What is Evidence? Understanding Rational Proof

This book is about evidence. Its purpose is to shed light on the nature of evidence and to do away with the mystique associated with the meaning of the word. Concepts falling within the subject are defined and explained, as are the different categories of evidence.

Without dealing with the question of causation, an explanation of the nature of evidence would not be complete. Part of a complete treatment of the subject is to explain the place and importance of causation. This, the book does, showing the reader how to identify causal relationships and how to answer the question of causation according to the context at hand.

Whether you are a student of law, a debater, or someone interested in assessing the evidentiary value of claims or arguments, this book, I trust, will be an indispensable aid to you.

Liberated Leadership

Discover the untold truth of leadership in this compelling journey that unveils the hidden struggles of business leaders who wear a daily mask. In the bustling world of business, many find themselves living a double life, facing sleepless nights, constant anxiety, and the exhausting weight of expectation. I’ve been there, my friend, and I’ve learned firsthand the toll it takes. Drawing from my three-decade experience in the video game industry, including 20 years at Electronic Arts, I unravel the challenges of traditional leadership and present a groundbreaking alternative: Liberated Leadership.In these pages, I share my personal transformation, introducing you to the seven pillars that form the essence of Liberated Leadership. Each pillar harbours a key practice, empowering you to lead authentically and find fulfilment. The narrative isn’t all doom and gloom; it’s a beacon of hope, offering practical insights that pave the way for a liberating change cycle. If you’re ready to shed the mask, release the burdens, and embark on a journey of liberation, this book is your guide. Join me on a path that breaks free from chains, transforming not only your approach to leadership but also your entire life. It’s time to embrace authenticity and lead with purpose. Walk this transformative path with me – let’s set ourselves free.

Global Systemic Crisis

Our world has transformed over recent decades with concerning trends that threaten to destabilize nation states, abolish society and culture, establish digital control over individuals, erase identity, and diminish what makes us human. While the economic crisis garners attention, today’s crisis encompasses much more – politics, civil society, science, philosophy, education, art, religion, traditional values, and other facets of life. This signals a systemic crisis of modern global capitalism.This book surveys today’s pivotal trends, contrasting the dying old world with the emerging new one including their social systems, social sciences, and conceptions of humanity. Drawing on extensive research, it features interviews and lectures by prominent yet little-known thinkers, especially for English readers.Of particular value, the work synthesizes insights from diverse domains – news, scientific and monographic articles, video lectures, films, and manga. The copious footnotes and bibliography constitute a significant portion of the text, providing sources for further investigation.Overall, this book aims to furnish keys to analysing today’s interwoven crises, serving as a guidebook for comprehending the contemporary age holistically. It empowers readers to conduct their own inquiries into this crucial juncture that will shape the future.Sure to intrigue even those less versed in the subject matter.

Global Science: The Last Option Before Collapse

This book presents the culmination of a 14-year pathbreaking research project examining the risks of civilisation collapse and potential solutions to avoid such an outcome. A profound diagnosis reveals that the root issue lies in the widening rift between the hard and social sciences, which have proven largely ineffective at managing the deficiencies of the former. Of course, the prevailing strategies, structures, and human resource management processes of modern nations have also played a significant role in destabilising societies. In economics, we still operate on principles of partial and general equilibrium, whereas we urgently need to adopt the global equilibrium framework proposed here. As things stand currently, we face two major failings in confronting this crisis. First, we lack the knowledge to overcome the existential threats before us. Second, the forces calling for change have adopted inadequate strategies, organisations, and leadership compared to the well-oiled machinery of the status quo. What we need is to jointly develop the missing knowledge and use it to take appropriate action, beginning with the creation of a new discipline, Global Science, to make sense of it all.

Sunlight and Us

Sunlight and Us by Professor John Hawk offers an enlightening journey into the profound and diverse effects of sunlight on human health and the environment. Drawing from his extensive career in dermatological photobiology, Hawk delves into the origins of sunlight, its vital role in our lives, and its dual nature as both a giver of life and a potential hazard.Through engaging narratives and scientific insights, Hawk navigates the complexities of sunlight’s impact on skin health, the intricacies of Vitamin D synthesis, and the global challenge of climate change. This work not only pays homage to the sun’s omnipresent influence but also underscores the delicate balance humanity must maintain with this powerful star.

A Leadership Shift

Rooted in over 40 years of seasoned experience and rigorous scholarly research, A Leadership Shift beckons leaders towards a courageous transformation in organizational ethos. This pioneering narrative seamlessly translates intricate scholarly theories into a practical, proven implementation methodology, illuminated through a real-world case study. It’s the first of its kind, melding profound subjects like organizational oneness, quantum field linkage to leadership, the human biofield’s potency, and the ripple effects of thoughts and spiritual emotions in the workplace, into a comprehensible step-by-step methodology for leaders.

The discourse extends into gender diversity and the ramifications of women empowerment programs, converging multiple facets into a singular vista. While various scholars have shed light on the subjects broached in this book, its distinctiveness emanates from melding science with practical experience and morphing it into a tangible methodology to tackle genuine organizational challenges.

A Leadership Shift not only unveils the science of evolving a culture to attain organizational oneness but invites readers to perceive the human dynamo from a fresh lens and foster a leadership metamorphosis to unlock workplace potential. It demystifies the science and the method, making it accessible for leaders to adopt and apply sans complexity.

Offering a structured methodology to aid leaders in overhauling organizational culture and ingraining change capabilities within the system, this book elucidates the methodology, provides a meticulous depiction of its implementation, and the ensuing outcomes. Bolstered by over 160 scholarly citations, four decades of global know-how, and academic action research, A Leadership Shift demonstrates the profound impact of this methodology on organizational performance, fuelled by an enhanced sense of belonging within the organization.

Something in the Sky

In a universe teeming with an estimated 10^24 planets, and with countless UFO sightings reported across Earth, the question is no longer ‘Are we alone?’ but rather ‘Why are they here? What is their purpose?’Something in the Sky: UFO Sightings and Reports from Across the UK delves deep into meticulously documented witness accounts and official reports from the British government. These captivating cases represent only a fraction of the numerous UFO sightings that have been confirmed and archived throughout the UK’s history.Intriguing and rigorously researched, this book invites you to explore the enigma of unidentified flying objects in British skies, shedding light on an age-old question that is increasingly becoming a modern reality.

Hessdalen Lights

Nestled 300 km north of Oslo lies the quaint valley of Hessdalen, home to unique sightings that have puzzled residents and scientists alike. Regular phenomena light up the skies – but are these mysterious lights a portal for communicating with inhabited worlds beyond Earth? For over 30 years, research teams have studied the phenomena yet the secrets of Hessdalen persist.This book explores deeper questions sparked by the valley’s unexplained occurrences. Is Earth an ordinary cosmic body among millions, or somehow unique? We know life emerged nearly four billion years ago but still do not fully grasp the physical and chemical processes enabling this. With expanding resources to study space, might we someday soon detect signatures of extraterrestrial life, whether in our solar system or on distant exoplanets?The final part invites philosophical reflection on the acute fragility of our biosphere and humanity’s place in the vast Universe. As an astrophysicist at the University of Picardie Jules Verne in France, the author weaves empirical science and speculative inquiry to probe Hessdalen’s confounding lights, the exceptional nature of Earth, and the environmental precariousness of this rare life-sustaining planet. 

You Better Stand Your Watch: Leadership Making Sound Decisions Involving Ethical And Unethical Behaviour In The Workplace

Organizational leaders can use the results of this study to simultaneously improve the quality and effectiveness of the decision-making process. The findings of the quantitative study in this book indicated the increasing importance of concepts regarding ethical behavior and decision-making by leaders in a retail business workplace. The implication that leaders have the responsibility to uphold the highest standards of ethical conduct means that leaders should focus on doing the right thing when integrating ethics and decision-making together. Leaders should embrace the best practices for determining ethical decision-making when confronting unethical behavior in a retail business workplace.

Worlds Of Motion: Why And How Things Move

Modern physics is one of the most exciting subjects studied by humanity, but popular books on the subject usually either over-simplify their content or assume prior knowledge of mathematical theory. Worlds of Motion attempts to cross this bridge by tackling the mathematics in an accessible way, introducing each equation step-by-step and justifying why it is necessary. The book begins with an extended discussion of classical mechanics and then moves on to relativity theory and quantum mechanics, covering all the main principles of modern physics. It covers a huge range of topics in physics, astronomy and pure mathematics to give the reader a greater understanding of the universe.  In particular, we treat mathematics as something which is intrinsically exciting in itself and not something to be feared. The book includes entertaining treatments of symmetry groups and topology based in popular culture.

Why the World is Speaking English - A Sideways Look

Two revolutions are happening now in the 21st century. One is the explosion in cross-world communication and travel. The other is the acceleration of English as a world language. Why the World is Speaking English gives facts, opinions, speculation and observations on the growing use of English, its creation, growth and spread, strengths and controversies, competitive advantages, cost benefits, and suggests that now is probably a ripe time for a world language.It can inform, provoke, infuriate and amuse readers, but it is very readable and relevant to the times we live in. A must-read for anyone interested in English, languages, controversies, education or communications.

The Peoplemad Success Model

A platform on which to build future success, covering the key elements needed to be successful. Learn how to take control, develop a strategy, get the right people, get the right people doing the right things, create the right environment, build your own capability and get you and your team all behaving as leaders.   Phil Merrick is the founder of Peoplemad Ltd, a Fellow of the Institute of Leadership Management, an Advisory Board Member of the Youth Charter, a Business Mentor for Business Wales and a former senior executive with one of the biggest banks in Europe.He has a track record of building high performing teams and has spent a great deal of his career in trouble shooting roles helping businesses improve performance, particularly through the organisation and management of people. Phil is now focused on helping people improve performance using the Peoplemad Success Model © which he has developed to make the process easier for people.