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Three Worlds of Collective Human Experience: Individual Life, Social Change, and Human Evolution

Author : Victor N. Shaw

Publisher : Springer

Page : 220 pages

File Size : 36,55 MB

Release : 2018-08-22

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 3319981951

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This book explores three worlds shared by the humans in their collective experiences. It identifies and explores the world of commonsense, the world of religion, and the world of science as three essential dimensions of human experience. The book helps understand that humans can gain comfort and pleasure in commonsense, achieve meaning and purpose from religion, and attain truth and rationality through science. It actively applies theories to and develops theoretical explanations from different domains or situations of human existence. This book is of interest to theorists, researchers, instructors, and students across major academic disciplines in the humanities and social sciences.



Rough Sets

Author : JingTao Yao

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 445 pages

File Size : 48,84 MB

Release : 2022-11-10

Category : Computers

ISBN : 3031212444

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Rough Sets, IJCRS 2022, held in Suzhou, China, in November 2022. The 28 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 42 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as follows: Invited papers, IRSS President Forum; rough set theory and applications; granular computing and applications; classification and deep learning; conceptual knowledge discovery and machine learning based on three-way decisions and granular computing; uncertainty in three-way decisions; granular computing, and data science.



From Autocracy to Democracy to Technocracy

Author : Victor N. Shaw

Publisher : Cambridge Scholars Publishing

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 14,21 MB

Release : 2020-10-15

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1527560953

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This book explores human polity with respect to its nature, context, and evolution. Specifically, it examines how individual wills translate into political ideologies, investigates what social forces converge to shape governmental operations, and probes whether human polity progresses in focus from individual wills to group interests to social integrations. The book entertains five hypotheses. The first is commonsensical: where there are people there is politics. The second is analogous: humans govern themselves socially in a way that is comparable to how a body regulates itself physically. The third is rational: humans set rules, organize activities, and establish institutions upon facts, following reasons, for the purpose of effectiveness and efficiency. The fourth is random: human affairs take place haphazardly under specific circumstances while they overall exhibit general patterns and trends. The final hypothesis is inevitable: human governance evolves from autocracy to democracy to technocracy. The book presents systematic information about human polity, its form, content, operation, impact, and evolution. It sheds light on multivariate interactions among human wills, rights, and obligations, political thoughts, actions, and mechanisms, and social structures, processes, and order maintenances. Pragmatically, it offers invaluable insights into individuals as agents, groupings as agencies, and polity as structuration across the human sphere.



The Evolution of Cognitive Maps

Author : Ervin Laszlo

Publisher : Psychology Press

Page : 320 pages

File Size : 38,56 MB

Release : 1993

Category : Performing Arts

ISBN : 9782881245596

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Cognitive maps, mental representations which inform thought and action, are templates for human perception and behavior. Bringing together diverse disciplines--cognitive and social psychology, biopsychology, history, physics, cosmology, chemistry, population ecology, economics, and philosophy of science--This volume comprises the revised and updated texts of the majority of papers first given at the international meeting of the General Evolution Research Group, held at the U. of Bologna, Italy in May 1989. The essays explore the development of cognitive maps from their biological and historical bases to their contemporary forms. Includes a closing commentary by Umberto Eco. Annotation copyright by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR



Humans

Author : Ted Farmer

Publisher : Outskirts Press

Page : 346 pages

File Size : 16,31 MB

Release : 2024-08-28

Category : History

ISBN : 1977277837

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This volume puts the survival of the human species into historical perspective. It surveys the evolution of Homo sapiens from our first appearance in Africa to the contemporary crisis of global warming. The author’s comparative strategy minimizes Eurocentric biases in favor of a balanced global perspective. His history is divided into six distinct periods based on evolving social organization. Earlier periods are longer but are treated in less detail than later periods. During the first three periods, human populations diverge; in the last three they collide and converge. The major drivers precipitating new periods were processes that affected all humans: diaspora, agricultural revolution, global connection, energy revolution, and the transformation in information technologies. Initially, people were organized into bands and tribes with shared languages. Later, they formed regional cultures, trans-regional groupings, colonial empires, and – finally -- nation states. Over time, humans’ understanding of the world was filtered through mythology, then organized religion, science and academic expertise. An assumption of authority underlay all these previous guides to human understanding. More and more in today’s world, however, people seek knowledge and understanding through social and mass media, which allow amplification of and equal access to even the most unqualified voices. It is harder and harder for the general population to perceive reality. None of the social groupings examined in Farmer’s history of humans – tribes, regional cultures, nation-states, or empires -- have led humanity to wisdom nor mechanisms for effective global management. But population growth, the push for global development, and increased energy consumption are contributing to a crisis that threatens human existence itself. Will divisions of language, race, religion, national identity and economic status prevent us from learning how to achieve a new, more globally-oriented stage in the story of our species?



Early Humans and Their World

Author : Bo Gräslund

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 196 pages

File Size : 37,15 MB

Release : 2005-10-11

Category : History

ISBN : 1134261349

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Summarizing modern research on early hominid evolution from the apes six million years ago to the emergence of modern humans, this book is the first to present a synthetic discussion of many aspects of early human life.



Sustainable Capitalism and the Pursuit of Well-Being

Author : Neil E. Harrison

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 212 pages

File Size : 31,35 MB

Release : 2013-12-17

Category : Business & Economics

ISBN : 1135097461

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Sustainable development is the central challenge of the 21st Century. How can human civilization continue to develop without destroying the natural systems on which it depends?Environmentalists tell us that capitalism is the problem because it feeds our self-interest. They tell us that we have to restrain ourselves and only consume what the Earth can sustain. Or governments must tell us what we can and cannot buy. This book uses the science of complex systems to explain why governments cannot deliver sustainability or happiness and how self-interest can be used to make society sustainable. Capitalism won the Cold War; until the Great Recession of 2008, it seemed to be the perfect system. But more of us are unhappy even as it has ravaged the planet. The central problem is the paradigm on which our social systems are founded that more (consumption, production, possessions) is always better. Based on research from political economy, philosophy, and psychology, this book shows that the problem is not self-interest. We are unhappy because we have been taught that our interests are material and that buying 'stuff' will make us happy. Yet, social pressure to consume only prevents us from satisfying our basic psychological needs and fully enjoying life. For that we need to pursue our personal well-being. Because this also reduces our material consumption, environmental sustainability comes from each of us knowing what's truly good for our selves. Even without the constant economic growth that harms the planet and damages our lives, capitalism also is sustainable. This book will be of interest to scholars and students of sustainability;civil societyactivists and social entrepreneurs; thought leaders and policymakers. .



Handbook of Death and Dying

Author : Clifton D. Bryant

Publisher : SAGE Publications

Page : 1146 pages

File Size : 47,77 MB

Release : 2003-10-01

Category : Social Science

ISBN : 1452265151

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"This is a singular reference tool . . . essential for academic libraries." --Reference & User Services Quarterly "Students, professionals, and scholars in the social sciences and health professions are fortunate to have the ′unwieldy corpus of knowledge and literature′ on death studies organized and integrated. Highly recommended for all collections." --CHOICE "Excellent and highly recommended." --BOOKLIST "Well researched with lengthy bibliographies . . . The index is rich with See and See Also references . . . Its multidisciplinary nature makes it an excellent addition to academic collections." --LIBRARY JOURNAL "Researchers and students in many social sciences and humanities disciplines, the health and legal professions, and mortuary science will find the Handbook of Death and Dying valuable. Lay readers will also appreciate the Handbook′s wide-ranging coverage of death-related topics. Recommended for academic, health sciences, and large public libraries." --E-STREAMS Dying is a social as well as physiological phenomenon. Each society characterizes and, consequently, treats death and dying in its own individual ways—ways that differ markedly. These particular patterns of death and dying engender modal cultural responses, and such institutionalized behavior has familiar, economical, educational, religious, and political implications. The Handbook of Death and Dying takes stock of the vast literature in the field of thanatology, arranging and synthesizing what has been an unwieldy body of knowledge into a concise, yet comprehensive reference work. This two-volume handbook will provide direction and momentum to the study of death-related behavior for many years to come. Key Features More than 100 contributors representing authoritative expertise in a diverse array of disciplines Anthropology Family Studies History Law Medicine Mortuary Science Philosophy Psychology Social work Sociology Theology A distinguished editorial board of leading scholars and researchers in the field More than 100 definitive essays covering almost every dimension of death-related behavior Comprehensive and inclusive, exploring concepts and social patterns within the larger topical concern Journal article length essays that address topics with appropriate detail Multidisciplinary and cross-cultural coverage EDITORIAL BOARD Clifton D. Bryant, Editor-in-Chief Patty M. Bryant, Managing Editor Charles K. Edgley, Associate Editor Michael R. Leming, Associate Editor Dennis L. Peck, Associate Editor Kent L. Sandstrom, Associate Editor Watson F. Rogers, II, Assistant Editor



A Comparative Introduction to Political Science

Author : Alan G. Smith

Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield

Page : 619 pages

File Size : 31,28 MB

Release : 2016-04-08

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 144225260X

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When are legislators inclined to cast votes in cooperation with their parties, and when do they go their own way? When and why do nations contend with each other, and when are they more likely to cooperate? Thematically arranged around the interplay of contention and cooperation, A Comparative Introduction to Political Science encourages students to explore causal factors and consequences related to political phenomena to become knowledgeable and resourceful citizens of their nations and the world. Alan Smith covers how patterns of contention and cooperation—and the resulting government policies—may be affected by such factors as the surrounding political framework, the distribution of influence, and political motivation, including values as well as material interests. To expose students to the politics of specific nations, each chapter concludes with two country case studies that illuminate the theme of the chapter. Students emerge with a sense of what is going on in the world today. Pedagogically, the book employs careful sequencing of topics and concepts for clarity and to introduce politics in a natural, logical, synchronized way. At times Smith goes beyond sharp, night-and-day terminological distinctions to add accessible, ordinary language-based terminology that better captures the real-world spectrum between the extremes. A Comparative Introduction to Political Science: Contention and Cooperation provides a comprehensive teaching and learning package including these ancillaries: Test Bank. Available for adopters to download, the Test Bank provides multiple-choice, true/false, and essay questions for each chapter. Testing Software. This customizable test bank is available as a Word file or in Respondus 4.0—a powerful tool for creating and managing exams that can be printed out or published directly to the most popular learning management systems. Exams can be created offline or moved from one LMS to another. Respondus LE is available for free and can be used to automate the process of creating printed tests. Respondus 3.5, available for purchase or via a school site license, prepares tests to be uploaded to an LMS. Click here: http://www.respondus.com/products/testbank/search.php to submit your request. Companion Website. The open-access Companion Website is designed to engage students with the material and reinforce what they’ve learned in the classroom. For each chapter, flash cards and self-quizzes help students master the content and apply that knowledge to real-life situations. Students can access the Companion Website from their computers, tablets, or mobile devices. eBook. The full-color eBook allows students to access this textbook anytime, anywhere. The eBook includes the entire print edition rendered in vibrant color and features direct links to the Companion Website. PowerPoint Slides. For every chapter, art slides of all figures and tables are available for adopters to download.



Jainism for a New World Order

Author : Siddheshwar Rameshwar Bhatt

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 167 pages

File Size : 15,71 MB

Release : 2021-01-04

Category : Philosophy

ISBN : 981334041X

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This book analyses global issues holistically and offers pragmatic solutions from a Jainism perspective. Accordingly, it presents a fresh vision of individual development, social transformation and cosmic wellbeing based on the central tenets and practices of Jainism. Through this book, readers learn viable solutions to the current problems of environmental disharmony, economical distress, and religious and cultural conflicts. It deals with religious pluralism and brings to fore the need for harmony of religions and interfaith dialogues. The book is interesting for people from varied walks of life who are looking forward to a world that is established in peace, harmony and wellness. It is of immense value and interest for people from all walks of life to the Jain community to revisit the basic tenets propounded in classical literature.