Tag: Consequences

World without Design The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism


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English | 2004 | ISBN: 0199247617, 0199247609 | PDF | pages: 256 | 1.5 mb
Philosophical naturalism, according to which philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences, has dominated the Western academy for well over a century, but Michael Rea claims that it is without rational foundation. Rea argues compellingly to the surprising conclusion that naturalists are committed to rejecting realism about material objects, materialism, and perhaps realism about other minds.

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World without Design The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism


Free Download Michael C. Rea, "World without Design: The Ontological Consequences of Naturalism"
English | 2004 | ISBN: 0199247617, 0199247609 | PDF | pages: 256 | 1.5 mb
Philosophical naturalism, according to which philosophy is continuous with the natural sciences, has dominated the Western academy for well over a century, but Michael Rea claims that it is without rational foundation. Rea argues compellingly to the surprising conclusion that naturalists are committed to rejecting realism about material objects, materialism, and perhaps realism about other minds.

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Estates on the Edge The Social Consequences of Mass Housing in Northern Europe


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1997 | 456 Pages | ISBN: 0333674634 | PDF | 22 MB
Estates on the Edge recounts the decline and rescue of low income government-sponsored housing estates across Northern Europe giving a vivid account of the intense physical, social and organisational problems facing social landlords in five countries. These countries have 5,500,000 social housing units in around 5,000 large, dense, modern flatted estates, about one in three of their social rented stock. These estates house increasingly poor people in declining, mainly outer areas, cut off from urban centres. Many have experienced chaotic decline and sometimes serious disorder. Some have also undergone dramatic transformation and upgrading. The book traces this process of decline and rescue.

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Motives for and Consequences of Minority Equity Purchases


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2010 | 109 Pages | ISBN: 3834921645 | PDF | 1 MB
Minority block purchases describe the acquisition of a non-controlling equity stake below 50 percent in a corporation. The individual motives behind these transactions can vary significantly across different types of investors and firms. Friedel Drees examines the capital markets’ reaction to the announcements of minority equity purchases in Europe and the U.S. and identifies the potential sources of value creation. He shows that company-specific characteristics, such as the strategic relatedness between two corporations, can have a significant effect on shareholder value.

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Antimicrobial Resistance in Agriculture and Its Consequences


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English | 2024 | ISBN: 1032216441 | 205 Pages | PDF (True) | 6 MB
This book offers comprehensive coverage of all manifestations of resistance in combating infectious diseases and explores advances in antimicrobial resistance in agriculture and their applications in the fight against microbes. It discusses and compares biological, biochemical, and structural aspects of resistance and its evolution. This is a comprehensive tool covering all manifestations of antimicrobial resistance and microbial resistance genes. In addition, it also provides a variety of photographs, diagrams, and tables to help illustrate the material. Novel strategies to combat antimicrobial resistance are also described, emphasizing collaborative measures of control. The underlining molecular mechanisms, which depend not only on the microbe but on the specific drug (target) molecule, are highly diverse and are covered in great detail.

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Power to the Population The Political Consequences and Causes of Demographic Changes


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English | May 1, 2023 | ISBN: 0820364185, 0820364150 | True EPUB | 232 pages | 3.6 MB
Demographic changes directly affect political and socioeconomic dynamics. Whether they are the nationalities of migrating refugees, the percentage of women in the workforce, or aging as a phenomenon (population decline, age of marriage, number of children, or the resources of youth), demographics can change the political dynamics of a country, creating in some cases increased freedoms but also potentially causing conflict or civil war.

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