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Transcendence
Critical Realism and God
Av Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier m. fl.
Häftad, 2004
751 kr
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Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.Conversely, religious belief confronts a double …
Landscapes of the Soul
The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life
E-bok, 2003
766 kr
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Do you believe in God? Nine out of ten Americans unhesitatingly answer yes. But for Douglas Porpora, the real questions begin where pollsters leave off. What, he asks, does religious belief actually mean in our lives? Does it shape our identities and our actions? Or, despite our professions of …
Landscapes of the Soul
The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life
Häftad, 2003
1237 kr
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Do you believe in God? Nine out of ten Americans unhesitatingly answer yes. But for Douglas Porpora, the real questions begin where pollsters leave off. What, he asks, does religious belief actually mean in our lives? Does it shape our identities and our actions? Or, despite our professions of …
Landscapes of the Soul
The Loss of Moral Meaning in American Life
E-bok, 2001
766 kr
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Do you believe in God? Nine out of ten Americans unhesitatingly answer yes. But for Douglas Porpora, the real questions begin where pollsters leave off. What, he asks, does religious belief actually mean in our lives? Does it shape our identities and our actions? Or, despite our professions of …
Post-Ethical Society
The Iraq War, Abu Ghraib, and the Moral Failure of the Secular
Av Douglas V. Porpora, Alexander G. Nikolaev m. fl.
Inbunden, 2013
450 kr
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We've all seen the images from Abu Ghraib: stress positions, US soldiers kneeling on the heads of prisoners, and dehumanizing pyramids formed from black-hooded bodies. We have watched officials elected to our highest offices defend enhanced interrogation in terms of efficacy and justify drone …
Post-Human Futures
Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
Av Mark Carrigan, Douglas V. Porpora
Häftad, 2023
649 kr
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This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question assumptions about human beings and …
Transcendence
Critical Realism and God
Av Margaret S. Archer, Andrew Collier m. fl.
Inbunden, 2004
2516 kr
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Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.Conversely, religious belief confronts a double …
Post-Human Futures
Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
Av Mark Carrigan, Douglas V. Porpora
Inbunden, 2021
2516 kr
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This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question assumptions about human beings and …
Question of Emergence
Sociology vs. Physics
Inbunden, 2025
2516 kr
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This book takes the relationship between physics and sociology as its subject, focusing on the philosophical dispute between emergentism and reductionism. It argues that the mystery behind emergence disappears when we abandon the lawful understanding of causality in favor of a powers view.Adopting …
Reconstructing Sociology
The Critical Realist Approach
Inbunden, 2015
1449 kr
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Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an …
Reconstructing Sociology
The Critical Realist Approach
Häftad, 2015
477 kr
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Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an …
Transcendence
Critical Realism and God
Av Douglas V. Porpora, Andrew Collier m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
779 kr
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Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.Conversely, religious belief confronts a double …
Transcendence
Critical Realism and God
Av Douglas V. Porpora, Andrew Collier m. fl.
E-bok, 2013
779 kr
Lägg i varukorg
Atheism as a belief does not have to present intellectual credentials within academia. Yet to hold beliefs means giving reasons for doing so, ones which may be found wanting. Instead, atheism is the automatic default setting within the academic world.Conversely, religious belief confronts a double …
Reconstructing Sociology
The Critical Realist Approach
E-bok, 2015
473 kr
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Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an …
Reconstructing Sociology
The Critical Realist Approach
E-bok, 2015
463 kr
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Critical realism is a philosophy of science that positions itself against the major alternative philosophies underlying contemporary sociology. This book offers a general critique of sociology, particularly sociology in the United States, from a critical realist perspective. It also acts as an …
Post-Human Futures
Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
Av Douglas V. Porpora, Mark Carrigan
E-bok, 2021
762 kr
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This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question assumptions about human beings and …
Post-Human Futures
Human Enhancement, Artificial Intelligence and Social Theory
Av Douglas V. Porpora, Mark Carrigan
E-bok, 2021
762 kr
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This volume engages with post-humanist and transhumanist approaches to present an original exploration of the question of how humankind will fare in the face of artificial intelligence. With emerging technologies now widely assumed to be calling into question assumptions about human beings and …
