Download or read book Human Extension An Alternative to Evolutionism Creationism and Intelligent Design written by Gregory Sandstrom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.

Download or read book Human Extension An Alternative to Evolutionism Creationism and Intelligent Design written by Gregory Sandstrom and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-11 with total page 118 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book proposes a new angle on the controversy over evolution as a biological theory, creation as a theological/worldview doctrine and evolutionism, creationism and Intelligent Design theory as social ideologies. Rather than presenting a polemic that will enrage or delight one camp or another, this book proposes that a cease-fire is possible.

Download or read book The Not So Intelligent Designer written by Abby Hafer and published by Lutterworth Press. This book was released on 2016-09-29 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why do men's testicles hang outside the body? Why does our appendix sometimes explode and kill us? And who does the Designer like better, anyway - us, or squid? These and other questions are addressed in The Not-So-Intelligent Designer. Dr. Abby Hafer argues that the human body has many faulty design features that would never have been the choice of an intelligent creator. She also points out other animals that got better body parts, which makes the Designer look a bit strange; discusses the history and politics of Intelligent Design and creationism; reveals animals that shouldn't exist according to Intelligent Design; and disposes of the idea of irreducible complexity. Her points are illustrated with pictures (by Alexander Winkler), wit, and erudition.

Download or read book The Future of Social Epistemology written by James H. Collier and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 2015-12-02 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Offers a vital, unique and agenda-setting perspective for the field of social epistemology – the philosophical basis for prescribing the social means and ends for pursuing knowledge.

Download or read book Islamic Finance Alternatives for Emerging Economies written by M. Ustaoglu and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-26 with total page 115 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Turkey could be considered the most important and leading Islamic country that has implemented the Western economic model successfully mostly because of the modernization efforts since late Ottoman period. As a result of the secularization efforts in the field of economy in early republican era, Muslim people in the country had to deal with non-Islamic practices that contradict with their religious beliefs. Islamic Finance Alternatives for Emerging Economies analyzes the emergence of the Islamic financial institutions in Turkey, by taking into account their history, their operational model, and their legal regulations in the financial field, to discuss the future of Islamic finance. The contributors also consider the ability of Islamic financial institutions and tools to respond to the financial needs of Muslims.

Download or read book Payday Lending written by Carl Packman and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Payday Lending looks at the growth of the high cost credit industry from the early payday lending industry in the early 1990s to its development in the US as a highly profitable industry around the world.

Download or read book UNDP s Engagement with the Private Sector 1994 2011 written by Z. Razeq and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-14 with total page 203 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging explanation and unique analysis of the increased involvement of the private sector in one of the world's most influential development organizations, the United Nations Development Programme.

Download or read book Securing Pension Provision written by C Blair and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: By comparing Germany, France, the UK and the USA this study explores how governments have tackled the increased pressure of financing state pensions. Specifically, it looks at the approach of each of these countries to raising the age of entitlement in order to understand the ways in which this policy was introduced in different countries.

Download or read book Drugs on the Dark Net written by J. Martin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-07 with total page 101 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study explores the rapidly expanding world of online illicit drug trading. Since the fall of the infamous Silk Road, a new generation of cryptomarkets can be found thriving on the dark net. Martin explores how these websites defy powerful law enforcement agencies and represent the new digital front in the 'war on drugs'.

Download or read book Ivory and the Aesthetics of Modernity in Meiji Japan written by M. Chaiklin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The opening of the ports of Japan in 1859 brought a flood of Japanese craft products to the world marketplace. For ivory it was a golden age. This book examines the role that ivory and ivory carvers played in the expression of nationalism and the development of sculpture in the later nineteenth and early twentieth century.

Download or read book Philosophy and Childhood Critical Perspectives and Affirmative Practices written by W. Kohan and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-21 with total page 221 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kohan offers a transformative, revolutionary, and more radical alternative theory and practice of philosophy for children. He critiques the current state of philosophy for children and demonstrates alternative ways of thinking and practicing philosophy in childhood education.

Download or read book Network Society and Future Scenarios for a Collaborative Economy written by V. Kostakis and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-22 with total page 133 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book builds on the idea that peer-to-peer infrastructures are gradually becoming the general conditions of work, economy, and society. Using a four-scenario approach, the authors seek to simplify possible outcomes and to explore relevant trajectories of the current techno-economic paradigm within and beyond capitalism.

Download or read book Sex and the Posthuman Condition written by M. Hauskeller and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-20 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at how sexuality is framed in enhancement scenarios and how descriptions of the resulting posthuman future are informed by mythological, historical and literary paradigms. It examines the glorious sex life we will allegedly enjoy due to greater control of our emotions, improved capacity for pleasure, and availability of sex robots.

Download or read book African American Males and the U S Justice System of Marginalization A National Tragedy written by Floyd Weatherspoon and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-06 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: African-American Males and the US Justice System of Marginalization provides an overview of the economic and social status of African-American males in America, which continues to deteriorate at an alarming rate. Weatherspoon posits that in every American institutional system, from birth to death, the journey of African-American males to achieve racial justice and equity in this country is ignored, marginalized, and exploited. The American justice system, in particular, has permitted and in some cases sanctioned the marginalization of African-American males as full citizens. Weatherspoon examines the idea that African-American males are disproportionately represented in every aspect of the criminal justice system, and that the marginalization of African-American males in America has a long and treacherous history that continues to negatively impact their economic, political, and social status.

Download or read book Learning and Education in Developing Countries Research and Policy for the Post 2015 UN Development Goals written by D. Wagner and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-29 with total page 236 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and up-to-date review of learning and educational quality in developing countries, written by 16 highly knowledgeable specialists from around the world, provides policymakers and researchers accessible perspectives with the Millennium Development Goals in mind.

Download or read book The European Union s Normative Power in Central Asia written by G. Voloshin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-08-19 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The normative power of the European Union has historically been a key element of its foreign policy. This study considers the EU's Central Asia policy, questioning whether the EU's normative power can work in this remote region.

Download or read book Communicating Politics Online written by Chapman Rackaway and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-09-16 with total page 165 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The world of political communication is morphing almost constantly into new areas and realities. Online-only news, Web 2.0 user-created content, hyperlocal news, and the rise of the Twittersphere have all contributed to an ever-changing media environment. Communicating Politics Online captures the constant change of new online media.