Based on the moral philosophy of the Greek Stoic Panaetius, this text is a source of evidence for Roman ideas of morality…

Produkt Unlikely Audience - Youmans, William (Assistant Professor, Assistant Professor, School of Media and Public Affairs,…

• Rok vydání 1990

Part of a series on cognitive behaviour and science, based on a 1990 conference sponsored by the Cognitive Science Program…

Produkt What Everyone in Britain Should Know About Crime and Punishment - Wilson, D. a Ashton, J. zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz…

\nBad leadership in both business and politics is all too common. Yet even when it is clear that leadership is poor,…

This book explains the idea of energy by tracing the story of its discovery, from Galileo through to Einstein. It explains…

Thriving on a Riff builds on the growing interest in jazz and blues as cross-cultural influences. Focusing here on…

Alan H. Goldman presents an original account of the relationship between philosophy and the novel. With reference to key…

In The Shadow of Anbar, Carter Malkasian examines the lingering effects of the United States's 2003 invasion of Iraq in…

Presents an examination of the social, economic, and political forces that elicit or support flawed or fake science and…

Edna Ullmann-Margalit provides an original account of the emergence of norms. Her main thesis is that certain types of norms…

Philip Pettit offers a new insight into moral psychology. He shows that attachments such as love, and certain virtues such…

Tipping points are thresholds of profound changes in natural or social conditions with considerable (largely unforecastable)…

\nIn Human-Centered AI, Professor Ben Shneiderman provides an optimistic realist\'s guide to how artificial intelligence can…

• Rok vydání 2024

\nFantasy has become a dominant mode of storytelling and it mirrors our experiences and anxieties better than any…

\nAaron Cotnoir and Achille Varzi present a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to mereology, the study of relations between…

This book examines the findings, theoretical basis, and new methodology of The Peterborough Adolescent and Young Adult…

Why and how does language matter in everyday life? Language Matters answers these questions in an informal, entertaining…

Virtually unknown today, Alfred Russel Wallace was the co-discoverer of natural selection with Darwin and an eminent…

Produkt Chaucer's Translation of Boethius's `De Consolatione Philosophiae' zakoupíte na Bookshop.cz od nakladatele Oxford…

A companion volume to the Oxford Book of Children's Verse, this book focuses on American writers and poets and includes…

Surveys a wide range of British opinion on the United States in the nineteenth century and highlights the views of John…

James P. Sterba offers something that philosophers have long sought: an argument showing that morality is rationally…

Timothy Williamson gives an original and provocative treatment of deep metaphysical questions about existence, contingency,…

\nThrough deep explorations of nationalism and consumer culture, The Uses of Idolatry presents a sympathetic but critical…

\nIn Why We Teach Science (and Why We Should), former high school teacher and historian of science education John L. Rudolph…

• Rok vydání 2020

This is the first full-length study of the phenomenon of sentential negation in French. Paul Rowlett assesses, from a…

This is a much-needed new introduction to a field that has been transformed in recent years by exciting new subjects, ideas,…

This interdisciplinary study--the first book-length study of Chicago's Puerto Rican community rooted not simply in…

A comprehensive guide to the terms, concepts, and theories of pragmatics from the traditional to the most recent, showing…