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Somewhere in Africa, more than a million years ago, a line of apes began to rear their young differently than their Great…

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The question addressed in this book is: if women once had access to effective means of birth control, why was this knowledge…

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A distinguished and experienced appellate court judge, Richard A. Posner offers in this new book a unique and, to orthodox…

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Ontogeny recapitulates phylogeny was Haeckel's answer--the wrong one--to the most vexing question of nineteenth-century…

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A comprehensive history of world philosophy, this book is also a social history of global intellectual life. Eschewing…

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Frege argued that psychological laws of thought which explicate how we in fact think must be distinguished from logical laws…

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Sarah Iles Johnston argues that the nature of myths as gripping tales starring vivid characters enabled them to do their…

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'Collected here in some 500 pages, is perhaps the most comprehensive and provocative statement of an aesthetic position…

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In more ways than we may sometimes care to acknowledge, the human being is just another primate - it is certainly only very…

• Rok vydání 2021

We think of noise as background sound that interferes with our ability to hear more interesting sounds. But noise is…

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This book offers an illuminating discussion of recent scholarly debates over the concept of 'Gnosticism' and the nature of…

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The last book by the eminent American philosopher and public intellectual Richard Rorty, providing the definitive statement…

\nThe current model of economic expansion driven by fossil fuels is unsustainable, leading many to toy with the idea of…

• Rok vydání 1993

Argues that the idea of the mind as an "information processor" has led psychology away from seeing the mind as a creator of…

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If we want nonscientists and opinion-makers in the press, the lab, and the pulpit to take a fresh look at the relationship…

The violence wrought by climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes…

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works…

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Federal judges are not just robots or politicians in robes, yet their behavior is not well understood, even among…

A world-renowned researcher of animal behavior reveals the extraordinary orienteering skills of desert ants, offering a…

"The ABCs of RBCs" is the first book to provide a basic introduction to Real Business Cycle (RBC) and New-Keynesian models.…

This test is sold on the understanding that the plates are not to be publicly displayed and may be purchased only by…

• Rok vydání 2006

Examines the theories of Freud, Sullivan, Fromm, Jacobson, and other psychologists regarding interpersonal relationships.…

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• Rok vydání 1955

Fallacies, contraries, consistencies. Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus…

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James Hankins challenges the view that the Renaissance was the seedbed of modern republicanism, with Machiavelli as…

\nExploring breakthroughs in language and cognition research, Caleb Everett finds that fundamentals of human perception are…

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Winner of the Norman B. Tomlinson, Jr. Prize"The best large-scale synthesis in any language of what we currently know and…

• Rok vydání 2010

A century and a half after the publication of "Origin of Species", evolutionary thinking has expanded beyond the field of…

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No account is more critical to our understanding of Joan of Arc than the contemporary record of her 1431 trial. The record,…

Usually when we\'re bored, we try to distract ourselves. But soon enough, boredom returns. James Danckert and John Eastwood…

The great Athenian philosopher Plato was born in 427 BCE and lived to be eighty. Acknowledged masterpieces among his works…

• Rok vydání 1990

An innovator in contemporary thought on economic and political development looks here at decline rather than growth. Albert…

In the wake of a suicide, the most troubling questions are invariably the most difficult to answer: How could we have known?…

Liz Bucar navigates the thorny terrain of religious appropriation, from yoga classes to non-Muslims who signal allyship by…

One day they\'ll be like us. That was once the West\'s complacent assumption about countries emerging from poverty, imperial…

Combining personal narratives with decades of research, a vivid account of how the gaokao-China\'s high-stakes college…

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Kant declared that philosophy began in 1781 with his Critique of Pure Reason. In 1806 Hegel announced that philosophy had…

\nDavid Rabban provides the first comprehensive synthesis of the case law on academic freedom and the First Amendment at…

Does disgust bring order and meaning to lives? Does it help to animate the world, and make it a more dangerous, magical and…

Adam Sandel revives one of the oldest philosophical questions: What constitutes a good life? Drawing on thinkers ancient and…

The fox knows many things, the Greeks said, but the hedgehog knows one big thing. In this title, the author argues that…

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• Rok vydání 2011

How do we judge whether an action is morally right or wrong? If an action is wrong, what reason does that give us not to do…

• Rok vydání 2014

The international bestseller that has helped millions of students, teachers, and lifelong learners use proven approaches to…

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Martha Nussbaum asks: How can we sustain a decent society that aspires to justice and inspires sacrifice for the common…

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The first and only successful slave revolution in the Americas began in 1791 when thousands of brutally exploited slaves…

In Thinking with Whitehead, Isabelle Stengers one of today s leading philosophers of science goes straight to the beating…

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A Choice Outstanding Academic Title of the YearThe Seleucid Empire (311–64 BCE) was unlike anything the ancient…

• Rok vydání 2009

Argues that the chief stumbling block to environmental thinking is the image of nature itself. Ranging widely in…