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The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference

By (author) John D. Norton
Categories: Philosophy: logic
Series: BSPS Open

The Large-Scale Structure of Inductive Inference investigates the relations of inductive support on the large scale, among the totality of facts comprising a science or science in general. These relations ...

The Solutionary Way

By (author) Zoe Weil
Foreword by Jane Goodall
Categories: Social and political philosophy

Forges a path away from polarization toward ethical problem solving and a more humane, equitable, and healthy society

From tackling injustice to protecting the environment to ending animal cruelty to improving ...

The Story is in Our Bones

By (author) Osprey Orielle Lake
Foreword by Casey Camp-Horinek
Categories: Climate change

It's time to rewild ourselves and our dominant worldviews to build Earth-centered communities for all

These pages summon from our bones our commitment to defend this living Earth.
—Joanna Macy, author, ...

Singular Creatures

Anxiety about non-human intelligent machines is a longstanding theme of cultural production and consumption. Examples range from tales of golems and Frankenstein’s monster to the evil overlord scenarios ...

Behind the Glass

The Villa Tugendhat, designed by Mies van der Rohe in 1928, is an icon of architectural modernism and a UNESCO World Heritage site. Behind the Glass tells the true story of the large family connected to ...

Dix fenêtres sur l'aventure humaine

Né trop tôt, inachevé, sans régulation instinctuelle rigide, l’humain est un être en quête de sa propre forme. Il cherchera donc le sens de sa vie dans ses relations à la nature ou aux autres, ...

Rise of the Necrofauna

By (author) Britt Wray
Foreword by George Church
Categories: Ethics and moral philosophy
Series: David Suzuki Institute

What happens when you try to recreate a woolly mammoth—fascinating science, or conservation catastrophe? In this provocative and enlightening book, Britt Wray explores the controversial new science ...

The Ethical Imagination

Science and technology force us to ask some of the most challenging and unprecedented ethical questions in the world today. These issues encompass what it means to be human, how we relate to others and ...

Social Policy and the Ethic of Care

Social Policy and the Ethic of Care bridges the gap between theoretical and public policy analysis in revealing why Canadian social policy is lacking and how it could be made more effective and robust ...