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Scientific Freedom

Author : Donald W. Braben

Publisher : John Wiley & Sons

Page : 198 pages

File Size : 26,45 MB

Release : 2008-02-13

Category : Science

ISBN : 0470245719

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Scientific Freedom outlines what needs to be done to restore the freedom that can transform scientific understanding. The author defines Transformative Research (Venture Research) and explains how an initiative might be designed and implemented; discusses the revolutionary concept of low-risk, high-reward research; explains the wider significance of instability, and introduces the formidable Damocles Zone; explores threats to the university as an institution; and describes how a Transformative Research initiative might work in practice.



Zen Essence

Author : Thomas Cleary

Publisher : Shambhala Publications

Page : 137 pages

File Size : 22,5 MB

Release : 2000-05-02

Category : Religion

ISBN : 1570625883

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Drawn from the records of Chinese Zen masters of the Tang and Song dynasties, this collection may surprise some readers. In contrast to the popular image of Zen as an authoritarian, monastic tradition deeply rooted in Asian culture, these passages portray Zen as remarkably flexible, adaptive to contemporary and individual needs, and transcending cultural boundaries. The readings contained in Zen Essence emphasize that the practice of Zen requires consciousness alone and does not depend on a background in Zen Buddhism and Asian culture. The true essence of Zen resides in the relationship between mind and culture, whatever that culture might be. This unique collection of writings creates a picture of Zen not as a religion or philosophy, but as a practical science of freedom.



Enlightenment Volume 2

Author : Peter Gay

Publisher : Knopf

Page : 939 pages

File Size : 21,54 MB

Release : 2013-06-26

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 0307831450

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The Science of Freedom completes Peter Gay's brilliant reinterpretation begun in The Enlightenment: The Rise of Modern Paganism. In the present book, he describes the philosophes' program and their views of society. His masterful appraisal opens a new range of insights into the Enlightenment's critical method and its humane and libertarian vision.



Freedom's Laboratory

Author : Audra J. Wolfe

Publisher : Johns Hopkins University Press

Page : 313 pages

File Size : 34,87 MB

Release : 2020-08-04

Category : Science

ISBN : 1421439085

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Closing in the present day with a discussion of the 2017 March for Science and the prospects for science and science diplomacy in the Trump era, the book demonstrates the continued hold of Cold War thinking on ideas about science and politics in the United States.



Freedom and Evolution

Author : Adrian Bejan

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 160 pages

File Size : 44,70 MB

Release : 2019-12-06

Category : Technology & Engineering

ISBN : 3030340090

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The book begins with familiar designs found all around and inside us (such as the ‘trees’ of river basins, human lungs, blood and city traffic). It then shows how all flow systems are driven by power from natural engines everywhere, and how they are endlessly shaped because of freedom. Finally, Professor Bejan explains how people, like everything else that moves on earth, are driven by power derived from our “engines” that consume fuel and food, and that our movement dissipates the power completely and changes constantly for greater access, economies of scale, efficiency, innovation and life. Written for wide audiences of all ages, including readers interested in science, patterns in nature, similarity and non-uniformity, history and the future, and those just interested in having fun with ideas, the book shows how many “design change” concepts acquire a solid scientific footing and how they exist with the evolution of nature, society, technology and science.





Science, Freedom, Democracy

Author : Péter Hartl

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 230 pages

File Size : 36,11 MB

Release : 2021

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 9780367823436

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"This book addresses the complex relationship between the values of liberal democracy and the values associated with scientific research. The chapters explore how these values mutually reinforce or conflict with one another, in both historical and contemporary contexts. The contributors utilize various approaches to address this timely subject, including historical studies, philosophical analysis, and sociological case studies. The chapters cover a range of topics including academic freedom and autonomy, public control of science, the relationship between scientific pluralism and deliberative democracy, lay-expert relations in a democracy, and the threat of populism and autocracy to scientific inquiry. Taken together the essays demonstrate how democratic values and the epistemic and non-epistemic values associated with science are interconnected. Science, Freedom, and Democracy will be of interest to scholars and graduate students working in philosophy of science, history of philosophy, sociology of science, political philosophy, and epistemology"--



The Science of Freedom

Author : Michael Abraham

Publisher :

Page : 590 pages

File Size : 50,32 MB

Release : 2018-01-31

Category :

ISBN : 9781983991035

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So how can we know if human beings really have free will? The question of whether or not we have free will (libertarianism) has accompanied us since the beginning of philosophy and history. In recent years, the issue has started to move from philosophy into the field of science, especially neuroscience. This book shows that scientific findings do not decisively demonstrate the correctness of any answer, and that the question is still a philosophical one. It begins by defining the relevant terms, primarily free will and determinism, showing that incautious definitions lead to quite a few errors in the discussion of these issues. For answers, check with philosophers and thinkers! Examining the issue of free will from various angles, in clear, accessible language for the educated reader, it offers a consistent and systematic basis for a libertarian approach that is in accordance with scientific findings, showing that it arises naturally from considerations of common sense and various philosophical aspects. Scroll up now to get your copy of The Science of Freedom!



Science and Human Freedom

Author : Michael Esfeld

Publisher : Palgrave Macmillan

Page : 189 pages

File Size : 21,60 MB

Release : 2021-02-05

Category : Science

ISBN : 9783030377731

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This book argues for two claims: firstly, determinism in science does not infringe upon human free will because it is descriptive, not prescriptive, and secondly, the very formulation, testing and justification of scientific theories presupposes human free will and thereby persons as ontologically primitive. The argument against predetermination is broadly Humean, or more precisely ‘Super-Humean’, whereas that against naturalist reduction is in large Kantian, drawing from Sellars on the scientific and the manifest image. Thus, whilst the book defends scientific realism against the confusion between fact and fake, it also reveals why scientific theories, laws and explanations cannot succeed in imposing norms for our actions upon us, neither on the level of the individual nor on that of society. Esfeld makes a strong case for an ontology of science that is minimally sufficient to explain our scientific and common sense knowledge, not only removing the concern that the laws of nature are incompatible with human freedom, but furthermore showing how our freedom is in fact a very presupposition for science.



Exit to Freedom

Author : Calvin C. Johnson, Jr.

Publisher : University of Georgia Press

Page : 328 pages

File Size : 21,9 MB

Release : 2005-09-01

Category : Biography & Autobiography

ISBN : 9780820327846

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"The only firsthand account of a wrongful conviction overturned by DNA evidence"--Cover.