Author: Manuel Delanda File Type: pdf In this groundbreaking book, Manuel DeLanda analyzes different genres of simulation, from cellular automata and generic algorithms to neural nets and multi-agent systems, as a means to conceptualize the space of possibilitiesassociated with casual and other capacities. This remarkably clear philosophical discussion of a rapidly growing field, from a thinker at the forefront of research at the interface of science and the humanities, is a must-read for anyone interested in the philosophies of technology, emergence and science at all levels.Review The topic of this clearly written and well-documented text is the philosophical concept of emergence... Imaginative defences of philosophical realism are certainly to be applauded, and given the critical role that mathematical modelling occupies in both scientific and technical practices today, questioning computer simulation is undoubtedly important. Philosophy and Simulation does an interesting job of the former via the latter. -bThe Guardianb The thirst for knowledge ... is competently soothed by Bloomsbury with the volume Philosophy and Simulation The Emergence of Synthetic Reason , which provides useful material against the celebration of ignorance. -bJournal of Artificial Societies and Social Stimulationb

Author: Anneke B. Mulder-Bakker File Type: pdf The transmission of knowledge in clerical and academic settings of the later Middle Ages has been relatively well studied by traditional scholarship. But successes achieved in other subject areas by application of a set of methodologies grouped under the rubric of gender studies offered hope that valuable insights might come from application of these methodologies to medieval education. This approach invited a re-examination in gender-political terms of the definition of knowledge by clerical elites and the concomitant rejection from the category of knowledge of many varieties of knowledge which did not coincide with their template. This altered view of elite education was attended by a new delineation of the world of knowledge in communities of women who were, in varying degrees, sited on the margins of the elite educational communities. Such questions as the following emerged in communications by members of the research group and were repeatedly raised in the course of discussion what varieties of knowledge were available to communities of women? What kinds of knowledge originated in or became characteristic of womens communities? What techniques did women develop to preserve and transmit their knowledge? In what ways and with what success was womens knowledge valorized, both by authors from within these communities and by authoritative figures from outside? Under what circumstances could women become authoritative originators of and transmitters of knowledge?

Author: Mans Broo File Type: pdf The Radha Tantra is an anonymous 17th century tantric text from Bengal. The text offers a lively picture of the meeting of different religious traditions in 17th century Bengal, since it presents a Sakta version of the famous Vaisnava story of Radha and Krsna. This book presents a critically edited text of the Radha Tantra, based on manuscripts in India, Nepal and Bangladesh, as well as an annotated translation It is prefaced by an introduction that situates the text in its social and historical context and discusses its significance. The introduction also looks at the composition and metrics, vocabulary and grammar, and contents and doctrine of the text. It also includes a discussion of the extensive intertextualities of the Radha Tantra, as well as the sources used for this edition. The Sanskrit text in Roman transliteration, following the standard IAST system, is then presented, followed by an English translation of the text. This book will be of interest to scholars of South Asian Religion, Tantric Studies and Religious History. **

Author: Alberto Cimadamore File Type: epub p DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxAs the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), pass their 2015 deadline and the international community begins to discuss the future of UN development policy, Poverty and the Millennium Development Goalsbrings together leading economists from both the global North and South to provide a much needed critique of the prevailing development agenda. By examining current development efforts, goals and policies, it exposes the structurally flawed and misleading measurements of poverty and hunger on which these efforts have been based, and which have led official sources to routinely underestimate the scale of world poverty even as the global distribution of wealth becomes ever more imbalanced.p DejaVu Sans, serif 14px**h3 DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxReviewp DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxA thorough analytical assessment of the impact of the Millennium Development Goals in substantially reducing poverty around the world. It should be read by scholars, policy makers and civil society.p DejaVu Sans, serif 14px(Alberto Martinelli, University of Milan) p DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxA rich collection of contributions from multiple disciplines and perspectives, this book offers diverse views on whether the MDGs made a meaningful change. It is a welcome antidote to the triumphalism of those who proclaim the MDGs success.p DejaVu Sans, serif 14px(Sakiko Fukuda-Parr, the New School) h3 DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxAbout the Authorp DejaVu Sans, serif 14px p DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxThomas Pogge is director of the Global Justice Program and Leitner Professor of Philosophy and International Affairs at Yale University. Alberto Cimadamore is CROP Scientific Director and professor of theory of international relations at the University of Buenos Aires and researcher of the National Council of Scientific and Technological Research of Argentina. Gabriele Koehler is a development economist and a visiting fellow at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development.p DejaVu Sans, serif 14pxfont face=DejaVu Sans, serifspan 14px(International Studies in Poverty Research)spanfont