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The Aims, Practices and Ethics of Science
Thisbook is an in-depth guide to effective scientific research. Ranging from thephilosophical to the practical, it explains at the outset what science can –and can’t – achieve, and discusses its relationship to mathematics and laws. Theauthor then pays extensive attention to the scientific method, including experimentaldesign, verification, uncertainty and statistics. A major aim of the book is tohelp young scientists reflect upon the deeper aims of their work and make the best use of theirtalents in contributing to progress. To this end, it also includes sections onplanning research, on presenting one’s findings in writing, as well as onethics and the responsibilities of scientists.
Author: Peter Pruzan
Publisher: Springer International Publishing
ISBN: 9783319271675
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Release: February 2016
331 pages
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The Case for the Critical Study of Religion
In 2002, the University of Alabama’s Department of Religious Studies established the annual Aronov Lecture Series to showcase the works of nationally recognized scholars of religion capable of reflecting on issues of wide relevance to scholars from across the humanities and social sciences. Writing Religion: The Case for the Critical Study of Religion is an edited collection of essays that highlights critical contributions from the first ten Aronov lecturers.
Section one of the volume, “Writing Discourses,” features essays by Jonathan Z. Smith, Bruce Lincoln, and Ann Pellegrini that illustrate how critical study enables the analysis of discourses in society and history. Section two, “Riting Social Formations,” includes pieces by Arjun Appadurai, Judith Plaskow, and Nathan Katz that reference both the power of rites to construct society and the act of riting as a form of disciplining that both prescribes and proscribes. The writings of Tomoko Masuzawa, Amy-Jill Levine, Aaron W. Hughes, and Martin S. Jaffee appear in section three, “Righting the Discipline.” They emphasize the correction of movements within the academic study of religion.
Steven W. Ramey frames the collection with a thoughtful introduction that explores the genesis, development, and diversity of critical analysis in the study of religion. An afterword by Russell McCutcheon reflects on the critical study of religion at the University of Alabama and rounds out this superb collection.
The mission of the Department of Religious Studies is to “avoid every tendency toward confusing the study of religion with the practice of religion.” Instruction about—rather than in—religion is foundational to the department’s larger goal of producing knowledge of the world and its many practices and systems of beliefs. Infused with this spirit, these fascinating essays, which read like good conversations with learned friends, offer significant examples of each scholar’s work. Writing Religion will be of value to graduate students, advanced undergraduates, and scholars interested in the study of religion from a critical perspective.
Author: Steven W. Ramey; Theodore Louis Trost; Steven Leonard Jacobs; Steven W. Ramey; Russell T. McCutcheon; Arjun Appadurai; Aaron W. Hughes; Steven Leonard Jacobs; Martin S. Jaffee; Nathan Katz; Amy-Jill Levine; Bruce Lincoln; Tomoko Masuzawa; Russell T. McCutcheon; Ann Pellegrini; Judith Plaskow; Jonathan Z. Smith; Steven W. Ramey; Theodore Louis Trost
Publisher: University of Alabama Press
ISBN: 9780817388386
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Release: July 2015
265 pages
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The LAST volume in the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels!
It’s finally here! Six years and almost 1000 pages have all led to this epic finale! With six of Ramona’s seven evil exes dispatched, it should be time for Scott Pilgrim to face Gideon Graves, the biggest and baddest of her former beaus. But didn’t Ramona take off at the end of Volume 5? Shouldn’t that let Scott off the hook? Maybe it should, maybe it shouldn’t, but one thing is for certain: all of this has been building to Scott Pilgrim’s Finest Hour!
Author: Bryan Lee O’Malley
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
ISBN: 9780007372126
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Release: September 2012
256 pages
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