Chasing Reality

Chasing Reality
Author: Mario Bunge
Publisher: University of Toronto Press
Total Pages: 361
Release: 2006-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0802090753

Dealing with the controversies over the reality of the external world, this work offers a defense of realism, a critique of various forms of contemporary anti-realism, and a sketch of the author's version of realism, namely hylorealism. It examines the main varieties of antirealism and argues that all of these in fact hinder scientific research.

Chasing Phantoms

Chasing Phantoms
Author: Michael Barkun
Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2011
Genre: Political Science
ISBN: 080783470X

Compares the imagined threat of terrorism in America to the reality of terrorist threats, arguing that "unseen dangers" and destruction fantasies in popular culture contribute to a disproportional sense of fear and a cumbersome homeland security bureaucracy.

Chasing Ghosts

Chasing Ghosts
Author: Serena Mossgraves
Publisher: Fae Corps Inc
Total Pages: 79
Release: 2024-04-25
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

Chasing ghosts is often used as a idea of chasing the nonexistent. For the gothic poet sometimes that has a lot of meaning. Chase ghosts with Serena...and maybe find meaning in it all.

Trans-Formations

Trans-Formations
Author: Joseph Knecht
Publisher: Joseph Knecht
Total Pages: 289
Release: 2020-06-21
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN:

This book will transform the way you see the world. A timeless story told through the eyes of seven mortals reveals the nature of human immortality. Seven people shaped the way we saw the world in the past, but now they are back to reveal a higher transcendental reality in which we all live. Written in the form of a letter to God, seven people will try to awaken your spirit to a new realization of your true nature. Seven people will tell you who you are. Adam, the first human from the story of Genesis will tell you how he was created. Socrates, Alexander the Great, Anna Maria, Einstein, Trump will share their wisdom, struggles, love, knowledge, and ego so that you can learn what they had learned. In the end, Enoch, the seventh generation from Adam, will share his visions with humanity. Enoch will reveal how the story of humanity ends.

Modernity and the Ideals of Arab-Islamic and Western-Scientific Philosophy

Modernity and the Ideals of Arab-Islamic and Western-Scientific Philosophy
Author: A. Z. Obiedat
Publisher: Springer Nature
Total Pages: 420
Release: 2022-07-08
Genre: Religion
ISBN: 3030942651

This is the first study to compare the philosophical systems of secular scientific philosopher Mario Bunge (1919-2020), and Moroccan Islamic philosopher Taha Abd al-Rahman (b.1945). In their efforts to establish the philosophical underpinnings of an ideal modernity these two great thinkers speak to the same elements of the human condition, despite their opposing secular and religious worldviews. While the differences between Bunge’s critical-realist epistemology and materialist ontology on the one hand, and Taha’s spiritualist ontology and revelational-mystical epistemology on the other, are fundamental, there is remarkable common ground between their scientific and Islamic versions of humanism. Both call for an ethics of prosperity combined with social justice, and both criticize postmodernism and religious conservatism. The aspiration of this book is to serve as a model for future dialogue between holders of Western and Islamic worldviews, in mutual pursuit of modernity’s best-case scenario.

Exile

Exile
Author: Roger Averill
Publisher: Transit Lounge
Total Pages: 318
Release: 2012-08-01
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 1921924047

Like the best true life adventures, the story of Werner Pelz is stranger than fiction. Forced to flee Nazi Germany for being Jewish, he was then interned in England for being German. Shipped to Australia on the notorious HMT Dunera, he spent two years in internment camps in Hay and Tatura. After returning to Britain, his life evolved into a spiritual quest that led him to become an Anglican vicar, to author popular books (including God Is No More), to frequently appear on the BBC, and to become a Guardian columnist. Decades after his wartime Australian exile, he returned to teach Sociology at La Trobe University, continuing his search for a new way of thinking, a new mythology. In the mid-1980s, a young university student, Roger Averill, was taught by this quietly charismatic man. The two developed an unlikely friendship, one that was to last until Werner’s death, after which Roger’s research unexpectedly revealed a deeper dimension —a personal life filled with familial drama, pain and poignancy. Both memoir and biography, Exile: The Lives and Hopes of Werner Pelz is a compelling account of a remarkable man’s life-long search for a truth unbound by orthodoxy.

Leadership Dna

Leadership Dna
Author: Paul Okum
Publisher: iUniverse
Total Pages: 102
Release: 2012-08-07
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9781475937497

Not many people are satisfied with the leaders we have in the public and private sectors. We are suffering from a severe lack of good leadershipeven though billions of dollars per year are spent on leadership training and development. The root cause of this leadership vacuum is that leadership gurus firmly believe, teach, and preach that anyone can be made into a leader with the right training, personal desire, and commitment. With this premise, theyve approached leadership as a commonplace and elementary skill that anyone can learn. Theres just one problem: theyre wrong. In this guidebook on leadership, youll learn about all aspects of leadership, including: how to look past personality profiles, leadership models, and traditional assessment tools to grasp what makes a great leader; how to identify and select natural born leaders to achieve your objectives; how to deal with poor leaders who hurt you and your organization. Leadership DNA examines the false premise that anyone can be a leader and provides insights and tools that lead to a better system of identifying, selecting, and developing born leaders.

The Sun in My Palm

The Sun in My Palm
Author: Parneet Jaggi
Publisher: Blue Rose Publishers
Total Pages: 96
Release: 2023-11-01
Genre: Poetry
ISBN:

The Sun in my Palm is a collection of poems born from the depths of contemplation and introspection. The poems explore the ineffable connections that bind souls together,transcending the physical and touching the sublime. Nestled within these verses is anundercurrent of detachment, recognition that the true nature of reality often eludes us when we cling too tightly to the ephemeral. It is within this detachment that the essence of truth begins to reveal itself, like a hidden gem awaiting discovery. The spirituality permeating the poems is not bound by dogma or doctrine, but a transcendent exploration of the connection between the self and the universe.The title encapsulates the radiant core of what lies within. Poetry is our miniature sun- asource of warmth, illumination, and energy within our reach. In the palm of our hands, we hold the capacity to create and experience worlds, emotions, and epiphanies.

Thrill of the Chase

Thrill of the Chase
Author: Melody Loomis
Publisher: Melody Loomis
Total Pages: 375
Release: 2024-03-27
Genre: Fiction
ISBN:

CHASING TORNADOES HAS NEVER BEEN THIS HOT... Kansas meteorologists Kit Lanier and Ryder Jackson have been rivals for a while. And when it comes to tornadoes, neither wants to miss out on the big one. So when Ryder shows off his new tornado chasing vehicle, the T-Rex, naturally Kit is a little jealous. When Kit loses her job, Ryder invites her to tag along. Kit’s not about to turn down an offer to chase tornadoes in the T-Rex, even if Ryder gets on her nerves. Though the more time she spends with him, the more she realizes he’s not the man she thought he was. He may actually be a decent guy, and he’s not bad on the eyes either. Soon enough, it’s not just the storms firing up. But Kit knows it won’t last. She needs to get the hell out of Dodge and get her career back on track. Her dream job is in Oklahoma, but Kit doesn’t do long-distance relationships. And if she gets the job, it'll mean saying goodbye to Ryder. But how could she leave behind the man she’s falling in love with? THRILL OF THE CHASE is a steamy rivals/enemies to lovers romance. It is the first story in the Storm Series.

Shooting Ladders

Shooting Ladders
Author: Gary Keeney
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
Total Pages: 700
Release: 2010-08-03
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 1453531793

Shooting Ladders is a book of advice written to a little girl named Tori. She was four years old when the author started writing the fi rst topic, and she was eight years old when he fi nished the last topic. But he didnt write it for the Tori of then or even the Tori of now; instead he wrote it for the Tori of the future, as something to help her make the right decisions in her late childhood/early adult yearsand throughout her life. The book contains the authors opinions on hundreds of various subjectssome of them practical, many of them philosophical; some serious, some whimsical. On a typical subject, the author tells a story from his own personal experiences and then adds a morala lesson for her to learn from the story. Although hes not trying to tell her what to think; he is trying to guide her into making the proper decisions in life. The author hopes that shell carefully weigh all the options and choose the paths that lead her to a good and happy life