David Kellogg Lewis was een invloedrijke 20e-eeuwse filosoof wiens werk een diepgaande invloed had op de filosofie van taal, geest, metafysica, epistemologie en logica. Hij staat misschien wel het meest bekend om zijn controversiële stelling van het modale realisme: het idee dat er oneindig veel parallelle universums bestaan, elk concreet en causaal geïsoleerd, waarvan het onze er slechts één is. Deze universums dienen als mogelijke werelden bij de analyse van noodzakelijkheid en mogelijkheid. Lewis' nalatenschap ligt in zijn originele denken en zijn diepgaande verkenning van de aard van de werkelijkheid.
From the deserts of Africa to the rainforests of Brazil, this book investigates traditional societies and gains insight into alternative ways of living by exploring different approaches to marriage, wealth, law and order, cultural integration, spirituality and wisdom.
A critical look at how a non-traditional, technocratic development industry is failing the societies it professes to help
Michael Jordan defied gravity, exceeded expectations, and transcended the limits of age to become the world's greatest basketball player of all time. While record-breaking 60-point games and flying dunks brought him fame, his long and celebrated career relied heavily on habits we can all embrace: discipline, hard work and knowing how to channel the deep, competitive drive within. Michael Jordan: Life Lessons from His Airness offers a courtside seat to the wild ride that made Michael Jordan a star and reveals valuable insights for anyone trying to make their own lofty dreams come true.
The universality of shamanistic power and practice among today's hunter-gatherers - along with the similarity of rock art found in varied sites around the world - has led Jean Clottes and David Lewis-Williams to suggest in this new book that the great art of paleolithic caves can be best understood through the lens of shamanism. Indeed, this is not a monograph on a particular site, but a general discussion of the art of painted caves and their shamanistic meaning. Through the authors' revealing words and the abundant full-color illustrations, we follow shamans into their trance states, and we watch as they carefully paint and engrave on rock surfaces the shapes of animals whose power they seek. As we learn how drawings and rituals were likely modes of shamanistic contact, we understand best the actions, accomplishments, and traces left behind by prehistoric shamans
Discusses the materials and equipment of watercolor painting and recommends methods for creating watercolor paintings of landscapes, flowers, seascapes, and other subjects
Reclaim your power to make positive changes in your organization and beyond by channelling your inner maverick.
The Soul of the New Consumer will revolutionize the way we think about traditional market segmentation, retailing, selling and branding.
Authenticity. What We Buy and Why in the New Economy
New consumers are a potent economic force. This guide profiles them, merging research from marketing, psychology, sociology and economics to explore the essence of the new breed of consumer, discovering what motivates them, what they buy and why, and how to turn these profiles into profits.
Do you want to become more confident handling an oil brush? How about developing your skill in manipulating and mixing oil colors? This volume, filled with the experience and techniques of ten of today's finest oil painters, shows you how to discover and paint your own successful paintings, covering everything from the importance of brush selection to capturing the color nuances of a collapsing wave. Together these artists offer a treasury of instruction in oil technique: Charles Reid shows you how to handle an oil brush with dexterity and how to make handling and mixing color simple. Wendon Blake, George Cherepov, Paul Strisik, and Richard Schmid teach you how to capture the magnificence of a full landscape, and the more subtle characteristics of the countryside; Foster Caddell shows you how to overcome elementary errors in composition, balance of values and especially how to handle color in the landscape; E. John Robinson demonstrates how to capture the color and awesome power in the sea and shore; Ken Davies teaches you how to render sharp focus still lifes in oil; and John Howard Sanden, Charles Pfahl and Jane Corsellis show you how to paint the human portrait and figure, perhaps the most intriguing painting subject of all. Profusely illustrated and entirely in color, Oil Painting Techniques is required reading for the amateur or intermediate oil painter who wants to develop his skill in this medium
Our planet is in the grip of an obesity pandemic. More than a billion people worldwide are overweight and over 600 million are obese. We live in a noxious environment in which it is much easier to get fat than to stay fit. How has this come to be? Who is to blame? What can we do?In Fat Planet, Dr David Lewis and Dr Margaret Leitch examine the social and psychological causes of the obesity pandemic in order to answer these questions. Their ground-breaking research highlights the behaviour of corporations that relentlessly promote foods high in sugar, fat and salt, and shows that these ‘junk’ foods have shockingly similar neurological effects to hard drugs. They consider the prevalence of food cues which unconsciously stimulate our desire to consume. They debunk the myths of fad diets and slimming pills, and suggest practical, easily implemented strategies for sustainable weight loss.The evidence is clear: individuals are not to blame. Our problems with obesity are societal and psychological in nature, and must be addressed if the planet is to become slimmer. It is not too late to change.
