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Methodological Investigations in Agent-Based Modelling

With Applications for the Social Sciences

by Eric Silverman, Daniel Courgeau, Robert Franck, Jakub Bijak, Jason Hilton, Jason Noble, John Bryden ...

Series series Social Sciences (R0)
This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences. Following an ... Read more

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This open access book examines the methodological complications of using complexity science concepts within the social science domain. The opening chapters take the reader on a tour through the development of simulation methodologies in the fields of artificial life and population biology, then demonstrates the growing popularity and relevance of these methods in the social sciences. Following an
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A Cultural History of Jewish Dress

by Eric Silverman ...

Series series Dress, Body, Culture
A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance from Ancient Israel to the present. For centuries Jews have dressed in distinctive ways to communicate their devotion to God, their religious identity, and the proper earthly roles of men and women. This lively work explores the rich history of Jewish dress, examining how ... Read more

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A Cultural History of Jewish Dress is the first comprehensive account of how Jews have been distinguished by their appearance from Ancient Israel to the present. For centuries Jews have dressed in distinctive ways to communicate their devotion to God, their religious identity, and the proper earthly roles of men and women. This lively work explores the rich history of Jewish dress, examining how
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The Prudence of Love

How Possessing the Virtue of Love Benefits the Lover

by Eric J. Silverman ...

The Prudence of Love: How Possessing the Virtue of Love Benefits the Lover focuses upon the intersection of philosophical, theological, and psychological issues concerning love. Eric Silverman advocates an account of the virtue of love derived from Thomas Aquinas's account of charity and makes three claims concerning love's effect on a person's happiness.First, he argues that there are at least ... Read more

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The Prudence of Love: How Possessing the Virtue of Love Benefits the Lover focuses upon the intersection of philosophical, theological, and psychological issues concerning love. Eric Silverman advocates an account of the virtue of love derived from Thomas Aquinas's account of charity and makes three claims concerning love's effect on a person's happiness.First, he argues that there are at least
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The Donkey in the Lion's Skin

A Retelling of Aesop's Fable

by Eric Blair ...

Illustrated by Dianne Silverman ...

Series series Read-It! Readers: Fables
After putting on a lion disguise, a silly donkey amuses himself by frightening all of the animals in the forest until he meets a clever fox. ... Read more

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The Supremacy of Love

An Agape-Centered Vision of Aristotelian Virtue Ethics

by Eric J. Silverman ...

Thirty-five years ago Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue established virtue ethics as a major challenger to competing visions of morality, but there is still considerable disagreement concerning which version of virtue ethics provides the best approach. The Supremacy of Love describes and advocates an agape-centered vision of Aristotelian virtue ethics that portrays love as the most important moral ... Read more

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Thirty-five years ago Alasdair MacIntyre’s After Virtue established virtue ethics as a major challenger to competing visions of morality, but there is still considerable disagreement concerning which version of virtue ethics provides the best approach. The Supremacy of Love describes and advocates an agape-centered vision of Aristotelian virtue ethics that portrays love as the most important moral
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Social Voices

The Cultural Politics of Singers around the Globe

by Jeff Todd Titon, Ruth Hellier, Anthony Seeger, Treva B. Lindsey, Nancy Guy, Carol Muller, Elijah Wald, Andrew Simon, John Lie0, Eric Lott1, Christina D Abreu2, Carol Silverman3, Michael K Bourdaghs4, Kwame Dawes5, Natalie Sarrazin6, Katherine Meizel7 ...

Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly SillsAround the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian ... Read more

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Singers generating cultural identity from K-Pop to Beverly SillsAround the world and across time, singers and their songs stand at the crossroads of differing politics and perspectives. Levi S. Gibbs edits a collection built around the idea of listening as a political act that produces meaning. Contributors explore a wide range of issues by examining artists like Romani icon Esma Redžepova, Indian
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The Crow and the Pitcher

A Retelling of Aesop's Fable

by Eric Blair ...

Illustrated by Dianne Silverman ...

Series series Read-It! Readers: Fables
When a thirsty crow cannot drink from a pitcher because the water level is too low, she uses her ingenuity to solve the problem. ... Read more

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Virtuous Responses to Suffering, Tragedy, and Evil

Edited by Eric J. Silverman ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
Suffering and tragic situations have always been a part of human experience. This book features essays from varying philosophical views on responses to tragedy, suffering and evil.Many conflicting strategies for addressing such situations have been proposed in response to such tragedies. Both Stoic acceptance and cathartic lament have been advocated. Embracing skepticism—especially religious ... Read more

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Suffering and tragic situations have always been a part of human experience. This book features essays from varying philosophical views on responses to tragedy, suffering and evil.Many conflicting strategies for addressing such situations have been proposed in response to such tragedies. Both Stoic acceptance and cathartic lament have been advocated. Embracing skepticism—especially religious
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Paradise Understood

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Paradise Understood: New Philosophical Essays about Heaven systematically investigates heaven, or paradise, as conceived within theistic religious traditions such as Rabbinic Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. It considers a variety of topics concerning what life in paradise would, could, or will be like for human persons. The collection offers novel approaches to questions about heaven of ... Read more

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Knots

Ethnography of the Moral in Culture and Social Thought

Edited by David Lipset, Eric K. Silverman ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Anthropology
Knots are well known as symbols of moral relationships. This book develops an exciting new view of this otherwise taken-for-granted image and considers their metaphoric value in and for moral order. In chapters that focus on Japan, China, Europe, South America and in several Pacific Island societies, granular ethnography depicts how knots are deployed to express unity in daily and ritual ... Read more

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Knots are well known as symbols of moral relationships. This book develops an exciting new view of this otherwise taken-for-granted image and considers their metaphoric value in and for moral order. In chapters that focus on Japan, China, Europe, South America and in several Pacific Island societies, granular ethnography depicts how knots are deployed to express unity in daily and ritual
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Virtuous and Vicious Expressions of Partiality

Edited by Eric J. Silverman ...

Series series Routledge Studies in Ethics and Moral Theory
This volume gathers essays from leading scholars to discuss partiality in ethics. The chapters examine the virtuous and vicious ways in which we relate to those close to us.There has long been a puzzle in ethics concerning the balance between our general moral obligations to everyone and our specific moral obligations to a smaller subset of people: our family, our nation, and our friends. There ... Read more

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This volume gathers essays from leading scholars to discuss partiality in ethics. The chapters examine the virtuous and vicious ways in which we relate to those close to us.There has long been a puzzle in ethics concerning the balance between our general moral obligations to everyone and our specific moral obligations to a smaller subset of people: our family, our nation, and our friends. There
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Belling the Cat

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Series series Read-It! Readers: Fables
The mice learn that "some things are easier said than done" when they try to get rid of their great enemy the cat. ... Read more

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