Sense and Nonsense

Sense and Nonsense
Author: Kevin N. Laland
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 284
Release: 2011-04-07
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 0199586969

This book asks whether evolution can help us to understand human behaviour and explores diverse evolutionary methods and arguments. It provides a short, readable introduction to the science behind the works of Dawkins, Dennett, Wilson and Pinker. It is widely used in undergraduate courses around the world.

Making Sense of Nonsense

Making Sense of Nonsense
Author: Raymond Moody
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
Total Pages: 169
Release: 2020-01-08
Genre: Body, Mind & Spirit
ISBN: 0738763373

What do the whimsical writings of Dr. Seuss have in common with near-death experiences? The answer is that nonsense writing and spiritual experiences seem to defy all logic and yet they both can make a powerful personal impact. In this book, New York Times bestselling author Dr. Raymond Moody shares the groundbreaking results of five decades of research into the philosophy of nonsense, revealing dynamic new perspectives on language, logic, and the mystical side of life. Explore the meaningful feelings that accompany nonsense language and learn how engaging with nonsense can help you on your own spiritual path. Discover how nonsense transcends classical logic, opening the doorway to new spiritual and philosophical breakthroughs. With dozens of examples from literature, comedy, music, and the history of religion, this book presents a unique new approach to the mysteries of the human spirit.

Sense and Nonsense in the Office

Sense and Nonsense in the Office
Author: Lucy Kellaway
Publisher: Financial Times/Prentice Hall
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2000
Genre: Executives
ISBN: 9780273645092

Rule 1: Management is one of the most difficult jobs going, and is harder now than ever because the challenges are greater. Rule 2: Most people are bad at managing, some are very bad. Hardly anyone can do it well. Rule 3: Good managers need to be both hard and soft, decent and ruthless, good at the big picture and at the small detail. Rule 4: In view of the above, the market for management consultants, trainers, gurus, business schools and business books is expanding, apparently without limit. Rule 5: While most of the management help industry is of dubious value, managers do need the experience and advice of wise outsiders. But to follow that advice blindly - as many companies do - is, of course, idiotic. Rule 6: Any new management technique that comes with a catchphrase is suspect. It almost certainly will not suit the company in question, and even if it does, the management will probably fail to apply it properly. Rule 7: It is hard to teach a middle-aged dog new tricks. People who are rotten communicators do not become better by virtue of having been on a course, or having read a book. Improving and changing is a long, painful slog. Rule 8: People like security. They like to be told what to do. Empowerment and flat structures are over-rated. Rule 9: All work is tedious for much of the time. If everyone accepts this, then so much the better.

The Language of the Law

The Language of the Law
Author: David Mellinkoff
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
Total Pages: 540
Release: 2004-05-13
Genre: Social Science
ISBN: 1592446906

This book tells what the language of the law is, how it got that way and how it works out in the practice. The emphasis is more historical than philosophical, more practical than pedantic.

Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference

Sense and Nonsense of Statistical Inference
Author: Charmont Wang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 270
Release: 1992-12-16
Genre: Mathematics
ISBN: 9780824787981

This volume focuses on the abuse of statistical inference in scientific and statistical literature, as well as in a variety of other sources, presenting examples of misused statistics to show that many scientists and statisticians are unaware of, or unwilling to challenge the chaotic state of statistical practices.;The book: provides examples of ubiquitous statistical tests taken from the biomedical and behavioural sciences, economics and the statistical literature; discusses conflicting views of randomization, emphasizing certain aspects of induction and epistemology; reveals fallacious practices in statistical causal inference, stressing the misuse of regression models and time-series analysis as instant formulas to draw causal relationships; treats constructive uses of statistics, such as a modern version of Fisher's puzzle, Bayesian analysis, Shewhart control chart, descriptive statistics, chi-square test, nonlinear modeling, spectral estimation and Markov processes in quality control.

Language, Sense and Nonsense

Language, Sense and Nonsense
Author: Gordon P. Baker
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Total Pages: 397
Release: 1984-01-01
Genre: Language and languages
ISBN: 9780631135197