5 Philosophy e-Books

• Gandhian Management: The Paragon of Higher Order Management
  
• The Virilio Dictionary
  
• Scientific Pluralism
  
• State and Religion in Israel: A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry
  
• The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
  

Gandhian Management: The Paragon of Higher Order Management
English | 2009 | ISBN: 8179929590 | 130 Pages | EPUB | 606.1 KB
Gandhiji carved a philosophy which he nurtured and upheld throughout the life,only to be known later as Gandhian Philososophy.The three cardinals of Gandhian Philosophy - truth,love and non-violence - are so co-herent,co-hesive and co-focal that the absence of even one breaches the wholesomeness of the structure.However,all these elements ought to be understood across a much wider plane in a much deeper sense beyond the threshold of their common meanngs. The importance of the human factor in contemporary management can be seen in it's finest form in this book.Gandhiji's humanitarian canvas was so global,and clarion call for natural justice so intense that he became an institution by himself much before the world discovered this reality.

The Virilio Dictionary
English | 2013 | ISBN: 0748646841, 0748646833 | 264 Pages | PDF | 1 MB
The first dictionary dedicated to the pioneering work of French art and technology critic Paul Virilio. In Virilio's writings, meanings and interpretations are often difficult and ambiguous. This dictionary guides you through his concepts with headwords including Accident, Body, Cinema, Deterritorialization and Eugenics. Explore the very edge of Virilio's pioneering thought in cultural and social theory with the entries on Foreclosure, Grey Ecology, Polar Inertia and the Overexposed City.The Virilio Dictionary is ideal for anyone wanting to keep up with Virilio's dynamic program for the study of postmodern culture.

Scientific Pluralism
English | 2006 | ISBN: 0816647631 | PDF | 279 Pages | 3.9 mb
Scientific pluralism is an issue at the forefront of philosophy of science. This landmark work addresses the question, Can pluralism be advanced as a general, philosophical interpretation of science? Scientific Pluralism demonstrates the viability of the view that some phenomena require multiple accounts. Pluralists observe that scientists present various-sometimes even incompatible-models of the world and argue that this is due to the complexity of the world and representational limitations. Including investigations in biology, physics, economics, psychology, and mathematics, this work provides an empirical basis for a consistent stance on pluralism and makes the case that it should change the ways that philosophers, historians, and social scientists analyze scientific knowledge.Contributors: John Bell, U of Western Ontario; Michael Dickson, U of South Carolina; Carla Fehr, Iowa State U; Ronald N. Giere, U of Minnesota; Geoffrey Hellman, U of Minnesota; Alan Richardson, U of British Columbia; C. Wade Savage, U of Minnesota; Esther-Mirjam Sent, U of Nijmegen.Stephen H. Kellert is professor of philosophy at Hamline University and a fellow of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science. Helen E. Longino is professor of philosophy at Stanford University. C. Kenneth Waters is associate professor of philosophy and director of the Minnesota Center for Philosophy of Science.

State and Religion in Israel: A Philosophical-Legal Inquiry
English | 2019 | ISBN: 1107150825 | 324 Pages | PDF | 2 MB
State and Religion in Israel begins with a philosophical analysis of the two main questions regarding the role of religion in liberal states: should such states institute a 'Wall of Separation' between state and religion? Should they offer religious practices and religious communities special protection? Gideon Sapir and Daniel Statman argue that liberalism in not committed to Separation, but is committed to granting religion a unique protection, albeit a narrower one than often assumed. They then use Israel as a case study for their conclusions. Although Israel is defined as a Jewish state, its Jewish identity need not be interpreted religiously, requiring that it subjects itself to the dictates of Jewish law (Halakha). The authors test this view by critically examining important topics relevant to state and religion in Israel: marriage and divorce, the drafting of yeshiva students into the army, the character of the Sabbath and more.

The Pseudoscience Wars: Immanuel Velikovsky and the Birth of the Modern Fringe
English | 2012 | ISBN: 0226304426, 022610172X | 304 Pages | EPUB | 1,2 MB
Properly analyzed, the collective mythological and religious writings of humanity reveal that around 1500 BC, a comet swept perilously close to Earth, triggering widespread natural disasters and threatening the destruction of all life before settling into solar orbit as Venus, our nearest planetary neighbor. Sound implausible? Well, from 1950 until the late 1970s, a huge number of people begged to differ, as they devoured Immanuel Velikovsky's major best-seller, Worlds in Collision, insisting that perhaps this polymathic thinker held the key to a new science and a new history. Scientists, on the other hand, assaulted Velikovsky's book, his followers, and his press mercilessly from the get-go. In The Pseudoscience Wars, Michael D. Gordin resurrects the largely forgotten figure of Velikovsky and uses his strange career and surprisingly influential writings to explore the changing definitions of the line that separates legitimate scientific inquiry from what is deemed bunk, and to show how vital this question remains to us today. Drawing on a wealth of previously unpublished material from Velikovsky's personal archives, Gordin presents a behind-the-scenes history of the writer's career, from his initial burst of success through his growing influence on the counterculture, heated public battles with such luminaries as Carl Sagan, and eventual eclipse. Along the way, he offers fascinating glimpses into the histories and effects of other fringe doctrines, including creationism, Lysenkoism, parapsychology, and more-all of which have surprising connections to Velikovsky's theories.
Science today is hardly universally secure, and scientists seem themselves beset by critics, denialists, and those they label "pseudoscientists"-as seen all too clearly in battles over evolution and climate change. The Pseudoscience Wars simultaneously reveals the surprising Cold War roots of our contemporary dilemma and points readers to a different approach to drawing the line between knowledge and nonsense.