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Recent years have seen an enormous amount of philosophical research
into the emotions and the imagination, but as yet little work has
been done to connect the two. In his engaging and highly original
new book, Adam Morton shows that all emotions require some form of
imagination and goes on to fully explore the link between these two
important concepts both within philosophy and in everyday life. We
may take it for granted that complex emotions, such as hope and
resentment, require a rich thinking and an engagement with the
imagination, but Morton shows how more basic and responsive
emotions such as fear and anger also require us to take account of
possibilities and opportunities beyond the immediate situation.
Interweaving a powerful tapestry of subtle argument with vivid
detail, the book highlights that many emotions, more than we tend
to suppose, require us to imagine a situation from a particular
point of view and that this in itself can be the source of further
emotional feeling. Morton goes on to demonstrate the important role
that emotions play in our moral lives, throwing light on emotions
such as self-respect, disapproval, and remorse, and the price we
pay for having them. He explores the intricate nature of moral
emotions and the challenges we face when integrating our thinking
on morality and the emotions. This compelling and thought-provoking
new book challenges many assumptions about the nature of emotion
and imagination and will appeal to anyone seeking a deeper
understanding of the role that these concepts play in our lives.
The book also has far reaching implications that will spark debate
amongst scholars and students for some time to come.
Provides a critical engagement between contending historical
materialist approaches that have played a crucial role in shaping
post-positivist International Relations theory. It draws out the
differences of how class struggle is understood as well as the
common concern for understanding the historical specificity of
capitalism and process of state formation, through a focus on the
social relations of production and labour.
The main argument of this book is that the revival of European integration in the mid-1980s and the emergence of a 'New Europe' have to be analysed against the background of globalisation and the transnational restructuring of social forces since the early 1970s. The book brings together a range of diverse - but similar - critical perspectives that draw from the work of Antonio Gramsci to provide an alternative to established neo-functionalist and intergovernmentalist approaches. It is argued that these critical perspectives can more adequately analyse various aspects of European integration within the recent context of globalisation.
The third edition of this highly acclaimed text is ideal for
introductory courses in epistemology. Assuming little or no
philosophical knowledge, it guides beginning students through the
landmarks in epistemology, covering historically important topics
as well as current issues and debates. This edition includes an
entirely new chapter on externalism and epistemic virtues, and
extensive revisions to other chapters. The suggestions for further
reading, including electronic resources, have also been updated. It
engagingly covers mainstream topics such as beliefs and perception,
induction and probability, and knowledge of minds, as well as newer
topics such as naturalistic epistemology, Bayesian epistemology,
externalism, and moral knowledge. At the end of each chapter are
reading questions that test students' understanding of the
presented information and thinking questions that challenge
students and invite them into deeper reflection.
As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet's resources,
leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as
the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony
elsewhere may be our species' best hope for survival. Adam Morton
examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye.
He makes a strong case for colonization - just not by human beings.
Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large
amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an
oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of
these shortcomings. Reflecting compassionately on the nature of
existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human
race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad
but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in
the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of
intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which
represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.
This computational aerodynamics (CA) textbook is written at the
undergraduate level, based on years of teaching focused on
developing the engineering skills required to become an intelligent
user of aerodynamic codes, unlike most available books which focus
on learning how to write codes. This is done by taking advantage of
CA codes that are now freely available and doing projects to learn
the basic numerical and aerodynamic concepts require. The authors
believe that new and vibrant ways to interact with CA are important
in order to improve understanding of aerodynamics. This book
includes a number of unique features to make studying Computational
Aerodynamics more enjoyable. These include: The computer programs
used in the book's projects are all open source and accessible to
students and practicing engineers alike on the book web site,
www.cambridge.org/cummings CA Concept Boxes appear throughout the
book to make material more relevant and to provide interesting
asides from the material at hand Flow Visualization Boxes are used
throughout the book to give readers the opportunity to see fluid
dynamic flows first hand Profiles of both experienced and beginning
practitioners of CA are included throughout to give a more personal
dimension to the practice of numerical simulations of aerodynamics
Best Practices summaries are included at the end of most chapters
to provide real world guidelines for how CA is typically used The
website includes access to images, movies, programs, CA codes,
additional material, and links to a variety of resources vital to
the discussions contained within the book
(www.cambridge.org/cummings)"
The third edition of this highly acclaimed text is ideal for
introductory courses in epistemology. Assuming little or no
philosophical knowledge, it guides beginning students through the
landmarks in epistemology, covering historically important topics
as well as current issues and debates.
This edition includes an entirelynew chapter on externalism and
epistemic virtues, and extensive revisions to other chapters. The
suggestions for further reading, including electronic resources,
have also been updated. It engagingly covers mainstream topics such
as beliefs and perception, induction and probability, and knowledge
of minds, as well as newer topics such as naturalistic
epistemology, Bayesian epistemology, externalism, and moral
knowledge.
At the end of each chapter are reading questions that test
students' understanding of the presented information and thinking
questions that challenge students and invite them into deeper
reflection.
Hospitals monitoring is becoming more complex and is increasing
both because staff want their data analysed and because of
increasing mandated surveillance. This book provides a suite of
functions in R, enabling scientists and data analysts working in
infection management and quality improvement departments in
hospitals, to analyse their often non-independent data which is
frequently in the form of trended, over-dispersed and sometimes
auto-correlated time series; this is often difficult to analyse
using standard office software. This book provides much-needed
guidance on data analysis using R for the growing number of
scientists in hospital departments who are responsible for
producing reports, and who may have limited statistical expertise.
This book explores data analysis using R and is aimed at scientists
in hospital departments who are responsible for producing reports,
and who are involved in improving safety. Professionals working in
the healthcare quality and safety community will also find this
book of interest Statistical Methods for Hospital Monitoring with
R: * Provides functions to perform quality improvement and
infection management data analysis. * Explores the characteristics
of complex systems, such as self-organisation and emergent
behaviour, along with their implications for such activities as
root-cause analysis and the Pareto principle that seek few key
causes of adverse events. * Provides a summary of key
non-statistical aspects of hospital safety and easy to use
functions. * Provides R scripts in an accompanying web site
enabling analyses to be performed by the reader
http://www.wiley.com/go/hospital-monitoring * Covers issues that
will be of increasing importance in the future, such as,
generalised additive models, and complex systems, networks and
power laws.
As humans continue to degrade and destroy our planet's resources,
leading to predictions of total ecological collapse, some (such as
the entrepreneur Elon Musk) now suggest that a human colony
elsewhere may be our species' best hope for survival. Adam Morton
examines extra-terrestrial colonization plans with a critical eye.
He makes a strong case for colonization - just not by human beings.
Humans live relatively short lives and, to survive, require large
amounts of food and water, very specific climatic conditions and an
oxygen-rich atmosphere. We can create colonists that have none of
these shortcomings. Reflecting compassionately on the nature of
existence, Morton argues that we should treat the end of the human
race in the same way that we treat our own deaths: as something sad
but ultimately inevitable. The earth will perish one day, and, in
the end, we should be concerned more with securing the future of
intelligent beings than with the preservation of our species, which
represents but a nanosecond in the history of our solar system.
This book provides a critical engagement between contending
historical materialist approaches that have played a crucial role
in shaping post-positivist International Relations theory. It
analyzes globalization as a process of state formation and argues
that its fate depends on the neo-liberal recomposition of labour
relations. .
This book introduces students to the principal issues in the
philosophy of mind by tracing the history of the subject from Plato
and Aristotle through to the present day. Over forty primary source
readings are included. Extensive commentaries from the editors are
provided to guide student readers through the arguments and jargon
and to offer necessary historical context for the readings. The new
third edition examines some of the most exciting recent
developments in the field, including advances in theories about the
mind's relation to action and agency. Previous editions of this
book, published under the title A Historical Introduction to the
Philosophy of Mind, have been praised and widely taught for more
than two decades.
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