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Maggie Walter, Chris Andersen, Tahu Kukutai, Chelsea Gabel: Indigenous Statistics (2025, Taylor & Francis Group, Routledge)

Indigenous Statistics

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"In the first book ever published on Indigenous quantitative methodologies, Maggie Walter and Chris Andersen open up a major new approach to research across the disciplines and applied fields. While qualitative methods have been rigorously critiqued and reformulated, the population statistics relied on by virtually all research on Indigenous peoples …

Peter Adamson: Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (2023)

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)

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Peter Adamson: Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (2023)

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)

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Peter Adamson: Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna) (2023)

Ibn Sīnā (Avicenna)

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This book provides an introduction to the most important philosopher of the Islamic world, Ibn Sīnā, often known in English by his Latinized name Avicenna. After introducing the man and his works, with an overview of the historical context in which he lived, the book devotes chapters to the different …