Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition (Varela Francisco J.)(Paperback)

Ethical Know-How: Action, Wisdom, and Cognition (Varela Francisco J.)(Paperback)

How can science be brought to connect with experience? This book addresses two of the most challenging problems facing contemporary neurobiology and cognitive science: understanding how we unconsciously execute habitual actions as a result of neurological and cognitive processes, and creating an

Francisco J. Varela 1946-2001 (Brier Soren)(Paperback)

A volume dedicated to the life and work of Francisco Varela, this is an issue of the journal 'Cybernetics and Human

Ethical Issues in Psychology (Banyard Philip)(Paperback)

How do we know right from wrong, good from bad, help from hindrance, and how can we judge the behaviour of others? Ethics are the rules and guidelines that we use to make such judgements. Often there are no clear answers, which make this subject both interesting and potentially frustrating. In this

Social Cognition - Understanding People and Events (Hamilton David L.)(Paperback / softback)

Social cognition is an approach to understanding how people think about people and events. We are constantly processing information to navigate the world we live in. The authors will guide your students, using examples and up-to-date studies, through this approach; from explaining the processes

Sticky Wisdom: How to Start a Creative Revolution at Work (Allan Dave)(Paperback)

We all know how important creativity is at work. New ideas, fresh solutions, and innovative approaches are always talked about, but rarely ever practiced. Whatif , Second Edition gives you the power, insight, and courage to capture the essence of creativity at work. This one-of-a-kind book breaks

The Seaworthy Offshore Sailboat: A Guide to Essential Features, Gear, and Handling (Vigor John)(Paperback)

'An invaluable resource. [Vigor's] practical wisdom gives you the know-how and confidence to prepare your boat for the sea.'--Cruising World. Here is the book that answer the sailor's fundamental question--'Can my boat take me offshore safely?'--then shows how to make it

Radical Transformational Leadership: Strategic Action for Change Agents (Sharma Monica)(Paperback)

Monica Sharma describes how we can source our inner capacities and wisdom to manifest change that embodies universal values such as dignity, compassion, fairness, and courage. Drawing on more than twenty years of work for the United Nations and elsewhere, she presents a radical new approach to

Practical Electronics: Components and Techniques: Components and Techniques (Hughes J. M.)(Paperback)

How much do you need to know about electronics to create something interesting, or creatively modify something that already exists? If you'd like to build an electronic device, but don't have much experience with electronics components, this hands-on workbench reference helps you find answers to

Graph Databases in Action (Bechberger Dave)(Paperback)

Graph Databases in Action teaches readers everything they need to know to begin building and running applications powered by graph databases. Right off the bat, seasoned graph database experts introduce readers to just enough graph theory, the graph database ecosystem, and a variety of datastores

Handbook on the Wisdom Books and Psalms (Estes Daniel J.)(Paperback)

This valuable resource introduces readers to the Old Testament books of wisdom and poetry--Job, Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, and Song of Songs--and helps them better understand each book's overall flow. Estes summarizes some of each book's key issues, offers an exposition of the book that

Cognition: The Thinking Animal (Willingham Daniel T.)(Paperback)

By describing experiments that control, manipulate and measure mental processes, this book shows how we can discover the answers to key questions about the mind, such as: 'Can we focus attention on more than one thing?' and 'Is language unique to humans?' Written in a down-to-earth narrative prose

Reclaiming Cognition: The Primacy of Action, Intention and Emotion (Nunez Rafael)(Paperback)

Traditional cognitive science is Cartesian in the sense that it takes as fundamental the distinction between the mental and the physical, the mind and the world. This leads to the claim that cognition is representational and best explained using models derived from AI and computational theory. The

Bread for the Journey: A Daybook of Wisdom and Faith (Nouwen Henri J. M.)(Paperback)

Conducting Action Research for Business and Management Students (Coghlan David)(Paperback)

In Conducting Action Research, Coghlan and Shani explain how action research differs from more detached research methods and provides expert guidance on how to engage effectively with it, helping the reader to complete both a successful research project and produce findings that are useful in an

To Know as We Are Known: A Spirituality of Education (Palmer Parker J.)(Paperback)

This primer on authentic education explores how mind and heart can work together in the learning process. Moving beyond the bankruptcy of our current model of education, Parker Palmer finds the soul of education through a lifelong cultivation of the wisdom each of us possesses and can share to

Secondhand Souls (Moore Christopher)(Paperback)

In San Francisco, the souls of the dead are mysteriously disappearing--and you know that can't be good--in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Moore's delightfully funny sequel to A Dirty Job.Something really strange is happening in the City by the Bay. People are dying, but their souls

Terraform in Action (Winkler Scott)(Paperback)

Terraform in Action shows you how to automate and scale infrastructure programmatically using the Terraform toolkit. Summary Use Terraform to programmatically create, test, and manage infrastructure using the efficient infrastructure-as-code approach. In Terraform in Action you will learn: Cloud

School Built on Ethos - Ideas, assemblies and hard-won wisdom (Handscombe James)(Paperback / softback)

In A School Built on Ethos: Ideas, assemblies and hard-won wisdom, James Handscombe explores how schooling is more than gaining qualifications, how learning is more than exams, and how academic success comes more readily to those who have grasped this idea.Harris Westminster Sixth Form has had

Medicine, Ethics, and the Third Reich: Historical and Contemporary Issues (Michalczyk John J.)(Paperback)

Medical experimentation on human subjects during the Third Reich raises deep moral and ethical questions. This volume features prominent voices in the filed of bioethics reflecting on a wide rang of topics and

The Cambridge Handbook of Animal Cognition (Kaufman Allison B.)(Paperback)

This handbook lays out the science behind how animals think, remember, create, calculate, and remember. It provides concise overviews on major areas of study such as animal communication and language, memory and recall, social cognition, social learning and teaching, numerical and quantitative

Brilliant Essay - What you need to know and how to do it (Kirton Bill)(Paperback / softback)

Intuitive Parenting: How to Tune in to Your Innate Wisdom (Day Jennifer)(Paperback)

Reconnect with your parenting intuition and the innate wisdom it provides with simple, practical steps. Reduce stress and overwhelm, improve your confidence and your relationship with your child or children. 'In her wise book, Jennifer Day makes a powerful case for parental confidence

Redux in Action (Garreau Marc)(Paperback)

Summary With Redux in Action, you'll discover how to integrate Redux into your React application and development environment. With the insights you glean from the experience of authors Marc Garreau and Will Faurot, you'll be more than confident in your ability to solve your state management woes

Values and Ethics in Social Work (Beckett Chris)(Paperback)

An awareness of one's own ethical assumptions and how these inform everyday practice is crucial for all student social workers. Social workers who genuinely wish to do the right thing by their services users have no alternative but to constantly think and rethink the principles and assumptions that