Examines the predicaments of medicine within a cultural context and suggests that rational discourse and parochial ethical dialogue may be futile in the face of competing and incommensurable frameworks and agendas, attitudes and wishes. This work shows tha
Examines the predicaments of medicine within a cultural context and suggests that rational discourse and parochial ethical dialogue may be futile in t...
The work of Karl Popper has had extraordinary influence across the fields of scientific and social thought. This book examines Popper in the round, analysing in particular his moral and psychological insights. Presenting an overview, it reveals the debt ma
The work of Karl Popper has had extraordinary influence across the fields of scientific and social thought. This book examines Popper in the round, an...
Debates over the role of government have intensified in the wake of America's deepest financial crisis since the Depression. This book suggests new ways of moving forward based on the policies and principles that have worked in the past. Sassower shows how American pragmatism has guided the more successful financial policies undertaken during the past century. This means that from the workplace to foreign aid, Americans benefit when they collaborate with each other rather than only pursue their self-interest in competitive ways. Drawing on thinkers from Adam Smith to Keynes to Bernanke,...
Debates over the role of government have intensified in the wake of America's deepest financial crisis since the Depression. This book suggests new wa...
In this book, the authors explore images of war and their effect on society. The authors keep in mind that the experience of being at war is much different from the experience of viewing a war image. Thus it is our responsibility to engage war images critically and personally, because lives are at stake and the future of world peace lies in the balance. The iconic image of any war and its ideological underpinning must be more fully appreciated. This book suggests that consumers of war images must simultaneously pay attention to the details of any given image (and thereby uncover its...
In this book, the authors explore images of war and their effect on society. The authors keep in mind that the experience of being at war is much diff...
Religion and Sports in American Culture explores the relationship between religion and modern sports in America. Whether found in the religious purpose of ancient Olympic Games, in curses believed to plague the Chicago Cubs, or in the figure of Tim Tebow, religion and sports have been and are still tightly intertwined. While there is widespread suspicion that sports are slowly encroaching on the territory historically occupied by religion, Scholes and Sassower assert that sports are not replacing religion and that neither is sports a religion. Instead, the authors look at the relationship...
Religion and Sports in American Culture explores the relationship between religion and modern sports in America. Whether found in the religious pur...
This book provides a historically-informed survey critically outlining sociological, psychological, political, and economic approaches to the role of public intellectuals. Sassower suggests how the state might financially support the essential work of public intellectuals so as to critically engage the public and improve public policies.
This book provides a historically-informed survey critically outlining sociological, psychological, political, and economic approaches to the role of ...
This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of profit motives and national security concerns. The book also offers suggestions for changing the political and economic conditions under which the integrity of science and its ethos can be practiced.
This books examines the conditions under which scientists compromised the ideals of science, and elucidates these with reference to the challenges of ...
Narrative Experiments was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once again accessible, and are published unaltered from the original University of Minnesota Press editions.
In Narrative Experiments, Gayle Ormiston and Ralph Sassower bring a refreshing perspective to the domains of inquiry we call "science" and "technology," asserting that traditional definitions (like classical idealism and materialism) fail to suggest the rich and complex cultural/linguistic interplay occurring between them. This...
Narrative Experiments was first published in 1989. Minnesota Archive Editions uses digital technology to make long-unavailable books once a...
This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of them are worthy of retaining? Could others be discarded?
This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of the...
This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of them are worthy of retaining? Could others be discarded?
This book asks what are the common assumptions - or frames of references - that underlie our understanding of political economy today. How many of the...
