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The essential Piaget / by Piaget, Jean,1896-1980.(CARDINAL)137606; Gruber, Howard E.(CARDINAL)512272; Vonèche, J. Jacques.(CARDINAL)392290;
Bibliography: pages 861-866.1420L
Subjects: Biology.; Cognition in children.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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The essential Piaget / by Piaget, Jean,1896-1980.(CARDINAL)137606; Gruber, Howard E.(CARDINAL)512272; Vonèche, J. Jacques.(CARDINAL)392290;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 879-885) and indexes.1420L
Subjects: Cognition in children.; Knowledge, Theory of.; Biology.;
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An enquiry concerning human understanding / by Hume, David,1711-1776.(CARDINAL)141192; Beauchamp, Tom L.(CARDINAL)720717;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 272-279) and index.1350L
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of;
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The outer limits of reason : what science, mathematics, and logic cannot tell us / by Yanofsky, Noson S.,1967-(CARDINAL)491504;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 379-391) and index.Language paradoxes -- Philosophical conundrums -- Infinity puzzles -- Computing complexities -- Computing impossibilities -- Scientific limitations -- Metascientific perplexities -- Mathematical obstructions -- Beyond reason.
Subjects: Knowledge, Theory of.; Mathematics; Science;
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Knowing Christ today / by Willard, Dallas,1935-2013.(CARDINAL)734243;
Can faith ever be knowledge? -- Exactly how we perish for lack of knowledge -- How moral knowledge disappeared : always the first to go -- Can we know that God exists : on the way back to Christ -- The miraculous, and Christ's presence in our world now -- Knowledge of Christ in the spiritual life -- Knowledge of Christ and Christian pluralism -- Teachers of the nations : whose job is it?
Subjects: Apologetics.; Christianity; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion);
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Does measurement measure up? : how numbers reveal and conceal the truth / by Henshaw, John M.(CARDINAL)687519;
MARCIVE 2/03/11Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-222) and index.Henshaw examines the ways in which measurement makes sense or creates nonsense.
Subjects: Measurement.; Uncertainty (Information theory); Knowledge, Theory of.; Measurement uncertainty (Statistics);
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The believing brain : from ghosts and gods to politics and conspiracies--how we construct beliefs and reinforce them as truths / by Shermer, Michael.(CARDINAL)350275;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Mr. D'Arpino's dilemma -- Dr. Collins's conversion -- A skeptic's journey -- Patternicity -- Agenticity -- The believing neuron -- Belief in the afterlife -- Belief in god -- Belief in aliens -- Belief in conspiracies -- Politics of belief -- Confirmations of belief -- Geographies of belief -- Cosmologies of belief -- Epilogue: the truth is out there.Shermer demonstrates how our brains selectively assess data in an attempt to confirm the conclusions (beliefs) we've already reached. Drawing on evolution, cognitive science, and neuroscience, he considers not only supernatural beliefs but political and economic ones as well.
Subjects: Belief and doubt.; Cognitive neuroscience.; Knowledge, Theory of.;
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He is there and He is not silent [sound recording] : does it make sense to believe in God? / by Schaeffer, Francis A. (Francis August),1912-1984.; Reading, Kate.; Colson, Charles W.,1931-2012.;
Read by Kate Reading.A special 30th anniversary commemorative edition featuring a new foreword by Chuck Colson and an introduction by Dr. Jerram Barrs, director of the Schaeffer Institute, discusses fundamental questions about God, such as who he is and why he matters.Francis Schaeffer addresses some of the most perplexing questions to believers and unbelievers alike: does God exist, does it make sense to believe in God, can we ever know God? During his life, Schaeffer welcomed questioners and doubters from all walks of life. For Schaeffer, Christianity expressed the ultimate truth. That is why he never shunned doubts and questions by honest seekers. He knew the truths in the Bible would always prove themselves when they were thoroughly investigated by an open mind and heart.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Christianity; Knowledge, Theory of (Religion); God;
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Memory theater / by Critchley, Simon,1960-(CARDINAL)351139;
"A French philosopher dies during a savage summer heat wave. Boxes carrying his unpublished papers mysteriously appear in Simon Critchley's office. Rooting through them, Critchley discovers a brilliant text on the ancient art of memory and a cache of astrological charts predicting the deaths of various philosophers. Among them is a chart for Critchley himself, laying out in great detail the course of his life and eventual demise. While waiting for his friend's prediction to come through, Critchley receives the missing, final box, which contains a maquette of Giulio Camillo's sixteenth-century Venetian memory theater, a space supposed to contain the sum of all knowledge"--Dust jacket flap.
Subjects: Autobiographical fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Knowledge, Theory of; Memory (Philosophy); Philosophers;
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Brief answers to the big questions [sound recording] / by Hawking, Stephen,1942-2018,author.(CARDINAL)157969; Whishaw, Ben,1980-narrator.;
Read by Ben Whishaw.Stephen Hawking was one of the greatest minds of our time and a figure of inspiration after defying his ALS diagnosis at age twenty-one. He is known for both his breakthroughs in theoretical physics as well as his ability to make complex concepts accessible for all, and was beloved for his mischievous sense of humor. Within these pages, he provides his personal views on our biggest challenges as a human race, and where we, as a planet, are heading next. Each section is introduced by a leading thinker offering his or her own insight into Professor Hawking's contribution to our understanding. The book also features a foreword by actor Eddie Redmayne, and an afterword by Hawking's daughter, Lucy Hawking.Foreword / Eddie Redmayne -- An introduction / Kip Thorne -- Why we must ask the big questions -- Is there a God? -- How did it all begin? -- Is there other intelligent life in the universe? -- Can we predict the future? -- What is inside a black hole? -- Is time travel possible? -- Will we survive on Earth? -- Should we colonise space? -- Will artificial intelligence outsmart us? -- How do we shape the future? -- Afterword / Lucy Hawking.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Science; Philosophy and science.; Inquiry (Theory of knowledge);
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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