Author: Hans-Georg Moeller
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: explained, ideas, systems, souls, luhmann
Number of Pages: 312
Published: 2006-08-30
List price: $39.00
ISBN-10: 0812695984
ISBN-13: 9780812695984
What are systems? What is society? What happens to human beings in a hypermodern world? Niklas Luhmann addressed these questions in depth. This book introduces his social systems theory which explains specific functions like economy and mass media from a cybernetic perspective, integrating various schools of thought including sociology, philosophy, and biology. Luhmann Explained explores the great thinkers radical analysis of "world society." The book gives special attention to the present-day relevance of Luhmann’s theory with respect to globalization, electronic mass media, ethics, a
Author: David Ramsay Steele
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: explained, ideas, philosophy, folly, atheism
Number of Pages: 224
Published: 2008-01-15
List price: $17.95
ISBN-10: 0812696379
ISBN-13: 9780812696370
Atheism Explained explores the claims made both for and against the existence of God. On the pro side: that the wonders of the world can only be explained by an intelligent creator; that the universe had to start somewhere; telepathy, out-of-body experiences, and other paranormal phenomena demonstrate the existence of a spirit world; and that those who experience God directly provide evidence as real as any physical finding. After disputing these arguments through calm, careful criticism, author David Ramsay Steele presents the reasons why God cannot exist: monstrous, appalling evils; the impo
Author: Joan Weiner
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: explained, ideas, frege
Number of Pages: 176
Published: 2004-12-29
List price: $27.00
ISBN-10: 0812694600
ISBN-13: 9780812694604
What is the number one? Does 2 plus 2 always equal 4? These seemingly simple questions have perplexed philosophers for eons, but the ideas of German philosopher Gottlob Frege (1848–1925) transformed the discussion. Frege believed that the truths of arithmetic and of all mathematics are derived from self-evident logical truths. His new way of looking at logic and mathematics was influential and his convictions revolutionized logic and laid the foundation for modern analytic philosophy. Joan Weiner presents an accurate, accessible explanation of Frege’s ideas, tracing the development of
Author: Hans-Georg Moeller
Publisher: Open Court
Keywords: explained, allegory, ideas, fishnet, butterfly, dream, daoism
Number of Pages: 160
Published: 2004-08-09
List price: $24.00
ISBN-10: 0812695631
ISBN-13: 9780812695632
Daoism Explained offers an interpretation of the tenets of Daoist philosophy on the basis of the imagery employed in various Daoist texts. The author explains the significance of such images as water and the female and allegories such as the "Dream of the Butterfly," and shows how they connect to each other and how ancient Chinese philosophers understood them. The book also sheds new light on many important allegories by showing how modern translations often conceal the wit and humor of the Chinese original. Written for those who are interested in Asian beliefs and religions as well as for sp
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Publisher: CCH Health Law Preossfional Series
Keywords: explained, medicare
Published: 2004
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 0808010824
ISBN-13: 9780808010821
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Publisher: New Africa Books (Pty) Ltd
Keywords: daughter, explained, racism
Published: 2003-12-31
List price: unknow
ISBN-10: 1869282426
ISBN-13: 9781869282424
Author: Martin Pring
Publisher: McGraw-Hill
Keywords: explained, candlesticks
Number of Pages: 352
Published: 2002-06-02
List price: $59.95
ISBN-10: 0071384014
ISBN-13: 9780071384018
An A-Z guide to the basic principles of Japanese candlesticks and other Eastern charting techniques and the ideal introduction to these increasingly popular techniques. Softcover. CD-ROM included.
