Download or read book Willful Evolution written by Endall Beall and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2015-06-08 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is second volume in The Evolution of Consciousness series. This volume explains what conscious advancement is and why it has been misinterpreted for thousands of years through incorrect perceptions of mysticism and spirituality. It provides a cogent explanation about what the term enlightenment really means and why so few have yet discovered what it is.
Download or read book Willful Evolution written by Janice Beetle and published by . This book was released on 2021-02-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Willful written by Richard Robb and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2019-11-12 with total page 253 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A revelatory alternative to the standard economic models of human behavior that proposes an exciting new way to understand decision-making Why do we do the things we do? The classical view of economics is that we are rational individuals, making decisions with the intention of maximizing our preferences. Behaviorists, on the other hand, see us as relying on mental shortcuts and conforming to preexisting biases. Richard Robb argues that neither explanation accounts for those things that we do for their own sake, and without understanding these sorts of actions, our picture of decision†‘making is at best incomplete. Robb explains how these choices made seemingly without reason belong to a realm of behavior he identifies as “for†‘itself.” A provocative combination of philosophy and economics that offers a key to many of our quixotic choices, this groundbreaking volume provides a new way to understand everything from investing to how hard we work to how we manage daily interactions.
Download or read book A Willful Volunteer written by D. Bray and published by iUniverse. This book was released on 2002-01-30 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What if one has inquired and examined what it means to be human, only to find, in seeking the truth, that the answer is ugly and the nature of humanity often selfish and brutish? What does one do then? We humans are not saints. This book in its hodge-podge mélange of narratives, ideas, and imagery was written before the tragic events of 11 September 2001. In some ways, the musings contained within this book, especially given the author's employment with the Bioterrorism Preparedness and Response Program (BPRP), seem almost to be eerie precursors for the terrorist events (suspected to stem both from international and domestic sources) which occurred in the last three months of that year. Can one still be optimistic about the future of humanity?
Download or read book The Seductions of Darwin written by Matthew Rampley and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2017-01-12 with total page 201 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The surge of evolutionary and neurological analyses of art and its effects raises questions of how art, culture, and the biological sciences influence one another, and what we gain in applying scientific methods to the interpretation of artwork. In this insightful book, Matthew Rampley addresses these questions by exploring key areas where Darwinism, neuroscience, and art history intersect. Taking a scientific approach to understanding art has led to novel and provocative ideas about its origins, the basis of aesthetic experience, and the nature of research into art and the humanities. Rampley’s inquiry examines models of artistic development, the theories and development of aesthetic response, and ideas about brain processes underlying creative work. He considers the validity of the arguments put forward by advocates of evolutionary and neuroscientific analysis, as well as its value as a way of understanding art and culture. With the goal of bridging the divide between science and culture, Rampley advocates for wider recognition of the human motivations that drive inquiry of all types, and he argues that our engagement with art can never be encapsulated in a single notion of scientific knowledge. Engaging and compelling, The Seductions of Darwin is a rewarding look at the identity and development of art history and its complicated ties to the world of scientific thought.
Download or read book Evolution by Natural Selection written by Michaelis Michael and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2015-11-18 with total page 172 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A persistent argument among evolutionary biologists and philosophers revolves around the nature of natural selection. Evolution by Natural Selection: Confidence, Evidence and the Gap explores this argument by using a theory of persistence as an intentional foil to examine ways in which similar theories can be misunderstood. It discusses Charles Dar
Download or read book The Rough Guide to Evolution written by Mark Pallen and published by Dorling Kindersley Ltd. This book was released on 2009 with total page 355 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Presents an introduction to evolutionary theory and describes the impact of the works and ideas of Charles Darwin have had on science and society.
Download or read book Designer Evolution written by Simon Young and published by Prometheus Books. This book was released on 2009-09-25 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Young presents a polemical espousal of transhumanist philosophy and a trenchant attack on its critics, the "Bio-Luddites." The author calls for a rejection of premodern superstition and postmodern nihilism in favor of a renewed belief in human progress through scientific rationality.
Download or read book Monkeys Mystics No More written by Daniel Barwell and published by AuthorHouse. This book was released on 2009-03-03 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Finally a book that delivers the creation account that meshes with the facts of actual history. Mysticism melts away leaving the pure truth of the events as Holy Scripture is viewed properly. This is done without confining the Almighty's function to the shadows and variations of times turning. Those that innocently attribute the creation date to roughly 6000 years ago, are shown their error of imagining the Almighty as a "genie", through a balanced view of the early Bible. Just as stated by the Apostle James 1:17 "Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, and comes down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow of turning". Refusal to view the truth is revealed for the dogmatic astigmatism it is. Revealing the surrounding issues and proper textual origins the reader is shown the true timeline of geneaologies, and then led in a verse by verse expose of the first three chapters of Genesis. The result is that sight is granted from the intended perspective and this totally aligns with all long earth facts!
Download or read book The Complete Ascension Index written by Joshua David Stone and published by Light Technology Publishing. This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This index for the Encyclopedia of the Spiritual Path is a great resource in your search for ascension, self-realization, and ascended-master teachings. These books collectively explore the deepest levels and understanding of ascension through the personal, planetary and cosmic levels, offering the reader tools to work with that span the spectrum of all of the bodies and ultimately bring them into the subtle realms of cosmic ascension. These tools are practical gems for the purification, healing, cleansing, acceleration and ascension process that covers the individual incarnated soul and extends into the vast monadic and cosmic realms.
Download or read book The Evolving Soul written by Linda Backman and published by Llewellyn Worldwide. This book was released on 2014-08-08 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balancing past-life karma is the key to soul evolution. In The Evolving Soul, Dr. Linda Backman shows how healing relationships, caring for one's self, and working through fear and loss can help you mend the wounds of your past lives. Using wisdom she's amassed from hundreds of hypnotic regression clients, Dr. Backman shows how people create the pre-birth blueprints that infuse life with purpose. Uncover the ways spirit guides and the ascended masters can influence your opportunities for growth. Discover the seven soul archetypes and your soul ray. Providing fascinating examples from dozens of regression clients, The Evolving Soul also includes questions and prompts to help readers gain profound insights. Praise: "It is crucial that Dr. Linda Backman's The Evolving Soul be widely read."—Larry Dossey, MD, author of One Mind "An extraordinary fount of wisdom and deep thought."—P. M. H. Atwater, LHD, author of The Big Book of Near-Death Experiences "Now is the time to heal yourself at a soul level."—C. Norman Shealy, MD, PhD, author of 90 Days to Self-Health "If you've ever wondered what your life is truly about, this book is a wondrous place to look."—Robert Schwartz, author of Your Soul's Gift: The Healing Power of the Life You Planned Before You Were Born "An uplifting book that will change the way you see yourself and your relationship to the cosmos."—Carol Bowman, author of Return from Heaven
Download or read book Amnesia Moon written by Jonathan Lethem and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 1996-08-15 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The much-anticipated second novel from the author of Gun, with Occasional Music. Since the war and the bombs, Hatfork, Wyoming, is a broken-down, mutant-ridden town. Young Chaos lives in a projection booth therem trying to blot out his present, unable to remember his past. Then the local tyrant, Kellog, reveals to him over a can of dog food that the bombs never fell. The truth is a little more complicated. . . .
Download or read book Paleofantasy What Evolution Really Tells Us about Sex Diet and How We Live written by Marlene Zuk and published by W. W. Norton & Company. This book was released on 2013-03-18 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “With…evidence from recent genetic and anthropological research, [Zuk] offers a dose of paleoreality.” —Erin Wayman, Science News We evolved to eat berries rather than bagels, to live in mud huts rather than condos, to sprint barefoot rather than play football—or did we? Are our bodies and brains truly at odds with modern life? Although it may seem as though we have barely had time to shed our hunter-gatherer legacy, biologist Marlene Zuk reveals that the story is not so simple. Popular theories about how our ancestors lived—and why we should emulate them—are often based on speculation, not scientific evidence. Armed with a razor-sharp wit and brilliant, eye-opening research, Zuk takes us to the cutting edge of biology to show that evolution can work much faster than was previously realized, meaning that we are not biologically the same as our caveman ancestors. Contrary to what the glossy magazines would have us believe, we do not enjoy potato chips because they crunch just like the insects our forebears snacked on. And women don’t go into shoe-shopping frenzies because their prehistoric foremothers gathered resources for their clans. As Zuk compellingly argues, such beliefs incorrectly assume that we’re stuck—finished evolving—and have been for tens of thousands of years. She draws on fascinating evidence that examines everything from adults’ ability to drink milk to the texture of our ear wax to show that we’ve actually never stopped evolving. Our nostalgic visions of an ideal evolutionary past in which we ate, lived, and reproduced as we were “meant to” fail to recognize that we were never perfectly suited to our environment. Evolution is about change, and every organism is full of trade-offs. From debunking the caveman diet to unraveling gender stereotypes, Zuk delivers an engrossing analysis of widespread paleofantasies and the scientific evidence that undermines them, all the while broadening our understanding of our origins and what they can really tell us about our present and our future.
Download or read book On Social Evolution written by Shiping Tang and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-02-26 with total page 249 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Tang provides a coherent and systematic exploration of social evolution as a phenomenon and as a paradigm. He critically builds on existing discussions on social evolution, while drawing from a wide range of disciplines, including archaeology, evolutionary anthropology, sociology, economics, political science, the philosophy of social sciences, and evolutionary biology. Clarifying the relationship between biological evolution and social evolution, Tang lays bare the ontological and epistemological principles of the social evolutionary paradigm. He also presents operational principles and tools for deploying this paradigm to understand empirical puzzles about human society. This is a vital resource for students, practitioners, and philosophers of all social sciences.
Download or read book Evolution for Everyone written by David Sloan Wilson and published by Delta. This book was released on 2007-12-26 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With stories that entertain as much as they inform, renowned evolutionist David Sloan Wilson outlines the basic principles of evolution and shows how, when properly understood, they can illuminate the length and breadth of creation, from the origin of life to the nature of religion. What is the biological reason for gossip? For laughter? For the creation of art? Why do dogs have curly tails? What can microbes tell us about morality? These and many other questions are tackled by Wilson in this witty and groundbreaking new book. Now everyone can move beyond the sterile debates about creationism and intelligent design to share Darwin’s panoramic view of animal and human life, seamlessly connected to each other. Evolution, as Wilson explains, is not just about dinosaurs and human origins, but about why all species behave as they do—from beetles that devour their own young, to bees that function as a collective brain, to dogs that are smarter in some respects than our closest ape relatives. And basic evolutionary principles are also the foundation for humanity’s capacity for symbolic thought, culture, and morality. In example after example, Wilson sheds new light on Darwin’ s grand theory and how it can be applied to daily life. By turns thoughtful, provocative, and daringly funny, Evolution for Everyone addresses some of the deepest philosophical and social issues of this or any age. In helping us come to a deeper understanding of human beings and our place in the world, it might also help us to improve that world.
Download or read book Conscious Evolution written by Barbara Marx Hubbard and published by New World Library. This book was released on 2010-10-14 with total page 302 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Outlining the new worldview of conscious evolution, futurist Barbara Marx Hubbard has written a call to action for our current generation to fulfill its creative potential. She defines conscious evolution as “the awareness that humans have gained the power to affect our own evolution,” and she asserts that we must quickly become capable of wise and ethical guidance of evolution itself, if life on earth is to survive. Only in the last fifty years have we gained the scientific and technological power to destroy or enhance the planet's life-support system. Our generation has the ability to abuse or conserve these powers — to act, in a way, as “co-creator.” Conscious Evolution reveals the “path of the co-creator” — born out of these powers and society's new spirituality — and discusses the tools and opportunities that each of us has to fully participate in this exciting stage in history.
Download or read book Science in the Early Twentieth Century written by Jacob Darwin Hamblin and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2005-03-08 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first A–Z resource on the history of science from 1900 to 1950 examining the dynamic between science and the social, political, and cultural forces of the era. Though many books have highlighted the great scientific discoveries of the early 1900s, few have tackled the wider context in which these milestones were achieved. Science in the Early Twentieth Century covers everything from quantum physics to penicillin and more, including all the major scientific developments of the period, detailing not only the scientists and their work, but also the social and political forces that dominated the scientific agenda. Over 200 A–Z entries chronicle the landmark scientific discoveries and personalities of the period, including such scientific giants as Albert Einstein and Marie Curie. Placing science firmly within its cultural context, this thoroughly researched, accessible resource takes a uniquely interdisciplinary approach, making it an invaluable text for scientists, educators, students, and the general reader.
