The second of three volumes devoted to phenomenology, existentialism and their unfolding interaction, this book explores the contemporary quests to elucidate rationality based on Kierkegaard's existentialism and on Husserl's phenomenology.
The articles collected in the present volume were written during a period of more than 30 years, the ?rst having been published in 1929, the last in 1961.
This is the first comprehensive introduction to the philosophical thinking of representative Neo-Confucian thinkers from the eleventh to eighteenth centuries. Draws methodological approaches from comparative philosophy and Chinese intellectual traditions.
The Dao Companion to Japanese Confucian Philosophy will be part of the handbook series Dao Companion to Chinese Philosophy, published by Springer.
Provides a summary of non-equilibrium glassy and amorphous structures and their macro- and microscopic... Læs mere
This is the first book ever written on this subject. It describes recent progress in the use of liquid crystals as active components in electronic and photonic organic devices such as organic light-emitting diodes, thin film transistors and photovoltaic cells.
Features various catalytic reactions enabled by N-heterocyclic carbenes (NHCs), either directly as organocatalysts or as ligands... Læs mere
Written for active researchers in optics, optoelectronics, applied physics and engineering, this book is a comprehensive introduction to the Generalized Phase Contrast (GPC) method, a powerful phase-contrast technique developed to visualize phase disturbances.
This unique collection by leading scholars and practitioners was derived from a project to advise the UN, and brings the problems faced by displaced women in conflict zones into sharp focus. It offers in-depth understanding and problem-solving ideas.
Whereas science, technology, and medicine have all called forth dedicated philosophical investigations, a fourth major contributor to the technoscientific world in which we all live - that is, engineering - has been accorded almost none of the philosophical attention it deserves.
This book has its origins in a special issue of the journal Science & Education (Volume 18 Numbers 6–7, 2009). As explained in the Introduction, the catalyst for the journal special issue was the essay on ‘Science, Worldviews and Education’ submitted to the journal by Hugh G.
The aim of this book is to present pedestrian injuries from a biomechanical perspective. We aim to give a detailed treatment of the physics of pedestrian impact, as well as a review of the accident databases and the relevant injury criteria used to assess pedestrian injuries.