Models and Theories A Philosophical Inquiry

Models and theories are of central importance in science, and scientists spend substantial amounts of time building, testing, comparing and revising models and theories. It is therefore not surprising that the nature of scientific models and theories has been a widely debated topic within the philosophy of science for many years. The product of two decades of research, this book provides an …

Freedom and Adaptive Preferences

Traditional welfare economics works with the assumption of the fully rational economic agent (homo economicus) whose preferences are fixed: that is, they are not influenced by their economic environment. To the contrary, this book presents a theory of welfare economics that maintains the principles of normative individualism while allowing for adaptive or changeable preferences. Why do economi…

Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi’s India

Authoritarian Populism and Bovine Political Economy in Modi’s India analyses how the twin forces of Hindu nationalism and neoliberalism unfold in India’s bovine economy, revealing their often-devastating material and economic impact on the country’s poor. This book is a rare, in-depth study of India’s bovine economy under Narendra Modi’s authoritarian populism. This is an economy tha…

Intelligent Computing for Cultural Heritage: Global Achievements and China's …

This book offers a global perspective on the latest advancements and trends in digital humanities and intelligent computing of cultural heritage, covering both academic research and case studies within cultural institutions. This edited volume brings together views and practices from different regions, including Asia, Europe, Africa, North America, and Australia. It offers innovative approache…

Modelling the City: Formal Ontology and Spatial Humanities

Modelling the City focuses on European towns and cities, analysing the opportunities and limitations of modelling of urban space. This book examines how urban space from the past is discovered, explained and presented. It discusses the multitude of historical sources mediating the past urban space, and the structural, technical, and epistemological issues raised around building a domain ontolo…

The Sociology of Translation and the Politics of Sustainability

This book uses sustainability to explore the interfaces between translation studies, the cultural history of knowledge, and Science and Technology studies (STS). The volume examines various material, cultural and epistemic translation practices where sustainability serves as a boundary object between natural and cultural inquiry. By turning to the intellectual traditions that influenced but …

Phänomenologie des Leibes und der Leiblichkeit bei Marc Richir

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-662-67189-4

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

The Very Long Game

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-031-58648-4

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Rethinking Graduate Employability in Context Discourse, Policy and Practice

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-031-20652-8

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

-

Policing the Favelas of Rio de Janeiro

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

978-3-031-49026-2

Collation

-

Series Title

-

Call Number

-