Inventing the Universe

Inventing the UniverseA parallel investigation of both Plato's Timaeusand the contemporary standard Big Bang model of the universe shows that any possible scientific knowledge of the universe is ultimately grounded in irreducible and undemonstrable propositions. These are inventions of the human mind. The scientific knowledge of the universe is entirely composed in a series of axioms and rules of inference underlying a formalized system. There is no logical relationship

This book explores Bakhtin's understanding of Socratic dialogue and the notion that dialogue is not simply a way of persuading others to accept our ideas

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Soybean production in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) has significantly increased due to the surge in demand arising from increasing populations and improved incomes

windbreaks and riparian buffer strips

George William Curtis

Starting from the thesis that what lies at the heart of repetition is an ontological principle of duality

and Scottish dairywoman from Ayrshire

federal system

This book explores how Diasporic Black women engage in politics

Schapiro discusses how Lawrence's best works reveal a continual struggle to recognize and be recognized by the other as an independent subject

The result is a complete picture of Scorsese and the post–World War II American film culture he has both shaped and been shaped by

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