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History --- Philosophy of science --- Science --- -Religion and science --- -Natural science --- Science of science --- Sciences --- Christianity and science --- Geology --- Geology and religion --- Science and religion --- Philosophy --- Religious aspects --- Religion and science. --- History. --- Philosophy. --- -Philosophy --- Religion and science --- Normal science --- philosophy --- science --- religion --- history --- scientific theory --- Western culture

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According to the idea of intelligent design, nature's complexity is the result of deliberate planning by a supernatural creative force. To date, most scientific arguments against this form of creationism have been made by evolutionary biologists. In this volume, a team of earth scientists reveals that the flaws of intelligent design are not limited to the biological sciences. Indeed, the geological sciences offer some of the best refutations of intelligent design arguments. For the Rock Record is dedicated to the proposition that the idea of intelligent design should be of serious concern to everyone. Editors Jill S. Schneiderman and Warren D. Allmon have gathered leading figures from the geological community with a wide range of viewpoints that go to the heart of the debate over what is and is not science. The purveyors of intelligent design theories and its kindred philosophies threaten the scientific literacy that our society needs by confusing faith and the practice of science. This collection offers a much-needed response.

Evolutionary paleobiology. --- Historical geology. --- Intelligent design (Teleology) --- Creation. --- Earth --- Origin. --- argument from design. --- biological science. --- biology. --- christianity. --- creationism. --- deliberate planning. --- earth sciences. --- evidence based scientific theory. --- existence of god. --- geological sciences. --- geology. --- human artifacts. --- intelligent design movement. --- intelligent design. --- irreducible complexity. --- nature. --- origins of life. --- power of god. --- religion. --- scientific arguments. --- scientific debate. --- specified complexity. --- supernatural creative force. --- theology. --- Earth (Planet)

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This title reexamines and reconsiders the model of empirical research underlying most empirical work. The goal is neither a whitewash nor capital punishment, but rather it is to reform and mold empirical research into an activity that contributes as much as possible to a rigorous understanding of society. Without worrying about defining science or even determining the essence of the scientific enterprise, the goal is one that pools together logical thinking and empirically determined information. One of the fundamental issues to be addressed in this volume: Are there questions currently studied that are basically unanswerable even if the investigator had ideal nonexperimental data? If so, what are the alternative questions that can be dealt with successfully by empirical social research, and how should they be approached? In the chapters ahead, it will be important to keep in mind this doctrine of the undoable. Of course, one cannot simply mutter ";undoable"; when a difficult obstacle is encountered, turn off the computer, and look in the want ads for a new job-or at least a new task. Instead, it means considering if there is some inherent logical reason or sociological force that makes certain empirical questions unanswerable. There are four types of undoable questions to consider: those that are inherently impossible; those that are premature; those that are overly complicated; and those that empirical and theoretical knowledge have nullified.

Sociology --- Social sciences --- Research --- Methodology. --- 303 --- #SBIB:303H10 --- 303 Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden bij sociaalwetenschappelijk onderzoek --- Methoden en technieken: algemene handboeken en reeksen --- Methods in social research (general) --- boyles law. --- causality. --- causation. --- conducting research. --- data collection. --- empiricism. --- evaluating data. --- logic. --- nonexperimental data. --- nonfiction. --- political science. --- quasi experiment. --- research assumptions. --- research methods. --- research questions. --- research. --- sampling problems. --- science. --- scientific enterprise. --- scientific method. --- scientific theory. --- selectivity. --- social research. --- social science. --- sociological methodology. --- sociology. --- variables.

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This study of contemporary crypto-Jews-descendants of European Jews forced to convert to Christianity during the Spanish Inquisition-traces the group's history of clandestinely conducting their faith and their present-day efforts to reclaim their past. Janet Liebman Jacobs masterfully combines historical and social scientific theory to fashion a brilliant analysis of hidden ancestry and the transformation of religious and ethnic identity.

Jews --- Marranos --- Identity, Jewish --- Jewish identity --- Jewishness --- Jewish law --- Jewish nationalism --- Conversos --- Maranos --- New Christians (Marranos) --- Crypto-Jews --- Jewish Christians --- Identity. --- Social life and customs. --- Religious life. --- History. --- Ethnic identity --- Race identity --- Legal status, laws, etc. --- United States --- Ethnic relations. --- Marranes --- Juifs --- Histoire --- Vie religieuse --- Identité --- Etats-Unis --- Religion --- Relations interethniques --- Conversos (Marranos) --- Anusim --- Converts --- anthropology. --- christian converts. --- christianity. --- clandestine. --- contemporary jews. --- converted jews. --- crypto jews. --- ethnic identity. --- ethnographers. --- european history. --- european jews. --- faith and religion. --- god and religion. --- historians. --- historical account. --- jewish ancestry. --- jewish descendants. --- jewish heritage. --- jewish history. --- jewish life. --- judaism. --- reclaimed past. --- religious history. --- religious identity. --- retrospective. --- scientific theory. --- social sciences. --- spanish inquisition. --- textbooks.

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Princeton Readings in American Politics offers an exciting and challenging new way to learn about American politics. It brings together political science that has stood the test of time and recent cutting-edge analyses to acquaint undergraduate and graduate students with the substantive, conceptual, and methodological foundations they need to make sense of American politics today.Princeton Readings in American Politics features writings by such eminent scholars as Larry M. Bartels, Robert Dahl, Martha Derthick, Howard Gillman, Jacob Hacker, Kay L. Schlozman, Deborah Stone, Marta Tienda, and Kent Weaver, among others. The book is organized in sections that cover the major American political institutions--the presidency, Congress, the courts--as well as core topics such as political parties, macroeconomic management, voting and elections, policymaking, public opinion, and federalism. Richard Valelly provides an insightful general introduction to political science as a vibrant form of inquiry, as well as a succinct, informative introduction to each reading.Rigorous yet accessible, Princeton Readings in American Politics can serve as a primary textbook or as a supplement to standard introductory texts.Offers an exciting new way to learn about American politics Features accessible scholarship by leading political scientists Covers all the major topics Serves as a primary textbook or supplementary reader for undergraduate and graduate students

United States --- Politics and government. --- Chicago police. --- Chief Justice. --- Federalist. --- Finality. --- Law enforcement. --- Minority Rights. --- Prohibition. --- Richard Nixon. --- Ritualistic. --- Roman Catholicism. --- Rule of Recognition. --- Russian Revolution. --- Symbolizing National Unity. --- United States Chamber of Commerce. --- administrative capacity. --- agricultural policies. --- amendment. --- antitrust laws. --- banning. --- barriers to entry. --- capabilities. --- constitutionalism. --- contemporary political science. --- conventions. --- deliberately. --- disproportionate impact. --- economic redistribution. --- gold-plating. --- government actions. --- government growth. --- human control. --- human intelligence. --- hypothesis. --- intentional cause. --- judicial power. --- knowledge. --- learning effects. --- long-term. --- movement. --- official language. --- organization. --- political hierarchy. --- political resistance. --- problems. --- prominent account. --- safety devices. --- scientific theory. --- transmission. --- unanimously. --- unemployment. --- violations.