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Principles of Philosophy is a book by Rene Descartes. It is basically a synthesis of the Discourse on Method and Meditations on First Philosophy.
It set forth the principles of nature—the Laws of Physics—as Descartes viewed them. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in the absence of external forces, an object's motion will be uniform and in a straight line. Newton borrowed this principle from Descartes and included it in...
It set forth the principles of nature—the Laws of Physics—as Descartes viewed them. Most notably, it set forth the principle that in the absence of external forces, an object's motion will be uniform and in a straight line. Newton borrowed this principle from Descartes and included it in...
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Gary King is the Albert J. Weatherhead III University Professor at Harvard University. His books include A Solution to the Ecological Inference Problem (Princeton). Robert O. Keohane is professor emeritus of international affairs at Princeton University. His books include After Hegemony (Princeton). Sidney Verba (1932–2019) was the Carl H. Pforzheimer University Professor Emeritus and research professor of government at Harvard. His books include...
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Las prácticas filosóficas se han abierto hoy un espacio, tanto en el mundo de esa disciplina como en los campos sociales. Una parte de la filosofía desistió de dedicarse solamente a la labor teórica y se atrevió a dar importantes pasos hacia la interacción con los otros. En este libro escriben buena parte de los principales filósofos prácticos de la filosofía con/para niños, la consultoría filosófica y los talleres filosóficos aplicados...
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What is the relationship between democracy and critical thinking? What must a citizen in a democracy know to make the word democracy meaningful? In A Short Course in Intellectual Self-Defense, historian and educator Normand Baillargeon provides readers with the tools to see through the spin and jargon of everyday politics and news reporting in order to decide for themselves what is at stake and how to ask the necessary questions to protect themselves...
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Arturo Roig consideraba sustancial comprender al sujeto en su concreción histórica y, por tanto, pensaba que era no solo legítimo sino indispensable generar una Historia de las ideas de América Latina. Este historiar debía dar cuenta del desenvolvimiento del pensamiento en la región, así como deliberar sobre el sentido de su Filosofía.
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10 Ways Philosophy is Practical . . . and Counting introduces you to a series of practical themes that have served the author throughout his life. Each theme is explored in depth in terms of it is meaning, its value and its limits. Exercises and readings are provided at the end of each theme exploration to facilitate you developing a better understanding of how you run your life, the assumptions you make and the principles you live by. The heart of...
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"¿Qué quiere decir ser con y para otros dentro del proyecto heideggeriano de una ontología de la existencia humana como propedéutica para el esclarecimiento del significado de ser en general? ¿Cuál es la significación del carácter social o comunitario de la constitución esencial del ser humano, de acuerdo con la comprensión heideggeriana de este? La manera cómo Heidegger estructura y desarrolla su análisis de la existencia en Ser y tiempo...
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There will be mostly philosophy in the book with real life examples; it will go around and against generic dogmas, beliefs and rules. Even though it's called a "system", there will be no such thing as "5 rules to lose weight", it is a system because there are systematical approaches used. Anti-Habit System is not a program, not a teaching, not a cult or a belief; it is pure logical philosophical and beneficial use of human habits. Main result is not...
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Kaizen is a Japanese management philosophy that emphasises continuous improvement in all aspects of an organisation's operations. The philosophy can be applied to various industries, including manufacturing, service delivery, healthcare, education, and sports. Key aspects of the Kaizen approach include employee engagement, data-driven decision-making, and the promotion of standardised processes. By adopting the mindset of Kaizen, organisations can...
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This book is intended as a detailed guide to hexagram prediction method using the ancient Chinese classic Book of Changes (Zhou Yi). This writing provides explanations of most of what is called hexagram prediction using the six lines of a hexagram. The author gives information on methods of casting a hexagram, on the use of a cast hexagram to perform a divination, on the use of six relatives, on the use of trunks and branches and on the use of roles...
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History of twentieth-century philosophy of science opens with an introduction to contemporary philosophy of science as of the beginning of the twenty-first century, and describes the new specialty of computational philosophy of science. Seven chapters describing the philosophies of several major philosophers of science follow this introductory chapter. These major philosophers include Ernst Mach and Pierre Duhem, Rudolf Carnap and Willard Van Quine,...
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Frequentemente llamado "El fundador de la filosofía moderna" y el "padre de la matemática moderna", René Descartes es considerado uno de los pensadores más importantes e influyentes en la Historia del Pensamiento Occidental, habiendo inspirado a contemporáneos y a varias generaciones de filósofos posteriores. Los expertos afirman que, a partir de Descartes, se inauguró el racionalismo de la Edad Moderna. En este valioso eBook, el lector podrá...
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The Prince and the Wolf contains the transcript of a debate, which took place on 5th February 2008 at the London School of Economics (LSE) between the prominent French sociologist, anthropologist, and philosopher Bruno Latour and the Cairo-based American philosopher Graham Harman.
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Immanuel's Kant's groundbreaking work, considered to be among the most influential philosophical texts in the Western canon Familiar to philosophy students through the centuries, The Critique of Pure Reason is in many ways Kant's magnum opus. First published in 1781, it seeks to define what can be known by reason alone without evidence from experience. Kant begins by defining a posteriori knowledge, which is gained through the senses, versus a priori...
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Vous venez d'arriver à l'université. Dès le premier cours, on vous demande d'entreprendre et de mener à bien une recherche, de vous préparer pour un examen. Par quel bout commencer? Et surtout comment maîtriser les savoir-faire qui seront utiles tout au long du parcours universitaire? Ce livre est un véritable programme qui se déploie en 12 leçons. Il vous aidera à interpréter correctement les consignes des examens et des travaux, prendre...
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A medio camino entre un manual metodológico y un texto de reflexión teórica, Cómo iniciarse en la investigación académica. Una guía práctica ofrece una estrategia simple, efectiva e iluminadora que permite a todo estudiante universitario emprender la desafiante y maravillosa tarea de elaborar una investigación propia, original y de buen nivel.
El libro presenta los fundamentos de la investigación académica y parte de una reflexión acerca...
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¿Cómo razona un sociólogo cuando descubre situaciones que desafían lo que él daba por sentado? ¿Qué herramientas y métodos tiene que utilizar para explicarlas? ¿Cuánto puede ayudar al investigador su familiaridad con realidades "inventadas" o ficticias? En este libro, Howard Becker presenta trabajos de campo y vivencias propias o de sus colegas para develar los modos en que se genera conocimiento sociológico genuino y sólido a partir del...
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El tercer libro de la colección. Las discusiones sobre la filosofía de las ciencias sociales han estado tradicionalmente ligadas a las que se han suscitado en las ciencias naturales y en tiempos más recientes a su reconstrucción como disciplinas independientes. Las preguntas que se han discutido tienen que ver con su carácter científico: ¿Son ciencias o pseudociencias? ¿están éstas en un estado preparadigmático? ¿aspiran a compartir el...
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