Author : Gregory Sandstrom
Publisher : Springer
Page : 118 pages
File Size : 25,31 MB
Release : 2014-08-11
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1137464895
This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.
Author : Abby Hafer
Publisher : Lutterworth Press
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2016-09-29
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0718844467
Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway - us, or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer. Dr. Abby Hafer argues that the human body has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. She also points out other animals that got better body parts, which makes the Designer look a bit strange; discusses the history and politics of Intelligent Design and creationism; reveals animals that shouldn't exist according to Intelligent Design; and disposes of the idea of irreducible complexity. Her points are illustrated with pictures (by Alexander Winkler), wit, and erudition.
Author : James H. Collier
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 24,85 MB
Release : 2015-12-02
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 1783482672
Offers a vital, unique and agenda-setting perspective for the field of social epistemology – the philosophical basis for prescribing the social means and ends for pursuing knowledge.
Author : M. Ustaoglu
Publisher : Springer
Page : 115 pages
File Size : 42,35 MB
Release : 2014-08-26
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1137413301
Turkey could be considered the most important and leading Islamic country that has implemented the Western economic model successfully mostly because of the modernization efforts since late Ottoman period. As a result of the secularization efforts in the field of economy in early republican era, Muslim people in the country had to deal with non-Islamic practices that contradict with their religious beliefs. Islamic Finance Alternatives for Emerging Economies analyzes the emergence of the Islamic financial institutions in Turkey, by taking into account their history, their operational model, and their legal regulations in the financial field, to discuss the future of Islamic finance. The contributors also consider the ability of Islamic financial institutions and tools to respond to the financial needs of Muslims.
Author : Carl Packman
Publisher : Springer
Page : 155 pages
File Size : 23,12 MB
Release : 2014-09-16
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1137361107
Payday Lending looks at the growth of the high cost credit industry from the early payday lending industry in the early 1990s to its development in the US as a highly profitable industry around the world.
Author : Z. Razeq
Publisher : Springer
Page : 203 pages
File Size : 23,62 MB
Release : 2014-08-14
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137449209
An engaging explanation and unique analysis of the increased involvement of the private sector in one of the world's most influential development organizations, the United Nations Development Programme.
Author : C Blair
Publisher : Springer
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 39,65 MB
Release : 2014-08-08
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 1137453974
By comparing Germany, France, the UK and the USA this study explores how governments have tackled the increased pressure of financing state pensions. Specifically, it looks at the approach of each of these countries to raising the age of entitlement in order to understand the ways in which this policy was introduced in different countries.
Author : J. Martin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 101 pages
File Size : 20,17 MB
Release : 2014-08-07
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 1137399058
This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.
Author : M. Chaiklin
Publisher : Springer
Page : 132 pages
File Size : 32,14 MB
Release : 2014-08-22
Category : Art
ISBN : 1137363339
The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.
Author : W. Kohan
Publisher : Springer
Page : 221 pages
File Size : 26,62 MB
Release : 2014-08-21
Category : Education
ISBN : 113746917X
Kohan offers a transformative, revolutionary, and more radical alternative theory and practice of philosophy for children. He critiques the current state of philosophy for children and demonstrates alternative ways of thinking and practicing philosophy in childhood education.
