David A White: 23 books

Plato's dialogue The Statesman has often been found structurally puzzling by commentators because of its apparent diffuseness and disjointed transitions. In this book David White interprets the dialogue in ways which account for this problematic structure, and which also connect the primary themes...

•長銷18年，讀者一致好評，全美資優小學必上課程 •淺白生活化的思辨教育工具書，大人也適用的哲學入門！ •【選擇】【是非】【填空】【問答】激盪腦力，有效啟動你的邏輯思路！ 孩子的問題千奇百怪，怎麼回答？ 如何與孩子談論價值觀、是非對錯？ 邏輯思考能力該怎麼培養？ 透過哲學家經常提出的40個問題， 把最難搞定的對話變成啟發一生的心智互動遊戲！ 本書分為四大思維領域──「價值觀」「知識」「真實」「批判性思考」，並設計樂趣無窮的練習題（選擇、是非、填空、問答），是激發思考、反詰、評判能力的好用工具，更有助於孩子敏銳了解自己、應對世界，樂於在難題中另闢蹊徑，創造獨特而自信的豐富生命。 四個領域，學大思想家建構思維格局！ 價值觀 「你是公平、有正義感的人嗎？怎麼知道誰是朋友？撒謊有可能是對的嗎？」 小心，你的價值觀可能會全面翻盤！你可能沒有自以為的那麼了解自己的想法！ 知識 「你怎麼知道自己『知道』？別人能夠理解你的感受嗎？對自己撒謊有用嗎？」 「知道」的過程其實很複雜──但也非常引人入勝！學哲學家從理所當然的平凡日常中，看見奧祕之處！ 真實 「你看時鐘的時候，看到的是『時間』嗎？你和五年前的你是同一個人嗎？你有自由意志嗎？」 這部分的討論是哲學探究當中最抽象的一種，也是最有趣的一種。將大腦轉到劇烈運轉的模式，更要記得樂在其中！ 批判性思考 「該聽別人的意見嗎？如果別人都認為一件事情是真的，那件事是不是就是真的？」 這部分的問題將幫助你養成批判性思考的能力，進一步能夠評估推論，知道哪些正確，哪些犯了思考上的錯誤。 ◆各界推薦 臺大哲學系教授•苑舉正 美國加州州立大學哲學教授•王偉雄 臺南大學附設實驗國民小學班導師•**溫美玉　　　　** 親子天下嚴選部落客•娘雙寶 專業親職講師•澤爸 ──專文推薦 哲學哲學雞蛋糕腦闆•朱家安 ──專文導讀 蒙特梭利教育專家•羅寶鴻 親子教育專家•李崇建 ──好評推薦 亞馬遜讀者們都覺得哲學太有趣，不讀太可惜！ ◆...

Between Heaven & Hollywood is David’s inspirational journey from the wheat fields of his Mennonite home outside of Dodge City Kansas, to the bright lights of Los Angeles. This story of perseverance will assure you that your dreams aren’t frivolous. They might be the most important part of...

Impact evaluation is an empirical approach to estimating the causal effects of interventions, in terms of both magnitude and statistical significance. Expanded use of impact evaluation techniques is critical to rigorously derive knowledge from development operations and for development investments...

CERT® Resilience Management Model (CERT-RMM) is an innovative and transformative way to manage operational resilience in complex, risk-evolving environments. CERT-RMM distills years of research into best practices for managing the security and survivability of people, information, technology, and facilities....

This book is the first significant contribution to thoroughly examine the potential hazards associated with snakes of the former family, Colubridae. This family contained >65% of living snake species (approximately 3,000 taxa) and has recently been split into multiple families. Many of these snakes...

Magic, myth and alien worlds come together in this collection of short stories from Writers, Poets and Deviants. ~ A young witch and her talking dog must rid their home of unwelcome guests. ~ A pair of newsmen travel to Alaska to hear an astonishing tale of an encounter with an extinct creature. ~...

- A Greek god seeks out a woman he once seduced… - A tragic letter from 1910 chronicles a young woman's quest to find her lost love… - A terminally ill teen finds forbidden love... - A historian travels to the past and finds herself in the arms of Benedict Arnold. Enjoy these stories and...

Edited by Rick Ollerman. Alphabetical list of contributors: Scott Adlerberg, Eric Beetner, Kristi Belcamino, Michael A. Black, Michael Bracken, Don Bruns, Gary R. Bush, Austin Camacho, Dave Case, Jessie Chandler, Reed Farrel Coleman, Jen Conley, John Gaspard, Lois Greiman, Libby Fischer Hellmann,...

Questions about the physical world, the mind, and technology in conversations that reveal a rich seam of interacting ideas. Science today is more a process of collaboration than moments of individual “eurekas.” This book recreates that kind of synergy by offering a series of interconnected...

Now you can study the Bible with the faculty of the Moody Bible Institute! Imagine having a team of 30 Moody Bible Institute professors helping you study the Bible. Now you can with this in-depth, user-friendly, one-volume commentary. General editors Michael Rydelnik and Michael Vanlaningham...

Musaicum Books presents to you this unique SF collection, designed and formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. E. M. Forster: The Machine Stops Richard Jefferies: After London Richard Stockham: Perchance to Dream Irving E. Cox: The Guardians Philip F....

From the masters of horror at Writers, Poets and Deviants:  Prepare for terror…  - An exterminator meets his match in a family's attic…  - A cuddly toy with a disturbing origin is all the rage…  - A boy's survival of a deadly accident turns out to be more curse than miracle…  - A man...

Traces the sources of power and large-scale organization of prehistoric peoples among Archaic societies. By focusing on the first instances of mound building, pottery making, fancy polished stone and bone, as well as specialized chipped stone, artifacts, and their widespread exchange, this...