"...the religious-secular divide upon which the myth of religious violence depends is not a transhistorical and transcultural reality,...it is part of"...the religious-secular divide upon which the myth of religious violence depends is not a transhistorical and transcultural reality,...it is part of the legitimating mythology of the modern liberal state."...more
Few expository works have achieved as unanimous authority as A History of Philosophy series. Having just finished the first entry, now I can see why.
AFew expository works have achieved as unanimous authority as A History of Philosophy series. Having just finished the first entry, now I can see why.
As it is clear from the title, this is an overview of history of philosophy, stretched over 10 volumes. Copleston undertook this massive project to supply "Catholic ecclesiastical seminaries with a work that should be somewhat more detailed and of wider scope than the text-books commonly in use and which at the same time should endeavor to exhibit the logical development and inter-connection of philosophical systems." It is indeed considerably more detailed than any other work of similar scope, and has wider scope than any other work of similar depth.
Any negative comment I can make on this work would be mere nitpick, and any praise by me would be admiration rather than critical approval. All I can say that would possibly be worth to hear is this. From where I am standing, namely an amateur philosophy student, nothing looks improvable in this volume.
It was a long and tedious read and I can safely say that philosophy remains out of my reading plans for a few months to come. I also do not know whether I can stand a 600-pages-long history of almost entirely Christian philosophy, which happens to be content of the second volume. In any case, every single volume of the series, including the second, is in my to-read list for now....more
“The fact is that, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science.”
This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you use a sp“The fact is that, despite its mathematical base, statistics is as much an art as it is a science.”
This, ladies and gentlemen, is how you use a space of 140 pages.
Now, How to Lie with Statistics is not the most informative or the most useful book I have ever read. Actually, I can recall some book better than this one in almost all of the major categories. But already as a statistics expert, I can tell you that it is very flawed way of weighing value of a book, for book's success might lay not in its jaw dropping superiority to others of in some category, but in its all-around consistency. I am right, read the book if you don't believe me.
Whatever.
So yeah, there is very little to write about the book. It is straightforward, concise, informative (not trivia-style, teaches you something useful, namely how to lie with statistics), witty and most definitely entertaining. There is hardly anything better to do within 2 hours for you, as there was presumably nothing better to do within 140 pages for Darrell Huff....more
Best general biology book ever! I have read several different General Biology books such as Life: Science of Biology, Solomon and Raven, however I preBest general biology book ever! I have read several different General Biology books such as Life: Science of Biology, Solomon and Raven, however I preferred this book (despite my teachers sympathy for "Life: Science of Biology") because of its cohesion between chapters. Campbell Biology also contains extra experimental research papers which helps you improve scientific processing abilities. In addition, natural selection which is main field of biology remains as main focus through the book. Although, a few chapters (especially animal development) need urgent revision. I see this as the only significant problem of this edition. ...more
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