immigrants who have lived abroad for many years. These chapters attempt to elucidate the distinctive mosaic of themes, motifs, and perspectives embedded in the selected works of Indian diaspora writers. Unlike similar anthologies, this compilation is a painstaking, granular exploration of the literary oeuvre of Indian diaspora writers, highlighting an eclectic mix of genres and remarkable diaspora experiences. In an era characterised by increased migration and cultural hybridity, this anthology is an essential read for scholars, researchers, faculty members, students, and all connoisseurs of literature alike.

Free Download Markets, Risk and Money: Essays in Honor of Maurice Allais By Bertrand R. Munier (auth.), Bertrand R. Munier (eds.)
1995 | 374 Pages | ISBN: 9401043345 | PDF | 14 MB
Most of the writings of Maurice Allais, 1988 Nobel Laureate in Economics have only been published in French. Thus to date, economists, management scientists and operations researchers have been severely restricted in gaining access to his work. Markets, Risk and Money presents, for the first time in English, Allais’ unconventional views on economic competition, the significance of free markets and overlapping generations, risk psychology, central banking, taxation systems, monetary dynamics and reform. The volume provides a consistent vision of our society and offers readers an evaluation of the impact of Allais’ work on our present body of knowledge. Markets, Risk and Money contains contributions from a number of distinguished European and American scholars including Bertrand Munier, Thierry Montbrial, J. Lesourne, Claude Ponsard, Edmond Malinvaud, André Babeau, Marcel Boiteux, Lola L. Lopes, Mark J. Machina, James B. Ramsey, Xavier Freixas, B. Roy and D. Bouyssou, Werner Leinfellner and Jean-Jacques Durand. A biographical sketch and complete bibliography of the author are also included.

Free Download Kevin J. Harty, "Cinema Medievalia: New Essays on the Reel Middle Ages"
English | ISBN: 1476689164 | 2024 | 386 pages | PDF | 9 MB
This collection of original essays presents new scholarship on nearly three dozen feature-length films, including silent films, animated films, films in black and white, and films in technicolor, along with other, shorter examples of cinematic medievalism.

Free Download John M. Doris, "Character Trouble: Undisciplined Essays on Moral Agency and Personality"
English | ISBN: 0198719604 | 2022 | 384 pages | PDF | 3 MB
John M. Doris has been a leading proponent of interdisciplinary approaches to moral psychology since their rise to prominence in the 1990’s. His work has helped foster a methodological reorientation in the field, and has had a transformative effect on the way philosophers approach questions of character, virtue, and agency. This volume collects a selection of Doris’ work spanning 20 years, focusing on the ways in which human personality orders (and fails to order) moral cognition and behaviour. It also presents two new chapters, which together form an in-depth assessment of recent developments in the moral psychology of character, as well as a closing commentary outlining methodological recommendations for those aspiring to do empirically responsible moral psychology. Together, these works present a distinctive vision of moral psychology which will engage both philosophers and psychologists.

Free Download American Bulk: Essays On Excess by Emily Mester
English | November 26, 2024 | ISBN: 1324035234 | True EPUB | 240 pages | 2.2 MB
Raised with hoarding and compulsive shopping, Emily Mester is caught in between. What happens when consumption begins to consume you back?

Free Download Renee H. Shea and Lawrence Scanlon, "Teaching Nonfiction in AP English, A Guide for 50 Essays"
English | ISBN: 031269167X | 2011 | pages | PDF | 15 MB

Free Download Richard Brilliant, "Portraiture (Essays in Art and Culture)"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0948462191 | PDF | pages: 194 | 16.6 mb
This is the first general and theoretical study devoted entirely to portraiture. Drawing on a broad range of images from Antiquity to the twentieth century, which includes paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, Richard Brilliant investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that is especially sensitive to changes in the perceived nature of the individual in society.