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Intro -- Abstracts -- Book Review by Matej Vesenjak -- Book Review by Stanislav Avsec -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- Chapter 2: A Philosophical View -- 1 What Is True and What Isn´t? -- 2 Science and Reasoning -- 2.1 Scientific Thought -- 2.2 Argumentation -- 2.3 Scientific Explanation -- 2.3.1 Carl Hempel: Covering-Law Explanation Model -- 2.3.2 Example: Reality-Space-Time -- 3 How Do We Know, How Do We Believe? -- 4 Cognitive Biases Today -- 4.1 Information Overload -- 4.2 Social Herding -- 4.3 Echo Chambers -- 4.4 Rise of the Bots -- 4.5 Curbing Online Manipulation -- 5 Scientific and Pseudoscientific Argumentation -- 6 Knowledge Is Power: Science, Technology, and Engineering Literacy -- 7 Technology and Engineering Literacy -- 7.1 Areas of Technology and Engineering Literacy -- 7.1.1 Technology and Society -- 7.1.2 Design and Systems -- 7.1.3 Information and Communication -- 7.1.4 Understanding Technological Principles -- 7.1.5 Developing Solutions and Achieving Goals -- 7.1.6 Communicating and Collaborating -- 8 Philosophy of Mind -- 8.1 An Epistemological Outline -- 9 Recent Philosophical Views on Philosophy of Mind -- 10 Ethics and Technological Development -- 10.1 Morality, Machines, and Education -- 11 Cognitive Science -- 11.1 Cognitive Learning Theory -- 12 Cognitive Learning -- 12.1 What Is Learning? -- 12.2 What Is Upbringing? -- 12.3 Basic Forms of Learning for the Acquisition of Cognitive and Social Competence -- 12.4 The Impact of Learning on Social Competence and Emotional Intelligence -- 13 Naturalism -- 13.1 Naturalization of Consciousness in Philosophy -- 14 Developing Social Competence and Critical Thinking -- 15 The Underlying Problem: The Environmental System -- 16 Conclusion -- Chapter 3: Environmental Costs Hierarchy -- 1 Ecological Footprint.
2 The Human Population and Human Awareness -- 3 Construal Level Theory and the Theory of Chaos -- 4 A Historical Understanding of How Science Works -- 5 What Can (Must) We Do? -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 4: Social Relations -- 1 From the Sociological to the Anthropological Level -- 1.1 Human as a Social Being -- 1.2 Where We Are Now -- 2 Taxonomies and Learning -- 2.1 Bloom´s Taxonomy -- 2.2 What Is Bloom´s Taxonomy? -- 2.3 Revised Bloom´s Taxonomy -- 2.4 Terminology Changes -- 2.5 Structural Changes -- 2.6 Changes in Emphasis -- 2.7 Why Use Bloom´s Taxonomy? -- 2.8 How to Use Bloom´s Taxonomy? -- 2.9 Bloom´s Taxonomy for Affective Domain -- 3 Emotional Intelligence -- 4 Solipsism and the Problem of Other Minds -- 5 Decision-Making, Incomplete Knowledge, and Uncertainty -- 5.1 Understanding Risk -- 5.2 Thinking of the Unthinkable -- 5.3 Lesson 1 -- 5.4 Lesson 2 -- 5.5 More than Science -- 5.6 When Decisions Matter Most -- 6 Conclusion -- Chapter 5: Energies and Energetics -- 1 Basic Forms of Energy -- 2 Accumulated Energy -- 3 Energy Sources -- 4 Transition Energies -- 5 Power -- 6 Primary Forms -- 7 Useful Forms of Energy -- 8 Limitations in Energy Conversion -- 9 Energies and Energy Sources -- 10 Energy Content of Some Fuels -- 11 Energy and Electricity Mix -- 12 Where Does Our Electricity Come from? -- 13 How Much of Our Electricity Comes from Low-Carbon Sources? -- 14 Energy Consumption and Sustainable Development -- 15 Sustainable Development -- 16 Conclusion -- Chapter 6: Green Solutions -- 1 Rational Use of Energy -- 1.1 Incinerating Precious Raw Materials -- 1.2 Threats to the Environment -- 1.3 Excessive Emissions of Nonpoisonous Gases Are Also Dangerous -- 1.3.1 Saving Energy at the Level of the Individual -- 2 Back to the Future: Possible Green Solutions -- 3 Low-Carbon Solutions -- 3.1 Nuclear Fission.
3.2 Types of Nuclear Fission Power Plants Today -- 3.2.1 Generation IV Reactor Concepts -- 4 Nuclear Fusion -- 5 Fusion Energy -- 5.1 Cold Fusion -- 5.2 From Utopia to the Physical Basics of Fusion -- 5.2.1 Plasma Pressure Confinement -- 5.2.2 Magnetic Confinement Fusion Systems -- 5.2.3 Technological Issues in Building Tokamak Fusion Reactors -- 5.2.4 Safety Aspects of a Nuclear Fusion Reactor -- 5.2.5 Magnetic Mirror Plasma Confinement -- 6 Fusion Research of Inertial Plasma -- 6.1 Fusion Research in the Field of Magnetic Plasma Confinement -- 7 ITER: International Thermonuclear Experimental Reactor -- 7.1 Technical Objectives of ITER -- 7.1.1 Model Reactor and Costs -- 7.1.2 The Safety Aspect -- 7.1.3 A Vision of Fusion Energy: A Continuation of the ITER Project -- 7.1.4 The Situation Today: 2020 -- 7.2 Other Low-Carbon Nonsustainable Solutions -- 7.2.1 Natural Gas vs. Low Carbon -- 7.3 Low-Carbon Gas vs. Zero-Carbon Gas -- 7.4 Hydrogen Instead of Methane -- 7.4.1 Fuel Cells -- The Physical Background -- Historical Overview -- 7.4.2 The Principle of Operation of a Fuel Cell -- 7.4.3 Fuel Cell Elements -- Electrodes -- Catalysts -- Electrolytes -- Fuels -- Oxidants -- 7.4.4 Fuel Cell Efficiency -- Thermodynamic Efficiency -- Voltage Efficiency -- Faradaic Efficiency -- 7.4.5 Types of Fuel Cells and Potential Use -- 7.4.6 Research and Applications -- 7.5 End of the Pipe -- 7.6 Photosynthesis -- 7.6.1 Brief Historical Overview -- 7.6.2 Various Contemporary Visions of Energy Use (Reuse) -- 7.6.3 Carbon Capture and Storage -- 7.6.4 Energy Reuse -- Waste Heat Recovery -- 8 Conclusion -- Chapter 7: A View to the Future and Human Awareness -- 1 Problem 1: The Green Deal and Nuclear Power -- 1.1 Critics: Do We Need Nuclear Power to Meet the Challenge of Climate Change? -- 1.2 Nuclear Fission -- 1.3 Green Peace Perspectives - Nuclear Power and CO2.
1.4 Generation IV Nuclear Reactors -- 1.5 Reality -- 1.6 Background -- 1.7 Generation IV and the Nuclear Industry_Contra -- 1.8 Eight Claims and Eight Nuclear Daydreams -- 2 First Goal - Generation IV and Sustainability -- 3 Second Goal - Generation IV and Nuclear Waste -- 4 Problem 2: Transportation and Energy -- 4.1 Transport Emission and Environment -- 4.2 How Do Emissions Vary? -- 4.3 Can Driving Be Better Than Flying? -- 4.4 What About Travelling by Boat? -- 4.5 The Transport Energy Sources -- 4.5.1 Transportation and Oil Use -- 4.6 Modal Variations and the Environment -- 4.6.1 Road Transportation -- 4.6.2 Air Transport/Transportation -- 4.7 The Impact of Air Transportation on Climate Change -- 4.7.1 Evolution -- 4.7.2 Climate Aviation Facts -- 4.7.3 Rail Transport -- 4.7.4 Maritime Transport/Transportation -- 5 Transportation and the Environmental System -- 5.1 Environmental Costs Hierarchy for Transportation -- 5.2 The Transport - Environment Link -- 5.3 Environmental Dimensions -- 6 Climate Change -- 6.1 Transportation, Sustainability, and Decarbonization -- 6.1.1 Sustainable Transportation -- 6.1.2 Mitigation - Vehicle Efficiency -- 6.1.3 Adaptation - CAFE Standards -- 7 Push for Decarbonization -- 8 Health and GHM and Other Non-GHG Damages -- 8.1 Overall Implications of the Results -- 8.2 Environmental Commitment -- 9 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change -- 10 The Kyoto Protocol -- 10.1 The Paris Agreement -- 10.2 The Role of the EU in Drawing Up the Paris Agreement -- 11 The Long-Term Goal - The Green Deal -- 11.1 Clean Energy Transitions -- 12 ``Blah, Blah, Blah´´ -- 13 Conclusion -- Chapter 8: Conclusion -- Index.
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Human awareness, energy and environmental attitudes / / Boris Aberšek and Andrej Flogie
